Ed McDonald - WITCH QUEEN OF REDWINTER OUT NOW!
@edmcdonald.bsky.social
Epic fantasy author of The Raven's Mark series and The Redwinter Chronicles.
Web page: https://edmcdonaldwriting.com/
Rep: Alex Cochran
edmcdonaldauthor@gmail.com
Web page: https://edmcdonaldwriting.com/
Rep: Alex Cochran
edmcdonaldauthor@gmail.com
Pinned
Trapped in the Fault, a place of madness and hideous un-life, Raine must push the Sixth Gate to its limit to wage a war in two time streams.
My sixth novel, WITCH QUEEN OF REDWINTER, is out today in hardback, eBook and audio book at all the usual book shops and online stores.
My sixth novel, WITCH QUEEN OF REDWINTER, is out today in hardback, eBook and audio book at all the usual book shops and online stores.
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NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about DAUGHTER OF REDWINTER by @edmcdonald.bsky.social. This Scottish-inspired adventure fantasy of grave-sight & grand ambition, wild magic & fierce resolve, is tremendously fun! Our drink is the Draoihn: whisky and apple and honey.
February 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about DAUGHTER OF REDWINTER by @edmcdonald.bsky.social. This Scottish-inspired adventure fantasy of grave-sight & grand ambition, wild magic & fierce resolve, is tremendously fun! Our drink is the Draoihn: whisky and apple and honey.
New novel idea:
BRONTE vs. SHELLEY
The Bronte sisters discover that Mary Shelley has created a book that combines key elements of all of their novels, and Bramwell did the cover.
Shelley becomes outraged that everyone keeps calling it "Mary Shelley" instead of "Mary Shelley's Book."
BRONTE vs. SHELLEY
The Bronte sisters discover that Mary Shelley has created a book that combines key elements of all of their novels, and Bramwell did the cover.
Shelley becomes outraged that everyone keeps calling it "Mary Shelley" instead of "Mary Shelley's Book."
January 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
New novel idea:
BRONTE vs. SHELLEY
The Bronte sisters discover that Mary Shelley has created a book that combines key elements of all of their novels, and Bramwell did the cover.
Shelley becomes outraged that everyone keeps calling it "Mary Shelley" instead of "Mary Shelley's Book."
BRONTE vs. SHELLEY
The Bronte sisters discover that Mary Shelley has created a book that combines key elements of all of their novels, and Bramwell did the cover.
Shelley becomes outraged that everyone keeps calling it "Mary Shelley" instead of "Mary Shelley's Book."
That's a lot of book in one day ☺️
This made my day
This made my day
January 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
That's a lot of book in one day ☺️
This made my day
This made my day
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@edmcdonald.bsky.social’s Misery in Blackwing is brilliant. The lore that lead to it, the creatures that came from it and live in it are so damned disturbing. Close second to @mytholder.bsky.social’s The Gutter Prayer. The (literal) depth of the city and what lived in it… shudder. Fantastic.
January 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
@edmcdonald.bsky.social’s Misery in Blackwing is brilliant. The lore that lead to it, the creatures that came from it and live in it are so damned disturbing. Close second to @mytholder.bsky.social’s The Gutter Prayer. The (literal) depth of the city and what lived in it… shudder. Fantastic.
If you watch a video of people doing un-armoured, non-protected sword-fighting and make comments like "This is bullshit, you are going too slow," please go ahead and do it your way. I promise we won't have to see more of your comments for long.
January 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
If you watch a video of people doing un-armoured, non-protected sword-fighting and make comments like "This is bullshit, you are going too slow," please go ahead and do it your way. I promise we won't have to see more of your comments for long.
Best death in a fantasy novel, Go!
January 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Best death in a fantasy novel, Go!
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Hello new followers - I'm an author of 13 fantasy books, 1 SF and even a historical fiction novel. If you're interested, I've just re-released two fantasy titles and the first is on sale right now:
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Moons-Artifi...
US: www.amazon.com/Moons-Artifi...
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Moons-Artifi...
US: www.amazon.com/Moons-Artifi...
Moon's Artifice
Moon's Artifice eBook : Lloyd, Tom: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Hello new followers - I'm an author of 13 fantasy books, 1 SF and even a historical fiction novel. If you're interested, I've just re-released two fantasy titles and the first is on sale right now:
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Moons-Artifi...
US: www.amazon.com/Moons-Artifi...
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Moons-Artifi...
US: www.amazon.com/Moons-Artifi...
1,700 words before 9am let's fucking go
January 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
1,700 words before 9am let's fucking go
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Reposting my fantasy author starter packs for the benefit of any new BlueSkiers. Basically all the fantasy authors I could find on Blue Sky.
Part 1: go.bsky.app/2juFpGj
Part 1: go.bsky.app/2juFpGj
January 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Reposting my fantasy author starter packs for the benefit of any new BlueSkiers. Basically all the fantasy authors I could find on Blue Sky.
Part 1: go.bsky.app/2juFpGj
Part 1: go.bsky.app/2juFpGj
If you are too stupid to write your own texts, this app will happily change yours to make you sound like an utter twat
January 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
If you are too stupid to write your own texts, this app will happily change yours to make you sound like an utter twat
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I stayed up far too late last night finishing Traitor of Redwinter by @edmcdonald.bsky.social but it was too bloody gripping to put down. Brilliant series! Can’t wait to get my hands on Witch Queen of Redwinter.
January 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I stayed up far too late last night finishing Traitor of Redwinter by @edmcdonald.bsky.social but it was too bloody gripping to put down. Brilliant series! Can’t wait to get my hands on Witch Queen of Redwinter.
Come on, Pai Mei
January 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Come on, Pai Mei
NEVER GIVE UP
NEVER SURRENDER
Hold to who you are, hold to your principals or die trying.
NEVER SURRENDER
Hold to who you are, hold to your principals or die trying.
a man is saying never give up never surrender !
ALT: a man is saying never give up never surrender !
media.tenor.com
December 31, 2024 at 11:38 PM
NEVER GIVE UP
NEVER SURRENDER
Hold to who you are, hold to your principals or die trying.
NEVER SURRENDER
Hold to who you are, hold to your principals or die trying.
5 out of 5 moon horses!
Check out my review of Witch Queen of Redwinter by Ed McDonald www.duncansbooksandmore.com/witchqueen-o... @duncansbooks.bsky.social @edmcdonald.bsky.social
Witchqueen of Redwinter by Ed McDonald: Intense Conclusion
In Witchqueen of Redwinter, Ed McDonald brings the series to an intense conclusion, packed with dynamic relationships, desperate battles and rich language.
www.duncansbooksandmore.com
December 31, 2024 at 11:37 PM
5 out of 5 moon horses!
Merry perineum of the year!
December 28, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Merry perineum of the year!
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No. 16 in my run-up to Xmas book recs: BLACKWING by Ed McDonald @edmcdonald.bsky.social.
Review here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
#booksky
Review here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
#booksky
Anthony Ryan's review of Blackwing (Raven's Mark, #1)
5/5: Upon starting Blackwing it quickly gained the rare distinction of being one of those books that felt as if it had been written especially for me. Grizzled veteran and reluctant servant of the Nam...
www.goodreads.com
December 25, 2024 at 10:50 AM
No. 16 in my run-up to Xmas book recs: BLACKWING by Ed McDonald @edmcdonald.bsky.social.
Review here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
#booksky
Review here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
#booksky
Pro DM tip:
The riddles you don't need answers for riddles you give your players!
Coming up with an answer that fits is *their* job!
"It sits, it bites, it never paints weevils, it foresees great evils. What is it?"
The riddles you don't need answers for riddles you give your players!
Coming up with an answer that fits is *their* job!
"It sits, it bites, it never paints weevils, it foresees great evils. What is it?"
December 21, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Pro DM tip:
The riddles you don't need answers for riddles you give your players!
Coming up with an answer that fits is *their* job!
"It sits, it bites, it never paints weevils, it foresees great evils. What is it?"
The riddles you don't need answers for riddles you give your players!
Coming up with an answer that fits is *their* job!
"It sits, it bites, it never paints weevils, it foresees great evils. What is it?"
Being an adult is when you eat a mini Magnum ice cream, then go and get another mini Magnum ice cream from the freezer and nobody can stop you
December 21, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Being an adult is when you eat a mini Magnum ice cream, then go and get another mini Magnum ice cream from the freezer and nobody can stop you
KING ARTHUR (2004) with Keira Knightley and Clive Owen is actually fairly fun, if generally forgettable, but there's one awesome line delivered by Stellan Skarsgård.
"Finally, a man worth killing."
Even if they do make him look like a 70s hair metal singer.
"Finally, a man worth killing."
Even if they do make him look like a 70s hair metal singer.
December 18, 2024 at 7:37 PM
KING ARTHUR (2004) with Keira Knightley and Clive Owen is actually fairly fun, if generally forgettable, but there's one awesome line delivered by Stellan Skarsgård.
"Finally, a man worth killing."
Even if they do make him look like a 70s hair metal singer.
"Finally, a man worth killing."
Even if they do make him look like a 70s hair metal singer.
SKELETON CREW is a great addition to the Star Wars universe. An array of great characters and a fun story that takes me back to childhood.
December 18, 2024 at 11:31 AM
SKELETON CREW is a great addition to the Star Wars universe. An array of great characters and a fun story that takes me back to childhood.
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No. 16 in my run-up to Xmas book recs: BLACKWING by Ed McDonald @edmcdonald.bsky.social.
Review here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
#booksky
Review here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
#booksky
Anthony Ryan's review of Blackwing (Raven's Mark, #1)
5/5: Upon starting Blackwing it quickly gained the rare distinction of being one of those books that felt as if it had been written especially for me. Grizzled veteran and reluctant servant of the Nam...
www.goodreads.com
December 16, 2024 at 2:31 PM
No. 16 in my run-up to Xmas book recs: BLACKWING by Ed McDonald @edmcdonald.bsky.social.
Review here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
#booksky
Review here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
#booksky
Give my your worst-but-watchable cheaply made Christmas rom-coms along the lines of:
- Last Chrismtas
- A Christmas Prince
- Holidate
- A Castle for Christmas
- Hot Frosty
Bonus points for "big city over-achiever comes back to the small town she left and learns about xmas
- Last Chrismtas
- A Christmas Prince
- Holidate
- A Castle for Christmas
- Hot Frosty
Bonus points for "big city over-achiever comes back to the small town she left and learns about xmas
December 16, 2024 at 11:08 AM
Give my your worst-but-watchable cheaply made Christmas rom-coms along the lines of:
- Last Chrismtas
- A Christmas Prince
- Holidate
- A Castle for Christmas
- Hot Frosty
Bonus points for "big city over-achiever comes back to the small town she left and learns about xmas
- Last Chrismtas
- A Christmas Prince
- Holidate
- A Castle for Christmas
- Hot Frosty
Bonus points for "big city over-achiever comes back to the small town she left and learns about xmas
The main issue that fledgling authors have in trying to write Grimdark is that they forget the humour.
A key element of Grimdark fantasy is a dark, ironic, politically aware gallows humour.
The resignation to corruption, the nihilism and the violence need a counterweight, and that's making us laugh.
A key element of Grimdark fantasy is a dark, ironic, politically aware gallows humour.
The resignation to corruption, the nihilism and the violence need a counterweight, and that's making us laugh.
December 14, 2024 at 5:16 AM
The main issue that fledgling authors have in trying to write Grimdark is that they forget the humour.
A key element of Grimdark fantasy is a dark, ironic, politically aware gallows humour.
The resignation to corruption, the nihilism and the violence need a counterweight, and that's making us laugh.
A key element of Grimdark fantasy is a dark, ironic, politically aware gallows humour.
The resignation to corruption, the nihilism and the violence need a counterweight, and that's making us laugh.
I didn't really intend to make the Redwinter books as queer as they ended up, the characters just came out as they did and all the straights kept getting killed.
Kinda proud how it ended up 🏳️🌈
#bifantasy #lgbt #queerbooks #bivisibility #grimdark #fantasy #epicfantasy
Kinda proud how it ended up 🏳️🌈
#bifantasy #lgbt #queerbooks #bivisibility #grimdark #fantasy #epicfantasy
December 13, 2024 at 4:15 PM
I didn't really intend to make the Redwinter books as queer as they ended up, the characters just came out as they did and all the straights kept getting killed.
Kinda proud how it ended up 🏳️🌈
#bifantasy #lgbt #queerbooks #bivisibility #grimdark #fantasy #epicfantasy
Kinda proud how it ended up 🏳️🌈
#bifantasy #lgbt #queerbooks #bivisibility #grimdark #fantasy #epicfantasy
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 28: Daughter of Redwinter by Ed McDonald @edmcdonald.bsky.social
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 28: Daughter of Redwinter by Ed McDonald @edmcdonald.bsky.social
December 13, 2024 at 1:02 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 28: Daughter of Redwinter by Ed McDonald @edmcdonald.bsky.social
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 28: Daughter of Redwinter by Ed McDonald @edmcdonald.bsky.social