Bicep nearly hulked out of my shirt 💪

I only had one audience member for my live reading this arvo but as it was my baby niece Lily it was all worth it. I delivered a passionate rendition of SPOT'S FIRST WORDS no fewer than three times over. Can confirm Lily enjoyed Uncle Holden's live reading skills.

Preparing to smoulder for my YEAH THE BOYS era headshots and I've decided I want these shots to say "buy my book or I'll bash ya". I've tried every other marketing strategy and this seems like the best one I have left tbh.

Taking the train like the absolute peasant I am 😝

Man, I love that song. Total banger.

I guess you could say I've got a chip on my shoulder

Monday off to a good start 💪

Footy's back YEWWW!

Legs done 🦍✅️

You only fail if you quit

Come with me if you want to lift

The gays have been asking me for years to post a photo of the woody between my legs and I am drunk enough tonight to finally cave. Enjoy, homos. Weird that you wanted to see this but no judgement from me.

Trimmed me face pubes. Happy Flex Friday 😝💪

Beard be bearding

Thursdaddy 💪

I've been having a really rough time lately, but I've decided to try to get back on the horse.

G'day

Last year vs today. May have bulked too hard.

Like most acclaimed literary authors, Mr Sheppard spends most of his downtime flexing obsessively into a mirror and aggressively staunching smaller, weaker homosexual men at the gym.

Just gotta keep showin up 💪

Felt wide today 💪

Shirtless Sunday 💪

This is one of my favourite 1 star reviews of my books ever (KOD). I just have this visual of this reader reading this very-clearly-labelled gay book, then seeing the term "pre-cum" in a gay sex scene and flying into an enraged convulsion, slamming the book shut in fury (DNF means Did Not Finish).

Happy author with his new gay football book. YEAH THE BOYS was 15 years in the making. Finally on shelves in 2 months. Can't wait to have this book in the world. 😄 #Booksky #Writersky #writingcommunity #gay

Calves are the biceps of the leg - Arnold Schwarzenegger

Okay so I opened the chunky parcel from my publisher on video & I am STOKED. The final copies of YEAH THE BOYS ready to go into bookshops. How good does the back cover look! I love this book jacket. 🤩🤩 It's in stores two months from today - 28 April! Let's fkn goooooooo! 🤠🤠💪💪

Happy Flex Friday 💪💪

HULK GOT PARCEL FROM PUBLISHER!! IS IT: 1. Final printed copies of YEAH THE BOYS!! 🤠🤙 2. Celebratory 1kg brick of booger sugar 🤠🤙 Looks a bit suss like it could be either! SHOULD I OPEN IT?!

Great night at the Minderoo Artist Fund ceremony at Yagan Square last night. Last year I won the Minderoo Artist Fund Award for YEAH THE BOYS & I love how Minderoo keeps past winners involved. Huge congrats to the new cohort & this year's winner, Elise Reitze-Swensen, on her album! 🤘

Save a horse, ride a cowboy 🤠

Off to a corporate sundowner but I'm in my Johnny Cash era. Fingers crossed I don't get chucked out by security again! 🤞🤞

My book spotted in a Paris bookshop!! This made me very happy to wake up to. LES GARÇONS INVISIBLES was spotted on the shelf at FNAC(!) in Paris which is a massive chain store in France. Get dat promo boys! 💪💪 Thanx Jess for the photo - really chuffed to see the boys out in the wild in France! 🇲🇫🇲🇫

Keeping the head above water 🏋‍♂️

"I hurt myself today to see if I still feel." One of my favourite songs of all time - Hurt by Johnny Cash (Nine Inch Nails cover). Today I had the joy of getting to talk about it on ABC Goldfields & Midwest Radio's Songtales program with Ivo Da Silva.

Honestly I think this is one of the best lines I've ever written. Clean, honest, economic. Pure literature. (From Chapter 3 of KING OF DIRT)

Fuck yeah bro 💪

Gorilla mode today 🦍🦍

"Sure I can give you a lift in my truck, bud. There's just one condition." 🤠🛻

Tank 💪

Someone's dad 💪

Really wish my doctors would stop "expressing concern" over the nutritional quality of my breakfasts. I think it's clear I know what I'm doing.

My big gay bogan love story. As requested, this is me reading chapter 1 of KING OF DIRT last night on the fight juice. This is the story of bisexual Aussie tradie bloke Jack Brolo finding his way back to himself. I have no idea how I didn't do this way before now. Better late than never ay. 🤠🛻🤙

Leg day progress 🏋‍♂️💪

Flex Friday 💪💪

Friday knock off bourbons. Needed this. Happy weekend fukkas 🍻🤙

Huge congrats to one of the INVISIBLE BOYS screenwriters Allan Clarke on winning an AWGIE award for episode 7 of IB! 🙌🙌

Cardio is hardio 💦

First reactions to YEAH THE BOYS are in and holy hell, THE HYPE IS REAL! 🤩🤩 I am blown away to have these incredible authors I admire so much react this way to YEAH THE BOYS. 🥳🥳 A massive thanx to all five of them for giving me a taste of what I hope readers will feel when you read this book, too.

Hump Day was successfully humped

King of the Pontoon 🤙