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Kohōpeh

@kohopeh.com

I write historical fantasy, speculative fiction, and something new new [watch this space!]. I have set the mystery sci-fi aside for the time being. 💙📚⏳|🖋️📚 https://kohopeh.com - lore, timelines, blog, newsletters, press kit, bookshelves

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Kohōpeh@kohopeh.com · 17h ago

Treating your work as endlessly revisable prevents you from committing to a final, 'authoritative' vision. Shouldn't a writer know when to draw a line and start the next project? 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #ShouldersOfGiants #CraftSkeptic #booksky #literaryfiction #historicalfiction #fantasy #mythology retelling

Kohōpeh@kohopeh.com · 3mo ago

The idea of a fluid, never-finished text is an academic luxury. In the real world, deadlines and endings are what force writers to grow. Is an endless draft art, or just a cop-out? 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #ShouldersOfGiants #CraftSkeptic #booksky #literaryfiction #historicalfiction 1/2

Jorge Luis Borges Quote: "The concept of a definitive text belongs only to religion or fatigue." Background of old leather-bound books, magnifier, inkwell and map of a maze
Kohōpeh@kohopeh.com · 6d ago

November: For some it is the month to gather in family and be grateful; for others, time to honour the Goddess of Water (Loy Krathong); etc. For us, indies, time to come together and offer you great books at fair prices for Monday Markdown. 💙📚🖋️ #booksky ⏳📚 #historicalfiction 🪐📚 #mythology

Fierce Fantasy - November Edition

Searching for your next magical adventure? Look no further! From epic to urban, these fantasy authorsbring you the very best in storytelling! Add them to your TBR pile today! *** Eyeballing a Kindle U...

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Kohōpeh@kohopeh.com · 7d ago

The advice to love your work is dangerous for beginners. It encourages them to protect their darlings. Passion gets the words down, but isn't objectivity what makes them readable? 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #ShouldersOfGiants #CraftSkeptic #booksky #literaryfiction #historicalfiction

Kohōpeh@kohopeh.com · 4mo ago

Pyle says you must admire your own work, but self-admiration is the quickest way to write self-indulgent trash. How can you edit effectively without a healthy dose of self-doubt? What do you think? 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #ShouldersOfGiants #CraftSkeptic

Howard Pyle "Throw yourself into your story; if you do not admire your own work, you cannot expect the world to care for it." Background: Old printing manual, type setting printing press and ink roll.
Kohōpeh@kohopeh.com · 2w ago

Infuriating fact-checking ruins speculative storytelling. Readers don't read fantasy or sci-fi for a science lesson. Why are you letting research write the book for you? 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #ShouldersOfGiants #CraftSkeptic #booksky #literaryfiction #historicalfiction

Kohōpeh@kohopeh.com · 4mo ago

Hard sci-fi maybe?!? Verne wanted imagination chained to facts, but too much research suffocates the soul of fiction. A novel is not a textbook. Why prioritize technical accuracy over emotional resonance? #BookSky 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #ShouldersGiantsNot #CraftSkeptic

Quote: "The dynamic force of a story lies in its absolute fidelity to facts; imagination must always be chained to the plausible." - Jules Verne Background of old leather-bound books and a quil
Future Revisitations@futurerevisited.bsky.social · 2w ago

As one reviewer from The Times economically put it: “To be read again and again”. Celebrating the enduring legacy of Ursula K. Le Guin, born on this day 1929. A sample here of some of her most acclaimed stories - I’ll know I’ll be revisiting all of these in the years ahead… #booksky

Copies of the Ursula K. Le Guin novels ‘The Left Hand of Darkness’, ‘The Word for World Is Forest’, ‘The Dispossessed’ and ‘The Lathe of Heaven’.
Kohōpeh@kohopeh.com · 3w ago

A Language teacher told me: "Another sci-fi story... You'll end up like the scientists... with a desiccated heart." So many wrongs in this judgement. For years, I did not offer a story to anyone else. I was 14. 💙📚🖋️ #booksky I write & publish: ⏳📚 #histifc #litfic #fantasy #scifi Illus.: Rod Hunt

Retro Space Rocket Blueprint Illustration, by Rod Hunt. https://rodhunt.com/rocket-blueprint-illustration A slick orange rocket, with rivets and portholes is hovering over its blueprint. According to it, it is 200 m long and 50 m wide. The engine seem to use both nuclear power and flashbulbs.
Kohōpeh@kohopeh.com · 3w ago

October 20: Freeze AI Day If, like me, you have mixed feelings about AI... [key word: mixed, not love-love-love nor hate-hate-hate] "Stop shaming people for using AI. Start organizing to prevent our obsolescence" #freezeai + my communities: 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #booksky #fantasy #mythology

in the style of the last avatar anime. a village/small city is on the brink of being swallowed by a wall of ice.
Kohōpeh@kohopeh.com · 3w ago

Indie collabs brings you Monday Markdowns, for you to "Experience Life Like You've Never Known It" (Historical Fiction) books.bookfunnel.com/experience_l... 💙📚🖋️ #booksky ⏳📚 #historicalfiction some #literaryfiction and mine has 🪐 #dragons & #mythology retelling

Experience Life with Historical Fiction

Searching for your next favorite story? Look no further! These bestselling authors have teamed up to offer a delightful selection of new books. Available for a limited time.

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Kohōpeh@kohopeh.com · 3w ago

It is still Friday, somewhere... Here is the link for the indie collabs bringing you another FREEBIES FRIDAY. A very large selection books.bookfunnel.com/freehistoric... 💙📚🖋️ #booksky ⏳📚 #historicalfiction some #literaryfiction and mine has 🪐 #dragons & #mythology retelling

Free Historical Fiction Romance & Mysteries (Oct)

Searching for your next favorite story? Look no further! These bestselling authors have teamed up to offer a delightful selection of new books. Available for a limited time.

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Kohōpeh@kohopeh.com · 3w ago

Dumas got paid by the line, stretching out serialized plots. 'Wait and hope' was a business model. Why should modern readers, who can click away in seconds, endure a slow-burn setup unless the story requires it? 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #ShouldersOfGiants #CraftSkeptic #booksky #literaryfiction #historicalfiction

Kohōpeh@kohopeh.com · 4mo ago

Dumas says 'wait and hope,' but slow pacing is often just a cover for boring writing. In a world of infinite distractions, why should readers wait for you to get to the point? 💙📚🖋️⏳📚 #ShouldersOfGiants #CraftSkeptic

quote: "All human wisdom is contained in these two words: 'Wait and hope.'" - Alexandre Dumas. background of old leather-bound books and a quill.