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Esme Carpenter

@ec-writes.bsky.social

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I write.

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Spencer and DeWitt: Man on Fire out now! - https://a.co/d/b47lZ9U

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Esme Carpenter @ec-writes.bsky.social · Jan 3

My ebook is now live!

Do you like detectives? X-Men? Fighting against discrimination? This might be for you.

Spencer and DeWitt: Man on Fire: Book One a.co/d/ch184n1

Spencer and DeWitt: Man on Fire: Book One - Kindle edition by Carpenter, Esme. Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

Spencer and DeWitt: Man on Fire: Book One - Kindle edition by Carpenter, Esme. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and h...

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Esme Carpenter

@ec-writes.bsky.social

Chapter Seventeen for #deadwalkerwednesday!

Idris writes a letter. Willard races a corpse. Lady Eremont makes a talisman.

#Necromancy #necromancer #fantasybookseries #bookseries #writingcommunity #fantasy

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Chapter Seventeen - The Dead-Walker's Son

Idris insisted that he personally inspected each dead bird before they put the cart onto a pyre; the soldiers left him to it, their noses wrinkled, their eyes wary. He had taken the first raven from t...

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December 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM

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t. kendal mintcake

@mintcaketime.bsky.social

pals you gotta quit spotify

Spotify now features Al band clones
discussion
.. .
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard prominently left Spotify earlier this year. Today this was recommended to me by their release radar:
https://open.spotify.com/intl-
de/artist/6WFS7oPAEirPXePSayORzn?si=jtf|za1qI-
gRyUUBjD-EHA
A bad Al ripoff, from aesthetics to band name, copying their songs.

= Spotify®
Open App
King Lizard Wizard
29,303 monthly listeners
Follow
Popular
Rattlesnake
32,355
The River
5,881
Gamma Knife
4,345
...
...
..

December 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM

Esme Carpenter

@ec-writes.bsky.social

I didn't get a Wrapped this year because I finally unchained myself from Spotify and I honestly feel so much better

December 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM

Esme Carpenter

@ec-writes.bsky.social

This happened to me recently with a professional development training. The entire thing is made with AI and I immediately bought out. They were so proud about it, too.

Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 12d

I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.

November 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM

Esme Carpenter

@ec-writes.bsky.social

Skies of Arcadia.

iKE PASTEL @ikexpastel.bsky.social · 14d

I would like to know! 🤓👾

November 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM

Esme Carpenter

@ec-writes.bsky.social

This also. Last I saw, only 7% of writers actually make a living from writing alone.

thank u, hexed @lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social · 15d

And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both.

The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.

berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 15d

almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.

November 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM

Esme Carpenter

@ec-writes.bsky.social

Also, telling authors just to self-publish, like it is some magic wand to getting recognition and getting paid for your writing, is not as easy as people make it out to be.

As of today, I have sold roughly 40 copies of Man on Fire and made about $70. It came out in January. I market it myself.

John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 15d

2. It's rare for any creative, including writers, to be able to live solely off their creative income. Moreover, there is no correlation between the creative value of art and the income status of its creator. It's okay to have another gig to eat and pay bills and survive our capitalist hellscape.

November 26, 2025 at 2:05 AM

Esme Carpenter

@ec-writes.bsky.social

It's #sonofsongssunday!

Simple pleasures are the best, especially when you're leaving home.

#spaceopera #scifibooks #scifi #SciFiAdventure #bookseries #writingcommunity

www.royalroad.com/fiction/7138...

Part Four: Entry Wound - XXX: The Morning After - Son of Songs: Innocence (Parts 1 to 10)

A Romur sunrise was the subject of many paintings and poems. The three suns made the most fantastic display, one after the other, spilling conflicting colours across the sky. When the first sun rose, ...

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November 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM

Esme Carpenter

@ec-writes.bsky.social

Chapter Sixteen for this #deadwalkerwednesday!

Willard refuses. Lady Eremont makes a wish. Idris takes flight.

#necromancy #necromancer #fantasybookseries #fantasyfiction #writingcommunity

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Chapter Sixteen - The Dead-Walker's Son

“Won’t do it. No way no how.” “Willard...” Idris sighed and pressed his temples. “I need to be able to walk.” “Ain’t putting no boots on that thing until the swelling’s down, so you use your crutches ...

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November 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM

Esme Carpenter

@ec-writes.bsky.social

Happy #sonofsongssunday!

Sometimes you have to break something down to fix it up again.

#scifi #scifibooks #spaceopera #scifiadventure #WritingCommunity

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Part Four: Entry Wound - XXIX: Disassembly - Son of Songs: Innocence (Parts 1 to 10)

Hazy lights, in dove grey and blinding white, swirling in the sky. Spherical shapes in the distance. But this time, the spheres darted closer than before, clearer than before. Before Blake could reach...

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November 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM

Esme Carpenter

@ec-writes.bsky.social

Welcome to the Harransee this #deadwalkerwednesday!

Idris unpacks. Lady Eremont tags along. Pentagons assist progress.

#necromancy #necromancer #fantasybookseries #fantasyfiction #WritingCommunity

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Chapter Fifteen - The Dead-Walker's Son

The journey to the Harransee Mountains took Idris back up the road he had travelled in the spring, when his only concern was returning to Veridia with his honour intact. His company was much the same ...

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November 13, 2025 at 1:55 AM

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Morgan Le Slay (they/she)

@morganleslay.bsky.social

Everyone, please report this Etsy shop for using stolen patterns from this book.

www.etsy.com/listing/4345...

The author reported them but the shop is still up. Please re-skeet!

November 11, 2025 at 11:36 PM

Reposted by Esme Carpenter

Greg Pak

@gregpak.net

graphic in the Mamdani campaign colors and fonts that amusingly* quotes the popular Patricia Lockwood "Miette" tweet thusly:

JAIL FOR MOTHER
for ONE THOUSAND YEARS

* YMMV

November 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM

Esme Carpenter

@ec-writes.bsky.social

#deadwalkerwednesday means Chapter Fourteen!

Idris makes a splash. Kurellan gives a gift. Layton makes a threat.

#necromancy #necromancer #fantasybookseries #fantasy #novel #amwriting #WritingCommunity

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Chapter Fourteen - The Dead-Walker's Son

“That was cruel,” he spluttered, shaking water out of his face. “That is sparring. Come on.” She held out her hand to help him up. “You must be cold.” “One more?” “I think there’s news,” said Lila, no...

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November 6, 2025 at 1:31 AM

Esme Carpenter

@ec-writes.bsky.social

Sometimes you have a Very Bad Day and then you go home and there are cats and the day is not so bad anymore.

October 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM

Esme Carpenter

@ec-writes.bsky.social

Spooky season demands an unlucky chapter thirteen for this week's #deadwalkerwednesday.

Idris power-dresses. Lila makes a powerful enemy. Thistle is displeased.

#necromancer #necromancy #fantasybookseries #fantasy #writingcommunity

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Chapter Thirteen - The Dead-Walker's Son

Idris had never had the inclination nor the prompting to learn how to shape the aria so it harmed people. Magus Arundale had taught him basics, and the rest Idris had taught himself, conducting as muc...

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October 29, 2025 at 11:17 PM

Esme Carpenter

@ec-writes.bsky.social

I played this song three times at my wedding.

WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · Oct 29

October 29, 2025 at 5:01 AM

Esme Carpenter

@ec-writes.bsky.social

Tell me you are a creative with unmedicated ADHD without telling me you're a creative with unmedicated ADHD

October 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM

Esme Carpenter

@ec-writes.bsky.social

In this #sonofsongssunday, we're moving through the stages of grief. And all the bones in the human hand.

#spaceopera #scifibooks #scifi #sciencefiction #WritingCommunity

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Part Four: Entry Wound - XXVIII: Acceptance - Son of Songs: Innocence (Parts 1 to 10)

Jace’s favourite balcony in the house was at the back. It had the most incredible view of the sunsets at the correct time of day but most importantly, it was in one of the least-used reading rooms in ...

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October 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM

Esme Carpenter

@ec-writes.bsky.social

This is an amazing deal for one of the best comics duos around - if you haven't read WicDiv yet, I'm sorry, but do I know you?

Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · Oct 16

Oh there's a @kierongillen.bsky.social Image Comics Humble Bundle going right now, featuring all our Image work together as well as DIE and The Power Fantasy!

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