Been waiting more than a decade to be able to type these words:
I’m Dan, I’m an author, and you can pre-order my new book here:
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I just shared a new Substack on writing twists that actually work—clues, red herrings, and how to make a twist hit on the first read AND the second. Check it out:
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Just to be clear...
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Lately Life on the Midlist is less “here's a tidy essay I drafted in advance,” and more “holy hell, everything's happening at once and I did at least half of it wrong.”
Not many places in the publishing industry to get that.
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Grey skies and sunlight over roofs & treetops
Morning #skywriters!
The skies are moody and the crows are screeching.
Feels more like Halloween than Easter.
Have a great Easter Sunday! 😎🤙🏻
Seriously, the number of things, even as an obsessive researcher, that I've learned accidentally about publishing is bonkers.
I've gotten career changing insights as passing comments tacked onto the end of an email or addressed briefly as though it's barely worth mentioning. 😳 #skywriters
I paused my readthrough of WIP 1 so I could write the two new chapters.
Now those chapters are done, I aim to finish the readthrough early next week, since I’m busy this weekend. (I’m currently 3/4 of the way through.)
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I've reached that part in the final proofread where I'm sobbing too much to be able to see the last ten pages. Man I love this job! #skywriters #writingcommunity #amwriting #booksky
Wise words.
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#booksky #skywriters #writingcommunity I need to make a family tree for my fictional family, and I want to be able to include it in the book, both print and E and I want it to be pretty. Anyone know of an app for that?
Clive’s
🌱Cliveas blooming
She marvels at their beauty
He doesn’t notice.
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Sneaky little 20 minute writing sprint on the lunch break from my day job. Working on the secret WIP. 🤫
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“I’ll say this, though,” Marcus continued. “I look at all of you, and I don’t think it looks like the Galactic Accord, right? The Accord tried to make this happen, but it was stuck with its old rules. It was too focussed on keeping everyone… I don’t know, safe? But that safety was isolation. We never got the chance to just talk with each other. Learn from and understand each other. My people especially…” RKON, Earth… That was another problem he’d have to try and solve someday. But not today. Not right now. “I’ll tell you what this looks like. It looks like the Forge. It looks messy and noisy and rowdy and ho-…” He cleared his throat as he thought better than to say that. But Avalynne, who knew him too well, raised her voice instead. “And horny!” A great cheer rose up across the assembly. The loudest assent seemed to focus around Liera. “Horny!!” was the cry.
From The Runechildren, Book Six of the Lonely Ship Saga.
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THEM: Both your books hit the Amazon top 150?
ME: In a humor category.
THEM: I’m boycotting Amazon, Target—
ME: Dead Mona satirizes current events.
THEM: Oh, pfft, no!
ME:
THEM: Move your books to B&N. I’ll boycott them next.
ME:
THEM: Bye!
ME: You’ll be in my next book. 💀
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Wednesday 1 April 2026: Hello, April!
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“And one further thing.” Future-Miriham’s eyes seemed to seek out the drifting shape of the Rune Carrier on Husk’s viewscreen as if seeing it from his eyes, and she smiled a mischievous, feline smile. “Please prepare yourself for the next time you and I are alone together on the Rune Carrier. I will make a passionate attempt at sleeping with you, and in my history, you do not fight me hard enough.”
From The Runechildren, Book Six of the Lonely Ship Saga.
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If your middle-grade story feels a bit… flat, it might be one of these:
Kids who sound like adults
Adults who take over
Missing humour
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Morning #skywriters!
How’s the #writing going?
I’ve been making good progress on Crooked Path edits this week. 180 pages done, of 405 in total, plus I’ve figured out the answer to a niggling plot problem.
Have a great day! 😎🤙🏻
Demi smiled along with them. Aki and Therese. Happy to see her. If only it would be that simple. She reached up and touched Hal’s hand. “Right now, I’m happy I’m here,” she said. “Here with you. There’s nowhere I’d rather be.” She turned over her shoulder and locked eyes with him. Hal’s smile was bashful and beautiful. But Demi flustered on seeing the mischievous sniggering of the other three members of the squad. “A-All of you,” she amended. “Here with all of you.” “Please, Princess, there’s no need!” laughed Karyn. “Don’t bring us into your private feelings for Hal!” agreed Lin. “It could not be more obvious,” said Danny with a silly smile.
From The Runechildren, Book Six of the Lonely Ship Saga.
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Tuesday 31 March 2026: March wrap-up!
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Demi brushed herself down. At her back, Lin had her pistol aimed at the two technicians and the groaning soldier, and Karyn and Danny were climbing the stairs to back them up. But her eyes were only for Hal. It didn’t speak well of her that she found his ability to do violence so attractive, but maybe that was the heat in the air from all the laser fire messing with her mind. He was hot, though. Hal was really, really hot, his gun held lax and comfortable in his hands and his smile so confident and lovely. “I’m good,” she lied. She was cooked. And Aki was closer than ever. She was such a bad girl.
From The Runechildren, Book Six of the Lonely Ship Saga.
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“This doesn’t have to end in blood!” Therese called out. “The airlock still works. You can disembark onto Reader Station with a fond farewell.” “Fuck you!” Naamah spat. “This is our ship! This is our sector! You think you can do whatever you like just because your friends are here? Wake up, idiot! You’ve just signed your own death warrant!” “Bold words,” Aki intoned. “Failing to see the woods for the trees, perhaps? Take a step back and you will see that this is over, Naamah.” “Yeah, I’d be more than happy asking Sparrow to close off the blast doors and vent you all into space instead,” Therese said with a fiery grin. “Ooh, let me do it!” Sparrow’s voice was changed. The girly spaceship AI was now a seething monster, a dragon in its den begging the foolish adventurers to test their luck for her gold. Naamah quivered with rage. “Fuck… you!”
From The Runechildren, Book Six of the Lonely Ship Saga.
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A new chapter starts Monday!
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“Everything begins again after today,” said Lilith with a much more confident smile. “We have not lost anything, Rune. Even this ordeal is growth. It’s just in a different direction to what we were anticipating. Or… to what you were anticipating. This New Accord was my dream, not so long ago.” She sighed, and Marcus searched for words to comfort her. But he closed his mouth when Lilith turned to face the screen with a steely gaze. “It’s right that I should be here to kill it,” said the snake.
From The Runechildren, Book Six of the Lonely Ship Saga.
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I said hello. It didn’t go well, but I stayed long enough to prove I could. On the way home, I bought coffee I didn’t need, not for comfort but as a #reward for choosing to #survive it.
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Alongside The Crooked Path & Badlands 2 (name TBA very shortly!) I’m also working on a third, secret, WIP which I’m planning to release next year.
Had a bit of a block recently, but finally figured out why this morning, so it’s moving again now.
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Friday 27 March 2026: British Summer Time
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“Well done, Marcus. You really have come a long way from the shy first officer I fell in love with.” Now that he was shirtless, his boots off and his sword lying on the deck, Rune reached up and ran her fingers through his hair. “You ever impress me. I hope you know that.” “I know it,” he replied, holding her by her waist. His fingers teased themselves into the midriff between shirt and underwear. “I don’t understand it, but I know it.” “Some days, I don’t think you do.” Before she could elaborate, Rune shook her head. Her dynamic pink stripe brushed Marcus’ nose. “Let’s talk about VR sex now.”
From The Runechildren, Book Six of the Lonely Ship Saga.
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