Andrewbach
@andrewbach.bsky.social
SFF novels
hi-fi stereo reviews in The Absolute Sound
full time indie romance author
reddit fiction as /u/speculative--fiction
stories on www.thesprawl.com
hi-fi stereo reviews in The Absolute Sound
full time indie romance author
reddit fiction as /u/speculative--fiction
stories on www.thesprawl.com
Magic is mystery and as soon as you explain away all the questions then it’s not magic anymore.
July 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Magic is mystery and as soon as you explain away all the questions then it’s not magic anymore.
Don’t buy the course. Don’t go on the retreat. (Unless you can easily afford it). These things probably won’t change your life!
June 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Don’t buy the course. Don’t go on the retreat. (Unless you can easily afford it). These things probably won’t change your life!
Sick of the “too many books” argument. Has anyone actually been so flooded by low quality books that they couldn’t find something decent to read? Is “the infinite flood of content” an actual issue or just another way of denigrating indie pub?
May 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Sick of the “too many books” argument. Has anyone actually been so flooded by low quality books that they couldn’t find something decent to read? Is “the infinite flood of content” an actual issue or just another way of denigrating indie pub?
You have to build a brand. But mostly you just read and write books. Do you just write about writing? Or maybe write about reading? But you’re not a book reviewer. You’re an author. How do you generate content that isn’t just “buy my course” slop?
May 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
You have to build a brand. But mostly you just read and write books. Do you just write about writing? Or maybe write about reading? But you’re not a book reviewer. You’re an author. How do you generate content that isn’t just “buy my course” slop?
I don’t want to write about writing! I don’t want to talk about marketing! I don’t want to accumulate a list of other writers! I want to find readers!!
May 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I don’t want to write about writing! I don’t want to talk about marketing! I don’t want to accumulate a list of other writers! I want to find readers!!
I wonder how many people are quietly making a living self publishing books. Like my author name isn’t huge, but I’ve been in the top100 overall a bunch. I doubt most people would recognize my name, but I have an audience. I feel like there are way more authors like that right now.
May 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I wonder how many people are quietly making a living self publishing books. Like my author name isn’t huge, but I’ve been in the top100 overall a bunch. I doubt most people would recognize my name, but I have an audience. I feel like there are way more authors like that right now.
I swear every mafia romance starts at a funeral. Why are we doing that?????
April 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I swear every mafia romance starts at a funeral. Why are we doing that?????
I can feel myself on the edge of quitting another book. The sweet relief of accepting this book is not for me… and putting it down. Nothing better. DNF life forever.
April 25, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I can feel myself on the edge of quitting another book. The sweet relief of accepting this book is not for me… and putting it down. Nothing better. DNF life forever.
I have an MFA in poetry. Writing poetry was a huge part of my life and all the internet journals and publishers felt so important. Now I’ve been out of the poetry world for over a decade… and it’s like all of that disappeared. It faded away. Poetry is just buried. It’s gone. It’s so small!
April 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I have an MFA in poetry. Writing poetry was a huge part of my life and all the internet journals and publishers felt so important. Now I’ve been out of the poetry world for over a decade… and it’s like all of that disappeared. It faded away. Poetry is just buried. It’s gone. It’s so small!
Getting into the flow of a first person shooter feels a lot like the flow of a 5,000 word day deep into the first hour of typing or the flow of rep 5/8 in a tough speed workout and that’s maybe why I like all of those things (but don’t game anymore).
April 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Getting into the flow of a first person shooter feels a lot like the flow of a 5,000 word day deep into the first hour of typing or the flow of rep 5/8 in a tough speed workout and that’s maybe why I like all of those things (but don’t game anymore).
Dear Diary, should I write some romantasy??
March 31, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Dear Diary, should I write some romantasy??
KDP and indie pub is such a good deal for everyone. Authors have new ways to publish and to make an actual living. Trad can swoop in and sign the super successful outliers. Amazon gets endless cheap content. Readers get more books they’d otherwise never see.
March 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
KDP and indie pub is such a good deal for everyone. Authors have new ways to publish and to make an actual living. Trad can swoop in and sign the super successful outliers. Amazon gets endless cheap content. Readers get more books they’d otherwise never see.
Nothing better than quitting a book. Hit 50% last night and tossed one aside. Best feeling in the world!
March 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Nothing better than quitting a book. Hit 50% last night and tossed one aside. Best feeling in the world!
Working on becoming an anti hustle influencer. Look at my very average day! Awake at a normal time, regular exercise, a couple good hours of writing. Strive for just enough!
March 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Working on becoming an anti hustle influencer. Look at my very average day! Awake at a normal time, regular exercise, a couple good hours of writing. Strive for just enough!
How much harder do I need to work? How much more rank do I need before it’s good enough? What’s the point of writing books if all I’m doing is worrying about KU rates and read through percentages?
March 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
How much harder do I need to work? How much more rank do I need before it’s good enough? What’s the point of writing books if all I’m doing is worrying about KU rates and read through percentages?
Excavating layers of old photos and outdated reminders from the kitchen cork board like discovering lost civilizations
March 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Excavating layers of old photos and outdated reminders from the kitchen cork board like discovering lost civilizations
I don’t think AI is going to replace writers, but I do think AI is going to make it more important for writers to be semi-public, if only to prove their humanity.
March 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I don’t think AI is going to replace writers, but I do think AI is going to make it more important for writers to be semi-public, if only to prove their humanity.
When I started indie publishing, I found a forum thread that got me started. The first post included one of the most important lessons any indie can learn: YOUR COVER IS AS IMPORTANT AS YOUR BOOK.
March 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
When I started indie publishing, I found a forum thread that got me started. The first post included one of the most important lessons any indie can learn: YOUR COVER IS AS IMPORTANT AS YOUR BOOK.
Other people’s TVs are the most complicated things in the world. I’d rather do some obscene physics trash than have to turn your TV on and find the cable box. No thanks
March 7, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Other people’s TVs are the most complicated things in the world. I’d rather do some obscene physics trash than have to turn your TV on and find the cable box. No thanks
Reposted by Andrewbach
Consistency is more important than almost anything else in a writing career. That doesn’t mean writing every day—but it does mean learning how you can create books and stories readers enjoy on a regular basis.
January 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Consistency is more important than almost anything else in a writing career. That doesn’t mean writing every day—but it does mean learning how you can create books and stories readers enjoy on a regular basis.
Amazon indie pub conspiracy theory: books that have higher read-through rates get better secondary rank bumps. (a thread based entirely on a hunch)
March 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Amazon indie pub conspiracy theory: books that have higher read-through rates get better secondary rank bumps. (a thread based entirely on a hunch)
Deeply addicted to registering domains. Just added 1800andrew.com to my little menagerie of dumb dot coms
March 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Deeply addicted to registering domains. Just added 1800andrew.com to my little menagerie of dumb dot coms
You know it’s Literature when there aren’t any vulgar dialogue tags. Not a single inverted comma in 800 pages.
March 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
You know it’s Literature when there aren’t any vulgar dialogue tags. Not a single inverted comma in 800 pages.
Morphing into the Sprayed Edge Bandit as my final heel turn
Book buyers beware
Book buyers beware
March 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Morphing into the Sprayed Edge Bandit as my final heel turn
Book buyers beware
Book buyers beware
I wish someone would spray my edges
Imagine how powerful I could become
With sprayed edges
Imagine how powerful I could become
With sprayed edges
March 1, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I wish someone would spray my edges
Imagine how powerful I could become
With sprayed edges
Imagine how powerful I could become
With sprayed edges