Indie Sci-Fi Recommendation: The Europan Deception: A Science Fiction Thriller (Dark Galaxy Book 1) by @ryanpatrickauthor.bsky.social It was fast-paced and fun with great characters and a mystery that leaves you wanting more. Check it out if your looking to support another indie author!

New short story just dropped. A father makes a deal with a demon to save his daughter’s life. A Deal Beneath the Moon Now live on Substack.

This writing stuff doesn’t get any easier, but finally consistency is beating motivation. I've written for 15 days in a row now. Four sprints yesterday. Only one felt “good.” Still got the work done. Still showed up. I'll take it. #amwriting #indieauthor #WriterDiscipline

Just dropped a new Substack post! A long overdue “Mid-Year Update” featuring marathon training, life updates, writing progress, and a sneak peek at Bards & Bargains Chapter 3. 👇 open.substack.com/pub/robmorte... #AmWriting #IndieAuthor #WritingLife #SubstackWriters #FantasyFiction

I've been really trying to get up a write first time in the morning. I was a little groggy today but hey, I did it! Woke up at 4:51. Wrote 282 words. Did yoga. Packed lunch. Audiobook in the car instead of screen time. We'll see how long I can keep this up. #WritersLife #Booksky #indieauthor

Been awhile so here's a quick writing update: Finished Chapters 27 & 28 of Bards & Bargains. Draft 1 at 85,000 words Started the next interlude. The POVs are starting to converge. It’s tense. It’s messy. It’s fun. #FantasyWriter #WritingCommunity #Booksky

Now is your best chance to find my book, Tales & Treasure, available for FREE at @Smashwords as part of their Annual Summer/Winter Sale! Find my book and many more at www.smashwords.com/books/view/1... all month! #SWSale2025 #Smashwords

Absolutely worth reading!

This wonderful solarpunk anthology launched at Eastercon! It's edited by the brilliant @wishusdonna.bsky.social and has lots of great stories, including my first ever solarpunk short! I may have got a bit weird with it. If you want solarpunk short stories then please check it out!

Wrote over 2,000 words yesterday for the first time ever. Feels really good. Hopefully I can keep the momentum going today. #writing #writingcommunity

I'm really trying to figure out how to balance growing an audience and actually writing. Anyone have any tips? It's hard. Anyway, better get back to actually writing something. I can worry about this marketing stuff later. #writing #writingcommunity

Another 100 word flash fiction story and a closer look at a character coming in Bard's & Bargains. #flashfictionfriday #writingcommunity #writing #fantasy

"Birds sang. The melodious chirping seemed different this morning, slightly softer, less enthusiastic. There was no echo, no annoyingly accurate echo. Vidmar watched Vatis. The bard sat in the dirt, hugging his knees to his chest." Excerpt from Tales & Treasure #writing #fantasy #indieauthors

Here's the map to my world called Emre. #maps #fantasy #writing #writingcommunity

The best writing tip I've ever gotten is: "Embrace a bad first draft." I would edit extensively as I wrote my first draft, while the draft was fairly clean, the process took 10 times longer than just getting all of your ideas out and worrying about the editing later. #writing #writingcommunity

What #fantasy race do you want to see more off? I think we need some more giants and orges, personally. #writingcommunity #writers

Meet these great indie authors who write fantasy at the Fantasy Genre Indie Authors Starter Pack! If you wish to be included in the starter pack, reply here. #writingcommunity #fantasy #authorsky #writersky bsky.app/starter-pack/inventi...

"I could make you a hero known throughout Emre. I can make you more than a whisper on the tongues of thieves. By the new moon, you’d be on the mind of half the world... Want more? Check out my novel Tales & Treasure a.co/d/a1DJWAD #writing #fantasy #writingcommunity #indieauthor #selfpublished

I'm not great at naming things, example: The name for my fantasy world Emre is just my son Remy's name in poorly pronounced pig latin. #fantasy #writingcommunity #writing

What’s your favorite fantasy world and why? #fantasy #writingcommunity

"Vatis stepped over the corpse of a man he didn't think could die." -#firstline from Tales & Treasure #fantasy #writingcommunity #writing #indieauthors

Hi! I realized that I haven't really introduced myself here. I'm Rob Mortell, a #fantasy author. I write adventure stories based in my world of Emre. Tales & Treasure, my first novel, came out last year. I have an amazing supportive family and like to play golf whenever I can sneak away. #writers

‘People mad about generative AI would be mad at the printing press and cameras! We’re the future! This is evolution! My prompt is art!’ The printing press and cameras weren’t stealing art or polluting the environment. But whatever you have to tell yourself, you lazy planet hating thief limp noodle.

Trying something new—100 word flash fiction stories every Friday that add a little insight and depth to my Stories of Emre Series. #flashfictionfriday #writingcommunity #writing #fantasy

Just finished Red Country by @joeabercrombie.com it was fantastic. There aren't many fantasy writers better, you just have to be realistic about this things. Anyway, highly recommend. It works great as a stand alone but will be better if you've read the first law trilogy. #fantasy

I'll be right there with you, pretending I'll find a few hours between now and Sunday night. At which point, I'll just give up and hope next week is a little better lol. #writingcommunity #amwriting

Live in 10 minutes with Writer's Block!

I've decided to make the ebook for Tales & Treasure $0.99 from now on. If you like classic fantasy adventures with bards, and treasure hunts, and lost magic. Check it out. #indieauthor #fantasy #ebooks #bookdeals

Trying to some new keywords on Tales & Treasure to see if that helps draw some more attention to it on Amazon. #indieauthor #indieauthorproblems #writingcommunity

Crossed the 50,000 word mark on Bard's & Bargains today. Feels good. Maybe I'll actually get this done. #writing #writingcommunity #indieauthor

Looking forward to it!

Finally getting to that scene in my book that I've been dying to write. Let's go! #writingcommunity #writing #indieauthors

Just 2 more days to save during @smashwords.bsky.social Read an Ebook Week! www.smashwords.com/ebookweek #ebookweek25 #Smashwords www.smashwords.com/profile/view... #WritingCommunity #authors #indieauthors #Writers #WolfPackAuthors #books #bookboost #Booksky #readers #readingcommunity

He started with good intentions, but as they say power corrupts.

#writingcommunity if you write with multiple POVs, do you have a specific one that you write faster? I find myself writing one character much faster than the others. What does that say? Do they need more "screen time"? #writing #writersky #fantasy #indieauthors

Happy Read an Ebook Week! If you are looking for a new book to download and read this week to celebrate, be sure to check out the many books available, including Tales & Treasure, at a promotional price until March 8. Check out the sale at buff.ly/90Cr4xL #ebookweek25 #Smashwords

A piece of a poem From Chapter 12 of Tales & Treasure: Is he a farmer with no crop Is it affirmation or merely a prop Is he king without a crown His people have spoken. They won’t kneel down #poetry #fantasy #writingcommunity #amwriting #writersky

You can read my novel for free on my #substack page. Here's the first chapter: Tales & Treasure Chapter 1 buff.ly/yaHaV5u #fantasy #booksky #freebooks #adventure #epicfantasy

I just finished Wind & Truth and dang, absolutely incredible. The scope is insane and it's only getting bigger. I don't how Sanderson does it. #windandtruth #cosmere #fantasy

Happy Read an Ebook Week! You can find my book, Tales & Treasure, available now on #smashwords for FREE! buff.ly/Qm1mvqn Find great deals on my book and many more until March 8! #ebookweek25

I've been so much more productive sense I embraced the concept of a "bad" first draft. I'm no longer editing as I go and I know that this draft will be riddled with errors, but the ideas and words are flowing so much faster. #writingcommunity #amwriting #writing

I really enjoyed The Teller of Small Fortunes by @julieleong.bsky.social. I laughed. I cried. It was wonderfully heart warming and find myself missing Tao, Silt, Kina, and especially Mash now that it is over. I highly recommend it for #cozyfantasy fans. #fantasy #booksky

What do you like to write more first-person or third-person? Are there any crazy second-person people? #WritersOfBluesky #writingcommunity #amwriting #writing

What does the #writingcommunity think about interludes in #fantasy novels? I have interludes every 4-5 chapters in my novels to add new perspective and leap forward a bit in time, but do they distract from the main characters? #amwriting #writing

#writingcommunity how do we feel about stories within a story? My novel has several of them. I try to tie them into the larger narrative, but sometimes I worry that they take away from the main plot. #amwriting #writing #fantasy

I'm a little behind my reading goal for this year, but I'm almost done with Wind and Truth and that should count for like two or three books. #windandtruth #2025readinggoal #writingcommunity #fantasy

Fantasy writers If you woke up in your created world tomorrow would you ever want to go back to the real world? #writingcommunity #amwriting #writing #fantasy #fantasyworld #worldbuilding

It's been a long time, but I finally got an update out on Substack!

I'm thrilled to be featured on Indiosynrasy! It's an awesome website where you can find more indie authors! Check it out. #indie #indieauthors #selfpublished #indiefantasy https://buff.ly/4hUUzO2

I've decided to make Tales & Treasure free for the rest of the month. You can pick up the ebook on your favorite platform today. (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, and more) #fantasy #ebook #free #freebooks #bookdeals #fantasynovels Check the link below.