Tom Fowler
@tomfowlerbooks.com
USAT Bestselling indie author of crime fiction and thrillers. ITW, AG, IBPA, ALLI member. Baltimore sports homer. Husband, dad, and dog dad. Lover of coffee and pizza but not together.
https://linktr.ee/tomfowlerwrites
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#Coffee hot take:
I have yet to find a dark roast I enjoy consistently more than Folgers Black Silk. None of the fancy or “premium” coffees are any better, and almost all are worse.
I have yet to find a dark roast I enjoy consistently more than Folgers Black Silk. None of the fancy or “premium” coffees are any better, and almost all are worse.
May 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
#Coffee hot take:
I have yet to find a dark roast I enjoy consistently more than Folgers Black Silk. None of the fancy or “premium” coffees are any better, and almost all are worse.
I have yet to find a dark roast I enjoy consistently more than Folgers Black Silk. None of the fancy or “premium” coffees are any better, and almost all are worse.
The Manfred decision is an embarrassment for #mlb.
Or it would be if the commissioner’s bosses cared about anything more than their bank accounts.
Pete Rose broke THE cardinal rule of baseball, the one that goes to the game’s integrity.
He’s also an admitted statutory 🍇ist.
Fuck Pete Rose.
Or it would be if the commissioner’s bosses cared about anything more than their bank accounts.
Pete Rose broke THE cardinal rule of baseball, the one that goes to the game’s integrity.
He’s also an admitted statutory 🍇ist.
Fuck Pete Rose.
May 14, 2025 at 3:54 AM
The Manfred decision is an embarrassment for #mlb.
Or it would be if the commissioner’s bosses cared about anything more than their bank accounts.
Pete Rose broke THE cardinal rule of baseball, the one that goes to the game’s integrity.
He’s also an admitted statutory 🍇ist.
Fuck Pete Rose.
Or it would be if the commissioner’s bosses cared about anything more than their bank accounts.
Pete Rose broke THE cardinal rule of baseball, the one that goes to the game’s integrity.
He’s also an admitted statutory 🍇ist.
Fuck Pete Rose.
Our next pope after the brand new one needs to be Duncan MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod.
May 9, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Our next pope after the brand new one needs to be Duncan MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod.
The final season of BOSCH: LEGACY - more Bosch than legacy, but Harry is an all-time TV detective, so it’s OK. Recommended.
Looking forward to the Renee Ballard spinoff (with great casting).
Looking forward to the Renee Ballard spinoff (with great casting).
April 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The final season of BOSCH: LEGACY - more Bosch than legacy, but Harry is an all-time TV detective, so it’s OK. Recommended.
Looking forward to the Renee Ballard spinoff (with great casting).
Looking forward to the Renee Ballard spinoff (with great casting).
My new thriller COLLISION COURSE got selected as a Top Indie Fave by the lovely folks at @barnesandnoble.com Nook Press!
Happy to be included. The Nook team are great partners in indie publishing.
Happy to be included. The Nook team are great partners in indie publishing.
March 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
My new thriller COLLISION COURSE got selected as a Top Indie Fave by the lovely folks at @barnesandnoble.com Nook Press!
Happy to be included. The Nook team are great partners in indie publishing.
Happy to be included. The Nook team are great partners in indie publishing.
A new book baby out in the world today.
This is the 9th #thriller in my ongoing series. At its core, the book is about family relationships and how they can evolve.
Overlaid with fistfights, bullets, and guns, of course.
This is the 9th #thriller in my ongoing series. At its core, the book is about family relationships and how they can evolve.
Overlaid with fistfights, bullets, and guns, of course.
March 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A new book baby out in the world today.
This is the 9th #thriller in my ongoing series. At its core, the book is about family relationships and how they can evolve.
Overlaid with fistfights, bullets, and guns, of course.
This is the 9th #thriller in my ongoing series. At its core, the book is about family relationships and how they can evolve.
Overlaid with fistfights, bullets, and guns, of course.
This amazing event is tomorrow.
Find some books for yourself… and spread the word if you’re a fan of the genres represented! #mystery #thriller #crimefiction #reading
Find some books for yourself… and spread the word if you’re a fan of the genres represented! #mystery #thriller #crimefiction #reading
March 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This amazing event is tomorrow.
Find some books for yourself… and spread the word if you’re a fan of the genres represented! #mystery #thriller #crimefiction #reading
Find some books for yourself… and spread the word if you’re a fan of the genres represented! #mystery #thriller #crimefiction #reading
This season of THE WHITE LOTUS is… kind of a slog. (Note: I have not yet watched episode 4.)
Great cast, but it’s mostly characters moving through set pieces and scenes. Not much in the way of real, meaty story, though the theme is carried throughout.
I hope things pick up over the second half.
Great cast, but it’s mostly characters moving through set pieces and scenes. Not much in the way of real, meaty story, though the theme is carried throughout.
I hope things pick up over the second half.
March 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This season of THE WHITE LOTUS is… kind of a slog. (Note: I have not yet watched episode 4.)
Great cast, but it’s mostly characters moving through set pieces and scenes. Not much in the way of real, meaty story, though the theme is carried throughout.
I hope things pick up over the second half.
Great cast, but it’s mostly characters moving through set pieces and scenes. Not much in the way of real, meaty story, though the theme is carried throughout.
I hope things pick up over the second half.
I crossed the 70,000-word mark in my current WIP today.
This bad boy will be complete and to my editor by the end of the week.
This bad boy will be complete and to my editor by the end of the week.
February 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I crossed the 70,000-word mark in my current WIP today.
This bad boy will be complete and to my editor by the end of the week.
This bad boy will be complete and to my editor by the end of the week.
February 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I have a new Substack designed for indie authors and creatives.
Check it out and let me know if you have any pain points I can cover in a future essay.
open.substack.com/pub/indiepub
Check it out and let me know if you have any pain points I can cover in a future essay.
open.substack.com/pub/indiepub
Indie-Vidual Publishing | Tom Fowler | Substack
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January 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I have a new Substack designed for indie authors and creatives.
Check it out and let me know if you have any pain points I can cover in a future essay.
open.substack.com/pub/indiepub
Check it out and let me know if you have any pain points I can cover in a future essay.
open.substack.com/pub/indiepub
I crossed the 30,000 word mark in my WIP today (technically a little over 31k when I finished).
Things are coming together nicely, which means they’re getting worse for our hero.
Things are coming together nicely, which means they’re getting worse for our hero.
January 25, 2025 at 6:32 AM
I crossed the 30,000 word mark in my WIP today (technically a little over 31k when I finished).
Things are coming together nicely, which means they’re getting worse for our hero.
Things are coming together nicely, which means they’re getting worse for our hero.
“December is a bad month to release a book.”
As a middle finger to conventional wisdom, I’m releasing one on Christmas Day.
geni.us/Unreasonable
As a middle finger to conventional wisdom, I’m releasing one on Christmas Day.
geni.us/Unreasonable
December 24, 2024 at 7:30 AM
“December is a bad month to release a book.”
As a middle finger to conventional wisdom, I’m releasing one on Christmas Day.
geni.us/Unreasonable
As a middle finger to conventional wisdom, I’m releasing one on Christmas Day.
geni.us/Unreasonable
“You’ve got garlic in your soul.”
Maybe the Grinch just enjoys flavorful cooking, Janet. You ever think of that?
Maybe the Grinch just enjoys flavorful cooking, Janet. You ever think of that?
December 21, 2024 at 1:35 AM
“You’ve got garlic in your soul.”
Maybe the Grinch just enjoys flavorful cooking, Janet. You ever think of that?
Maybe the Grinch just enjoys flavorful cooking, Janet. You ever think of that?
I’m moving my direct sales store from Shopify to Payhip. It’ll save me about $800 a year. While I’ll take a little hit on power, I think it’s more than worth it.
If you want to sell books from a website, use Payhip.
If you want to run an e-commerce business (spoiler alert: I do not), use Shopify.
If you want to sell books from a website, use Payhip.
If you want to run an e-commerce business (spoiler alert: I do not), use Shopify.
December 20, 2024 at 3:33 AM
I’m moving my direct sales store from Shopify to Payhip. It’ll save me about $800 a year. While I’ll take a little hit on power, I think it’s more than worth it.
If you want to sell books from a website, use Payhip.
If you want to run an e-commerce business (spoiler alert: I do not), use Shopify.
If you want to sell books from a website, use Payhip.
If you want to run an e-commerce business (spoiler alert: I do not), use Shopify.
We watched the finale of YELLOWSTONE last night. (It’s not officially the series finale yet, but come on, man. It is.)
It was… decent. Good moments. It’s obvious this 2nd part of S5 has been off the rails from the jump. Costner not returning probably caused most plans to get scrapped and redone. 1/
It was… decent. Good moments. It’s obvious this 2nd part of S5 has been off the rails from the jump. Costner not returning probably caused most plans to get scrapped and redone. 1/
December 17, 2024 at 12:48 AM
We watched the finale of YELLOWSTONE last night. (It’s not officially the series finale yet, but come on, man. It is.)
It was… decent. Good moments. It’s obvious this 2nd part of S5 has been off the rails from the jump. Costner not returning probably caused most plans to get scrapped and redone. 1/
It was… decent. Good moments. It’s obvious this 2nd part of S5 has been off the rails from the jump. Costner not returning probably caused most plans to get scrapped and redone. 1/
Bluesky must be a mature platform. The bow-chicka-wow-wow bots and the book marketing “experts” are here.
December 14, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Bluesky must be a mature platform. The bow-chicka-wow-wow bots and the book marketing “experts” are here.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Day 20
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Day 20
December 14, 2024 at 1:23 AM
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Day 20
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Day 20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Day 19
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Day 19
December 12, 2024 at 10:11 PM
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Day 19
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Day 19
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Day 18
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Day 18
December 11, 2024 at 8:16 PM
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Day 18
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Day 18
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Day 17
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Day 17
December 10, 2024 at 7:29 PM
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Day 17
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Day 17
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Day 16
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Day 16
December 10, 2024 at 5:38 AM
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Day 16
Joe Sheehan, today, on the Soto fallout for the AL East: “The Mets signing Juan Soto is the best move the Orioles have made in years.”
Me:
Me:
a man is singing into a microphone while playing a guitar on stage .
Alt: Metallica performing “Sad But True”
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December 9, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Joe Sheehan, today, on the Soto fallout for the AL East: “The Mets signing Juan Soto is the best move the Orioles have made in years.”
Me:
Me:
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
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Day 15
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Day 15
December 8, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
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Day 15
#Books
#BookSky
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Day 15