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@philspeculates.bsky.social
Fantasy author, pizza lover and Italian wannabe.
I write stories with British folklore, interdimensional portals and broken characters seeking redemption. I'm the founder of the authors' network, the Creative Commune.
https://linktr.ee/phil_parker
I write stories with British folklore, interdimensional portals and broken characters seeking redemption. I'm the founder of the authors' network, the Creative Commune.
https://linktr.ee/phil_parker
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· Aug 30
This is what I do.
I write fantasy novels.
linktr.ee/phil_parker
#booksky #authorsky #writersky #writingcommunity #books #fantasy #novels #indieauthor #dreamjob #storyteller
I write fantasy novels.
linktr.ee/phil_parker
#booksky #authorsky #writersky #writingcommunity #books #fantasy #novels #indieauthor #dreamjob #storyteller
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It is a hotly debated topic!
November 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
It is a hotly debated topic!
Lucid dreaming is a technique used by writers like Stephen King and Edgar Allen Poe - where the brain can be made to work for you when you're asleep.
My post explains how it works and why sometimes, sleeping can inspire you!
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/the-wri...
#writingcommunity
My post explains how it works and why sometimes, sleeping can inspire you!
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/the-wri...
#writingcommunity
The Writer and their Dreams
When we sleep, our brain starts its "night shift" in a form called Lucid Dreaming. Creative types have used this time to great effect - from Mary Shelley to Stephen King. My post explains how it works...
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Lucid dreaming is a technique used by writers like Stephen King and Edgar Allen Poe - where the brain can be made to work for you when you're asleep.
My post explains how it works and why sometimes, sleeping can inspire you!
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/the-wri...
#writingcommunity
My post explains how it works and why sometimes, sleeping can inspire you!
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/the-wri...
#writingcommunity
Where do we #writers get our inspiration?
My post provides the psychology, the social influences and the behaviour then links them to famous authors.
Where do you feature in this mixture?
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/where-d...
#writingcommunity #indieauthor #amwriting #author
My post provides the psychology, the social influences and the behaviour then links them to famous authors.
Where do you feature in this mixture?
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/where-d...
#writingcommunity #indieauthor #amwriting #author
Where does a writer's inspiration come from?
A writer's inspiration can be an elusive thing. Where does it come from? Here are some of the triggers from famous authors plus suggestions.
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Where do we #writers get our inspiration?
My post provides the psychology, the social influences and the behaviour then links them to famous authors.
Where do you feature in this mixture?
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/where-d...
#writingcommunity #indieauthor #amwriting #author
My post provides the psychology, the social influences and the behaviour then links them to famous authors.
Where do you feature in this mixture?
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/where-d...
#writingcommunity #indieauthor #amwriting #author
I concur!
Y'all, @blog.readindiefantasy.com is pretty great. You should check out their site and read the articles.
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I concur!
Excellent summary by Cory here, defines Nick's writing very well.
I’m into book 3 of this series with book 4 on deck! Nick Snape writes in a powerfully engaging voice with likable damaged characters that really appeal to me. I think you’ll love this series - I certainly do. 😁
TO PROVE IT! I’ll buy the ebooks of the first 3 entries for 5 lucky participants! ⬇️❗️
TO PROVE IT! I’ll buy the ebooks of the first 3 entries for 5 lucky participants! ⬇️❗️
Bk4 is in the wild. I had 32 preorders and hoping for a few more sales over the next few days. Getting to 50 by Nov 30th would be amazing. Join Rebekah and her crew as they face-off against the Butcher AI that has taken an alien queen’s spawn seeking their secret to FLT. #scifibooks #scifi 💙🪐📚
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Excellent summary by Cory here, defines Nick's writing very well.
Nick Snape, so prolific I'm sure Charles Dickens would have been envious!
Get ordering people!
Get ordering people!
Bk4 is in the wild. I had 32 preorders and hoping for a few more sales over the next few days. Getting to 50 by Nov 30th would be amazing. Join Rebekah and her crew as they face-off against the Butcher AI that has taken an alien queen’s spawn seeking their secret to FLT. #scifibooks #scifi 💙🪐📚
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Nick Snape, so prolific I'm sure Charles Dickens would have been envious!
Get ordering people!
Get ordering people!
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I had a blast editing this month’s issue of the Indie Writer’s Voice! I learned so much from the contributors and the articles they put together for it 👇🏻
Read it to find out what a great job Frasier did in curating some brilliant articles to empower #indieauthors everywhere! www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/creativecomm...
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I had a blast editing this month’s issue of the Indie Writer’s Voice! I learned so much from the contributors and the articles they put together for it 👇🏻
And not a zebra crossing in sight! 😏
when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
And not a zebra crossing in sight! 😏
A great idea and wonderful way to discover new books/authors. Go visit Celeste's blog to find out how. #writingcommunity
🌞 Morning! 🌞 For the 4th year in a row, I present to you the Thanksgiving Book Tag 2025 Edition! 🦃
Super easy, so feel free to join in! 📚💙
aliteraryescape.com/2025/11/26/t...
Super easy, so feel free to join in! 📚💙
aliteraryescape.com/2025/11/26/t...
Thanksgiving Book Tag 2025
A Literary Escape participates in the Thanksgiving Book Tag 2025 where participants relate each food-themed prompt to a book.
aliteraryescape.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
A great idea and wonderful way to discover new books/authors. Go visit Celeste's blog to find out how. #writingcommunity
How many of you BlueSky #writers are a product of the Silver Age of speculative fiction?
The 1950s and 60s inspired my generation with new ideas, challenging the status quo and predicting the future.
My experiences here: www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/sparks-...
#authorsky #booksky
The 1950s and 60s inspired my generation with new ideas, challenging the status quo and predicting the future.
My experiences here: www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/sparks-...
#authorsky #booksky
Sparks of Author Inspiration
What were the sparks of inspiration that drove me to write? The answer lies in 1950/60s speculative fiction and the fire it ignited.
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
How many of you BlueSky #writers are a product of the Silver Age of speculative fiction?
The 1950s and 60s inspired my generation with new ideas, challenging the status quo and predicting the future.
My experiences here: www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/sparks-...
#authorsky #booksky
The 1950s and 60s inspired my generation with new ideas, challenging the status quo and predicting the future.
My experiences here: www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/sparks-...
#authorsky #booksky
This is like an illustration from Thomas the Tank Engine - but without the faces! 😏
#1940s #1950s #Trains #NewJersey #History Erie Pacifics at Waldwick on the Bergen County Line ready for Commuter runs, The Erie had 3 lines running in Northern New Jersey all of which terminated at Jersey City at Newport Pavonia
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This is like an illustration from Thomas the Tank Engine - but without the faces! 😏
My interview with @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com c/o the brilliant Read Indie Fantasy site is available. We chat about inspirations, the books wot I writ and authory stuff. It's dead good! 😏
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#booksky #writingcommunity #indieauthor #books #authorsky
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#booksky #writingcommunity #indieauthor #books #authorsky
November 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
My interview with @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com c/o the brilliant Read Indie Fantasy site is available. We chat about inspirations, the books wot I writ and authory stuff. It's dead good! 😏
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#booksky #writingcommunity #indieauthor #books #authorsky
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#booksky #writingcommunity #indieauthor #books #authorsky
The #WIPSnips word for November 25th is "system"
#WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity
Poor Augie is thrust into the middle of an attack from undisclosed forces, an inter-dimensional portal is his only means of escape... from "August Furst: Literary Investigator"
#WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity
Poor Augie is thrust into the middle of an attack from undisclosed forces, an inter-dimensional portal is his only means of escape... from "August Furst: Literary Investigator"
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The #WIPSnips word for November 25th is "system"
#WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity
Poor Augie is thrust into the middle of an attack from undisclosed forces, an inter-dimensional portal is his only means of escape... from "August Furst: Literary Investigator"
#WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity
Poor Augie is thrust into the middle of an attack from undisclosed forces, an inter-dimensional portal is his only means of escape... from "August Furst: Literary Investigator"
Busy with author-type research, I'm reminded of this blog post from earlier this year.
The mythology around vampires neatly encapsulates the growth of Gothic literature and how it merged into our culture.
All from the vampire epidemic in 1732!
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/history...
The mythology around vampires neatly encapsulates the growth of Gothic literature and how it merged into our culture.
All from the vampire epidemic in 1732!
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/history...
History of the Vampire
An exploration of the origins, the likely biological causes and appearance in literature of the vampire. It didn't all start with Dracula!
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Busy with author-type research, I'm reminded of this blog post from earlier this year.
The mythology around vampires neatly encapsulates the growth of Gothic literature and how it merged into our culture.
All from the vampire epidemic in 1732!
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/history...
The mythology around vampires neatly encapsulates the growth of Gothic literature and how it merged into our culture.
All from the vampire epidemic in 1732!
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/history...
Diane's right, this is someone to block!
Um ... why are some of my mutuals following this pro-pirate person?
I'd like you who know me to imagine how reading this made me feel.
And if you support this...person...I'm blocking you faster than you can say "Rumpelstiltskin".
And if you support this...person...I'm blocking you faster than you can say "Rumpelstiltskin".
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Diane's right, this is someone to block!
The Obsidian Path - the story Enid Blyton wouldn't write! 😜
DOGGED is available for pre-order!
A fluffy puppy goes on a quest, makes friends, learns valuable life lessons, and absolutely fucking butchers anyone who gets in her way!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FR3VNQVN
A fluffy puppy goes on a quest, makes friends, learns valuable life lessons, and absolutely fucking butchers anyone who gets in her way!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FR3VNQVN
Dogged (The Obsidian Path)
Amazon.com: Dogged (The Obsidian Path) eBook : Fletcher, Michael R.: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The Obsidian Path - the story Enid Blyton wouldn't write! 😜
#amwriting #indieauthor #writingcommunity
How do you describe a stream getting bigger?
"We’d set off again, still following the stream, as it broadened out into something like a river filled with a heightened sense of its own importance."
How do you describe a stream getting bigger?
"We’d set off again, still following the stream, as it broadened out into something like a river filled with a heightened sense of its own importance."
November 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
#amwriting #indieauthor #writingcommunity
How do you describe a stream getting bigger?
"We’d set off again, still following the stream, as it broadened out into something like a river filled with a heightened sense of its own importance."
How do you describe a stream getting bigger?
"We’d set off again, still following the stream, as it broadened out into something like a river filled with a heightened sense of its own importance."
Just look at these covers!
Defining science fiction in the 21st century.
Defining science fiction in the 21st century.
Seeing the covers together makes me 😍😍😍😍😍🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹
@frasierarmitage.bsky.social am
I missing anything?
I missing anything?
November 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Just look at these covers!
Defining science fiction in the 21st century.
Defining science fiction in the 21st century.
With my interview over at www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter..., I thought I'd repost my blog post about the current situation for #indieauthors and what the future trends may be.
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/self-pu...
#writingcommunity #authorcommunity #booksky #authorsky
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/self-pu...
#writingcommunity #authorcommunity #booksky #authorsky
Self-publishing trends for 2026
Self-publishing is booming! A year ago I shared the self-publishing statistics for 2024. 2026 offers new challenges for the #indieauthor. How do we take advantage of new trends to more people reading ...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
With my interview over at www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter..., I thought I'd repost my blog post about the current situation for #indieauthors and what the future trends may be.
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/self-pu...
#writingcommunity #authorcommunity #booksky #authorsky
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/self-pu...
#writingcommunity #authorcommunity #booksky #authorsky
I had such fun being interviewed by the kind and gentle folk at Read Indie Fantasy! I chat about my inspirations, my fascination with British folklore and how I mould it into my stories plus my influences.
A great site to book recs too!
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#booksky #indieauthor
A great site to book recs too!
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#booksky #indieauthor
AMoRaR Interview – Phil Parker – Read Indie Fantasy
www.readindiefantasy.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I had such fun being interviewed by the kind and gentle folk at Read Indie Fantasy! I chat about my inspirations, my fascination with British folklore and how I mould it into my stories plus my influences.
A great site to book recs too!
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#booksky #indieauthor
A great site to book recs too!
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#booksky #indieauthor
For poets everywhere, Tan's advice is worth following! #indieauthors
Tan smashed his poetry section in the latest edition of the Indie Writer’s Voice
So grateful to be featured (p19) in this edition of 'Creative Commune' @philspeculates.bsky.social - thanks to guest editor @frasierarmitage.bsky.social
#poetry #WritingCommunity
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/creativecomm...
#poetry #WritingCommunity
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/creativecomm...
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
For poets everywhere, Tan's advice is worth following! #indieauthors
Tru doesn't things do things by halves. Just read the text and you'll see what I mean!
And it's why you'll love these stories!
And it's why you'll love these stories!
November 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Tru doesn't things do things by halves. Just read the text and you'll see what I mean!
And it's why you'll love these stories!
And it's why you'll love these stories!
A pleasant little simile I've just composed.
"He didn’t wait for me to ask the dozens of questions lining up in my head, like disgruntled customers in a bank whose computer systems have gone down."
#writingcommunity #amwriting #writerslife #indieauthor
"He didn’t wait for me to ask the dozens of questions lining up in my head, like disgruntled customers in a bank whose computer systems have gone down."
#writingcommunity #amwriting #writerslife #indieauthor
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A pleasant little simile I've just composed.
"He didn’t wait for me to ask the dozens of questions lining up in my head, like disgruntled customers in a bank whose computer systems have gone down."
#writingcommunity #amwriting #writerslife #indieauthor
"He didn’t wait for me to ask the dozens of questions lining up in my head, like disgruntled customers in a bank whose computer systems have gone down."
#writingcommunity #amwriting #writerslife #indieauthor
OUT TOMORROW!
Contributions from @stefmowords.bsky.social @tanweerdar.com @llmacrae.bsky.social @alexsbradshaw.bsky.social @timhardieauthor.bsky.social @annatizard.bsky.social @emilyinkpen.bsky.social
with Guest Editor @frasierarmitage.bsky.social
Empowering #indieauthors everywhere!
Contributions from @stefmowords.bsky.social @tanweerdar.com @llmacrae.bsky.social @alexsbradshaw.bsky.social @timhardieauthor.bsky.social @annatizard.bsky.social @emilyinkpen.bsky.social
with Guest Editor @frasierarmitage.bsky.social
Empowering #indieauthors everywhere!
November 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
OUT TOMORROW!
Contributions from @stefmowords.bsky.social @tanweerdar.com @llmacrae.bsky.social @alexsbradshaw.bsky.social @timhardieauthor.bsky.social @annatizard.bsky.social @emilyinkpen.bsky.social
with Guest Editor @frasierarmitage.bsky.social
Empowering #indieauthors everywhere!
Contributions from @stefmowords.bsky.social @tanweerdar.com @llmacrae.bsky.social @alexsbradshaw.bsky.social @timhardieauthor.bsky.social @annatizard.bsky.social @emilyinkpen.bsky.social
with Guest Editor @frasierarmitage.bsky.social
Empowering #indieauthors everywhere!