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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Going through the edits for the next book. So far the editor has found four different spellings for one of the main characters. *le sigh*

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I tend to view commercial fiction as having three components: Plot, Prose, and Character. Most popular books lean heavily on one or two of those. The books I enjoy most engage all three.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Volition is irrelevant. If the headline was "vicious dog breaks out of OpenAI office and bites man" there would be no question who was responsible. "But the dog is its own entity making its own choices!" Fuck off, either it's property you own or not, you can't have it both ways.

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today in non-literary hot takes: Lobster is a bug.

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm a full time author and an avid reader. Reading is a large part of my identity. I finish reading... maybe... ten books a year. Sometimes as few as five.

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The discussion on Booktok is about halfway through. This is what a bubble looks like. youtu.be/1yTfZzjAgPI?...

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It's Not A Hobby, It's Hoarding! | Too Old For Performative Hobbies

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NHL (Bot) @notnhl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

THE CANES WERE DOWN 5-1 AND SCORED WITH THREE SECONDS LEFT TO WIN IT 6-5! 🔥 Electric stuff in the preseason.

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Broke 10k words on the third Party of One book. I don't have a title, yet. But I have 10k words!

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Something that doesn't get talked about is the fact that writer's advances don't get adjusted for cost of living. The good advance I got in 2009 is the same good advance on my current contract. It's just industry standard.

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Having a graphic designer for a wife means that when I need to describe a violet-skinned person turning green with nausea, we get to spend ten minutes with photoshop and discussing additive vs subtractive colors. We decided on light blue.

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Are modern gamers/LitRPG readers going to get a Monty Haul joke?

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I wrote a template for modern screenwriters: 1) This room is very dark 2) This room is entirely white 3) I can't hear what anyone is saying 4) EXPLOSIONS! Mix and match as desired

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A friend has pointed out that it'll be Blizzcon. So.

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Last weekend a bunch of my friends were at Worldcon. This weekend it's Dragoncon. I assume next weekend you'll all be congregating at your secret moon base chateau

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

At 146k words, book two of the Party of One series is complete. Just have to do a read pass, then it's off to the editor!

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Trad publishers are letting indie readers do their slush reading for them. When an indie author finds success, they just swoop in, sign the author, profit. If you want success as a trad author, succeed as an indie first.

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

One odd thing about the writer's journey: it's amazing how fast you go from Someone no one knows YET to Someone no one knows ANYMORE

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Increasingly all I want is a warm, dry, comfortable place to keep my books, and the time to read them.

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JABberwocky Literary Agency @awfulagent.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

It’s beginning to feel a lot like list-mas. Both @timakers.bsky.social and @jeremyteg.bsky.social on this @fanfiaddict.bsky.social list. Will it be our last Daily Double of 2025? Will you read The Last Dragon Knight and Tower of the Tyrant before the year is out? fanfiaddict.com/lordtbrs-top...

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LordTBR's Top Reads of 2025 (in no particular order) | FanFiAddict

Below, you'll find my favorite novels, novellas, and manga that I've read in 2025.Each title has a link to purchase or wishlist, as well as a shor ...

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

December 2025. Let’s start a new book today (already contracted)

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

As always, I find Swan’s most casual lines the most delightful: “I shall return to what came next, for there is a great deal of very mortal brutality about to unfold.” -Tyranny of Faith

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Twelve years after her passing, and in an entirely different state, a wild Phae hair has appeared

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

My brain has been mulling the intersection of Tolkien’s service in WWI, the game Trench Crusade, and what LotR would have been in that timeline

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Living your best life and being the best version of yourself are often mutually exclusive ideals

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

I've lived in Tennessee for just over two weeks. I love it here. It's the best move we've ever made. BUT These are the worst drivers I have ever seen

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

The north dropped by last night to say hello. Aurora borealis over the skies of Tennessee

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Me, moving to TN: Man, I can't wait to never deal with an HOA again Me, after a week in TN: So, are they just going to leave their trash cans out all week, or...

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

The Lowdown was *incredible*

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

The view from the new office.

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

I just want to reiterate this. Because it’s absolutely happening.

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Finished The Sword Unbound by Gareth Hanrahan last night. Man, I feel bad for whatever book I read next. (Not really, since it’s Swan’s Tyranny of Faith)

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Normalize reading books in public

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

In a final act of vengeance from the state of Illinois, our i-Pass account refreshed this morning

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Thirty-three (and a half!) years ago, this fountain witnessed the first moments of our relationship. We had to come by one last time before we moved to wish it well!

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Chris Pratt: I rolled a seven! Sam Jackson: I have HAD IT with these manger-fording robbers on my meadow-fracking tiles! Jack Black, in annoying voice: I have wood for sheep! Anyone? Wood for sheep? Keanu Reeves: Wait, whose turn is it?

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

I'm pleased to announce that Baen has formally reverted the rights to Wraithbound. This means I'm free to start producing books two and three (once I write them, ahem). There are good things in the works, my friends. Good things indeed!

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

One of the best fantasies I’ve read in a decade. Loved the whole trilogy.

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

At 160k words, the first draft of Party of One, my litrpg novel coming from Aethon next year, is complete.

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Given the thematic similarity between my next project and Isles of Emberdark, I'm curious to see how it does. Will the Sander Sons and Dottirs follow him into that kind of setting?

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

And now I’ve cracked a tooth. Brilliant.

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

We're renting a place this week, and it happens to have Netflix. So the wife and I finally watched the first few episodes of The Witcher last night. That's a pretty good show.

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Had a great interview with David from the Garagehammer podcast. We talked gaming, writing, books, and story. Give it a listen! garagehammer.net/2025/09/gara...

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Garagegamer – Author Tim Akers – Garagehammer – A Warhammer Age of Sigmar Podcast

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

I'm disappointed we weren't able to get one last Dragon for Howard Jones. People rise, people fade away, and all we're left with are memories. Even those go, eventually.

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Happy Labor Day, folks. Remember, the weekend is a socialist conspiracy.

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Beautiful books are no replacement for good books

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