Current WIP 'Penultimate Dragon' has reached the halfway mark.
...
I think.
Posts by Jake Joy Author
20,000 words of 'Penultimate Dragon' down on the page.
This is seriously the toughest book I've tried to write.
The next time I decide to write a mystery, someone smack me really hard in the face. please and thank you.
Thematically speaking, the most important thing Terry Pratchett taught me was the concept of militant decency. The idea that you can look at the world and its flaws and its injustices and its cruelties and get deeply, intensely angry, and that you can turn that into energy for doing the right thing and making the world a better place. He taught me that the anger itself is not the part l should be fighting. Nobody in my life ever said that before.
Writers know nostalgia is a powerful drug — it can move readers to tears… or quietly manipulate them.
From Gone With the Wind to The Great Gatsby to Downton Abbey, this week’s Huddle unpacks why longing for the past feels so good — and so dangerous.
#Writing #Storytelling #Nostalgia buff.ly/5WvlgAx
The Terrifying Tarap — a lumpy, diesel‑smelling skull of a fruit that tastes like summer in a land with no summer. Want to know how to open it (and why you should)? Read on. #foodie buff.ly/XEiNlWX
Once upon a time in Litopia, our writers decided to turn classic fairy tales upside down… and you’re invited to join them.
This Saturday’s Huddle is all about flipping POV: no pages required in advance—just a favourite tale, a fresh angle, and a few notes.
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#AmWriting #FairyTales
Not a workshop. Not a webinar.
Litopia’s Huddles are where writers come to think, play, connect, and recharge.
Try it for free at our Christmas YuleWrite Huddle — open to non-members.
🎄 20 Dec • Zoom
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Great review for 'Prophetic Fallacy'
#Fantasybooks
As a former primary school teacher, I can confirm.
Just a quick note.
The Trouble with Prophecies
And
King Hunters
Are on sale till Saturday.
TTwP -£1.99
KH - £2.99
Tell your friends
Tell your family
Tell random people in the street.
If they're a Sir Terry Pratchett fan, they might like these books.
The Trouble with Prophecies
And
King Hunters
Are on sale from today!
TTWP - £($)1.99
KH - £($)2.99
A great opportunity to jump in.
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#fantasy
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The Trouble with Prophecies
And
King Hunters
Are on sale from today!
TTWP - £($)1.99
KH - £($)2.99
A great opportunity to jump in.
#fantasybooks
#fantasy
#booksky
#fantasybooksky
🔗👇
The Trouble with Prophecies
And
King Hunters.
Are going on sale next week, 17th - 23rd
A great time to pick up a copy of my humourous fantasy novels and forget the travesty of a world we live in by visiting an even worse one.
Five-year-olds = the world’s toughest critics. In "The Book They Actually Wanted" on Litopia, a kindy class teaches a writer that conflict beats wish‑fulfilment — and a kid's gentle "Good dog" saves the day. #WritingCommunity buff.ly/niC1tSe
Maybe I should get a MacBook for my writing. Then I can try out Vella...
*Looks at prices on Apple website*
The first chapter of The Trouble with Prophecies.
If it looks like your thing, you can read the rest for free on KU, or £4.99 on Amazon.
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The Trouble with Prophecies eBook : Joy, Jake: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store share.google/6sJe1PoUWJDH...
An unstoppable Dark Lord, a prophecy, and the most inept party of adventurers ever seen... what could go wrong?
Kelthi's honour hinges on the defeat of the Shadow Monarch, but the only one who can help her is an uncooperative wizard with a secret.
Discworld X D&D
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If Genre Were A Custody Battle — Scenes from the Genre Wars. Fantasy vs. sci‑fi in a courtroom brawl over portals, dragons and AI. A hilarious mediation meltdown on Litopia. #WritingCommunity buff.ly/JASgwWT