Simon Kewin
@simonkewin.co.uk
British fantasy and sci/fi writer turning coffee into words since 1995. Published by Elsewhen Press, also an indie author. 10+ novels and 100+ short stories in the wild. SPSFC Top 10. He/Him. 🇬🇱
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Simon Kewin
@simonkewin.co.uk
· Nov 26
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There are some fine free books to download as thanks.
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There are some fine free books to download as thanks.
The importance of good spelling. From the menu of a restaurant I went to today.
I didn’t do as they asked.
I didn’t do as they asked.
January 24, 2026 at 9:02 PM
The importance of good spelling. From the menu of a restaurant I went to today.
I didn’t do as they asked.
I didn’t do as they asked.
Got my first cover art concepts for The Twisted Road from @thelightdreams.bsky.social. Really wonderful. I felt quite emotional seeing this book and setting that's been in my head all this time rendered as an actual book cover in the real world.
#scifi #booksky
#scifi #booksky
January 19, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Got my first cover art concepts for The Twisted Road from @thelightdreams.bsky.social. Really wonderful. I felt quite emotional seeing this book and setting that's been in my head all this time rendered as an actual book cover in the real world.
#scifi #booksky
#scifi #booksky
My upcoming #scifi book The Twisted Road, to be published by @elsewhen.press, is going to have original cover art created by the awesome @thelightdreams.bsky.social. Very cool!
January 18, 2026 at 1:49 PM
My upcoming #scifi book The Twisted Road, to be published by @elsewhen.press, is going to have original cover art created by the awesome @thelightdreams.bsky.social. Very cool!
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This week we want to know what you look for at events. This will help us shape our upcoming live and online events, so your answers will be helping us support indie authors better and more effectively #IndieAuthor #IndieBooks #AuthorLife #WritersCommunity #WritingCommunity #WritingLife #BookSky
January 16, 2026 at 11:01 AM
This week we want to know what you look for at events. This will help us shape our upcoming live and online events, so your answers will be helping us support indie authors better and more effectively #IndieAuthor #IndieBooks #AuthorLife #WritersCommunity #WritingCommunity #WritingLife #BookSky
Editing a large piece of text for someone. It confirms my “Conservation of commas” theory: people get the overall number of commas about right, but they generally don’t put them in the right places.
January 13, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Editing a large piece of text for someone. It confirms my “Conservation of commas” theory: people get the overall number of commas about right, but they generally don’t put them in the right places.
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If you're a #writer, you'll find my W.R.I.T.E. interviews with @timhardieauthor.bsky.social @hollytinsl3y.bsky.social @simonkewin.co.uk & @derek-power-author.bsky.social worth reading. Full of insights into the authoring & publishing process.
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/blog
#indieauthors
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#indieauthors
January 12, 2026 at 2:56 PM
If you're a #writer, you'll find my W.R.I.T.E. interviews with @timhardieauthor.bsky.social @hollytinsl3y.bsky.social @simonkewin.co.uk & @derek-power-author.bsky.social worth reading. Full of insights into the authoring & publishing process.
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/blog
#indieauthors
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/blog
#indieauthors
The fantasy short
story I played around with over Christmas “for fun” came out at a shade under 10,000 words. A story combining magic and high art. Also terrible brutality and war.
story I played around with over Christmas “for fun” came out at a shade under 10,000 words. A story combining magic and high art. Also terrible brutality and war.
January 8, 2026 at 6:05 PM
The fantasy short
story I played around with over Christmas “for fun” came out at a shade under 10,000 words. A story combining magic and high art. Also terrible brutality and war.
story I played around with over Christmas “for fun” came out at a shade under 10,000 words. A story combining magic and high art. Also terrible brutality and war.
Happy solstice day, wherever you are in the world.
December 21, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Happy solstice day, wherever you are in the world.
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to all you wonderful people! 🎄💞
(All worth following too!)
U @undyrk.bsky.social
N @nicksnapeauthor.bsky.social
to all you wonderful people! 🎄💞
(All worth following too!)
a penguin wearing a santa hat and sweater is standing next to a christmas tree and gifts .
ALT: a penguin wearing a santa hat and sweater is standing next to a christmas tree and gifts .
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December 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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to all you wonderful people! 🎄💞
(All worth following too!)
U @undyrk.bsky.social
N @nicksnapeauthor.bsky.social
to all you wonderful people! 🎄💞
(All worth following too!)
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#Writingcommunity My next interview is with prolific speculative fiction author @simonkewin.co.uk
We talk inspirations, routines and switching genres. With 100 short stories plus a bunch of novels, how does he do it??
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/w-r-i-t...
#booksky #authorsky
We talk inspirations, routines and switching genres. With 100 short stories plus a bunch of novels, how does he do it??
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/w-r-i-t...
#booksky #authorsky
December 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
#Writingcommunity My next interview is with prolific speculative fiction author @simonkewin.co.uk
We talk inspirations, routines and switching genres. With 100 short stories plus a bunch of novels, how does he do it??
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/w-r-i-t...
#booksky #authorsky
We talk inspirations, routines and switching genres. With 100 short stories plus a bunch of novels, how does he do it??
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/w-r-i-t...
#booksky #authorsky
Just sending out my December newsletter. Look, I did a Christmas version of my header graphic!
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simonkewin.co.uk/newsletter/
December 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Just sending out my December newsletter. Look, I did a Christmas version of my header graphic!
simonkewin.co.uk/newsletter/
simonkewin.co.uk/newsletter/
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Coming soon!
My next interrogation - oops, that should read interview (using my contrived acronym W.R.I.T.E.) is with the authoring machine that is @simonkewin.co.uk - he of the hundred short stories, science fiction AND fantasy novels.
How does he do it?
Find out later this week!
#booksky
My next interrogation - oops, that should read interview (using my contrived acronym W.R.I.T.E.) is with the authoring machine that is @simonkewin.co.uk - he of the hundred short stories, science fiction AND fantasy novels.
How does he do it?
Find out later this week!
#booksky
a black background with the words coming soon written in white
ALT: a black background with the words coming soon written in white
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December 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Coming soon!
My next interrogation - oops, that should read interview (using my contrived acronym W.R.I.T.E.) is with the authoring machine that is @simonkewin.co.uk - he of the hundred short stories, science fiction AND fantasy novels.
How does he do it?
Find out later this week!
#booksky
My next interrogation - oops, that should read interview (using my contrived acronym W.R.I.T.E.) is with the authoring machine that is @simonkewin.co.uk - he of the hundred short stories, science fiction AND fantasy novels.
How does he do it?
Find out later this week!
#booksky
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Calling British short science-fiction writers who have had stories published this year - window closing soon for Best of British Science Fiction 2025. Get your story in under the door!
December 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Calling British short science-fiction writers who have had stories published this year - window closing soon for Best of British Science Fiction 2025. Get your story in under the door!
l’ve used several AIs in the writing of my current #scifi WIP. All entirely fictitious, though, their “output” lovingly crafted by a real human (me) as part of the story text.
In my own small way I like to think I’m taking away jobs from AIs.
In my own small way I like to think I’m taking away jobs from AIs.
November 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
l’ve used several AIs in the writing of my current #scifi WIP. All entirely fictitious, though, their “output” lovingly crafted by a real human (me) as part of the story text.
In my own small way I like to think I’m taking away jobs from AIs.
In my own small way I like to think I’m taking away jobs from AIs.
Enjoyed Wicked: For Good. Sumptuous. Felt longer than the 1st one, even though it’s shorter.
Occasional creaking sound from the plot as the writers squared the Wicked story with the canonical film, but it mostly worked.
Hard not to see Oz as a metaphor for Trump with his lies and cruelty?
Occasional creaking sound from the plot as the writers squared the Wicked story with the canonical film, but it mostly worked.
Hard not to see Oz as a metaphor for Trump with his lies and cruelty?
November 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Enjoyed Wicked: For Good. Sumptuous. Felt longer than the 1st one, even though it’s shorter.
Occasional creaking sound from the plot as the writers squared the Wicked story with the canonical film, but it mostly worked.
Hard not to see Oz as a metaphor for Trump with his lies and cruelty?
Occasional creaking sound from the plot as the writers squared the Wicked story with the canonical film, but it mostly worked.
Hard not to see Oz as a metaphor for Trump with his lies and cruelty?
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Today is the day!
The long-awaited Mennik Thorn prequel novella, The Dead Man, is out now. I promised this to readers quite a long time ago. It works well either as an introduction to the series or for those who've read the other books, so no excuses! Go get it. :)
books2read.com/thedeadman
The long-awaited Mennik Thorn prequel novella, The Dead Man, is out now. I promised this to readers quite a long time ago. It works well either as an introduction to the series or for those who've read the other books, so no excuses! Go get it. :)
books2read.com/thedeadman
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Today is the day!
The long-awaited Mennik Thorn prequel novella, The Dead Man, is out now. I promised this to readers quite a long time ago. It works well either as an introduction to the series or for those who've read the other books, so no excuses! Go get it. :)
books2read.com/thedeadman
The long-awaited Mennik Thorn prequel novella, The Dead Man, is out now. I promised this to readers quite a long time ago. It works well either as an introduction to the series or for those who've read the other books, so no excuses! Go get it. :)
books2read.com/thedeadman
Is it just me or is Severance incredibly slow and tedious?
November 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Is it just me or is Severance incredibly slow and tedious?
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when you support an independent artist's work you're also giving a faerie, witch or eldritch being more ancient power to fight fascism
October 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
when you support an independent artist's work you're also giving a faerie, witch or eldritch being more ancient power to fight fascism
Glorious walk in the autumn colour today. There was mud, though, oh yes.
November 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Glorious walk in the autumn colour today. There was mud, though, oh yes.
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I prefer to save talking till I know what I’m talking about.
November 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I prefer to save talking till I know what I’m talking about.
Just had a spam email from “the illuminati world elite empire” asking me to join. It’s a little bit tempting, I’m not going to lie.
October 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Just had a spam email from “the illuminati world elite empire” asking me to join. It’s a little bit tempting, I’m not going to lie.