Writer of fantasy for YA & Adults. My new novel TO HELL AND BACK comes out 1/20/26 and is available for preorder! I advocate punching nazis. https://linktr.ee/AuthorBillBlumehttps://bsky.app/profile/billblume.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/billblume.bsky.social/post/3mwqm3ksdi22xThat moment when you realize Leslie Tiller was fucking murdered.30 Sep 2026 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:puwwooy5obg2bgo652eu2rdl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqm3ksdi22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/billblume.bsky.social/post/3mvkosqrpvc2hLast night, I finished the zero draft on a manuscript that I plan to release in 2028. Gonna require a lot of editing (it’s a whopping 170k), but I’m so happy with this story. SABERS & SIDE QUESTS has been a creative journey I’ve loved. I can’t wait for readers to meet Shana and Rissa. #Writersky15 Sep 2026 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:puwwooy5obg2bgo652eu2rdl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkosqrpvc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/billblume.bsky.social/post/3muxuazvsfk24Sunset reflecting off the Dominion Building earlier this evening. #sunset #rva #richmond08 Sep 2026 01:21 +0000at://did:plc:puwwooy5obg2bgo652eu2rdl/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxuazvsfk24https://bsky.app/profile/billblume.bsky.social/post/3mtgun6vwbk2fJust finished listening to all eight episodes of the Audible drama Harker. The acting and production values are great. The concept for the story is brilliant. Sadly, the script is a master class in plot-moving-character and how not to write an audiodrama. #Harker #audiodrama19 Aug 2026 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:puwwooy5obg2bgo652eu2rdl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgun6vwbk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/billblume.bsky.social/post/3mtfjz6a2d22yDecided it’s time to sell a lot of the comic books I’ve moved again and again for more than thirty years now. One of the more interesting items I have in my collection is a Marvel comic book: “Marc Spector: Moon Knight #1.” Put it up for #auction on eBay. ebay.io/m/XijVoH19 Aug 2026 01:05 +0000at://did:plc:puwwooy5obg2bgo652eu2rdl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfjz6a2d22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/billblume.bsky.social/post/3mtfjtdeask2yListened to the first half of #Harker. The twist at the end of the first episode is great. Acting is solid (Christina Ricci is fantastic, as always). The writing… a little heavy-handed and cliché. The only truly dreadful part was a pointless cameo by James Patterson (it’s eye-roll-worthy bad). https://www.audible.com/pd/B0H9SX9ZN4?source_code=ASSORAP051116000619 Aug 2026 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:puwwooy5obg2bgo652eu2rdl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfjtdeask2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/billblume.bsky.social/post/3mstv36cm2k25I can’t believe it’s been 13 years since my first novel came out. The covers aren’t the only things that have changed in that time. I’ve learned a lot, and there are so many things I wish I’d known going into that first book’s release. I’m sharing that to help you. #Writersky #Booksky https://open.substack.com/pub/authorbillblume/p/happy-13th-birthday-gidion-keep?r=sfs0&utm_medium=ios12 Aug 2026 00:35 +0000at://did:plc:puwwooy5obg2bgo652eu2rdl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstv36cm2k25https://bsky.app/profile/billblume.bsky.social/post/3mqyq2pmlu22eWe lost Wicket this past Thursday. I’m heartbroken. Think I will be for years. One of my favorite things I’ve ever written was in my novel TO HELL AND BACK, and it’s the chapter inspired by how Wicket found me and Sheri all those years ago. #DogsofBluesky #Booksky https://open.substack.com/pub/authorbillblume/p/the-dog-that-went-to-hell-and-back?r=sfs0&utm_medium=ios19 Jul 2026 11:58 +0000at://did:plc:puwwooy5obg2bgo652eu2rdl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqyq2pmlu22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/billblume.bsky.social/post/3mq5yuwfhg22wWhile waiting for the final season to drop, I’m revisiting the storytelling techniques that make the early episodes of “Impact Winter” work so well. #ImpactWinter #audiodramas #podcasts https://open.substack.com/pub/authorbillblume/p/revisiting-impact-winter-578?r=sfs0&utm_medium=ios08 Jul 2026 20:54 +0000at://did:plc:puwwooy5obg2bgo652eu2rdl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq5yuwfhg22whttps://bsky.app/profile/billblume.bsky.social/post/3moy2v63skk2sA little dragon loose in downtown means big problems in my latest short story “I Lost My Human.” Get this short story for free when you subscribe to my newsletter (which includes pics of my dogs Wicket and Mocha!). To subscribe and get the free story: shorturl.at/XxT4C #booksky #shortstory23 Jun 2026 18:48 +0000at://did:plc:puwwooy5obg2bgo652eu2rdl/app.bsky.feed.post/3moy2v63skk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/billblume.bsky.social/post/3mojti5nbb225Finished the audiobook of THE LAST CONTRACT OF ISAKO by @fondalee.bsky.social last week, and I loved it so much, I had to get it in hardback to put on my bookshelves. #booksky #FondaLee #TheLastContractOfIsako18 Jun 2026 02:59 +0000at://did:plc:puwwooy5obg2bgo652eu2rdl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mojti5nbb225https://bsky.app/profile/billblume.bsky.social/post/3mnl2gfewkk2zHeartbreaking. 😿 For many of us, he’s the best father figure and librarian TV has ever known. Rest in Peace, Ripper! https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd0p0rz4n0mo #AnthonyStewartHead05 Jun 2026 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:puwwooy5obg2bgo652eu2rdl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnl2gfewkk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/billblume.bsky.social/post/3mlgghgw6sc2tYour chance to get my free short story “Now I Lay Me Down to Play” ends on Friday, May 15th. To get this story of a person trapped in a Virtual Reality game, sign up for my newsletter. eepurl.com/isTfI-/ #Booksky #FreeEbook #ShortStories09 May 2026 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:puwwooy5obg2bgo652eu2rdl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgghgw6sc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/billblume.bsky.social/post/3mlgarlsu422hThere’s an art to writing a conversation in a story, and I only recently realized how much my career as a 911 dispatcher has helped me with writing the dialogue in my stories. Today, I’m getting into the unexpected ways that improved my characters’ conversations. #Writersky https://open.substack.com/pub/authorbillblume/p/if-this-then-that?r=sfs0&utm_medium=ios09 May 2026 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:puwwooy5obg2bgo652eu2rdl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgarlsu422hhttps://bsky.app/profile/billblume.bsky.social/post/3mlbmcra2jc2dTime is running out to vote for my books in the Indie Visible Awards! Tomorrow, May 8th, is the last day to vote. My novels WEST OF APOCALYPSE and THE DRAGON SPY are nominated for Dystopian/Sci-Fi and Young Adult, respectively. To go vote: shorturl.at/ee7qG #Booksky07 May 2026 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:puwwooy5obg2bgo652eu2rdl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbmcra2jc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/billblume.bsky.social/post/3ml7ea4iwy22uIf you see this, drop a hero with a sword! Ayleen Torr’s silhouette is there, in the distance, and she always has her sword with her. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:puwwooy5obg2bgo652eu2rdl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7ea4iwy22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/billblume.bsky.social/post/3mkzppxrhkc2pFill your #StarWars void between May the 4th and “The Mandalorian & Grogu,” with WEST OF APOCALYPSE. The Thirteen took everything from Ayleen except her sword, and she'll journey to the darkest parts of the galaxy to take her revenge. https://www.billblume.net/books/west-of-apocalypse #Booksky #MayThe4thBeWithYou04 May 2026 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:puwwooy5obg2bgo652eu2rdl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzppxrhkc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/billblume.bsky.social/post/3mkilslelm22nFilm you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Wars/Trek, HP, LOTR, Marvel. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Apr 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:puwwooy5obg2bgo652eu2rdl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkilslelm22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/billblume.bsky.social/post/3mkfoa2d6us2pA first in my writing career! One of my books is now available in both Spanish & Italian! The Dragon Spy just came out in ebook in both languages. El Dragón Espía (Spanish): shorturl.at/6tyR9 La spia drago (Italian): shorturl.at/0j3JC #Booksky #Writersky26 Apr 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:puwwooy5obg2bgo652eu2rdl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfoa2d6us2phttps://bsky.app/profile/billblume.bsky.social/post/3mkdjhrnenc2uIt’s Indie Bookstore Day! If you want to get my books in paperback, here’s a link to find them at Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, Virginia! Support your indie bookstores! shorturl.at/PJWA1 #IndieBookstoreDay #Booksky25 Apr 2026 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:puwwooy5obg2bgo652eu2rdl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdjhrnenc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/billblume.bsky.social/post/3mk3lbxm23s2rWas thrilled to see this ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review for my short horror story “The Hand on the Wall.” #horror #Booksky #bookreview22 Apr 2026 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:puwwooy5obg2bgo652eu2rdl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3lbxm23s2r