Harley Ramsey
@harleyramseywriter.bsky.social
An Iowa based writer, predominantly in the horror, suspense, fantasy, and science fiction genres.
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For years, radio station KZNE has provided listeners with the information to survive any crisis
But this latest crisis is unlike any other
The dead are rising
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Dead Air: A Novel a.co/d/esA90u1
But this latest crisis is unlike any other
The dead are rising
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Dead Air: A Novel a.co/d/esA90u1
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Always worth taking a moment to remind you if you’re pirating authors’ book you’re a shitty person. You can rail that our profession isn’t a profession all you want. You can paint yourself as an online revolutionary liberating ideas. It’s all bullshit.
You’re just a shitty person who hates writers.
You’re just a shitty person who hates writers.
November 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
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Alls I know is that I now have green light to arm myself with club sammiches, heh, heh, heh. Maddy out!
November 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Alls I know is that I now have green light to arm myself with club sammiches, heh, heh, heh. Maddy out!
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SALEM'S LOT turns 50 as of today. Didn't know until my pal (and co-writer) Rich Chizmar told me.
October 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
SALEM'S LOT turns 50 as of today. Didn't know until my pal (and co-writer) Rich Chizmar told me.
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If everyone just went to the library more, the world would be okay
October 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
If everyone just went to the library more, the world would be okay
Release the Steinbeck werewolf novel!
Your Spooky Season reminder that John Steinbeck has a shunned werewolf novel
www.theguardian.com/books/2021/m...
www.theguardian.com/books/2021/m...
John Steinbeck’s estate urged to let the world read his shunned werewolf novel
Rejected and hidden away since 1930, an early murder mystery by the Nobel-winning author is ‘an incredible find’
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Release the Steinbeck werewolf novel!
If only the president COULD read
September 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
If only the president COULD read
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
Remember kids, it's only "free speech" when bigots do it
September 18, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Remember kids, it's only "free speech" when bigots do it
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No story is "out of your league." There is only YOUR version of that story. With enough time, dedication, and polishing, anyone can write A GOOD STORY, and with the right idea and the right amount of time and effort, it could even be A GREAT STORY. An idea being out of your league is in your head.
Question please, have you ever come up with a book idea that felt like it was out of your league to write? Would you attempt it, or let it go?
September 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
No story is "out of your league." There is only YOUR version of that story. With enough time, dedication, and polishing, anyone can write A GOOD STORY, and with the right idea and the right amount of time and effort, it could even be A GREAT STORY. An idea being out of your league is in your head.
Saw the new #toxicavenger tonight. Really fun movie. Highly recommend
August 30, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Saw the new #toxicavenger tonight. Really fun movie. Highly recommend
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Writers, keep writing. Do not buy into the hype train telling you your job will be replaced in a few years. Those using AI are literally atrophying their brains ability to be creative. The future will need your words, your creativity, to function well.
publichealthpolicyjournal.com/mit-study-fi...
publichealthpolicyjournal.com/mit-study-fi...
MIT Study Finds Artificial Intelligence Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline - Science, Public Health Policy and the Law
By Nicolas Hulscher, MPH
publichealthpolicyjournal.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Writers, keep writing. Do not buy into the hype train telling you your job will be replaced in a few years. Those using AI are literally atrophying their brains ability to be creative. The future will need your words, your creativity, to function well.
publichealthpolicyjournal.com/mit-study-fi...
publichealthpolicyjournal.com/mit-study-fi...
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RFK Jr looks like the painting in Dorian Gray’s attic.
August 28, 2025 at 2:04 AM
RFK Jr looks like the painting in Dorian Gray’s attic.
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Goodness, wouldn’t that be terrible
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Goodness, wouldn’t that be terrible
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Publishers are noting a shift in industry mindset around short stories as readers embrace shorter works, with a number feeling like “something is slowly shifting” and that “there’s a real excitement around stories again” 👇 #BookSky
Publishers say 'mindset around short stories shifting’ as readers embrace slim fiction
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August 27, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Publishers are noting a shift in industry mindset around short stories as readers embrace shorter works, with a number feeling like “something is slowly shifting” and that “there’s a real excitement around stories again” 👇 #BookSky
Happy 135th birthday, HPL
August 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Happy 135th birthday, HPL
Reached 100,000 words on second draft
August 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Reached 100,000 words on second draft
Sexy Darwin
Every time I see this book in the library, I imagine Darwin saying “draw me like one of your French girls”
August 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Sexy Darwin
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Chuck Grassley Complicit in Sending Dozens of Innocent Men to a Concentration Camp
www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/17/c...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/17/c...
Chuck Grassley Complicit in Sending Dozens of Innocent Men to a Concentration Camp - emptywheel
Chuck Grassley is protecting a guy, Emil Bove, who gave an order to unload dozens of innocent men into a concentration camp. Worse, he is cheating to promote him to a lifetime appointment.
www.emptywheel.net
July 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Chuck Grassley Complicit in Sending Dozens of Innocent Men to a Concentration Camp
www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/17/c...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/17/c...
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@gabino.bsky.social has posted one of the truest things ever written on his Substack today, and, if you haven't subscribed to his newsletter yet, you damn well should.
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/10-things-...
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/10-things-...
10 Things Bookworms Do
Because they're true and because we all need a laugh
gabinoiglesias.substack.com
July 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
@gabino.bsky.social has posted one of the truest things ever written on his Substack today, and, if you haven't subscribed to his newsletter yet, you damn well should.
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/10-things-...
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/10-things-...
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10 writers by whom i've read more than 5 books
1. Premee Mohamed
2. Martha Wells
3. Octavia Butler
4. Ian McDonald
5. Iain M Banks/Ian Banks
6. Rebecca Cunden
7. Julie Czerneda
8. CJ Cherryh
9. Sheri S Tepper
10. Elizabeth Bonesteel
Bonus: Robert A. Heinlein (cos it feels dishonest not to mention)
1. Premee Mohamed
2. Martha Wells
3. Octavia Butler
4. Ian McDonald
5. Iain M Banks/Ian Banks
6. Rebecca Cunden
7. Julie Czerneda
8. CJ Cherryh
9. Sheri S Tepper
10. Elizabeth Bonesteel
Bonus: Robert A. Heinlein (cos it feels dishonest not to mention)
Ten writers by whom I’ve read more than five books:
1. JRR Tolkien
2. Ken Follett
3. Libba Bray
5. Eva Ibbotson
6. Lemony Snicket
7. Joanna Campbell
8. John Marsden
9. Richelle Mead
10. Lauren Brooke
1. JRR Tolkien
2. Ken Follett
3. Libba Bray
5. Eva Ibbotson
6. Lemony Snicket
7. Joanna Campbell
8. John Marsden
9. Richelle Mead
10. Lauren Brooke
Ten Writers by whom I’ve read more than five Books:
Robert Jordan
R A Salvatore
Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman (Counting as one author)
Terry Pratchett
Diane Duane
T Kingfisher
Dean Koontz
CS Lewis
JRR Tolkien
Daniel Quinn
Robert Jordan
R A Salvatore
Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman (Counting as one author)
Terry Pratchett
Diane Duane
T Kingfisher
Dean Koontz
CS Lewis
JRR Tolkien
Daniel Quinn
July 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
10 writers by whom i've read more than 5 books
1. Premee Mohamed
2. Martha Wells
3. Octavia Butler
4. Ian McDonald
5. Iain M Banks/Ian Banks
6. Rebecca Cunden
7. Julie Czerneda
8. CJ Cherryh
9. Sheri S Tepper
10. Elizabeth Bonesteel
Bonus: Robert A. Heinlein (cos it feels dishonest not to mention)
1. Premee Mohamed
2. Martha Wells
3. Octavia Butler
4. Ian McDonald
5. Iain M Banks/Ian Banks
6. Rebecca Cunden
7. Julie Czerneda
8. CJ Cherryh
9. Sheri S Tepper
10. Elizabeth Bonesteel
Bonus: Robert A. Heinlein (cos it feels dishonest not to mention)