Antano Sparreboom
@antanowrites.bsky.social
Fantasy author, avid reader, big nerd, DnD enthousiast and lover of alternative technology.
Find City of the Seventh Moon, the first book of the Ankuan Trilogy on https://books2read.com/u/bzBa1q
Find City of the Seventh Moon, the first book of the Ankuan Trilogy on https://books2read.com/u/bzBa1q
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Since we're all divesting from our billionaire overlords... what a great time to switch from Goodreads to indie-owned (+ much cuter, cooler, social) Pagebound?
Hi #booksky 👋 we're Pagebound, a new social reading site (think: if Goodreads and Reddit had a baby). Come read with us !
Hi #booksky 👋 we're Pagebound, a new social reading site (think: if Goodreads and Reddit had a baby). Come read with us !
November 20, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Since we're all divesting from our billionaire overlords... what a great time to switch from Goodreads to indie-owned (+ much cuter, cooler, social) Pagebound?
Hi #booksky 👋 we're Pagebound, a new social reading site (think: if Goodreads and Reddit had a baby). Come read with us !
Hi #booksky 👋 we're Pagebound, a new social reading site (think: if Goodreads and Reddit had a baby). Come read with us !
As the second month of 2026 flies by I’ve just completed my first indie book of the year, Far Removed, and am now well into Let Sleeping Gods Lie. Soon I'll start reading The Godsblood Tragedy, Passage One of the Divine Godsqueen Coda (what a mouthful) by @williamjadams3.bsky.social
February 17, 2026 at 11:40 AM
As the second month of 2026 flies by I’ve just completed my first indie book of the year, Far Removed, and am now well into Let Sleeping Gods Lie. Soon I'll start reading The Godsblood Tragedy, Passage One of the Divine Godsqueen Coda (what a mouthful) by @williamjadams3.bsky.social
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Nominations are now open for the 2026 Hugo Awards!
Emails are going out to eligible nominators (those who became a member of LAcon V by January 31, 2026, or were a member of the Seattle Worldcon 2025) about how to set up their LAcon V virtual convention account.
Emails are going out to eligible nominators (those who became a member of LAcon V by January 31, 2026, or were a member of the Seattle Worldcon 2025) about how to set up their LAcon V virtual convention account.
February 11, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Nominations are now open for the 2026 Hugo Awards!
Emails are going out to eligible nominators (those who became a member of LAcon V by January 31, 2026, or were a member of the Seattle Worldcon 2025) about how to set up their LAcon V virtual convention account.
Emails are going out to eligible nominators (those who became a member of LAcon V by January 31, 2026, or were a member of the Seattle Worldcon 2025) about how to set up their LAcon V virtual convention account.
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Roses are red
Violets are blue
The world needs people
Just like you!
Happy Valentine’s Day from XRC2C 😊
Send to your favorite climate activist
Violets are blue
The world needs people
Just like you!
Happy Valentine’s Day from XRC2C 😊
Send to your favorite climate activist
February 14, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Roses are red
Violets are blue
The world needs people
Just like you!
Happy Valentine’s Day from XRC2C 😊
Send to your favorite climate activist
Violets are blue
The world needs people
Just like you!
Happy Valentine’s Day from XRC2C 😊
Send to your favorite climate activist
Word of the Week: Anachronism
Definition: something that exists out of its time in history, especially if it happens or exists later than the period being discussed (Merriam Webster)
Not to be confused with arachnophobia btw. Makes you wonder, could time travellers have an anachrophobia 🤔🤔
Definition: something that exists out of its time in history, especially if it happens or exists later than the period being discussed (Merriam Webster)
Not to be confused with arachnophobia btw. Makes you wonder, could time travellers have an anachrophobia 🤔🤔
February 14, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Word of the Week: Anachronism
Definition: something that exists out of its time in history, especially if it happens or exists later than the period being discussed (Merriam Webster)
Not to be confused with arachnophobia btw. Makes you wonder, could time travellers have an anachrophobia 🤔🤔
Definition: something that exists out of its time in history, especially if it happens or exists later than the period being discussed (Merriam Webster)
Not to be confused with arachnophobia btw. Makes you wonder, could time travellers have an anachrophobia 🤔🤔
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Draft2Digital just partnered with Bookshop.org, which supports indepent bookstores for every book sold. This means you can find all my books on there as well, both the Ankuan Trilogy and The Fox's Crown.
If you usually buy from Amazon or Barnes & Noble, consider this bookshop-friendely alternative!
If you usually buy from Amazon or Barnes & Noble, consider this bookshop-friendely alternative!
Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
Bookshop.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Draft2Digital just partnered with Bookshop.org, which supports indepent bookstores for every book sold. This means you can find all my books on there as well, both the Ankuan Trilogy and The Fox's Crown.
If you usually buy from Amazon or Barnes & Noble, consider this bookshop-friendely alternative!
If you usually buy from Amazon or Barnes & Noble, consider this bookshop-friendely alternative!
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The word is out! Draft2Digital has officially partnered with Bookshop.org to get indie ebooks into indie bookstores!
For more details on this new partnership, check out our latest blog post! #authorsky
www.draft2digital.com/blog/booksho...
For more details on this new partnership, check out our latest blog post! #authorsky
www.draft2digital.com/blog/booksho...
Bookshop.org and Draft2Digital Partner, Enabling Independent Bookstores to Profit from Self-Published Ebooks - Draft2Digital | Blog
Bookshop.org, the online platform championing independent bookstores, announced a new partnership with Draft2Digital!
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February 4, 2026 at 3:59 PM
The word is out! Draft2Digital has officially partnered with Bookshop.org to get indie ebooks into indie bookstores!
For more details on this new partnership, check out our latest blog post! #authorsky
www.draft2digital.com/blog/booksho...
For more details on this new partnership, check out our latest blog post! #authorsky
www.draft2digital.com/blog/booksho...
Favourite word of the week: Zeroth
Definition: being numbered zero in a series
Never thought a word existed for Zero like first for one, second for two etc.
Really weird word, only really appliccable in mathematics or science, but impressive if yiu can use it in a fiction book
Definition: being numbered zero in a series
Never thought a word existed for Zero like first for one, second for two etc.
Really weird word, only really appliccable in mathematics or science, but impressive if yiu can use it in a fiction book
February 2, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Favourite word of the week: Zeroth
Definition: being numbered zero in a series
Never thought a word existed for Zero like first for one, second for two etc.
Really weird word, only really appliccable in mathematics or science, but impressive if yiu can use it in a fiction book
Definition: being numbered zero in a series
Never thought a word existed for Zero like first for one, second for two etc.
Really weird word, only really appliccable in mathematics or science, but impressive if yiu can use it in a fiction book
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Word of the week: syzygy (yes its a real word)
Meaning: In astronomy, a syzygy is a roughly straight-line configuration of three or more celestial bodies in a gravitational system.
Definitely have to use that term in one of my books 😂
Meaning: In astronomy, a syzygy is a roughly straight-line configuration of three or more celestial bodies in a gravitational system.
Definitely have to use that term in one of my books 😂
January 25, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Word of the week: syzygy (yes its a real word)
Meaning: In astronomy, a syzygy is a roughly straight-line configuration of three or more celestial bodies in a gravitational system.
Definitely have to use that term in one of my books 😂
Meaning: In astronomy, a syzygy is a roughly straight-line configuration of three or more celestial bodies in a gravitational system.
Definitely have to use that term in one of my books 😂
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Hoo boy the ai spambot ‘book promoters’ want ‘Children of Strife’ for their, wait for it, children’s book festival. I mean, I know it’s in the name but mate your algorithm is fucked.
January 17, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Hoo boy the ai spambot ‘book promoters’ want ‘Children of Strife’ for their, wait for it, children’s book festival. I mean, I know it’s in the name but mate your algorithm is fucked.
This January I'm honoring my new years resolution to read more Indie SFF. So far I'm very impressed by the setting of Far Removed, first story I've ever read that takes place on a moon! As for my next read, its been a while since I've read any Urban Fantasy, so I'm curious how that will go.
January 16, 2026 at 3:51 PM
This January I'm honoring my new years resolution to read more Indie SFF. So far I'm very impressed by the setting of Far Removed, first story I've ever read that takes place on a moon! As for my next read, its been a while since I've read any Urban Fantasy, so I'm curious how that will go.
Fun fact I learned today: glacier ice is, in fact, a kind of (monomineralic) rock. It fits the technical definition of rock, which is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals (according to wikipedia).
January 11, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Fun fact I learned today: glacier ice is, in fact, a kind of (monomineralic) rock. It fits the technical definition of rock, which is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals (according to wikipedia).
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Good luck to everyone who entered their books into SPFBO 11!!! Taking part in SPFBO X had a huge impact on my writing career (and I’m forever grateful to @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social for running this competition), so I hope this next batch of authors finds as much value in it as I did.
January 4, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Good luck to everyone who entered their books into SPFBO 11!!! Taking part in SPFBO X had a huge impact on my writing career (and I’m forever grateful to @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social for running this competition), so I hope this next batch of authors finds as much value in it as I did.
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You have 13 hours left to throw your self-published fantasy book into the #SPFBO hat!
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The Official Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off homepage #SPFBO SPFBO
300 books, 10 judges, 1 champion The SPFBO contest is in its 11th year. Over 3000 novels have entered. I'm bringing together the somewhat ...
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January 3, 2026 at 9:37 PM
You have 13 hours left to throw your self-published fantasy book into the #SPFBO hat!
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I got in!
Good luck to all the amazing authors.
Good luck to all the amazing authors.
January 5, 2026 at 11:54 AM
I got in!
Good luck to all the amazing authors.
Good luck to all the amazing authors.
Breaking News!
The SPFBO is back for its 11th consecutive run 🔥🔥 And as always, its a great chance to find your next favorite Indie read.
For more information, check out @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social or the facebook page on www.facebook.com/groups/12287...
300 books. Ten judges. 1 champion.
The SPFBO is back for its 11th consecutive run 🔥🔥 And as always, its a great chance to find your next favorite Indie read.
For more information, check out @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social or the facebook page on www.facebook.com/groups/12287...
300 books. Ten judges. 1 champion.
January 2, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Breaking News!
The SPFBO is back for its 11th consecutive run 🔥🔥 And as always, its a great chance to find your next favorite Indie read.
For more information, check out @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social or the facebook page on www.facebook.com/groups/12287...
300 books. Ten judges. 1 champion.
The SPFBO is back for its 11th consecutive run 🔥🔥 And as always, its a great chance to find your next favorite Indie read.
For more information, check out @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social or the facebook page on www.facebook.com/groups/12287...
300 books. Ten judges. 1 champion.
Happy new completed orbit around the sun day!
December 31, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Happy new completed orbit around the sun day!
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The #SPFBO contest will open to new entries at 11am GMT on January 3rd.
It will remain open to entries for 24 hours. After which 300 novels will be randomly selected to go forward into the contest.
It will remain open to entries for 24 hours. After which 300 novels will be randomly selected to go forward into the contest.
December 31, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The #SPFBO contest will open to new entries at 11am GMT on January 3rd.
It will remain open to entries for 24 hours. After which 300 novels will be randomly selected to go forward into the contest.
It will remain open to entries for 24 hours. After which 300 novels will be randomly selected to go forward into the contest.
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Fun fact: If December had 30 days, then today would be New Year's Eve.
December 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Fun fact: If December had 30 days, then today would be New Year's Eve.
Don't forget to heck out the r/Fantasy mega sale happening 12/26-27! Plenty of free and discounted books!
Support indie authors and a great charity!
My books are not amongst these but thought this was a good thing to share regardless.
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@wraithmarked.bsky.social
Support indie authors and a great charity!
My books are not amongst these but thought this was a good thing to share regardless.
megasale.yrliu.com
@wraithmarked.bsky.social
December 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Don't forget to heck out the r/Fantasy mega sale happening 12/26-27! Plenty of free and discounted books!
Support indie authors and a great charity!
My books are not amongst these but thought this was a good thing to share regardless.
megasale.yrliu.com
@wraithmarked.bsky.social
Support indie authors and a great charity!
My books are not amongst these but thought this was a good thing to share regardless.
megasale.yrliu.com
@wraithmarked.bsky.social
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A reminder that The Book of Spores LATE BACKER STORE is open, with options to pre-order the fungal SFF anthology in different formats, along with a variety of merch available 🍄🍄🟫
Visit the store HERE: the-book-of-spores-a-fungal-sff-anthology.pledgebox.com/preorder
Visit the store HERE: the-book-of-spores-a-fungal-sff-anthology.pledgebox.com/preorder
December 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A reminder that The Book of Spores LATE BACKER STORE is open, with options to pre-order the fungal SFF anthology in different formats, along with a variety of merch available 🍄🍄🟫
Visit the store HERE: the-book-of-spores-a-fungal-sff-anthology.pledgebox.com/preorder
Visit the store HERE: the-book-of-spores-a-fungal-sff-anthology.pledgebox.com/preorder
My top 5 reads of 2025! A very broad range of genres, though one of my goals for next year is to read more Indie books.
Never thought I'd have a book about mathematics in my top 5 but Fermat's Last Theorem had a surprisingly cool storyline.
#topreads #fermatslasttheorem #bookgoals2025
Never thought I'd have a book about mathematics in my top 5 but Fermat's Last Theorem had a surprisingly cool storyline.
#topreads #fermatslasttheorem #bookgoals2025
December 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
My top 5 reads of 2025! A very broad range of genres, though one of my goals for next year is to read more Indie books.
Never thought I'd have a book about mathematics in my top 5 but Fermat's Last Theorem had a surprisingly cool storyline.
#topreads #fermatslasttheorem #bookgoals2025
Never thought I'd have a book about mathematics in my top 5 but Fermat's Last Theorem had a surprisingly cool storyline.
#topreads #fermatslasttheorem #bookgoals2025
Good article by @rjpholliday.bsky.social about Amazon’s new KDP EPUB/PDF Download Option. A thoughtful analysis on why fear of piracy shouldn't stop you from sharing books in a way that is convenient for readers, and critical enough of Amazon (as it should be).
richardholliday.co.uk/2025/12/20/m...
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My Thoughts on Amazon’s New KDP EPUB & PDF Download Option
Amazon is introducing an optional KDP feature that allows DRM-free eBooks to be downloaded in EPUB and PDF formats. Some authors have raised concerns about piracy. In this post, I explain why I am …
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December 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Good article by @rjpholliday.bsky.social about Amazon’s new KDP EPUB/PDF Download Option. A thoughtful analysis on why fear of piracy shouldn't stop you from sharing books in a way that is convenient for readers, and critical enough of Amazon (as it should be).
richardholliday.co.uk/2025/12/20/m...
richardholliday.co.uk/2025/12/20/m...