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Dr Richard Hussey

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Writer of fantasy books. "You build a novel the same way you do a pyramid. One word, one stone at a time, underneath a full moon when the fingers bleed." - Kate Braverman Banner image by Sindre N. Aalberg on Unsplash.

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Ferbruary - I wrote 12,485 words, bringing my total to 60,048. Which is 50% of my goal for the year...

Victorian vampires query: 7 pending, 24 rejections.
Edwardian fantasy mystery second draft: 60.2% complete.

#WriteSky #WritersOfMastodon #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmQuerying

01.03.2026 12:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am generally quite bad at social media, so probably will not remember to look at this very often...

21.02.2026 12:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am also currently trying to write an Edwardian fantasy mystery about an immortal solving crimes. Badly.

Sherlock Holmes meets The Night Watch series (Sergei Lukyanenko).

21.02.2026 12:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am currently querying a Victorian fantasy book about vampires in Cambridge. Very gay vampires.

An epistolary novel told mostly through diary entries, but also a variety of other documents.
Think Dracula meets A Discovery of Witches.

21.02.2026 12:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I'm Richard, a data scientist with degrees in computer science and cybernetics turned aspiring author.

I write a variety of fantasy, from epic to historic to contemporary/urban, and dable in science fiction; and mostly read the same.

Posts are also bridged to Mastodon.
#WriteSky #WritersOfMastodon

21.02.2026 12:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0