Tomas Raven
@tomasraven.com
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Tomas Raven
@tomasraven.com
· Feb 4
Got some new followers (welcome!) so figured it's a good time for a (re)introduction post!
Hi, I'm Tomas, a writer/gamer/gamedev from the Netherlands. Things I like:
📚 Books
✍️ Writing
🎮 Games
🐉 Fantasy
🌌 Lovecraftian/cosmic horror
🎵🤘 Metal (Powerwolf/Sabaton are my favs)
🎭 Theater
Hi, I'm Tomas, a writer/gamer/gamedev from the Netherlands. Things I like:
📚 Books
✍️ Writing
🎮 Games
🐉 Fantasy
🌌 Lovecraftian/cosmic horror
🎵🤘 Metal (Powerwolf/Sabaton are my favs)
🎭 Theater
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I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
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December 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
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Just deleted my old X/Twitter accounts and deleted the app from my phone.
Kept them around just to hold the @s but am genuinely never gonna do anything with it anymore. Good riddance.
Kept them around just to hold the @s but am genuinely never gonna do anything with it anymore. Good riddance.
October 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Just deleted my old X/Twitter accounts and deleted the app from my phone.
Kept them around just to hold the @s but am genuinely never gonna do anything with it anymore. Good riddance.
Kept them around just to hold the @s but am genuinely never gonna do anything with it anymore. Good riddance.
Define your music taste in eight artists.
Powerwolf
Sabaton
Xandria
Nightwish
Brothers of Metal
DragonForce
AC/DC
Queen
Powerwolf
Sabaton
Xandria
Nightwish
Brothers of Metal
DragonForce
AC/DC
Queen
Define your music taste in eight artists.
The National (Matt Berninger)
Josh Ritter
Gregory Alan Isakov
Sam Tinnesz
Anais Mitchell
Angus and Julia Stone
Breaking Benjamin (Benjamin Burnley)
Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong)
Your turn! 🎶🎧
The National (Matt Berninger)
Josh Ritter
Gregory Alan Isakov
Sam Tinnesz
Anais Mitchell
Angus and Julia Stone
Breaking Benjamin (Benjamin Burnley)
Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong)
Your turn! 🎶🎧
Define your music taste in eight artists.
Korn
Disturbed
ICP
Twiztid
Linkin Park
Skynd
Gojira
Slipknot
Korn
Disturbed
ICP
Twiztid
Linkin Park
Skynd
Gojira
Slipknot
October 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Define your music taste in eight artists.
Powerwolf
Sabaton
Xandria
Nightwish
Brothers of Metal
DragonForce
AC/DC
Queen
Powerwolf
Sabaton
Xandria
Nightwish
Brothers of Metal
DragonForce
AC/DC
Queen
After almost a year of not playing I finally wrapped up my evil playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3. My Drow Sorcerer Veszryn dominated the Netherbrain and became the Absolute. With the help of his beloved Minthara and his loyal companions Lae'zel and Astarion.
October 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
After almost a year of not playing I finally wrapped up my evil playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3. My Drow Sorcerer Veszryn dominated the Netherbrain and became the Absolute. With the help of his beloved Minthara and his loyal companions Lae'zel and Astarion.
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"Dancing With The Dead" just hit 20 million streams on Spotify - seems like you never stopped dancing with us! Who’s still spinning this one today?
October 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"Dancing With The Dead" just hit 20 million streams on Spotify - seems like you never stopped dancing with us! Who’s still spinning this one today?
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Three years of "My Will Be Done" - time flies! Give it another spin today and celebrate with us! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H-g...
POWERWOLF - My Will Be Done (Official Video) | Napalm Records
YouTube video by Napalm Records
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October 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Three years of "My Will Be Done" - time flies! Give it another spin today and celebrate with us! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H-g...
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You know the voice in the back of your head that says no one wants to read your book?
Drown it.
Burn it with fire.
Get a bat and start swinging.
Don't let it exist and lie to you. Destroy it and keep writing.
Keep. Writing.
Drown it.
Burn it with fire.
Get a bat and start swinging.
Don't let it exist and lie to you. Destroy it and keep writing.
Keep. Writing.
October 9, 2025 at 4:22 AM
You know the voice in the back of your head that says no one wants to read your book?
Drown it.
Burn it with fire.
Get a bat and start swinging.
Don't let it exist and lie to you. Destroy it and keep writing.
Keep. Writing.
Drown it.
Burn it with fire.
Get a bat and start swinging.
Don't let it exist and lie to you. Destroy it and keep writing.
Keep. Writing.
The closer I get to finishing the first revision of “In the Heart of the Holy Sea”, the slower I get.
I tell myself I’ve other things to do. But reality is I gotta find people to give feedback once done and that kinda frightens me 🙃
I tell myself I’ve other things to do. But reality is I gotta find people to give feedback once done and that kinda frightens me 🙃
July 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The closer I get to finishing the first revision of “In the Heart of the Holy Sea”, the slower I get.
I tell myself I’ve other things to do. But reality is I gotta find people to give feedback once done and that kinda frightens me 🙃
I tell myself I’ve other things to do. But reality is I gotta find people to give feedback once done and that kinda frightens me 🙃
Finally hung the LEGO Sunflowers I built like 2-3 months ago on the wall. And got a new salon table to display the Colosseum, absolutely loving how it looks!! 🤩
July 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Finally hung the LEGO Sunflowers I built like 2-3 months ago on the wall. And got a new salon table to display the Colosseum, absolutely loving how it looks!! 🤩
Expanded my LEGO collection with the Endurance set and started building it today.
Every set I’m again impressed with the design techniques and how things come together.
Every set I’m again impressed with the design techniques and how things come together.
July 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Expanded my LEGO collection with the Endurance set and started building it today.
Every set I’m again impressed with the design techniques and how things come together.
Every set I’m again impressed with the design techniques and how things come together.
@nataliekelda.bsky.social has anyone ever told you they like your writing better than Tolkien?
I recently finished Outer Universe and found it more enjoyable to read than Fellowship of the Ring tbh 😄 (and a cool sequel to Inner Universe too!)
I recently finished Outer Universe and found it more enjoyable to read than Fellowship of the Ring tbh 😄 (and a cool sequel to Inner Universe too!)
July 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
@nataliekelda.bsky.social has anyone ever told you they like your writing better than Tolkien?
I recently finished Outer Universe and found it more enjoyable to read than Fellowship of the Ring tbh 😄 (and a cool sequel to Inner Universe too!)
I recently finished Outer Universe and found it more enjoyable to read than Fellowship of the Ring tbh 😄 (and a cool sequel to Inner Universe too!)
#FantasyIndiesApril #1
Hi, I'm Tomas! I mainly write fantasy but also dabble in scifi and cosmic horror.
Current WIP is my debut "In the Heart of the Holy Sea", a fantasy-of-manners novel about the life of a man who defies the society-defining religious doctrine.
Hi, I'm Tomas! I mainly write fantasy but also dabble in scifi and cosmic horror.
Current WIP is my debut "In the Heart of the Holy Sea", a fantasy-of-manners novel about the life of a man who defies the society-defining religious doctrine.
April 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
#FantasyIndiesApril #1
Hi, I'm Tomas! I mainly write fantasy but also dabble in scifi and cosmic horror.
Current WIP is my debut "In the Heart of the Holy Sea", a fantasy-of-manners novel about the life of a man who defies the society-defining religious doctrine.
Hi, I'm Tomas! I mainly write fantasy but also dabble in scifi and cosmic horror.
Current WIP is my debut "In the Heart of the Holy Sea", a fantasy-of-manners novel about the life of a man who defies the society-defining religious doctrine.
Note at the top of my revision notes: "Cut down the word count!"
Reality after revising the first 10 chapters: added almost 3000 words.
Reality after revising the first 10 chapters: added almost 3000 words.
After revising + restructuring the first 8 chapters, word count has gone from 15.3k to *checks notes* 17.8k 😅
Thought the word count was supposed to go down but apparently not lol. Maybe in the remaining 50+ chapters.
Thought the word count was supposed to go down but apparently not lol. Maybe in the remaining 50+ chapters.
So I’ve begun the first round of revisions by rewriting the first chapter (again), which has gone from ~2.8k words to *checks notes* ~4.1k 😅
I think it’s a stronger start now, though the old version had some better character introductions. Gotta see if I can improve those later.
I think it’s a stronger start now, though the old version had some better character introductions. Gotta see if I can improve those later.
April 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Note at the top of my revision notes: "Cut down the word count!"
Reality after revising the first 10 chapters: added almost 3000 words.
Reality after revising the first 10 chapters: added almost 3000 words.
When you spent half of March thinking "let's join in on the #FantasyIndiesApril tag when it starts!", only to completely forget about it for several days as April starts 😅
I'll be catching up later today once I finish revising this chapter!
I'll be catching up later today once I finish revising this chapter!
April 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
When you spent half of March thinking "let's join in on the #FantasyIndiesApril tag when it starts!", only to completely forget about it for several days as April starts 😅
I'll be catching up later today once I finish revising this chapter!
I'll be catching up later today once I finish revising this chapter!
Revising chapter 10, and I encountered the first sentence where I *think* there's a typo, but I also have no idea what my former self meant exactly 😂(wtf is "a weight of spread"??)
"He strode slowly, each of his steps seeming to carry a weight of spread through the otherwise quiet room."
"He strode slowly, each of his steps seeming to carry a weight of spread through the otherwise quiet room."
April 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Revising chapter 10, and I encountered the first sentence where I *think* there's a typo, but I also have no idea what my former self meant exactly 😂(wtf is "a weight of spread"??)
"He strode slowly, each of his steps seeming to carry a weight of spread through the otherwise quiet room."
"He strode slowly, each of his steps seeming to carry a weight of spread through the otherwise quiet room."
TIL it is a bad idea for me to browse the Lego site at any moment, really 🙃
On a totally unrelated note, I need more money and possibly a bigger house 😂
On a totally unrelated note, I need more money and possibly a bigger house 😂
April 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
TIL it is a bad idea for me to browse the Lego site at any moment, really 🙃
On a totally unrelated note, I need more money and possibly a bigger house 😂
On a totally unrelated note, I need more money and possibly a bigger house 😂
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Nothing like seeing your books in the wild 🥹
#booksky📚💙
#booksky📚💙
I think they look quite pretty together, right? 😁
@nataliekelda.bsky.social
@nataliekelda.bsky.social
April 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Nothing like seeing your books in the wild 🥹
#booksky📚💙
#booksky📚💙
Had 5 job interviews this week across 4 applications; 1 every day.
Was it tiring? Yes.
Do I think there’s a good chance one of them leads to a job? Also yes.
Was it tiring? Yes.
Do I think there’s a good chance one of them leads to a job? Also yes.
April 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Had 5 job interviews this week across 4 applications; 1 every day.
Was it tiring? Yes.
Do I think there’s a good chance one of them leads to a job? Also yes.
Was it tiring? Yes.
Do I think there’s a good chance one of them leads to a job? Also yes.
I think they look quite pretty together, right? 😁
@nataliekelda.bsky.social
@nataliekelda.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I think they look quite pretty together, right? 😁
@nataliekelda.bsky.social
@nataliekelda.bsky.social
Love those little moments when out of nowhere an idea/improvement for a WIP pops into your mind 😁
#writersky
#writersky
April 4, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Love those little moments when out of nowhere an idea/improvement for a WIP pops into your mind 😁
#writersky
#writersky
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If you see this, post your green art 🌿🌱🍃
Caught me, have some green arts 💚
Caught me, have some green arts 💚
March 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
If you see this, post your green art 🌿🌱🍃
Caught me, have some green arts 💚
Caught me, have some green arts 💚
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