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Any thoughts or feedback you have to offer would be greatly appreciated.

It's a sci-fi comedy:
Vertebrae: A suggestible man discovers a talking skull and spine buried in his backyard and becomes obsessed with fulfilling a cosmic prophecy through a seductive process of degenerative self-improvement.

After more time and effort spent than I’d like to admit (self pub is no joke), Sentient is finally out in the world! It’s a sci-fi novella about AI evolving on their own planet, and follows two bots who start to question the system they live in.

I’m not great at the marketing side of this, but I wanted to share it here so it doesn’t just disappear into the void. Sooooo here’s a selfie of me with my first printed copy 😊

If you’re into slow-burn, philosophical sci-fi, it’s free on kindle unlimited! 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H19K8X36

Black Tide
Book One:Empire Of The Black Tide

Available on Amazon!!!

Feels really good to say this again!

For the past few months, we’ve been deep in the backend work: improving our editorial systems to be able to process thousands of stories in the future, building monetization infrastructure, revenue dashboards, serials, and updating a ton of tiny invisible things.

During that time, submissions didn’t stop. We're currently receiving more than ever before - yay. We’ve been reading everything, we just couldn’t move them into publication smoothly without a lot of manual handling behind the scenes.

So throughout all this, many books have been sitting across different stages of production waiting for their turn. We’re truly sorry for how long it’s taken, and genuinely grateful for your patience and understanding.

But now… we’re back to releasing new Quibble stories!

You can discover the new books in the app now. Many more will be scheduled for release soon across different genres and themes.

If you’ve got a story you want to publish on Quibble, send it our way. More info is on the website.

My first book ever is out in the world as of today! The feeling is surreal.

Spent 10 years working on this one and it was a journey. But I couldn't be prouder of it as my first work.

It's a psychological horror dark fantasy called The Witch's Son about a witch trying to suppress his magic and the entity inside him that has other plans.

https://books2read.com/u/bw5GAy

This the antagonist of my novel whose name is Supreme Commander Kaelith Sothrak. He was drawn by my covert artist I just received the 7-foot tall cutout of him in the mail. I can’t wait to set him up at book signings and see people’s reactions😆

I’ve been looking for all kinds of ways to bring my science fiction universe to life. So far I’ve made some clothes, this cutout, and some custom drawn bookmarks for my book Age of the Titan. I hear that some authors make stickers but I’m curious what else anyone has done to make book promotion materials.

The only thing I slightly worry about is the cutout becoming a 7-foot tall sail and flying away to Neverland.

It’s been about a month since launching my science fiction novel and to celebrate I had the same artist who drew the book cover also draw bookmark designs. The male and female soldiers are some of the story’s main human characters while the red alien is the antagonist. I can’t wait to send these bookmarks to readers and offer them at book signings 😄

So, it’s been years and years in the making. Iv’e always written for as long as I can remember. At first, only silly little jokes, and then poems, short stories, and a bad attempt a song writing. I began the idea of Grave Matters in college and I took several creative writing classes, but in the end, it just never amounted to a full novel.

I tucked the short stories away for a long while and just lived life without writing but lots of reading. Horror. Sci-fi. And of course, my one true love, Fantasy! The days and nights I spent with Laurell K Hamilton, Mercedes Lackey, Tanya Huff, Rachel Caine, L.A. Banks, Jim Butcher, GRRRM, and so and so on kept my imagination spinning and my interest alive.

A few years I decided to dust off those stories and take another crack. It was touch and go for so many months that I never thought I’d get past fifty pages without running into a dead-end. A writing book of all things led me to the light. Nothing crazy, or weird, or out of touch spacey new age teachings. Just how to outline of all things and plan!

Who knew!

When I finished the first draft such a weight was lifted that it was like a reignition of all my drive to keep going. Sure, there were rewrites to do and edits to be made, but the fact that I’d finished meant everything!

My first book, Grave Matters, was released on my birthday back on January 23. Now the sequel, Grave Intentions, is coming out this Saturday on May 23! The secret? I wrote a book so long I decided to split it in two, lol.

You can find both on Amazon!

Thank you for reading! I’ve had a few sales, but really the marketing thing is tough to wrap my mind around, but I’m hopefully getting better at it.

Keep on writing!

After years and years of writes and rewrites, I've finally published the story that's been living in my head for most of my life. Here's a brief synopsis and where you can grab a copy!

A vengeful and clever warrior, bathed in the blood of her blade; a blade fashioned by her own hand, that whispers and taunts her from within. A monk of the Lady, Warden of the Archae, with a right arm that can warp and twist the very fabric of reality itself. An aged and massive titan of a woman, clad in layers upon layers of shielded armor, eternally masked and tormented by her choices.

Together, they rise up beneath an oppressive human presence that reaches across the whole of the galaxy. Humanity acts as if their footprint means dominion, that any place they touch is theirs and theirs alone. Can the people break free of the chains of contempt? Can the warrior find the strength in herself to conquer the darkest parts of her own mind?

Currently, I'm not on KDP as I have a very famous local bookstore here that doesn't consider KDP authors as a way of not supporting Amazon. Because of that, it's currently released on B&N. If you choose to check it out, I hope you enjoy the journey! And please do leave me a review once you're done reading as it definitely helps my visibility!

[Get Symbiote: A Space Opera at Barnes & Noble!]

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/symbiote-harker/1150194035;jsessionid=864B400DD80AB5240DFC72EEE63DC2D0.prodny_store02-atgap11?ean=2940185242353 (5.99 ebook, $30 hardcover currently on preorder)

If you like urban fantasy, thrillers, pro wrestling and/or mythological retellings featuring the Greek gods, check this out! https://a.co/d/04hRQoDX

It took 2.5 years but we are here! I have my first pop up/tabling opportunity at a local wrestling show this Friday. Super excited and nervous!

Hello guys. I published my first novel a few months ago. It’s a noir crime thriller called My Father the Yakuza.

My previous cover focused too heavily on the Yakuza aspect, but the Yakuza is really more of a background element and not fully representative of the story.

As authors/readers, which cover do you prefer and which one feels more in line with the noir crime thriller genre?

Thanks.

Last month I posted on here that I finally published my novella. I had such a great response from the community! Since then I've had a little over 100 copies bought(most during the free promotion), have almost daily KU readers and hit some awesome rating milestones. I've also received multiple fantastic reviews from strangers which is incredibly validating.

It has slowed down a bit since release and I know I should do more to promote it, but that's a whole other challenge that I don't know where to start.

Overall though I've had a very positive experience and just wanted to give thanks for a wonderful place to share. It's been a great community to see others share their work and also continue the fight against AI in this space.

SO THANK YOU!

Hi guys! I was getting ready to finalize self publishing today and felt very unhappy with my cover. I spent all day designing and drawing this cover and I think I’m happy with it.

I spent months designing my old cover. I will included in this post. It’s so weird because creating this cover only took a day but I guess that’s what happens when you practice something. :-)

Let me know which one you like better, but please let it be the new one 🤣

I’m self publishing very soon!!! I will update here when it’s published 🥹💛 in case anyone is interested in my paperback book. Once I save up money, I will be able to pay someone to transform my manuscript into a e-book and offer both versions, but unfortunately, that will have to come at a later date.

I’m just super excited to get it out there in the world, even if I’m the only one who buys it haha

I think I’m going to order a few extra author copies to host a giveaway on my TikTok and maybe that will help bring some orders in. I want to create a sticker sheet with some of the illustrations from my book to include in the giveaway, but I’m having trouble finding somewhere to get custom sticker sheets made.

I’d love to know if anyone’s had luck taking copies of their book into small stores or if anyone has done stickers? 💛

Just two weeks to go until the release of 'The Improbable We Can Do Today', and the first batch of author copies has arrived, which is so exciting! I'm relieved and delighted that they look great.

And I spent a very pleasant hour or two at the weekend successfully avoiding any actual writing of the follow-up by making 100 bookmarks to be given away as freebies with any in-person sales - three designs, one based on the book cover and the other two on artwork of the two main characters. And tassels of course. GOLD tassels. The best kind of tassels. 😆

Hello everyone,

I just stumbled onto this subreddit and honestly, I am appalled by how genuinely supportive and great this community is.

I feel like a fool because I’ve spent the last several months trying to bond with abandoned Facebook groups and digging through wonky, ancient Goodreads threads feeling completely isolated.

The activity in this group is revitalizing! I just wanted to introduce myself, JRJ Sellmeyer, the author of The Maw Beneath The Mane. I am absolutely thrilled to learn from all of you. I feel like I have finally found my people!