Jason Dorough
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Epic fantasy author
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Hi! I'm an author and voiceover artist who also creates BookTok videos and other social media stuff. I'm the creator of the gaslamp epic fantasy Teshovar series, and I have a degree in Computer Science from Georgia Tech, where I learned I didn't want to be a computer scientist after all.
I keep coming to BlueSky to post something, realizing it doesn't allow enough characters in one post, and then posting it on Threads instead 🤷♂️
April 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I keep coming to BlueSky to post something, realizing it doesn't allow enough characters in one post, and then posting it on Threads instead 🤷♂️
I just saw TikTok has randomly put all my signed paperbacks on a flash sale! Until midnight Eastern US time, they're all half price. If you're in the US, go grab em fast! Follow this link to my TikTok account, and then go to my shop / spotlight to find the paperbacks that are on sale:
Jason Dorough - Author 📚's Creator Profile
www.tiktok.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I just saw TikTok has randomly put all my signed paperbacks on a flash sale! Until midnight Eastern US time, they're all half price. If you're in the US, go grab em fast! Follow this link to my TikTok account, and then go to my shop / spotlight to find the paperbacks that are on sale:
People who aren't writers underestimate how much of the writing process is just sitting and staring into space with a blank expression.
March 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
People who aren't writers underestimate how much of the writing process is just sitting and staring into space with a blank expression.
I feel like I'm finally getting my writing mojo back. I had to stop midway through shaving my head this morning so I could write down amazing ideas I had for specific problems I've been wrestling with in both Books 3 and 4.
March 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I feel like I'm finally getting my writing mojo back. I had to stop midway through shaving my head this morning so I could write down amazing ideas I had for specific problems I've been wrestling with in both Books 3 and 4.
Wait, so... CapCut is suddenly putting a watermark on any videos we export unless we pay for Premium? And Premium is... 🧐 $25 a month?? Can we just go back to having the app banned instead?
March 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Wait, so... CapCut is suddenly putting a watermark on any videos we export unless we pay for Premium? And Premium is... 🧐 $25 a month?? Can we just go back to having the app banned instead?
I didn’t like the miniatures that came with my Marvel Dice Throne board game, so I’m making my own. The first set of characters is drying while the second prints. These models were designed by various creators—Legion, Hall of Heroes, C27, and Wicked3D have figures in this batch.
March 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I didn’t like the miniatures that came with my Marvel Dice Throne board game, so I’m making my own. The first set of characters is drying while the second prints. These models were designed by various creators—Legion, Hall of Heroes, C27, and Wicked3D have figures in this batch.
I'm used to flying Southwest and benefitting from their two free checked bags for carrying my books to signings. Now that they're getting rid of the free bags and likely raising prices overall, the likelihood that I'll be doing any book signings outside of Florida and Georgia has greatly decreased.
March 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I'm used to flying Southwest and benefitting from their two free checked bags for carrying my books to signings. Now that they're getting rid of the free bags and likely raising prices overall, the likelihood that I'll be doing any book signings outside of Florida and Georgia has greatly decreased.
Trying to reset my TikTok algorithm today. Suddenly my entire FYP is videos from the cast of Buffy, and all my reading and writing content is gone. I do love me some BTVS, and that whole cast is delightful, but that's not really what I use my TikTok for!
March 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Trying to reset my TikTok algorithm today. Suddenly my entire FYP is videos from the cast of Buffy, and all my reading and writing content is gone. I do love me some BTVS, and that whole cast is delightful, but that's not really what I use my TikTok for!
1/ Businesses boycotting AWS would hurt Amazon. Readers boycotting Kindle Unlimited would not. Independent authors are the ONLY ones who suffer when readers stop reading their books. Also, Andy Jassy is the CEO of Amazon; Jeff Bezos hasn't been since 2021.
March 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
1/ Businesses boycotting AWS would hurt Amazon. Readers boycotting Kindle Unlimited would not. Independent authors are the ONLY ones who suffer when readers stop reading their books. Also, Andy Jassy is the CEO of Amazon; Jeff Bezos hasn't been since 2021.
Google made changes, and a bunch of my most-used Chrome browser extensions no longer work. Switching to Brave as my new browser only took a few clicks, and I have zero regrets.
March 7, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Google made changes, and a bunch of my most-used Chrome browser extensions no longer work. Switching to Brave as my new browser only took a few clicks, and I have zero regrets.
1/ I'm very much a process-oriented person, but the sad truth is that I don't really have a reliable process for writing a book. Every time I start a new project, it feels like it's the first time all over again.
March 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
1/ I'm very much a process-oriented person, but the sad truth is that I don't really have a reliable process for writing a book. Every time I start a new project, it feels like it's the first time all over again.
If you publish through IngramSpark, this is your reminder that their print fees are changing again on April 1! I just posted a TikTok showing where you can see how this will impact your compensation:
www.tiktok.com/@jasondoroug...
www.tiktok.com/@jasondoroug...
IngramSpark is changing their print costs again. Make sure you’re prepared! #BookTok #authorsoftiktok #ingramspark #selfpublishing #authortok
TikTok video by Jason Dorough - Author 📚
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March 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
If you publish through IngramSpark, this is your reminder that their print fees are changing again on April 1! I just posted a TikTok showing where you can see how this will impact your compensation:
www.tiktok.com/@jasondoroug...
www.tiktok.com/@jasondoroug...
Don't buy my books tomorrow, February 28. I'm in full support of the global economic blackout. Feel free to buy my books and everybody else's again on Saturday (and please do!), but hang onto your money tomorrow.
February 28, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Don't buy my books tomorrow, February 28. I'm in full support of the global economic blackout. Feel free to buy my books and everybody else's again on Saturday (and please do!), but hang onto your money tomorrow.
Ah, yes! The anxiety of receiving a huge new shipment of your own books. Will they all be fine? Will they all be damaged? Will half be fine? Will a quarter of them be Onyx Storm? WE'LL SOON FIND OUT!
February 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Ah, yes! The anxiety of receiving a huge new shipment of your own books. Will they all be fine? Will they all be damaged? Will half be fine? Will a quarter of them be Onyx Storm? WE'LL SOON FIND OUT!
I woke up in the middle of the night trying to remember how many seasons Tom Hiddleston was Doctor Who. It was only after I was fully awake this morning that I realized I was thinking about season 1 of Loki 🤦♂️
February 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I woke up in the middle of the night trying to remember how many seasons Tom Hiddleston was Doctor Who. It was only after I was fully awake this morning that I realized I was thinking about season 1 of Loki 🤦♂️
I just finished reading Golden Son, the sequel to Red Rising, and it's fantastic. I normally skip around and don't read series straight through, but I'm going to have to jump right into the third book immediately.
February 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I just finished reading Golden Son, the sequel to Red Rising, and it's fantastic. I normally skip around and don't read series straight through, but I'm going to have to jump right into the third book immediately.
I finally had time to start Dragon Age: The Veilguard and am thoroughly enjoying it! Here’s my Rook, who accidentally ended up looking a little like a Gelfling.
February 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I finally had time to start Dragon Age: The Veilguard and am thoroughly enjoying it! Here’s my Rook, who accidentally ended up looking a little like a Gelfling.
How come it's always calculator and never calcuNOW? 😩
February 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
How come it's always calculator and never calcuNOW? 😩
As promised, I made a video giving my thoughts about why I think my book signing this past weekend at MegaCon went so well. It's now posted on my TikTok and Instagram, and you can find both of those in my links!
February 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
As promised, I made a video giving my thoughts about why I think my book signing this past weekend at MegaCon went so well. It's now posted on my TikTok and Instagram, and you can find both of those in my links!
My MegaCon book signing went really, really well, and I'm thinking about making a video about the things I think made it such a success. Is that something people would be interested in hearing?
February 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
My MegaCon book signing went really, really well, and I'm thinking about making a video about the things I think made it such a success. Is that something people would be interested in hearing?
Thank you so much to everybody who came to my table at the MegaCon signing today. I had a fantastic time, saw great friends I don’t see often enough, and sold more books in 2 hours than I thought possible. I was too busy to take many pics, but here are the few I managed to get, solo & with friends!
February 9, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Thank you so much to everybody who came to my table at the MegaCon signing today. I had a fantastic time, saw great friends I don’t see often enough, and sold more books in 2 hours than I thought possible. I was too busy to take many pics, but here are the few I managed to get, solo & with friends!
Reminder if you're at #MegaCon that I'll be signing books tomorrow (Saturday, February 8) from 1-3pm Eastern in the Book Nook area (Room N329) on the second floor of the convention center. Come find me, and I look forward to meeting you!
February 8, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Reminder if you're at #MegaCon that I'll be signing books tomorrow (Saturday, February 8) from 1-3pm Eastern in the Book Nook area (Room N329) on the second floor of the convention center. Come find me, and I look forward to meeting you!
That feeling when you've trained yourself to sign your name in your book-signing style and accidentally start signing legal documents and other non-book things that way. People are just going to think I'm extremely extra.
February 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
That feeling when you've trained yourself to sign your name in your book-signing style and accidentally start signing legal documents and other non-book things that way. People are just going to think I'm extremely extra.
I'll be signing books at MegaCon in Orlando this coming Saturday, February 8, from 1-3pm Eastern. My signing is in N329 (second floor of the convention center, north concourse). If you're there, stop by and say hi! Map and details are in the images.
February 4, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I'll be signing books at MegaCon in Orlando this coming Saturday, February 8, from 1-3pm Eastern. My signing is in N329 (second floor of the convention center, north concourse). If you're there, stop by and say hi! Map and details are in the images.
