R. S. Hampton, Writer
@rshamptonbooks.bsky.social
📖 Debut Novel: Forever Gone | 07.01.25 | Links 👇
🖋️ Thriller Author
🌎 Global traveler and recovering lawyer married to a Turk. Living in US and Türkiye.
🔗 My Links
https://linktr.ee/rshampton
✏️ Travel & Farm Blog
https://substack.com/@rshampton
🖋️ Thriller Author
🌎 Global traveler and recovering lawyer married to a Turk. Living in US and Türkiye.
🔗 My Links
https://linktr.ee/rshampton
✏️ Travel & Farm Blog
https://substack.com/@rshampton
At Author Nation in Las Vegas this week. If you are an Indie author, think about coming next year, as it was very beneficial for you as a writer. This is Reader Nation, the one day event where authors can sell their books and meet their fans.
November 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
At Author Nation in Las Vegas this week. If you are an Indie author, think about coming next year, as it was very beneficial for you as a writer. This is Reader Nation, the one day event where authors can sell their books and meet their fans.
The second book in the domestic series is loaded in the hopper!
November 5, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The second book in the domestic series is loaded in the hopper!
Celebrating my next novel, Malevolent Intent coming out in January!
September 20, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Celebrating my next novel, Malevolent Intent coming out in January!
Every morning I step outside to see this heartbreak.
September 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Every morning I step outside to see this heartbreak.
It’s a book. A thrill. A very good thriller.
August 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
It’s a book. A thrill. A very good thriller.
Dear Free Little Libraries:
I’d like to support your library with my book that released July 1. I have a box of ARC copies in my closet that need a home. If you’d like one, please email me using my website and tell me where to send a copy. 😁
I’d like to support your library with my book that released July 1. I have a box of ARC copies in my closet that need a home. If you’d like one, please email me using my website and tell me where to send a copy. 😁
August 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Dear Free Little Libraries:
I’d like to support your library with my book that released July 1. I have a box of ARC copies in my closet that need a home. If you’d like one, please email me using my website and tell me where to send a copy. 😁
I’d like to support your library with my book that released July 1. I have a box of ARC copies in my closet that need a home. If you’d like one, please email me using my website and tell me where to send a copy. 😁
Now on ebook, paperback everywhere and audiobook with Amazon.
July 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Now on ebook, paperback everywhere and audiobook with Amazon.
How to Market a Damn Thriller
The ongoing debate (it's now a lenthy saga) about whether to show my face on social media or not. Why do you have to see my face to buy my book?
open.substack.com/pub/rshampto...
The ongoing debate (it's now a lenthy saga) about whether to show my face on social media or not. Why do you have to see my face to buy my book?
open.substack.com/pub/rshampto...
July 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
How to Market a Damn Thriller
The ongoing debate (it's now a lenthy saga) about whether to show my face on social media or not. Why do you have to see my face to buy my book?
open.substack.com/pub/rshampto...
The ongoing debate (it's now a lenthy saga) about whether to show my face on social media or not. Why do you have to see my face to buy my book?
open.substack.com/pub/rshampto...
@bookpromos.bsky.social Forever Gone is on sale!
July 27, 2025 at 6:18 AM
@bookpromos.bsky.social Forever Gone is on sale!
A preview of my latest Instagram post. My debut thriller, Forever Gone, officially published today. My first self published novel– it feels like an incredible feat. I'm proud to be here, excited / nervous for what's next, and thrilled (no pun intended) to share this story with the world. #booksky
July 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
A preview of my latest Instagram post. My debut thriller, Forever Gone, officially published today. My first self published novel– it feels like an incredible feat. I'm proud to be here, excited / nervous for what's next, and thrilled (no pun intended) to share this story with the world. #booksky
Reviews are coming in! Need a thriller to take to the beach? #thriller #thrillerwriter #legalthriller
June 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Reviews are coming in! Need a thriller to take to the beach? #thriller #thrillerwriter #legalthriller
I've decided that I can do what I can with my community, but there's not much else I can do about the presidents of the two countries where I live. I'll de-stress in my garden and write. #farm #write #garden #türkiye #nostresslife
May 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I've decided that I can do what I can with my community, but there's not much else I can do about the presidents of the two countries where I live. I'll de-stress in my garden and write. #farm #write #garden #türkiye #nostresslife
VERY exciting news; my debut novel Forever Gone is now available to pre-order with various retailers + I have ARC's for readers who love suspense novels. linktr.ee/rshampton
P.S. – what a heck of a journey self-publishing is.
#selfpublished #thrillerbooks #writersky #booksky #writingcommunity
P.S. – what a heck of a journey self-publishing is.
#selfpublished #thrillerbooks #writersky #booksky #writingcommunity
May 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
VERY exciting news; my debut novel Forever Gone is now available to pre-order with various retailers + I have ARC's for readers who love suspense novels. linktr.ee/rshampton
P.S. – what a heck of a journey self-publishing is.
#selfpublished #thrillerbooks #writersky #booksky #writingcommunity
P.S. – what a heck of a journey self-publishing is.
#selfpublished #thrillerbooks #writersky #booksky #writingcommunity
Interested in Farm life? Off-grid? In another country?
May 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Interested in Farm life? Off-grid? In another country?
There are things you see that cannot be photographed. Things you learn that you never expected. rshampton.substack.com
April 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
There are things you see that cannot be photographed. Things you learn that you never expected. rshampton.substack.com
Sitting in traffic in Miami, I wondered how these trees could still survive breathing all our fumes.
April 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Sitting in traffic in Miami, I wondered how these trees could still survive breathing all our fumes.
Looking for ARC Readers: A pulse-pounding suspense thriller about buried secrets, dangerous truths, and the price of justice. Charleston lawyer investigates a local children’s ranch, with horrifying allegations of abuse far darker than financial fraud-and a government that refuses to prosecute.
April 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Looking for ARC Readers: A pulse-pounding suspense thriller about buried secrets, dangerous truths, and the price of justice. Charleston lawyer investigates a local children’s ranch, with horrifying allegations of abuse far darker than financial fraud-and a government that refuses to prosecute.
Overstayed my visa in Türkey. Twice. I'm about to go back and try again to behave this time. Visit me at rshampton.substack.com. I'll update you once I get through Passport Control.
April 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Overstayed my visa in Türkey. Twice. I'm about to go back and try again to behave this time. Visit me at rshampton.substack.com. I'll update you once I get through Passport Control.
The Texas Hill Country is beautiful in spring. I had no idea until I took a trip this weekend.
April 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The Texas Hill Country is beautiful in spring. I had no idea until I took a trip this weekend.
Hi. Here’s Jerry.
March 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Hi. Here’s Jerry.
February 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I read a lot. Several books a week sometimes. Most I can’t remember after a day of so.
Not this book. It will stay with me for life.
Women are most definitely heros.
Not this book. It will stay with me for life.
Women are most definitely heros.
February 1, 2025 at 5:13 AM
I read a lot. Several books a week sometimes. Most I can’t remember after a day of so.
Not this book. It will stay with me for life.
Women are most definitely heros.
Not this book. It will stay with me for life.
Women are most definitely heros.
January 28, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Are you thinking about going to another country? Or living there part-time? I took the first step toward citizenship even though I've been back and forth to Türkiye for three decades—time to make it official.
January 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Are you thinking about going to another country? Or living there part-time? I took the first step toward citizenship even though I've been back and forth to Türkiye for three decades—time to make it official.