Dan Hanly - Fantasy Author
@danhanly.com
Welsh author of Dark Fantasy and Mystery.
Buy my debut novel 'The Great Leap' today: amzn.to/455s8rI
Buy my debut novel 'The Great Leap' today: amzn.to/455s8rI
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Dan Hanly - Fantasy Author
@danhanly.com
· Oct 17
The Great Leap: A Dark Medieval Fantasy Novel (Children of Inauron Book 1) eBook : Hanly, Dan: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
The Great Leap: A Dark Medieval Fantasy Novel (Children of Inauron Book 1) eBook : Hanly, Dan: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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New followers?! Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Dan Hanly and I'm an #author of dark #fantasy and mystery stories. My debut The Great Leap is out now! A group of teenagers, having been banished from their town, are forced to live in a magical, primaeval forest www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D2RKZGDT
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Final call! We kick off in just under an hour.
It's going to be a fascinating discussion - we hope you'll join us.
Be there or be... not even close to something as cool as a crescent.
It's going to be a fascinating discussion - we hope you'll join us.
Be there or be... not even close to something as cool as a crescent.
BFS Online is excited to announce our next event, Between Crescent and Quill: Crafting Fantasy Through a Muslim Lens, taking place Thursday 4th December 2025, 7pm (GMT).
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Ticket: tinyurl.com/crescqui
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December 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Final call! We kick off in just under an hour.
It's going to be a fascinating discussion - we hope you'll join us.
Be there or be... not even close to something as cool as a crescent.
It's going to be a fascinating discussion - we hope you'll join us.
Be there or be... not even close to something as cool as a crescent.
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I've been hearing a lot about AI generated writing lately, and how it's permeating the literature industry, so I investigated.
Summary: "AI is a fundamental and overall net harm to the literature ecosystem."
danhanly.com/2025/12/why-...
#ai #literature #llm #writing #author
Summary: "AI is a fundamental and overall net harm to the literature ecosystem."
danhanly.com/2025/12/why-...
#ai #literature #llm #writing #author
Why I Won't Use AI for Writing: A Deep Dive into AI Literature – DAN HANLY
Are AI tools like ChatGPT good for writers? No. I analyse the impact of AI in literature, from copyright laws (Thaler v Perlmutter) to the homogenization of prose to figure out why.
danhanly.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I've been hearing a lot about AI generated writing lately, and how it's permeating the literature industry, so I investigated.
Summary: "AI is a fundamental and overall net harm to the literature ecosystem."
danhanly.com/2025/12/why-...
#ai #literature #llm #writing #author
Summary: "AI is a fundamental and overall net harm to the literature ecosystem."
danhanly.com/2025/12/why-...
#ai #literature #llm #writing #author
I've been hearing a lot about AI generated writing lately, and how it's permeating the literature industry, so I investigated.
Summary: "AI is a fundamental and overall net harm to the literature ecosystem."
danhanly.com/2025/12/why-...
#ai #literature #llm #writing #author
Summary: "AI is a fundamental and overall net harm to the literature ecosystem."
danhanly.com/2025/12/why-...
#ai #literature #llm #writing #author
Why I Won't Use AI for Writing: A Deep Dive into AI Literature – DAN HANLY
Are AI tools like ChatGPT good for writers? No. I analyse the impact of AI in literature, from copyright laws (Thaler v Perlmutter) to the homogenization of prose to figure out why.
danhanly.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I've been hearing a lot about AI generated writing lately, and how it's permeating the literature industry, so I investigated.
Summary: "AI is a fundamental and overall net harm to the literature ecosystem."
danhanly.com/2025/12/why-...
#ai #literature #llm #writing #author
Summary: "AI is a fundamental and overall net harm to the literature ecosystem."
danhanly.com/2025/12/why-...
#ai #literature #llm #writing #author
Finished Godkiller by Hannah Kaner. Here's a spoilery review: danhanly.com/2025/12/revi...
3/5
Overall, I loved the worldbuilding but struggled with the pacing for the first third of the novel, and found the protagonist to be needing a far stronger drive of her own
#darkfantasy #review #godkiller
3/5
Overall, I loved the worldbuilding but struggled with the pacing for the first third of the novel, and found the protagonist to be needing a far stronger drive of her own
#darkfantasy #review #godkiller
Review: Godkiller by Hannah Kaner – DAN HANLY
Is Godkiller by Hannah Kaner worth the hype? Read our in-depth review covering the immersive world-building, the unexpected twists, and where the pacing and romance fall short.
danhanly.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Finished Godkiller by Hannah Kaner. Here's a spoilery review: danhanly.com/2025/12/revi...
3/5
Overall, I loved the worldbuilding but struggled with the pacing for the first third of the novel, and found the protagonist to be needing a far stronger drive of her own
#darkfantasy #review #godkiller
3/5
Overall, I loved the worldbuilding but struggled with the pacing for the first third of the novel, and found the protagonist to be needing a far stronger drive of her own
#darkfantasy #review #godkiller
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December 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I'm desperate for a tolerant world that's only intolerant of the intolerant. c.org/YZG4YxW6K9 #girlguidinguk #trans #guides
I'm currently prepping a script to do a big ol'YouTube video about AI in literature. I'm not going to be looking at it through a favourable lens, it's safe to say. Everything I've researched has pointed me to an understanding that it is a net harm for the entire literature ecosystem.
December 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I'm currently prepping a script to do a big ol'YouTube video about AI in literature. I'm not going to be looking at it through a favourable lens, it's safe to say. Everything I've researched has pointed me to an understanding that it is a net harm for the entire literature ecosystem.
See now this shit pisses me off. 'Visual Alchemist' can't draw, but knows how to prompt.
Why do art then? Why do any art at all if you've got no understanding of it?
There's only one reason they're even interested: they want to make money. They don't want to be an artist, they want to be rich.
Why do art then? Why do any art at all if you've got no understanding of it?
There's only one reason they're even interested: they want to make money. They don't want to be an artist, they want to be rich.
November 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
See now this shit pisses me off. 'Visual Alchemist' can't draw, but knows how to prompt.
Why do art then? Why do any art at all if you've got no understanding of it?
There's only one reason they're even interested: they want to make money. They don't want to be an artist, they want to be rich.
Why do art then? Why do any art at all if you've got no understanding of it?
There's only one reason they're even interested: they want to make money. They don't want to be an artist, they want to be rich.
Question for bookish people: if a book is split into parts, do you expect a pacing change between them? Or should the whole book fit an expected pacing profile?
November 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Question for bookish people: if a book is split into parts, do you expect a pacing change between them? Or should the whole book fit an expected pacing profile?
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Get Ready to be Broken by The Wildlands in the Children of Inauron series.
Book 1: The Great Leap
Book 2: Stone Cold Blood
"Lord of the Flies, meets X-Men, in a Grimdark Forest"
#book #darkfantasy #grimdark #trauma #mentalhealth #booksky
Book 1: The Great Leap
Book 2: Stone Cold Blood
"Lord of the Flies, meets X-Men, in a Grimdark Forest"
#book #darkfantasy #grimdark #trauma #mentalhealth #booksky
November 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Get Ready to be Broken by The Wildlands in the Children of Inauron series.
Book 1: The Great Leap
Book 2: Stone Cold Blood
"Lord of the Flies, meets X-Men, in a Grimdark Forest"
#book #darkfantasy #grimdark #trauma #mentalhealth #booksky
Book 1: The Great Leap
Book 2: Stone Cold Blood
"Lord of the Flies, meets X-Men, in a Grimdark Forest"
#book #darkfantasy #grimdark #trauma #mentalhealth #booksky
Get Ready to be Broken by The Wildlands in the Children of Inauron series.
Book 1: The Great Leap
Book 2: Stone Cold Blood
"Lord of the Flies, meets X-Men, in a Grimdark Forest"
#book #darkfantasy #grimdark #trauma #mentalhealth #booksky
Book 1: The Great Leap
Book 2: Stone Cold Blood
"Lord of the Flies, meets X-Men, in a Grimdark Forest"
#book #darkfantasy #grimdark #trauma #mentalhealth #booksky
November 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Get Ready to be Broken by The Wildlands in the Children of Inauron series.
Book 1: The Great Leap
Book 2: Stone Cold Blood
"Lord of the Flies, meets X-Men, in a Grimdark Forest"
#book #darkfantasy #grimdark #trauma #mentalhealth #booksky
Book 1: The Great Leap
Book 2: Stone Cold Blood
"Lord of the Flies, meets X-Men, in a Grimdark Forest"
#book #darkfantasy #grimdark #trauma #mentalhealth #booksky
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Here's the provisional blurb that I'm working with at the moment
November 27, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Here's the provisional blurb that I'm working with at the moment
Finally finished my manuscript yesterday and sent it off to beta readers... Now I feel empty.
I guess I'll just wait!
I guess I'll just wait!
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Finally finished my manuscript yesterday and sent it off to beta readers... Now I feel empty.
I guess I'll just wait!
I guess I'll just wait!
With the best of intentions to learn. I, a cis straight man, pantsed (no planning) a new novel: I planned nothing. My female protagonist has a female love interest, but it is not a romance story (i.e. the romance is not the focus) What can I do to make sure I'm not harming a marginalised community?
November 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
With the best of intentions to learn. I, a cis straight man, pantsed (no planning) a new novel: I planned nothing. My female protagonist has a female love interest, but it is not a romance story (i.e. the romance is not the focus) What can I do to make sure I'm not harming a marginalised community?
Beyond honoured! x
November 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Beyond honoured! x
Just saw a video on TikTok of a "writing coach" saying that if you don't fully plan your stories, you're not a real artist, and I'm sorry but that's bullshit.
Some people plan first, other people don't. The beauty of writing is that all styles are valid.
Some people plan first, other people don't. The beauty of writing is that all styles are valid.
November 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Just saw a video on TikTok of a "writing coach" saying that if you don't fully plan your stories, you're not a real artist, and I'm sorry but that's bullshit.
Some people plan first, other people don't. The beauty of writing is that all styles are valid.
Some people plan first, other people don't. The beauty of writing is that all styles are valid.
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I quit the former Twitter two years ago this week, and I am here to tell you that my online life got a lot better for having left it. In two years I've not been tempted to go back, and I haven't felt any penalty in either career or community for not being there. It's nice to be here and not there.
November 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I quit the former Twitter two years ago this week, and I am here to tell you that my online life got a lot better for having left it. In two years I've not been tempted to go back, and I haven't felt any penalty in either career or community for not being there. It's nice to be here and not there.
My books are reflective of my own experiences with mental health, and earlier I had THE most moving message from a reader telling me that my book inspired them to get help for their own mental health. Honestly, I never expected any readers at all, but to hear that my book actually helped someone...
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November 16, 2025 at 10:59 PM
My books are reflective of my own experiences with mental health, and earlier I had THE most moving message from a reader telling me that my book inspired them to get help for their own mental health. Honestly, I never expected any readers at all, but to hear that my book actually helped someone...
This weekend, I wrote 30,000 words in a new record for me since... well, ever. I started the weekend entering the final part of my WIP, and earlier today, I completed it. Now for the bit everyone loves... Editing 🤣
November 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This weekend, I wrote 30,000 words in a new record for me since... well, ever. I started the weekend entering the final part of my WIP, and earlier today, I completed it. Now for the bit everyone loves... Editing 🤣
Sometimes I hate the way my ADHD brain works, but today, today was a good day. Sometimes, I won't write for like two weeks, but today, I've hit just shy of 20k words in almost one straight sitting. It's madness. I've smashed through the final act of my WIP, and now I have only 2 chapters left!
November 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Sometimes I hate the way my ADHD brain works, but today, today was a good day. Sometimes, I won't write for like two weeks, but today, I've hit just shy of 20k words in almost one straight sitting. It's madness. I've smashed through the final act of my WIP, and now I have only 2 chapters left!
Just been writing an incredibly emotionally taxing scene in my WIP, and it really does take its toll on the author as well as the eventual reader. I am not okay right now, but I will be when I finish it. #imnotokay #authorproblems
November 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Just been writing an incredibly emotionally taxing scene in my WIP, and it really does take its toll on the author as well as the eventual reader. I am not okay right now, but I will be when I finish it. #imnotokay #authorproblems
One of the most conflicting feelings I have as an #author is hearing that my book made someone cry. It's like awww I don't want to upset people, but also I do because I'm the one who wrote that scene! #authorproblems
November 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
One of the most conflicting feelings I have as an #author is hearing that my book made someone cry. It's like awww I don't want to upset people, but also I do because I'm the one who wrote that scene! #authorproblems
For any fledgling writers who are writing their first novel this month: You absolutely do not need to write every day, don't need to hit X words each day, don't even need to sit at your computer every day. Take the pressure to perform off your shoulders and your manuscript will be better for it
November 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
For any fledgling writers who are writing their first novel this month: You absolutely do not need to write every day, don't need to hit X words each day, don't even need to sit at your computer every day. Take the pressure to perform off your shoulders and your manuscript will be better for it
I watched the new Frankenstein movie the other day and I found it hauntingly beautiful. It's shot right to the top of my rankings... Just like all great films, it really left me wanting more. The performances were just exceptional. #frankenstein #guillermodeltoro
November 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I watched the new Frankenstein movie the other day and I found it hauntingly beautiful. It's shot right to the top of my rankings... Just like all great films, it really left me wanting more. The performances were just exceptional. #frankenstein #guillermodeltoro
In my WIP, a character is going to execute another by beheading for the first time. The executioner is instructing her on technique. What the hell do I Google to get these instructions? And when I inevitably get put on a list, how do I get off it? #authorproblems #author
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
In my WIP, a character is going to execute another by beheading for the first time. The executioner is instructing her on technique. What the hell do I Google to get these instructions? And when I inevitably get put on a list, how do I get off it? #authorproblems #author
My book series the Children of Inauron is a dark fantasy dealing with mental health and trauma. In the series, the characters' mental health conditions inform the magical powers they develop. If this was the real world, what would your magical powers be?
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
My book series the Children of Inauron is a dark fantasy dealing with mental health and trauma. In the series, the characters' mental health conditions inform the magical powers they develop. If this was the real world, what would your magical powers be?