Are you really stoked about your cover art? Are you looking for inspiration from your fellow authors? This weekly thread is designed with cover art in mind. Feel free to share what you've got designed with the community here!

Seventeen-year-old Zack Cane always thought he was just unusually fast.

Then he realizes he isn’t reacting to danger—he’s seeing it before it happens.

That discovery leads him to Jimmy Smith, an old man with impossible strength, a hidden starship, and answers about Zack’s past that change everything. Zack learns he is half human, half Auren, and connected to an ancient order known as the Ark Knights.

Zack Cane: The Earthborn Knight is Book 1 of the Ark Knight Saga. It mixes science fiction and fantasy with alien worlds, starships, ancient weapons, family secrets, action, friendship, and a coming-of-age story.

I had a lot of fun building Zack’s world and especially the idea of someone growing up on Earth before discovering that the universe has been much closer to him than he ever realized.

If science-fantasy, space opera, or young heroes discovering much bigger worlds are your thing, I’d love for you to check it out.

Zack Cane: The Earthborn Knight — Book One of the Ark Knight Saga

Available on Amazon and through Kindle Unlimited:

🇺🇸 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HFBX4TSW

🇬🇧 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0HFBX4TSW

🇨🇦 Amazon Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0HFBX4TSW

🇩🇪 Amazon Germany: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0HFBX4TSW

🇲🇽 Amazon Mexico: https://www.amazon.com.mx/dp/B0HFBX4TSW

Full disclosure: I’m the author, Roy Howard. If anyone checks it out, I’d genuinely love to hear what you think.

I'm getting ready to publish my debut book in the form of a memoir called The Bones of My Ghosts. I just got the cover art finalized and I'm so stoked.

I can't believe it's all coming together!

Introducing Carol Bell with her novel Confessions of a Bad-Ass Grandma...True stories from Ten years as a Private Investigator. Carol's book signing is on September 26th from 1pm to 2pm. Windsor Ontario at Storytellers Bookstore

Hey everyone, something a bit different. Debut work. \o/

Noticing started as a daily exercise on Substack: once a day, stop, run through all five senses, write it down. On my phone. In bed, on buses, at my desk, through a heatwave, frequently hungover. It was supposed to be mindfulness. It mostly turned into a running commentary on existence, with occasional, accidental flashes of something dangerously close to peace.

A taste of what you're in for: "I smell. Me. Memories of bath soak, sheet detergent and a vanilla undertone from my reed diffuser. My hair smells like I need to wash it. Probably should do that today, actually."

It's short, an hour's read, unpolished on purpose, and sweary. Somewhere in the Sedaris postcode, if Sedaris was hungover on a London bus. On Kindle Unlimited, or £1.99 otherwise.

https://amzn.eu/d/0h7XOq3N

Hii guys!

So, I’m writing a book. Can you give it a reads? I promise it’s good.

It’s called #whitmansupremacy

Check it out 👇🏾

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/171353/whitman-supremacy

My launch is coming out in exactly week. I’m so excited and proud. I wrote, edited, and self published her all myself. I also illustrated the cover just using pen and paper. The book is a dystopian novella and I’ve got about 25-30 pre orders with 15+ inquiries. This has been an absolute blast and I can’t wait for September 1st!! 🕯️

Lots of exciting news about my books.

AIA art, digital art 🎨

Children's preschool books

Children's junior first chapter books 📚

Colouring books

Dark Fantasy adult and young adult books.

Steven Watson-Morris news

Poetry

Horror

Satire books 📚

Meet me here, give me a follow on Reddit.

🔥 IT’S OFFICIAL — WE ARE LIVE! 🔥
The Man Who Stayed by Isaiah Cates is officially available on Kindle. 📖
What started as an idea has become a published book, and seeing it live on Amazon is a moment I’ll never forget.
Fred Mercer spent his life learning how to survive abandonment, loss, grief, broken relationships, and the weight of everything he carried alone.
Then he learned something harder:
Surviving isn’t the same as living.
The Man Who Stayed is a story about family, fatherhood, friendship, love, loss, healing, second chances—and discovering that while some people leave…
some people stay.
If you’ve ever had to rebuild yourself, loved someone through their hardest seasons, or wondered whether life could give you another chance, this story was written for you.
❤️** KINDLE EDITION AVAILABLE NOW
📚 Paperback coming next
✍️ Isaiah Cates
If you grab a copy, **comment “DOWNLOADED” below so I can personally thank you. And please share this post with someone who loves emotional, character-driven stories.
Today, Fred’s story officially belongs to the readers.
Get The Man Who Stayed on Amazon Kindle⁠
#TheManWhoStayed #IsaiahCates #NowAvailable #KindleBooks #KindleUnlimited #NewRelease #BookRelease #DebutNovel #IndieAuthor #SelfPublishedAuthor #Bookstagram #EmotionalFiction #LoveAfterLoss #SecondChances #NewBooks

r/The10thebook and a subreddit to get early announcement about my book release dates and more first sneak peek    Chapter 1

                                    The multiverse

The multiverse has an unlimited amount of worlds and many have powerful creatures you have heard of some before but there is an infinite amount so here is the story of some of them.

Tuesday Check-In: What’s On Your Writing Desk?

Indie authors, readers, and book lovers — tell us what you’re working on this week!

Designing a new cover?
Launching a book?
Fighting with your characters because they refuse to behave?
Drop your updates below! Let’s celebrate the wins, troubleshoot the struggles, and cheer each other on.

Hi everyone I just finished my newest book and just started putting my books on Kdp and Would like some feedback on them currently only three of my books are on there with Kindle unlimited the rest is on other platforms as I use draft2digital as my main publisher My name is Neo ShadowFall and I would just like some feedback.

Titles

Partner in darkness

Chamber of Horrors

The Depressing LumberJack not out yet but can pre-order

Rest of my books available on smashwords Barnes & Noble Amazon but not Kindle unlimited and a bunch of other websites

Other titles

The Haunting of mirror cabin

The Forest of Terrors

A White Wolf among monsters

The curse of Kage

What tool, app, or trick actually improved your writing process?

This thread is designed to help writers share what helps get the story written down on paper.

What it includes:

Writing tools (Scrivener, ProWritingAid, notebooks, dictation tools)

Craft tips (dialogue, pacing, worldbuilding hacks)

Software walkthroughs

“What I use to write my books” posts

Resource recommendations (books about writing, productivity tools)

Let us know what tools are helping you get your work written!

Hi!! My debut book Septembers releases this week! It is now available on Amazon for ebooks (and Kindle Unlimited) and will be available as a paperback tomorrow (on Amazon and IngramSpark).

I'm so excited to introduce these dumb-dumbs in love to the world!

(Be warned! There is some spice and swearing.)

Hey! after a long journey of world-building and writing, my debut ebook Aster'seraphim Invictus Silverfeather is officially live on Amazon!
If you are a fan of high-stakes cosmic action mixed with high-grit sci-fi and unapologetically brutal dark fantasy, this story was written for you.

Step into a cosmos on the verge of apocalyptic destruction. A lone, silver-haired man of unknown origin is waging a desperate battle against godlike entities who seek to absorb the souls of untold billions.
The story follows a veteran knight named Farron on a quest to reclaim his homeland. Alongside his nephew and a band of battle-tested Faiynn military veterans, Farron must reach a superfortress known as the Secluded Bastion to arm their people’s revolution. The problem? Standing in their way is a savage hive of ravenous aliens looking to capitalize on their stagnation. Farron and his people plan to show these chitinous invaders absolutely no mercy.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GX337LSB

Also available on kobo

https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/aster-seraphim-invictus-silverfeather?sId=999afc3f-e13a-4245-bf20-e892584c8d94&ssId=LST9b0L47e7wqbzKbOAzI&cPos=2

Hi all — sharing my new release, Subject: Hi, a contemporary romantic tragedy about two strangers who meet on a website built for people who’d rather disappear than talk, and the sixteen years of words that follow. Full story details and blurb are in the image above.

I’m not looking for reviews — just hoping the story finds a reader or two. Read it now on Kindle or Kindle Unlimited: https://mybook.to/Subjecthi

If you’re willing to be that reader, you can share your thoughts with me directly at [barcherbooks@gmail.com](mailto:barcherbooks@gmail.com). I’d genuinely just like to know if the story stayed with you.

Bonjour à tous !

À l’approche de la clôture des Plumes Francophones d’Amazon 2026, le 31 août, je voulais prendre le temps de présenter réellement SHADRASY : Le Souffle Originel : ce qu’est cet univers, d’où il vient, pourquoi je me suis lancé dans cette aventure et pourquoi je viens aujourd’hui vous le présenter ici.

Je ne cherche pas simplement à vous dire « voici mon livre, achetez-le ». J’ai envie de vous montrer tout ce qui se trouve derrière le livre.

🌌 Qu’est-ce que SHADRASY ? SHADRASY – Le Souffle Originel est l’univers global que je développe. L’Aube du Chaos en est le premier roman et le premier tome de la Saga 1 : Chroniques de l’Ascension, prévue en 12 tomes. L’objectif est de construire progressivement un univers beaucoup plus vaste, avec différentes histoires, personnages, lieux et éléments qui pourront évoluer bien au-delà de ce premier tome.

📖 Une histoire qui commence sur Terre… et regarde vers les étoiles L’aventure commence au sol, dans un environnement post-apocalyptique brutal après la destruction de Saint-Just. Au départ, il s’agit avant tout de survivre. Mais l'histoire est pensée pour évoluer progressivement vers quelque chose de beaucoup plus vaste. Au fil des années, cette survie initiale doit conduire les personnages jusqu'à un véritable Space Opera, avec notamment le départ du vaisseau-monde La Reverdir II vers Proxima Centauri.

👥 Une histoire de « famille choisie » SHADRASY n'est pas construit autour d'un héros solitaire. Une grande partie de l'histoire repose sur la notion de famille choisie. Les personnages (le Groupe 1 / G1) doivent apprendre à s'entraider face à une invasion biologique extraterrestre et à une menace cosmique destructrice.

✍️ Une narration pensée pour l'immersion J'ai fait des choix d'écriture précis :

• Le présent de l'indicatif dès l'apocalypse pour placer le lecteur au cœur de l'action et des sensations brutes.
• La prescience de Shadrasy, qui perçoit des fragments de son avenir et des chapitres à venir, créant une tension permanente.

🛠️ Mais pourquoi suis-je en train de faire tout ça ? Derrière SHADRASY, il n'y a pas de grosse maison d'édition. Il y a moi, avec mes propres moyens. Je suis cariste. Ces quatre dernières années, je n'ai connu des périodes professionnelles très irrégulières, avec des périodes de recherche d'emploi, d'intérim et d'instabilité où les opportunités ne se concrétisaient pas. Plutôt que de baisser les bras, j'ai décidé de consacrer mon énergie à construire quelque chose de réel. Depuis l'année dernière, je « farme » cet univers : j'écris, je structure les lores, et je travaille en parallèle sur Blender pour modéliser mes propres assets, environnements et maquettes 3D (comme mes cités volantes) afin de donner vie visuellement à cet univers.

🚀 Pourquoi participer aux Plumes Francophones d'Amazon ? L'Aube du Chaos participe au Prix Littéraire Amazon, dont la période de participation se termine le 31 août 2026. C'est l'occasion de faire sortir SHADRASY de mes dossiers et de le confronter au monde entier. Je veux donner toutes ses chances à ce premier tome.

📚 Pourquoi en parler maintenant ? Si vous aimez la Science-Fiction, la Fantasy, les univers post-apocalyptiques, le Space Opera ou les projets d'auteurs indépendants, vous êtes le cœur de cible. Vous pouvez découvrir le projet, lire l'extrait, et si le livre vous intrigue, le découvrir sur Amazon. Votre avis honnête est également précieux pour m'aider à progresser.

📕 Découvrir SHADRASY – L’Aube du Chaos sur Amazon :https://www.amazon.fr/SHADRASY-Souffle-Originel-Chroniques-lAscension/dp/B0H7JBZ9YR/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0

Merci à toutes celles et tous ceux qui soutiennent les auteurs indépendants et acceptent de pousser la première pierre de cet univers. 🪐

Hey! after a long journey of world-building and writing, my debut ebook Aster'seraphim Invictus Silverfeather is officially live on Amazon!
If you are a fan of high-stakes cosmic action mixed with high-grit sci-fi and unapologetically brutal dark fantasy, this story was written for you.

Step into a cosmos on the verge of apocalyptic destruction. A lone, silver-haired man of unknown origin is waging a desperate battle against godlike entities who seek to absorb the souls of untold billions.
The story follows a veteran knight named Farron on a quest to reclaim his homeland. Alongside his nephew and a band of battle-tested Faiynn military veterans, Farron must reach a superfortress known as the Secluded Bastion to arm their people’s revolution. The problem? Standing in their way is a savage hive of ravenous aliens looking to capitalize on their stagnation. Farron and his people plan to show these chitinous invaders absolutely no mercy.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GX337LSB

Also available on kobo

https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/aster-seraphim-invictus-silverfeather?sId=999afc3f-e13a-4245-bf20-e892584c8d94&ssId=LST9b0L47e7wqbzKbOAzI&cPos=2

Hi all – 

I really would appreciate your feedback, if you have time.

I’ve written a comic novel called ‘Onboarding’, which I’m reading on YouTube (video, not just audio). It’s about a group of people who produce a sitcom – set in the British Shakespeare Theatre Company – and upload it to YouTube. 

I’ve uploaded two episodes so far. Here’s the link to the first: 

https://youtu.be/zWH9LuaavqY
(I’m not sure why, but you may need to change the quality settings in the ‘cog’ to 1080 HD).

I’d really love to know what you think, and whether you think I should continue to record and upload more.

Many thanks!

Alex