This is the face of an author who spent most of last week delving into Old Norse and Proto-Germanic dictionaries to make up spells for a spellbook, and still can't believe this is his actual job:

I’ve just started Chasing Graves by @bengalley.bsky.social There’s def no rest for the dead

Wanting to write multiple things at once is a constant problem, and every time I think I can do it, I fail MISERABLY

I feel like it’s a proud moment in your author career when you struggle to hold all your books up. And I’m missing at least 6 here

My silly quest to write a million words this year continues! February was a tough month with being ill and away from the desk a lot, but I'm at 115,000. I definitely have to step it up in March to get more on track but I'm feeling good. But first a beer and a nap

Kings Of The Sky is up to 45k words! This is the most vikingy thing I’ve ever written and I think I’m almost halfway there. Let’s goooo

Sometimes you just need to flee to a cabin and a log fire to get the words done

The author ✍🏻 The book 📚 The first page 📖

This spam is either getting truly wild or Suzanne Collins thinks I have an undeniable spark 😁

The Big Weekend might be over but before we go, one last shout out to our fab guests and hosts who helped us close out a fab 3 days - thanks to @nicksnapeauthor.bsky.social @bengalley.bsky.social @hannafordjenny.bsky.social @llmacrae.bsky.social @adrianmgibson.bsky.social

Today’s writing spot. Maybe more of a quick perch as it’s -1

This weekend’s writing spot: a cabin by a lake and a log fire

Rumour has it my epic nordic fantasy THE WRITTEN is still on sale for a few more days! 👉 amazon.com/dp/B005ELJOY8

The Big Indie Weekend runs 20th and 22nd February - panels and live chats, plus daily giveaways and the launch of our Patreon. Get ready for an epic indie weekend! #writingcommunity #indieauthors @bengalley.bsky.social @adrianmgibson.bsky.social @hannafordjenny.bsky.social @llmacrae.bsky.social

I already don’t have enough shelves for this cruel, wonderful obsession. How many books have you got on yours?

My new Viking science fantasy KINGS OF THE SKY is up to 25k words. That means I'm up to 100k words written this year, and a tenth of the way towards my million word challenge. Somehow I'm still on track!

Meet The Written: the book that started it all for me. It’s the start of a 7-book series and a mashup of all kinds of Norse mythology, lots of magic, talking dragons (of course) morally grey characters, a murder mystery, and lots of emotion. And it’s also on sale this week!

The Big Indie Weekend runs between 20th and 22nd February - panels and live chats all weekend plus daily giveaways and the launch of our Patreon. Get ready for an epic indie weekend! #writingcommunity #indieauthors @bengalley.bsky.social @charliecav.bsky.social @timhardieauthor.bsky.social

Thank you to everyone who’s download a copy of The Written! It’s currently loitering at number 1 and in some good company

The Written is #1 in Norse and Viking on the Zon!

THE WRITTEN is on sale right now! If you’re thirsting for dragons, troubled and moody OP battle mages, murder mystery, vampires, and possibly too much magic (is that even a thing?) here you go: 🐉https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005ELJOY8

Donna's got it right. Even if it's got a little hint of SFF, I want to know. Bring me your dragons and your magic, your cyborgs and space battles. What about you? What books are tickling your biscuit in 2026?

Everyone has low and difficult days, but whenever I’m having one, this bookish community is always to cheer me up with its passion, productivity, and hilarity. Even indirectly. Keep doing what you’re doing and thank you for doing it.

The UNAVOWED Anthology from @GrimOakPress is now out in ebook on the Zon and Grim Oak's site🤘I think the short story I wrote for this collection is my best short yet: grimoakpress.com/blogs/news/t...

The next Big Indie Weekend takes place 20th to 22nd February on Spotlight Indie. Here's a rundown of the panel line up for day one: Friday 20th February #writingcommunity #writingcraft #indieauthors #authorevent #writersevent

While my new scifi is in the editing stages, I'm also working on something new. Here's a little title reveal for you! KINGS OF THE SKY is a viking flavoured science fantasy that will have a pinch of horror, lots of action and dark comedy, and that's all I'm saying for now...

Fun fact, when I first came up with the idea for my scifi Fate’s Razor in 2011, it was originally called Destiny’s Children…

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It’s done! My first ever scifi cyberpunk FATE’S RAZOR is finished at 160,000 words! I am so very happy right now. I took a few extra days to write some finishing touches but it is now DONE and it’s time for the editing stage

Have you ever been told this? It’s occurred a few times to me but it’s never going to happen. I will always be writing about something magical or dragony. And apparently also now robots.

Lazy Saturday means 3k words done so far today. I’d love to hit 80k in a month but think I’ll be coming in at 75k. Not bad for the first month of my little million word a year challenge!

Most authors wouldn’t tell you this, but the first and most important stage of writing a book is spending at least 2 hours fiddling around finding the perfect font for your chapter headers

GET IN! The Weaver & The Wyrm is a round two finalist in #SFINC3!

After 15 years writing about dragons and magic, I’ve gone futuristic. For the past few months I’ve been writing my first ever scifi, tech noir, cyberpunk thing, and it’s definitely like nothing I’ve ever written.. The verdict? Writing SF is fun as fuck. I’m also almost done 🤞

There's only a few more days until the Dead Stars: Part Two project closes for good! No more Emaneska illustrated hardcovers are going to be available after this 👇 www.kickstarter.com/projects/emaneska/dead-stars-part-two-illustrated-hardcover

We’re live tomorrow at Bay and Bloor for an afternoon of… well… swords and spells. I’m going to read from an unpublished fantasy novel, and goodness only knows what Sebastien will do. Turn me into a frog?

Fate's Razor should be done by the end of the week! I love this part of the writing process and the head down rampage for the finish line. I’ve got 10,000 more words to go and book number 20 is done

In my ongoing personal quest to write a million words this year, I'm almost on target for January! I want to hit 83k per month and I'm at 65k right now.

A few little tips for how I usually go about my writing day:

One day I truly hope to have an Also By section this epically long

A whole shelf and counting now. 15 years ago Ben wouldn't believe it.

Guess what? It doesn’t really matter if you write 10,000 words today or -10000, you’re still sitting down to do some good old fashioned writing, and that’s what matters. That’s the job.

Feedback for Chasing Graves! I am beyond happy with that weird and dark series but these words make me even happier. Thank you 🤘

Let's be honest here, book research usually isn't the glamorous thing we present it as

This morning I have spent 30 minutes deciding on the placement of a comma. Best job ever.

Hello! I’m Ben Galley, and I’m trying to teach my algorithm to send me more bookish and SFF stuff. If you like sci-fi or fantasy books we should be friends 🙂

As a third-born, Tarko has always desperately wanted to matter, he just didn't expect it to fall to him to save his world of mile-high trees from fire-breathing demons... The Bloodwood Saga completes in May! www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJBFVPX4

Fate’s Razor is up to 155k and I’m almost at the finale. Can’t wait to finish my first sci-fi

In my quest to write a million words this year, I've been trying to hit at least 3000 a day since the start of Jan, and so far I'm just shy of 40k. Only 960000 to go.

All Caltro wanted was a chance to prove he's still the best thief in the Arc, but instead he finds himself unalived by soulstealars and trapped as a ghost. Meanwhile, Nilith is dragging a body towards the city, with only a murderous desert standing in her way. Why? You'll see👇