Erik Grove
@erikgrove.com
Writer. Little dog owner. (Aspiring) Magnificent and Deeply Kind Weirdo. SFWA and HWA member. Viable Paradise 2022. Portlander. Represented by Joshua Bilmes/JABberwocky. He/Him.
Once again asking the universe for someone to follow me around and make sure I don’t do accidental weird or awkward shit. Like a guardian angel but for oh-god-why-would-you-[fill in the faux pas].
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Once again asking the universe for someone to follow me around and make sure I don’t do accidental weird or awkward shit. Like a guardian angel but for oh-god-why-would-you-[fill in the faux pas].
I would be more upset about the cynical and disappointing decision of 8 plain Jello flavored democratic senators if I was even a little bit surprised. The senate has become a retirement plan for the mediocre and entitled. This is why people don’t vote and don’t trust politicians.
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I would be more upset about the cynical and disappointing decision of 8 plain Jello flavored democratic senators if I was even a little bit surprised. The senate has become a retirement plan for the mediocre and entitled. This is why people don’t vote and don’t trust politicians.
I don’t write because I want to sell my work and make money. I sell my work and make money so I can write. The process is the joy and the passion. I feel like writers that don’t love the process are missing out or have been brainwashed by hustle culture.
November 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I don’t write because I want to sell my work and make money. I sell my work and make money so I can write. The process is the joy and the passion. I feel like writers that don’t love the process are missing out or have been brainwashed by hustle culture.
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Dismissing and minimizing the process, in any art, is partially what has led to widespread acceptance of AI generated art and writing.
When your focus is on the result, you are not partaking in art. You are a bystander.
When your focus is on the result, you are not partaking in art. You are a bystander.
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Dismissing and minimizing the process, in any art, is partially what has led to widespread acceptance of AI generated art and writing.
When your focus is on the result, you are not partaking in art. You are a bystander.
When your focus is on the result, you are not partaking in art. You are a bystander.
Absolutely. I love every part from the idea to tinkering with every sentence in the edit. I wish we all got paid more and publishing didn’t make me sad and angry more often than delighted, but writing stories is great actually and I am so excited that we (when we) get to do it.
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Absolutely. I love every part from the idea to tinkering with every sentence in the edit. I wish we all got paid more and publishing didn’t make me sad and angry more often than delighted, but writing stories is great actually and I am so excited that we (when we) get to do it.
I have the “I might finish the draft of this novel today or tomorrow!” tingles and I am happy to confirm that I still get really excited heading into the finale. This book has been a ton of work off and on for _years_ but that makes the promise of completing it all the more satisfying.
November 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I have the “I might finish the draft of this novel today or tomorrow!” tingles and I am happy to confirm that I still get really excited heading into the finale. This book has been a ton of work off and on for _years_ but that makes the promise of completing it all the more satisfying.
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Hey! Sort of a surprise new story day. @undertow.bsky.social is making my novelette, "Uncertain Sons," (original to the collection) available online for a short time for folks catching up on end-of-year reading. Eligible for most novelette/long fiction categories. Online until end of November!
Uncertain Sons — Undertow Publications
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November 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Hey! Sort of a surprise new story day. @undertow.bsky.social is making my novelette, "Uncertain Sons," (original to the collection) available online for a short time for folks catching up on end-of-year reading. Eligible for most novelette/long fiction categories. Online until end of November!
Halfway into our 13th year of marriage my wife upped the romance by telling me she wanted to watch the Good, the Bad and the Ugly together. 🤠😍
November 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Halfway into our 13th year of marriage my wife upped the romance by telling me she wanted to watch the Good, the Bad and the Ugly together. 🤠😍
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Hey, everybody! Come help me launch @jeremyteg.bsky.social new book in (checks watch) 10 minutes!
youtube.com/live/X6Kutnb...
youtube.com/live/X6Kutnb...
🏰 THE TOWER OF THE TYRANT 🏰 Launch Party Livestream with J.T. Greathouse & Friends
YouTube video by FanFiAddict
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November 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Hey, everybody! Come help me launch @jeremyteg.bsky.social new book in (checks watch) 10 minutes!
youtube.com/live/X6Kutnb...
youtube.com/live/X6Kutnb...
Pluribus really exceeded my high expectations. Weird, funny, horrifying, and wildly science fiction. It really seems like Vince Gilligan asked for every bonkers thing and Apple said yes. I love to see a creative powerhouse without shackles.
November 8, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Pluribus really exceeded my high expectations. Weird, funny, horrifying, and wildly science fiction. It really seems like Vince Gilligan asked for every bonkers thing and Apple said yes. I love to see a creative powerhouse without shackles.
I went mushroom hunting by the Oregon coast last Sunday which means I have eaten chanterelles multiple times this week and I recommend this. Definitely go into the woods with a small knife and harvest from the unknown places. 😋
November 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I went mushroom hunting by the Oregon coast last Sunday which means I have eaten chanterelles multiple times this week and I recommend this. Definitely go into the woods with a small knife and harvest from the unknown places. 😋
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a close up of a man with long hair wearing a black jacket .
Alt: Clip of Tom Petty singing the Waiting with floating text that reads “The Waiting is the Hardest Part”
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November 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Working on the finale to this book draft guided by Bad Religion. The plot, the vibes (from Big Bang):
Big bang, big crunch, you know there's no free lunch
Kneel down and pray, here comes your judgment day
Big crunch, you know it's going to be quite a show
What goes around always comes around, yeah
Big bang, big crunch, you know there's no free lunch
Kneel down and pray, here comes your judgment day
Big crunch, you know it's going to be quite a show
What goes around always comes around, yeah
November 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Working on the finale to this book draft guided by Bad Religion. The plot, the vibes (from Big Bang):
Big bang, big crunch, you know there's no free lunch
Kneel down and pray, here comes your judgment day
Big crunch, you know it's going to be quite a show
What goes around always comes around, yeah
Big bang, big crunch, you know there's no free lunch
Kneel down and pray, here comes your judgment day
Big crunch, you know it's going to be quite a show
What goes around always comes around, yeah
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Happy book birthday to THE TOWER OF THE TYRANT!
I'm thrilled for this book to go out to readers. It's the most fun I've had writing a novel.
Get yours!
US: awfulagent.com/ebooks/tower...
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Tower-Tyrant... (HC 18% off for launch!)
Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
I'm thrilled for this book to go out to readers. It's the most fun I've had writing a novel.
Get yours!
US: awfulagent.com/ebooks/tower...
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Tower-Tyrant... (HC 18% off for launch!)
Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
November 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Happy book birthday to THE TOWER OF THE TYRANT!
I'm thrilled for this book to go out to readers. It's the most fun I've had writing a novel.
Get yours!
US: awfulagent.com/ebooks/tower...
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Tower-Tyrant... (HC 18% off for launch!)
Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
I'm thrilled for this book to go out to readers. It's the most fun I've had writing a novel.
Get yours!
US: awfulagent.com/ebooks/tower...
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Tower-Tyrant... (HC 18% off for launch!)
Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
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A huge thank you to @maryrobinettekowal.com for giving me space on My Favorite Bit to talk about HIGHER MAGIC and learning to worldbuild on my own terms and scale.
My Favorite Bit: Courtney Floyd talks about HIGHER MAGIC
Courtney Floyd is joining us today to talk about her novel, Higher Magic. Here’s the publisher’s description: First-generation graduate student Dorothe Bartleby has one last chance to pass the Magi…
maryrobinettekowal.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A huge thank you to @maryrobinettekowal.com for giving me space on My Favorite Bit to talk about HIGHER MAGIC and learning to worldbuild on my own terms and scale.
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Today's the day: @jeremyteg.bsky.social's new standalone epic fantasy THE TOWER OF THE TYRANT is now available in ebook! awfulagent.com/ebooks/tower...
November 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Today's the day: @jeremyteg.bsky.social's new standalone epic fantasy THE TOWER OF THE TYRANT is now available in ebook! awfulagent.com/ebooks/tower...
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Apparently all you needed to do to predict the NYC election results was read that one N.K. Jemisin novel.
November 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
😂
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fact: transphobia is for losers
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
fact: transphobia is for losers
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Let’s make this kind of news an annual thing please.
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Let’s make this kind of news an annual thing please.
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PDX peeps! What are you doing next Monday? How about attending STORYTELLING AGAINST HUNGER, a 5-hour marathon of author readings & open mic fun that's a fundraiser for the @oregonfoodbank.bsky.social ????
Rose City Book Pub, 4 pm - 9pm. bit.ly/43i9s8D
Rose City Book Pub, 4 pm - 9pm. bit.ly/43i9s8D
November 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
PDX peeps! What are you doing next Monday? How about attending STORYTELLING AGAINST HUNGER, a 5-hour marathon of author readings & open mic fun that's a fundraiser for the @oregonfoodbank.bsky.social ????
Rose City Book Pub, 4 pm - 9pm. bit.ly/43i9s8D
Rose City Book Pub, 4 pm - 9pm. bit.ly/43i9s8D
Drinking far too much caffeine, listening to nothing but Bad Religion, and leaning on focus filters and writing sprints until I get this book draft finished. I will defeat this novel if it kills me*.
*Figuratively. Like ego death or one of those tarot cards that really means change or whatever.
*Figuratively. Like ego death or one of those tarot cards that really means change or whatever.
November 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Drinking far too much caffeine, listening to nothing but Bad Religion, and leaning on focus filters and writing sprints until I get this book draft finished. I will defeat this novel if it kills me*.
*Figuratively. Like ego death or one of those tarot cards that really means change or whatever.
*Figuratively. Like ego death or one of those tarot cards that really means change or whatever.
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Aaand the new Tiger Singh Bhatia story just went live, so here it is, for your reading pleasure
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Three Card Caper
“You want me to prove this guy is cheating?”
“Oh no,” says Atul, holding his hands up, palms facing me. “If he was cheating, we’d have caught him. We need you to prove he’s not cheating.”
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October 31, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Aaand the new Tiger Singh Bhatia story just went live, so here it is, for your reading pleasure
www.frivolouscomma.com/three-card-c...
www.frivolouscomma.com/three-card-c...
I spilled coffee on my hoody yesterday so that means my hoody smells delicious this morning. (Also I should probably wash it.)
October 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I spilled coffee on my hoody yesterday so that means my hoody smells delicious this morning. (Also I should probably wash it.)