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I stream on Twitch (and YouTube) sometimes. twitch.tv/toastplaysthis Self-published author of Beneath a Sapphire Sky: The Story of Us. Author. That's neat.

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Toast@toastplaysthis.bsky.social · 3w ago

Thanks to everyone who downloaded my book this weekend while it was free! The promo is over, but it's still available to read for free with a Kindle Unlimited subscription, or to purchase. I do hope you all enjoy the beginning of their "story of us," and I hope you look forward to their future :)

Toast@toastplaysthis.bsky.social · 3w ago

Today's the last day! Grab the eBook of Beneath a Sapphire Sky for free before midnight Pacific time :) Adam has nothing to lose. Then he discovers time travel and his whole world changes. Now, he has someone to lose. #Booksky #scifi #books #freebook Grab your copy: www.amazon.com/dp/B0HHK6178J

Beneath a Sapphire Sky: The Story of Us (A Time Travel & First Contact Sci-Fi Adventure)

Beneath a Sapphire Sky: The Story of Us (A Time Travel & First Contact Sci-Fi Adventure) - Kindle edition by Rost, Adam. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Beneath a Sapphire Sky: The Story of Us (A Time Travel & First Contact Sci-Fi Adventure).

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Toast@toastplaysthis.bsky.social · 3w ago

Looking for a way out, Adam discovers time travel. With an impossible invention, he takes advantage of it to fix his life, only to change it in ways he never could have imagined. Beneath a Sapphire Sky is #free through tomorrow night! #Booksky #scifi #IndieAuthor www.amazon.com/dp/B0HHK6178J

Beneath a Sapphire Sky: The Story of Us (A Time Travel & First Contact Sci-Fi Adventure)

Beneath a Sapphire Sky: The Story of Us (A Time Travel & First Contact Sci-Fi Adventure) - Kindle edition by Rost, Adam. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Beneath a Sapphire Sky: The Story of Us (A Time Travel & First Contact Sci-Fi Adventure).

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Toast@toastplaysthis.bsky.social · 3w ago

Here's a little snippet of Beneath a Sapphire Sky. Adam has just arrived at a beautiful green exomoon, & he's eager to see it in person. His VI thinks he should conduct an orbital scan before he goes down. What could go wrong? Grab it for free this weekend! #Booksky #scifi #IndieAuthor #FreeBook

A small snippet from Beneath a Sapphire Sky. Adam has just reached an earthlike exomoon for the first time. “Plot a course.” Callisto charted its way toward the planet, parking itself in orbit above the Earthlike moon. As they approached, Adam peered out the cockpit’s glass. The gas giant hung in the distance like a sapphire marble, its rings tilted at nearly forty-five degrees. Even more breathtaking was the jungle moon below, its swirling clouds making it look like a greener Earth. He stared out the window at the two blue worlds, silent for a moment. “Wow,” he muttered. “It’s beautiful, Callisto. You weren’t kidding.” “I do not possess the capacity for humor.” “We should work on that. Set a course for landing. I have to get down there.” “I recommend a detailed orbital survey before—” “Figure it out on the way down,” Adam interrupted. “Let’s just go.” “Understood. Commencing entry vector.” Callisto angled downward into the upper atmosphere, and friction built around the hull as the ghostly violet lightning storm of reentry glowed through the cockpit’s glass.
Toast@toastplaysthis.bsky.social · 4w ago

Tonight's the night! For my #birthday, my first book, Beneath a Sapphire Sky, goes free for 5 days. It's a #scifi story about a man who's stuck in life, gets freedom, and ends up stuck on an alien moon. While there, he finds someone to call home📚💙 www.amazon.com/dp/B0HHK6178J #Booksky #IndieAuthor

Toast@toastplaysthis.bsky.social · 3w ago

While I work on writing the sequel to Beneath a Sapphire Sky, here's a little snippet of the draft. Adam and Riala are exploring old caves beneath another A'drani city, and in search of answers, they only have more questions. Where's the third moon on this ancient mural? #Booksky #scifi

A snippet from the sequel of the novel "Beneath a Sapphire Sky," titled "A Sky Forgotten." The pair made their way deeper into the tunnel until Callisto instructed them to stop. The wall was the same dark stone and sediment as the rest of the cave. “What am I looking at?” Adam asked. “There’s nothing here.” “It is approximately one meter to your left,” Callisto said. “The anomaly is beneath the surface." He reached out and dragged his palm over the wall, brushing away sediment until a cold metal panel met his skin. As more dirt fell away, a faded pattern emerged: one large, ringed circle sat beside four smaller circles arranged in a line. Curved lines passed through the second and third circles, with thinner arches connecting them. “It appears to be a manufactured panel, Captain.” “That looks like Mar’xo,” Riala said, leaning closer. “But there are only four moons.” Adam wiped more dirt away from the engraving. “Callisto, what do you think?” “That is a logical conclusion,” Callisto replied. “The two connected bodies are likely A’dran and Ban’xo.” Riala reached out and touched the panel herself. “But where is the sky-father’s little eye?”
Toast@toastplaysthis.bsky.social · 3w ago

To everyone who's downloaded Beneath a Sapphire Sky so far, thank you! I genuinely hope you enjoy Adam and Riala's first story. It means a lot to me that there are people out there seeing it and giving it a chance. It's free until Monday night on Amazon!

Toast@toastplaysthis.bsky.social · 3w ago

Random aside, it's my birthday, and I hate my birthday. But as a celebration for getting another year older, I hope some sci-fi fans have some interest in my story and are curious about the mysteries. As a random dude with aphantasia who wrote on a whim, that's the best birthday gift I could get.

Toast@toastplaysthis.bsky.social · 3w ago

My book's FREE for 5 days! I'd love to see it get into people's hands, so it'd mean a lot if you give it a read! If you like #scifi, first contact w/ aliens, & time travel, you might enjoy it! BSS is about "us." If you like it, please look forward to book 2 (truth) soon™ :) #booksky #indieauthor

The cover of Beneath a Sapphire Sky: The Story of Us, a sci-fi first-contact novel by ToastPlaysThis, writing with the pen name of Adam Rost.
Toast@toastplaysthis.bsky.social · 4w ago

Tonight's the night! For my #birthday, my first book, Beneath a Sapphire Sky, goes free for 5 days. It's a #scifi story about a man who's stuck in life, gets freedom, and ends up stuck on an alien moon. While there, he finds someone to call home📚💙 www.amazon.com/dp/B0HHK6178J #Booksky #IndieAuthor

Toast@toastplaysthis.bsky.social · 3w ago

Not gonna super blast this since it's the middle of the night and I'll do it when the sun is out but the promo is live! I've been deep in writing book 2 so I hadn't checked. If you download it this weekend, I hope you like it 🙂

Toast@toastplaysthis.bsky.social · 4w ago

Tonight's the night! For my #birthday, my first book, Beneath a Sapphire Sky, goes free for 5 days. It's a #scifi story about a man who's stuck in life, gets freedom, and ends up stuck on an alien moon. While there, he finds someone to call home📚💙 www.amazon.com/dp/B0HHK6178J #Booksky #IndieAuthor

Toast@toastplaysthis.bsky.social · 4w ago

Tonight's the night! For my #birthday, my first book, Beneath a Sapphire Sky, goes free for 5 days. It's a #scifi story about a man who's stuck in life, gets freedom, and ends up stuck on an alien moon. While there, he finds someone to call home📚💙 www.amazon.com/dp/B0HHK6178J #Booksky #IndieAuthor

Beneath a Sapphire Sky: The Story of Us (A Time Travel & First Contact Sci-Fi Adventure)

Beneath a Sapphire Sky: The Story of Us (A Time Travel & First Contact Sci-Fi Adventure) - Kindle edition by Rost, Adam. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Beneath a Sapphire Sky: The Story of Us (A Time Travel & First Contact Sci-Fi Adventure).

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Toast@toastplaysthis.bsky.social · last mo.

Since my birthday is next week, I'll be doing a promo from 10/8-10/12 where you can get my book for free! Beneath a Sapphire Sky is Adam's story of "us" (his family) & how it came to be. He discovers time travel, gets a spaceship, explores the stars, and meets the most important person in his life.

Toast@toastplaysthis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Now that it's not the middle of the night: My book actually went live last night. It's on Kindle Unlimited and available as an eBook and paperback. www.amazon.com/Beneath-Sapp... It's about a guy who builds his own life and finds somewhere, and someone, to call home. #booksky #scifi #firstbook

Toast@toastplaysthis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Adam discovered #timetravel to escape a life that felt like it was going nowhere. His journey eventually takes him over 500 light-years from Earth, where he never expected to find something worth staying still for. #scifiromance #indieauthor

Toast@toastplaysthis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Royal Road preview is officially updated ahead of the release! If you'd like to read the prologue and first three chapters ahead of launch, you can do so here: www.royalroad.com/fiction/1762... It's my first time writing a story of this scope, so I do hope people out there enjoy it.

Toast@toastplaysthis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It's almost time. My first #novel, "Beneath a Sapphire Sky: The Story of Us," is officially up for preorder on Amazon. The full story releases September 7th, and I'll have the opening chapters on Royal Road for free on Sunday ahead of launch. www.amazon.com/Beneath-Sapp... #Booksky #scifi

Toast@toastplaysthis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Feels so weird to be a self-published author. If you read the story on Royal Road or if you read the full novel on Amazon, I do hope you enjoy it. Never in a million years would younger me have believed he'd write a book some day.

Toast@toastplaysthis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I genuinely expected Amazon to take longer, but they approved the eBook very fast. Paperback is still in review but when it's all settled I'll share a proper link. If you know the book, you know though, and it's set to go live Monday. Feels *really* weird to be an actual author on Amazon lmao

Toast@toastplaysthis.bsky.social · 3mo ago

For anyone interested: With my novel I was writing completed, I've been doing a pass of some of the older chapters. The entire first arc has been revised and expanded quite a bit, and the entire first half has some small changes. It's still the same story at its core :) Links below if you want.

Toast@toastplaysthis.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I can officially say I've actually managed to finish a novel. As of tonight, the draft is officially complete. It'll be posted as-is biweekly until the finale on September 6th. I'll likely refine/expand some bits for the final draft. The final three chapters were pretty emotional to write.

Toast@toastplaysthis.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I'm terrible about posting on social media for streams and stuff and advertising myself gives me massive anxiety sometimes, but it's rare when I get creative ideas. It's even rarer when they're 200+ pages long. The story is fun to write so I hope that as I work through the draft, people like it.

Toast@toastplaysthis.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I am bad about it and don't think about posting here sometimes. For people who have been around streams, I started writing a novel a few weeks ago because I had an idea and just started running with it. As I get close to finishing it, I've been posting the draft on Royal Road, 40 pages as of now.