Gareth L. Powell
@garethlpowell.bsky.social
Award-winning science fiction author. Also writes horror as G.L. Powell. Managing Editor at Stars and Sabers Publishing. Repped by Lucienne Diver.
📍 Bristol, UK
📚 https://linktr.ee/garethlpowell
📍 Bristol, UK
📚 https://linktr.ee/garethlpowell
Coping with writers block
garethlpowell on Instagram: "Sometimes we all get stuck, and it can be frustrating. But there are strategies you can use to help.#writing#writingadvice#author #…"
Sometimes we all get stuck, and it can be frustrating. But there are strategies you can use to help.#writing#writingadvice#author #writersblock
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January 30, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Coping with writers block
Words written. Housework done. Stew in the oven.
January 30, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Words written. Housework done. Stew in the oven.
Happy Friday, friends. Don't let the bastards grind you down.
January 30, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Happy Friday, friends. Don't let the bastards grind you down.
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When the #Blakes7 reboot got noted I was sceptical, “oh, here we go again.”
I was also pondering how books get optioned then drift off for all sorts of reasons.
@garethlpowell.bsky.social posted a really good summary of his experience just yesterday in fact 👇
I was also pondering how books get optioned then drift off for all sorts of reasons.
@garethlpowell.bsky.social posted a really good summary of his experience just yesterday in fact 👇
A question I often get asked by writing students is, “How do I get my book made into a film?” So, here’s the basic process explaining the difference between selling the “option” on your book and selling the “rights.”
#writing
#writingadvice
#author #booktomovie #director #screenwriting
#writing
#writingadvice
#author #booktomovie #director #screenwriting
January 30, 2026 at 9:37 AM
When the #Blakes7 reboot got noted I was sceptical, “oh, here we go again.”
I was also pondering how books get optioned then drift off for all sorts of reasons.
@garethlpowell.bsky.social posted a really good summary of his experience just yesterday in fact 👇
I was also pondering how books get optioned then drift off for all sorts of reasons.
@garethlpowell.bsky.social posted a really good summary of his experience just yesterday in fact 👇
I enjoyed this week's Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. It felt like a TNG episode the way it wrestled with its central dilemma, which was also embodied within the character at the centre of the story. Great stuff!
January 29, 2026 at 9:55 PM
I enjoyed this week's Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. It felt like a TNG episode the way it wrestled with its central dilemma, which was also embodied within the character at the centre of the story. Great stuff!
A question I often get asked by writing students is, “How do I get my book made into a film?” So, here’s the basic process explaining the difference between selling the “option” on your book and selling the “rights.”
#writing
#writingadvice
#author #booktomovie #director #screenwriting
#writing
#writingadvice
#author #booktomovie #director #screenwriting
January 29, 2026 at 8:11 PM
A question I often get asked by writing students is, “How do I get my book made into a film?” So, here’s the basic process explaining the difference between selling the “option” on your book and selling the “rights.”
#writing
#writingadvice
#author #booktomovie #director #screenwriting
#writing
#writingadvice
#author #booktomovie #director #screenwriting
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Jitterbug by @garethlpowell.bsky.social is available March 3 from @titanbooks.bsky.social.
Oh my goodness, also, my blurb for it is on a bookmark!
"Jupiter and Saturn are gone, and a mysterious force has built a huge habitable sphere from their ashes."
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/800728...
Oh my goodness, also, my blurb for it is on a bookmark!
"Jupiter and Saturn are gone, and a mysterious force has built a huge habitable sphere from their ashes."
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/800728...
I love these promotional bookmarks from @titanbooks.bsky.social. Which one is your favourite?
January 29, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Jitterbug by @garethlpowell.bsky.social is available March 3 from @titanbooks.bsky.social.
Oh my goodness, also, my blurb for it is on a bookmark!
"Jupiter and Saturn are gone, and a mysterious force has built a huge habitable sphere from their ashes."
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/800728...
Oh my goodness, also, my blurb for it is on a bookmark!
"Jupiter and Saturn are gone, and a mysterious force has built a huge habitable sphere from their ashes."
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/800728...
I have assembled the new desk chair and it is so comfortable I may live in it forever.
January 29, 2026 at 5:37 PM
I have assembled the new desk chair and it is so comfortable I may live in it forever.
I love these promotional bookmarks from @titanbooks.bsky.social. Which one is your favourite?
January 29, 2026 at 9:56 AM
I love these promotional bookmarks from @titanbooks.bsky.social. Which one is your favourite?
Most writers need another income to supplement what they earn from their books. I'm fortunate that mine helps me with insights I wouldn't otherwise have.
#author #bookseller #bookstore
#author #bookseller #bookstore
January 28, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Most writers need another income to supplement what they earn from their books. I'm fortunate that mine helps me with insights I wouldn't otherwise have.
#author #bookseller #bookstore
#author #bookseller #bookstore
Thank you!
Finished “Light of Impossible Stars” by @garethlpowell.bsky.social. My first time through the trilogy after finishing and loving “Embers of War” years ago. This book was everything. Nod is a particularly favorite character. Absolutely top notch sci-fi and this concluding volume nails it.
January 28, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Thank you!
The harmonica on Chaka Khan’s ‘I Feel for You’ is possibly the most 1980s sound ever.
January 28, 2026 at 2:11 PM
The harmonica on Chaka Khan’s ‘I Feel for You’ is possibly the most 1980s sound ever.
I’ve given in and finally ordered a new office chair. My old one had become like some sort of mediaeval torture device. Time to be comfortable while I write.
January 28, 2026 at 12:55 PM
I’ve given in and finally ordered a new office chair. My old one had become like some sort of mediaeval torture device. Time to be comfortable while I write.
Recommended
Terran omega the ghosts of war page 23 - now on patreon. Read it from the start for free at www.pauljholden.com/patreon.com?via=bs&campaign=page23
January 28, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Recommended
The world's on fire and it's hard to feel creative. But people need stories, just as they did during the Fall of Rome, the Black Death, and the Great War. The world needs writers. Keep going.
January 27, 2026 at 10:59 PM
The world's on fire and it's hard to feel creative. But people need stories, just as they did during the Fall of Rome, the Black Death, and the Great War. The world needs writers. Keep going.
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Fun new interview today with amazing author David Quantick! Read about his radio, TV, & movie work, as well as exciting new novella, IMAGINE A FRIEND!
Coming soon from @starsandsabers.bsky.social
@quantick.bsky.social
Coming soon from @starsandsabers.bsky.social
@quantick.bsky.social
Author Interview * David Quantick
I’m excited to feature this Q&A with David Quantick, author of the upcoming all-ages novella, Imagine a Friend. David’s writing includes short stories, novels, television, cinema, and more. I’m…
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January 27, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Fun new interview today with amazing author David Quantick! Read about his radio, TV, & movie work, as well as exciting new novella, IMAGINE A FRIEND!
Coming soon from @starsandsabers.bsky.social
@quantick.bsky.social
Coming soon from @starsandsabers.bsky.social
@quantick.bsky.social
Working on the opening chapter of a new science fiction novel. Feeling my way into the story like feeling my way into a darkened room.
January 27, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Working on the opening chapter of a new science fiction novel. Feeling my way into the story like feeling my way into a darkened room.
Only 5 weeks until @titanbooks.bsky.social officially publishes my novel JITTERBUG, and I'm getting excited. This is a special book, and I think you're going to love it. Give yourself a little treat and preorder it today from your favourite bookshop!
January 27, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Only 5 weeks until @titanbooks.bsky.social officially publishes my novel JITTERBUG, and I'm getting excited. This is a special book, and I think you're going to love it. Give yourself a little treat and preorder it today from your favourite bookshop!
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T -1 week to launch for the charming and delightful SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL by @cornellwriter.bsky.social! Preorder from your favorite bookseller.
www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...
#books #romance #scifiromance #scifi #retro #retrofuturistic
www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...
#books #romance #scifiromance #scifi #retro #retrofuturistic
January 27, 2026 at 3:45 PM
T -1 week to launch for the charming and delightful SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL by @cornellwriter.bsky.social! Preorder from your favorite bookseller.
www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...
#books #romance #scifiromance #scifi #retro #retrofuturistic
www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...
#books #romance #scifiromance #scifi #retro #retrofuturistic
The world would be a considerably better place if more people spent time reading books, and my world would be a considerably better place if those books were mine 😉
January 27, 2026 at 11:50 AM
The world would be a considerably better place if more people spent time reading books, and my world would be a considerably better place if those books were mine 😉
This time last year, early copies of my novel FUTURE’S Edge were starting to appear on bookshop shelves. Thank you to everyone who has read, recommended, or reviewed it. And special thanks to those of you who’ve nominated it for an award or included it in a best of the year.
January 27, 2026 at 10:17 AM
This time last year, early copies of my novel FUTURE’S Edge were starting to appear on bookshop shelves. Thank you to everyone who has read, recommended, or reviewed it. And special thanks to those of you who’ve nominated it for an award or included it in a best of the year.
Opening up the bookshop on another rainy morning. Firing up the cappuccino machine and rousing the books from their slumber.
January 27, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Opening up the bookshop on another rainy morning. Firing up the cappuccino machine and rousing the books from their slumber.
In bed, sipping chamomile tea and listening to the rain outside, and the occasional creak of the wooden shutters. Feels like I’m on a galleon a million miles from land.
January 26, 2026 at 11:31 PM
In bed, sipping chamomile tea and listening to the rain outside, and the occasional creak of the wooden shutters. Feels like I’m on a galleon a million miles from land.
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Congratulations to @genni.bsky.social for her inclusion on the Open Country Mag 60 Notable Books of 2025 for her book, The Nga’phandileh Whisperer: A Sauútiverse Novella! opencountrymag.com/60-notable-b...
January 26, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Congratulations to @genni.bsky.social for her inclusion on the Open Country Mag 60 Notable Books of 2025 for her book, The Nga’phandileh Whisperer: A Sauútiverse Novella! opencountrymag.com/60-notable-b...