Smoke Gideon
@smokiegwrites.bsky.social
A fantasy and sci-fi writer and owner of five Typewriters. I make content related to books I've read and written. They/them 🏳️🌈
Current focused project: Project Pirate: a pirate fantasy with a romance subplot.
https://linktr.ee/smokegideon
Current focused project: Project Pirate: a pirate fantasy with a romance subplot.
https://linktr.ee/smokegideon
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Smoke Gideon
@smokiegwrites.bsky.social
· Jan 19
If you found me from TikTok, you can also find me on these apps:
Tumblr as Typewritten Smoke.
YouTube as Smoke Gideon's Secret Bookshop.
Tumblr as Typewritten Smoke.
YouTube as Smoke Gideon's Secret Bookshop.
You know when you see a favorite band of yours and a few days after seeing them you just kind of don't feel real?
Yup. That's where I'm at after the Sleep Token Concert last week. Gonna write, and listen to Sleep Token until I get so tired of them that I never want to listen to their music again.
Yup. That's where I'm at after the Sleep Token Concert last week. Gonna write, and listen to Sleep Token until I get so tired of them that I never want to listen to their music again.
October 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
You know when you see a favorite band of yours and a few days after seeing them you just kind of don't feel real?
Yup. That's where I'm at after the Sleep Token Concert last week. Gonna write, and listen to Sleep Token until I get so tired of them that I never want to listen to their music again.
Yup. That's where I'm at after the Sleep Token Concert last week. Gonna write, and listen to Sleep Token until I get so tired of them that I never want to listen to their music again.
Might just write a dark academia book about how education is one of the first things to go when a fascist government starts to take over. And there's magic. And chemistry. And gods and a myth with parallels to the MC's story.
Just feeling like I don't want to "shut up" like the Yarros haters want
Just feeling like I don't want to "shut up" like the Yarros haters want
September 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Might just write a dark academia book about how education is one of the first things to go when a fascist government starts to take over. And there's magic. And chemistry. And gods and a myth with parallels to the MC's story.
Just feeling like I don't want to "shut up" like the Yarros haters want
Just feeling like I don't want to "shut up" like the Yarros haters want
Long form content might just be my jam. I took some time away from TikTok because I wanted to figure out if the short form content world is what killed my creativity.
Considering that I've been off TikTok since July, and I've written more, read more and even filmed more...
Considering that I've been off TikTok since July, and I've written more, read more and even filmed more...
September 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Long form content might just be my jam. I took some time away from TikTok because I wanted to figure out if the short form content world is what killed my creativity.
Considering that I've been off TikTok since July, and I've written more, read more and even filmed more...
Considering that I've been off TikTok since July, and I've written more, read more and even filmed more...
I have three chapters left to write in my manuscript before I get to type out the words "The End."
It has been a wild ride. I've faced inner demons. The path is laid out before me, and I will take it.
-dramatizing my experiences as a fantasy writer so that I may be a protagonist too
It has been a wild ride. I've faced inner demons. The path is laid out before me, and I will take it.
-dramatizing my experiences as a fantasy writer so that I may be a protagonist too
August 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I have three chapters left to write in my manuscript before I get to type out the words "The End."
It has been a wild ride. I've faced inner demons. The path is laid out before me, and I will take it.
-dramatizing my experiences as a fantasy writer so that I may be a protagonist too
It has been a wild ride. I've faced inner demons. The path is laid out before me, and I will take it.
-dramatizing my experiences as a fantasy writer so that I may be a protagonist too
There's nothing better than spending the morning working in a cafe in your favorite booth while making huge steps in your manuscript.
I feel my fall personality is defrosting, and I am not mad about it.
I feel my fall personality is defrosting, and I am not mad about it.
August 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
There's nothing better than spending the morning working in a cafe in your favorite booth while making huge steps in your manuscript.
I feel my fall personality is defrosting, and I am not mad about it.
I feel my fall personality is defrosting, and I am not mad about it.
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"omg what brush are you using" i ask hayao miyazaki as he stabs me repeatedly with a pencil
August 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"omg what brush are you using" i ask hayao miyazaki as he stabs me repeatedly with a pencil
Before you read this, I am very pro-romance books. I believe it is a solid genre and I don't think anyone who reads romance is less of a reader than someone who doesn't.
Okay, now that that's out of the way...
Sometimes the popular romance books on Tiktok are extremely hard to get through.
Okay, now that that's out of the way...
Sometimes the popular romance books on Tiktok are extremely hard to get through.
August 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Before you read this, I am very pro-romance books. I believe it is a solid genre and I don't think anyone who reads romance is less of a reader than someone who doesn't.
Okay, now that that's out of the way...
Sometimes the popular romance books on Tiktok are extremely hard to get through.
Okay, now that that's out of the way...
Sometimes the popular romance books on Tiktok are extremely hard to get through.
Any of my friends or followers have Fable? I'd love to connect and talk about books with you all!!
Find me as Smokegideonwrites just like everywhere
#Fable
Find me as Smokegideonwrites just like everywhere
#Fable
July 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Any of my friends or followers have Fable? I'd love to connect and talk about books with you all!!
Find me as Smokegideonwrites just like everywhere
#Fable
Find me as Smokegideonwrites just like everywhere
#Fable
Industry standards for debut authors in my genre (fantasy) are around 100k to sometimes 110k. This happens to be one of the reasons I am pursuing self publishing because my draft is 200k words and while I plan to cut at least 50k from it, I'm writing above the industry standards.
July 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Industry standards for debut authors in my genre (fantasy) are around 100k to sometimes 110k. This happens to be one of the reasons I am pursuing self publishing because my draft is 200k words and while I plan to cut at least 50k from it, I'm writing above the industry standards.
Every so often I remember that this app exists...
And I just came on here to say:
I only have 7 chapters left to write of this draft of my book and let me tell you... I'm excited
#smokegideon #indiewriter #indieauthor #writersky
And I just came on here to say:
I only have 7 chapters left to write of this draft of my book and let me tell you... I'm excited
#smokegideon #indiewriter #indieauthor #writersky
June 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Every so often I remember that this app exists...
And I just came on here to say:
I only have 7 chapters left to write of this draft of my book and let me tell you... I'm excited
#smokegideon #indiewriter #indieauthor #writersky
And I just came on here to say:
I only have 7 chapters left to write of this draft of my book and let me tell you... I'm excited
#smokegideon #indiewriter #indieauthor #writersky
Anyway, thought about the ending of Babel again today almost 24 hours after I finished it and I started crying again.
No book has ever done this to me.
#rfkuang #babel #darkacademia #booksky
No book has ever done this to me.
#rfkuang #babel #darkacademia #booksky
March 31, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Anyway, thought about the ending of Babel again today almost 24 hours after I finished it and I started crying again.
No book has ever done this to me.
#rfkuang #babel #darkacademia #booksky
No book has ever done this to me.
#rfkuang #babel #darkacademia #booksky
You would think, after watching so many people absolutely SOB after finishing Babel by R.F. Kuang that I might have prepared myself for that sort of reaction.
I did not. I sobbed. My husband held me. I haven't cried that hard over a book in a long time.
Anyway, read Babel.
#Booksky
I did not. I sobbed. My husband held me. I haven't cried that hard over a book in a long time.
Anyway, read Babel.
#Booksky
March 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
You would think, after watching so many people absolutely SOB after finishing Babel by R.F. Kuang that I might have prepared myself for that sort of reaction.
I did not. I sobbed. My husband held me. I haven't cried that hard over a book in a long time.
Anyway, read Babel.
#Booksky
I did not. I sobbed. My husband held me. I haven't cried that hard over a book in a long time.
Anyway, read Babel.
#Booksky
Gotta love disappearing off of social media to actually write my book. There's a YouTube video sitting in my library, waiting to be edited. I've sworn off posting on TikTok until I actually finish my book. Definitely forgot this platform exists...
Anyway, 12 chapters left. Only 12
#authorsky
Anyway, 12 chapters left. Only 12
#authorsky
March 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Gotta love disappearing off of social media to actually write my book. There's a YouTube video sitting in my library, waiting to be edited. I've sworn off posting on TikTok until I actually finish my book. Definitely forgot this platform exists...
Anyway, 12 chapters left. Only 12
#authorsky
Anyway, 12 chapters left. Only 12
#authorsky
I fear my favorite type of story that has come out of the dark academia subgenre is the story that absolutely wrecks the status quo, especially when it comes to the elitism in academic circles.
Give me Babel by R.F. Kuang. Give me Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang. Give me more like these.
Give me Babel by R.F. Kuang. Give me Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang. Give me more like these.
March 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I fear my favorite type of story that has come out of the dark academia subgenre is the story that absolutely wrecks the status quo, especially when it comes to the elitism in academic circles.
Give me Babel by R.F. Kuang. Give me Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang. Give me more like these.
Give me Babel by R.F. Kuang. Give me Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang. Give me more like these.
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ANYWAY, did you know there's an extension you can put on Chrome that will connect with your local library system and when you go look at a book, say on AMZ, it will tell you if that book exists in the library system and if it's available?
It's literally called Library Extension.
It's literally called Library Extension.
February 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
ANYWAY, did you know there's an extension you can put on Chrome that will connect with your local library system and when you go look at a book, say on AMZ, it will tell you if that book exists in the library system and if it's available?
It's literally called Library Extension.
It's literally called Library Extension.
Sometimes, all you want to do is day dream about writing your books full time and never having any employment obligations other than that.
Especially while you're working your day job that you don't hate but if you didn't have to work it...
#writersky #indieauthorproblems
Especially while you're working your day job that you don't hate but if you didn't have to work it...
#writersky #indieauthorproblems
February 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Sometimes, all you want to do is day dream about writing your books full time and never having any employment obligations other than that.
Especially while you're working your day job that you don't hate but if you didn't have to work it...
#writersky #indieauthorproblems
Especially while you're working your day job that you don't hate but if you didn't have to work it...
#writersky #indieauthorproblems
I have 12 chapters left of the 4th draft of my book. 12. It's the final part of my book. Then, it's off to editing. It means I get to print out this draft and compare it to my first draft that I printed out this weekend. I cannot wait to see how I've grown since writing the first draft 4 years ago
February 27, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I have 12 chapters left of the 4th draft of my book. 12. It's the final part of my book. Then, it's off to editing. It means I get to print out this draft and compare it to my first draft that I printed out this weekend. I cannot wait to see how I've grown since writing the first draft 4 years ago
Coming back to a story right before a big fight scene (which are my favorite to write) is always so fun because it feels like past me left now me a gift 😭💕
February 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Coming back to a story right before a big fight scene (which are my favorite to write) is always so fun because it feels like past me left now me a gift 😭💕
Editing a new YouTube video today, and I understand now why editing takes forever.
You're telling me my viewers are going to consume this video that took me like almost six hours to edit in less than an hour? That's a joke right?
(P.S. it's not a joke.)
You're telling me my viewers are going to consume this video that took me like almost six hours to edit in less than an hour? That's a joke right?
(P.S. it's not a joke.)
February 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Editing a new YouTube video today, and I understand now why editing takes forever.
You're telling me my viewers are going to consume this video that took me like almost six hours to edit in less than an hour? That's a joke right?
(P.S. it's not a joke.)
You're telling me my viewers are going to consume this video that took me like almost six hours to edit in less than an hour? That's a joke right?
(P.S. it's not a joke.)
Starting off the morning with my magical chemistry book, and I just have to say...
Keep writing because someone needs the stories you are writing, ESPECIALLY right now. 😊
Keep writing because someone needs the stories you are writing, ESPECIALLY right now. 😊
February 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Starting off the morning with my magical chemistry book, and I just have to say...
Keep writing because someone needs the stories you are writing, ESPECIALLY right now. 😊
Keep writing because someone needs the stories you are writing, ESPECIALLY right now. 😊
Recording a bunch of content for YouTube and then realizing that the content (like over an hour of it) is unusable because the sound recorded through the wrong microphone is painful and don't wish that on anyone ever
February 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Recording a bunch of content for YouTube and then realizing that the content (like over an hour of it) is unusable because the sound recorded through the wrong microphone is painful and don't wish that on anyone ever
Somehow, Sleep Token went from a fun band I listen to every so often to a band in my top three in like a week thanks to the album "Sundowning".
Excuse me while I listen to this album until I am sick of it
Excuse me while I listen to this album until I am sick of it
February 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Somehow, Sleep Token went from a fun band I listen to every so often to a band in my top three in like a week thanks to the album "Sundowning".
Excuse me while I listen to this album until I am sick of it
Excuse me while I listen to this album until I am sick of it
Sometimes, a bad mood can completely change for the better when a good album comes on
February 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Sometimes, a bad mood can completely change for the better when a good album comes on
Because actually, Booktube. What have I been MISSING? You're telling me that people just post videos that are 30-60 minutes long that are all about books? Are you serious?
Wishing I had discovered this sooner, because it is the BEST
#booksky #booktube #writersky
Wishing I had discovered this sooner, because it is the BEST
#booksky #booktube #writersky
February 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Because actually, Booktube. What have I been MISSING? You're telling me that people just post videos that are 30-60 minutes long that are all about books? Are you serious?
Wishing I had discovered this sooner, because it is the BEST
#booksky #booktube #writersky
Wishing I had discovered this sooner, because it is the BEST
#booksky #booktube #writersky