#debutnovel — Public Fediverse posts
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Loon Point: A Novel "We hurt and we wait. But love's never too late" Sale: $3.99 to $1.99 by Carrie Classon Rating: 4.5/5 (1,801 Reviews) #contemporary #fiction #smalltown #family #books #booksky #feelgood #debutnovel
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From working as a futurist to inhabiting a world of magical cats that speak Basque—Christian Bieck retired and ended up with his debut YA novel published through Guardbridge Books!
https://britishfantasysociety.org/from-pen-to-print-christian-bieck/
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Loon Point: A Novel "We hurt and we wait. But love's never too late" Sale: $3.99 to $1.99 by Carrie Classon Rating: 4.5/5 (1,779 Reviews) #fiction #family #smalltown #booksky #books #debutnovel #heartwarming #readmore
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Loon Point: A Novel "We hurt and we wait. But love's never too late" Sale: $3.99 to $1.99 by Carrie Classon Rating: 4.5/5 (1,779 Reviews) #fiction #family #smalltown #booksky #books #debutnovel #heartwarming #readmore
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Loon Point: A Novel "We hurt and we wait. But love's never too late" Sale: $3.99 to $1.99 by Carrie Classon Rating: 4.5/5 (1,779 Reviews) #fiction #family #smalltown #booksky #books #debutnovel #heartwarming #readmore
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Loon Point: A Novel "We hurt and we wait. But love's never too late" Sale: $3.99 to $1.99 by Carrie Classon Rating: 4.5/5 (1,779 Reviews) #fiction #family #smalltown #booksky #books #debutnovel #heartwarming #readmore
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To Every Writer, Author, and Reader Out There — I Want to Tell You About My Book
I want to talk about my debut novel, "Wonderment Within Weirdness." Not in a sales pitch kind of way, not with a rehearsed elevator pitch or a list of reasons you absolutely must buy it right now. I just want to talk about it honestly, the way I would if we were sitting somewhere having a real conversation. I have been thinking a lot lately about how to share this book with more people, particularly with the writing and reading communities that I genuinely respect and engage with, and I […] -
Wonderment Within Weirdness and the Many Inspirations Behind It
No story exists in a vacuum. Every piece of media, every book, every show, every game—it all comes from somewhere. From what we watch, what we read, what we play, what we experience, and even who we meet along the way. Wonderment Within Weirdness is no different. In fact, one of the defining aspects of the book is just how many different inspirations come together to shape it. And not in a way where it feels copied or stitched together—but in a way where everything blends into […] -
Wonderment Within Weirdness and the Many Inspirations Behind It
No story exists in a vacuum. Every piece of media, every book, every show, every game—it all comes from somewhere. From what we watch, what we read, what we play, what we experience, and even who we meet along the way. Wonderment Within Weirdness is no different. In fact, one of the defining aspects of the book is just how many different inspirations come together to shape it. And not in a way where it feels copied or stitched together—but in a way where everything blends into […] -
Wonderment Within Weirdness and the Many Inspirations Behind It
No story exists in a vacuum. Every piece of media, every book, every show, every game—it all comes from somewhere. From what we watch, what we read, what we play, what we experience, and even who we meet along the way. Wonderment Within Weirdness is no different. In fact, one of the defining aspects of the book is just how many different inspirations come together to shape it. And not in a way where it feels copied or stitched together—but in a way where everything blends into […] -
Writing a Debut Novel—Expectation Vs. Reality
Author Georgia McVeigh shares her experience of writing a debut novel and breaks down her expectations versus reality.
The post Writing a Debut Novel—Expectation Vs. Reality appeared first on Writer's Digest.
https://www.writersdigest.com/writing-a-debut-novel-expectation-vs-reality#WriteBetterFiction #WritingTechniques #debutauthor #DebutNovel #novelwriting
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Wonderment Within Weirdness Is Weirdly an Anti-War Novel
Sometimes you write a book and only later realize what it was actually about. That might sound strange, but it happens more often than people think. Stories have a way of revealing their deeper meanings after the fact, sometimes months or even years after they are written. When I first wrote my debut novel, Wonderment Within Weirdness, I was not sitting there thinking, “I am going to write an anti-war novel.” That was not the plan. The goal was much simpler and honestly much more chaotic. […] -
Wonderment Within Weirdness Is Weirdly an Anti-War Novel
Sometimes you write a book and only later realize what it was actually about. That might sound strange, but it happens more often than people think. Stories have a way of revealing their deeper meanings after the fact, sometimes months or even years after they are written. When I first wrote my debut novel, Wonderment Within Weirdness, I was not sitting there thinking, “I am going to write an anti-war novel.” That was not the plan. The goal was much simpler and honestly much more chaotic. […] -
Wonderment Within Weirdness Is Weirdly an Anti-War Novel
Sometimes you write a book and only later realize what it was actually about. That might sound strange, but it happens more often than people think. Stories have a way of revealing their deeper meanings after the fact, sometimes months or even years after they are written. When I first wrote my debut novel, Wonderment Within Weirdness, I was not sitting there thinking, “I am going to write an anti-war novel.” That was not the plan. The goal was much simpler and honestly much more chaotic. […] -
Wonderment Within Weirdness Is Weirdly an Anti-War Novel
Sometimes you write a book and only later realize what it was actually about. That might sound strange, but it happens more often than people think. Stories have a way of revealing their deeper meanings after the fact, sometimes months or even years after they are written. When I first wrote my debut novel, Wonderment Within Weirdness, I was not sitting there thinking, “I am going to write an anti-war novel.” That was not the plan. The goal was much simpler and honestly much more chaotic. […] -
Wonderment Within Weirdness Is Weirdly an Anti-War Novel
Sometimes you write a book and only later realize what it was actually about. That might sound strange, but it happens more often than people think. Stories have a way of revealing their deeper meanings after the fact, sometimes months or even years after they are written. When I first wrote my debut novel, Wonderment Within Weirdness, I was not sitting there thinking, “I am going to write an anti-war novel.” That was not the plan. The goal was much simpler and honestly much more chaotic. […] -
I Quit Writing, and Then I Wrote My Debut Novel
Author Katie Bernet shares how after failing to publish five books, she gave up on writing...then she wrote her debut novel.
The post I Quit Writing, and Then I Wrote My Debut Novel appeared first on Writer's Digest.
https://www.writersdigest.com/i-quit-writing-and-then-i-wrote-my-debut-novel#BeInspired #TheWritersLife #WritingHabitsandPractices #BookPublishing #DebutNovel
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Writing Humanity Worth Saving
Author Brionni Nwosu shares how her character's search for the good in humanity changed her in unexpected ways.
The post Writing Humanity Worth Saving appeared first on Writer's Digest.
https://www.writersdigest.com/writing-humanity-worth-saving#WriteBetterFiction #WritingTechniques #DebutNovel #HopeInWriting #HopefulWriting
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Guess what!
🎙️✨ AUDIO SIGNALS IS BACK ✨🎙️
After a few months of hiatus, I couldn't stay away.
My passion for storytellers and storytelling cannot be tamed—and I'm thrilled to return with a conversation that reminds me why this podcast matters.
Meet Bradley W. Buchanan —retired English professor, two-time blood cancer survivor, and debut novelist who just released Spy's Mate, a gripping chess thriller set in Cold War Soviet Union.Why This Episode Matters:
Brad is what's medically called a "chimera"—his DNA was literally altered by a stem cell transplant. He was blind for a year and a half. He nearly died multiple times. Through it all, he had chess dreams where the pieces hunted him across the board.His novel isn't just a spy thriller. It's a deeply personal story about Yasha, an Armenian chess prodigy who promises his dying mother he'll become world chess champion—a promise that drives him through a world where the KGB manipulates tournaments and chess prowess equals communist superiority.
Brad wrote this after his own mother died. He cried writing the final pages, giving his protagonist the closure he couldn't have in real life.
What We Explored: ♟️ How the KGB used psychological warfare in chess tournaments ♟️ Writing a novel that works as both myth and historical thriller ♟️ The personal cost of storytelling and processing grief through fiction ♟️ Why he wrote this like a screenplay (calling Netflix!) ♟️ Surviving cancer and finding new purpose as a full-time writer ♟️ The hero's journey through 64 squares
This is storytelling at its most human—where personal trauma transforms into universal narrative, where a game becomes life and death, where a son's promise to his mother echoes through pages of Cold War intrigue.
Links in the comments 🤫
We are all made of stories. Some of us write them. Some of us tell them. All of us need them.
🎧 Watch/Listen: https://youtu.be/ib36bVcYbmw
🎙️ If you like to go for the Audio Podcast here is Audio Signals Podcast: https://www.audiosignalspodcast.com/
🌐 Learn more about my work: https://marcociappelli.comWelcome back to Audio Signals. 🎙️
#Storytelling #AudioSignals #Podcast #Chess #SpysMate #ColdWar #Author #DebutNovel #WritingCommunity #BookRecommendation #BradleyBuchanan #HistoricalFiction #SpyThriller #CancerSurvivor #MarcoCiappelli #ITSPmagazine #books #writers #readers #writing #reading
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More than five years in the making from inception to publishing, my debut novel Gas Giant Gambit is out TODAY!
Thank you, Alex Parker Publishing, for taking a chance on me and this category denying genre mashup tale!
#GasGiantGambit #spacewestern #scifi #sff #sciencefiction #bookstadon #books #debutnovel
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With only a week to go before release day, my Gas Giant Gambit author copies have arrived!
http://esraye.com/2025/09/09/gas-giant-gambit-author-copy-unboxing/
#scifi #sff #sciencefiction #books #scifibooks #spacewestern #debutnovel
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Successful Queries: Meredith Clark and “Murder By the Book,” by Amie Schaumberg
Find two successful queries for Amie Schaumberg's debut novel "Muder By the Book," one to her agent and the other to her editor.
https://www.writersdigest.com/successful-queries-meredith-clark-and-murder-by-the-book-by-amie-schaumberg#GetPublished #WriteMyQuery #DebutNovel #debutnovelists #MysteryQueries
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The Art of Myth-Direction Now Available in Paperback and Hardcover a.co/d/8B50deF 🎭 Comedy / Satire 👧 Kid Heroes 💪 Coming of Age 😻 Animal Companion 🍳 Talking Magical Item 😈 Good Vs Evil 🐉 Subverted Tropes 👩❤️💋👩 No Romance #booksky💙📚 #debutnovel #availablenow #fantasy #satire #comedy #humor #writing
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“It’s like folks want to see something worse than them, to make them feel better. But it didn’t make me feel better, Mykal. It made me feel really sad.”
— Ghenya, Chapter Three, Aftermath
🌪️ Post-collapse science fantasy
💀 Talking skulls, glass storms, and lost sisters📖 Read Chapter One free: https://aftermathnovel.com/sample
#IndieAuthor #AmWriting #AftermathNovel #SpecFic #DystopianFantasy #WeirdFiction #Bookstodon #SkullBuddy #DebutNovel
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Successful Queries: Henry Dunow and “The Fire Concerto,” by Sarah Landenwich
Find Sarah Landenwich's successful query to agent Henry Dunow for her debut novel, The Fire Concerto, including what made it work for agents.
https://www.writersdigest.com/successful-queries-henry-dunow-and-the-fire-concerto-by-sarah-landenwich#GetPublished #WriteMyQuery #DebutNovel #LiteraryFictionQueries #successfulqueries
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Successful Queries: Henry Dunow and “The Fire Concerto,” by Sarah Landenwich
Find Sarah Landenwich's successful query to agent Henry Dunow for her debut novel, The Fire Concerto, including what made it work for agents.
https://www.writersdigest.com/successful-queries-henry-dunow-and-the-fire-concerto-by-sarah-landenwich#GetPublished #WriteMyQuery #DebutNovel #LiteraryFictionQueries #successfulqueries
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Successful Queries: Henry Dunow and “The Fire Concerto,” by Sarah Landenwich
Find Sarah Landenwich's successful query to agent Henry Dunow for her debut novel, The Fire Concerto, including what made it work for agents.
https://www.writersdigest.com/successful-queries-henry-dunow-and-the-fire-concerto-by-sarah-landenwich#GetPublished #WriteMyQuery #DebutNovel #LiteraryFictionQueries #successfulqueries
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Successful Queries: Henry Dunow and “The Fire Concerto,” by Sarah Landenwich
Find Sarah Landenwich's successful query to agent Henry Dunow for her debut novel, The Fire Concerto, including what made it work for agents.
https://www.writersdigest.com/successful-queries-henry-dunow-and-the-fire-concerto-by-sarah-landenwich#GetPublished #WriteMyQuery #DebutNovel #LiteraryFictionQueries #successfulqueries
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Successful Queries: Sharon Pelletier and “We Don’t Talk About Carol,” by Kristen L. Berry
Find Kristen L. Berry’s successful query to agent Sharon Pelletier for her debut novel "We Don't Talk About Carol."…
https://www.writersdigest.com/successful-queries-sharon-pelletier-and-we-dont-talk-about-carol-by-kristen-l-berry#GetPublished #WriteMyQuery #DebutNovel #successfulqueries #UpmarketQueries
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Successful Queries: Sharon Pelletier and “We Don’t Talk About Carol,” by Kristen L. Berry
Find Kristen L. Berry’s successful query to agent Sharon Pelletier for her debut novel "We Don't Talk About Carol."…
https://www.writersdigest.com/successful-queries-sharon-pelletier-and-we-dont-talk-about-carol-by-kristen-l-berry#GetPublished #WriteMyQuery #DebutNovel #successfulqueries #UpmarketQueries
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Successful Queries: Sharon Pelletier and “We Don’t Talk About Carol,” by Kristen L. Berry
Find Kristen L. Berry’s successful query to agent Sharon Pelletier for her debut novel "We Don't Talk About Carol."…
https://www.writersdigest.com/successful-queries-sharon-pelletier-and-we-dont-talk-about-carol-by-kristen-l-berry#GetPublished #WriteMyQuery #DebutNovel #successfulqueries #UpmarketQueries
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Successful Queries: Sharon Pelletier and “We Don’t Talk About Carol,” by Kristen L. Berry
Find Kristen L. Berry’s successful query to agent Sharon Pelletier for her debut novel "We Don't Talk About Carol."…
https://www.writersdigest.com/successful-queries-sharon-pelletier-and-we-dont-talk-about-carol-by-kristen-l-berry#GetPublished #WriteMyQuery #DebutNovel #successfulqueries #UpmarketQueries
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Successful Queries: Julian Pavia, Oli Munson, and “The Language of the Birds,” by K.A. Merson
Find agent Oli Munson’s successful query to editor Julian Pavia for author K.A. Merson's debut novel, The Language of the Birds.
https://www.writersdigest.com/successful-queries-julian-pavia-oli-munson-and-the-language-of-the-birds-by-k-a-merson#GetPublished #WriteMyQuery #DebutNovel #MysteryQueries #queryletter
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HELLO!!
I'm Xin Graves, lead author and director here at CallersBooks. I'm here to introduce you to what I hope will become your new favorite science fantasy novel, Callers: Emergence.
Combining anime style with cinematic dialogue, Emergence is the story of Mira Holt, an orphan girl with a forbidden power trying to navigate a world where power defines you.#bookstodon #booklover #author #indieauthor #sciencefantasy #scifibooks #fantasybooks #DebutAuthor #debutnovel #books #readers #indiebooks
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In case you hadn't seen - our very own HH author Sarah Isaacs made it to the SA Time Literary Awards Longlist with her debut novel Glass Tower
Mega congrats to Sarah !
https://sarahisaacsphotography.com/
#debutnovel #longlisted #SouthAfricanTimesLiteraryAwards #literaryawards #literaryfiction #whattoreadnext #books #booktok
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Witches, Devils, and The Way By! Oh, my!
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#reading The fall between by Darcy Tindale #bookstodon #books #fiction #AusCrimeFiction #AusCrime #AustralianAuthor #DebutNovel #RuralNoir
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Time to show a little love to the #backlist! Here's the book that started it all, "In The Eye of the Beholder." Cover models are Arcadia Kane and Jeff Cathcart. Cover design by James Courtney.
#historicalfiction #phantomoftheopera #findesiècle #indieauthor #historicalromance #operagarnier #paris #london #bookstodon #ebookstodon #debutnovel #readingcommunity
Grab the link: https://books2read.com/b/4DP10d
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Time to show a little love to the #backlist! #historicalfiction #phantomoftheopera #findesiècle #indieauthor #historicalromance #operagarnier #paris #london #bookstodon #ebookstodon #debutnovel #readingcommunity
Grab the link: https://books2read.com/b/4DP10d
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hello friends, exciting news that I don’t think I’ve mentioned on here yet! My #debutnovel, FAILURE TO COMPLY, is going to be published in spring 2024 with featherproof books.
Does anyone (#litodon #literarymastodon) know of venues that would take unpublished excerpts of a #hybridgenre #speculativefiction novel? I think with #madness , #disabilityjustice , #abolition , and #antipsychiatry + use #poetics heavily. Tia!!
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I finally got to hold my book in my hands and the feeling was incredible but what felt even better was having my grandmother hold my book - so glad she’s here to witness this 🥰🥰
#novelist #writingcommuity #author #auswrites #writerlife #grandma #debutnovel