I haven't marketed on here lately, because I just didn't want to. Now my FFS people are gonna force me to make something they can help push out into the world. And while this isn't a baby, its emergence was a long and arduous process that I for some reason want to repeat.

It’s my birthday today, so if you’d like to make my day, you can definitely pick up a copy of my book 😉🎉 Hope you’re all having a good one!

Soooooo... #1 in YA Epic Fantasy and YA Dark Fantasy, #3 in YA Coming of Age Fantasy. (Yes, this is in the free category, because it's currently _free_!) (Am I mad? Also yes.) But this is pretty freakin' cool, right??

🫣 Free for three days?! I might have just lost it, but it’s true. Tethered to Darkness is free, for 3 days! People have said some nice things about it: 🐉 Eragon-style Dragon bonds 🤷🏻‍♂️ Believable and human ✨ Unique magic and beautiful creatures

I heard from someone that people like to see the author behind the book. So, here I am, holding my first novel (available on KU and my site (in bye ohhh)). And yes, that is work in progress of book 2 in the background. I am trying handwriting and I am loving it.

Just over a month to go until the sequel to Far Removed lands. If you enjoy sci-fantasy featuring non-humans, moons with oceans, and a gothic horror feel, start on Book 1 today! ARCs for Book 2 coming in the next few days. 🌘🎭🌒

Anyone here have Kindle Unlimited?

Tethered to Darkness is now available on Kindle Unlimited!

My name is among the fallen for SPFBOXI. BUT they do say that everyone liked my book, and that is a win for me. All I want is that my work will entertain people. If I manage to do that, I’m honestly super proud. Especially with this being my debut. fantasy-faction.com/2026/spfbo-1...

I’m in Kruger Park in South Africa. Saw the entire Big 5 today, plus loads more. Here’s a picture I took that I’m pretty proud of.

“I finished the book today, and immediately came here to find if there was book 2 yet. Not yet, but, I am invested in the world that Matt has created.” - 5 stars review Need I say more? Yes. Get the ebook for half and the physical copies for less right now!

To celebrate Indie April the ebook version of Tethered to Darkness will be 50% off on my website, and the hard copies will be on sale as well! ⚔️ Dark Epic fantasy ✨ Emotion magic 🐉 Dragons (and riding!) 🧙🏻‍♂️ Coming of age (in a refreshing way)

Okay I didn’t actually do a Narratess indie sale recap post yet because SOMEONE decided to screw over indie authors while being a criminal. So… here finally goes! I got 26 sales. 10 through amazon, 15 through itch, 1 direct. Do we count that 1 from kobo right after it ended?

Just a few more hours to get Tethered to Darkness for only 1.99 from the zon, kobo, itch or my own site! Or, you know, wait until the deal is off and get it then! Both work for me 🤣

Still going up and the Narratess Indie sale is still live today! Could it get to sub 100?? Tethered to Darkness for only 1.99. ⚔️ Dark Epic fantasy ✨ Emotion magic 🐉 Dragons (and riding!)

Still climbing and still 1.99! Tethered to Darkness – available on the Zon and on my own site!

I've not sold anything on Kobo in 2 months. Even though the 1.99 sale is live there as well. Not even sure if I'll ever get the money I made on there, because it's still below the minimum payout amount 🤣 KU is looking more and more attractive tbh...

Hey look! It’s my book! Only 1.99 everywhere now!

I’ve got 6 orders since this post: 1 direct, 1 itch bundle and 4 Zon. How much more can we make it?? - Epic fantasy - Emotion magic - Eragon style dragons with a (big) twist - Never been cheaper!

This is live everywhere now!! BIG GEST DIS COUNT E VER! Direct is the best! ❤️❤️❤️

I did know you could have your own domain as a handle on here, but I somehow spaced on it. Took me 30 seconds. Now my username is cool as shit 🤣 why didn’t I do this years ago?? Also TTD is on sale and on the website that is my username you can also buy discounted hard copies!!

This thing is now also live on my website, because why not. Coincidentally, my website pays me a lot more than anything else 🤣

Tethered to Darkness is part of the Narratess Indie sale! And because it’s impossible to time this stuff on the Zon if you’re not exclusive there, TTD is already available for $1.99 now!!

TIL that some people pronounce Tolkien as "Tolkin", and can I just say... I am disgusted.

I just watched the first episode of season 3 of Shrinking. Harrison Ford said: “I promised myself I’d start enjoying life to the fullest, but unfortunately what I like most in life is being an asshole.” And I have never felt this seen.

Do you think authors are above-average liars?

A lot's happening, so a quick update here! FFS is active as rabbits: we have 60+ books to browse from 30+ authors! I'm part of an SPFBO itch bundle: 🐉 6 books that include dragons for just $12! 4 sales during this Indie April: a few hours left to make it 5 in 5 days 😱 🔗👇

I know @bookspotlight.bsky.social once did over a year of daily sales and for the life of me I don’t know how. I’ve sold a copy of my book every day this month, but only if I sell one today 🤣 this definitely doesn’t come easy! But I’ll keep at it. Book 2 is in progress as well!

Another 4⭐️ review! Thanks so much! I love the fact that this review highlights the exact same things the 2 star review did, but positively 🤣 Just goes to show how differently people can view things!

Hey! Buy my book. I think it’s pretty cool. So do quite a few others.

If you want to find some cool fantasy books, please take the time to check out our #FFS website. It’s pretty sweet (and ever improving) if I do say so myself 🤣 🔗👇

I sold a book every day of this month. If I sell another book today 🤣

Does any other country have a saying like we do in the Netherlans around April 1st? Literally translated ours is “April 1, frog in your bum”.

An hour left in my day for someone to make it 27 sales this month! Will it be you?

Tethered to Darkness got its first 2⭐️ review today. You can’t please everyone, and.. I didn’t have a 2 star yet! Only a one star missing! This is not encouragement! 🤣 Get and read it first.

I feel like the US is not pulling their weight. And there’s only two days left in this month. Well? What do you have to say for yourselves??

Hello North American people, I am once again 6 hours ahead of you instead of 5, like it was the past two weeks. You’ll never catch me! (Summer/winter time is stupid.)

Here’s a hardback and a couple of paperbacks. There’s emotion magic, dragons, magic drugs, a dystopian-type world, more creatures, family issues, friendship, loss… I could go on, but don’t you already want to read this??

What’s the best way to tell people I have a book they can get on amazon, itch, kobo or mattfalcon.com?

I sold 0 books today. It happens!

There a so many reasons why I sell direct, but the Zon just changing your royalty fee to 35% instead of 70% because it's not on the 70% list for some reason, is definitely one of them... Do you buy direct?

A crazy amount of response to this post with my sales numbers. A few of you even bought my book! And direct from me! You really made my day, so thank you all ❤️

I sold 106 books since my book came out December 1! Very happy with that. On to 150? 200?

A huge #BBNYA2026 welcome to @mattfalcon.bsky.social and Tethered to Darkness. Good luck!

Chasing my 100th total sale (currently on 99) of Tethered to Darkness. Which means refreshing pages that probably won’t update in the coming 10 days 🤣

In case you missed it: my book is part of SPFBO 11 (XI if you like Roman numerals), and we’ve now got a little SPFBO deal happening for the remainder of March. 25 books for the price of 1 hardcover? Who would want to miss that? 🔗 👇

Oh wait, what? Amazon is down? Luckily you can get a copy of Tethered to Darkness on my site (my name dot com) and I have included a nice send-to-kindle feature there 😏

I left my CEO job and wrote Tethered to Darkness. I can’t believe it’s been 3 months since it released! There’s a $3 discount on all editions to celebrate—only on my redesigned site (with a snazzy send-to-kindle integration👀). You know where to look! Shen is waiting...🗡️🐉🏜️

Okay, why not? 40% discount everywhere! Only $2.99 now! Not sure how long I’ll keep up this crazy, so be quick!

I need a minimum amount of profit from my Kobo sales to get paid out, so I decided to throw a sale over there! Got a Kobo? Check out Tethered to Darkness!