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Mike Brooks

@mikebrooks668.bsky.social

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That Audible-bestselling, British Fantasy Awards-losing SFF author with Very Tall Hair. Guitarist, singer, occasional DJ. (d)eaf, queer. He/him. All queries to @losbennett.bsky.social at Liverpool Literary Agency

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 6d

www.thebookseller.com/rights/titan...

Titan snags ‘refreshingly original’ fantasy adventure from Mike Brooks

Titan Books has acquired a new fantasy adventure novel from The God-King Chronicles author Mike Brooks.

www.thebookseller.com

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 1h

Noooooooo

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Joyce (Wolf) Chng/Ch'ng 🐺 @jolantru.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, I have a YA fantasy out!

www.snowywingspublishing.com/book/fire-he...

www.snowywingspublishing.com/book/cold-st...

#YAfantasy #sapphic #swords

The promo graphic/banner for the Fire Heart duology. Cover art is by Yasu Matsuoka.

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Cargie's House of Mild Frights @cargie.baby · 13h

trying to explain the feeling in my brain as OpenAI and Grok both announce their GenAI tools are opening up to porn generation while anyone who so much as draws a boob is nuked with an orbital laser

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 12h

Actually sort of true, since he mainly does math rock and actually found it hard to stick to a square four beat on his first time out with us.

Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 13h

Well this one's only in one other band, whereas our last one was in three other bands.

Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 13h

Just back from band practice with a new drummer and lead guitarist. Drummer needs to be certain of his time commitments (as ever) but I'm hopeful that the new era of the band might be in sight...

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Truhopefaith @truhopefaith.bsky.social · 19h

A day time stream and a costume!!!!! www.twitch.tv/truhopefaith

Truhopefaith - Twitch

[ENG] Long Time No Sail — Let’s Explore Again! | SoT | !yt !throne

www.twitch.tv

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Isa / EvilCleverDog @evilcleverdog.bsky.social · Aug 23

Using ChatGPT

Edith @edithcharles.bsky.social · Aug 23

What's something that isn't considered embarrassing but you think it should be?

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 21h

I object to someone trying to scam me by using a machine trained in part on my own stolen words.

Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 21h

Yes, I've been getting a bunch of them (mainly for books by people with names similar to mine, but more recently for books I've actually written too). AI being able to summarise a book so it sounds like the email is from a genuine enthusiast is a particularly nauseating development.

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 21h

The 9pm Thursday panel is going up against @aptshadow.bsky.social talking about Animals In Fantasy so I don't have high hopes for the audience turnout.

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 21h

I'll be at World FantasyCon in Brighton! You can find me:
- 9pm Thursday, Satirical Fantasy, Edinburgh Panel Room 3
- 1pm Sunday, Writing For That Popular Tabletop Wargame, Balmoral Panel Room 1

...and just, y'know, generally around. I'll probably commit karaoke on Saturday.

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 11d

Raid the Fridge — Anna Rémich, 2024
Digital art

An orange cat has climbed halfway into the refrigerator crouching down to fit on a low shelf and it is Twisted its head around and is looking back at us as to ask "C'mon, don't you have any better leftovers in here?"

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 22h

Time to find out if I’m ready (if not @clclark.bsky.social I’ll cry at you or something in Brighton).

Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t like how it emphasises Shoreditch, but what else is new

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 1d

No, that got changed in 2002.

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone is now in snood.

Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 1d

See if you make an announcement such as “There is fixed, structural damage in the ticket hall at Mornington Crescent” I am going to spend the next 35 minutes trying to decode it

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SJ Groenewegen @sjgroenewegen.co.uk · 1d

Curious about Eastercon Iridescence but not sure your finances can stretch for you to attend? Check out the bursary scheme (details in the quoted post and link) and don’t self-reject.

Iridescence - The 2026 Eastercon @easterconuk.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder to all Iridescence Bursary Scheme First deadline: 31 October 2025

Need support with attending Iridescence? We’ve got a bursary scheme to help.

The scheme is open to anyone in the UK or Ireland.

Full details and the application form can be found here
eastercon2026.org/bursary-sche...

Bursary Scheme Policy | Iridescence

eastercon2026.org

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, the “extremely intelligent conversation” is an Ork talking about how he’s going to make a planet fly by setting off volcanoes on one side…

Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! I must credit fellow author @janetorbeck.bsky.social who also does a lot of perfume stuff, who was very helpful when I asked “what would a sexy wild space elf smell like?”

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wendy copium @alicebennett.bsky.social · 1d

one thing LLMs have revealed is that the belief that there is a magical incantation that will give you what you want is not just confined to pick-up artists and freemen on the land

Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 1d

Seeing people nonchalantly post stuff like makes me feel like I'm going crazy honestly.

A post from an academic on blue sky that says: "I'm learning about "prompt engineering" when asking LLMs to extract data. I now add this to all instructions:

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Be concise, analytic, and specific (cite page/figure if provided). If essential info is missing, keep going but flag Unclear and exact data needed. Never invent data.

#academicsky"

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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 1d

Publishers should be invested in promoting the books they publish.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Nornqueen-Kya @nornqueenkya.bsky.social · 1d

We wrote a review for voidscarred 5/5

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 1d

["just one more thing" intensifies]

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 1d

I would dearly like the Michael J Brooks who wrote the Shattered Republic novels to have a greater online presence so all the AI bots emailing me about how they can boost my (his) novels' reach on Amazon email him instead.

...to be fair, he might have this one sussed.