Posts by J. D. Brubaker — A.S., B.A., M.F.A., M.A.
I can't stress this enough. Being a great writer requires you being an enthusiastic reader. Read in your genre and out of it. (Yeah, even those kinds of books you swear aren't for you occassionally. You might be surprised.) Devour as much as you can.
Thanks! I’m definitely excited to start this new chapter!
I start my new job tomorrow! One that actually pays a living wage and has benefits. I’m extremely excited! Also nervous because I’m still finishing up my last semester of grad school, and I’m about to be an extremely busy person.
Karoline Leavitt: “We’re moving on from Epstein.” The Internet: “The fuck you are.”
Had a great Valentine’s dinner last night and woke up to beautiful roses this morning!
They really did try to pull “AI is so amazing that we can’t even tell you what it does & don’t know what it does!” in the New Yorker today. Sorry tech billionaires, we’re a tough crowd! Y’all gotta come harder.
The third Hands of the Order book is coming along! We’re nearly at 50,000 words!
The second Olympic Fates book is also coming along! We’re nearly at 5,000 words!
Yay! #WritersOfBluesky #writing #WritingCommunity #AuthorCommunity
What are you reading this week? I wanna see! Here are mine: #reading #books #literarycommunity #2026goals
I may have spent too much money on books at Barnes and Noble today…#books #IndieAuthorReads #fantasy #romantasy #horror
Especially in this horrifying, dystopian hellscape, stories keep us going. They remind us that we still have power. Write your stories. #WritingCommunity #AuthorsOfBluesky
Thank you! Yes, it’s the same fantasy series. It’s trying to “complete” the story from the first two books before moving onto the fourth, which will add more characters and details to the overarching plot.
My yearly author wrap up. A lot of the sales were from free and $0.99 promotions. But hey. I did the author thing. I published a book, the sequel in my fantasy series. This year, I hope to publish another book and increase these numbers! #writing #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor
Hands of The Order book 3 is up over 34,000 words!
Also, FUCK AI. None of my books have or will EVER be touched by AI. Not the cover. Not the editing. Not the writing. Not the marketing. I PAY HUMANS to do the designs. I do the editing and marketing myself.
#WriterOfBlueSky #WritingCommunity
Hands of the Order Book 3 has 9,600 words! We’re…1/10 of the way through the rough draft! #writing #writingcommunity #authors #authorcommunity
Sales and pages read after my sequel novel has been out for 5 days! I’m loving this! #writingcommunity #authorcommunity #indieauthor
It’s today! My sequel novel is out TODAY! Available on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and through me. I’m so excited! This is a dark fantasy retelling of Little Red Riding Hood! #writingcommunity #authorsofbluesky #booksofbluesky #indieauthor
Another great SYK event! $70+ in royalties for this month! Hell yes! #writingcommunity #readerssupportingauthors #authorssupportingauthors #booksky #writing
It should not be controversial to say this, but n@zi lives don’t matter. The world is a better, safer place without Charlie Kirk in it, and I am sick of Democrats gaslighting us into believing otherwise.
Still doing well for the first half of the month! #writingcommunity #indieauthorcommunity
Puppy-sitting this week and they are living their best lives at the dog park!
Did I finish editing A Shift of Crimson yesterday?
I did.
Did I immediately start the third book in the Hands of the Order series?
Of course.
Am I planning a special boxset release for this trilogy?
Hell yes!
Am I more excited about the future than I have been in a long time?
YES. I. AM.
Only 11 days left in August, and these are my stats! It’s been a GREAT month! #writingcommunity #authorsofbluesky #darkfantasyauthor #regencyromanceauthor #regencyromance
Hell yes!
OMG! Look at all these downloads! AND The Duke of Ithaca is no. 1 in Mythology, no. 2 in Fairytale Fantasy, and in the top 15 of Regency Historical Romance! Let’s go!! #authorsofbluesky #booksofbluesky #writingcommunity
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