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@philspeculates.bsky.social
Fantasy author, pizza lover and Italian wannabe.
I write stories with British folklore, interdimensional portals and broken characters seeking redemption. I'm the founder of the authors' network, the Creative Commune.
https://linktr.ee/phil_parker
I write stories with British folklore, interdimensional portals and broken characters seeking redemption. I'm the founder of the authors' network, the Creative Commune.
https://linktr.ee/phil_parker
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@philspeculates.bsky.social
· Aug 30
This is what I do.
I write fantasy novels.
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#booksky #authorsky #writersky #writingcommunity #books #fantasy #novels #indieauthor #dreamjob #storyteller
I write fantasy novels.
linktr.ee/phil_parker
#booksky #authorsky #writersky #writingcommunity #books #fantasy #novels #indieauthor #dreamjob #storyteller
#Selfpublishing is booming! Last year more than half of Amazon's Top 400 ebooks were written by #indieauthors!
What does 2026 hold for us?
My post looks at the stats, facts, trends and suggestions for making it a successful year.
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/self-pu...
#writingcommunity
What does 2026 hold for us?
My post looks at the stats, facts, trends and suggestions for making it a successful year.
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/self-pu...
#writingcommunity
Self-publishing trends for 2026
Self-publishing is booming! A year ago I shared the self-publishing statistics for 2024. 2026 offers new challenges for the #indieauthor. How do we take advantage of new trends to more people reading ...
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
#Selfpublishing is booming! Last year more than half of Amazon's Top 400 ebooks were written by #indieauthors!
What does 2026 hold for us?
My post looks at the stats, facts, trends and suggestions for making it a successful year.
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/self-pu...
#writingcommunity
What does 2026 hold for us?
My post looks at the stats, facts, trends and suggestions for making it a successful year.
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/self-pu...
#writingcommunity
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Just TWO more days to go until we release Issue #2 of the Indie Writer's Voice - our free magazine aimed at empowering #indieauthors everywhere.
There'll be articles about audio storytelling, podcasting and setting/achieving goals and more!
Look out for it on Sunday!
#writingcommunity
There'll be articles about audio storytelling, podcasting and setting/achieving goals and more!
Look out for it on Sunday!
#writingcommunity
November 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Just TWO more days to go until we release Issue #2 of the Indie Writer's Voice - our free magazine aimed at empowering #indieauthors everywhere.
There'll be articles about audio storytelling, podcasting and setting/achieving goals and more!
Look out for it on Sunday!
#writingcommunity
There'll be articles about audio storytelling, podcasting and setting/achieving goals and more!
Look out for it on Sunday!
#writingcommunity
For #fantasy #writers, here are some ways to invert the tropes - to turn those cliches on their heads to provide new twists on old ideas.
There's The Chosen One, The Quest, The Magical Artefact and more - 60 seconds of inspiration!
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/invert-...
#writingcommunity
There's The Chosen One, The Quest, The Magical Artefact and more - 60 seconds of inspiration!
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/invert-...
#writingcommunity
Invert the tropes
Speculative fiction is filled with clichéd, over-used and predictable concepts - what we call tropes.
I've inverting some, turned them on their heads, to provide inspiration!
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
For #fantasy #writers, here are some ways to invert the tropes - to turn those cliches on their heads to provide new twists on old ideas.
There's The Chosen One, The Quest, The Magical Artefact and more - 60 seconds of inspiration!
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/invert-...
#writingcommunity
There's The Chosen One, The Quest, The Magical Artefact and more - 60 seconds of inspiration!
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/invert-...
#writingcommunity
3 days to go until we launch Issue #2 of Indie Writer's Voice.
Here's Issue #1 if you haven't read it yet
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/creativecomm...
Here's Issue #1 if you haven't read it yet
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/creativecomm...
November 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
3 days to go until we launch Issue #2 of Indie Writer's Voice.
Here's Issue #1 if you haven't read it yet
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/creativecomm...
Here's Issue #1 if you haven't read it yet
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/creativecomm...
#Selfpublishing is booming! Last year more than half of Amazon's Top 400 ebooks were written by #indieauthors!
What does 2026 hold for us?
My post looks at the stats, facts, trends and suggestions for making it a successful year.
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/self-pu...
#writingcommunity
What does 2026 hold for us?
My post looks at the stats, facts, trends and suggestions for making it a successful year.
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/self-pu...
#writingcommunity
Self-publishing trends for 2026
Self-publishing is booming! A year ago I shared the self-publishing statistics for 2024. 2026 offers new challenges for the #indieauthor. How do we take advantage of new trends to more people reading ...
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
#Selfpublishing is booming! Last year more than half of Amazon's Top 400 ebooks were written by #indieauthors!
What does 2026 hold for us?
My post looks at the stats, facts, trends and suggestions for making it a successful year.
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/self-pu...
#writingcommunity
What does 2026 hold for us?
My post looks at the stats, facts, trends and suggestions for making it a successful year.
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/post/self-pu...
#writingcommunity
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/britishburea...
My anthology opens with this tale of the REAL reason for the Great Fire of London - the event which sparked the need for the British Bureau for the Arcane.
Free to read.
HISTORY YOU DIDN'T LEARN AT SCHOOL
linktr.ee/phil_parker
#booksky
My anthology opens with this tale of the REAL reason for the Great Fire of London - the event which sparked the need for the British Bureau for the Arcane.
Free to read.
HISTORY YOU DIDN'T LEARN AT SCHOOL
linktr.ee/phil_parker
#booksky
November 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/britishburea...
My anthology opens with this tale of the REAL reason for the Great Fire of London - the event which sparked the need for the British Bureau for the Arcane.
Free to read.
HISTORY YOU DIDN'T LEARN AT SCHOOL
linktr.ee/phil_parker
#booksky
My anthology opens with this tale of the REAL reason for the Great Fire of London - the event which sparked the need for the British Bureau for the Arcane.
Free to read.
HISTORY YOU DIDN'T LEARN AT SCHOOL
linktr.ee/phil_parker
#booksky
This is why we write. It's all about the exploration.
Columbus did it with ships.
Writers do it with words.
(And pens. Or Word processors. But you know what I mean)
Columbus did it with ships.
Writers do it with words.
(And pens. Or Word processors. But you know what I mean)
It's taken a while, but I now have outline plans for one of three new short story settings. I wrote 1,000 words on the first of these today. I'm not sure where this story series will take me. Half the fun is finding out!
November 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This is why we write. It's all about the exploration.
Columbus did it with ships.
Writers do it with words.
(And pens. Or Word processors. But you know what I mean)
Columbus did it with ships.
Writers do it with words.
(And pens. Or Word processors. But you know what I mean)
Did you know Charles Dickens was the first "authorpreneur"?
Merchandise linked to his serialisation of The Pickwick Papers included cards, illustrating the characters.
By summer 1836 he'd sold 400 copies, by November 1837, forty thousand!
That's how you succeed!
#booksky #writingcommunity
Merchandise linked to his serialisation of The Pickwick Papers included cards, illustrating the characters.
By summer 1836 he'd sold 400 copies, by November 1837, forty thousand!
That's how you succeed!
#booksky #writingcommunity
November 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Did you know Charles Dickens was the first "authorpreneur"?
Merchandise linked to his serialisation of The Pickwick Papers included cards, illustrating the characters.
By summer 1836 he'd sold 400 copies, by November 1837, forty thousand!
That's how you succeed!
#booksky #writingcommunity
Merchandise linked to his serialisation of The Pickwick Papers included cards, illustrating the characters.
By summer 1836 he'd sold 400 copies, by November 1837, forty thousand!
That's how you succeed!
#booksky #writingcommunity
Why do we have to be dogged by bad luck?
What have dogs done to deserve such ridicule? Why can't you be catted by bad luck? Or better still, cowed?
Couldn't we be dogged by good luck instead?
I'm a writer, I have to find answer to these questions! 🤔😒
#writingcommunity #authorsky #amwriting
What have dogs done to deserve such ridicule? Why can't you be catted by bad luck? Or better still, cowed?
Couldn't we be dogged by good luck instead?
I'm a writer, I have to find answer to these questions! 🤔😒
#writingcommunity #authorsky #amwriting
a cartoon dog from the secret life of pets is standing in a room with a plant .
ALT: a cartoon dog from the secret life of pets is standing in a room with a plant .
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November 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Why do we have to be dogged by bad luck?
What have dogs done to deserve such ridicule? Why can't you be catted by bad luck? Or better still, cowed?
Couldn't we be dogged by good luck instead?
I'm a writer, I have to find answer to these questions! 🤔😒
#writingcommunity #authorsky #amwriting
What have dogs done to deserve such ridicule? Why can't you be catted by bad luck? Or better still, cowed?
Couldn't we be dogged by good luck instead?
I'm a writer, I have to find answer to these questions! 🤔😒
#writingcommunity #authorsky #amwriting
The #WIPSnips word for November 12th is "shirt"
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
This is taken from my #noirfantasy story 'City of Onyx'.
Poor Tadhg's luck is running out fast as he tries to protect his "girlfriend", even though she poisoned him. But that's love!
linktr.ee/phil_parker
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
This is taken from my #noirfantasy story 'City of Onyx'.
Poor Tadhg's luck is running out fast as he tries to protect his "girlfriend", even though she poisoned him. But that's love!
linktr.ee/phil_parker
November 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The #WIPSnips word for November 12th is "shirt"
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
This is taken from my #noirfantasy story 'City of Onyx'.
Poor Tadhg's luck is running out fast as he tries to protect his "girlfriend", even though she poisoned him. But that's love!
linktr.ee/phil_parker
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
This is taken from my #noirfantasy story 'City of Onyx'.
Poor Tadhg's luck is running out fast as he tries to protect his "girlfriend", even though she poisoned him. But that's love!
linktr.ee/phil_parker
The good folk of www.readindiefantasy.com have included my Top Ten recommendations of #indieauthor books.
Well worth checking out, some brilliant stories to enjoy.
Thanks to @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com for the invitation.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-recom...
Well worth checking out, some brilliant stories to enjoy.
Thanks to @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com for the invitation.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-recom...
AMoRaR Recommendation… Phil Parker’s Top Ten Indie Books – Read Indie Fantasy
www.readindiefantasy.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The good folk of www.readindiefantasy.com have included my Top Ten recommendations of #indieauthor books.
Well worth checking out, some brilliant stories to enjoy.
Thanks to @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com for the invitation.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-recom...
Well worth checking out, some brilliant stories to enjoy.
Thanks to @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com for the invitation.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-recom...
Whether I should or not... here it is! 🤣
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Whether I should or not... here it is! 🤣
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips
My extract comes from WIP:
'August Furst: Literary Investigator' (Jasper Fforde & Douglas Adam's lovechild).
This is from Chapter 1: Dayley Ledgers...
linktr.ee/phil_parker
My extract comes from WIP:
'August Furst: Literary Investigator' (Jasper Fforde & Douglas Adam's lovechild).
This is from Chapter 1: Dayley Ledgers...
linktr.ee/phil_parker
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips
My extract comes from WIP:
'August Furst: Literary Investigator' (Jasper Fforde & Douglas Adam's lovechild).
This is from Chapter 1: Dayley Ledgers...
linktr.ee/phil_parker
My extract comes from WIP:
'August Furst: Literary Investigator' (Jasper Fforde & Douglas Adam's lovechild).
This is from Chapter 1: Dayley Ledgers...
linktr.ee/phil_parker
#FantasyIndiesNovember 10: Favourite line I've written:
"There were fairies at the bottom of my garden, and they were torturing someone."
From 'The Bastard from Fairyland' - my grimdark trilogy.
It's part of a TikTok "Best Opening Line" I've been told.
linktr.ee/phil_parker
#writingcommunity
"There were fairies at the bottom of my garden, and they were torturing someone."
From 'The Bastard from Fairyland' - my grimdark trilogy.
It's part of a TikTok "Best Opening Line" I've been told.
linktr.ee/phil_parker
#writingcommunity
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 10: Favourite line I've written:
"There were fairies at the bottom of my garden, and they were torturing someone."
From 'The Bastard from Fairyland' - my grimdark trilogy.
It's part of a TikTok "Best Opening Line" I've been told.
linktr.ee/phil_parker
#writingcommunity
"There were fairies at the bottom of my garden, and they were torturing someone."
From 'The Bastard from Fairyland' - my grimdark trilogy.
It's part of a TikTok "Best Opening Line" I've been told.
linktr.ee/phil_parker
#writingcommunity
This secret organisation has kept the public safe since 1666. Until now. Arcane forces, dominated for so long, are ready to fight back. One dark elf stands in their way and he's severely compromised.
linktr.ee/phil_parker
#booksky #books #fantasy #noirfantasy
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#booksky #books #fantasy #noirfantasy
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This secret organisation has kept the public safe since 1666. Until now. Arcane forces, dominated for so long, are ready to fight back. One dark elf stands in their way and he's severely compromised.
linktr.ee/phil_parker
#booksky #books #fantasy #noirfantasy
linktr.ee/phil_parker
#booksky #books #fantasy #noirfantasy
Another of my 60 second guides for #writers - how to develop your imagination.
Maintain the mindset to help you stay creative.
From one writer to another!
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#booksky #writingcommunity #amwriting #guide #creativity #imagination #authorsky #books
Maintain the mindset to help you stay creative.
From one writer to another!
linktr.ee/phil_parker
#booksky #writingcommunity #amwriting #guide #creativity #imagination #authorsky #books
November 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Another of my 60 second guides for #writers - how to develop your imagination.
Maintain the mindset to help you stay creative.
From one writer to another!
linktr.ee/phil_parker
#booksky #writingcommunity #amwriting #guide #creativity #imagination #authorsky #books
Maintain the mindset to help you stay creative.
From one writer to another!
linktr.ee/phil_parker
#booksky #writingcommunity #amwriting #guide #creativity #imagination #authorsky #books
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Issue #2 of our free magazine ("written BY writers, FOR writers!") will look at podcasting, contracts, releasing your novel, goal setting as an #indieauthor and making audio drama (with @emilyinkpen.bsky.social).
Plus reviews, stories and new releases!
AWESOME!
#writingcommunity #amwriting
Plus reviews, stories and new releases!
AWESOME!
#writingcommunity #amwriting
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Issue #2 of our free magazine ("written BY writers, FOR writers!") will look at podcasting, contracts, releasing your novel, goal setting as an #indieauthor and making audio drama (with @emilyinkpen.bsky.social).
Plus reviews, stories and new releases!
AWESOME!
#writingcommunity #amwriting
Plus reviews, stories and new releases!
AWESOME!
#writingcommunity #amwriting
My 60 second guide to #magic systems for anyone wanting to understand how magic can work in the #fantasy genre. I've included examples from literature too - which might help your choice of reading!
linktr.ee/phil_parker
#booksky #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #indieauthor
linktr.ee/phil_parker
#booksky #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #indieauthor
November 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
My 60 second guide to #magic systems for anyone wanting to understand how magic can work in the #fantasy genre. I've included examples from literature too - which might help your choice of reading!
linktr.ee/phil_parker
#booksky #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #indieauthor
linktr.ee/phil_parker
#booksky #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #indieauthor
November 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
My favourite series is Richard Morgan's Land Fit For Heroes trilogy - the original grimdark story. The bitterness of his flawed hero, Ringil Eskieth, arises out of the execution of the man he loves and drives his need for vengeance. Brilliant storytelling. #AMoRaR
Daily Challenge 7: The Long Haul - Share a series you enjoyed.
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
Reply or repost with your answer to enter, and remember to include the tag #AMoRaR
November 7, 2025 at 10:47 AM
My favourite series is Richard Morgan's Land Fit For Heroes trilogy - the original grimdark story. The bitterness of his flawed hero, Ringil Eskieth, arises out of the execution of the man he loves and drives his need for vengeance. Brilliant storytelling. #AMoRaR
Lots of interesting stuff for #indieauthors in this edition.
Our first edition is here (if you haven't read our highly prized resource for #writers)
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/creativecomm...
Our first edition is here (if you haven't read our highly prized resource for #writers)
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/creativecomm...
November 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Lots of interesting stuff for #indieauthors in this edition.
Our first edition is here (if you haven't read our highly prized resource for #writers)
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/creativecomm...
Our first edition is here (if you haven't read our highly prized resource for #writers)
www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/creativecomm...
Love this definition of writing motivation.
#SFFChat All my books are love letters to Iceland and/or remixes of #NorseMythology. I’m writing what I love reading, or what I would like to read if it existed ( #WhyOdinDrinks). There’s space for so many original takes on Norse lore when you realise it’s character-based more than plot-based.
#SFFChat Q1: What roles do myth, history, memory, or remembrance/commemoration play in your work?
November 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Love this definition of writing motivation.
The #WIPSnips word for November 5th is "trail"
This snippet is from my WIP, 'August Furst: Literary Investor' and describes a bucolic scene a la Tolkien.
I'm labelling the story as "the lovechild of Jasper Fforde and Douglas Adams".
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
This snippet is from my WIP, 'August Furst: Literary Investor' and describes a bucolic scene a la Tolkien.
I'm labelling the story as "the lovechild of Jasper Fforde and Douglas Adams".
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The #WIPSnips word for November 5th is "trail"
This snippet is from my WIP, 'August Furst: Literary Investor' and describes a bucolic scene a la Tolkien.
I'm labelling the story as "the lovechild of Jasper Fforde and Douglas Adams".
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
This snippet is from my WIP, 'August Furst: Literary Investor' and describes a bucolic scene a la Tolkien.
I'm labelling the story as "the lovechild of Jasper Fforde and Douglas Adams".
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
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#WIPSnips Today, we go with 'trailers' and give some attention to the aftermath of The Great War between the Æsir and the Vanir. Also, Bragi's superpower.
#NorseMythology won't know what hit it...
Book I:
→ www.whyodindrinks.com
#NorseMythology won't know what hit it...
Book I:
→ www.whyodindrinks.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
#WIPSnips Today, we go with 'trailers' and give some attention to the aftermath of The Great War between the Æsir and the Vanir. Also, Bragi's superpower.
#NorseMythology won't know what hit it...
Book I:
→ www.whyodindrinks.com
#NorseMythology won't know what hit it...
Book I:
→ www.whyodindrinks.com
@blog.readindiefantasy.com A Month of Rain & Reads
Daily Challenge 4: Be Gay! - Share a book with a gay protagonist and tell us what makes it awesome.
Robin Goodfellow in The Bastard from Fairyland is a bitter, lonely fae warrior exiled from his lover. Hell is being parted from those you love.
Daily Challenge 4: Be Gay! - Share a book with a gay protagonist and tell us what makes it awesome.
Robin Goodfellow in The Bastard from Fairyland is a bitter, lonely fae warrior exiled from his lover. Hell is being parted from those you love.
November 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
@blog.readindiefantasy.com A Month of Rain & Reads
Daily Challenge 4: Be Gay! - Share a book with a gay protagonist and tell us what makes it awesome.
Robin Goodfellow in The Bastard from Fairyland is a bitter, lonely fae warrior exiled from his lover. Hell is being parted from those you love.
Daily Challenge 4: Be Gay! - Share a book with a gay protagonist and tell us what makes it awesome.
Robin Goodfellow in The Bastard from Fairyland is a bitter, lonely fae warrior exiled from his lover. Hell is being parted from those you love.