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Nick Martell @nickmartell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

B&N is doing a preorder sale until 9/11 which includes my upcoming novel TERMINA STATION. Preorders are important for authors, and I always appreciate anyone who’s willing to give a book a shot before it’s out 🙏

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The Unseen Library @theunseenlibrary.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

For this week's Waiting on Wednesday, I highlight an intriguing new fantasy novel coming out in 2027 with Termina Station by @nickmartell.bsky.social. An outstanding upcoming novel I know I'm going to love, I cannot wait to read this book. unseenlibrary.com/2026/08/22/w...

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Waiting on Wednesday – Termina Station by Nick Martell

Welcome to my weekly segment, Waiting on Wednesday, where I look at upcoming books that I am planning to order and review in the next few months and which I think I will really enjoy. Stay tuned t…

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Nick Martell @nickmartell.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Fire Emblem Three Houses, Wolverine, Blood of the Dawnwalker, and Star Wars Zero Company all coming out around the same time is insane and going to ruin my writing deadlines

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JABberwocky Literary Agency @awfulagent.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

A heads up for all queriers: Beginning 9/10/2026, President & Founder Joshua Bilmes will be closing to queries at least through the end of the year to catch up on reading. If you’ve been waiting to send your manuscript Joshua’s way, make sure to do so by 9/10/26! @jabbermaster.bsky.social

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Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

My biggest frustration with writing is that quite often, the SWOOP that takes a book from midlist to BIG DEAL is pure luck, and I personally can't do anything to make it happen. Publishing is not a meritocracy. It's skill + time + luck, and all you can do is be in position for possible liftoff.

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Nick Martell @nickmartell.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Not on any panels, but I’ll be attending Worldcon LA this year! Always a fun time, and a good excuse to catch up with friends.

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Nick Martell @nickmartell.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

At some point all AI’s out there will get too $$ to use daily. As most apps do over time with enshitification. So these AI guys will have destroyed their ability to do things on their own, and will be forced to pay $$$ just to keep writing their LinkedIn posts that get 5 likes. like GG bro I guess

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jabbermaster.bsky.social @jabbermaster.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

My schedule for the upcoming WorldCon in Anaheim includes five panels and a Table Talk. And a lot of JABberwocky clients will also be at the event. @awfulagent.bsky.social @laworldcon.bsky.social

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Jordan Hamessley @thejordache.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Heads up! @awfulagent.bsky.social is hiring a part-time royalties and data processing assistant! Take a look at the listing below! awfulagent.com/were-hiring-...

JABberwocky is looking for a new, part-time royalties and data processing assistant. In this role, the assistant will learn how to process the royalty reports the agency receives from publishing companies and gain a detailed understanding of the accounting that determines whether (and how much) a book has been successful.

The primary task for the assistant will be to review/input royalty statement data into our agency’s databases while working directly with the C.O.O. (Brady McReynolds) as part of a small team.

While the focus of this part-time job is data-entry, there might be more general tasks that the assistant is asked to help with at part of JABberwocky’s day-to-day literary agency business. But it is not guaranteed.

The ideal candidate will have a keen interest in the publishing industry, a strong eye for detail, and be able to work in our office on Mondays/Tuesdays from 10am – 4pm. As the assistant grows in their role, working additional days and/or more hours in the week would be possible.

The pay rate is: $27/hour.

TO SUCCESSFULLY APPLY FOR THIS POSITION: please send an email to brady@awfulagent.com with “Part-Time Royalty Assistant” in the subject line, attach a PDF copy of your resume, and include short cover letter that also mentions what your favorite food is.

We are hoping to bring the right person on board before the end of July!

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 05/07/2026

Turned in copy edits on my latest book this week so I should probably remind people I have a book coming out later this year. It’s called ETERNITY’S TOMB and it answers the question we’ve all asked ourselves: what if we were robbing a space tomb heading for a black hole?! dmoren.com/writing/eter...

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Nick Martell @nickmartell.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

With the KoL series, I always included a quote when I signed any books in person and I’d like to continue that trend with my new book, but oh man choosing a single quote is so hard because I love so many of them

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Nick Martell @nickmartell.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The cover reveal for TERMINA STATION by @sagapressbooks.bsky.social ! Releasing 2/23/27 Right now, it’s getting pitched as a fantasy/horror mash up of Ray Bradbury/Joe Hill Cover Illustration was by Philip Harris, and then Cover Deisgn by Zach Bokhour

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Nick Martell @nickmartell.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I pride myself on my novel’s first lines, and one of the projects Im working on didn’t have the right one. It was ok, not great. But I’ve come up with a fantastic one today, and it should set the tone and voice for the entire novel wonderfully.

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jabbermaster.bsky.social @jabbermaster.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

A handful of years ago Nick was “the future of epic fantasy” w/Mercenary King trilogy. Starts w/ THE KINGDOM OF LIARS. Is great. Now, curtain rises on Act II, w/ Nick’s editor comparing him to Ray Bradbury. Different comps, same great Nick. TERMINA STATION will have you missing your train stop.

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Nick Martell @nickmartell.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

So, I’ve got a new book coming out from Saga Press soon 😁

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Nick Martell @nickmartell.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Should have something to announce this weekend, which is cool and fun and exciting, and also like ‘oh man this book I’ve been working on for a long time is about to be REAL.’

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Ravenscar Podcasts (Publishing Rodeo & Bad First Books) @publishingrodeo.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Social media is beset by a tidal wave of publishing misinformation, fuelled by bots and platform-farming and algorithms that favour outrage. With special guest Donyae Coles, Sunyi and Scott discus how on earth we can walk the line between being honest, while not fueling an atmosphere of misery.

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Ep 46: Honesty, Hostility, and Misinformation in Trad Publishing

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Nominated for the Philip K. Dick award! THE IMMEASURABLE HEAVEN, @caspargeon.bsky.social 's reality-bending SciFi that reads like a fable from another galaxy, and features an entirely non-human cast! “Fearlessly creative, wildly imaginative” @garethlpowell.bsky.social Buy geni.us/immeasurable

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

idk guys when i see a lot of similar headlines insisting that editors & authors are all already embracing AI, i don't assume these things are true. i assume there are a lot of very rich people with an unpopular product pushing a particular narrative in my industry!

thebookseller ig account saying NEWS: some editors uploading confidential manuscripts to ChatGPT to read quickly, agent claims

the guardian: I wrote a novel using AI. Writers must accept artificial intelligence – but we are as valuable as ever | Stephen Marche

the walrus bsky account: Authors are using AI. Publishers know it. And now, says publishing consultant Thad McIlroy, authors are being forced to lie about it. One cancelled horror novel didn’t just end a career—it exposed an industry-wide reckoning.

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Nick Martell @nickmartell.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I really enjoy the later editing process of a novel where it’s kind of like dealing with a house of cards. Already steady and strong so every edit is carefully done, and while it takes longer than just dumping words—the book comes out so strong afterwards Anyway, I really like my next book

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Nick Martell @nickmartell.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I’ve got a new book coming out soon, the first in a bit for me, and I’m already starting to feel the pre-release nerves as it becomes more REAL. Esp since it doesn’t fit neatly into an established genre as my previous work did. This leans more toward ghibli esque horror than epic fantasy…

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jabbermaster.bsky.social @jabbermaster.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Just in time for tonight’s Oscar festivities, my Ten Best of 2025. Right this moment, I’m posting with the films listed, and I’ll be going in to add comments to each entry later, and will re-post when finished. There’s one movie to rule them all from 2025, and that’s Sinners. boxd.it/TewnU

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Top Ten of 2025

annotated list of my top ten movies of the year. Other movies considered for the list, the Honorable Mention if you will, include A Nice Indian Boy, Birdeater, Saiyaara, and Bugonia. The list is pres...

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 26/02/2026

What happens when a motley group of thieves sets out to rob an ancient spacefaring tomb before it falls into a black hole? Find out this November in ETERNITY'S TOMB. dmoren.com/writing/eternitys-...

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

noo i don't have seasonal depression ha ha it's just that i can only attain true joy when the windows are open and the sun is slanting in?? it's a different, more special & artistic condition

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Dan Moren @dmoren.com · 11/02/2026

Hey, my book's on sale. Go grab a copy for cheap.

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Nick Martell @nickmartell.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

As I finish up edits for my next book, it’s kind of alarming to see how much my style has changed since I wrote the Kingdom of Liars in my early 20s. I genuinely don’t think you could tell they were written by the same person. And there’s a part of me that can’t help but want to…

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Caspar Geon @caspargeon.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

What an honour, huge thanks to everyone who voted 🍻

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File 770 @file770.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

2026 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees Announced file770.com/2026-philip-...

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Nick Martell @nickmartell.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

I’ve just come up perhaps the stupidest and silliest thing to include in my latest novel—odds are the idea dies on the vine or with a stern ‘No’—but if it doesn’t it’s going TO BE SO COOL Man days like this are why I love writing

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Nick Martell @nickmartell.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Two freshly signed copies of Kingdom and Voyage at the Tattered Cover off Colfax in Denver!

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Caspar Geon @caspargeon.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

See the Solaris giveaway below to win a signed & illustrated copy of the Immeasurable Heaven. I’ve drawn as many characters and creatures from the galaxy of Yokkun’s Depth as I can fit inside, plus one or two Easter eggs for good measure.. @solarisbooks.bsky.social #booksky 📚🪐💙

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Caspar Geon @caspargeon.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

A crogglingly nice review for the Immeasurable Heaven from @locusmag.bsky.social, thank you 🍻 @solarisbooks.bsky.social

Locus magazine reviews the Immeasurable Heaven: ‘A wordsmith without peer… startling, unpredictable and croggling freshness of imagery and action’

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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.

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Nick Martell @nickmartell.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Something in dev edits that should’ve taken 30 minutes to fix suddenly became a much bigger problem that I don’t have an immediate answer for—which is great I found it now—but c’monnnn

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Nick Martell @nickmartell.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

I genuinely have never understood why people wants to be writers if they hate the act of writing. Like yeah it’s cool to have a book done and have people read it, then talk about it to you, but I LOVE to write. To get better at the craft, to try out new things, to create stupidly.

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J.T. Greathouse @jeremyteg.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Happy book birthday to THE TOWER OF THE TYRANT! I'm thrilled for this book to go out to readers. It's the most fun I've had writing a novel. Get yours! US: awfulagent.com/ebooks/tower... UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Tower-Tyrant... (HC 18% off for launch!) Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

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JABberwocky Literary Agency @awfulagent.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Today's the day: @jeremyteg.bsky.social's new standalone epic fantasy THE TOWER OF THE TYRANT is now available in ebook! awfulagent.com/ebooks/tower...

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Nick Martell @nickmartell.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Sharing quotes from the book I’m currently editing even though they won’t make sense for awhile

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Nick Martell @nickmartell.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Despite writing 4500 words today I still feel like I’m so behind on making meaningful progress with two of my projects Banger words atleast

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Nick Martell @nickmartell.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Always exciting to get new book mail! Can’t wait to check this one out

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JABberwocky Literary Agency @awfulagent.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

spoiler warning - people are going to really like this next book of Nick's.

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JABberwocky Literary Agency @awfulagent.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

For a limited time only, @jeremyteg.bsky.social's THE HAND OF THE SUN KING is on sale for 99 cents wherever you buy ebooks! awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...

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Nick Martell @nickmartell.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

There’s a part of me that’s worried how people will respond to the next book I’ve written since it’s such a hard pivot from KoL but there’s also the part of me that’s like “It would be boring to write the same kind of stories over and over again for decades. Why not see how a new thing does?”

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Nick Martell @nickmartell.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Quote from something new I enjoyed writing

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Nick Martell @nickmartell.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Finally got them all! Wild to see that one of the series that started my path to becoming a writer finished after so many years! (For now)

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Nick Martell @nickmartell.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Genuinely don’t understand how a car rental place can take a reservation and then just be like ‘whoops we don’t have anything in stock 🤷‍♂️’ when I get there

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Nick Martell @nickmartell.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

A reminder that if you want to know what the book I’m working on is—you can read the first chapter of it when you sign up for my newsletter. Tentatively, the novel is called TERMINA STATION

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Nick Martell @nickmartell.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Why did they make an Arizona Iced Tea advent calendar? Am I only one who bought it? Is it filled with just cans? And why does it make me laugh every time I see it?

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