Holiday day 1: 4.4K words. Cooking with gas.
#TheBastardThrone #TheEidynSaga
“Aranok, of all people, you know that some fuckers just need to die!”
#WIP #TheEidynSaga
It's a good thing if you give yourself goosebumps reading your own work, right? 😬
#AmEditing #TheDamnedKing #TheEidynSaga
"A farce, throwing red meat to baying wolves, whose lives were so meagre, thanks to him, that having someone to blame, someone to hate, was a fine distraction from their grumbling bellies and cold hearths."
#AmEditing #TheDamnedKing #TheEidynSaga
"It was a thing weak men did to appear strong. Browbeat others with a condescending tone. 'You are just another fool if you challenge me'. Regardless of the facts. Regardless of reality."
#AmEditing #TheDamnedKing #TheEidynSaga
"Tell a crowd to hate anything with enough conviction and half of them’ll be foaming at the mouth before you’re finished the speaking of it."
#AmEditing #TheDamnedKing #TheEidynSaga
"The terror that anyone who could hurt them would was the root. A fundamental assumption of malice. Vulnerability without solace. For too many, the solution was to eradicate all threats, real or imagined. Only then might they feel safe. Only then might they rest."
#TheDamnedKing #TheEidynSaga
"I think when times are darkest, when people’s lives are so difficult that they can only see what’s right in front of them, maybe that’s when ideals are most important. If nobody dreams of a better country, how will we ever make one?"
#AmEditing #TheDamnedKing #TheEidynSaga
Text in blue italics reads: Never give up hope. When we lose hope, they win.
Apropos of nothing: the dedication for #TheDamnedKing. #TheEidynSaga
Text reads: A fine plan. Except there was a fucking great demon in the way.
Don't you hate it when that happens? #AmWriting #TheEidynSaga #Book4
“It would be best if you could avoid antagonising everyone we encounter.”
Guess who this is about? 😈
#amwriting #WIP #TheEidynSaga
It doesn’t get less risky. #TheEidynSaga
Cover of The Lost War by Justin Lee Anderson on a green background with various text and arrows pointing to the cover. The text reads: Scottish epic fantasy; mystery conspiracy thriller; D & D inspired; asexual main character; badass female characters; plot twists; swords and sorcery and zombies; found family road trip; real relationships.
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#Scottish #EpicFantasy #DnD #Mystery #Conspiracy #Thriller #BadassWomen #Asexual #PlotTwist #SwordsAndSorcery #Zombies #FoundFamily #RoadTrip #RealRelationships #Fantasy #TheLostWar #TheEidynSaga #Edinburgh #Scotland
We're on a theme today:
"A farce, throwing red meat to baying wolves, whose lives were so meagre, thanks to him, that having someone to blame, someone to hate, was a fine distraction from their grumbling bellies and cold hearths."
#AmEditing #TheEidynSaga #TheDamnedKing
And another one:
"It was a thing weak men did to appear strong. Browbeat others with a condescending tone that said "you are just another fool if you challenge me". Regardless of the facts. Regardless of reality."
#AmEditing #TheEidynSaga #TheDamnedKing
This line feels particularly salient right now:
"Tell a crowd to hate anything with enough confidence and half of them'll be foaming at the mouth before you're finished the speaking of it."
#AmEditing #TheEidynSaga #TheDamnedKing
"Kids were easier at that age. More work, aye, but easier. A wee cuddle would comfort them. Their tragedies were small and passing. But as they got older, the hardships became real and the wounds deeper."
#parenthood #AmEditing #TheDamnedKing #TheEidynSaga
That's 5k written this week so far on #TheEidynSaga #Book4. Nearing the first climax of the story... #AmWriting #AmWritingFantasy
Eidyn’s soil was soaked in blood, its violent history buried in shallow graves. And <spoiler> had the skill to wield it.
#AmWriting #AmWritingFantasy #TheEidynSaga #Book4
"You’re not afraid for yourself. I know you. If it were just you, you’d never have questioned what to do. You’re afraid for me. That’s not fear; it’s love."
#AmWriting #AmWritingFantasy #TheEidynSaga #Book4
"It didn’t matter what he did or didn’t know at this point — he was obviously a cunt, and there’s no curing that."
#amwriting #amwritingfantasy #TheEidynSaga #Book4
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#Scottish #EpicFantasy #DnD #Mystery #Conspiracy #Thriller #BadassWomen #Asexual #PlotTwist #SwordsAndSorcery #Zombies #FoundFamily #RoadTrip #RealRelationships #Fantasy #TheLostWar #TheEidynSaga #Edinburgh #Scotland
"Anderson has written a belter of a sequel which does not disappoint. This series is taking the traditions of epic sword and sorcery fantasy and forging them into a whole new and, more importantly, relevant direction."
#TheBitterCrown #TheEidynSaga
📬 Having watched @nssecretbookaholic.bsky.social talk frequently about @authorjla.bsky.social’s #TheEidynSaga over on her #BookTube 📺 show, I swooped on a set of the books from @orbitbooks.bsky.social which arrived this morning 😊
⚔️ #FantasyBooks 📚 #SciFiBooks 🚀 #JanuaryBookHaul 📦
Seeing some confusion here and there over the length of #TheEidynSaga. Here be the official announcement: it is a quadrilogy. The Lost War and The Bitter Crown are out now. The Damned King will be out early 2025. Book 4 will be out by 2026 at the latest. 📚
OK, so you've always wanted to know which #TheEidynSaga character you are, right? Well now you can find out! Take the quiz and discover which of Eidyn's heroes is you: justinleeanderson.com/eidyn-quiz/
Look at these beauties! 😍 📕 📕 #TheBitterCrown #TheLostWar #TheEidynSaga 🧡 💚
Final day of the countdown to THE BITTER CROWN, because it's finally here! And with it comes the main man himself, Aranok, beautifully rendered by George Coleman. #CharacterArt #Fantasy #Art #TheEidynSaga
Day 6 of #TheBitterCrown countdown and it's our badass bodyguard, Allandria, beautifully drawn by George Coleman! #Fantasy #Art #CharacterArt #TheEidynSaga
If you've been tempted to get into #TheEidynSaga with #TheBitterCrown releasing THIS WEEK, then I am delighted to tell you that the ebook of #TheLostWar is just £1.99 along with all of the 2023 Orbit UK New Voices for a limited time!