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Jonathan Nevair
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Author. AGENT RENAULT SPY-FI ADVENTURES & WIND TIDE SERIES. Neffy Award Winner. Short fiction in Simultaneous Times & Eldritch Science. (SFWA member) Educator/academic under another name. linktr.ee/jnevair
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Never really made a stack of the books I've written. Had to grab some copies from my office at work and when I piled them up they looked so purty i just couldn't resist taking a pic!
a stack of six books on a gray desk. From bottom to top: Cosmic Widow (red spine), To Spy a Star (purple spine), Stellar Instinct (yellow/blue spine), No Song But Silence (gray spine), Jati's Wager (sky blue spine), and Goodbye to the Sun (red and blue spine).
November 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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BOOK FINISHED. Longest I have written (beat Jati's Wager by about 5k).

Off to the editor on Sat!
October 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Cover reveal: The Curse of Dragon Tail Island
(Jan 2026)

Dragonlance meets Pirates of the Caribbean in this swashbuckling pirate fantasy - a revenge fueled tale of clashing cutlasses, monsters and magic, second-chance romance, and salty sea adventure! 🦜

More info: www.jonathannevair.com/press-kit
A ship's deck with a man in a white cotton shirt, wielding a cutlass and wearing a tricorn hat. Next to him is a half-elf in a blue rope with a magic staff, and a dwarven sailor, as well as a large half-orc holding two barrels of rum with a kraken tattoo on her shoulder. The title reads, The Curse of Dragon Tail Island.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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SNEAK PEEK at my COVER/TITLE REVEAL.
Drops tomorrow me hearties!
🦜🏴‍☠️🏝️⚓
an image of a book partially hidden for a cover teaser. What is shown around frayed parchment is a portion of a ship's railing, a small dwarven sailor and the shoulder of a large half-orc. Her muscular arm depicts a kraken tattoo. Behind them are some ropes leading to a ship's sails. The background is a greenish smoke rising from a magic staff and a portion of ship rigging. The text reads, "Cover Reveal Tomorrow" and "A standalone pirate fantasy... arrrgh you ready me hearties?"
October 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Wow did i have a BLAST of fun playing STAR WARS OUTLAWS!

I dnf'd this after like 3 hours when it came out - picked it back up a few weeks ago and it was like a new game with the fixes. Still have a ton of side content to go. World is really immersive.
a screenshot of the home page for the game, star wars outlaws, showing the MC, Kay Vess, walking with a droid and her animal companion, Nix, on her shoulder. There is a backdrop of a tiered city in the mountains, along with items referencing the star wars universe. She is wearing cargo pants, a holster on a belt, gripping a blaster, with a white shirt and blue high cut jacket. Her hair is brown and shoulder length.
October 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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this makes me "feel much better than you could know!" 🤣
October 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Cricket was being very cooperative in letting herself be photographed on our walk. 🐶
A small black-and-white dog sitting on the grass with an autumn backdrop in the woods of green and red leaves. She looks Noble and there is a ball next to her.
October 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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COVER/TITLE REVEAL for my new Pirate Fantasy coming Oct. 28th!

YO HO HO! 🦜🏴‍☠️⚓🏝️
an image of a book covered to hide the cover art, with the phrase, "Set Sail with the Salty Scoundrels, coming January 2026" in front of an image of a rope and pulley, indicating sailing rigging.
October 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Me trying on a pair of reading glasses.
September 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Happy Saturday from Cricket. 🐶
a black and white dog sitting on a hardwood floor. a super cute black and white dog doing a "down" with paws out and laying on the wooden floor
August 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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🔥It's on - INDIE BOOK SALE!🔥

Sooooooooooo many books - IT'S EPIC. Be sure to check it out. #Indieaugust

Thanks to
@narratess.com
for being AMAZING and running this sale!

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A collage of book covers from the INDIE AUGUST sale, Text is indie book sale. August 23-25 on a purple banner at the middle of the image.
August 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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WRITING UPDATE:

I'm 10k from matching July in August... I'd really like to get that 10k in by Sept 1, before all hell breaks in teaching world... I think i can do it. (overall I'm across 70k!) #writing
An image of writing progress, listing August as 27,000 words and July as 37,000 words. Below is the total MS target of 110,000 and current progress as 71,600.
August 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Gratuitous cricket video. She’s exhausted from playing with the freshly mowed grass.😂🐶
July 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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ITCH SCI-FI BUNDLE (2 Agent Renault audiobooks included!)

27 ebooks and 2 audiobooks for 🔥23.30!🔥

#scifi #sff #itch-io #bundles 📚📦💙📚 🌈🚀💫 📚🌎 #writingcommunity 📢📚 🩷🧙♂️⚔️ 🪐📚 #BookSky #Books #readingcommunity #bookcommunity #bookish #readersofbluesky #booksonbluesky #booklovers

itch.io/b/3144/scien...
a collection of sci-fi ebook covers against a starry backdrop. Text reads "Science FIction" Itch.io ebook bunder. 29 ebooks fo 23.20 (normally 105$). July 8-12.
July 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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😎
A sunset captured with only clouds and sky. Deep blues and Rich, gold and yellows with delicate clouds like bus strokes.
May 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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🚀MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU!🚀

TO SPY A STAR is out on audio today!

Thanks to Erica @ericagarraffa.bsky.social for the amazing narration - her character work for Lilline, Lauden, Pin, and Granny Kissy, etc. is outstanding!

✨Available on all platforms (Wide and Audible):
books2read.com/tospyastar
A woman, wearing a military-style jumpsuit, is holding a futuristic-looking blaster and running. She has long brown hair and brown eyes. The background is half green with a view of outer space, and half purple with a view of a futuristic city like you have in a Star War universe. The title reads, To Spy a Star, an Agent Renault Adventure. Jonathan Nevair, narrated by Erica Garraffa.
May 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Shiver me timbers! My new project is taking shape! 🦜🏝🏴‍☠️ A pirate fantasy adventure. Excited to dip my writing toes into a world w/ magic & fantasy characters with a nautical twist (OH AND A ROMANCE SUBPLOT ❤️).

That's 140 pages of plotting/notes I've just gone through. (aiming for a JAN 26' release)
a stack of paper with text printed and handwritten scribbles of notes. There is a pen laying on it as well as a item that looks like a compass on a chain. The trail of links suggests a serpent, or perhaps a dragon! There is a mug and also a laptop on the table, which is made of granite. The text reads, "Writing Update!"
April 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Takes a heck of a lot to wear cricket out. But today I did it.😂
March 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Haha totally - I keep spotting the LOTR-specific beats and laughing. I didn't notice them as a kid of course... his action scenes aren't the best but I find he's quite visual which i enjoy. (I remember liking Elfstones even more - thanks, fingers crossed it is a fun break from other stuff!)
an image of three figuress in a castle in front of a wooden door. One holds glowing gems in his hand and another is wearing a blue robe. This last looks a lot like Robin Hood, a ranger like character, with a feathered cap and a bow and arrow. They are all wearing medieval style fashion.
March 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Had to take a 3-day trip. On a whim, I grabbed this classic off my bookshelf - have not read it since I bought this copy in the 1980s when I was prob like 14-15.

So far I'm having fun relishing in the nostalgia of it. I forgot about the interior illustrations by Hildebrandt!
an image of a hand holding out a book. The cover has the title, "The Sword of Shannara" by Terry Brooks with an illustratiog of three figures, a human, a half-elf and a dwarven companion all in front of a glowing sword in a stone base. They are in a medieval fantasy-like stone castle interior. A black and white illustration of a cloaked man speaking with enthusiasm to two young lads, one is a human and one is a half-elf. They are outside of an inn under an oak tree. It is very realistically drawn, with no indication of the hand, almost photographic in its accuracy. The cloaked figure towers over the other two, with a decorative belt and a sword on his belt.
March 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Last week to visit the exhibition, FANTASY'S SPELL: THE ART OF ENCHANTMENT at Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia!

I mean, how awesome is this wall-size image by Christina Myrvold for the cover of Arcane Pathfinder??? I was so excited we could present her work in the lobby at this scale.
A wall-size image of a woman who is a mage, protecting herself with a shield bubble from attacking monsters. She is wearing a dark jumpsuit and there is a purple aura around her - the scene is dark and filled with monster. The image is on a gallery wall. An installation shot of the current exhibit on fantasy art, showing a lobby with a set of prints on the wall, a large print at full wall size of a mage in battle and a car hanging from the ceiling.
March 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Here's a few shots of amazing maps by Charis Loke (from their Insta Post today). Last chance to visit the exhibition - closes next week!

(show also includes maps by Francesca Baerald & Mike Schley).

moore.edu/events/fanta...
A view of an art gallery with colorful maps of asian-inspired fantasy on the wall, and a pedestal holding several engraved daggers. There is a border in red on the top in the style of Chinese rosewood furniture with a tiger and tortoise and a blue on on the. bottom with a crane and carp. A white wall with a colorful map inspired by Chinese landscape paintings, next to it rests a display with two books whose covers are a colorful display of pink, red and blue. the top and bottom of the image mimics the edges of the map on the wall, with animals carved in a style reminiscient of rosewood furniture.
March 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Peepers! 🐸
March 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Ahhh….
A view of a deep blue sky with yellow knee-high grass at the bottom of the frame. Absent of any life except the natural world.
March 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Sometimes a walk is the perfect panacea.
A solitary tree mid distance in a field of yellow grass. Sunset casts a gentle glow onto a blue sky with graceful lines of clouds.
February 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM