A whole line of increasingly tyrannical governors of Port Malice and the Corpus Isles, I'd say. Did they keep their people safe and happy? Yeah. Did they do so by invading their lives, curtailing their freedoms and generally being dictators? Also yes. #novemberworldbuilders

The end of an era in my TTRPGing is fast approaching. huwsteer.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/t...

There were some rather nasty wizards back in the day on the Boiling Seas. If your magic system is basically just energy transfer, you can do some very unpleasant things with ice. Banned magic now, a century ago. Which doesn't mean it doesn't get used... #novemberworldbuilders

This is a tricky one. Were there ancient heroes on the Boiling Seas? Obviously. Do I ever actually talk about them? ...no I do not. But there are plenty of treasure-hunting legends, at least, of days gone by. Tal Wenlock had to emulate *somebody*. #novemberworldbuilders

(disclaimer: not actually a bird) #novemberworldbuilders

Big ol' airships, big ol' gasbags, big ol' reams of white canvas! A common sight in the skies above the Boiling Seas. #novemberworldbuilders

"The flower... queenscloak, in your tongue... It had been dead for almost a thousand years. There were only a few islands that grew it. In great meadows, as far as the eye could see; shimmering petals of deep purple and silver." #novemberworldbuilders

Find a sailor of the Boiling Seas in their cups, and they might tell you about the things they've seen. Flying fish leaping through the steam, shoals of silver. And the lights. Strange lights. Green lights. Way down there in the dark, and in the deep. #novemberworldbuilders

"...a carrot. Or at least it was the same shape, colour and size as a carrot, and tasted like a carrot. It just grew on a bush instead of under the ground. Max's designated botanical and culinary notebook was already an... interesting read." #novemberworldbuilders

It's the Boiling Seas, there's some water underneath all that steam and it's presumably blueish... (but also some snazzy uniforms on Port Malice) #novemberworldbuilders

Robes! The Lantern has various levels of ceremonialness to its scholarly robes but they are all red. #novemberworldbuilders

"oh for the love of- he's writing about bloody trains again, isn't he" huwsteer.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/1...

Bloody loving the Checquy books by @danielomalley.bsky.social right now

Bookshops are some of my favourite places in the world. Sometimes, though, I can't stay in them for long. huwsteer.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/b...

now you see I *could* write or I *could* open these children's trading cards

★★★★★ - "a brilliantly-executed concept of fantasy archaeology" Sound good? It's a whole trilogy! You can read it! It's got airships and tomb raiding and magic and stuff! (Link to all 3 Boiling Seas books below.) #writingcommunity #books #fantasy

I had so much writing to do already but I cannot, apparently, be stopped huwsteer.wordpress.com/2025/10/19/h...

That is not what 'AI-free' means. 🤬 Good fucking grief, how much dumber and delusional will (can?) this timeline get? 🤦 #FuckAI 🖕

I have a dark SF novel to rewrite I need to STOP HAVING NEW STORY IDEAS

Reject modernity; return to playing children's card games with your friends. huwsteer.wordpress.com/2025/10/12/c...

"so atmospheric... tense and pacey" - my friend who done read this Pick up Grimdark #44!

Two stories in less than a week? Madness, I tell you! Anyway, dystopian medicine in my story, 'The Health Police', just one of the excellent stories in Andromeda Spaceways Magazine #99! andromedaspaceways.com/product/asm-...

What's that new story of mine in @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social #44 about, then? Let me explain. huwsteer.wordpress.com/2025/10/05/n...

I don't write horror often, but when I do, it seems to keep ending up in Grimdark. Very excited to be alongside this beautiful bunch of authors!

if someone could buy just a single specific book before the end of the month that would be great

It's one of those days, unfortunately; I think (I kinda hope) that most writers on here can relate huwsteer.wordpress.com/2025/09/28/t...

my book marketing is so unsuccessful that every day I get closer to replying to the endless promo service spam emails

good news: if I sell another... 3,999 short stories, I'll be able to afford this house

I have Achieved Some Goals huwsteer.wordpress.com/2025/09/21/t...

Just finished (about 5 months late) listening to the first draft of my audiobook, and I think... I think I might actually be a decent writer? Hard carried by the narration, ofc, but still. That book ain't bad.

I forgot that I put a musical combination lock in this book. Quite a good idea now that I think about it. Sometimes I think my writing is just a vehicle to explore the weird bits of semi-magical technology that keep sprouting in my brain.

which of you did this two full books in a day you're mad also thank you

If everyone could nag me until I actually complete my writing goals for my week off work that'd be great huwsteer.wordpress.com/2025/09/14/t...

My marketing process: 1. "I should make a witty book post" 2. have no ideas 3. stare at screen for half an hour 4. give up 5. wonder why I don't sell many books 6. repeat ...anyway I write books, they're quite good, read them if you want I guess

Long overdue, this: what have I been reading over the last few months? huwsteer.wordpress.com/2025/09/07/w...

You can tell stories without a single word if you're clever. And also if you're making film or videogames, it's quite hard to write a story without writing. huwsteer.wordpress.com/2025/08/31/a...

There's nothing like going through an editor's notes to remind you that you really don't understand how half the English language works

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look you don't *have* to buy a book but if you did it would be very satisfying just saying (also one is still free today, so you *could...*)

One day moooore Another day another book for me All are quite cheap and quite a lot are free To get your sci-fi and your crime You only have a little time

Come and get yer books

Short post today, but Stuff Happen huwsteer.wordpress.com/2025/08/24/s...

and that's an anthology acceptance baybeeee (and it's coming out *much* sooner than I expected I have admin to do very quickly)

It's Narratess time! Come get your books for 0.99 or free! 300-odd of them and they're all excellent! And if you wanted to start my Boiling Seas trilogy, now's the time - The Blackbird and the Ghost is first and it's free until Monday! #writingcommunity #books

Sometimes I just want to write a vibe and sit in it for a while. huwsteer.wordpress.com/2025/08/17/s...

help me buy a house every book sold is another few millimetres of office space

Lil interview went live last week and I am bad at social media Behold: my face, courtesy of Introverted Indies! youtu.be/-yvJb8RkVEU?...

I get attached to things. It makes it hard to let go of them, or upgrade and replace them. But after 12 years of loyal service, I reckon I'm justified this time. huwsteer.wordpress.com/2025/08/10/o...

Ad Luna, and a bunch of other excellent indie books, are on sale for the next week-ish! Grab 'em all now! (link in quote) #WritingCommunity #booksky

Big ol' indie sale for Cindy L. Sell's Embers Rising! 10 books, 0.99 each, what's not to love? Ad Luna's one of 'em - check out the rest too! (link below) #writingcommunity #booksky