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I'm reading @juergen_hubert 's books, starting with "Sunken Castles, Evil Poodles". His translation of German folklore to English, complete with commentary and footnotes, is utterly fabulous.

As someone who's read a lot of folklore books, across multiple cultures, I highly recommend "Sunken Castles" for writers and lovers of folklore alike. Solid research, notes on where the story is set in modern geography, great context, witty asides all make for a very engaging, inspiring read. The stories come to life from his carefully light, detailed approach.

This book is helping me create myths and folktales for my own fictional world. I'm having a blast reading it!

Print:

thescribblinglion.com/product/

Ebook:

amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B08CL2HS28/

A group of intrepid explorers in a dungeon facing off with a demonic poodle.
· Sunken Castles, Evil Poodles | Jürgen HubertExperience German folklore as never before! With 155 original translations of German legends folklore tales drawing from more than two dozen sources, discover: Frau Gauden, the Eternal Huntress The…

I released an ebook of my 1st book recently (unfortunately can’t print it just yet) and it’s 20% off all of June for Pride Month!

ko-fi.com/lukeorion/link/1STBO

It’s a storybook, illustrated and handwritten by yours truly. The story is based on my experience with childhood trauma and homelessness, from the perspective of a cat.

I’d really appreciate any support towards this 🫶 thank you!

I’ve been thinking about the #selfpublished #author ecosystem recently, specifically from a new or first time author. Beyond writing the book, of which they are very proud of. They also take on every other aspect either themselves or hiring someone, from editing, to graphic design, to promotion, to social media, to web design, to more. Here’s where my idea comes in, specifically for friends and word of mouth acquaintances. /thread because it’s getting long #writingcommunity

I quite enjoy doing pixel art animations, so here I join two loves, the pixels and my book, A Gun Is the Thing with Feathers, which the first episode came out at the end of last month.

It is a pre-solarpunk, beautiful dystopia with an Ace female lead and plenty more LGBTQIA+ POC peeps throughout.

It is free digitally and available in handmade chapbooks, zine style, via my Ko-fi. Links in bio. It is not on A-zon cause fuck them.

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Some of his later oeuvres were like this. Immense bound, self-published books with alternating newspaper clippings from the US press of the time, with typewritten opinion essays and commentary mixed in. Kind of like blogging before blogging existed. I don't know who was reading them but mixed in were his letters to Kennedy era political figures so I don't think he was shy about it.

As an independent self-published author, even working with industry pros for design and editing, it's really hard to have any idea of the objective quality of your book (especially for someone like me who has massive impostery-thought stuff to manage).

That's why this feels like big deal:

My new book, "You Are A Strategist," has earned a Booklife Reviews ⚡️Editor's Pick designation AND is now available at independent bookstores nationwide! 📚

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(It also delights me that of all the Strategy and Business categories on Amazon, the one it's inching closer to the bestseller list on is "Career Advancement & Professional Development." If this book helps people have more successful careers with less suffering, then it's *all* worth it!)

Have you picked up your copy yet? I'd love to hear what resonates most with you!

🎉🎉🎉 The print editions of: “You are a Strategist: Use No-BS OKRs to Get Big Things Done” are now available via independent retailers!

Because eBooks are great and all, but there’s just nothing like that “new book smell.”

#NewBook #BookLaunch #BookWyrm #BookLover #BookLife #AmWriting #AuthorLife #AuthorsOfMastodon #IndieAuthor #SelfPublished #Bookish #MustRead #BookClub #AuthorsHelpingAuthors #BookishCommunity @authors @bookstodon @books @autisticbookshop @autisticbookclub