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L.S. Derrin

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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Admin work is important. As I often have to remind myself...would much rather be writing but newsletters help.
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I'm excited to explore the difference between what people think the Empire is like and what it's actually like. The propaganda is strong in Caelestis but there are still a lot of good people. They just...don't have the power to do much on their own.
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Returning to the heart of the Empire and to my second series (with strong connections to For Arcadius, of course). Oh, #scifi, how I've missed you. #amwritingscifi #indieauthor
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Turns out, a break is exactly what I needed to really start figuring out my current project. Soon it will be time to witness the birth of a rebellion. Far from the first the Empire has seen, but this one will have a lasting impact. #amwritingscifi #sciencefiction #indieauthor
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Happy holidays to all of my fellow #scifi readers! Grab your free copy of Until We Touch the Stars today! You can also get book 1.5 of the For Arcadius series for free! A nice little treat to help you through the holiday season. #ScifiReads #indieauthor #FreeBook www.amazon.com/dp/B0DH55DWJ8
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Until We Touch The Stars (For Arcadius: Tales From the Splintering Empire Book 1)
Until We Touch The Stars (For Arcadius: Tales From the Splintering Empire Book 1) - Kindle edition by Derrin, LS. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Until We Touch The Stars (For Arcadius: Tales From the Splintering Empire Book 1).
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Getting started on my next series and it's a good writing day so far. It's fun getting to explore a new part of the universe. New characters, too.
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
So, I got a little sidetracked today and decided to redo the covers for the For Arcadius arc. What do you think? #amwritingscifi #sciencefictionbooks
The new book covers for the sci-fi series For Arcadius: Tales From the Splintering Empire. 

Left to right: Until We Touch the Stars (featuring a spaceship traveling towards a planet), Until We Find the Truth (featuring a circular space station known as a skip gate), Until the Job is Done (featuring a larger station), and Lockdown of the Arcadius Fleet (featuring a single, large ship)
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Arcadius is a little newer, a younger society built on the bones of a once-abandoned settlement effort. Which one do you look most forward to seeing? #indieauthor #amwritingscifi #sciencefictionbooks #spaceopera
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
While that planet was fun to craft, I have been eager to see Arcadius or Caelestis. I picture Caelestis as being similar to Coruscant from Star Wars. A city planet gleaming in the stars, dark secrets hidden in the shining veneer.
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
The current universe I am writing in has exactly 2 named planets so far, not counting the one Grace and Dean crash-landed on. That's the only one we have actually seen so far, though. A strange planet that is similar to the one we call home, with a slightly different atmosphere and a longer day.
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
I have started working on revisions for Until the Job is Done, book 3 in the Arcadius arc. And to think, this all started with a chaotic meet-cute brought about by sudden, catastrophic engine failure. #scifibooks #scifiauthors #sciencefiction #indieauthor
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Procrastinating on revisions. Who me? I would never... Okay, maybe a little. It is on my to-do list. It's just a lot of things to tie up and more to set up for. #scifibooks #indieauthor #amwritingscifi
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
I am almost done with the first draft of Until the Job is Done. There is still more to explore in this universe, but this will be wrapping up the chapter I started a year ago. What are you hoping to see in this ending? #SciFiAdventure #sciencefictionbooks #indieauthor
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
NEW BOOK HYPE! After a brief detour to visit some people still with the Fleet, it's time to touch back with Grace and Dean to see where the adventure takes them next. There is still work to do, after all. www.amazon.com/Until-We-Fin...
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Until We Find the Truth: For Arcadius 2
Until We Find the Truth: For Arcadius 2 - Kindle edition by Derrin, LS. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Until We Find the Truth: For Arcadius 2.
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
TOMORROW! Tell your friends (and get a digital copy of book 1 for FREE today!) www.amazon.com/dp/B0FHT81J4R
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Until We Find the Truth: For Arcadius 2 (For Arcadius: Tales From the Splintering Empire)
Until We Find the Truth: For Arcadius 2 (For Arcadius: Tales From the Splintering Empire) - Kindle edition by Derrin, LS. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Until We Find the Truth: For Arcadius 2 (For Arcadius: Tales From the Splintering Empire).
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
#sciencefiction author problem: my universe keeps growing, and I have more than one.
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Brianna Jean @briannajean.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
If you're following me, you probably already know that I'm a writer. What you don't know is where to keep up-to-date on my projects. You can sign up for my newsletters or follow @lsderrin.bsky.social and @jackiesmoke.bsky.social. Newsletter signups are linked below. Happy to answer questions.
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
A sneak peek at something that is fast approaching your digital shelves. The Fleet went into lockdown 25 days after Grace and Dean crashed and were left behind. We know who caused it, but I couldn't help but wonder why. It's time to find out what led to the Lockdown of the Arcadius Fleet.
A Tale From the Splintering Empire
Lockdown of the Arcadius Fleet
By: LS Derrin
Text on a background of stars
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I enjoy looking into the implications of decisions people make in the midst of a complex situation. In book 1 we learned that the Arcadius Fleet went into a complete lockdown 25 days AFTER Grace and Dean crashed. And I couldn't help but wonder why? What happened in those 25 days?
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Every time my friend compares Until We Touch the Stars to the Expanse, I happy cry a little on the inside. Just received several more of those comments along with feedback for book 1.5. Coming to your shelves soon.
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 20/10/2024
If you are looking for some out of this world good scifi, you are in luck. Here are four stellar stories you can get for FREE on Amazon (today is the last day). Don't miss out on this amazing deal, and stuff your Kindle with some scifi. #scifibooks #indieauthor #bookstoread #sciencefiction
Sci fi free for all 2024, October 18-20 on Kindle
Until we touch the stars by LS Derrin 
Junkyard Rat in the City by Desmond Owen's
Dissolution Protocol by HJ Barner
Calistir's Shell by OT Marlon
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 08/09/2024
Grace and Dean. She wants to make her family proud. He wants to make a life of his own. They both are very invested in not being stuck on this planet forever.
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 28/08/2024
Want to help me procrastinate on my revisions while also helping me? Ask me anything about my story, Until We Touch the Stars. #indieauthor #amwriting #sciencefiction #amwritingscifi
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 18/08/2024
I received some very helpful feedback on my book this weekend! Next step: revisions! And editing. Can't forget the editing. I want to have Until We Touch the Stars ready for ARCs by the end of this month. #indieauthor
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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 16/08/2024
When I'm feeling this book will never happen, I remember NK Jemisin saying how she called up Kate Elliott & "confessed that I was desperately afraid I’d written the worst novel that had ever existed" and wanted to cancel the contract. That novel was The Fifth Season 😭. nanowrimo.org/pep-talk-fro...
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 10/07/2024
Working through revisions today! I am filling in some of the places where the story just needed a little more description and action. Also working on building the relationship between my two characters. I don't want things getting too cozy.
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 22/06/2024
I am very excited for you all to meet Grace and Dean. I have only known them for a few weeks but I've become rather fond of them. I've also nearly killed both of them at least once, but that's how writers show our love. Trauma.
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 14/06/2024
We love a weird little novella.
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Star Trek Minus Context @nocontexttrek1.bsky.social · 14/06/2024
Data, in gold Starfleet uniform, is standing in Ten Forward. He's speaking and making a fist as if to emphasize a point. 
Closed caption reads, "I lack...soul."
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 14/06/2024
It is quite possible that I only have two, perhaps three chapters left in this first draft of Until We Reach the Stars. I think that's pretty neat. How's your writing going? #writingcommunity #amwriting #sciencefiction
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 08/06/2024
"Is anyone there?" No response.
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 08/06/2024
Dislike. Immediately kills my appetite.
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 30/05/2024
What is the dream you have clung most tight to? What is the thing you want so badly you can almost taste it?
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L.S. Derrin @lsderrin.bsky.social · 29/05/2024
There is something magical about delving into the start of a new tale. Beginning a new adventure in a place that has not yet been seen before. I wonder what truths these two characters will discover. I also wonder if maybe I have consumed too much coffee today...
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