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Author Pete (Peter J) Aldin

@peterjaldin.bsky.social

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Spam hater, Cavoodle wrangler, Book lover, Vegemite enthusiast, WW2 obsessive…and SFF writer. www.petealdin.com No spammy DMs. Karma hates a spammer. Weird and spammy DMs get you blocked.

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Author Pete (Peter J) Aldin @peterjaldin.bsky.social · 1d

Two more battle scenes to write. Just two. Then my Working Draft is ready for its heavy edit. Can I knock this bad boy back under 120,000 words? Time will tell...

#draft #wip #fantasynovel #writing #nextbook #sff #booktwt #indieauthor #booksky #working #imworkinhere

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Author Pete (Peter J) Aldin @peterjaldin.bsky.social · 1d

The evolution of a book's cover art...

#jeffbrown #fantasyart #bookcover #fantasy #sffbook #booksky 📚🪐 💙 #fantasybooks #epicfantasy #tbrpile #nextbook #amreading #amwriting #book #books

Author Pete (Peter J) Aldin @peterjaldin.bsky.social · 3d

I tried so hard to get into this book. Just couldn't. Undeniably brilliant in its way, though.

Author Pete (Peter J) Aldin @peterjaldin.bsky.social · 3d

So good!! I've visited Salem too and it's wild.

Author Pete (Peter J) Aldin @peterjaldin.bsky.social · 3d

Ditto. But I think I liked it more than they did, lol

Author Pete (Peter J) Aldin @peterjaldin.bsky.social · 3d

Some B-E-A-uties here!! Get em while they're hot.

I love sampling authors who are new to me this way.

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#sffbook #fantasy #scifi #ebooks #kindle #sff #bookdeals 🪐📚 💙 #bluesky

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Author Pete (Peter J) Aldin @peterjaldin.bsky.social · 6d

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Author Pete (Peter J) Aldin @peterjaldin.bsky.social · 6d

Loads of book news! (LINKS IN COMMENT)
1) My historical fantasy short ELFSHOT is part of the Wyld Magick anthology. Looks amazing!
2) Eventide is free along with dozens more ANZ books this weekend.
3) My zompoc books are 0.99ea @ Apple/Kobo/B&N/Fable
#booksky #sff #booksale #tbr #books 💙 #zombie

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Author Pete (Peter J) Aldin @peterjaldin.bsky.social · 8d

Yep. Especially because it's a Monday.

Author Pete (Peter J) Aldin @peterjaldin.bsky.social · 8d

haha, that's gold!

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Author Pete (Peter J) Aldin @peterjaldin.bsky.social · 9d

You guys are legends!

Author Pete (Peter J) Aldin @peterjaldin.bsky.social · 9d

I don't think this AI understood my Aussie accent 🙇

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Author Pete (Peter J) Aldin @peterjaldin.bsky.social · 9d

Maybe I'll embody the "Homer Simpson backing into the hedge" gif here and just give the two volumes I have to a charity shop...

Author Pete (Peter J) Aldin @peterjaldin.bsky.social · 9d

Magnificent organisation, magnificent cause. Check it!

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Author Pete (Peter J) Aldin @peterjaldin.bsky.social · 10d

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Author Pete (Peter J) Aldin @peterjaldin.bsky.social · 10d

Noice. Cheers. And yeah...what he said!!

"Itch" makes a superb, secure and ethical alternative to Amazon/Kindle BTW

#booksale #zompoc #postapocalypse #grimbooks #darkfiction #fullseries #trilogy

Michael Lasco @michaellascosff.bsky.social · 10d

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Author Pete (Peter J) Aldin @peterjaldin.bsky.social · 10d

I think this one stands out because I normally can't abide a book series that goes longer than one book :D

Haven't tried the Expanse, though I should. The show was excellent. I have the first two GoT tomes on my shelf but I won't read them unless he completes the book series.

Author Pete (Peter J) Aldin @peterjaldin.bsky.social · 11d

One of the few scifi series (longer than a trilogy) that kept me going till the end. A little draggy in books 4 and 5, but book 6 (not pictured) makes up for it.

Got a favorite series of your own?

#sci-fifantasybooks #scifiseries #karentraviss #spaceopera #sff

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Author Pete (Peter J) Aldin @peterjaldin.bsky.social · 13d

I need to get back to this book. Got distracted at around 20%. It's very likeable.

Author Pete (Peter J) Aldin @peterjaldin.bsky.social · 22d

Yep. Totally, totally relate.

Author Pete (Peter J) Aldin @peterjaldin.bsky.social · 22d

Blue Sky is a wasteland. :(

Author Pete (Peter J) Aldin @peterjaldin.bsky.social · 22d

a man in a leather jacket with a patch on his eye says call me snake

ALT: a man in a leather jacket with a patch on his eye says call me snake

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Author Pete (Peter J) Aldin @peterjaldin.bsky.social · 22d

Highly underrated film. Love it.

Author Pete (Peter J) Aldin @peterjaldin.bsky.social · 22d

Really chuffed by my inclusion in this series of anthologies. This one's a beaut! 57 ultra-short stories from today's champions of military space opera. Perfect for your commute or for bedtime reading.

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#scifibook #drabbles #shortstories #sff #militarysf #ebook #kindle

iSoldiers: Military Science Fiction Drabbles (Shacklebound Books)

iSoldiers is an anthology of drabbles, stories of exactly 100 words excluding the title. Within these pages are stories of war, soldiers, courage, loss, death, aliens, and all sorts of wild ideas pack...

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Author Pete (Peter J) Aldin @peterjaldin.bsky.social · Sep 14

Just realised: "takes a swing at" - probably not the vernacular I was reaching for, lol.