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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

On October 1, 2024, I released my first novel, Tales & Treasure. It's been an incredible journey, and I'm happy that I have been able to share that story with you.

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Happy Read an Ebook Week! You can find my book, Tales & Treasure, available now at @Smashwords for FREE to help you celebrate.

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Tales & Treasure will be FREE as part of a special sale on @Smashwords to celebrate Read an Ebook Week from March 1 - March 7. Be sure to follow me for more updates and links to the promotion for my books and many more! #ebookweek26 #Smashwords

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

I just wanted to tell you - you got this and I'm excited to read your book!

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Man, I want to find a group to play DnD with. I've never played before and really want to try.

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Hey, I'm looking for some new indie fantasy stories to read and review in 2026. I like all things fantasy: quirky side characters, found families, dragons, dark lords, whatever you got. I'm even warming up to some romantasy. What do you have for me? Sincerely, A future fan

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I'm trying to connect with some more indie fantasy authors. Anyone out here?

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I just posted a long overdue update on my substack. The link is in my bio. Any other writers on here have a Substack?

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Me: Just trying to enjoy some left overChinese food. Viva: Don't forget about me. 😆

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Finished my first book of 2026 – Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett. 5 Stars for sure. Pratchett is so funny and clever. I highlighted so many well-crafted lines. I loved it. On to book two. I think I'm going to dive into an indie novel next before I return to Discworld. Any recommendations?

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

It took a while to format, but the hardcover of Tales & Treasure with beautiful new artwork by @matisse_luisa_designs is finally out! The paperbacks have also been updated with the new artwork too!

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

My novel Tales & Treasure is part of the Smashwords 2025 End of Year Sale! www.smashwords.com/books/view/1... #EOYsale25 #ebook #sale #books2read #indiebooks

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Indie Sci-Fi Recommendation: The Europan Deception: A Science Fiction Thriller (Dark Galaxy Book 1) by @ryanpatrickauthor.bsky.social It was fast-paced and fun with great characters and a mystery that leaves you wanting more. Check it out if your looking to support another indie author!

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

New short story just dropped. A father makes a deal with a demon to save his daughter’s life. A Deal Beneath the Moon Now live on Substack.

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

This writing stuff doesn’t get any easier, but finally consistency is beating motivation. I've written for 15 days in a row now. Four sprints yesterday. Only one felt “good.” Still got the work done. Still showed up. I'll take it. #amwriting #indieauthor #WriterDiscipline

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Just dropped a new Substack post! A long overdue “Mid-Year Update” featuring marathon training, life updates, writing progress, and a sneak peek at Bards & Bargains Chapter 3. 👇 open.substack.com/pub/robmorte... #AmWriting #IndieAuthor #WritingLife #SubstackWriters #FantasyFiction

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Mid-Year Update

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

I've been really trying to get up a write first time in the morning. I was a little groggy today but hey, I did it! Woke up at 4:51. Wrote 282 words. Did yoga. Packed lunch. Audiobook in the car instead of screen time. We'll see how long I can keep this up. #WritersLife #Booksky #indieauthor

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Been awhile so here's a quick writing update: Finished Chapters 27 & 28 of Bards & Bargains. Draft 1 at 85,000 words Started the next interlude. The POVs are starting to converge. It’s tense. It’s messy. It’s fun. #FantasyWriter #WritingCommunity #Booksky

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Now is your best chance to find my book, Tales & Treasure, available for FREE at @Smashwords as part of their Annual Summer/Winter Sale! Find my book and many more at www.smashwords.com/books/view/1... all month! #SWSale2025 #Smashwords

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Rick Danforth @rickandwrite.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

This wonderful solarpunk anthology launched at Eastercon! It's edited by the brilliant @wishusdonna.bsky.social and has lots of great stories, including my first ever solarpunk short! I may have got a bit weird with it. If you want solarpunk short stories then please check it out!

Book cover for vivid worlds anthology, edited by Donna Scott.

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Wrote over 2,000 words yesterday for the first time ever. Feels really good. Hopefully I can keep the momentum going today. #writing #writingcommunity

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

I'm really trying to figure out how to balance growing an audience and actually writing. Anyone have any tips? It's hard. Anyway, better get back to actually writing something. I can worry about this marketing stuff later. #writing #writingcommunity

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Another 100 word flash fiction story and a closer look at a character coming in Bard's & Bargains. #flashfictionfriday #writingcommunity #writing #fantasy

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

"Birds sang. The melodious chirping seemed different this morning, slightly softer, less enthusiastic. There was no echo, no annoyingly accurate echo. Vidmar watched Vatis. The bard sat in the dirt, hugging his knees to his chest." Excerpt from Tales & Treasure #writing #fantasy #indieauthors

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

The best writing tip I've ever gotten is: "Embrace a bad first draft." I would edit extensively as I wrote my first draft, while the draft was fairly clean, the process took 10 times longer than just getting all of your ideas out and worrying about the editing later. #writing #writingcommunity

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

What #fantasy race do you want to see more off? I think we need some more giants and orges, personally. #writingcommunity #writers

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Meet these great indie authors who write fantasy at the Fantasy Genre Indie Authors Starter Pack! If you wish to be included in the starter pack, reply here. #writingcommunity #fantasy #authorsky #writersky bsky.app/starter-pack/inventi...

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

"I could make you a hero known throughout Emre. I can make you more than a whisper on the tongues of thieves. By the new moon, you’d be on the mind of half the world... Want more? Check out my novel Tales & Treasure a.co/d/a1DJWAD #writing #fantasy #writingcommunity #indieauthor #selfpublished

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

I'm not great at naming things, example: The name for my fantasy world Emre is just my son Remy's name in poorly pronounced pig latin. #fantasy #writingcommunity #writing

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

"Vatis stepped over the corpse of a man he didn't think could die." -#firstline from Tales & Treasure #fantasy #writingcommunity #writing #indieauthors

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Hi! I realized that I haven't really introduced myself here. I'm Rob Mortell, a #fantasy author. I write adventure stories based in my world of Emre. Tales & Treasure, my first novel, came out last year. I have an amazing supportive family and like to play golf whenever I can sneak away. #writers

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

‘People mad about generative AI would be mad at the printing press and cameras! We’re the future! This is evolution! My prompt is art!’ The printing press and cameras weren’t stealing art or polluting the environment. But whatever you have to tell yourself, you lazy planet hating thief limp noodle.

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Trying something new—100 word flash fiction stories every Friday that add a little insight and depth to my Stories of Emre Series. #flashfictionfriday #writingcommunity #writing #fantasy

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Just finished Red Country by @joeabercrombie.com it was fantastic. There aren't many fantasy writers better, you just have to be realistic about this things. Anyway, highly recommend. It works great as a stand alone but will be better if you've read the first law trilogy. #fantasy

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I'll be right there with you, pretending I'll find a few hours between now and Sunday night. At which point, I'll just give up and hope next week is a little better lol. #writingcommunity #amwriting

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Writer's Block @writersblockshow.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Live in 10 minutes with Writer's Block!

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I've decided to make the ebook for Tales & Treasure $0.99 from now on. If you like classic fantasy adventures with bards, and treasure hunts, and lost magic. Check it out. #indieauthor #fantasy #ebooks #bookdeals

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Trying to some new keywords on Tales & Treasure to see if that helps draw some more attention to it on Amazon. #indieauthor #indieauthorproblems #writingcommunity

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Crossed the 50,000 word mark on Bard's & Bargains today. Feels good. Maybe I'll actually get this done. #writing #writingcommunity #indieauthor

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Finally getting to that scene in my book that I've been dying to write. Let's go! #writingcommunity #writing #indieauthors

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Author Sharon Lopez @lopezsharauthor.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Just 2 more days to save during @smashwords.bsky.social Read an Ebook Week! www.smashwords.com/ebookweek #ebookweek25 #Smashwords www.smashwords.com/profile/view... #WritingCommunity #authors #indieauthors #Writers #WolfPackAuthors #books #bookboost #Booksky #readers #readingcommunity

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

He started with good intentions, but as they say power corrupts.

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Rob Mortell 📚 🖋️ @robmortellwrites.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

#writingcommunity if you write with multiple POVs, do you have a specific one that you write faster? I find myself writing one character much faster than the others. What does that say? Do they need more "screen time"? #writing #writersky #fantasy #indieauthors

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