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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 47m

Fuck it I’m starting a Custodes army.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 1h

🎶Transformers, robots ate these guys🎶

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 2h

I went on a random Wikipedia deep dive that led me--as things things often do, don't ask--to the Crab Nebula, and I am once again emotional about the fact that this beautiful star-wreck connects us to our own ancient history since it's explosion was recorded in Japan, China, and Baghdad in AD 1054.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 4h

They're here! They're here! The Comedy Wildlife Awards finalists are here! www.comedywildlifephoto.com/gallery/fina...

a squirrel(?) with grass in his mouth looking scary

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 3h

I spent a bit of time this morning trying to find out what it’s called when inheritance passes to the eldest child regardless of gender. I knew that when the kid is male it’s called “agnatic primogeniture” and when female it’s “matrilineal primogeniture.”

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 19h

I do think this should put some of the hand-wringing over the uniquely sinful American electorate, uniquely feckless institutions, etc in perspective. The truth is that there is a large trans-national constituency of people who actively want this. They aren’t deceived. They want this.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 14h

“In this fantasy setting there are four types of character, each of their magic powers balanced against eachother, and a fifth type whose powers are unbalanced as fuck and break all the rules the others must abide by. We call that one the protagonist” (I’m writing one of these books don’t @ me)

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 15h

The Brave Little Toaster scared the crap out of me.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 17h

Leaf Peepers sounds more like a type of frog tbh.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 18h

Don’t look at the draft again for a week, Brassey. Dooooooon’t.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 19h

I try to avoid feeling smug about stuff given what’s going on in the world and I know I often say that “it was always bad and I always knew they sucked” is often used as a shield against having to face the possibility of being fooled by a charismatic artist.

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Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · 21h

It’s legit one of the weirdest things to happen on this Plane of Weirdest Things that of all the Weirdest Things, fucking Harry Potter and the Methods of goddamned Rationality might ultimately end the bloody world.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 21h

It’s the only way for my face to look proportional.

A dark haired man with glasses and a greying beard wears an orange shirt.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 23h

The Royals and their retainers in Glassblade wield swords made of enchanted glasses that double as both weapons and as amplifiers of their power/signs of their status. This is not about that. This is about how I tried to make a play on "but iron, cold iron, is master of them all" but for glass.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

One of my favorite things about writing a book 2 is getting into the deeper lore and offering a more critical eye on departed characters the first book’s protagonists remembered fondly. All this to say, we’re getting a lot more scrutiny on Matthew Schwan in Broken Vessels.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Years ago, one of my mentors described his metric for success with any book as being “it does well enough that I get to write the next one” and it really is the most relevant one I can think of.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

🎶Transformers, the things on power lines🎶

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Blue Sky is an echo chamber!" Yeah but shit can actually echo here because I can see what people post.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I think I'll drink a gallon of Hawaiian punch and talk to the angels.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 04/10/2026

Fascists and authoritarians, both in government and within families, love “A.i.”’because it’s a tool for violating consent and enforcing conformity and obedience.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Oh right the part where the bottom falls out of the floor and I collapse into oblivion. Finishing a book is gr8.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

At 213,219 words, draft 1 of Broken Vessels is done. I’ve written almost 30,000 words in the last week.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

9000 words today. Climax of the story is past and we’re now at the denouement.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Every time I'm hurtling towards finishing a book, I post this video because this is what it feels like. #WriteSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity

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Longest Crash Ever

YouTube video by OneMinuteGalactica

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I am currently pouring out 4000-10,000 words a day on the home stretch of this book. I would best describe my emotional state as “mad with power.“

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

So Witch what Atelier is brilliant.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Chapter 21 of Glassblade goes out to early access subscribers on 10/5/26! A lost dynasty, a city on the edge, glass swords, romance, and cosmic horrors. Art by @data2048.bsky.social #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #BookSky All links here: www.josephbrassey.com/the-wielder-...

The five PoV characters of Glassblade, drawn by Data2048

"When he looked at her, her expression was totally different from the alternating looks of calm control and stern, flinty resolve he’d seen her wear in the last few days. Her hand tightened around his jacket, and her eyes were worried. Her lower lip almost trembled. He hesitated. “Are you… okay?” “I just.” Her voice faltered for a moment. “I just need you to promise me something.” He frowned. “Sure thing, what is it?” “Promise me that whatever you learn in there, whatever happens… you’ll do your best to stay you.” She took a slightly shaky breath. “That you’ll stay my brother.” Momentarily off-footed, Gabe paused. How did you promise something that seemed as obvious as the sun rising and the rain falling? Cody, Lina, Roberta, Aaron, Agnes, and John—despite how angry he was at both—they were family. No matter what his uncle said. No matter what had happened over recent days. He paused for a moment, then laid a hand over Lina’s. “You’re my family, you and all the others,” he said after a moment. “We made a promise under the tree. Whatever I find in there, I will not lie to you or betray that. Not ever.” She closed her eyes for a moment, took a deep breath, and squeezed his hand. “… That’s not what I asked,” she said quietly, then gave a sad smile before letting go and walking past him."

- Joseph Brassey, Glassblade Chapter 21

The cover of Joseph Brassey's Glassblade, featuring a drawing of a teenage boy, a pencil, a necklace, an iphone, and a glass sword hilt.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Oh yeah, this is why I spent 36 chapters and almost 170,000 words setting up the climax of this book. 12 chapters of raw unfiltered kaboom, going off in iterative blasts, each one bigger than the last. Broken Vessels is gonna be so good, y'all.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yup. I really hate this damn logic. It absolutely reeks of "I could never be fooled, unlike you idiots." Yes, yes you can be fooled. You probably HAVE been.

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Mia Tsai says buy her books @itsamia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Right so I have no idea how even to talk about this book other than say I wanted to chew on my own arm while reading this (positive) and then scream into the heavens (positive) so please preorder this book so we can all chew on our arms together

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I look at the world And I notice it’s turning While my guitar gently weeps With every mistake We must surely be learning Still my guitar gently weeps.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’ve just been deleting the “send me this post about your book” spam comments on my Instagram posts that aren’t even about my books lately but I’ve decided I’m just gonna have fun with them for a bit.

An Instagram post where a spam bot is asking me to send the “book” to their page (the post has nothing to do with books) and I reply “it’s a picture of a road.”

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I know stuff is scary right now but remember that your mind is your most flexible and adaptive organ. With proper training you can divert, disperse, or shrug off even extremely powerful efforts to overpower it.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Men will be like “I’m a nice guy” then approach women like this:

A picture of a man from the Goliath Fechtbuch, looking creepy.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I think, rather than arguing that AI use for fiction is lazy, we should focus on the fact that it is rude, disrespectful, and insulting to your readers. Like why the hell would I want to engage with something so empty of human experience that no living hand touched it's creation?

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Day of writing ten-thousand words: Ultra-ego. Gigachad energy. I am like unto a God. Day after writing ten-thousand words: "I just misspelled 'fork' twelve times."

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

Perfectly reasonable No notes Hey @gianttourtiere.bsky.social Imma put about fifty of these in the ship arboretum Everyone will love them

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Diana Soreil @silencedrowns.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

this is a pitch event so you can’t like or repost (that’s for agents), but you can quote or comment so… agents, I extremely recommend this one! I’ve seen some of the first drafts and it is utterly fun; a historically correct blast from the Y2K past that’s still accessible to a modern reader!

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’ve managed to get the attention of the auto-commenting bookstagram spam accounts over on insta and now they comment “this book sounds exciting, send me this post” on posts that are just a picture of a field that I took.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Me chuckling at how I 100% decided that the Vacant Ones in Glassblade disrupt cell service because it’s a fantasy story set in a modern(ish) time and I needed a way to just arbitrarily shut off cellphones any time they’d ruin the plot. Like it’s a good dramatic point, but that’s why I did it.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’m about to cross 10,000 words written for today.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm almost at 6000 words and it's barely after 1PM. I need to take a damn shower but the words keep vomiting.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I always forget how good the gym makes me feel until I actually go. Honestly the 5 minute rule works better than any tool I've ever had.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm now into a 9-chapter final battle. Why do I do this to myself.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I didn't deliberately set it up this way, but the last big set-piece fight scene I wrote is between 4 women, and when a dude finally shows up he doesn't do anything. Guess my cause and effect must be working pretty well.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

3500 words today and I'm not even done. Good lord this is moving now.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Want to support my work? Glassblade is serializing now! Chapter 20 just went out, and Chapter 21 drops 10/5/26! A Lost Dynasty, a City on the Edge. Glass Swords, Romance, Cosmic Horror. Art by @data2048.bsky.social #WriteSky #WritingCommunity All links here: www.josephbrassey.com/the-wielder-...

The cover of Joseph Brassey's Glassblade, featuring a drawing of a teenage boy, a pencil, an iphone, a necklace, and a glass sword-hilt.

Downtown Tacoma and Mt. Rainier at sunrise.

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