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Liam Gray @liamgrayauthor.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Hey, having a place to check in can keep you motivated! The publisher that handles Master Blacksmith has a Monday check in spread sheet for our weekly word counts. You’re great at keeping consistent.

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Liam Gray @liamgrayauthor.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

This is a fun series. Fast paced, gamified smut. Feels like playing a smutty fantasy game, which 100% hits the mark on what it’s going for.

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Liam Gray @liamgrayauthor.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Glad I could help! Not sure if mine is the common opinion, but in a gamified story I like still having the combat. I'm also currently knee deep in the Oblivion Remaster, so I'm loving skeletons and liches lol

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Liam Gray @liamgrayauthor.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

That’s awesome! Should be a fun novel. Btw I loved what you did with the skeletons in Book 2.

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Liam Gray @liamgrayauthor.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

My debut harem novel, "Master Blacksmith", coauthored by Jack Spry is live and available on Kindle Unlimited and as an Ebook! Thank you to everyone who preordered the book, your support means a lot to me. I hope you enjoy it! a.co/d/7jtOvHm

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Liam Gray @liamgrayauthor.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

I’ll definitely be checking them out on my lunch break. I know the genre skews in favor of novels, but I love shorts because I can fit them into my schedule and not feel like I’m leaving something unfinished.

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Liam Gray @liamgrayauthor.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

I will confess that the smut matters to me, so I’ll probably be sticking with the X rated stuff lol. Enjoying Trailer Park Elves at the moment.

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Liam Gray @liamgrayauthor.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

No problem! It was definitely a fun concept (first litTPG I’ve read, definitely want to read more), and the smut was really good.

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Liam Gray @liamgrayauthor.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Overwhelmed by the preorders on my debut harem novel. Thank you so much to everyone interested in reading my work. I'm working on Book 2 of the trilogy now, and I hope you all have fun following Owen's adventure.

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Liam Gray @liamgrayauthor.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Looks interesting! I'm going to have to check this out today

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Liam Gray @liamgrayauthor.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

That sounds like a good plan!

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Liam Gray @liamgrayauthor.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Once I finish the Master blacksmith trilogy (Books 2 and 3 need to be around 65k and 60k respectively, per publisher orders) I'm going to be writing stand alones around 50k each. I want to experiment with more wild stories, and shorter novel stand alones feel like a good way to experiment.

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Liam Gray @liamgrayauthor.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

I get that. I have a preference for novellas, but I know the subreddit requires the book to be at least 175 pages for promo. I'd place that around 45k minimum. For reference, my book is a little over 83k and it's 352 pages.

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Liam Gray @liamgrayauthor.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Depends on the genre. If it’s harem, I’d say novel is probably safer. There’s more places dedicated to sharing novels in the genre than shorter works. There’s a great community on r/HaremFantasyNovels if you’re on Reddit

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Liam Gray @liamgrayauthor.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

If I’m feeling good or I have a deadline looming, I’ll add an extra sprint or two to my day. Can easily rack up over 7k words in a day on a good day via that method, but I don’t push myself like that every day.

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Liam Gray @liamgrayauthor.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

If you’re not already doing it, the pomodoro method for focusing is a huge help for me. I shoot for at minimum one 2 hour sprint (I use immersive music videos to track my pomodoro method) which gets me around 2500 words/session, sometimes more.

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Liam Gray @liamgrayauthor.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

My harem Isekai fantasy novel co-authored by Jack Spry, Master Blacksmith, is available for Pre-Order! Master Blacksmith: An Isekai Fantasy a.co/d/7jtOvHm Novel releases on May 1st for both EBook and Kindle Unlimited #haremlit Thank you Royal Guard Publishing!

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Liam Gray @liamgrayauthor.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

That sounds awesome! Please let me know once you’ve published that. I’d love to read it.

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Liam Gray @liamgrayauthor.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

I’m curious about yours too! Vampires are awesome but I don’t see a lot of vampire stuff these days.

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Liam Gray @liamgrayauthor.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

The temptation to at least outline it is STRONG. It’s got overpowered demon babes and a paladin fallen from grace after betrayal. I want this book to be like a 1980s heavy metal album in book form lol

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Liam Gray @liamgrayauthor.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

HEARTBREAKING: New Story Idea clawing to be written when I need to focus on finishing my trilogy.

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Eltonpot Toons @eltonpot.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

"Aven: the Mountain Princess" - Full colored artwork for my good ol' friend @krillos.bsky.social

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Liam Gray @liamgrayauthor.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Definitely not useless! People get hung up on having a flawless first draft. Another good tip for having a cleaner first draft is to start with an outline. If you plot out your story beats without worrying about the frills, you’re less likely to write yourself into a corner.

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Liam Gray @liamgrayauthor.bsky.social · 09/04/2025