Tom
@darthinternous.bsky.social
Editorial Director, Fiction & Special Projects, Random House Worlds. Cat-intern supervisor. All opinions my own. Often found near the kitchen. Living the dream in far off places. (he/him)
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Tom
@darthinternous.bsky.social
· Apr 13
If anyone in #publishing is ever hiring and looking for amazing / excellent talented folks - particularly for entry level roles - always feel free to reach out to me. I keep an extensive list of amazing candidates for a variety of roles (especially #editorial). People I'd wholeheartedly endorse.
That time we casually asked Magali Villeneuve to create some art for a #StarWars Insider short story, and she casually delivered the greatest piece of Asajj Ventress art ever. (SW Insider 159 - "Kindred Spirits" by Christie Golden)
December 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
That time we casually asked Magali Villeneuve to create some art for a #StarWars Insider short story, and she casually delivered the greatest piece of Asajj Ventress art ever. (SW Insider 159 - "Kindred Spirits" by Christie Golden)
Reorganized my work bookshelf for the first time in 3 years, and found 20 books to donate or give away. Rare editions, Out of Print stuff, etc.
Also found an extra copy of the #StarWarstheHighRepublic 2022 Convention Edition Boxset that has been trapped in the back for 3 years.
Also found an extra copy of the #StarWarstheHighRepublic 2022 Convention Edition Boxset that has been trapped in the back for 3 years.
December 14, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Reorganized my work bookshelf for the first time in 3 years, and found 20 books to donate or give away. Rare editions, Out of Print stuff, etc.
Also found an extra copy of the #StarWarstheHighRepublic 2022 Convention Edition Boxset that has been trapped in the back for 3 years.
Also found an extra copy of the #StarWarstheHighRepublic 2022 Convention Edition Boxset that has been trapped in the back for 3 years.
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New episode! We’re diving into the Revenge of the Sith novelization special edition and talking with editorial director @darthinternous.bsky.social Tom Hoeler! Listen now wherever you get your podcasts! ✨
December 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM
New episode! We’re diving into the Revenge of the Sith novelization special edition and talking with editorial director @darthinternous.bsky.social Tom Hoeler! Listen now wherever you get your podcasts! ✨
Every time some pedant says there are no books banned in the US, it completely misses the point that book bans aren't just about bans codified in law.
It's about the pejorative, intentional reduction of accessibility (as well as the enforcement of selective worldviews with dubious/nefarious intent)
It's about the pejorative, intentional reduction of accessibility (as well as the enforcement of selective worldviews with dubious/nefarious intent)
December 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Every time some pedant says there are no books banned in the US, it completely misses the point that book bans aren't just about bans codified in law.
It's about the pejorative, intentional reduction of accessibility (as well as the enforcement of selective worldviews with dubious/nefarious intent)
It's about the pejorative, intentional reduction of accessibility (as well as the enforcement of selective worldviews with dubious/nefarious intent)
For my January #editing / #publishing class I am pleased to share that I'm able to offer 2 completely free seats to the 8-week course.
If you'd like to nominate someone - or yourself - follow the link to submit some basic info / answer a few questions: elvtr.fillout.com/t/ur6agU598yus
If you'd like to nominate someone - or yourself - follow the link to submit some basic info / answer a few questions: elvtr.fillout.com/t/ur6agU598yus
November 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
For my January #editing / #publishing class I am pleased to share that I'm able to offer 2 completely free seats to the 8-week course.
If you'd like to nominate someone - or yourself - follow the link to submit some basic info / answer a few questions: elvtr.fillout.com/t/ur6agU598yus
If you'd like to nominate someone - or yourself - follow the link to submit some basic info / answer a few questions: elvtr.fillout.com/t/ur6agU598yus
The life of a book editor...
picking up a book to spot check a quote you've forgotten, only to stumble across 2 typos and a continuity error that have been sitting there for 5+ years.
*sigh* this is why reprint corrections were invented
picking up a book to spot check a quote you've forgotten, only to stumble across 2 typos and a continuity error that have been sitting there for 5+ years.
*sigh* this is why reprint corrections were invented
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The life of a book editor...
picking up a book to spot check a quote you've forgotten, only to stumble across 2 typos and a continuity error that have been sitting there for 5+ years.
*sigh* this is why reprint corrections were invented
picking up a book to spot check a quote you've forgotten, only to stumble across 2 typos and a continuity error that have been sitting there for 5+ years.
*sigh* this is why reprint corrections were invented
I can't explain it (and I don't have to), but these two would probably get along really well. Just petty "unappreciated" evil weirdos being weird.
November 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I can't explain it (and I don't have to), but these two would probably get along really well. Just petty "unappreciated" evil weirdos being weird.
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Our own @swankmotron.com got to chat with Matthew Stover and @darthinternous.bsky.social about the anniversary edition of the Revenge of the Sith novelization! Listen in! fullofsith.libsyn.com/fos/episode-...
November 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Our own @swankmotron.com got to chat with Matthew Stover and @darthinternous.bsky.social about the anniversary edition of the Revenge of the Sith novelization! Listen in! fullofsith.libsyn.com/fos/episode-...
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I got the chance to speak with Matt Stover, author of the amazing Revenge of the Sith novelization, and editor Tom Hoeler @darthinternous.bsky.social about the book's twenty year anniversary edition! Check out the interview: youtu.be/_GYS-lIXyaI?...
Matt Stover Talks About the Revenge of the Sith Novelization Twenty Years Later
YouTube video by Star Wars Explained
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November 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I got the chance to speak with Matt Stover, author of the amazing Revenge of the Sith novelization, and editor Tom Hoeler @darthinternous.bsky.social about the book's twenty year anniversary edition! Check out the interview: youtu.be/_GYS-lIXyaI?...
Really important parental milestone.
Little Hobbit learned a bunch of new (happy) noises, but also that they can make their voice MUCH louder to get/keep my attention.
Little Hobbit learned a bunch of new (happy) noises, but also that they can make their voice MUCH louder to get/keep my attention.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Really important parental milestone.
Little Hobbit learned a bunch of new (happy) noises, but also that they can make their voice MUCH louder to get/keep my attention.
Little Hobbit learned a bunch of new (happy) noises, but also that they can make their voice MUCH louder to get/keep my attention.
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Wow, look what just showed up from the wonderful people at Random House Worlds! MASTER OF EVIL along with the incredible deluxe edition of REVENGE OF THE SITH, a MoE poster, letters from me (LOL) and @darthinternous.bsky.social, and a pair of signed bookplates from me (also LOL) and Matthew Stover!
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Wow, look what just showed up from the wonderful people at Random House Worlds! MASTER OF EVIL along with the incredible deluxe edition of REVENGE OF THE SITH, a MoE poster, letters from me (LOL) and @darthinternous.bsky.social, and a pair of signed bookplates from me (also LOL) and Matthew Stover!
You know it has been a day when three computer screens proves inadequate for managing the workflow.
November 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
You know it has been a day when three computer screens proves inadequate for managing the workflow.
"We don't have Staten Island yet" -- pundit discussing election results.
LOL
LOL
a man wearing glasses and a hawaiian shirt says `` see , nobody cares ''
ALT: a man wearing glasses and a hawaiian shirt says `` see , nobody cares ''
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November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
"We don't have Staten Island yet" -- pundit discussing election results.
LOL
LOL
Oh damn! I was just here on Saturday (where there was a tiny sign about a leak).
Really awesome store with an incredible atmosphere, terrific staff and rather superb coffee program. Absolutely worth helping if you can.
Really awesome store with an incredible atmosphere, terrific staff and rather superb coffee program. Absolutely worth helping if you can.
Well, shit — a killer new horror bookstore in NYC got flooded and damaged by hurricane remnants. Help is needed if you can. Please share!
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Donate to Support The Twisted Spine's Flood Recovery Efforts, organized by Lauren Komer
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November 4, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Oh damn! I was just here on Saturday (where there was a tiny sign about a leak).
Really awesome store with an incredible atmosphere, terrific staff and rather superb coffee program. Absolutely worth helping if you can.
Really awesome store with an incredible atmosphere, terrific staff and rather superb coffee program. Absolutely worth helping if you can.
Here's something cool. Up now on Kickstarter is the game Rumian -- which I edited the rulebook for! #boardgame
Really fun adventure game. Nice balance of strategy / resource management / but with a good pace / and just enough randomness to keep games exciting.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/107...
Really fun adventure game. Nice balance of strategy / resource management / but with a good pace / and just enough randomness to keep games exciting.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/107...
Rumian: A Game of High Adventure & A Kingdom’s Fate
Explore, trade, battle & manage resources in an action-packed adventure where players compete to shape the kingdom of Rumian.
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November 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Here's something cool. Up now on Kickstarter is the game Rumian -- which I edited the rulebook for! #boardgame
Really fun adventure game. Nice balance of strategy / resource management / but with a good pace / and just enough randomness to keep games exciting.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/107...
Really fun adventure game. Nice balance of strategy / resource management / but with a good pace / and just enough randomness to keep games exciting.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/107...
This January, I'm launching my first class focused on being a fiction #editor in book #publishing. It's an eight week course built around learning what editors *actually do* with practical experience doing it.
(Info at link, and more in the thread below)
elvtr.com/course/edito...
(Info at link, and more in the thread below)
elvtr.com/course/edito...
Book Editor Course: Launch Your Career in Publishing | ELVTR
Explore all the stages of the publishing process and learn to make informed editorial decisions with Tom Hoeler, a #1 New York Times bestselling book editor 🔴 Elevate your skills
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October 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This January, I'm launching my first class focused on being a fiction #editor in book #publishing. It's an eight week course built around learning what editors *actually do* with practical experience doing it.
(Info at link, and more in the thread below)
elvtr.com/course/edito...
(Info at link, and more in the thread below)
elvtr.com/course/edito...
Has a "foreword by..." ever actually helped entice you to buy a book, and if so, which one?
October 27, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Has a "foreword by..." ever actually helped entice you to buy a book, and if so, which one?
Tonight I'm #editing a thing...and for some reason that's not enough stimulation, because I'm also watching #boardgame rules videos at the same time (hooray triple monitors).
I don't know how I can do this either.
I don't know how I can do this either.
October 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Tonight I'm #editing a thing...and for some reason that's not enough stimulation, because I'm also watching #boardgame rules videos at the same time (hooray triple monitors).
I don't know how I can do this either.
I don't know how I can do this either.
Want to hear something awesome? Two decades after it debuted on the New York Times bestseller list...#RevengeoftheSith returns.
The Revenge of the Sith Deluxe Edition is a New York Times bestseller. Nice way to celebrate a book anniversary.
Thanks for reading, and for supporting Matt Stover
The Revenge of the Sith Deluxe Edition is a New York Times bestseller. Nice way to celebrate a book anniversary.
Thanks for reading, and for supporting Matt Stover
October 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Want to hear something awesome? Two decades after it debuted on the New York Times bestseller list...#RevengeoftheSith returns.
The Revenge of the Sith Deluxe Edition is a New York Times bestseller. Nice way to celebrate a book anniversary.
Thanks for reading, and for supporting Matt Stover
The Revenge of the Sith Deluxe Edition is a New York Times bestseller. Nice way to celebrate a book anniversary.
Thanks for reading, and for supporting Matt Stover
On-sale today #BatmanRevolution by John Jackson Miller, completing our #Batman '89 novel duology alongside #BatmanResurrection
Really appreciate the folks at DC trusting us with crafting new stories in the Burton Batman-verse. Definitely a pair of dream projects come true.
Really appreciate the folks at DC trusting us with crafting new stories in the Burton Batman-verse. Definitely a pair of dream projects come true.
October 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
On-sale today #BatmanRevolution by John Jackson Miller, completing our #Batman '89 novel duology alongside #BatmanResurrection
Really appreciate the folks at DC trusting us with crafting new stories in the Burton Batman-verse. Definitely a pair of dream projects come true.
Really appreciate the folks at DC trusting us with crafting new stories in the Burton Batman-verse. Definitely a pair of dream projects come true.
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Our Batman '89 Riddler's newspaper feature is its era's Wordle cash cow, and he works hard to get the right mix of clues. Some easy, so people will try them; some hard so not everyone will solve them; and all punny, so they'll read either way. His design also provides shortcuts to infer the answers.
In making #BatmanRevolution author @farawaypress.com and I knew we needed lots of riddles/puzzles for this version of the Riddler.
So put them in the actual book. And you can solve one as you read...which has plot implications.
(and yes, the answer key is in the back)
www.ign.com/articles/see...
So put them in the actual book. And you can solve one as you read...which has plot implications.
(and yes, the answer key is in the back)
www.ign.com/articles/see...
October 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Our Batman '89 Riddler's newspaper feature is its era's Wordle cash cow, and he works hard to get the right mix of clues. Some easy, so people will try them; some hard so not everyone will solve them; and all punny, so they'll read either way. His design also provides shortcuts to infer the answers.
In making #BatmanRevolution author @farawaypress.com and I knew we needed lots of riddles/puzzles for this version of the Riddler.
So put them in the actual book. And you can solve one as you read...which has plot implications.
(and yes, the answer key is in the back)
www.ign.com/articles/see...
So put them in the actual book. And you can solve one as you read...which has plot implications.
(and yes, the answer key is in the back)
www.ign.com/articles/see...
October 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
In making #BatmanRevolution author @farawaypress.com and I knew we needed lots of riddles/puzzles for this version of the Riddler.
So put them in the actual book. And you can solve one as you read...which has plot implications.
(and yes, the answer key is in the back)
www.ign.com/articles/see...
So put them in the actual book. And you can solve one as you read...which has plot implications.
(and yes, the answer key is in the back)
www.ign.com/articles/see...