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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Thanks, man! I hope you enjoy this one. I think it's my best work yet.

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

ARCs are in flight for Mortality Gauntlet. DM me if you're caught up and looking to score!

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Tim Hardie @timhardieauthor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Way of Edan by @philipchase90.bsky.social was such a good book! Epic fantasy done right, the audiobook version is excellent too. Read my full review over on FanFiAddict! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ fanfiaddict.com/review-the-w...

Book Review for FanFiAddict - The Way of Edan by Philip Chase read by Allen Walker

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I mean, yes, he's cute, but he looks like Jabba the Hutt and Wilford Brimley had a baby.

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Am I the only one who sees a Hutt in the making?

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

ARCs will be ready by mid-week. DM me if you're caught up and wants to see how Rohan gets in trouble this time!

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's a big Bollywood action setpiece. It wasn't good, but it's my kind of movie.

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just finished Alpha. It was . . . not good. But I loved it. Though there's a twist at the end that I found thoroughly terrible.

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 30/09/2026

OH ALSO I forgot to yell about this: cats and video instead of just voices! On @gryftkin.bsky.social 's YouTube! :D Chatting about WICKHILLS and cities and physics and monsters and spies! youtu.be/I6Rb2oJW-Rw?

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Interview with author Premee Mohamed: Wickhills - this city does not obey the laws of physics

YouTube video by Gryftkin

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thanks! I love it. Chris outdid himself on the last 3.

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Mortality Gauntlet. Turn Nine of the Hybrid Helix. Coming October 20. The shadow must fall. a.co/d/04bbyGiS

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

LOL that's an excellent way to phrase the issue.

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Do non-purchase acquisitions count? Such as an author/publisher sending you a book.

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I often think about my writing in terms of it being my legacy.

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Could be worse; you could have bitten the inside of someone else's cheek. Or someone else could have bitten yours.

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Absolutely. If he wants a pick-me-up he can always check his bank account statements. No need to read reviews.

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Yeah I have no idea what gets Jim Butcher through the day, but I'm sure he finds something better than GR notifications or subtweets.

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I am an author and I leave reviews on GR as myself, but I rate high; my reviews are more descriptions of what each book is trying to do and less cheerleading.

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I know people who have friends go through their GR, for example, and send them links to only the positive reviews. I haven't done that. I mostly just read them all; I enjoy the positive ones, and with the negative ones I just figure the reviewer has terrible taste and feel sorry for them.

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Well, the only feedback I pay attention to is the positive stuff. That helps a lot.

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Oh yeah that's 100% the only reason I'm still writing. You'd lose your hair if I told you the financial reality of my writing career. But the nice reviews make me feel like I'm making an impact, so I keep doing it.

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Based on my writing 'career' I should wear a t-shirt that reads: "Will work for positive feedback."

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Got my Montreal WorldCon membership! I am ready!

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This is happening!

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In the Hybrid Helix 'kaiju' means giant animal WITH magical powers but that's very specific to my series and I wouldn't say at all that's the general usage.

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Kaiju are, I think, any kind of giant monster. So Godzilla, but also King Kong and Mothra. Godzilla might be a dinosaur, but not the others, so I think this is one of those things where some kaiju are dinosaurs, but not all, and not all dinosaurs are kaiju.

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Young me was much more idealistic. I think he'd look at me as being very materialistic. He'd mock me for driving a luxury car. But my 55 year old ass really appreciates a luxury car (even if it barely qualifies).

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

What I find fascinating about this is that it's a sort of two-fold conversation. Did I live up to the expectations of 20-year-old-me? But then, how dumb were those expectations? I'm not sure I'd be a very good person if I was exactly who young-me wanted to be.

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dave walsh @dvewlsh.com · 16/09/2026

Anyway. You know that you can check out Iconoclast; or, the Death and Resurrection of Lazarus Keaton *right now* and experience a deconstruction of the hero's journey and complete disgust of modern institutions (tech, govt, religions, etc.). Who wouldn't want that?! links.dvewlsh.info/oyl6dzs9v9

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My idols are dead and my enemies are in power.

The wealthy took to the stars, leaving the suckers back on Earth paying rent on digital afterlife packages. Lazarus Keaton was his family's great disappointment. Instead of marrying a nice girl and ta...

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Ryder O’Malley @authorryderomalley.com · 13/09/2026

Burly bears, steamy romps, and a town that welcomes all. What happens when a drag queen has a midlife crisis and decides to hang up her tiara? This is the final book in the Bears of Firefly Valley. www.amazon.com/dp/B0GKLTDS8N #mmromance #gayromance #smalltownromance 💙📚 #gaybears #bears

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

WorldCon in Montreal is next year's go-to for writers.

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I spent a ton of time with John and Tao! Two great gentlemen. This was my first time meeting John (I've known Tao for a couple of years, from other DC's).

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Were you at the Writer's Track goodbye session yesterday? If so, I didn't make the connection at the time, so I didn't say hello! If not, then there's a lucky fellow out there who looks a lot like you.

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

But, for example, I've heard Jim Butcher recommend people start the Dresden Files with book 7 - and I could never do the same. Every book matters, damnit.

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I'm the same - I read the REacher books in publication order (right up until I quit) and generally that's how I roll.

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

You know how lots of series have a "yes it's a series but you can pick it up anywhere and you'll have a good time" vibe? That's not what I'm writing.

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Nobody writes stronger female characters than I do. I have multiple female characters who can lift literally tons of weight, bounce bullets off their foreheads, and actually fly.

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Dani Fiend 👹 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Anakon-Padme meme with Analin as author and Padme as reader

AUTHOR
READER
ON THE SEQUEL YOU PROMISED,
I'M WRITING AGAIN
NOT SOME RANDOM STORY YOU COOKED UP IN A BLUESKY POST, RIGHT?
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RIGHT?

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P.L. Stuart - Author of The DROWNED KINGDOM SAGA @plstuart-author.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

***THIS SATURDAY!*** Join me at Chapters-Indigo in Tecumseh 194 Commercial Blvd, Lakeshore, ONTARIO 12-4 PM Eastern for an author signing!

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P.L. Stuart - Author of The DROWNED KINGDOM SAGA @plstuart-author.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This SUNDAY 30 AUG 20206! @taowong.bsky.social @scottpalmerauthor.bsky.social & I sit on the FANTASY AUTHOR PANEL at CHAPTERS-INDIGO in DEVONSHIRE MALL, Windsor, ON! Join us as we chat about writing compelling characters, world-building & magic, the industry & writing life! 12-4PM EASTERN!

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Audiobook release announcement! Audible only. DM for a review code.

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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

(thread) Authors, please, if you are writing horses with riders SWIMMING their mounts across rivers!!! take a moment and LOOK at real photos or video of horses swimming (the wild pony roundup, swimming the channel to Chincoteague is a good example) Horses swimming are immersed up their heads!

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A.J. Calvin @ajcalvin.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Getting ready to head out for day 2 of the con!

A photo of a convention table and bookshelf set up. Pop up banners for Wraith and the Revolution and The Caein Legacy by AJ Calvin are in the background

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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

He's a weird character b/c he's fun but to me he makes no sense. I want to know why he is the way he is, and the answer is always that there is no answer, he was just born this way.

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