✨ A Sprinkle of JoyousJoyness ✨ Perfect catch! Have a JoyousJoyfulJoyness day! #happy #dog #joyousjoyness #cute #repost

#AwesomeCharacters Dom starts out the book not really thinking about retirement, and while he still doesn’t exactly know what to do, he isn’t as freaked out about it anymore. 1/?

Vibin' #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#AwesomeCharacters For Dom, he’ll either ignore it if that can be done or just leave. He gets enough hits during work and doesn’t need them at dinner. 1/?

A bit of NotMike since I'm working on book 2. (Barlow's characterization is coming along in ways that make the things I thought were inconsistencies in book 1 actually perfectly in character. Without me having to think consciously about it.) #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#AwesomeCharacters Definitely Dom from Delay of Game. Which is why he usually keeps his mouth shut. Right up until he doesn’t and causes problems for his beleaguered brother-in-law.

#AwesomeCharacters At the start of the story, Dom isn’t really looking forward. The most future planning he has is to get his shoulder fixed after he retires. 1/?

I guess I'm going to have to come up with a title for Barlow's book at some point. But probably not at only 2.3k words. :)

Todd Gabler, the PI the Richins family hired after Eric was murdered. #TrueCrime (Much as I would love the Jeremy Brett Holmes...) :)

Now is your best chance to find my book, Delay of Game, available for a promotional price at @Smashwords as part of their Annual Summe rSale! Find my book on sale at www.smashwords.com/books/view/2... through July 31! #SWSale2026 #Smashwords #books #BookSky

Delay of Game is available from many sources, including Amazon and Kobo Plus! books2read.com/u/3RRONv #book #BookSky #UrbanFantasy

Is it a truth universally acknowledged that authors hate comps? 😆 That query-specific thing of having to comp titles that aren't too old and also aren't too big is a killer I do have tips, as someone who successfully queried a title for which there arent a lot of other examples #SummerOfStories 1/

#AwesomeCharacters For Dom, a safety is the position who he’s usually clashing with. 🙃 For the other definition, at the beginning, Dom isn’t really seeking it apart from financial stability. During the story, he actively rejects safety to protect others. 1/?

You know things are going well with the planet when it looks like the first 38 minutes of Stalker (1979) outside your window.

#NoFilter Ick

I'm enjoying the string of prompts that work so well for Delay of Game. Just one of 27 occurrences of the word. :) #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSQL2M3N/

Delay of Game The press says Jed Amaron's comeback is over. Dom Greyson thinks someone made sure of it. Ted Lasso with orcs and a harder hit. #BluePit #📖 #A #F #P www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSQL2M3N/

#AwesomeCharactres Dom would delegate to Marisol. I think this would rock, at least for Delay of Game. Neither Saida nor Tevyal would be good at marketing, unless Saida decided to order everybody to read my books, which she wouldn't do. :) 1/2

To Do: 1.Change name 2.Avoid Godmothers & Princesses 3.Find portal home 4.DO NOT GET MARRIED After an unwise wish Prince Charming wakes in a magical realm where there's a shortage of suitors for princesses. Godmothers are hunting him down, and his only ally is a talking frog. #BLUEPIT #📖 #Q #YA #F

He already knows what defiance costs. She is about to learn. The Queen's Waterman is a character-driven fantasy with a strong romantic element. Think The Goblin Emperor meets The City of Brass. #BluePit #📖 #A #F #W #DIS

Such a sad day. :(

Sam Neill was a favorite of mine since seeing him in Ivanhoe. Gutted. :( RIP.

#AwesomeCharacters Dom is a receiver… 1/?

Fixed "something" off with my epub, so it's now processing on Kobo and D2D so Delay of Game will be available more broadly. Once they're done with the "few hours to a few days" of various processing... *drums fingers* #WritingCommunity

#BluePitHype My mom is a bit source of my inspiration. She was always a reader, and she read stories to us as kids. i remember crying at the end of "Where the Red Fern Grows." She likes speculative fiction and mysteries, and surprise surprise, so do it! :) 1/2

Dom's relationship with technology is a bit fraught... www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSQL2M3N/ #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#AwesomeCharacters Physical fight would possibly be a draw between Barlow and Dom, but I'd actually give it to Barlow because she was in the military longer than Dom, so she had more training. Magical fight would be Tevyal, as he's the only one who can do magic. Reddit fight would be Fern. :)

Putting more of Valrik's teachings in Tevyal's thoughts was a fun thing on the big edit. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Migraines are boring, y'all. At least I finally got my review in for Fires of Kyoto, which I really enjoyed. Really should attempt some sleep I suppose.

#AwesomeCharacters For Dom, it depends at least partly on when in the timeline the party takes place. Before the book, he would show up late and leave early and hug the wall. If people talked to him, he’d be personable, and he’d even sign an autograph if someone asked. He just doesn’t reach out. 1/?

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts This week has been especially good for key moments from Delay of game. :) www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSQL2M3N

#AwesomeCharacters Dom is pretty health conscious in general, but he also doesn’t want doctors preventing him from playing. And after spoiler, he struggles with eating and sleeping. 1/?

((Ooh. New sticky-note pad.) (Let’s break it in with a truly stupid little doodle!)

#BluePitHype question 3 Saida came because I wanted a matriarchy. She is in many ways a new manager, and through her I could channel some of my experience and feelings of managing people. Tevyal is an exploration of guilt and grief and how they linger even after you think they should be gone.

#BluePitHype Valrik has plans for the Guild to conquer Nisareth and Bellara. Tevyal and Saida both call Nisareth home, and they do not want the Guild in charge. For one, that's Saida's job. For another, Tevyal knows how bad the Guild's and Valrik's philosophies actually are.

#BluePitHype question 1 Tevyal: His choices. He throws away power, privilege, and his right hand and seeks a life of service. He chooses to act against his former colleagues' plans on his new home. Saida: Her power and conscientiousness. As queen, she tries to do the best for her people.

Might have shared this before, but it got a bit more info on the latest editing pass, grounding Tevyal more in the Guild culture at that point. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

I really should get a haircut, but I need to find me a stylist nearby that knows how to handle curls in a state with a bunch of people of Italian descent. :)

Anyone interested in some free #scifi short stories? #BookSky #BookTok #ReadSky #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity #SWSummer2026 #SWSale2026 #dystopian #SFF #urbanfantasy

#AwesomeCharacters Dom isn’t hugely fond of puzzles. Some he can bungle his way through, but this is the guy who is regularly exploded by his nephews in a game remarkably similar to Minecraft. :) 1/?

My first piece of writing was a Transformers fanfiction to explain how the dad and son came to work with the Autobots. When I finally saw the episode that explained it, I knew mine was better. Ah, to have the confidence of my childhood self! #BluePitHype

The Queen's Waterman report Major editing pass: Complete Final word count: 96,605 Gore removed: Most of it (it was only in one scene anyway) Next step: Let it sit a week or two, then do a line edit/proofread pass, find an artist, pick fonts... #WritingCommunity

Just one chapter and then one scene left to edit on this one. This bit happens about 80% of the way through the novel. Most of the rest of it is in the desert. :) #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

The fun of writing a book with a sport in it that you think your target readers might not know and hoping you explained it okay. :) #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSQL2M3N

Dom spends a lot of time in stadiums. :) www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSQL2M3N #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#AwesomeCharacters Hm, probably the kid who was a descendant of King Arthur. Sixth grade, I’d tested out of English, so I decided to use the time to write a novel. I didn’t, and I am not as into Arthurian stuff now. But I think of him sometimes. Whatever his name was. :)

Jojo decided she needed a promotion to Branch Manager. I told her Baroness was probably higher rank, but she insisted. #dog #DogsOfBluesky

Haaland’s career for Norway 🇳🇴 54 matches. 🟩 62 goals. ⚽️ Demigod.

#AwesomeCharacters It would be unusual for Dom, even though he’s more of a loner. He usually gets outside to run or work out, and if nothing else, Marisol would poke him. It would probably involve him being unconscious. 1/?

#AwesomeCharacters That's probably Ollie from Delay of Game. Especially when it comes to emojis.