Pinned
It's out! THREE AXES TO FALL, Book Three of the Grave of Empires trilogy, is now available and ready for your eager little hands! Riding birds, magic turds, lots of words--everything you want out of a book and more!
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Sam Sykes
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Sam Sykes
@SamSykesSwears
Fantasy author of Seven Blades in Black, the Bring Down Heaven Trilogy and An Affinity for Steel. Professional bear-wrestler. Friend of Humanity.
- Blockbuster was just one part in a multi-step ritual celebrating the end of the working week. Rent a game, get a pizza, check out until Monday. It wasn't about Blockbuster but what Blockbuster meant, back when time had meaning.You just had to be there
- “I’m not good enough.” -Implies this is as good as you will ever be -Does not acknowledge your hard work -Ends your journey Punching the ground and declaring “I...I must get stronger!” like in anime -Sets goals -Recognizes how far you’ve come -Useful for defeating the Demon King
- Congrats to Generation Z on their very first kill! May the blood on your lips taste sweeter than wine!
- Tombili was a local celebrity cat from Istanbul famous for his very relaxed posture. When he passed, locals erected a statue in his honor.
- 2015: "Suck it up, snowflakes. No safe spaces in real life." 2017: "I am being held prisoner in a gazebo by a man with a tuba jesus save me"
- to adventurers, few monsters are as crafty or as feared as the deadly Mimic
00:00 - My fool godson, William, went down to the basement to get a snack four days ago I told him--every time I tell him--to COUNT the stairs as he goes down. There's only 12. If it goes to 13, come back up and try again. And don't follow the thing singing down there But does he listen?
- I was today years old when I found out Gandalf carried his pipe in his staff.
- Some writers will try to say “why do you use f-f-foul language when there’s so much more extravagant/fanciful/majestic words!” Beyond being just a shallow ploy, your job as a writer isn’t to use the biggest word, it’s to use the right words. And sometimes the right word is ass.
