Matthew Harffy
@matthewharffy.bsky.social
Author of the BERNICIA CHRONICLES, the A TIME FOR SWORDS series, DARK FRONTIER, WOLF OF WESSEX. Co-host of Rock, Paper, Swords! The Historical Action and Adventure Podcast.
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Another good day of writing. More then 2,000 words and draft 1 up to 10k. Hope you're having a good one too!
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November 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Another good day of writing. More then 2,000 words and draft 1 up to 10k. Hope you're having a good one too!
#author #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #writing #authors #booklover #bookworm
#author #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #writing #authors #booklover #bookworm
Good morning! I managed more than 2k words yesterday, so waking up in a good mood. #author #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #writing #authors #booklover #bookworm #dog #dogsofinstagram
November 14, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Good morning! I managed more than 2k words yesterday, so waking up in a good mood. #author #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #writing #authors #booklover #bookworm #dog #dogsofinstagram
An early morning walk with Blue before getting back to the writing. Then this evening, a new interview for #RockPaperSwords
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#author #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #writing #authors #booklover #bookworm
November 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
An early morning walk with Blue before getting back to the writing. Then this evening, a new interview for #RockPaperSwords
#author #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #writing #authors #booklover #bookworm
#author #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #writing #authors #booklover #bookworm
Early morning. Coffee, walk Blue, then on to some writing. And this evening recording an episode of #RockPaperSwords
Have a good Thursday!#author #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #writing #authors #booklover #bookworm
Have a good Thursday!#author #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #writing #authors #booklover #bookworm
November 13, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Early morning. Coffee, walk Blue, then on to some writing. And this evening recording an episode of #RockPaperSwords
Have a good Thursday!#author #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #writing #authors #booklover #bookworm
Have a good Thursday!#author #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #writing #authors #booklover #bookworm
#SwordsInTheSnow is still riding high with its lovely orange banner, but it could do with some more reviews, don't you think? If you've enjoyed it, please leave a short review. Reviews really help!
https://mybook.to/SwordsInTheSnow
#author #writingcommunity #amwriting #xmas #christmas
https://mybook.to/SwordsInTheSnow
#author #writingcommunity #amwriting #xmas #christmas
November 11, 2025 at 10:33 AM
#SwordsInTheSnow is still riding high with its lovely orange banner, but it could do with some more reviews, don't you think? If you've enjoyed it, please leave a short review. Reviews really help!
https://mybook.to/SwordsInTheSnow
#author #writingcommunity #amwriting #xmas #christmas
https://mybook.to/SwordsInTheSnow
#author #writingcommunity #amwriting #xmas #christmas
Just finished editing the new @rock_swords episode with author, Michael Jecks. We talked all about Michael's long and successful career in writing and how he's kept going (for over 60 books!). Episode drops on 21st November.
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#author #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting
November 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Just finished editing the new @rock_swords episode with author, Michael Jecks. We talked all about Michael's long and successful career in writing and how he's kept going (for over 60 books!). Episode drops on 21st November.
#author #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting
#author #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting
Today's the day that SWORDS IN THE SNOW, the new Forest Lord novella co-written with Steven A. McKay, is unleashed!
A stolen relic. A dying child. A desperate chase.
Buy it now! https://mybook.to/SwordsInTheSnow
Signed paperbacks available from matthewharffy.com.
A stolen relic. A dying child. A desperate chase.
Buy it now! https://mybook.to/SwordsInTheSnow
Signed paperbacks available from matthewharffy.com.
November 6, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Today's the day that SWORDS IN THE SNOW, the new Forest Lord novella co-written with Steven A. McKay, is unleashed!
A stolen relic. A dying child. A desperate chase.
Buy it now! https://mybook.to/SwordsInTheSnow
Signed paperbacks available from matthewharffy.com.
A stolen relic. A dying child. A desperate chase.
Buy it now! https://mybook.to/SwordsInTheSnow
Signed paperbacks available from matthewharffy.com.
Back from Spain and back to reality!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/back-from-spain-142807185?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
#author #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #writing #authors #booklover #bookworm
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November 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Me looking rugged in Monmouthshire! 😎🤠
November 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Me looking rugged in Monmouthshire! 😎🤠
Yesterday I transcribed the first words written on my new novel. I wrote them a week ago in the Museo Arqueologico Nacional in Madrid in a @GetafeNegro notebook. Only another 119,000 words to go! #author #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #writing #authors #booklover #bookworm
November 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Yesterday I transcribed the first words written on my new novel. I wrote them a week ago in the Museo Arqueologico Nacional in Madrid in a @GetafeNegro notebook. Only another 119,000 words to go! #author #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #writing #authors #booklover #bookworm
The ebook version of Dominion of Dust has had a price drop on Amazon in the UK as part of a Kindle Monthly Deal. If you were thinking about picking it up, now is your chance!
http://mybook.to/DominionOfDust
http://mybook.to/DominionOfDust
November 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The ebook version of Dominion of Dust has had a price drop on Amazon in the UK as part of a Kindle Monthly Deal. If you were thinking about picking it up, now is your chance!
http://mybook.to/DominionOfDust
http://mybook.to/DominionOfDust
A sunny Sunday morning at in Monmouthshire. We stumbled on The Old Church at Penalt and were surprised to find it has a connection to #SantiagoDeCompostela. Rodrigo Costoya (author of El Siglo del Milagro) was very excited when I told him about it. #elcamino #history #elcamino
November 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
A sunny Sunday morning at in Monmouthshire. We stumbled on The Old Church at Penalt and were surprised to find it has a connection to #SantiagoDeCompostela. Rodrigo Costoya (author of El Siglo del Milagro) was very excited when I told him about it. #elcamino #history #elcamino
Last week I had a wonderful trip to the Museo Arqueológico Nacional where I did some research for the novel I am just starting…
@MANArqueologico #history #romanhistory #ancientrome #author #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #writing #authors #booklover #bookworm
@MANArqueologico #history #romanhistory #ancientrome #author #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #writing #authors #booklover #bookworm
October 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Last week I had a wonderful trip to the Museo Arqueológico Nacional where I did some research for the novel I am just starting…
@MANArqueologico #history #romanhistory #ancientrome #author #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #writing #authors #booklover #bookworm
@MANArqueologico #history #romanhistory #ancientrome #author #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #writing #authors #booklover #bookworm
Good morning! I guess I'd better get some work done…! If you need an uplift, here's a photo of Blue when his nose still had pink on it!
October 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Good morning! I guess I'd better get some work done…! If you need an uplift, here's a photo of Blue when his nose still had pink on it!
Ready for book 11 of the Bernicia Chronicles?
Use the code OCTOBER25 to pre-order the hardback of BANE OF BERNICIA online from #waterstones and get 25% off!
Offer valid until 17th October, so don't hang about!
Use the code OCTOBER25 to pre-order the hardback of BANE OF BERNICIA online from #waterstones and get 25% off!
Offer valid until 17th October, so don't hang about!
October 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Ready for book 11 of the Bernicia Chronicles?
Use the code OCTOBER25 to pre-order the hardback of BANE OF BERNICIA online from #waterstones and get 25% off!
Offer valid until 17th October, so don't hang about!
Use the code OCTOBER25 to pre-order the hardback of BANE OF BERNICIA online from #waterstones and get 25% off!
Offer valid until 17th October, so don't hang about!
Waiting for the paperback of Dominion of Dust? Want 25% off? Of course you do!
Use the code OCTOBER25 to pre-order online from #waterstones
Offer valid until 17th October!
Use the code OCTOBER25 to pre-order online from #waterstones
Offer valid until 17th October!
October 15, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Waiting for the paperback of Dominion of Dust? Want 25% off? Of course you do!
Use the code OCTOBER25 to pre-order online from #waterstones
Offer valid until 17th October!
Use the code OCTOBER25 to pre-order online from #waterstones
Offer valid until 17th October!
This is the face of a dog whose human has completed a novella and a novel this week! Blue isn't massively impressed, but I'm very pleased with myself! #doglovers #dogsofinstagram #writerlife #writerscommunity #writersofinstagram
September 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This is the face of a dog whose human has completed a novella and a novel this week! Blue isn't massively impressed, but I'm very pleased with myself! #doglovers #dogsofinstagram #writerlife #writerscommunity #writersofinstagram
On today's Rock, Paper, Swords! episode we chat with
@angusdonald.bsky.social about his novel, TEMPLAR TRAITOR, the true story of an English knight who fights on the side of Genghis Khan. We cover lots of ground, from modern warfare in Afghanistan to Conan the Barbarian. Video on YouTube too.
@angusdonald.bsky.social about his novel, TEMPLAR TRAITOR, the true story of an English knight who fights on the side of Genghis Khan. We cover lots of ground, from modern warfare in Afghanistan to Conan the Barbarian. Video on YouTube too.
August 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
On today's Rock, Paper, Swords! episode we chat with
@angusdonald.bsky.social about his novel, TEMPLAR TRAITOR, the true story of an English knight who fights on the side of Genghis Khan. We cover lots of ground, from modern warfare in Afghanistan to Conan the Barbarian. Video on YouTube too.
@angusdonald.bsky.social about his novel, TEMPLAR TRAITOR, the true story of an English knight who fights on the side of Genghis Khan. We cover lots of ground, from modern warfare in Afghanistan to Conan the Barbarian. Video on YouTube too.
On Friday, exclusive for members of our Patreon, we talk how being keen players of old-school tabletop Role Playing Games has affected our writing.
#dnd #runequest #ttrpg #TTRPGCommunity #ttrpgpodcast #podcast #writing #writingcommunity
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#dnd #runequest #ttrpg #TTRPGCommunity #ttrpgpodcast #podcast #writing #writingcommunity
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July 29, 2025 at 9:22 AM
On Friday, exclusive for members of our Patreon, we talk how being keen players of old-school tabletop Role Playing Games has affected our writing.
#dnd #runequest #ttrpg #TTRPGCommunity #ttrpgpodcast #podcast #writing #writingcommunity
linktr.ee/RockPaperSwo...
#dnd #runequest #ttrpg #TTRPGCommunity #ttrpgpodcast #podcast #writing #writingcommunity
linktr.ee/RockPaperSwo...
Yesterday I finished the first draft of the next Bernicia Chronicles novel!
BANE OF BERNICIA is available to pre-order as an e-book and hardback: mybook.to/BaneOfBernicia
You can also pre-order a signed copy from me directly here: matthew-harffy.sumupstore.com/product/pre-...
BANE OF BERNICIA is available to pre-order as an e-book and hardback: mybook.to/BaneOfBernicia
You can also pre-order a signed copy from me directly here: matthew-harffy.sumupstore.com/product/pre-...
July 29, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Yesterday I finished the first draft of the next Bernicia Chronicles novel!
BANE OF BERNICIA is available to pre-order as an e-book and hardback: mybook.to/BaneOfBernicia
You can also pre-order a signed copy from me directly here: matthew-harffy.sumupstore.com/product/pre-...
BANE OF BERNICIA is available to pre-order as an e-book and hardback: mybook.to/BaneOfBernicia
You can also pre-order a signed copy from me directly here: matthew-harffy.sumupstore.com/product/pre-...
Chiesa di San Bernardino alle Ossa. Ossa means bones. And yes, those are real human bones! And the church smells... Weird...!
July 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Chiesa di San Bernardino alle Ossa. Ossa means bones. And yes, those are real human bones! And the church smells... Weird...!
Getting there! It's been a good week of writing on Bernicia Chronicles XI, some good family news and other assorted positive work-related news. Have a great weekend everyone!
June 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Getting there! It's been a good week of writing on Bernicia Chronicles XI, some good family news and other assorted positive work-related news. Have a great weekend everyone!
Today sees the return to the podcast of Patricia Bracewell, author of the Emma of Normandy series. Also returning to the pod, are videos! You can now watch as well as listen on Spotify or YouTube.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0MxC...
YouTube: youtu.be/JR50S9sWJv0?...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0MxC...
YouTube: youtu.be/JR50S9sWJv0?...
June 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Today sees the return to the podcast of Patricia Bracewell, author of the Emma of Normandy series. Also returning to the pod, are videos! You can now watch as well as listen on Spotify or YouTube.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0MxC...
YouTube: youtu.be/JR50S9sWJv0?...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0MxC...
YouTube: youtu.be/JR50S9sWJv0?...
Oooh, look what's on Netgalley!
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#Bookbloggers #reviewers #booktok #booktube
@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @headofzeus.bsky.social
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#Bookbloggers #reviewers #booktok #booktube
@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @headofzeus.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Oooh, look what's on Netgalley!
netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
#Bookbloggers #reviewers #booktok #booktube
@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @headofzeus.bsky.social
netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
#Bookbloggers #reviewers #booktok #booktube
@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @headofzeus.bsky.social
