All my books are briefly 50% off on the @smashwords.bsky.social until the seventh of February! Read an eBook Week (RAEB) is a great opportunity to get ebooks for a lower price, so check if your favourite author is on Smashwords and you might get lucky.
#epicfantasy #indiefantasy #trilogy #booksale
There might have been democracy in Iran if the CIA hadn't intervened in the 80's. The US has been unofficially at war with Iran like forever (and a lot of other countries). Regardless, I hope the common people are all right!
Couldn't agree more
Who else here literally only knows this moon bdcause of The Expanse???
Since we're all divesting from our billionaire overlords... what a great time to switch from Goodreads to indie-owned (+ much cuter, cooler, social) Pagebound?
Hi #booksky ๐ we're Pagebound, a new social reading site (think: if Goodreads and Reddit had a baby). Come read with us !
Awesome, profit should be less important to companies imho
Goedemiddag!
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As the second month of 2026 flies by Iโve just completed my first indie book of the year, Far Removed, and am now well into Let Sleeping Gods Lie. Soon I'll start reading The Godsblood Tragedy, Passage One of the Divine Godsqueen Coda (what a mouthful) by @williamjadams3.bsky.social
Hugo Award nominations now open.
Nominations are now open for the 2026 Hugo Awards!
Emails are going out to eligible nominators (those who became a member of LAcon V by January 31, 2026, or were a member of the Seattle Worldcon 2025) about how to set up their LAcon V virtual convention account.
A picture of a rose with the text โRoses are redโฆโ
A picture of a blue flower with the text โViolets are blueโฆโ
A group of people walking down a trail with the text โThe world needs peopleโฆโ
A protest on a street corner with the text โJust like you!โ
Roses are red
Violets are blue
The world needs people
Just like you!
Happy Valentineโs Day from XRC2C ๐
Send to your favorite climate activist
Word of the Week: Anachronism
Definition: something that exists out of its time in history, especially if it happens or exists later than the period being discussed (Merriam Webster)
Not to be confused with arachnophobia btw. Makes you wonder, could time travellers have an anachrophobia ๐ค๐ค
This art features 100 bees of various colors and shapes. These bees are designed in a cartoonish style, based on real species. The common name or species is written below the animals. Some bees are moving leaves, scraping plant hair, or sticking out their tongues. Some male bees have hairy faces and unusually shaped legs. There are also baby bees that have just hatched from their petal nests. Cute and colorful atmosphere. There are over 20,000 species of bees, so I only depicted a very small fraction of them!
Bees ๐
Aww cute, love bees
Draft2Digital just partnered with Bookshop.org, which supports indepent bookstores for every book sold. This means you can find all my books on there as well, both the Ankuan Trilogy and The Fox's Crown.
If you usually buy from Amazon or Barnes & Noble, consider this bookshop-friendely alternative!
The word is out! Draft2Digital has officially partnered with Bookshop.org to get indie ebooks into indie bookstores!
For more details on this new partnership, check out our latest blog post! #authorsky
www.draft2digital.com/blog/booksho...
Oh damn now you say it, Sanderson also has 3 laws of magic in worldbuilding and a zeroth law (all inspired by Asimov's laws) but only later did I realise how cool the word is
Favourite word of the week: Zeroth
Definition: being numbered zero in a series
Never thought a word existed for Zero like first for one, second for two etc.
Really weird word, only really appliccable in mathematics or science, but impressive if yiu can use it in a fiction book
Yeah its a really fun read so far, once you get into it.
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SPFBO 11 officially starts today!
Let the reviews flow! #SPFBO
Word of the week: syzygy (yes its a real word)
Meaning: In astronomy, a syzygy is a roughly straight-line configuration of three or more celestial bodies in a gravitational system.
Definitely have to use that term in one of my books ๐
Hoo boy the ai spambot โbook promotersโ want โChildren of Strifeโ for their, wait for it, childrenโs book festival. I mean, I know itโs in the name but mate your algorithm is fucked.
This January I'm honoring my new years resolution to read more Indie SFF. So far I'm very impressed by the setting of Far Removed, first story I've ever read that takes place on a moon! As for my next read, its been a while since I've read any Urban Fantasy, so I'm curious how that will go.
Fun fact I learned today: glacier ice is, in fact, a kind of (monomineralic) rock. It fits the technical definition of rock, which is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals (according to wikipedia).
Good luck to everyone who entered their books into SPFBO 11!!! Taking part in SPFBO X had a huge impact on my writing career (and Iโm forever grateful to @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social for running this competition), so I hope this next batch of authors finds as much value in it as I did.
You have 13 hours left to throw your self-published fantasy book into the #SPFBO hat!
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I got in!
Good luck to all the amazing authors.
Breaking News!
The SPFBO is back for its 11th consecutive run ๐ฅ๐ฅ And as always, its a great chance to find your next favorite Indie read.
For more information, check out @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social or the facebook page on www.facebook.com/groups/12287...
300 books. Ten judges. 1 champion.
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