Ben Blake
@benblakeauthor.bsky.social
Husband, father, Fantasy author. Usually tired or asleep. Debut novel The Scholar's War out now from Divertir Publishing. Read a free sample on Amazon or Divertir website.
Not rep'd yet. I ignore DM's.
Not rep'd yet. I ignore DM's.
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Ben Blake
@benblakeauthor.bsky.social
· Apr 14
The Scholar's War eBook : Blake, Ben: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
The Scholar's War eBook : Blake, Ben: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
Happy to announce my debut traditionally published novel, "The Scholar's War", from Divertir Publishing.
Available now on Amazon!
"There aren't any wars in Engiru these days..."
www.amazon.co.uk/Scholars-War...
#novel #published #amwriting #divertir
Available now on Amazon!
"There aren't any wars in Engiru these days..."
www.amazon.co.uk/Scholars-War...
#novel #published #amwriting #divertir
This is genuinely scary. So many levels of stupid in it, I don't even know where to start.
At some point we might have to consider the fact that he might be mentally unstable.
November 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
This is genuinely scary. So many levels of stupid in it, I don't even know where to start.
I like Arne Slot.
But he spent £400M plus last summer, and if you do that and make the team worse, then you have to go. He needs to turn it around, quickly.
#liverpool #lfc #slot
But he spent £400M plus last summer, and if you do that and make the team worse, then you have to go. He needs to turn it around, quickly.
#liverpool #lfc #slot
October 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I like Arne Slot.
But he spent £400M plus last summer, and if you do that and make the team worse, then you have to go. He needs to turn it around, quickly.
#liverpool #lfc #slot
But he spent £400M plus last summer, and if you do that and make the team worse, then you have to go. He needs to turn it around, quickly.
#liverpool #lfc #slot
There aren't any wars in Engiru anymore...
If you like Fantasy, try reading The Scholar's War for free. Go to www.divertirpublishing.com/books/tsw.html and click on 'sample', and you're good!
If you like Fantasy, try reading The Scholar's War for free. Go to www.divertirpublishing.com/books/tsw.html and click on 'sample', and you're good!
October 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
There aren't any wars in Engiru anymore...
If you like Fantasy, try reading The Scholar's War for free. Go to www.divertirpublishing.com/books/tsw.html and click on 'sample', and you're good!
If you like Fantasy, try reading The Scholar's War for free. Go to www.divertirpublishing.com/books/tsw.html and click on 'sample', and you're good!
Shocker there.
No Rapture Tomorrow.
September 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Shocker there.
"There aren't any wars in Engiru these days..."
You can read a sample of my novel, The Scholar's War, for free!
Go to www.amazon.com/scholars-war-ben-blake/DP/1938888359/ and click the 'Free Sample' tab.
#amwriting #Fantasy #novel
You can read a sample of my novel, The Scholar's War, for free!
Go to www.amazon.com/scholars-war-ben-blake/DP/1938888359/ and click the 'Free Sample' tab.
#amwriting #Fantasy #novel
September 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"There aren't any wars in Engiru these days..."
You can read a sample of my novel, The Scholar's War, for free!
Go to www.amazon.com/scholars-war-ben-blake/DP/1938888359/ and click the 'Free Sample' tab.
#amwriting #Fantasy #novel
You can read a sample of my novel, The Scholar's War, for free!
Go to www.amazon.com/scholars-war-ben-blake/DP/1938888359/ and click the 'Free Sample' tab.
#amwriting #Fantasy #novel
Today my old back injury means I can't sit at the PC for long, I'm hunched over and can't stand straight. Quite a lot of pain.
Haven't got much done. I'll try to write tomorrow.
#amwriting #novel #pain
Haven't got much done. I'll try to write tomorrow.
#amwriting #novel #pain
September 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Today my old back injury means I can't sit at the PC for long, I'm hunched over and can't stand straight. Quite a lot of pain.
Haven't got much done. I'll try to write tomorrow.
#amwriting #novel #pain
Haven't got much done. I'll try to write tomorrow.
#amwriting #novel #pain
I seem to have accidentally written a Dark Romantasy.
Well, when I say 'accidentally,' I don't mean I went out to do some gardening and came back with a first draft. (Dem clever, those radishes). I mean that Dark Romantasy is not what I'd intended, but reading it back...
#amwriting #novel #fantasy
Well, when I say 'accidentally,' I don't mean I went out to do some gardening and came back with a first draft. (Dem clever, those radishes). I mean that Dark Romantasy is not what I'd intended, but reading it back...
#amwriting #novel #fantasy
August 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I seem to have accidentally written a Dark Romantasy.
Well, when I say 'accidentally,' I don't mean I went out to do some gardening and came back with a first draft. (Dem clever, those radishes). I mean that Dark Romantasy is not what I'd intended, but reading it back...
#amwriting #novel #fantasy
Well, when I say 'accidentally,' I don't mean I went out to do some gardening and came back with a first draft. (Dem clever, those radishes). I mean that Dark Romantasy is not what I'd intended, but reading it back...
#amwriting #novel #fantasy
Hard to see Salah's tears at the end of LIVBOU. Such an emotional day.
Hard as well to see racial abuse allegedly aimed at Semenyo. The sorrow for Diogo Jota ought to remind us that we're all brothers, all sisters.
In all that, the football hardly matters.
#LIVBOU #Salah #DJ20 #Jota #football
Hard as well to see racial abuse allegedly aimed at Semenyo. The sorrow for Diogo Jota ought to remind us that we're all brothers, all sisters.
In all that, the football hardly matters.
#LIVBOU #Salah #DJ20 #Jota #football
August 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
What would you think if merpeople lived in the lagoon by your city, but none of them were female?
What would you guess that means?
#fantasy #amwriting #thescholarswar #novel #freesample
What would you guess that means?
#fantasy #amwriting #thescholarswar #novel #freesample
August 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
What would you think if merpeople lived in the lagoon by your city, but none of them were female?
What would you guess that means?
#fantasy #amwriting #thescholarswar #novel #freesample
What would you guess that means?
#fantasy #amwriting #thescholarswar #novel #freesample
Over 3,000 words written on the WIP today. I can't recall the last time I got so many in a day.
"Your heart always aches when you see the stars."
#WIP #amwriting #Fantasy
"Your heart always aches when you see the stars."
#WIP #amwriting #Fantasy
July 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Over 3,000 words written on the WIP today. I can't recall the last time I got so many in a day.
"Your heart always aches when you see the stars."
#WIP #amwriting #Fantasy
"Your heart always aches when you see the stars."
#WIP #amwriting #Fantasy
Would you like to read the start of my novel for free?
Mani speaks to the Sea-Goats, trying to learn. Meanwhile the Mad King wants to live forever, and immortality is one of the secrets the Sea-Goats guard. Can Mani's wits defeat the Mad King's power?
www.divertirpublishing.com/books/tsw.html
Mani speaks to the Sea-Goats, trying to learn. Meanwhile the Mad King wants to live forever, and immortality is one of the secrets the Sea-Goats guard. Can Mani's wits defeat the Mad King's power?
www.divertirpublishing.com/books/tsw.html
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July 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Would you like to read the start of my novel for free?
Mani speaks to the Sea-Goats, trying to learn. Meanwhile the Mad King wants to live forever, and immortality is one of the secrets the Sea-Goats guard. Can Mani's wits defeat the Mad King's power?
www.divertirpublishing.com/books/tsw.html
Mani speaks to the Sea-Goats, trying to learn. Meanwhile the Mad King wants to live forever, and immortality is one of the secrets the Sea-Goats guard. Can Mani's wits defeat the Mad King's power?
www.divertirpublishing.com/books/tsw.html
Netanyahu's arrogance and stupidity are leading the Middle East into war and ruin.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9...
Iran launches ballistic missiles at Israel, as Supreme Leader vows to 'inflict heavy blows' - live updates
All Israeli citizens are ordered to go to bomb shelters as explosions heard over Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Netanyahu's arrogance and stupidity are leading the Middle East into war and ruin.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9...
Name 3 books you've read at least twice:
King Solomon's Mines (H Rider Haggard).
Red Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson).
Nation (Terry Pratchett).
King Solomon's Mines (H Rider Haggard).
Red Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson).
Nation (Terry Pratchett).
Name three books you've read at least twice:
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Making the Cat Laugh by Lynne Truss
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Making the Cat Laugh by Lynne Truss
Name 3 books you've read at least twice
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith
June 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Name 3 books you've read at least twice:
King Solomon's Mines (H Rider Haggard).
Red Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson).
Nation (Terry Pratchett).
King Solomon's Mines (H Rider Haggard).
Red Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson).
Nation (Terry Pratchett).
Cutting...
Mike Waltz has left the chat.
May 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Cutting...
It's begun.
April 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
It's begun.
Epic
End Product Of The Mo Salah Selfie 🤳😍
April 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Epic
Reposted by Ben Blake
Reposted by Ben Blake
We’re introducing a new layer of verification on Bluesky — a user-friendly, easily recognizable blue check.
In addition to account verification issued by Bluesky, we're also introducing Trusted Verifiers. Select independent organizations can verify accounts directly.
In addition to account verification issued by Bluesky, we're also introducing Trusted Verifiers. Select independent organizations can verify accounts directly.
April 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We’re introducing a new layer of verification on Bluesky — a user-friendly, easily recognizable blue check.
In addition to account verification issued by Bluesky, we're also introducing Trusted Verifiers. Select independent organizations can verify accounts directly.
In addition to account verification issued by Bluesky, we're also introducing Trusted Verifiers. Select independent organizations can verify accounts directly.
Reposted by Ben Blake
Happy to announce my debut traditionally published novel, "The Scholar's War", from Divertir Publishing.
Available now on Amazon!
"There aren't any wars in Engiru these days..."
www.amazon.co.uk/Scholars-War...
#novel #published #amwriting #divertir
Available now on Amazon!
"There aren't any wars in Engiru these days..."
www.amazon.co.uk/Scholars-War...
#novel #published #amwriting #divertir
The Scholar's War eBook : Blake, Ben: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
The Scholar's War eBook : Blake, Ben: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
April 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Happy to announce my debut traditionally published novel, "The Scholar's War", from Divertir Publishing.
Available now on Amazon!
"There aren't any wars in Engiru these days..."
www.amazon.co.uk/Scholars-War...
#novel #published #amwriting #divertir
Available now on Amazon!
"There aren't any wars in Engiru these days..."
www.amazon.co.uk/Scholars-War...
#novel #published #amwriting #divertir
Ok, this is good, it's great, America needs much more of it.
But what America really needed was this energy, and all these people, when it came to voting last November.
It's positive to protest now. But it would have been better for all these folks to have voted.
edition.cnn.com/2025/04/05/u...
But what America really needed was this energy, and all these people, when it came to voting last November.
It's positive to protest now. But it would have been better for all these folks to have voted.
edition.cnn.com/2025/04/05/u...
‘Hands Off!’ protesters across US rally against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk | CNN
Over 1,400 protests against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are expected across all 50 states on Saturday, organized by a pro-democracy movement in response to what organizers call a “hostile tak...
edition.cnn.com
April 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Ok, this is good, it's great, America needs much more of it.
But what America really needed was this energy, and all these people, when it came to voting last November.
It's positive to protest now. But it would have been better for all these folks to have voted.
edition.cnn.com/2025/04/05/u...
But what America really needed was this energy, and all these people, when it came to voting last November.
It's positive to protest now. But it would have been better for all these folks to have voted.
edition.cnn.com/2025/04/05/u...
Spitballing here.
How about a new, global free trade organisation, which includes Europe and Canada, Australia and Japan and China, plus others - but excludes the USA?
#tariffs #Trump #freetrade
How about a new, global free trade organisation, which includes Europe and Canada, Australia and Japan and China, plus others - but excludes the USA?
#tariffs #Trump #freetrade
April 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Spitballing here.
How about a new, global free trade organisation, which includes Europe and Canada, Australia and Japan and China, plus others - but excludes the USA?
#tariffs #Trump #freetrade
How about a new, global free trade organisation, which includes Europe and Canada, Australia and Japan and China, plus others - but excludes the USA?
#tariffs #Trump #freetrade