Bill Blume
@billblume.bsky.social
Writer of fantasy for YA & Adults. My new novel TO HELL AND BACK comes out 1/20/26 and is available for preorder! I advocate punching nazis. https://linktr.ee/AuthorBillBlume
We lost Wicket this past Thursday. I’m heartbroken. Think I will be for years. One of my favorite things I’ve ever written was in my novel TO HELL AND BACK, and it’s the chapter inspired by how Wicket found me and Sheri all those years ago. #DogsofBluesky #Booksky
The Dog That Went TO HELL AND BACK (and to Heaven)
Saying Goodbye to Wicket
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While waiting for the final season to drop, I’m revisiting the storytelling techniques that make the early episodes of “Impact Winter” work so well. #ImpactWinter #audiodramas #podcasts
Revisiting “Impact Winter”
Season 1, Episode 2, “The Truth Unsaid”
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A little dragon loose in downtown means big problems in my latest short story “I Lost My Human.” Get this short story for free when you subscribe to my newsletter (which includes pics of my dogs Wicket and Mocha!). To subscribe and get the free story: shorturl.at/XxT4C #booksky #shortstory
Finished the audiobook of THE LAST CONTRACT OF ISAKO by @fondalee.bsky.social last week, and I loved it so much, I had to get it in hardback to put on my bookshelves. #booksky #FondaLee #TheLastContractOfIsako
Heartbreaking. 😿 For many of us, he’s the best father figure and librarian TV has ever known. Rest in Peace, Ripper! www.bbc.com/news/article... #AnthonyStewartHead
Anthony Head: Buffy and Ted Lasso actor dies at 72
The British actor, who also appeared in Merlin and Little Britain, died of complications from pneumonia.
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Your chance to get my free short story “Now I Lay Me Down to Play” ends on Friday, May 15th. To get this story of a person trapped in a Virtual Reality game, sign up for my newsletter. eepurl.com/isTfI-/ #Booksky #FreeEbook #ShortStories
There’s an art to writing a conversation in a story, and I only recently realized how much my career as a 911 dispatcher has helped me with writing the dialogue in my stories. Today, I’m getting into the unexpected ways that improved my characters’ conversations. #Writersky
If This, Then That
The Unexpected Benefits of Being a 911 Dispatcher for Writing Dialogue
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Time is running out to vote for my books in the Indie Visible Awards! Tomorrow, May 8th, is the last day to vote. My novels WEST OF APOCALYPSE and THE DRAGON SPY are nominated for Dystopian/Sci-Fi and Young Adult, respectively. To go vote: shorturl.at/ee7qG #Booksky
If you see this, drop a hero with a sword! Ayleen Torr’s silhouette is there, in the distance, and she always has her sword with her.
Hampus Flink 🐷💢@hampus.bsky.social · 4mo agoIf you see this, drop a hero with a sword!
Happy Star Wars Day everybody! #StarWars as photographs from the #Orkney Archive photographic collection. ⭐️ #MayThe4thBeWithYou #StarWarsDay
Fill your #StarWars void between May the 4th and “The Mandalorian & Grogu,” with WEST OF APOCALYPSE. The Thirteen took everything from Ayleen except her sword, and she'll journey to the darkest parts of the galaxy to take her revenge. www.billblume.net/books/west-o... #Booksky #MayThe4thBeWithYou
Probably the best take I've ever seen from a pub: genre rules are only guidelines anyways -- we all know what guidelines are too. XD
Solaris Books@solarisbooks.bsky.social · 3mo agoGenre rules are only guidelines anyway! Want some Dragons in your Western? A locked boat murder mystery in your sci-fantasy? GBBO in outer space? A Necromantic bildungsroman? Searing examinations of war with bonus military Pteranodons? A literal plot device? We've got all that and more! 1/3
Film you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Wars/Trek, HP, LOTR, Marvel.
a man with a mustache is talking to another man while two other men look on .
ALT: a man with a mustache is talking to another man while two other men look on .
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CL Hellisen | Preorder The Shape of Monsters@clhellisen.com · 3mo agoFilm you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Wars/Trek, HP, LOTR, Marvel.
🔥💯 Jon Stewart's prophecy from 2022: "When a democracy is under threat: comedians are the ones who get sent away first. Authoritarians are the threat to comedy, to art, to music, to thought, to progress. It ain't the pronoun police, it's the Secret Police. It always has been & it always will be."
A first in my writing career! One of my books is now available in both Spanish & Italian! The Dragon Spy just came out in ebook in both languages. El Dragón Espía (Spanish): shorturl.at/6tyR9 La spia drago (Italian): shorturl.at/0j3JC #Booksky #Writersky
It’s Indie Bookstore Day! If you want to get my books in paperback, here’s a link to find them at Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, Virginia! Support your indie bookstores! shorturl.at/PJWA1 #IndieBookstoreDay #Booksky
Was thrilled to see this ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review for my short horror story “The Hand on the Wall.” #horror #Booksky #bookreview
I oppose gerrymandering, but I voted YES today. Republicans started this by gerrymandering states they control. People are already dying from a trump presidency when he has a slim majority in Congress. Gerrymandering is wrong, but there’s no moral high ground when it leaves people six feet under.
The “trump buyer’s remorse” is such horse excrement. These people aren’t upset he’s turning out to be a monster. They’ve always known what he is, but they were fine with it as long as he hurt the more vulnerable people they don’t like. They’re just ticked he’s now making their lives miserable, too.
a man says do you know what this is it 's the world 's smallest violin .
ALT: a man says do you know what this is it 's the world 's smallest violin .
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How do you “show” the audience what’s happening in an audio drama? In my latest blog post, I’m revisiting the post-apocalyptic, vampire series “Impact Winter” and examining Travis Beacham’s writing to see how he and the audio effects team make it work. #ImpactWinter #Writersky
Revisiting “Impact Winter”
Season 1, Episode 1, “Cold Snap”
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Don’t miss tonight’s Trivia Night at Buskey Cider in Scott’s Addition at 7pm. Their trivia topics will be inspired by my latest novel TO HELL AND BACK. I’ll be there with copies of all of my books for sale. #Booksky #ToHellAndBack #RVA
My dogs have featured in a lot of my books over the years, which is why I’ll be at the Muttminster Dog & Cat Show tomorrow. That’s had me digging through some of my old photos of Page. She was featured in my “Gidion Keep, Vampire Hunter” duology. I still get tears thinking about her. #DogsOfBluesky
Why is there never enough time to write? Are you doing something wrong? Bad at prioritizing what’s “important?” I break it down by the numbers in my latest blog post on “The Indie Author 411.” #Writersky #Booksky
168 Hours
Why is There Never Enough Time to Write?
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This is the part that disgusts me. These monsters know what they’re doing is wrong. They’ve ALWAYS known. They took the job to do vile things without consequence, and now that they can’t hide their fuck ugly faces, they’re going to run and hide. What brave patriots they are… so very brave. #Fuck🧊
The roads in #RVA are worse than they look. Do NOT go out today if you don’t need to. As a 911 dispatcher, I don’t have the luxury of staying home when the weather turns bad. This isn’t the worst I’ve driven through–yet, but it’s especially bad because it doesn’t look like it’s bad. #WinterStorm2026
