Steve Russell
@stevetendo.bsky.social
Writing Ronin & Amazon Top 10 Author // InDIY Heart // BJJ Brown Beltatron // Cap Connoisseur
📖: Burden // Steen // Temporary // IMSODE
Burden (Out Now) 📖: https://amzn.to/4iBAFYB
💻: stevetendo.com
🔗: linktr.ee/stevetendo
📖: Burden // Steen // Temporary // IMSODE
Burden (Out Now) 📖: https://amzn.to/4iBAFYB
💻: stevetendo.com
🔗: linktr.ee/stevetendo
Thank you to everyone who picked up Steen or read it on KU this spooky season. It’s amazing knowing so many of you spent Halloween with the surly Canuck demon hunter!
HallowSteen may be over, but more Steen is coming—starting with a free short story that drops in December!
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HallowSteen may be over, but more Steen is coming—starting with a free short story that drops in December!
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November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Thank you to everyone who picked up Steen or read it on KU this spooky season. It’s amazing knowing so many of you spent Halloween with the surly Canuck demon hunter!
HallowSteen may be over, but more Steen is coming—starting with a free short story that drops in December!
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HallowSteen may be over, but more Steen is coming—starting with a free short story that drops in December!
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Here’s a few things in October’s Recap, out TONIGHT:
• Hell’s Bells
• Ads
• Reflecting on Past Quests (@yourpaperquest.bsky.social)
• Discovering Hell on Earth
Drops @ 6 pm (GMT). Sign up now and don’t miss out!
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• Hell’s Bells
• Ads
• Reflecting on Past Quests (@yourpaperquest.bsky.social)
• Discovering Hell on Earth
Drops @ 6 pm (GMT). Sign up now and don’t miss out!
📝: bitly.com/steverussellnewsletter
October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Here’s a few things in October’s Recap, out TONIGHT:
• Hell’s Bells
• Ads
• Reflecting on Past Quests (@yourpaperquest.bsky.social)
• Discovering Hell on Earth
Drops @ 6 pm (GMT). Sign up now and don’t miss out!
📝: bitly.com/steverussellnewsletter
• Hell’s Bells
• Ads
• Reflecting on Past Quests (@yourpaperquest.bsky.social)
• Discovering Hell on Earth
Drops @ 6 pm (GMT). Sign up now and don’t miss out!
📝: bitly.com/steverussellnewsletter
Demon Hunter. Demon King. Deadly Obsession.
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The perfect Halloween treat, read Amazon’s #1 demonic thriller and discover why horror fans are calling Steen “deliciously dark” and “a real page-turner” full of “twists and turns”.
Out now on Amazon & KU: bit.ly/SteveRussell...
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The perfect Halloween treat, read Amazon’s #1 demonic thriller and discover why horror fans are calling Steen “deliciously dark” and “a real page-turner” full of “twists and turns”.
Out now on Amazon & KU: bit.ly/SteveRussell...
October 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Demon Hunter. Demon King. Deadly Obsession.
***
The perfect Halloween treat, read Amazon’s #1 demonic thriller and discover why horror fans are calling Steen “deliciously dark” and “a real page-turner” full of “twists and turns”.
Out now on Amazon & KU: bit.ly/SteveRussell...
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The perfect Halloween treat, read Amazon’s #1 demonic thriller and discover why horror fans are calling Steen “deliciously dark” and “a real page-turner” full of “twists and turns”.
Out now on Amazon & KU: bit.ly/SteveRussell...
October 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Here’s a few things in September’s Recap, out TONIGHT:
• Festive demon hunting
• Lost & Found
• Plot breakthroughs
Sign up now and don’t miss out—especially if you’re a fan of Steen!
📝: bitly.com/steverussell...
• Festive demon hunting
• Lost & Found
• Plot breakthroughs
Sign up now and don’t miss out—especially if you’re a fan of Steen!
📝: bitly.com/steverussell...
September 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Here’s a few things in September’s Recap, out TONIGHT:
• Festive demon hunting
• Lost & Found
• Plot breakthroughs
Sign up now and don’t miss out—especially if you’re a fan of Steen!
📝: bitly.com/steverussell...
• Festive demon hunting
• Lost & Found
• Plot breakthroughs
Sign up now and don’t miss out—especially if you’re a fan of Steen!
📝: bitly.com/steverussell...
It's September 2025, and I'm forcing myself to listen to Christmas songs whilst revising banishment rituals.
But why…? Find out in September's Recap, coming soon.
📝: bitly.com/steverussell...
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor #AuthorLife
But why…? Find out in September's Recap, coming soon.
📝: bitly.com/steverussell...
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor #AuthorLife
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September 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
It's September 2025, and I'm forcing myself to listen to Christmas songs whilst revising banishment rituals.
But why…? Find out in September's Recap, coming soon.
📝: bitly.com/steverussell...
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor #AuthorLife
But why…? Find out in September's Recap, coming soon.
📝: bitly.com/steverussell...
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor #AuthorLife
That feeling when you can’t find *that* notebook with all the plot points and story beats you meticulously planned out, only to find it in the first place you looked…
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September 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
That feeling when you can’t find *that* notebook with all the plot points and story beats you meticulously planned out, only to find it in the first place you looked…
What has been started cannot be undone…
✅ PSL
✅ Crewneck sweatshirt/shorts/cap combo
✅ Midwest emo
✅ PSL
✅ Crewneck sweatshirt/shorts/cap combo
✅ Midwest emo
September 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
What has been started cannot be undone…
✅ PSL
✅ Crewneck sweatshirt/shorts/cap combo
✅ Midwest emo
✅ PSL
✅ Crewneck sweatshirt/shorts/cap combo
✅ Midwest emo
Here’s a few things in August’s Recap, out TONIGHT:
• Shake It Up
• Thought Projection
• Make a Scene
• Summer Survival
Sign up now (it’s free and you even get a superhero short story set in my Ultraverse)!
📝: bitly.com/steverussell...
• Shake It Up
• Thought Projection
• Make a Scene
• Summer Survival
Sign up now (it’s free and you even get a superhero short story set in my Ultraverse)!
📝: bitly.com/steverussell...
August 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Here’s a few things in August’s Recap, out TONIGHT:
• Shake It Up
• Thought Projection
• Make a Scene
• Summer Survival
Sign up now (it’s free and you even get a superhero short story set in my Ultraverse)!
📝: bitly.com/steverussell...
• Shake It Up
• Thought Projection
• Make a Scene
• Summer Survival
Sign up now (it’s free and you even get a superhero short story set in my Ultraverse)!
📝: bitly.com/steverussell...
Assuming this handbrake 180 isn’t a swerve…what a sad waste of time this John Cena heel turn was.
No narrative pathos, direction, or emotional payoff, and only Cena turning up, doing his best to get people to invest in his heel persona despite it feeling forced and contrived.
No narrative pathos, direction, or emotional payoff, and only Cena turning up, doing his best to get people to invest in his heel persona despite it feeling forced and contrived.
August 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Assuming this handbrake 180 isn’t a swerve…what a sad waste of time this John Cena heel turn was.
No narrative pathos, direction, or emotional payoff, and only Cena turning up, doing his best to get people to invest in his heel persona despite it feeling forced and contrived.
No narrative pathos, direction, or emotional payoff, and only Cena turning up, doing his best to get people to invest in his heel persona despite it feeling forced and contrived.
Here’s a few things in July’s Recap, out TONIGHT:
• An Evolution Challenge
• Derailed
• Christmas in July
• Local Library
• Keep On Keeping On
• Birthday Celebrations
Sign up now!
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• An Evolution Challenge
• Derailed
• Christmas in July
• Local Library
• Keep On Keeping On
• Birthday Celebrations
Sign up now!
📝: bitly.com/steverussellnewsletter
July 31, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Here’s a few things in July’s Recap, out TONIGHT:
• An Evolution Challenge
• Derailed
• Christmas in July
• Local Library
• Keep On Keeping On
• Birthday Celebrations
Sign up now!
📝: bitly.com/steverussellnewsletter
• An Evolution Challenge
• Derailed
• Christmas in July
• Local Library
• Keep On Keeping On
• Birthday Celebrations
Sign up now!
📝: bitly.com/steverussellnewsletter
I want to thank the following for keeping me sane during this last week of hardcore sickness:
• RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop
• RoboCop 1, 2, and 3
• A Gamer’s Journey: The Definitive History of Shenmue
• GoldenEra
• Here Comes a New Challenger
• RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop
• RoboCop 1, 2, and 3
• A Gamer’s Journey: The Definitive History of Shenmue
• GoldenEra
• Here Comes a New Challenger
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July 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I want to thank the following for keeping me sane during this last week of hardcore sickness:
• RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop
• RoboCop 1, 2, and 3
• A Gamer’s Journey: The Definitive History of Shenmue
• GoldenEra
• Here Comes a New Challenger
• RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop
• RoboCop 1, 2, and 3
• A Gamer’s Journey: The Definitive History of Shenmue
• GoldenEra
• Here Comes a New Challenger
Monday, 30th June, 19:00.
Keep On Keeping On
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@hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp @en.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp
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#DeathStranding2 #DeathStranding2OnTheBeach #DS2 #KojimaProductions #HideoKojima #DeathStranding #PlayStation5 #London #WorldTour
Keep On Keeping On
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@hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp @en.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp
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#DeathStranding2 #DeathStranding2OnTheBeach #DS2 #KojimaProductions #HideoKojima #DeathStranding #PlayStation5 #London #WorldTour
July 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Monday, 30th June, 19:00.
Keep On Keeping On
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📸: www.instagram.com/p/DLp0qr0ISnf
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@hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp @en.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp
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#DeathStranding2 #DeathStranding2OnTheBeach #DS2 #KojimaProductions #HideoKojima #DeathStranding #PlayStation5 #London #WorldTour
Keep On Keeping On
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@hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp @en.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp
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#DeathStranding2 #DeathStranding2OnTheBeach #DS2 #KojimaProductions #HideoKojima #DeathStranding #PlayStation5 #London #WorldTour
It is currently 29°, I’m in a pub in central London with a cold pint, and have “Last Christmas” by Wham! playing in my ears.
But why…?
#WritingCommunity #BlueskyBooks #Booksky #AmWriting #AmPlotting
But why…?
#WritingCommunity #BlueskyBooks #Booksky #AmWriting #AmPlotting
June 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
It is currently 29°, I’m in a pub in central London with a cold pint, and have “Last Christmas” by Wham! playing in my ears.
But why…?
#WritingCommunity #BlueskyBooks #Booksky #AmWriting #AmPlotting
But why…?
#WritingCommunity #BlueskyBooks #Booksky #AmWriting #AmPlotting
In this month’s Recap, out tomorrow:
• Basking in the Afterglow
• Challenge Accepted
• Back to the Ultraverse
• Stranger Things
The Recap is totally free and is *the* best way to stay updated with my writerly updates. Plus, you get a free short story!
📝: bitly.com/steverussell...
• Basking in the Afterglow
• Challenge Accepted
• Back to the Ultraverse
• Stranger Things
The Recap is totally free and is *the* best way to stay updated with my writerly updates. Plus, you get a free short story!
📝: bitly.com/steverussell...
June 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
In this month’s Recap, out tomorrow:
• Basking in the Afterglow
• Challenge Accepted
• Back to the Ultraverse
• Stranger Things
The Recap is totally free and is *the* best way to stay updated with my writerly updates. Plus, you get a free short story!
📝: bitly.com/steverussell...
• Basking in the Afterglow
• Challenge Accepted
• Back to the Ultraverse
• Stranger Things
The Recap is totally free and is *the* best way to stay updated with my writerly updates. Plus, you get a free short story!
📝: bitly.com/steverussell...
28 Years Later isn’t the only recent story that takes place in a dystopian England…
📖 Burden: amzn.to/4iBAFYB
📖 Burden: amzn.to/4iBAFYB
June 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
28 Years Later isn’t the only recent story that takes place in a dystopian England…
📖 Burden: amzn.to/4iBAFYB
📖 Burden: amzn.to/4iBAFYB
Saturday, 14th June, 12:38.
Coffee, Contemplation, and Stranger Things: The First Shadow
📸: www.instagram.com/p/DLQDR8io4_W/
Coffee, Contemplation, and Stranger Things: The First Shadow
📸: www.instagram.com/p/DLQDR8io4_W/
June 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Saturday, 14th June, 12:38.
Coffee, Contemplation, and Stranger Things: The First Shadow
📸: www.instagram.com/p/DLQDR8io4_W/
Coffee, Contemplation, and Stranger Things: The First Shadow
📸: www.instagram.com/p/DLQDR8io4_W/
It’s currently Men’s Health Week in the UK, with June also marking Men’s Mental Health Month in the US.
Mental health is a subject I’ve always taken seriously, with its exploration and representation intricately woven into my stories and characters.
Mental health is a subject I’ve always taken seriously, with its exploration and representation intricately woven into my stories and characters.
June 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
It’s currently Men’s Health Week in the UK, with June also marking Men’s Mental Health Month in the US.
Mental health is a subject I’ve always taken seriously, with its exploration and representation intricately woven into my stories and characters.
Mental health is a subject I’ve always taken seriously, with its exploration and representation intricately woven into my stories and characters.
In this month’s Recap, out tomorrow:
• Burden release celebrations
• Steen skyrockets up the charts
• Discussing process, themes, and what’s next
• Engaging w/ author drama
• BJJ progression
• The inexorable march of progress
📝: bitly.com/steverussell...
#WritingCommunity
• Burden release celebrations
• Steen skyrockets up the charts
• Discussing process, themes, and what’s next
• Engaging w/ author drama
• BJJ progression
• The inexorable march of progress
📝: bitly.com/steverussell...
#WritingCommunity
May 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
In this month’s Recap, out tomorrow:
• Burden release celebrations
• Steen skyrockets up the charts
• Discussing process, themes, and what’s next
• Engaging w/ author drama
• BJJ progression
• The inexorable march of progress
📝: bitly.com/steverussell...
#WritingCommunity
• Burden release celebrations
• Steen skyrockets up the charts
• Discussing process, themes, and what’s next
• Engaging w/ author drama
• BJJ progression
• The inexorable march of progress
📝: bitly.com/steverussell...
#WritingCommunity
ICYMI…I spoke with @fanbasepress.bsky.social about Burden, my creative process writing a dystopian novel, connective threads across different genres, and what's next for me and my stories!
Scope it here: bit.ly/43F6Hi1
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #IndieAuthor #Booksky #BlueSkyReads #BlueSkyBooks
Scope it here: bit.ly/43F6Hi1
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #IndieAuthor #Booksky #BlueSkyReads #BlueSkyBooks
May 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
ICYMI…I spoke with @fanbasepress.bsky.social about Burden, my creative process writing a dystopian novel, connective threads across different genres, and what's next for me and my stories!
Scope it here: bit.ly/43F6Hi1
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #IndieAuthor #Booksky #BlueSkyReads #BlueSkyBooks
Scope it here: bit.ly/43F6Hi1
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #IndieAuthor #Booksky #BlueSkyReads #BlueSkyBooks
"Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together." — Vincent Van Gogh
A personal post on receiving the fourth stripe on my BJJ brown belt and the core lesson I learned getting it: tinyurl.com/y33nb9vh
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#BJJ #BrazilianJiuJitsu #GentleArt #WriterLife
A personal post on receiving the fourth stripe on my BJJ brown belt and the core lesson I learned getting it: tinyurl.com/y33nb9vh
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#BJJ #BrazilianJiuJitsu #GentleArt #WriterLife
May 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
"Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together." — Vincent Van Gogh
A personal post on receiving the fourth stripe on my BJJ brown belt and the core lesson I learned getting it: tinyurl.com/y33nb9vh
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#BJJ #BrazilianJiuJitsu #GentleArt #WriterLife
A personal post on receiving the fourth stripe on my BJJ brown belt and the core lesson I learned getting it: tinyurl.com/y33nb9vh
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#BJJ #BrazilianJiuJitsu #GentleArt #WriterLife
A huge thank you to @fanbasepress.bsky.social’s @barbrajdillon.bsky.social for talking to me about Burden and what's next for me and my stories.
Fanbase Press has always been super supportive, so if you're not already following them, be sure to check them out and all the awesome things they do!
Fanbase Press has always been super supportive, so if you're not already following them, be sure to check them out and all the awesome things they do!
Fanbase Press' @barbrajdillon.bsky.social Interviews @stevetendo.bsky.social on the Release of the Post-Apocalyptic Novel, ‘Burden’
Fanbase Press Interviews Steve Russell on the Release of the Post-Apocalyptic Novel, ‘Burden’ - Fanbasepress
The following is an interview with Steve Russell regarding the recent release of the post-apocalyptic novel, Burden. In this interview, Fanbase Press
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May 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
A huge thank you to @fanbasepress.bsky.social’s @barbrajdillon.bsky.social for talking to me about Burden and what's next for me and my stories.
Fanbase Press has always been super supportive, so if you're not already following them, be sure to check them out and all the awesome things they do!
Fanbase Press has always been super supportive, so if you're not already following them, be sure to check them out and all the awesome things they do!
Today’s the *last day* you can grab Steen for FREE—so don’t wait!
A huge thanks to everyone who picked it up, helping it claw its way to #1 on Amazon. I really appreciate it!
FFO: #TheExorcist, #TheConjuring , #Supernatural, #Buffy, #Constantine
📖: amzn.to/48MhSWF
#Booksky #WritingCommunity
A huge thanks to everyone who picked it up, helping it claw its way to #1 on Amazon. I really appreciate it!
FFO: #TheExorcist, #TheConjuring , #Supernatural, #Buffy, #Constantine
📖: amzn.to/48MhSWF
#Booksky #WritingCommunity
May 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Today’s the *last day* you can grab Steen for FREE—so don’t wait!
A huge thanks to everyone who picked it up, helping it claw its way to #1 on Amazon. I really appreciate it!
FFO: #TheExorcist, #TheConjuring , #Supernatural, #Buffy, #Constantine
📖: amzn.to/48MhSWF
#Booksky #WritingCommunity
A huge thanks to everyone who picked it up, helping it claw its way to #1 on Amazon. I really appreciate it!
FFO: #TheExorcist, #TheConjuring , #Supernatural, #Buffy, #Constantine
📖: amzn.to/48MhSWF
#Booksky #WritingCommunity
With Burden getting its first review and Steen receiving another 5*, as well as rocketing to #1 (!), I figured the past few days are worth celebrating with a cold one!
Steen is still *free* (for now), so don’t delay!
📖: amzn.to/48MhSWF
#WritingCommunity #Booksky #BlueSkyReads #BlueSkyBooks
Steen is still *free* (for now), so don’t delay!
📖: amzn.to/48MhSWF
#WritingCommunity #Booksky #BlueSkyReads #BlueSkyBooks
May 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
With Burden getting its first review and Steen receiving another 5*, as well as rocketing to #1 (!), I figured the past few days are worth celebrating with a cold one!
Steen is still *free* (for now), so don’t delay!
📖: amzn.to/48MhSWF
#WritingCommunity #Booksky #BlueSkyReads #BlueSkyBooks
Steen is still *free* (for now), so don’t delay!
📖: amzn.to/48MhSWF
#WritingCommunity #Booksky #BlueSkyReads #BlueSkyBooks