Andrew Varga
@andrewvargaauthor.bsky.social
YA Historical Fiction author of the Jump in Time series.
Total History Geek. Canadian.
www.andrewvargaauthor.com
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Total History Geek. Canadian.
www.andrewvargaauthor.com
#TimeTravelAuthors Starter Pack: https://tinyurl.com/yk68h2nd
#HistoricalFiction Starter Pack: https://tinyurl.com/5n8cnfk5
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![Text of the review from the Midwest Book Review. They stated: "Original, deftly crafted, and a fun read from start to finish, the 'A Jump in Time' [series] . . . is especially and unreservedly recommended for the personal reading lists of all dedicated action/adventure time travel science fiction fans and community/public library Science Fiction & Fantasy collections."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qmpx5hfw6bequk3qjfz7q5wv/bafkreiadtpbjuvy4xd2f5nnc3efsp7drxxxjf4anaatn4ymukchmxdpjvu@jpeg)
The Midwest Book Review, which is a huuuge review site for libraries and academic institutions, just reviewed the first three books of my series. And they loved them!
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#WritingCommunity #Writesky #HistoricalFiction
#readingCommunity #Readsky
Aftermath of the great snowstorm of 2026. 9" / 23 cm of snow on the car.
We ended up shovelling 3 times yesterday, and it was even deeper in other spots because of the drifts.
I really need to buy a snowblower.
#ONStorm
We ended up shovelling 3 times yesterday, and it was even deeper in other spots because of the drifts.
I really need to buy a snowblower.
#ONStorm
January 16, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Aftermath of the great snowstorm of 2026. 9" / 23 cm of snow on the car.
We ended up shovelling 3 times yesterday, and it was even deeper in other spots because of the drifts.
I really need to buy a snowblower.
#ONStorm
We ended up shovelling 3 times yesterday, and it was even deeper in other spots because of the drifts.
I really need to buy a snowblower.
#ONStorm
#TimeTravelAuthors D15
The emotional and physical cost of time travel is what hits my MCs the hardest. They find themselves in some of the toughest battles of history, and they don't leave unscathed. Both bear mental and physical wounds that need time to heal.
The emotional and physical cost of time travel is what hits my MCs the hardest. They find themselves in some of the toughest battles of history, and they don't leave unscathed. Both bear mental and physical wounds that need time to heal.
January 16, 2026 at 1:26 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors D15
The emotional and physical cost of time travel is what hits my MCs the hardest. They find themselves in some of the toughest battles of history, and they don't leave unscathed. Both bear mental and physical wounds that need time to heal.
The emotional and physical cost of time travel is what hits my MCs the hardest. They find themselves in some of the toughest battles of history, and they don't leave unscathed. Both bear mental and physical wounds that need time to heal.
Unfortunately, I'm an early riser, so I had to do the first round of roughly 6"/15 cm by myself, while my tall strapping sons slept in.
They get rounds 2, 3, 4, and onwards, though! (We're expecting a lot of snow today.)
#ONstorm
They get rounds 2, 3, 4, and onwards, though! (We're expecting a lot of snow today.)
#ONstorm
January 15, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Unfortunately, I'm an early riser, so I had to do the first round of roughly 6"/15 cm by myself, while my tall strapping sons slept in.
They get rounds 2, 3, 4, and onwards, though! (We're expecting a lot of snow today.)
#ONstorm
They get rounds 2, 3, 4, and onwards, though! (We're expecting a lot of snow today.)
#ONstorm
Reposted by Andrew Varga
JS & MN x SIX OF CROWS
In the snowbound fog-shrouded city of Sacaan, an invitation to the Midwinter Ball drags student magician and unwitting sorcerer Jonathan Fest into a clandestine world of secret societies and shadow wars
saranadosfiction.com/2023/12/11/a...
#BluePit 📖 #A #F #P #LGBT #Dis #TR
In the snowbound fog-shrouded city of Sacaan, an invitation to the Midwinter Ball drags student magician and unwitting sorcerer Jonathan Fest into a clandestine world of secret societies and shadow wars
saranadosfiction.com/2023/12/11/a...
#BluePit 📖 #A #F #P #LGBT #Dis #TR
January 13, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Reposted by Andrew Varga
SINNERS x THE DEVILS x CASTLEVANIA
There's three rules to surviving as a nightrunner: don't get comfortable, don't be a hero, and don't be unlucky.
Corado's about to break all three.
🤠 Vampire Cowboys
🦇 Monstrous Night Hordes
🏜️ Pueblo Pit Cities
Querying now!
#A #F #Q #BluePit 📖
#amquerying
There's three rules to surviving as a nightrunner: don't get comfortable, don't be a hero, and don't be unlucky.
Corado's about to break all three.
🤠 Vampire Cowboys
🦇 Monstrous Night Hordes
🏜️ Pueblo Pit Cities
Querying now!
#A #F #Q #BluePit 📖
#amquerying
January 13, 2026 at 5:00 AM
SINNERS x THE DEVILS x CASTLEVANIA
There's three rules to surviving as a nightrunner: don't get comfortable, don't be a hero, and don't be unlucky.
Corado's about to break all three.
🤠 Vampire Cowboys
🦇 Monstrous Night Hordes
🏜️ Pueblo Pit Cities
Querying now!
#A #F #Q #BluePit 📖
#amquerying
There's three rules to surviving as a nightrunner: don't get comfortable, don't be a hero, and don't be unlucky.
Corado's about to break all three.
🤠 Vampire Cowboys
🦇 Monstrous Night Hordes
🏜️ Pueblo Pit Cities
Querying now!
#A #F #Q #BluePit 📖
#amquerying
#TimeTravelAuthors D13
Other than the actual aspect of time travel, everything else in my series is highly realistic. I dump my characters into real historical events where they meet real historical people. And I try to give my characters realistic responses to their situations.
Other than the actual aspect of time travel, everything else in my series is highly realistic. I dump my characters into real historical events where they meet real historical people. And I try to give my characters realistic responses to their situations.
January 13, 2026 at 2:36 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors D13
Other than the actual aspect of time travel, everything else in my series is highly realistic. I dump my characters into real historical events where they meet real historical people. And I try to give my characters realistic responses to their situations.
Other than the actual aspect of time travel, everything else in my series is highly realistic. I dump my characters into real historical events where they meet real historical people. And I try to give my characters realistic responses to their situations.
Dan Renfrew comes from a long line of time-jumpers--secret heroes who travel to the past to resolve glitches that could alter history. Unfortunately, no one told him about this--and he just accidentally sent himself to 1066 England.
Harry Potter X Quantum Leap
7 books
#BluePit 📖 #YA #MG #HS #P #Q
Harry Potter X Quantum Leap
7 books
#BluePit 📖 #YA #MG #HS #P #Q
January 13, 2026 at 1:49 PM
In the world of "weird things that happened to Andrew today", someone accidentally e-transferred $1600 into my account for "tree/shed removal".
January 12, 2026 at 7:43 PM
In the world of "weird things that happened to Andrew today", someone accidentally e-transferred $1600 into my account for "tree/shed removal".
#TimeTravelAuthors D9
2026 Goals
1. More book tours
2. Finish book seven
3. Get book six ready for publication. I'm actually going self-pub for six and seven, after having the first 5 trad pubbed.
4. Find an agent.
2026 Goals
1. More book tours
2. Finish book seven
3. Get book six ready for publication. I'm actually going self-pub for six and seven, after having the first 5 trad pubbed.
4. Find an agent.
January 9, 2026 at 1:12 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors D9
2026 Goals
1. More book tours
2. Finish book seven
3. Get book six ready for publication. I'm actually going self-pub for six and seven, after having the first 5 trad pubbed.
4. Find an agent.
2026 Goals
1. More book tours
2. Finish book seven
3. Get book six ready for publication. I'm actually going self-pub for six and seven, after having the first 5 trad pubbed.
4. Find an agent.
#TimeTravelAuthors D5
Projects? Unfortunately my day job has been really killing my writing time. However, I am still finding some time to:
- Do final edits for Ordeal at Orleans (bk 5)
- Do round 85 of edits on The Roman Betrayal (bk 6)
- Finish The Fall of the Great City (bk 7)
Projects? Unfortunately my day job has been really killing my writing time. However, I am still finding some time to:
- Do final edits for Ordeal at Orleans (bk 5)
- Do round 85 of edits on The Roman Betrayal (bk 6)
- Finish The Fall of the Great City (bk 7)
January 6, 2026 at 9:43 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors D5
Projects? Unfortunately my day job has been really killing my writing time. However, I am still finding some time to:
- Do final edits for Ordeal at Orleans (bk 5)
- Do round 85 of edits on The Roman Betrayal (bk 6)
- Finish The Fall of the Great City (bk 7)
Projects? Unfortunately my day job has been really killing my writing time. However, I am still finding some time to:
- Do final edits for Ordeal at Orleans (bk 5)
- Do round 85 of edits on The Roman Betrayal (bk 6)
- Finish The Fall of the Great City (bk 7)
Reposted by Andrew Varga
January 6, 2026 at 1:06 AM
#TimeTravelAuthors D31
The year has ended and I still haven't finished book 7 in my series. However, after a lot of setbacks and digressions, the words are finally starting to flow, so I am confident that 2026 will be the year when my series is FINALLY finished.
The year has ended and I still haven't finished book 7 in my series. However, after a lot of setbacks and digressions, the words are finally starting to flow, so I am confident that 2026 will be the year when my series is FINALLY finished.
December 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors D31
The year has ended and I still haven't finished book 7 in my series. However, after a lot of setbacks and digressions, the words are finally starting to flow, so I am confident that 2026 will be the year when my series is FINALLY finished.
The year has ended and I still haven't finished book 7 in my series. However, after a lot of setbacks and digressions, the words are finally starting to flow, so I am confident that 2026 will be the year when my series is FINALLY finished.
I actually work in AI, so I can see its uses for things like designing new drugs or identifying illnesses from genetic traits.
But I absolutely HATE how most people have stopped using their brain and let AI do all the thinking for them.
But I absolutely HATE how most people have stopped using their brain and let AI do all the thinking for them.
I'm a generative AI/LLM hater and proud to be one. I support *human* creativity.
If you are, too, pass it on
(repost/requote/whatever)
Give me the joy and delight of seeing my feed populated with nothing but people hating on the tech & those that use it
If you are, too, pass it on
(repost/requote/whatever)
Give me the joy and delight of seeing my feed populated with nothing but people hating on the tech & those that use it
December 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I actually work in AI, so I can see its uses for things like designing new drugs or identifying illnesses from genetic traits.
But I absolutely HATE how most people have stopped using their brain and let AI do all the thinking for them.
But I absolutely HATE how most people have stopped using their brain and let AI do all the thinking for them.
Reposted by Andrew Varga
How I am showing up to the Blue Sky Christmas party. 🎄
December 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
How I am showing up to the Blue Sky Christmas party. 🎄
Reposted by Andrew Varga
Reposted by Andrew Varga
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
Happy Winter Solstice everyone!
Hopefully the coming winter won't be too rough. Although, considering that we've already had -12 C weather, I'm anticipating a pretty frigid January and February.
Hopefully the coming winter won't be too rough. Although, considering that we've already had -12 C weather, I'm anticipating a pretty frigid January and February.
December 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Happy Winter Solstice everyone!
Hopefully the coming winter won't be too rough. Although, considering that we've already had -12 C weather, I'm anticipating a pretty frigid January and February.
Hopefully the coming winter won't be too rough. Although, considering that we've already had -12 C weather, I'm anticipating a pretty frigid January and February.
It's Christmas, meaning time for my yearly public service announcement regarding "runic" stuff for the Viking fan in your life. If you see "FUTHARK' on the item (circled in the image), then you are just buying something with an alphabet. No history. No deep meaning. Just Vikings ABCs.
December 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It's Christmas, meaning time for my yearly public service announcement regarding "runic" stuff for the Viking fan in your life. If you see "FUTHARK' on the item (circled in the image), then you are just buying something with an alphabet. No history. No deep meaning. Just Vikings ABCs.
#TimeTravelAuthors D19
The holder of spot 1 on the Naughty List would be Victor Stahl, the evil mastermind who is trying to use his time travel ability to bring about the conquest of the modern world.
The holder of spot 1 on the Naughty List would be Victor Stahl, the evil mastermind who is trying to use his time travel ability to bring about the conquest of the modern world.
December 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors D19
The holder of spot 1 on the Naughty List would be Victor Stahl, the evil mastermind who is trying to use his time travel ability to bring about the conquest of the modern world.
The holder of spot 1 on the Naughty List would be Victor Stahl, the evil mastermind who is trying to use his time travel ability to bring about the conquest of the modern world.
#TimeTravelAuthors D15
Since I'm writing a series, I get to send my characters on a grand tour of time. They go to:
Bk 1 - 1066 England
Bk2 - 60 Wales
Bk3 - 1179 Mongolia
Bk4 - 480 BCE Greece
Bk5 - 1429 France
Bk6 - 90 Rome
Bk7 - 1203 Constantinople
Since I'm writing a series, I get to send my characters on a grand tour of time. They go to:
Bk 1 - 1066 England
Bk2 - 60 Wales
Bk3 - 1179 Mongolia
Bk4 - 480 BCE Greece
Bk5 - 1429 France
Bk6 - 90 Rome
Bk7 - 1203 Constantinople
December 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors D15
Since I'm writing a series, I get to send my characters on a grand tour of time. They go to:
Bk 1 - 1066 England
Bk2 - 60 Wales
Bk3 - 1179 Mongolia
Bk4 - 480 BCE Greece
Bk5 - 1429 France
Bk6 - 90 Rome
Bk7 - 1203 Constantinople
Since I'm writing a series, I get to send my characters on a grand tour of time. They go to:
Bk 1 - 1066 England
Bk2 - 60 Wales
Bk3 - 1179 Mongolia
Bk4 - 480 BCE Greece
Bk5 - 1429 France
Bk6 - 90 Rome
Bk7 - 1203 Constantinople
Since I'm writing a YA time-travel historical fiction series, complete with teenage heroes, evil villains, and lots of journeys into the past to fix glitches, my one-line pitch is "Harry Potter meets Quantum Leap"
#Writesky
#Writesky
For publishers, it was "Andy Weir's THE MARTIAN meets Naomi Alderman's THE POWER."
For readers, it's "When a time-travel mishap strands an anthropologist in a matriarchal world, he’s forced to decide who he can trust, and how far he’s willing – or able – to adapt to survive."
For readers, it's "When a time-travel mishap strands an anthropologist in a matriarchal world, he’s forced to decide who he can trust, and how far he’s willing – or able – to adapt to survive."
Time to eat your vegetables again y'all! What's a one-sentence elevator pitch for your book? If you need help, [thing] meets [thing] is a great baseline. #WritingPrompt
December 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Since I'm writing a YA time-travel historical fiction series, complete with teenage heroes, evil villains, and lots of journeys into the past to fix glitches, my one-line pitch is "Harry Potter meets Quantum Leap"
#Writesky
#Writesky
I say this as someone who works for an AI company, and has witnessed first-hand the degradation of thinking and creative ability as people use AI tools to do all the thinking/creation for them:
I totally agree.
I totally agree.
I say this as someone whose entire job is finding the narrow use cases in which AI is actually useful:
All the fear about AI, all the reluctance to adopt it, is entirely legitimate, and a product of the fact that it's been foisted on the public with no consideration of its negative externalities.
All the fear about AI, all the reluctance to adopt it, is entirely legitimate, and a product of the fact that it's been foisted on the public with no consideration of its negative externalities.
I continue to have no sympathy left for whinging about how the public are rude about AI and feel threatened by it when the biggest players in the AI space have spent years very vocally and constantly *threatening the public*
December 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I say this as someone who works for an AI company, and has witnessed first-hand the degradation of thinking and creative ability as people use AI tools to do all the thinking/creation for them:
I totally agree.
I totally agree.
#TimeTravelAuthors D5
All of my historical characters have names pulled from written historical records. But for book two, which took place in Celtic Wales, I had a hard time since the Celts left little written information. I ended up pulling names from a registry of Celtic gravestones in England.
All of my historical characters have names pulled from written historical records. But for book two, which took place in Celtic Wales, I had a hard time since the Celts left little written information. I ended up pulling names from a registry of Celtic gravestones in England.
December 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors D5
All of my historical characters have names pulled from written historical records. But for book two, which took place in Celtic Wales, I had a hard time since the Celts left little written information. I ended up pulling names from a registry of Celtic gravestones in England.
All of my historical characters have names pulled from written historical records. But for book two, which took place in Celtic Wales, I had a hard time since the Celts left little written information. I ended up pulling names from a registry of Celtic gravestones in England.
Went to see Ensiferum & Blind Guardian on Saturday. What a great show! And Ensiferum even posed with me for a picture after! This is the second time I've seen them this year.
Great band to watch live.
#HeavyMetal
Great band to watch live.
#HeavyMetal
December 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Went to see Ensiferum & Blind Guardian on Saturday. What a great show! And Ensiferum even posed with me for a picture after! This is the second time I've seen them this year.
Great band to watch live.
#HeavyMetal
Great band to watch live.
#HeavyMetal