James Molloy
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Thinking of starting a podcast where indie authors talk about the books that shaped them—as readers, as writers, as people.
Would you listen? Want to be a guest?
Working title: Offbeat Journeys.
Soft callout to the offbeat & brilliant.
#indieauthors #writingcommunity #bookchat
Would you listen? Want to be a guest?
Working title: Offbeat Journeys.
Soft callout to the offbeat & brilliant.
#indieauthors #writingcommunity #bookchat
Understanding usually comes slower than judgement. Worth the wait.
December 20, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Understanding usually comes slower than judgement. Worth the wait.
Some stories stay because they refuse to rush the truth.
December 18, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Some stories stay because they refuse to rush the truth.
I'm feeling less interested in being 'impressive' and more interested in staying consistent.
December 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I'm feeling less interested in being 'impressive' and more interested in staying consistent.
Books stay with us because they speak to the parts we rarely name.
December 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Books stay with us because they speak to the parts we rarely name.
Most of the time, you can pick up where you left off and keep moving. Creative reboots don't need fireworks.
December 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Most of the time, you can pick up where you left off and keep moving. Creative reboots don't need fireworks.
Momentum comes from starting before you feel ready to begin. Not from motivation. Seriously.
December 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Momentum comes from starting before you feel ready to begin. Not from motivation. Seriously.
Funny how the quietest ideas often turn out to be the ones that ring the loudest.
December 4, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Funny how the quietest ideas often turn out to be the ones that ring the loudest.
I’ve stopped trying to be impressive online. I’m building something slower and truer, and it feels better.
December 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I’ve stopped trying to be impressive online. I’m building something slower and truer, and it feels better.
If your choices shift, maybe you're shifting too...and growing?
November 30, 2025 at 9:16 AM
If your choices shift, maybe you're shifting too...and growing?
Sustainability isn't a statement. It's more like a habit that needs work.
November 29, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Sustainability isn't a statement. It's more like a habit that needs work.
Small indie podcast reaching the top 20. Still feels unreal!
https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/offbeat-journeys/id1850773659
https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/offbeat-journeys/id1850773659
Offbeat Journeys
Books Podcast · Offbeat Journeys. Books that shaped us. Stories that shift us. Conversations with indie authors and occasional solo wanderings, about the stories that leave a mark. Hosted by James, Offbeat Journeys…
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November 27, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Small indie podcast reaching the top 20. Still feels unreal!
https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/offbeat-journeys/id1850773659
https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/offbeat-journeys/id1850773659
Offbeat Journeys is live! Tap the link for Spotify / Apple / Amazon 🎧💚
Hit subscribe on your platform of choice!
pod.link/1850773659
Hit subscribe on your platform of choice!
pod.link/1850773659
November 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Offbeat Journeys is live! Tap the link for Spotify / Apple / Amazon 🎧💚
Hit subscribe on your platform of choice!
pod.link/1850773659
Hit subscribe on your platform of choice!
pod.link/1850773659
Almost scrapped Unkindness last week. Half of me loves it. Half of me really wants to bin it. I think the tug-of-war means the story’s still well on its way?
September 9, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Almost scrapped Unkindness last week. Half of me loves it. Half of me really wants to bin it. I think the tug-of-war means the story’s still well on its way?
I skipped two weeks of the newsletter. Not because I quit or didn’t care, I love writing that thing. Sometimes it’s best to say nothing.
September 8, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I skipped two weeks of the newsletter. Not because I quit or didn’t care, I love writing that thing. Sometimes it’s best to say nothing.
Her story is hours away from being told.
They tried to bury it.
Tried to lock it down.
But some things don’t stay buried.
Check the comments.
Before it disappears again. 🤫
They tried to bury it.
Tried to lock it down.
But some things don’t stay buried.
Check the comments.
Before it disappears again. 🤫
June 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Her story is hours away from being told.
They tried to bury it.
Tried to lock it down.
But some things don’t stay buried.
Check the comments.
Before it disappears again. 🤫
They tried to bury it.
Tried to lock it down.
But some things don’t stay buried.
Check the comments.
Before it disappears again. 🤫
“Terms & Conditions: Internal Use Only.”
I’ve been showing fragments.
A girl posting into silence.
An experiment gone too far.
Pretending Group C never existed.
If you’ve been following the clues,
and you want the full story…let me know.
I’ll send the link before they make it disappear.
I’ve been showing fragments.
A girl posting into silence.
An experiment gone too far.
Pretending Group C never existed.
If you’ve been following the clues,
and you want the full story…let me know.
I’ll send the link before they make it disappear.
June 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
“Terms & Conditions: Internal Use Only.”
I’ve been showing fragments.
A girl posting into silence.
An experiment gone too far.
Pretending Group C never existed.
If you’ve been following the clues,
and you want the full story…let me know.
I’ll send the link before they make it disappear.
I’ve been showing fragments.
A girl posting into silence.
An experiment gone too far.
Pretending Group C never existed.
If you’ve been following the clues,
and you want the full story…let me know.
I’ll send the link before they make it disappear.
No comments.
No replies.
She posted at 02:03.
She never got to see the likes.
No replies.
She posted at 02:03.
She never got to see the likes.
June 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
No comments.
No replies.
She posted at 02:03.
She never got to see the likes.
No replies.
She posted at 02:03.
She never got to see the likes.
“Group C never existed.”
That’s the official company line.
But I’ve read the file.
Someone’s trying to hide something from us.
I’m working on a way to show you. Soon.
#UnkindnessBook #IndieAuthor #ShortStory
That’s the official company line.
But I’ve read the file.
Someone’s trying to hide something from us.
I’m working on a way to show you. Soon.
#UnkindnessBook #IndieAuthor #ShortStory
June 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
“Group C never existed.”
That’s the official company line.
But I’ve read the file.
Someone’s trying to hide something from us.
I’m working on a way to show you. Soon.
#UnkindnessBook #IndieAuthor #ShortStory
That’s the official company line.
But I’ve read the file.
Someone’s trying to hide something from us.
I’m working on a way to show you. Soon.
#UnkindnessBook #IndieAuthor #ShortStory
One line from the file hasn’t left me:
“There was no ‘undo’ button for what she thought the silence meant.”
That’s all I’ll say today.
“There was no ‘undo’ button for what she thought the silence meant.”
That’s all I’ll say today.
I wasn’t supposed to find this file.
It had no name. No author. Only a single heading: “Terms & Conditions — Internal Use Only”
I don’t know if I should share it.
(Yet.)
#InternalUseOnly #UnkindnessBook #StoryDrop
It had no name. No author. Only a single heading: “Terms & Conditions — Internal Use Only”
I don’t know if I should share it.
(Yet.)
#InternalUseOnly #UnkindnessBook #StoryDrop
June 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
One line from the file hasn’t left me:
“There was no ‘undo’ button for what she thought the silence meant.”
That’s all I’ll say today.
“There was no ‘undo’ button for what she thought the silence meant.”
That’s all I’ll say today.
I wasn’t supposed to find this file.
It had no name. No author. Only a single heading: “Terms & Conditions — Internal Use Only”
I don’t know if I should share it.
(Yet.)
#InternalUseOnly #UnkindnessBook #StoryDrop
It had no name. No author. Only a single heading: “Terms & Conditions — Internal Use Only”
I don’t know if I should share it.
(Yet.)
#InternalUseOnly #UnkindnessBook #StoryDrop
June 24, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I wasn’t supposed to find this file.
It had no name. No author. Only a single heading: “Terms & Conditions — Internal Use Only”
I don’t know if I should share it.
(Yet.)
#InternalUseOnly #UnkindnessBook #StoryDrop
It had no name. No author. Only a single heading: “Terms & Conditions — Internal Use Only”
I don’t know if I should share it.
(Yet.)
#InternalUseOnly #UnkindnessBook #StoryDrop
Unkindness is finally back on the page after so many delays. The current scene makes me genuinely excited. It’s tense, it’s emotional, it’s…exactly why I wanted to tell the story in the first place…I can’t wait to share it! #UnkindnessBook #BackToWriting #OffbeatJourneys
June 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Unkindness is finally back on the page after so many delays. The current scene makes me genuinely excited. It’s tense, it’s emotional, it’s…exactly why I wanted to tell the story in the first place…I can’t wait to share it! #UnkindnessBook #BackToWriting #OffbeatJourneys
🎙️ Offbeat Journeys is nearly here!
Not just another book podcast
A space for soulful convos with indie authors about the books that shaped them and the unlearning it took to get here.
Episode #1 coming soon.
Follow to be the first to hear it. #PodcastComingSoon #WritersOnWriting #OffbeatJourneys
Not just another book podcast
A space for soulful convos with indie authors about the books that shaped them and the unlearning it took to get here.
Episode #1 coming soon.
Follow to be the first to hear it. #PodcastComingSoon #WritersOnWriting #OffbeatJourneys
June 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
🎙️ Offbeat Journeys is nearly here!
Not just another book podcast
A space for soulful convos with indie authors about the books that shaped them and the unlearning it took to get here.
Episode #1 coming soon.
Follow to be the first to hear it. #PodcastComingSoon #WritersOnWriting #OffbeatJourneys
Not just another book podcast
A space for soulful convos with indie authors about the books that shaped them and the unlearning it took to get here.
Episode #1 coming soon.
Follow to be the first to hear it. #PodcastComingSoon #WritersOnWriting #OffbeatJourneys
Sometimes the best ideas don’t knock.
They just… settle in and wait until you’re ready.
#OffbeatJourneys #WritingQuotes #IdeaInTheWings
They just… settle in and wait until you’re ready.
#OffbeatJourneys #WritingQuotes #IdeaInTheWings
June 7, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Sometimes the best ideas don’t knock.
They just… settle in and wait until you’re ready.
#OffbeatJourneys #WritingQuotes #IdeaInTheWings
They just… settle in and wait until you’re ready.
#OffbeatJourneys #WritingQuotes #IdeaInTheWings
If you know anyone who’d enjoy this quiet, chaotic journey. From hospital visits to surprise ideas and everything between,
I’d love for you to share this newsletter with them.
There’s always room for more.
https://jamesmolloyauthor.substack.com
#NewsletterGrowth #OffbeatReaders #WriterCommunity
I’d love for you to share this newsletter with them.
There’s always room for more.
https://jamesmolloyauthor.substack.com
#NewsletterGrowth #OffbeatReaders #WriterCommunity
Offbeat Journeys by James | James Molloy | Substack
Join James, an independent author, as he shares insights from his self-publishing journey, explores the unconventional paths of creativity, and offers a behind-the-scenes look at the writing life. Click to read Offbeat Journeys by James, by James Molloy, a Substack publication. Launched a year ago.
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June 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
If you know anyone who’d enjoy this quiet, chaotic journey. From hospital visits to surprise ideas and everything between,
I’d love for you to share this newsletter with them.
There’s always room for more.
https://jamesmolloyauthor.substack.com
#NewsletterGrowth #OffbeatReaders #WriterCommunity
I’d love for you to share this newsletter with them.
There’s always room for more.
https://jamesmolloyauthor.substack.com
#NewsletterGrowth #OffbeatReaders #WriterCommunity