The Hardy Boys Plus 25
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Bobby DiVito - Author of the hilarious new mashup that builds on the original Hardy Boys books from the 1920’s, aging Frank & Joe 25 years!
Authors:
Best time of Day for you to write:
A. Morning
B. Afternoon
C. Evening
D. Overnight or
E. Doesn’t matter?
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#amwriting
#writer
Best time of Day for you to write:
A. Morning
B. Afternoon
C. Evening
D. Overnight or
E. Doesn’t matter?
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#amwriting
#writer
August 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Authors:
Best time of Day for you to write:
A. Morning
B. Afternoon
C. Evening
D. Overnight or
E. Doesn’t matter?
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#amwriting
#writer
Best time of Day for you to write:
A. Morning
B. Afternoon
C. Evening
D. Overnight or
E. Doesn’t matter?
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#amwriting
#writer
Another question for my author friends:
Have you ever come up with a GREAT book title, but then couldn’t figure out how to write a novel to match it?
I’ve got a really good one, but as yet don’t have a decent storyline to go with it.
Have you ever come up with a GREAT book title, but then couldn’t figure out how to write a novel to match it?
I’ve got a really good one, but as yet don’t have a decent storyline to go with it.
August 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Another question for my author friends:
Have you ever come up with a GREAT book title, but then couldn’t figure out how to write a novel to match it?
I’ve got a really good one, but as yet don’t have a decent storyline to go with it.
Have you ever come up with a GREAT book title, but then couldn’t figure out how to write a novel to match it?
I’ve got a really good one, but as yet don’t have a decent storyline to go with it.
Great cover!
I'm delighted to share the AMAZING cover for the new e-book edition of NO ONE HEARS THE LAST SHOT, by Sarah Anne Langton! E-book now available at all retailers, while paperback and limited edition hardcover are available from PS Publishing!
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August 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Great cover!
For authors out there:
When you have a new writing project, do you start with a word count target, or do you let the story determine the length of your book?
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#iamwriting
#writers
When you have a new writing project, do you start with a word count target, or do you let the story determine the length of your book?
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#iamwriting
#writers
August 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
For authors out there:
When you have a new writing project, do you start with a word count target, or do you let the story determine the length of your book?
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#iamwriting
#writers
When you have a new writing project, do you start with a word count target, or do you let the story determine the length of your book?
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#iamwriting
#writers
Question for all the writers out there:
Which is harder: writing the first chapter of your book or the last?
#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#writer
Which is harder: writing the first chapter of your book or the last?
#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#writer
August 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Question for all the writers out there:
Which is harder: writing the first chapter of your book or the last?
#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#writer
Which is harder: writing the first chapter of your book or the last?
#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#writer
Today’s Edition of “Talk Like The Hardy Boys” - 1920s slang you can use every day!
Hot Grease - Trouble; difficulty
Usage - Brandon got arrested for jaywalking. Man, is he in hot grease now!
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Hot Grease - Trouble; difficulty
Usage - Brandon got arrested for jaywalking. Man, is he in hot grease now!
Follow me for more!
#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#TheHardyBoys
August 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Today’s Edition of “Talk Like The Hardy Boys” - 1920s slang you can use every day!
Hot Grease - Trouble; difficulty
Usage - Brandon got arrested for jaywalking. Man, is he in hot grease now!
Follow me for more!
#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#TheHardyBoys
Hot Grease - Trouble; difficulty
Usage - Brandon got arrested for jaywalking. Man, is he in hot grease now!
Follow me for more!
#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#TheHardyBoys
Looking for advice on a new cover design. The one with the tower is the current. And yes, the book is supposed to be funny and no, not ready to pay for a cover design. And not using AI. Thanks! Bobby D.
August 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Looking for advice on a new cover design. The one with the tower is the current. And yes, the book is supposed to be funny and no, not ready to pay for a cover design. And not using AI. Thanks! Bobby D.
Reposted by The Hardy Boys Plus 25
Comics to film 💥=🎞️
A History of Violence (1997) by John Wagner & Vince Locke was adapted for the screen in 2005 by David Cronenberg. The graphic novel is cautionary tale about violence while the film emphasizes a psychological toll with the consequences of one's actions. 🪓🩸😡
#comicsky #filmsky
A History of Violence (1997) by John Wagner & Vince Locke was adapted for the screen in 2005 by David Cronenberg. The graphic novel is cautionary tale about violence while the film emphasizes a psychological toll with the consequences of one's actions. 🪓🩸😡
#comicsky #filmsky
August 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
To my author friends out there:
Do you spend more time reading or writing these days and why?
#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#writer
Do you spend more time reading or writing these days and why?
#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#writer
August 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
To my author friends out there:
Do you spend more time reading or writing these days and why?
#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#writer
Do you spend more time reading or writing these days and why?
#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#writer
Today’s Edition of “Talk Like The Hardy Boys” - 1920s slang you can use every day!
Pull a Whizzer - to deceive or defraud a person.
Usage - That fake bitcoin app really pulled a whizzer on my cousin.
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#TheHardyBoys
Pull a Whizzer - to deceive or defraud a person.
Usage - That fake bitcoin app really pulled a whizzer on my cousin.
Follow me for more!
#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#TheHardyBoys
August 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Today’s Edition of “Talk Like The Hardy Boys” - 1920s slang you can use every day!
Pull a Whizzer - to deceive or defraud a person.
Usage - That fake bitcoin app really pulled a whizzer on my cousin.
Follow me for more!
#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#TheHardyBoys
Pull a Whizzer - to deceive or defraud a person.
Usage - That fake bitcoin app really pulled a whizzer on my cousin.
Follow me for more!
#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#TheHardyBoys
Today’s Edition of “Talk Like The Hardy Boys” - 1920s slang you can use every day!
Prezactly - Precisely and exactly
Usage - My iPhone 16 was prezactly what I needed. Thanks for buying it for me!
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Prezactly - Precisely and exactly
Usage - My iPhone 16 was prezactly what I needed. Thanks for buying it for me!
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#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#TheHardyBoys
August 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Today’s Edition of “Talk Like The Hardy Boys” - 1920s slang you can use every day!
Prezactly - Precisely and exactly
Usage - My iPhone 16 was prezactly what I needed. Thanks for buying it for me!
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#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#TheHardyBoys
Prezactly - Precisely and exactly
Usage - My iPhone 16 was prezactly what I needed. Thanks for buying it for me!
Follow me for more!
#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#TheHardyBoys
Today’s Edition of “Talk Like The Hardy Boys” - 1920s slang you can use every day!
Platitudinous Ponderosity - The use of big words for common ideas.
Usage - I’m not even gonna try for this one. You get it though, right?
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Platitudinous Ponderosity - The use of big words for common ideas.
Usage - I’m not even gonna try for this one. You get it though, right?
Follow me for more!
#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#TheHardyBoys
August 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Today’s Edition of “Talk Like The Hardy Boys” - 1920s slang you can use every day!
Platitudinous Ponderosity - The use of big words for common ideas.
Usage - I’m not even gonna try for this one. You get it though, right?
Follow me for more!
#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#TheHardyBoys
Platitudinous Ponderosity - The use of big words for common ideas.
Usage - I’m not even gonna try for this one. You get it though, right?
Follow me for more!
#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#TheHardyBoys
The first reviews are in for The Hardy Boys Plus 25: The Tower Treasure!
Thank you Dalaska
Thank you Dalaska
August 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The first reviews are in for The Hardy Boys Plus 25: The Tower Treasure!
Thank you Dalaska
Thank you Dalaska
Which Hardy Boy, or their friend Chet Morton, are you the most like? This quiz will help you understand who you're more like in your favorite book series by my co-author, Frank W. Dixon. This revelation could be life-changing!
Or not.
#TeamFrank
#TeamJoe
#TeamChet
#TheHardyBoys
#writingcommunity
Or not.
#TeamFrank
#TeamJoe
#TeamChet
#TheHardyBoys
#writingcommunity
Which Hardy Boy Are you Like MOst?
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August 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Which Hardy Boy, or their friend Chet Morton, are you the most like? This quiz will help you understand who you're more like in your favorite book series by my co-author, Frank W. Dixon. This revelation could be life-changing!
Or not.
#TeamFrank
#TeamJoe
#TeamChet
#TheHardyBoys
#writingcommunity
Or not.
#TeamFrank
#TeamJoe
#TeamChet
#TheHardyBoys
#writingcommunity
Today’s Edition of “Talk Like The Hardy Boys” - 1920s slang you can use every day!
Pill Bag - Doctor
Usage - My doctor was really unhappy I called him a pill bag. Then I told him it was 1920’s slang and he was still mad!
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#TheHardyBoys
Pill Bag - Doctor
Usage - My doctor was really unhappy I called him a pill bag. Then I told him it was 1920’s slang and he was still mad!
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#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#TheHardyBoys
August 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Today’s Edition of “Talk Like The Hardy Boys” - 1920s slang you can use every day!
Pill Bag - Doctor
Usage - My doctor was really unhappy I called him a pill bag. Then I told him it was 1920’s slang and he was still mad!
Follow me for more!
#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#TheHardyBoys
Pill Bag - Doctor
Usage - My doctor was really unhappy I called him a pill bag. Then I told him it was 1920’s slang and he was still mad!
Follow me for more!
#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#TheHardyBoys
Attention All Podcasters & Radio Hosts!
Author Bobby DiVito is available to talk about his unique reimagining of the very first Hardy Boys story, The Tower Treasure. DM me for availability (which is pretty much any time you want at this point, let's be real).
#podcast #podcastguest
Author Bobby DiVito is available to talk about his unique reimagining of the very first Hardy Boys story, The Tower Treasure. DM me for availability (which is pretty much any time you want at this point, let's be real).
#podcast #podcastguest
August 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Attention All Podcasters & Radio Hosts!
Author Bobby DiVito is available to talk about his unique reimagining of the very first Hardy Boys story, The Tower Treasure. DM me for availability (which is pretty much any time you want at this point, let's be real).
#podcast #podcastguest
Author Bobby DiVito is available to talk about his unique reimagining of the very first Hardy Boys story, The Tower Treasure. DM me for availability (which is pretty much any time you want at this point, let's be real).
#podcast #podcastguest
Today’s Edition of “Talk Like The Hardy Boys” - 1920s slang you can use every day!
The ‘20s & ‘30s had so many great words for money! Here are just a few:
Balsam
Cushel
Darby
Juice
Mazuma
Pazaza
Pocers
Simloons
Velvet
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#iamwriting
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#booksky
#TheHardyBoys
The ‘20s & ‘30s had so many great words for money! Here are just a few:
Balsam
Cushel
Darby
Juice
Mazuma
Pazaza
Pocers
Simloons
Velvet
Follow me for more!
#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#TheHardyBoys
August 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Today’s Edition of “Talk Like The Hardy Boys” - 1920s slang you can use every day!
The ‘20s & ‘30s had so many great words for money! Here are just a few:
Balsam
Cushel
Darby
Juice
Mazuma
Pazaza
Pocers
Simloons
Velvet
Follow me for more!
#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#TheHardyBoys
The ‘20s & ‘30s had so many great words for money! Here are just a few:
Balsam
Cushel
Darby
Juice
Mazuma
Pazaza
Pocers
Simloons
Velvet
Follow me for more!
#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#TheHardyBoys
Chapter V, The Rescue in my mashup version of The Hardy Boys 2nd adventure, The House on the Cliff, is done. That means I’m about a fifth of the way through the book, but just getting to the meat of the story. This is only my second rewrite of Franklin W. Dixon’s work, but he seems to start slow.
August 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Chapter V, The Rescue in my mashup version of The Hardy Boys 2nd adventure, The House on the Cliff, is done. That means I’m about a fifth of the way through the book, but just getting to the meat of the story. This is only my second rewrite of Franklin W. Dixon’s work, but he seems to start slow.
Today’s Edition of “Talk Like The Hardy Boys” - 1920s slang you can use every day!
Abhorable- The opposite of adorable; detestable
Usage - Did you see Ed’s new car? It’s abhorable!
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Abhorable- The opposite of adorable; detestable
Usage - Did you see Ed’s new car? It’s abhorable!
Follow me for more!
#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#TheHardyBoys
August 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Today’s Edition of “Talk Like The Hardy Boys” - 1920s slang you can use every day!
Abhorable- The opposite of adorable; detestable
Usage - Did you see Ed’s new car? It’s abhorable!
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#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#TheHardyBoys
Abhorable- The opposite of adorable; detestable
Usage - Did you see Ed’s new car? It’s abhorable!
Follow me for more!
#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#TheHardyBoys
Chapter IV of The House on the Cliff is done! Probably my favorite chapter so far, & why wouldn’t it be? We finally get past the mystery of the missing bike tools, and we’re on to boats racing in the bay, shots fired, and watercraft exploding. WAY too much excitement for Frank and Joe! What’s next?
August 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Chapter IV of The House on the Cliff is done! Probably my favorite chapter so far, & why wouldn’t it be? We finally get past the mystery of the missing bike tools, and we’re on to boats racing in the bay, shots fired, and watercraft exploding. WAY too much excitement for Frank and Joe! What’s next?
Today’s Edition of “Talk Like The Hardy Boys” - 1920s slang you can use every day!
Swobble- To swallow in a gobbling manner.
Usage - Wow! Look at Nico swobble his lunch down!
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Swobble- To swallow in a gobbling manner.
Usage - Wow! Look at Nico swobble his lunch down!
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#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#TheHardyBoys
August 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Today’s Edition of “Talk Like The Hardy Boys” - 1920s slang you can use every day!
Swobble- To swallow in a gobbling manner.
Usage - Wow! Look at Nico swobble his lunch down!
Follow me for more!
#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#TheHardyBoys
Swobble- To swallow in a gobbling manner.
Usage - Wow! Look at Nico swobble his lunch down!
Follow me for more!
#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#TheHardyBoys
Today’s Edition of “Talk Like The Hardy Boys” - 1920s slang you can use every day!
Adam and Eve on Raft - Two eggs on toast.
Usage - That seems pretty obvious. Use it the next time you’re at a greasy spoon diner.
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Adam and Eve on Raft - Two eggs on toast.
Usage - That seems pretty obvious. Use it the next time you’re at a greasy spoon diner.
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#writingcommunity
#booksky
#TheHardyBoys
July 31, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Today’s Edition of “Talk Like The Hardy Boys” - 1920s slang you can use every day!
Adam and Eve on Raft - Two eggs on toast.
Usage - That seems pretty obvious. Use it the next time you’re at a greasy spoon diner.
Follow me for more!
#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#TheHardyBoys
Adam and Eve on Raft - Two eggs on toast.
Usage - That seems pretty obvious. Use it the next time you’re at a greasy spoon diner.
Follow me for more!
#iamwriting
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#TheHardyBoys
For my writing friends out there: Do you have a Daily Writing Goal?
If so, is it for a set number of words (like 1000), a set amount of time (like two hours), both or something else? 🤔
#iamwriting
#Booksky
#writingcommunity
#writer
If so, is it for a set number of words (like 1000), a set amount of time (like two hours), both or something else? 🤔
#iamwriting
#Booksky
#writingcommunity
#writer
July 31, 2025 at 6:59 PM
For my writing friends out there: Do you have a Daily Writing Goal?
If so, is it for a set number of words (like 1000), a set amount of time (like two hours), both or something else? 🤔
#iamwriting
#Booksky
#writingcommunity
#writer
If so, is it for a set number of words (like 1000), a set amount of time (like two hours), both or something else? 🤔
#iamwriting
#Booksky
#writingcommunity
#writer
Not to brag or anything, but The Hardy Boys Plus 25: The Tower Treasure is now #137 in Kindle’s Parodies category.
That’s probably out of 140, but I’ll take it!
Not bad for a young, upstart mashup from the sticks that no one has ever heard of. 😎
That’s probably out of 140, but I’ll take it!
Not bad for a young, upstart mashup from the sticks that no one has ever heard of. 😎
July 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Not to brag or anything, but The Hardy Boys Plus 25: The Tower Treasure is now #137 in Kindle’s Parodies category.
That’s probably out of 140, but I’ll take it!
Not bad for a young, upstart mashup from the sticks that no one has ever heard of. 😎
That’s probably out of 140, but I’ll take it!
Not bad for a young, upstart mashup from the sticks that no one has ever heard of. 😎