My author copies have arrived!

There's another Goodreads giveaway for This Knight Topples Empires! Ends on October 30, U.S. only. 25 copies are looking for a warm and friendly home! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...

THIS KNIGHT TOPPLES EMPIRES comes out in only two weeks! A mere (checks notes) three years after I started writing it!

Getting comments back from beta readers is an exercise in learning that things you thought were perfectly clear are, in fact, completely incomprehensible.

Ebooks of THIS PRINCESS KILLS MONSTERS are on sale today in the U.S. across all platforms! (So if you've, like, been waiting, this is a good time.) bookshop.org/p/books/this...

ME: I know how patronymics work. I doubt I'll be confused by this Russian novel. TOLSTOY: I'm naming three different characters Nikolai and you'd better remember who's a Kuragin and who's a Karagin.

It might just be because Im exhausted (unlikely) but I just finished This Knight Topples Empires by @ryherman.bsky.social and it genuinely made me tear up a bit. Like Im so ridiculously happy for Jules 🥰

One month left to go before THIS KNIGHT TOPPLES EMPIRES comes out!

There are two fantastic books I especially want to call attention to this month, one nonfiction and one fiction: MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER by Adam Becker ROTTENHEART by Kat Dunn ryhermanwrites.wordpress.com/2026/10/01/f...

Favorite Books — September 2026

There are two fantastic books I especially want to call attention to this month, one nonfiction and one fiction: MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER by Adam Becker A book that exposes how Silicon Valley’s hear…

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Three quarters through the second pass on draft two of book five!

Join me on November 17th at Lighthouse Books for the launch of my next book, This Knight Topples Empires! lighthousebookshop.com/events/fairy... A knight attempts to thwart an invasion, save the most beautiful woman in the world, and finally get away from their sisters.

Today's AI-generated scam-the-author e-mail informed me that I have a "a severe operational vulnerability causing an aggressive Cross-Traffic Algorithm Leak". Good gracious. I shall have to call a plumber.

Someone apparently took This Princess Kills Monsters to Disneyland. I hope they had a nice time.

Goodreads Giveaway -- 15 copies of This Knight Topples Empires are available! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...

PW review of This Knight Topples Empires: “[The] deadpan tone, humorous magic system, and playful fairy tale logic keep the episodic quest buoyant... the affectionate sibling dynamic and heartfelt handling of Jules’s queerness anchor the mayhem. This irreverent, inclusive fantasy is sure to charm.”

My next book comes out in two months! www.amazon.com/This-Knight-...

Today's revisions turned out to be dealing with all the things I mentioned in chapter 2 that were supposed to come back but never did.

Edinburgh Fringe is over and done with, and that means it’s time for THE RY FRINGE AWARDS for the best shows seen by Ry. I decided this year that I would have some rules why not. So:

Two extremely different fantasy books topped my list of favorite books this month: DEALING WITH DRAGONS by Patricia C. Wrede THE WORKS OF VERMIN by Hiron Ennes ryhermanwrites.wordpress.com/2026/08/31/f...

Favorite Books — August 2026

Two extremely different fantasy books topped my list this month: DEALING WITH DRAGONS by Patricia C. Wrede Cimorene is everything a princess is not supposed to be: headstrong, tomboyish, smart &#82…

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Going to a five-hour long Dutch language production of Angels in America may be the most pretentious-sounding thing I've ever done.

I know scammers are targeting everyone, but why is there a whole industry set up to scam authors? I can't post "finished writing chapter 9 today" without 50 bots offering to send my chapter to 300,000,000,000 people for a modest fee. Do bakers and stonemasons have to put up with this kind of crap?

My favorite book from July was: THE HUSTLER by Walter Tevis ryhermanwrites.wordpress.com/2026/07/31/f...

Favorite Books — July 2026

There was a definite standout this month, by one of my favorite authors: THE HUSTLER by Walter Tevis Eddie Felson is a poolroom hustler who travels from town to town conning strangers into thinking…

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This week, I Heart SapphFic is featuring books set in Massachusetts -- and my book Love Bites is included! iheartsapphfic.com/2026/07/27/2...

That many-times-debunked "half of traditionally published books sell fewer than 12 copies!" statistic is making the internet rounds again like some kind of unkillable zombie and I hate it so much.

BRAIN: You need to write a scene where the main character becomes reconciled to the death of her father. ME: You're right. How should that happen? Where do I put it? BRAIN: I'm really here to come up with ideas, not deal with the details. ME: THAT IS NOT REMOTELY HOW THIS IS SUPPOSED TO WORK.

My fifth book, This Fairy Stabs Everyone, is ON THE WAY! (... eventually. My fourth book, This Knight Topples Empires, isn't even out yet and won't be until November, but still. ON THE WAY!) @stormliteraryagency

I've got no idea why, but this has been my most productive writing week ever. 9000 words. (And yeah, I know there are people who do that regularly, but I do *not*. 3500 is closer to my usual weekly count at the moment.) Maybe I should be trapped at home with a horrible racking cough more often!

40,000 words in on current Work In Progress! Half to four elevenths of the way there.

The standout book in June for me was: THE LAST CONTRACT OF ISAKO by Fonda Lee ryhermanwrites.wordpress.com/2026/07/03/f...

Favorite Books — June 2026

The standout book in June was: THE LAST CONTRACT OF ISAKO by Fonda Lee Isako is a legendary swordswoman, but every legend has to come to an end. When her long-time client unexpectedly retires, she …

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Go read This Princess Kills Monsters by Ry Herman! It’s a mashup fairytale retelling which pokes fun at society’s strict and outdated gender norms, roles, and rules. Funny, witty, clever, heartwarming, action packed, feminist, and very queer. The perfect distraction from the chaos in the world🌈

Ry Herman@ryherman.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This Friday I have interview on the Booktails Podcast! We'll dig into This Princess Kills Monsters, play fairytale madlibs, and drink a magic potion: The Lake Melilot. To make your own, use true love’s first kiss and: Blue Curaçao & vodka (or lemonade for a mocktail), pineapple juice, & guava juice