Joseph Brassey
@josephbrassey.bsky.social
He/Him. Author of a buncha books. PRINCE OF CLAY out now. Serialized novel GLASSBLADE starting in January 2026. Swordsman. Repped by Laura Zats of Headwater Literary.
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My personal newsletter on fiction, life, art, and eventually serialized storytelling
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Okay y'all, my Beehiiv is up. The first post wont go live till June as I'm still working out the kinks of the platform and that first post will cover May. Sign up now, though, so that you get that first newsletter when it drops. #booksky
Absolutely amazing name. 10/10, no notes.
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Absolutely amazing name. 10/10, no notes.
I love Brennan Lee Mulligan but the idea that people aren’t guided by ideology but impulse and that those codes are created afterwards to justify behavior is just… very misguided.
Extremists are the way they are because they believe what they say they believe. Thinking otherwise is dangerous.
Extremists are the way they are because they believe what they say they believe. Thinking otherwise is dangerous.
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I love Brennan Lee Mulligan but the idea that people aren’t guided by ideology but impulse and that those codes are created afterwards to justify behavior is just… very misguided.
Extremists are the way they are because they believe what they say they believe. Thinking otherwise is dangerous.
Extremists are the way they are because they believe what they say they believe. Thinking otherwise is dangerous.
At 230 pounds which is roughly my current weight, I am now back squatting my body weight 20 times without stopping.
Which means not only have I hit my goal, but I’m stronger than I was before I stopped lifting last time.
Which means not only have I hit my goal, but I’m stronger than I was before I stopped lifting last time.
November 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
At 230 pounds which is roughly my current weight, I am now back squatting my body weight 20 times without stopping.
Which means not only have I hit my goal, but I’m stronger than I was before I stopped lifting last time.
Which means not only have I hit my goal, but I’m stronger than I was before I stopped lifting last time.
It’s so weird that this character is gonna be introduced to readers and they’re gonna live with that version of him for like 2.5 years and meanwhile the version I’m currently living with is so much further down his character arc.
That’s writing a series for you though.
That’s writing a series for you though.
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It’s so weird that this character is gonna be introduced to readers and they’re gonna live with that version of him for like 2.5 years and meanwhile the version I’m currently living with is so much further down his character arc.
That’s writing a series for you though.
That’s writing a series for you though.
I think it’s important to remember that “the Dems” didn’t cave. 8 moderate democrats did, and the rest of the party is pretty fucking pissed at them.
And those 8 moderates should be primaried to hell and back.
And those 8 moderates should be primaried to hell and back.
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I think it’s important to remember that “the Dems” didn’t cave. 8 moderate democrats did, and the rest of the party is pretty fucking pissed at them.
And those 8 moderates should be primaried to hell and back.
And those 8 moderates should be primaried to hell and back.
So primary these fuckers immediately.
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 AM
So primary these fuckers immediately.
One of the reasons this administration seems shocking in its stupidity as well as its cruelty is that most people’s conception of evil comes from stories that are written with ordinary decent people in mind as their audience. 1/
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
One of the reasons this administration seems shocking in its stupidity as well as its cruelty is that most people’s conception of evil comes from stories that are written with ordinary decent people in mind as their audience. 1/
People who read a lot of fiction online: what are your preferred platforms other than wattpad? I’m going to be hosting Glassblade chapters there after they’re released via my newsletter but I want to cast a wide net with links back to me and I’m not as familiar with this format. #booksky
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
People who read a lot of fiction online: what are your preferred platforms other than wattpad? I’m going to be hosting Glassblade chapters there after they’re released via my newsletter but I want to cast a wide net with links back to me and I’m not as familiar with this format. #booksky
This sort of thing makes me think of the nerds who occasionally walk into my sword classes who aren’t super fit and fall into two camps when they discover that swordsmanship is in fact a physically demanding activity and the jocks have a leg-up:
1. Decides to buckle down.
2. Quits in a rage.
1/
1. Decides to buckle down.
2. Quits in a rage.
1/
My two brothers are a union electrician and an Air Force veteran transit guy and we’ve all had actual “lifting shit” jobs, had guns waved at us, been in bar fights, and if any of us referred to ourselves as a “high testosterone male” the other two would drive them to the hospital for a
consultation.
consultation.
November 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This sort of thing makes me think of the nerds who occasionally walk into my sword classes who aren’t super fit and fall into two camps when they discover that swordsmanship is in fact a physically demanding activity and the jocks have a leg-up:
1. Decides to buckle down.
2. Quits in a rage.
1/
1. Decides to buckle down.
2. Quits in a rage.
1/
Reposted by Joseph Brassey
You cannot separate the current nightmare we now inhabit from the collapse/crisis in how rich, powerful middle-aged men perceive masculinity, especially their own insecurities.
I’m sorry, but a goofy looking guy who grew up a privileged son of a pediatrician and has a phd in social theory from the university of Goethe and started in tech by investing an inheritance left to him by his grandfather talking about being a “dude” is very, very funny to me.
November 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
You cannot separate the current nightmare we now inhabit from the collapse/crisis in how rich, powerful middle-aged men perceive masculinity, especially their own insecurities.
I look grumpy but I’m actually very happy because I got some important errands run. Dressing nicely on purpose has really helped my mental health lately.
November 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I look grumpy but I’m actually very happy because I got some important errands run. Dressing nicely on purpose has really helped my mental health lately.
Mamdani will gather a host of assemblymen and force King John to sign the Magna Carta, followed by a second round of the Oxford Provisions which will further limit the power of the Monarchy under Henry III. Will no-one think of these English Kings.
Mamdani will implement sumptuary law. Ladies will have to carefully measure how many ounces of gold are in their girdles, and wearing pearls on hats will be banned except for wives or courtesans of foreign mercenaries.
November 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Mamdani will gather a host of assemblymen and force King John to sign the Magna Carta, followed by a second round of the Oxford Provisions which will further limit the power of the Monarchy under Henry III. Will no-one think of these English Kings.
I have so much stuff to set up this month.
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I have so much stuff to set up this month.
Phrase of the day: “A fuckboy designed by Lockheed Martin.”
November 9, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Phrase of the day: “A fuckboy designed by Lockheed Martin.”
Playing Age of Calamity with the kids and they’re enjoying my saying “murder murder murder murder” in my best BOTW Princess Zelda impression a bit funnier than I’m comfortable with.
November 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Playing Age of Calamity with the kids and they’re enjoying my saying “murder murder murder murder” in my best BOTW Princess Zelda impression a bit funnier than I’m comfortable with.
This entire assembly process is way more zen than I expected it to be.
November 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
This entire assembly process is way more zen than I expected it to be.
Happened across a video this morning of a young woman snarling over the fact that the guy she’s into isn’t picking up what she’s trying to hint at and this was the top comment.
Reader, I died.
Reader, I died.
November 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Happened across a video this morning of a young woman snarling over the fact that the guy she’s into isn’t picking up what she’s trying to hint at and this was the top comment.
Reader, I died.
Reader, I died.
“LOOK AT THE PARTIALLY ASSEMBLED. LOOK AT THEM SISTER. LOOK AT THEM.”
#warhammer40k
#warhammer40k
November 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
“LOOK AT THE PARTIALLY ASSEMBLED. LOOK AT THEM SISTER. LOOK AT THEM.”
#warhammer40k
#warhammer40k
Reposted by Joseph Brassey
Sometimes the doodles are just as amusing… (if you remember, Brek is a vampire).
#someonetowatchoverme
#someonetowatchoverme
November 8, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Sometimes the doodles are just as amusing… (if you remember, Brek is a vampire).
#someonetowatchoverme
#someonetowatchoverme
A bit of a pep talk on how understanding the rules for breaking into genre fiction is important for the same reason as understanding the rules of genre fiction:
If you don’t understand the rules, you won’t know how to recognize when you can take advantage of an exception. #booksky
If you don’t understand the rules, you won’t know how to recognize when you can take advantage of an exception. #booksky
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
A bit of a pep talk on how understanding the rules for breaking into genre fiction is important for the same reason as understanding the rules of genre fiction:
If you don’t understand the rules, you won’t know how to recognize when you can take advantage of an exception. #booksky
If you don’t understand the rules, you won’t know how to recognize when you can take advantage of an exception. #booksky
Make that TWO little plastic warriors I have assembled successfully. #warhammer40k
November 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Make that TWO little plastic warriors I have assembled successfully. #warhammer40k
The assembly is going well. #warhammer40k
November 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The assembly is going well. #warhammer40k
Reposted by Joseph Brassey
If you don't pay a proper salary for public office, the only people you get occupying public office are the already rich who are there to ensure they stay that way and you never get there
people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up
The Mayor of New York only makes $260k. I bet there are police that make more than that in NY with overtime.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
November 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
If you don't pay a proper salary for public office, the only people you get occupying public office are the already rich who are there to ensure they stay that way and you never get there
Dude.
Miss World Chile did is in a metal band. This was her talent portion at Miss World
www.instagram.com/reel/DQuI2W7...
www.instagram.com/reel/DQuI2W7...
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Dude.
Reposted by Joseph Brassey
Every time Nazis try to use Tolkien to justify white supremacy, I like to float this 1941 letter in which Tolkien called Hitler a "ruddy little ignoramus" and accused him of "ruining, perverting, misapplying, and making for ever accursed" the spirit of the cultures upon which he based his works.
November 7, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Every time Nazis try to use Tolkien to justify white supremacy, I like to float this 1941 letter in which Tolkien called Hitler a "ruddy little ignoramus" and accused him of "ruining, perverting, misapplying, and making for ever accursed" the spirit of the cultures upon which he based his works.