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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I’m beginning to think that social media might not be a human good.

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

Agreed. I think it's become an excuse to be artlessly dark, grim without reason, just misery piled on misery. My response was a little facetious.

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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 · 24/09/2026

Then I'm at a complete loss. That *looks* like a cover that was printed without a bleed and then mis-trimmed. But if you've got the usual quarter inch of image beyond the print area then I'm baffled at what they're doing. I ran this past my designer and she couldn't offer any further advice. Sorry!

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Sure, but that just means they got it right once. Which is why you include a bleed to account for slippage in the printing process.

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Tim Akers @timakers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Did you include a bleed around the edges?

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

I encourage people to buy from indie bookstores, then chains, then direct from author, then Amazon. But ultimately Amazon serves readers, gives them exactly what they want, how they want it, at the price they want. it's difficult to overcome.

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

Amazon is ultimately not your friend as an author. They monetize an author's desire for ranking via their ad platform. Their discoverability algorithms are no match for in-store browsing. And their ability to quash an author without explanation is extraordinary.

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

I agree and disagree. Amazon has opened the gates for writers to bypass the trad market, and I applaud that. Amazon is a greater threat to booksellers than publishers, and has made backlist/backcatalog items available that would have otherwise disappeared. But...

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

Less VCs, more conglomerates. And yes, the way publishers treat their employees is terrible. It gatekeeps positions to folks who can live in NYC on poverty wages, puts impossible demands on staff, etc. The problem is that the supply of starry-eyed aspirants is endless

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

Where my complaint falls apart is the fact that royalty percentages also haven't changed, and those advances are theoretically easier to earn out. But then you have to start talking about how stagnant book prices are compared to other entertainment options, etc.

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

Even so, book prices have been remarkably stagnant compared to the rest of the segment. The mass market I bought in high school was $7, the mm for that first contract was $8, and the most recent was $9. Of course, the segment is dead...

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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 · 17/09/2026

I don't know Canadian law, but in the US the executor is often the beneficiary as well, especially in cases where there's only a single beneficiary named.

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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

I really want this to be about tuning an M:tG deck, but I fear I am woefully mistaken

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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

He and I have talked about the Warden books, but I think you're right. Horns of Ruin certainly rhymes with this.

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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

It's almost comedic. And sustainable!

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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 · 13/11/2025

Thanks! It’s going great so far

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

We just moved to Chattanooga from Chicago. It was quite a surprise!

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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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