Tyler James Russell
@tjamesrussell.bsky.social
TO DROWN A MAN and WHEN FIRE SPLITS THE SKY
@UnsolicitedP. Work in @FrictionSeries, @Asimovs_SF. Best of Net/Rhysling Nominee
@UnsolicitedP. Work in @FrictionSeries, @Asimovs_SF. Best of Net/Rhysling Nominee
Tonight's film is THE SEVENTH SEAL, probably my favorite of the semester. What's not to love? Medieval fantasy. Spiritual haunting. Death-obsession. Yes, yes, and yes, please.
November 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Tonight's film is THE SEVENTH SEAL, probably my favorite of the semester. What's not to love? Medieval fantasy. Spiritual haunting. Death-obsession. Yes, yes, and yes, please.
Reposting this for the morning. Come on friends, looking for some good YA resources and advice!
#writing #writingcommunity #fantasy
#writing #writingcommunity #fantasy
Had an almost fully-formed novel idea fall into my lap yesterday. Only, it's #YA (fantasy), which I've never tried before.
#Writer friends: tips, resources, warnings?
#writingtips #writingfiction #publishing
#Writer friends: tips, resources, warnings?
#writingtips #writingfiction #publishing
November 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Reposting this for the morning. Come on friends, looking for some good YA resources and advice!
#writing #writingcommunity #fantasy
#writing #writingcommunity #fantasy
Finally getting around to #RingsOfPower season 2 and it’s…a show to watch on the treadmill. Could be worse, but could be a whole lot better too. And man, even as a lifelong #Tolkien fan, Amazon should have stuck with #WheelofTime instead
November 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Finally getting around to #RingsOfPower season 2 and it’s…a show to watch on the treadmill. Could be worse, but could be a whole lot better too. And man, even as a lifelong #Tolkien fan, Amazon should have stuck with #WheelofTime instead
Had an almost fully-formed novel idea fall into my lap yesterday. Only, it's #YA (fantasy), which I've never tried before.
#Writer friends: tips, resources, warnings?
#writingtips #writingfiction #publishing
#Writer friends: tips, resources, warnings?
#writingtips #writingfiction #publishing
November 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Had an almost fully-formed novel idea fall into my lap yesterday. Only, it's #YA (fantasy), which I've never tried before.
#Writer friends: tips, resources, warnings?
#writingtips #writingfiction #publishing
#Writer friends: tips, resources, warnings?
#writingtips #writingfiction #publishing
Still not sure what I’m feeling about this book (though I’m curious enough to try the Netflix adaptation). But it does an incredible job of using section breaks as propellant. A twist, a curve, a poetic reflection that lifts the prose beyond everything else surrounding it
November 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Still not sure what I’m feeling about this book (though I’m curious enough to try the Netflix adaptation). But it does an incredible job of using section breaks as propellant. A twist, a curve, a poetic reflection that lifts the prose beyond everything else surrounding it
If you offered me the choice between a three day stomach bug and getting shot in the leg I would…think about it
November 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
If you offered me the choice between a three day stomach bug and getting shot in the leg I would…think about it
Having taught Oedipus for 12 years, and repeatedly doubting it could work in a modern setting, this seems poised to prove me wrong!
www.nytimes.com/video/t-maga...
www.nytimes.com/video/t-maga...
Video: Live From the 10th Floor | A Scene From “Oedipus”
The actors Lesley Manville and Mark Strong perform a scene from the Broadway production of “Oedipus” in T Magazine’s office.
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Having taught Oedipus for 12 years, and repeatedly doubting it could work in a modern setting, this seems poised to prove me wrong!
www.nytimes.com/video/t-maga...
www.nytimes.com/video/t-maga...
"A child may well believe a report that there are ogres in the next county. Many grown-up persons find it easy to believe of another country."
JRR Tolkien, "On Fairy Stories"
JRR Tolkien, "On Fairy Stories"
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"A child may well believe a report that there are ogres in the next county. Many grown-up persons find it easy to believe of another country."
JRR Tolkien, "On Fairy Stories"
JRR Tolkien, "On Fairy Stories"
Pre-ordered and arrived. Can’t wait to begin!
November 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Pre-ordered and arrived. Can’t wait to begin!
You’re 15. You’ve ridden a donkey for months and people are already trying to kill the baby you just had a frikkin barn. Then these two bust in and start playing DRUMS at you while rapping about chinchillas. I love this season.
November 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
You’re 15. You’ve ridden a donkey for months and people are already trying to kill the baby you just had a frikkin barn. Then these two bust in and start playing DRUMS at you while rapping about chinchillas. I love this season.
Super happy I finally picked up THE WILL OF THE MANY by James Islington, and just in time to preorder the sequel! Smart, original, and compulsively readable. The final act is a blast
November 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Super happy I finally picked up THE WILL OF THE MANY by James Islington, and just in time to preorder the sequel! Smart, original, and compulsively readable. The final act is a blast
Almost two years in, I'm still doing 1,000 words a day, only now splitting that between 2 brand-new projects. A fun way to keep moving forward while still giving my subconsciousness time to do its work formulating early-stage ideas!
November 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Almost two years in, I'm still doing 1,000 words a day, only now splitting that between 2 brand-new projects. A fun way to keep moving forward while still giving my subconsciousness time to do its work formulating early-stage ideas!
Obviously, every project has its own gestation, a unique process with its own ebbs and flows. But EVERY TIME - there's something suddenly toothy and solid when it crosses the 100 page mark
October 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Obviously, every project has its own gestation, a unique process with its own ebbs and flows. But EVERY TIME - there's something suddenly toothy and solid when it crosses the 100 page mark
WHEN FIRE SPLITS THE SKY, spotted in the wild
@unsolicitedpress.bsky.social #literature #postapocalyptic #books #dissociativeidentitydisorder
@unsolicitedpress.bsky.social #literature #postapocalyptic #books #dissociativeidentitydisorder
October 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
WHEN FIRE SPLITS THE SKY, spotted in the wild
@unsolicitedpress.bsky.social #literature #postapocalyptic #books #dissociativeidentitydisorder
@unsolicitedpress.bsky.social #literature #postapocalyptic #books #dissociativeidentitydisorder
I'll be MCing a Banned Books Night night TOMORROW at Mondragon Bookstore in Lewisburg at 7. Come out and read your favorite forbidden passages!
#bannedbooks #bannedbooks #literature #resist #readmore #readmorebooks
#bannedbooks #bannedbooks #literature #resist #readmore #readmorebooks
October 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I'll be MCing a Banned Books Night night TOMORROW at Mondragon Bookstore in Lewisburg at 7. Come out and read your favorite forbidden passages!
#bannedbooks #bannedbooks #literature #resist #readmore #readmorebooks
#bannedbooks #bannedbooks #literature #resist #readmore #readmorebooks
Reposted by Tyler James Russell
Fun living in a world where every new email — hell, every interaction online — is a Voight-Kampff test
October 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Fun living in a world where every new email — hell, every interaction online — is a Voight-Kampff test
Received an AI-generated email today complimenting the synopsis of a book that wasn’t mine, and offering scammy paid promotion. After firing back a maybe-sharp email, I received another AI-generated apology for the mistake. Just...sigh. The entire exchange felt like a Radiohead song.
October 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Received an AI-generated email today complimenting the synopsis of a book that wasn’t mine, and offering scammy paid promotion. After firing back a maybe-sharp email, I received another AI-generated apology for the mistake. Just...sigh. The entire exchange felt like a Radiohead song.
Thinking about this one company that apparently read my terrible handwriting on a form, then shrugged and sent every single piece of mail to TYLOR RUSSEAU
September 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Thinking about this one company that apparently read my terrible handwriting on a form, then shrugged and sent every single piece of mail to TYLOR RUSSEAU
The illogical fear of one day having to try and tackle Derrick Henry and then dying in front of my family and friends
September 8, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The illogical fear of one day having to try and tackle Derrick Henry and then dying in front of my family and friends
Best seat in the (new) house!
September 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Best seat in the (new) house!
Literary agent rejected my query 7 minutes after I submitted it. Thats gotta be a record. Ah well, onward!
#amquerying
#amquerying
September 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Literary agent rejected my query 7 minutes after I submitted it. Thats gotta be a record. Ah well, onward!
#amquerying
#amquerying
We're all thinking it, but I'm not afraid to say it. PIZZA IS BETTER WHEN IT'S SQUARE
August 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
We're all thinking it, but I'm not afraid to say it. PIZZA IS BETTER WHEN IT'S SQUARE
Closing in on the end of book 8 of #Malazan, reaffirming my belief that this is one of the most stunning-realized pieces of literature ever written, genre and time aside. Remember reading a review that said Erikson did for this fantasy world what Faulkner did for Yoknapatawpha and, honestly, yes.
August 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Closing in on the end of book 8 of #Malazan, reaffirming my belief that this is one of the most stunning-realized pieces of literature ever written, genre and time aside. Remember reading a review that said Erikson did for this fantasy world what Faulkner did for Yoknapatawpha and, honestly, yes.
One of my deepest beliefs is that here in the year 2025 is that ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING should be dishwasher safe
August 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
One of my deepest beliefs is that here in the year 2025 is that ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING should be dishwasher safe
After finally watching KPop Demon Hunters with my kids, realizing how much I LOVE titles that just lay out the entire premise. Invasion of the Bodysnatchers. Snakes on a Plane. Swamplandia! Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (no notes on that one, title-wise).
July 31, 2025 at 5:29 PM
After finally watching KPop Demon Hunters with my kids, realizing how much I LOVE titles that just lay out the entire premise. Invasion of the Bodysnatchers. Snakes on a Plane. Swamplandia! Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (no notes on that one, title-wise).