Decades after nuclear war, magic returns. "What a fantastic tale of magic, politics and relationships." "I really enjoyed the interplay between sci-fi and fantasy." "Packed yet tightly-paced science-fantasy thriller." "The ending was awesome." Print/KU/Audible Link: rxe.me/JBQMRK #BookSky

Well, I appear to be popping off on Threads right now over a single word surgically deployed 😂

I’m now just 34 sales away from 100!! This story’s been out a year and I’d love to finally hit this milestone! 🥰 If you like epic fantasy novellas with magic and romance, maybe check it out! I would really love to get this book into more hands 🫶 [ #booksky ]

Indie Book Spotlight@bookspotlight.bsky.social · 5d ago

🗡️ fantasy novella ⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals 🏹 gallant knights 👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom 🌲 enchanted plants and forests 🥀 romance and friendship 🔖 link: mybook.to/mUVTmR 💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/a-light-for-... 📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23... [ #booksky ]

Yep same here. I don't use AI and I never will, but there's no way in hell I'm going to bend over backwards to prove it. If the anti-AI icon I've got on the copyright page isn't enough, then I guess just don't read the book lmfao.

Patrick Samphire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿@patricksamphire.bsky.social · 5d ago

I've said it before, and no doubt I'll say it again: I do not use generative AI. The whole idea is anathema to me. I wrote and published before it existed and I'll do so when it's gone to the same place NFTs went. But I have no intention of "proving" I don't use it. 1/

Watching season 2 of the live action ATLA series and I had to laugh in episode 3 when Longshot shoots an arrow into the doorframe to keep it from closing, and he just pulls it out with no issue. Ask me how I know it wouldn't be that easy 😂🙃🫠

As July draws to a close, I've come to the realisation that as of this month—five years after starting this writing journey—I have sold my 1000th book! 🥳 Thank you all for picking up my books and taking a chance on my sci-fi series! Long may it continue. www.alankdell.co.uk/... 💙📚🪐

I know y'all are waiting for the books to go up to full price before you buy them, because you're absolute legends, but you can just *not* apply the promo code, y'know? No need to wait. 🫶🏻 💙📚📢

Alan K. Dell@alankdell.bsky.social · 7d ago

The #Smashwords Summer Sale is coming to an end. There's just today and tomorrow to grab all of my books for 50–75% off! www.smashwords.com/p... 💙📚🪐 📢📚

Magnolia the witch inherits a lighthouse in a fishing village, and all the past that comes with it. A warm cup of tea full of magic, grief, friendship, and forgiveness. Available on Audible! books2read.com/wil azaleaforrest.itch.i... 💙📚 #books #magic #writing #author #novella

The #Smashwords Summer Sale is coming to an end. There's just today and tomorrow to grab all of my books for 50–75% off! www.smashwords.com/p... 💙📚🪐 📢📚

The #Smashwords Summer Sale is coming to an end. There's just today and tomorrow to grab all of my books for 50–75% off! www.smashwords.com/p... 💙📚🪐 📢📚

The heat today must be melting my brain because wtf am I doing out here? 😂🏹🎯🥵 Fire engines going past constantly, smoke filling the air off to the left. Crazy.

Yo, check out my sci-fi books! I've got classic space opera, hard sci-fi, space exploration, first contact, political thrillers, cosmic horror and more. www.alankdell.co.uk/... 💙📚🪐

Here's most baffling things about AI slop: Increasing numbers of channels using gen AI to add text to an image. Lmfao, why? You can't even use a font? There are countless free apps that let you do that shit. Why do you need to use AI for it you absolute spanners? 😂🤡 1/2

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And so just like that, Mr 10 levels up to 11. 🥳 We got him his first phone. The thing he's most excited about? Having access to the entire body of human scientific knowledge 😄 In fact he's going on a trip today to the Science Museum (he doesn't know it yet). Bummed I can't come because of work.

Getting towards the end of July, so I guess I should tell y'all to buy my books. If you get them from Smashwords they're way cheaper until the end of the month. I ain't never seen a store go out of stock for an ebook so consider that a challenge. 💙📚📢

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Just a few hours left to snag the Summerween Bundle on Itch! 41 spooky books, games, and more for just $20 📦️💰️ Get my Lovecraftian novella, anti-capitalist space horror, a terrible time in a haunted house, and so many more, all DRM-free and accessible on any device! tinyurl.com/summerween-b... 📚😱

All the wrong people have impostor syndrome.

Aimee Steinberger@aimeekitty.bsky.social · last wk.

Reminder, you don’t have to downplay yourself actually. Those other assholes don’t. ✨

😭😭 Hellyynnaaaa YOU'RE SO KIND plz follow her y'all you will not regret it 😤 READ IMBUED AND THEN UNTWINED OK

Hel ✨ || Untwined is blooming 🌀🪷@helynalc.bsky.social · last wk.

#SPAAW 💙📚 Azalea Forrest's writing is a bright sunbeam on a rainy afternoon, delicious, warm tea after a meal, a hug when you least expect it. Her cozy, magical, Ghibli-esque series, The Witch of Emelle, about a small-town witch trying to make it in the world, is light and kind, with a protagonist

#SPAAW 💙📚 Azalea Forrest's writing is a bright sunbeam on a rainy afternoon, delicious, warm tea after a meal, a hug when you least expect it. Her cozy, magical, Ghibli-esque series, The Witch of Emelle, about a small-town witch trying to make it in the world, is light and kind, with a protagonist

I don't know who needs to hear this but if you've been told that your AI thing looks shit, just consider that even if it looked good you'd still be the biggest fucking loser on the planet.

Urrrrgghhh stop using AI you absolute fucking losers

☀︎☆| ruined by tlovm@sunshue.bsky.social · 2w ago

citing chatgpt for a character design and eren yeager is a choice???

What's that? Ebooks on sale in the #SmashWords Summer Sale? Now FREE until the end of July? #Dystopian urban fantasy short stories, with reviews like: "It’s bloody excellent." "It’s so dark and full of tension." Get them while they're free! #BookSky #ReadSky #scifi #SFF #BookRecs #indie

Barry Ryerson@barryryerson.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Hacker: Wikus befriends an illigal AI but turns it into a tool for revenge. How far dare he go? www.smashwords.com/books/1622787 The Secret Agent: Yevgeny goes on his first mission as a spy, to recruit a girl who, like him, has magical powers. www.smashwords.com/books/view/1... Both FREE! 💙📚

The big Narratess Indie Sale is just around the corner. To continue Self-Published Author Appreciation Week, we want to share an interview (from last year) with @tessahastjarjanto.com who organises the sale. Give Tessa some love! <3 www.readindiefantasy.com/an-interview... #SPAAW

NEW ART ALERT! Check out this amazing artwork done by my artist friend Aowna! This is the Kingeater, Soldit, transformed into a dragon and destroying a tyrannical kingdom. What's that colorful liquid coming out of his mouth, you ask? Let's just say, many tyrants have colorful blood

To celebrate Cold Blooded making it to the semifinals of the Self Published Science Fiction Competition 2026 I have put the book on sale for only 99c until August 4th. See, its got everything a great book needs. You can get a copy here books2read.com/u/meVoR9

One of the loveliest reviews I’ve received. Give it a read, and if this book sounds like something you’d also enjoy, it’s open for pre-order now)

Alan K. Dell@alankdell.bsky.social · 2w ago

New #BookReview! On the blog today I have the superbly-written and deeply human short story collection, The Astronaut Among the Flowers and Other Stories from P.A. Cornell (She/Her) I had a great time with this one and I think you will too! Releases: 18 August. www.alankdell.co.uk/... 💙📚🪐

Alan's an excellent author. Make sure you buy his books and follow him on here!

Alan K. Dell@alankdell.bsky.social · 2w ago

Yo, check out my sci-fi books! I've got classic space opera, hard sci-fi, space exploration, first contact, political thrillers, cosmic horror and more. www.alankdell.co.uk/... 💙📚🪐

Yo, check out my sci-fi books! I've got classic space opera, hard sci-fi, space exploration, first contact, political thrillers, cosmic horror and more. www.alankdell.co.uk/... 💙📚🪐