Something I'd heard about publishing: the days after launch are quiet.
You spend months building towards a single date, which arrives and passes and the book just... exists. Which is wonderful and slightly surreal.
#WritingLife #AmWriting #BookSky #writingcommunity
Congrats 👏
Graphic with yellow text at top, whit etext to the right and a book to the left. The book is River in the Galaxy and has a blue spacey cover with a wooden ship flying through outer space. The text from top reads: Earned out! 347 sales. 3,032 copies distributed, 18,540 KU page reads
MY DEBUT EARNED OUT!
It's taken 3 years + 1 month to earn back the £470 I spent on cover, editing, isbns, merch etc. Considering all the factors against me/this book, I'm so freaking proud. It's the *first* book I wrote in English.
I hope I can hit 350 copies sold this month 👀
Cover for the novel LOGOS OF CAIN, book 5 in The Cain Series, by Seth W. James. Cain standing inside a space station with Mars visible through the window. Cover art by James T. Egan of Bookfly Design.
We're less than 2 weeks from the launch of LOGOS OF CAIN, book 5 in The Cain Series, and I'm feeling it!
Handcrafted cyberpunk: written by a human for human readers. Accept no substitute. AI is mind death.
Cover art by James T. Egan, Bookfly Design.
#cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚
Every step tells a story… In Footsteps, a gripping journey unfolds through choices, consequences, and the paths that shape us. A tale of suspense, discovery, and unexpected twists that can change a life in an instant. Perfect for anyone who loves stories that linger long after the last page.
Thank you for your very kind words. Much appreciated! With all the challenges facing the writing community I think the only way to thrive going forward is to work together and support each other. Thankfully I see more and more good folks stepping up to do that every day.
@rodmannix.bsky.social and you are definitely the lead & inspiration on this- for all of us! You truly deserve acknowledgement for all your steady support, what you do is a beautiful daily act of repeated altruism! 🖤
One of the concerns I hear people express about getting on #BlueSky is that they're starting from scratch & don't see engagement. Problem is, you have to engage to get engagement. I find BlueSky VERY responsive. Yes, it takes a little time (less than the other place), but it's worth every minute!!!
CALLING ALL MIDLANDS AUTHORS
If your professional headshot is in need of an update, now is the time.
Our Author Photo day is taking place in Birmingham on Friday, 24 April 2026, with professional photographer Paul Stringer.
If you've started Judgement this week, I'd love to know what you think. An honest review on Amazon or Goodreads makes an enormous difference for a debut author. It really does matter.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
#BookSky #SciFi #ScienceFiction #ScienceFictionBooks
Couldn't agree more about rushed endings.
Writers often focus on surprise when crafting endings.
But readers care more about meaning than shock.
This guide breaks down how to write an unexpected ending that feels earned and emotionally satisfying:
Michelangelo was only 23 years old when he completed the Pietà The fact that he was a turtle makes this 10x more fascinating
Yesterday Judgement went out into the world. Today I've been enjoying that people are actually reading it.
If you're one of the people who picked it up — thank you. Genuinely.
If you haven't yet: it's there. Waiting patiently.
#amreading #BookSky #SciFi
I read this earlier. Now working on the current project and typed "He wasn’t expecting to be shot – he was expecting the net."
I'm now second guessing myself just like the guy in the article! :(
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writerslife
Screenshot of Amazon sales ranking for a sci-fi novel that somehow is classed as humorous and a short story
How the heck does a 306-page hard sci-fi novel end up in the rankings for short stories and humour?
Aha, perhaps they think my writing's a joke :/
#indieauthor #writingcommunity
It’s out in the wild, immersed in the darkness, having escaped the warped mind that wrote it. A #darkfantasy with an arcanepnk (think magic steampunk) twist with Mech dragons, spirit warriors and vampires that drink souls. I have issues to share: 0.99 for 3 bks 💙📚🐉 books2read.com/warriorsofsp...
Scratch out Sylvia Plath and insert Sasha Cooper.
#SeekingSasha #psychologicalsuspense
The Queen in Time, Michael Bandru, indie books, indie author, book, cover, book cover, scifi, science fiction, philosophical, new series, e-book, pink crystal pod falling through the clouds into a volcanic crater holding a strange parasitic growth of living stone under a sky of extremely dense clouds
Slow burn scifi adventure🌌
A struggle to survive 🏹
An alien world remade💎
From single cell to immortal queen👑
Eiepublishing.com
books2read.com/u/bMMlJa
Get #TheQueeninTime E-book today
🪐📚 💙 📚🪐
#booksky #SFF #nerdlings #indieauthor #ebook #scifi #book #promo #writingcommunity #novel
My book comes out in a month. It honestly feels like a dream. So excited to share Erinna and Kane’s story ⚔️🌊 The countdown begins! In one month Curse of Wreck and Ruin will be out and I’ll officially be a published author.
#fantasyseries #writing #indieauthor #romanticfantasy #authorsky
Cover of the novel called Judgement, written by Rik O'Hare. The novel shows the interior of a cylindrical habitat with buildings on the sides and top. An agricultural strip with fields, treees and a river run along the bottom. In the centre is a bright, red sun.
It's here!
Judgement is out now — available in paperback, hardback and ebook.
An orbital habitat. A fanatical cult. A deadly conspiracy.
If you read it, I'd love to hear what you think.
#SciFi #ScienceFiction #BookSky #NewRelease #DebutAuthor #IndieAuthor
www.rikohare.com/novels
It's the release day for Fractal Terminus! Even if you haven't read the first book, Space Station X, by A.Z. Rozkillis, you can still enjoy this #lesbian #romance through alternate realities!
#sciencefiction #horror
www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/book/fractal...
My reimagined version of the Botany Bay from Star Trek.
A 3d model of the Prometheus from Stargate I made.
A ship I made based on concept art by PenguinkStudio.
A spaceship I made based on concept art by Jeff Zugale.
#PortfolioDay #scifi
I'm RJB / Mallacore (Ryan Begemann). 3d modeler and digital artist.
I love sci-fi and especially spaceships. I've been bring many ship designs to life in vivid and color space scenes.
For the most part I'm a hobbyists but I do the odd commission.
linktr.ee/rjbmallacore
Thankyou :)
If you like your Dystopias to come with a dash of hope, you'll love #Judgement
Releasing tomorrow
#SciFi #ScienceFiction #amreading #NewRelease #DebutAuthor #IndieAuthor
www.rikohare.com/novels
A quick shout out to @writingcommunity.bsky.social and @rodmannix.bsky.social for the reposts & likes. Appreciated
Today's #writingabtwriting article is all about describing your taste. As in what do you *really* like. Specifically. It's an interesting exercise that can help you enhance your own writing.
#writingcommunity #booksky #writing #author #anwriting
Tomorrow, #Judgement is published.
This is the first time I've handed something to the world and said: this one's finished. This one's real.
Whatever happens next - thank you for being here for this part.
#DebutAuthor #BookSky #WritingLife #AmWriting
www.rikohare.com/novels
2 days to go.
The conspiracy in #Judgement starts small. An anomaly. Something that doesn't quite add up.
By the time Martal understands what he's looking at, the conspiracy reaches far closer to home than he imagined.
April 15.
#SciFi #ScienceFiction #BookSky #NewRelease
www.rikohare.com/novels
