Bart Carroll
@bartcarroll.bsky.social
Digital marketer, gamer, and writer.
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Woo hoo! Bolted to the Bone (science-fantasy for the holidays) is out today! #indieauthor #fantasybooks #scifibooks Find it on eBook platforms, including: www.amazon.com/Bolted-Bone-...
Here's what happens when you get too excited about that shiny new toy... bartcarroll.substack.com/p/the-wooly-...
The Wooly Willy Incident
On writing, self-publishing, and the dangers of opening things way too fast.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Here's what happens when you get too excited about that shiny new toy... bartcarroll.substack.com/p/the-wooly-...
Extremely grateful for the most recent review: fanfiaddict.com/review-bolte... #indieauthor #fantasy #scifibooks
November 20, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Extremely grateful for the most recent review: fanfiaddict.com/review-bolte... #indieauthor #fantasy #scifibooks
Reposted by Bart Carroll
So excited for Bolted to the Bone! 🎉✨ The anticipation is real! Can't wait to dive into this magical world! 🌌📚 #Fantasy #BookLovers #SFF
Less than a week until Bolted to the Bone releases, and honored to share another review: www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co...
#fantasy #writingcommunity #SelfPub #debut #FantasyLit #sff
#fantasy #writingcommunity #SelfPub #debut #FantasyLit #sff
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November 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
So excited for Bolted to the Bone! 🎉✨ The anticipation is real! Can't wait to dive into this magical world! 🌌📚 #Fantasy #BookLovers #SFF
Woo hoo! Bolted to the Bone (science-fantasy for the holidays) is out today! #indieauthor #fantasybooks #scifibooks Find it on eBook platforms, including: www.amazon.com/Bolted-Bone-...
November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Woo hoo! Bolted to the Bone (science-fantasy for the holidays) is out today! #indieauthor #fantasybooks #scifibooks Find it on eBook platforms, including: www.amazon.com/Bolted-Bone-...
Less than a week until Bolted to the Bone releases, and honored to share another review: www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co...
#fantasy #writingcommunity #SelfPub #debut #FantasyLit #sff
#fantasy #writingcommunity #SelfPub #debut #FantasyLit #sff
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November 14, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Less than a week until Bolted to the Bone releases, and honored to share another review: www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co...
#fantasy #writingcommunity #SelfPub #debut #FantasyLit #sff
#fantasy #writingcommunity #SelfPub #debut #FantasyLit #sff
ARC readers have been absolutely invaluable in helping review and provide essential feedback to my book. Releasing Nov 18, there's still time to grab an ARC copy of your own: booksirens.com/book/GBPEOGO...
#WritingCommunity #ARCS #fantasy
#WritingCommunity #ARCS #fantasy
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November 3, 2025 at 1:13 AM
ARC readers have been absolutely invaluable in helping review and provide essential feedback to my book. Releasing Nov 18, there's still time to grab an ARC copy of your own: booksirens.com/book/GBPEOGO...
#WritingCommunity #ARCS #fantasy
#WritingCommunity #ARCS #fantasy
In need of a Halloween film rec? Plus, two to avoid. #halloween #movies open.substack.com/pub/bartcarr...
3 Films. 3 Fuses Lit
Spoiler: Only one explodes.
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October 31, 2025 at 10:23 PM
In need of a Halloween film rec? Plus, two to avoid. #halloween #movies open.substack.com/pub/bartcarr...
Best laid plans... some final editing is still underway. Bolted to the Bone has been pushed to November 18, but that much closer to the book's Yuletide setting! #fantasy #writing #fantasyreads, #fantasybooks, #indiebooks
October 28, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Best laid plans... some final editing is still underway. Bolted to the Bone has been pushed to November 18, but that much closer to the book's Yuletide setting! #fantasy #writing #fantasyreads, #fantasybooks, #indiebooks
Getting into the Halloween season, imagining a world with highly scientific-minded ghosts. Not always for our benefit... #ghosts #Halloween #fantasy bartcarroll.substack.com/p/ghost-with...
Ghost with a Knife
Proton Packs and Particle Throwers are fine—but what if the ghosts learn to fight back?
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October 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Getting into the Halloween season, imagining a world with highly scientific-minded ghosts. Not always for our benefit... #ghosts #Halloween #fantasy bartcarroll.substack.com/p/ghost-with...
We're about 1 week away now, and thrilled/terrified about the forthcoming release of Bolted to the Bone. Science-Fantasy infused with Celtic lore (and morally gray characters): www.amazon.com/Bolted-Bone-... #fantasyreads, #fantasybooks, #indiebooks
October 24, 2025 at 4:35 AM
We're about 1 week away now, and thrilled/terrified about the forthcoming release of Bolted to the Bone. Science-Fantasy infused with Celtic lore (and morally gray characters): www.amazon.com/Bolted-Bone-... #fantasyreads, #fantasybooks, #indiebooks
Still time for folks to read an advance copy of the science-fantasy novel, Bolted to the Bone: booksirens.com/book/GBPEOGO...
#WritingCommunity #ARCS #fantasy
#WritingCommunity #ARCS #fantasy
Bolted to the Bone by Bart Carroll - Review Copy | BookSirens
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October 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Still time for folks to read an advance copy of the science-fantasy novel, Bolted to the Bone: booksirens.com/book/GBPEOGO...
#WritingCommunity #ARCS #fantasy
#WritingCommunity #ARCS #fantasy
Grateful to be compiling more reviews: amazon.com/Bolted-Bone-... #fantasyreads, #fantasybooks, #indiebooks
October 7, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Grateful to be compiling more reviews: amazon.com/Bolted-Bone-... #fantasyreads, #fantasybooks, #indiebooks
It's almost here! One month from release day: www.amazon.com/Bolted-Bone-...
#fantasyreads, #fantasybooks, #indiebooks
#fantasyreads, #fantasybooks, #indiebooks
October 2, 2025 at 4:22 AM
It's almost here! One month from release day: www.amazon.com/Bolted-Bone-...
#fantasyreads, #fantasybooks, #indiebooks
#fantasyreads, #fantasybooks, #indiebooks
Glad to share early reviews coming in for Bolted to the Bone: www.bookbub.com/reviews/3784...
#FantasyBooks #WritingCommunity #scifibooks
#FantasyBooks #WritingCommunity #scifibooks
ashermaximum recommends Bolted to the Bone
At the start of this book, I really thought it was gonna end up being a 2 or 3 star, but wow, about 20% in it just really came together, and started making sense.
It's refreshing to see an entirely n...
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September 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Glad to share early reviews coming in for Bolted to the Bone: www.bookbub.com/reviews/3784...
#FantasyBooks #WritingCommunity #scifibooks
#FantasyBooks #WritingCommunity #scifibooks
His future's so bright, he has to wear... a transparent visor (a shaded one would've probably helped more).
#gijoe #actionfigures #WritingCommunity
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#gijoe #actionfigures #WritingCommunity
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It's Flash! Ah-Ah!
No, not the super fast one... or the space opera one... or, uh, the bully one Joe Manganiello played in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man.
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September 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
His future's so bright, he has to wear... a transparent visor (a shaded one would've probably helped more).
#gijoe #actionfigures #WritingCommunity
bartcarroll.substack.com/p/gijoe-flash
#gijoe #actionfigures #WritingCommunity
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Humbling and exciting to receive reviews from ARC readers! Preorders live now at: www.amazon.com/Bolted-Bone-...
#WritingCommunity #WriterCommunity #fantasy
#WritingCommunity #WriterCommunity #fantasy
September 25, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Humbling and exciting to receive reviews from ARC readers! Preorders live now at: www.amazon.com/Bolted-Bone-...
#WritingCommunity #WriterCommunity #fantasy
#WritingCommunity #WriterCommunity #fantasy
We did Dr. Frank. Now it's Merlin's (backwards) time to shine! #fiction #fantasy #writing #scifi bartcarroll.substack.com/p/wizards-an...
A Wavy Line Between Wizard and Scientist
Plus, where to follow the laws, and where to break them, in writing. And a table! I almost forgot the table!
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September 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
We did Dr. Frank. Now it's Merlin's (backwards) time to shine! #fiction #fantasy #writing #scifi bartcarroll.substack.com/p/wizards-an...
It's the scientists of science fiction, from Dr. Frankenstein to David 8! #writing #sciencefiction #fantasy #gijoe #actionfigures
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August 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It's the scientists of science fiction, from Dr. Frankenstein to David 8! #writing #sciencefiction #fantasy #gijoe #actionfigures
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ARCs still available, for folks interested in advance reader copies of Bolted to the Bone, forthcoming science-fantasy novel! Just grab yours here: booksirens.com/book/GBPEOGO...
Bolted to the Bone by Bart Carroll - Review Copy | BookSirens
Join the review team for Bolted to the Bone. Read it for free before the rest of the world does. Share your honest review. Discover hundreds of other books in your favorite genres.
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August 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
ARCs still available, for folks interested in advance reader copies of Bolted to the Bone, forthcoming science-fantasy novel! Just grab yours here: booksirens.com/book/GBPEOGO...
A look at the making of the cover for the forthcoming science fantasy novel, Bolted to the Bone. Art by Lucas Korte (of the Shadowdark TRPG). #fantasy #sciencefantasy #fiction #writingcommmunity #osr
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Hey, Look—It's a Cover!
An early look at the cover for Bolted to the Bone.
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August 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
A look at the making of the cover for the forthcoming science fantasy novel, Bolted to the Bone. Art by Lucas Korte (of the Shadowdark TRPG). #fantasy #sciencefantasy #fiction #writingcommmunity #osr
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For a kid who loved a show about a talking Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, this guy was too much for even me. #gijoe #actionfigures #fantasy #scifi #writing
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You've Got to be F'ing Kidding Me
The mind-bending disappointment of Dr. Mindbender
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August 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
For a kid who loved a show about a talking Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, this guy was too much for even me. #gijoe #actionfigures #fantasy #scifi #writing
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Adding the NetGalley link as well, for folks interested in an ARC of my upcoming fantasy novel! #writing #fantasy #arc #darkfantasy #ireland
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Bolted to the Bone
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August 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Adding the NetGalley link as well, for folks interested in an ARC of my upcoming fantasy novel! #writing #fantasy #arc #darkfantasy #ireland
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For fans of dark(ish) fantasy, fans of ARCs -- or best of all, for fans of Dark Fantasy ARCs!
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#writing #fantasy #darkfantasy #arcs
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#writing #fantasy #darkfantasy #arcs
August 1, 2025 at 6:25 AM
For fans of dark(ish) fantasy, fans of ARCs -- or best of all, for fans of Dark Fantasy ARCs!
booksirens.com/book/GBPEOGO...
#writing #fantasy #darkfantasy #arcs
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#writing #fantasy #darkfantasy #arcs
I don't always play thieves, but when I do... well, I usually end up caught in the trap anyway. bartcarroll.substack.com/p/for-anyone... #dnd #fantasy #writing #ttrpgs #trpgs #gaming #OSR #gijioe
For Anyone Caught Sticking Their Hands in the Treasure Chest
Writing thieves, rogues, and assorted trap-solvers in your tabletop games.
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July 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM