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dyre.bsky.social
MY SOUL IS UP FOR SALE
@dyre.bsky.social
Sad monster and resident coffee gremlin what writes about uncomfortable subjects and fantastical things that lurk in dark places.
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You may #preorder a PART OF MY SOUL at many of these retailers. Both in #ebook and #print.

It is #horror #fantasy flavored:
books2read.com/WealdandWen

If you do preorder, click this link after to reserve a bookmark:
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I require opinions on a possible cover. I... I don't edit photos, but the shot of my eye came out so close to what I wanted I figured I'd try to just edit it into a cover instead of using it as reference like I meant to.
December 5, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Digging through the closet for something you haven't used in over a year is a fun way to discover you might have a hoarding problem. A little one borne of laziness not attachment.

I'd like to know where the broken televisions keep coming from... and these camping chairs? Since when do we camp?
December 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Friend, "I preordered your book and forgot to do the form. Is it easier if you ship it or just hand it to me?"
"Hand it to you."
"I also want the print one, is that available yet?"
"I can just give you the ebook if you get the print you don't have to buy both."
"You get paid more for the ebook."
a man in a striped shirt says " did we just become " .
Alt: Will Farrel saying, "did we just become best friends"
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December 5, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Gunna be #WealdandWen till its out, apparently.

Delgrij lived in a big nest, what was carved into a massive bloody tree. Three stories, handful of rooms, lots of places to lounge and draw or whittle. He loved his nest.
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

What is your character's living situation like?

Do they have roommates? Pets? Live with family? Alone in a mansion? On the road? On a ship? Other?

Are they happy where they are, or striving for something else?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Hah 4,987 words.

Did it.

Now... now I gotta submit it and I'm scared.
December 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Do you like following characters as they're swallowed by infinite darkness, left to wade through a starving nothingness where all they are drains away and only a monstrous other remains?

I probably got you covered then... because I seem to have a problem. >.<
December 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"We will not take anything over 5k," says the magazine.
"Every time you trim a few words I will double them in the next paragraph," says this fucking story.

T^T
December 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If Bad Omens and Sleep Token ever tour together again and come anywhere near me I am selling a kidney for tickets.
December 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Makes me think of #NotMe, so now you're getting a link because I'm gunna revise words now.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMrN...
BAD OMENS - Left For Good (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by SUMERIAN
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December 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
...I'm glad everyone likes the mirror horror so far.

I suppose I should finish revising it and get it submitted. >.>
December 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
From #NotMe, the horror short I just drafted despite being on a break and am now revising, have some ladies on an unfortunately tragic road trip, #WIPSnips.
December 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"The only people who will get this are one or two creatures on tumble and my sister," is what I told myself when I set up the preorder for #WealdandWen.

The number is up to six, with Draft2Digital warning it might be more because few stores report them.

We are in confused excitement mode now.
a close up of a man making a funny face with his mouth open
Alt: Brendan Fraser making a confused and excited face.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Next time I order bookmarks I will be learning what laminating entails as I bother the poor print lady with so many questions.
December 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Here are examples of the bookmarks you could get by pre-ordering an #ebook or #paperback copy of my soul.

Torture me by ordering a book, requesting a #bookmark, and knowing you have cursed me to cut more of these out with a tiny knife and a pair of scissors.
December 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
"Maybe no one wants them because they're ugly," says the gremlin in my noggin.

"Oh, are these pretty 4x6's yours? I had them over here just to look at them. They're gorgeous...what do you mean you made them yourself," says the nice lady at the store when I went to pick up bookmarks.
a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face and saying awwww .
Alt: Michael from the office smiling small and tight while trying not to cry. He is failing.
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December 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Stop giving JKR money
December 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Printed and hand cut #WealdandWen bookmarks! All of them were a tad misaligned and Delgrij about killed my hand but that's what these tests are for. They came out so pretty, I was so happy I almost cried in the middle of Office Depot.

I also made my own tassel because no local stores had tassels.
December 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Why yes I did remember this was linked to my bluesky. You've already seen these links but see them again!
Bookmarks
As a Pre-order bonus for Weald and Wen, I've made character bookmarks and as I recently finished the last design and got all the prints set up... I am reminding everyone about them! So, if you pre-order (or have already and have the receipt to screenshot), you can fill this form out to get signed copies of one of these bookmarks:
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December 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
It's fun to get ready for bed only to have an idea for the short story you just finished drafting.

Now I have to put the idea in and see if it works.

I can't sleep until I do.
December 3, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Ordered bookmark tests because $3 for four designs is fine. I went down to the store to do it but got confused and sidetracked learning why the online order wasn't working and was anxious and said too much and fled and ended up having to order online anyway.

But it's done.
a man and a woman are talking and the woman says " train wreck "
Alt: Veronica Mars pointing both thumbs at herself and saying, "train wreck"
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December 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Please share: someone ordered a custom beanie from me. The person turned out to be a scammer. If you want a blueberry beanie from me for 30 dollars plus shipping, please let me know!
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Finished #NotMe today! 4,268 words. I gotta revise and edit but sharing another snip to celebrate.
December 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Apparently there's new Bad Omens out and it is perfectly suited for this short story so I will be writing today despite insisting on a break.

Do not try to stop me. I will bite you.
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Apparently they use Ingram for these things and this is just something that happens sometimes, especially with larger books. So it's not a preventable thing but a random issue and I am annoyed anyway.

The rep is awesome though, she's been very nice. I'm just so anxious about this book.
Draft2digital suggested the shitty spine was because my book is too big. It's 592 pages. I have books on my shelf, some from self-published authors, that are nearly 1k pages with perfect spines.

I hope they figure out their printing issues or I'm doing print on demand through Barnes&Noble instead.
December 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM