Dan Koboldt
@dankoboldt.bsky.social
Genetics researcher, SF/F author, and avid bowhunter. Author of SILVER QUEENDOM (Angry Robot) and DOMESTICATING DRAGONS (Baen). Rep'd by Brady McReynolds at Jabberwocky.
Ten years ago I became a published SF/F author... in an epic post on the blog today, I share some of the highs, lows, and in-betweens of the last decade in publishing. Several lessons learned, even more snarky footnotes: dankoboldt.com/decade-publi...
Highlights of a Decade as a Published SF/F Author - Dan Koboldt
Ten years ago, my debut novel was published by Harper Voyager Impulse, an imprint of Harper Collins. It was not the beginning. There are no beginnings or endings when you become part of the SF/F publi...
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January 26, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Ten years ago I became a published SF/F author... in an epic post on the blog today, I share some of the highs, lows, and in-betweens of the last decade in publishing. Several lessons learned, even more snarky footnotes: dankoboldt.com/decade-publi...
"We just had a long talk. I was appalled to hear of the destructive influence you've had on her life *lo* these many years."
-Kramer
-Kramer
January 23, 2026 at 5:00 AM
"We just had a long talk. I was appalled to hear of the destructive influence you've had on her life *lo* these many years."
-Kramer
-Kramer
“If we choose someone with vision, someone with guts, someone with gravitas, who’s connected to other people’s lives and cares about making them better… if we choose someone who inspires us, then we’ll be able to face what comes our way.”
-Aaron Sorkin, The West Wing
-Aaron Sorkin, The West Wing
January 22, 2026 at 3:40 AM
“If we choose someone with vision, someone with guts, someone with gravitas, who’s connected to other people’s lives and cares about making them better… if we choose someone who inspires us, then we’ll be able to face what comes our way.”
-Aaron Sorkin, The West Wing
-Aaron Sorkin, The West Wing
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Oh, this is cool. Happy to have more imprints around -- to my mind, that's a good thing.
We are pleased to announce Wildthorn Books, a new imprint from Tor Publishing Group:
Get Tangled in Your Next Obsession: Announcing Wildthorn, a New Imprint From Tor Publishing Group - Reactor
With a focus on stories that are irresistible, genre-blending, and genre-bending.
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January 21, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Oh, this is cool. Happy to have more imprints around -- to my mind, that's a good thing.
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Today on Bready or Not: Cheesy Sourdough Crackers! This recipe is super simple: sourdough discard plus cheese, then add whatever seasonings you want.
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January 21, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Today on Bready or Not: Cheesy Sourdough Crackers! This recipe is super simple: sourdough discard plus cheese, then add whatever seasonings you want.
www.bethcato.com/bready-or-no...
www.bethcato.com/bready-or-no...
Good news, Ohio's "January Thaw" is in full effect.
January 16, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Good news, Ohio's "January Thaw" is in full effect.
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Book#8 💙
Older female warrior dealing with injury, loss, and change. Gritty, angry, stubborn, and clever. Revenge, rescue, sharp banter, and brutal fights, but with heart and humour throughout.
Exactly my kind of book.
💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction #SFFbookRecommenfation
Older female warrior dealing with injury, loss, and change. Gritty, angry, stubborn, and clever. Revenge, rescue, sharp banter, and brutal fights, but with heart and humour throughout.
Exactly my kind of book.
💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction #SFFbookRecommenfation
January 11, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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Genres exist to help readers find what they're looking for. Someone who wants to read a Romance with a HEA ending isn't going to love a book that ends with everyone dead, even if the book is good. Write the book you want to write, then use the genre to market it correctly. #LianaEdits
January 11, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Genres exist to help readers find what they're looking for. Someone who wants to read a Romance with a HEA ending isn't going to love a book that ends with everyone dead, even if the book is good. Write the book you want to write, then use the genre to market it correctly. #LianaEdits
Among those I've recently tracked down are @koboldpress.com who I enjoy seeing in my feed, if only to have that moment of confusion... "Did I start my own press and forget the t?"
Because that's absolutely something I would do.
Because that's absolutely something I would do.
January 11, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Among those I've recently tracked down are @koboldpress.com who I enjoy seeing in my feed, if only to have that moment of confusion... "Did I start my own press and forget the t?"
Because that's absolutely something I would do.
Because that's absolutely something I would do.
I am slowly.... SLOWLY... finding and reconnecting with my friends from the platform that once was. It's a real slog, but worth it, every time I discover someone else who made it here.
January 11, 2026 at 10:40 PM
I am slowly.... SLOWLY... finding and reconnecting with my friends from the platform that once was. It's a real slog, but worth it, every time I discover someone else who made it here.
Today my editor Griffin Barber interviews me ON VIDEO about the Build-A-Dragon Sequence and my latest book in it, Dragons Gone Wild: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV7e... ... and apparently I looked like a nervous fangirl the whole time.
BFRH 2025 12 12 Dan Koboldt on Dragons Gone Wild & One Jump Ahead by Mark L. Van Name part 41
YouTube video by Baen Books
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December 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Today my editor Griffin Barber interviews me ON VIDEO about the Build-A-Dragon Sequence and my latest book in it, Dragons Gone Wild: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV7e... ... and apparently I looked like a nervous fangirl the whole time.
New blog post today, in which I share the story behind Dragons Gone Wild and how it went from idea to outline to completely-different story: dankoboldt.com/story-behind...
The Story Behind Dragons Gone Wild - Dan Koboldt
I always planned to release genetically engineered dragons into the wild. It just took me three books to get there. Years ago, when I first wrote about the Build-A-Dragon Company, my literary agent as...
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December 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
New blog post today, in which I share the story behind Dragons Gone Wild and how it went from idea to outline to completely-different story: dankoboldt.com/story-behind...
What dragon would you create if you could? Send your entry in the body of an email to [email protected] by December 20 and you could win all 3 books in the Build-A-Dragon Sequence from @baenbooks.bsky.social! Details here: www.baen.com/contests
December 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
What dragon would you create if you could? Send your entry in the body of an email to [email protected] by December 20 and you could win all 3 books in the Build-A-Dragon Sequence from @baenbooks.bsky.social! Details here: www.baen.com/contests
Now: listening to Kaitlin Samocha in the standing-room-only #ASHG25 session on advancing rare disease research through collaborative genomics. This needed a room twice as large.
October 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Now: listening to Kaitlin Samocha in the standing-room-only #ASHG25 session on advancing rare disease research through collaborative genomics. This needed a room twice as large.
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A good thread. I've been submitting short fiction since the days when I had to send an international reply coupon with my self-addressed stamped envelope, and honestly I think even that was better than today. The early 2010s was when the process was its most writer-friendly, I think.
<totters out onto porch>
<settles into rocker>
<thumps cane a few times>
Let's talk about what the process of submitting short fiction used to look like, shall we? And about what it looks like now.
<settles into rocker>
<thumps cane a few times>
Let's talk about what the process of submitting short fiction used to look like, shall we? And about what it looks like now.
October 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A good thread. I've been submitting short fiction since the days when I had to send an international reply coupon with my self-addressed stamped envelope, and honestly I think even that was better than today. The early 2010s was when the process was its most writer-friendly, I think.
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BOOKS ARE GOOD GO GET BOOKS I maybe wrote some and a bunch are creepy —
Staircase in the Woods! The Book of Accidents! Black River Orchard!
— so get some boooooks
Staircase in the Woods! The Book of Accidents! Black River Orchard!
— so get some boooooks
You made it halfway through the week *and* we still have free shipping? Sounds like the perfect time to treat yourself to a new book and support indie bookstores in the process. 📚
October 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
BOOKS ARE GOOD GO GET BOOKS I maybe wrote some and a bunch are creepy —
Staircase in the Woods! The Book of Accidents! Black River Orchard!
— so get some boooooks
Staircase in the Woods! The Book of Accidents! Black River Orchard!
— so get some boooooks
Happy October, everyone!
October 7, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Happy October, everyone!
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“Fairy tales were not my escape from reality as a child; rather, they were my reality: for mine was a world in which good and evil were not abstract concepts, and like fairy-tale heroines, no magic would save me unless I had the wit and heart and courage to use it wisely”
@terriwindling.bsky.social
@terriwindling.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
“Fairy tales were not my escape from reality as a child; rather, they were my reality: for mine was a world in which good and evil were not abstract concepts, and like fairy-tale heroines, no magic would save me unless I had the wit and heart and courage to use it wisely”
@terriwindling.bsky.social
@terriwindling.bsky.social
It's October, the greatest month of the year, and the Halloween pseudonym has been chosen.
a skeleton with a pumpkin head is standing in front of a gravestone that says r.i.p.
ALT: a skeleton with a pumpkin head is standing in front of a gravestone that says r.i.p.
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October 3, 2025 at 3:36 AM
It's October, the greatest month of the year, and the Halloween pseudonym has been chosen.
I stand with #Ukraine.
a blue and yellow heart shaped flag on a white background
ALT: a blue and yellow heart shaped flag on a white background
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March 2, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I stand with #Ukraine.
Apologies for recent silence -- the entire family is slowly emerging from the fog of influenza A. Never have I measured so many temperatures over 101 degrees in my life. I'm the only one who hasn't caught it... yet.
a man is standing in a kitchen holding a spray bottle and saying `` i love you and all but stay away ... ''
ALT: a man is standing in a kitchen holding a spray bottle and saying `` i love you and all but stay away ... ''
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February 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Apologies for recent silence -- the entire family is slowly emerging from the fog of influenza A. Never have I measured so many temperatures over 101 degrees in my life. I'm the only one who hasn't caught it... yet.
Thrilled to share (at last) that I'm writing another dragon book for Baen Books! DRAGONS GONE WILD will be installment #3 in the Build-A-Dragon Sequence.
August 30, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Thrilled to share (at last) that I'm writing another dragon book for Baen Books! DRAGONS GONE WILD will be installment #3 in the Build-A-Dragon Sequence.
Happy Valentime's Day to all! 💘
February 14, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Happy Valentime's Day to all! 💘
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"Don’t go near there; it’s buggy (translation: rich in insect life) and dangerous (translation: fear of the unknown)."
Author Jerri Jerreat talks about the inspiration behind her SOLARPUNK CREATURES story "The Wetlands vs The Mayor" 👀💙📚
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Author Jerri Jerreat talks about the inspiration behind her SOLARPUNK CREATURES story "The Wetlands vs The Mayor" 👀💙📚
www.worldweaverpress.com/blog/who-wan...
Who Wants a Stinky Swamp?
Guest Blog by Jerri Jerreat Don’t go near there; it’s buggy (translation: rich in insect life) and dangerous (translation: fear of the unknown). I grew up afraid of wetlands, and thought swamps,...
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February 12, 2024 at 3:41 PM
"Don’t go near there; it’s buggy (translation: rich in insect life) and dangerous (translation: fear of the unknown)."
Author Jerri Jerreat talks about the inspiration behind her SOLARPUNK CREATURES story "The Wetlands vs The Mayor" 👀💙📚
www.worldweaverpress.com/blog/who-wan...
Author Jerri Jerreat talks about the inspiration behind her SOLARPUNK CREATURES story "The Wetlands vs The Mayor" 👀💙📚
www.worldweaverpress.com/blog/who-wan...