Erik J. Brown
@erikjbrown.bsky.social
USA Today Bestselling and Internationally Banned Author of ALL THAT'S LEFT IN THE WORLD, THE ONLY LIGHT LEFT BURNING, LOSE YOU TO FIND ME, and more soon… (he/him)
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Erik J. Brown
@erikjbrown.bsky.social
· Jan 8
Do you love romance and genre fiction? You might like my duology about two teens surviving the apocalypse, falling in love, trying to survive, and figuring out how to stay in love with the new world threatening to change who they are. Buy them wherever you buy books!
If anyone wants to feel old today, stumbled upon this Reddit post this morning and almost turned to dust:
May 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
If anyone wants to feel old today, stumbled upon this Reddit post this morning and almost turned to dust:
Reposted by Erik J. Brown
Philly area! On May 13th at 7pm, I'm launching my next book, ATHLETE IS AGENDER, a nonfiction MG anthology about LGBTQ+ people in sports, at Children's Book World in Haverford, PA. My coeditor, Nicole Melleby, and contributors @erikjbrown.bsky.social and @v-e-tirado.com will be there too! Join us!
May 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Philly area! On May 13th at 7pm, I'm launching my next book, ATHLETE IS AGENDER, a nonfiction MG anthology about LGBTQ+ people in sports, at Children's Book World in Haverford, PA. My coeditor, Nicole Melleby, and contributors @erikjbrown.bsky.social and @v-e-tirado.com will be there too! Join us!
Has anyone ever read a book where the main character was called a nickname from other POVs but from their POV they used their proper name?
Is that too confusing? Has any author gotten away with that?
Is that too confusing? Has any author gotten away with that?
April 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Has anyone ever read a book where the main character was called a nickname from other POVs but from their POV they used their proper name?
Is that too confusing? Has any author gotten away with that?
Is that too confusing? Has any author gotten away with that?
This is what happens when you train AI using AO3 fanfic and don’t omit the omegaverse stuff….
I am watching the movie Heat and I wanted to check if the actress is a young Angelina Jolie so I went to google and-
April 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is what happens when you train AI using AO3 fanfic and don’t omit the omegaverse stuff….
Notes from my editors while working on my dark thriller (out next year):
Edit letter: “This description of [redacted] is quite dark.”
Page 209: “GAAH! ERIK!”
Page 336: “GAAHHH.”
Page 362: “Suggest deleting.”
Page 362: “Suggest deleting.”
Page 362: “Suggest deleting.”
Page 365: “Suggest deleting.”
Edit letter: “This description of [redacted] is quite dark.”
Page 209: “GAAH! ERIK!”
Page 336: “GAAHHH.”
Page 362: “Suggest deleting.”
Page 362: “Suggest deleting.”
Page 362: “Suggest deleting.”
Page 365: “Suggest deleting.”
How do I tell the readers who loved my first three books because they’re cute and sweet (and only sometimes terrifying) that my fourth one is so terrifying my editors had to ask me four times to keep dialing back the intensity in the last few chapters?
It’s a dark thriller about unconditional love.
It’s a dark thriller about unconditional love.
April 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Notes from my editors while working on my dark thriller (out next year):
Edit letter: “This description of [redacted] is quite dark.”
Page 209: “GAAH! ERIK!”
Page 336: “GAAHHH.”
Page 362: “Suggest deleting.”
Page 362: “Suggest deleting.”
Page 362: “Suggest deleting.”
Page 365: “Suggest deleting.”
Edit letter: “This description of [redacted] is quite dark.”
Page 209: “GAAH! ERIK!”
Page 336: “GAAHHH.”
Page 362: “Suggest deleting.”
Page 362: “Suggest deleting.”
Page 362: “Suggest deleting.”
Page 365: “Suggest deleting.”
How do I tell the readers who loved my first three books because they’re cute and sweet (and only sometimes terrifying) that my fourth one is so terrifying my editors had to ask me four times to keep dialing back the intensity in the last few chapters?
It’s a dark thriller about unconditional love.
It’s a dark thriller about unconditional love.
April 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
How do I tell the readers who loved my first three books because they’re cute and sweet (and only sometimes terrifying) that my fourth one is so terrifying my editors had to ask me four times to keep dialing back the intensity in the last few chapters?
It’s a dark thriller about unconditional love.
It’s a dark thriller about unconditional love.
I’m gonna say it: the tariffs are a pump and dump scheme. It’s gaming the stock market which is why there’s always “pauses” and renegotiations.
Before he announces a tariff, Trump and congress sells their stocks. The market freefalls, when it bottoms out everyone buys, he “pauses,” and stocks go up
Before he announces a tariff, Trump and congress sells their stocks. The market freefalls, when it bottoms out everyone buys, he “pauses,” and stocks go up
April 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I’m gonna say it: the tariffs are a pump and dump scheme. It’s gaming the stock market which is why there’s always “pauses” and renegotiations.
Before he announces a tariff, Trump and congress sells their stocks. The market freefalls, when it bottoms out everyone buys, he “pauses,” and stocks go up
Before he announces a tariff, Trump and congress sells their stocks. The market freefalls, when it bottoms out everyone buys, he “pauses,” and stocks go up
Me pitching my books to readers:
February 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Me pitching my books to readers:
Americans once tried to call French fries “freedom fries.”
The Gulf of Mexico will always be the Gulf of Mexico.
The Gulf of Mexico will always be the Gulf of Mexico.
February 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Americans once tried to call French fries “freedom fries.”
The Gulf of Mexico will always be the Gulf of Mexico.
The Gulf of Mexico will always be the Gulf of Mexico.
The country of Malaysia has banned nine books in the past two months and two of them are mine…
It’s honestly starting to feel personal. Who did I piss off in Malaysia?????
It’s honestly starting to feel personal. Who did I piss off in Malaysia?????
February 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The country of Malaysia has banned nine books in the past two months and two of them are mine…
It’s honestly starting to feel personal. Who did I piss off in Malaysia?????
It’s honestly starting to feel personal. Who did I piss off in Malaysia?????
Unpopular opinion: I just plain don’t like fascism.
February 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Unpopular opinion: I just plain don’t like fascism.
And this was last week.
January 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
And this was last week.
Reposted by Erik J. Brown
Lose You To Find Me - @erikjbrown.bsky.social
www.goodreads.com/book/show/61...
Tommy, a culinary genius, reconnects with an old familiar face, Gabe, after years apart. Memories of Gabe left a profound impact on Tommy in his childhood. But Gabe seemingly doesn't remember Tommy at all.
also fanart!
www.goodreads.com/book/show/61...
Tommy, a culinary genius, reconnects with an old familiar face, Gabe, after years apart. Memories of Gabe left a profound impact on Tommy in his childhood. But Gabe seemingly doesn't remember Tommy at all.
also fanart!
January 26, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Lose You To Find Me - @erikjbrown.bsky.social
www.goodreads.com/book/show/61...
Tommy, a culinary genius, reconnects with an old familiar face, Gabe, after years apart. Memories of Gabe left a profound impact on Tommy in his childhood. But Gabe seemingly doesn't remember Tommy at all.
also fanart!
www.goodreads.com/book/show/61...
Tommy, a culinary genius, reconnects with an old familiar face, Gabe, after years apart. Memories of Gabe left a profound impact on Tommy in his childhood. But Gabe seemingly doesn't remember Tommy at all.
also fanart!
Reposted by Erik J. Brown
this is what we mean when we say "our existence is political" not because we make it so, but because everyone else does
BREAKING: In a new executive order sent out by the White House, Donald Trump has revoked the federal contractor nondiscrimination executive order, EO 11246, that was signed by Lyndon Johnson in 1965 and has protected employees of businesses seeking federal contracts from discrimination ever since.
January 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
this is what we mean when we say "our existence is political" not because we make it so, but because everyone else does
Reposted by Erik J. Brown
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
Reposted by Erik J. Brown
If you want to read a 🏳️🌈 young adult sci fi novel about criminalized debt, society outsourced to tech oligarchs, and the dehumanizing effects of runaway capitalism on everyone subject to it, pick up 2013’s PROXY while you still can #booksky
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a.co/d/eJk1ZT3
Amazon.com: Proxy: 9780147511331: London, Alex: Books
Amazon.com: Proxy: 9780147511331: London, Alex: Books
a.co
January 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
If you want to read a 🏳️🌈 young adult sci fi novel about criminalized debt, society outsourced to tech oligarchs, and the dehumanizing effects of runaway capitalism on everyone subject to it, pick up 2013’s PROXY while you still can #booksky
a.co/d/eJk1ZT3
a.co/d/eJk1ZT3
Friendly reminder about TikTok:
January 19, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Friendly reminder about TikTok:
You know you don’t want to watch the inauguration. Let me struggling to play the most confusing video game ever made heal you. It’s going to be ridiculous and fun!
Check out the links in my bio for Insta, YT, and Twitch accounts!
Check out the links in my bio for Insta, YT, and Twitch accounts!
Remember when I said I was going to find new ways to interact with readers? The experiment begins next Monday at noon EST! I mean... you don't want to watch the inauguration, right?
I'll be on Instagram and my new Twitch and YouTube accounts! Watch and interact however it's convenient for you!
I'll be on Instagram and my new Twitch and YouTube accounts! Watch and interact however it's convenient for you!
January 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
You know you don’t want to watch the inauguration. Let me struggling to play the most confusing video game ever made heal you. It’s going to be ridiculous and fun!
Check out the links in my bio for Insta, YT, and Twitch accounts!
Check out the links in my bio for Insta, YT, and Twitch accounts!
Remember when I said I was going to find new ways to interact with readers? The experiment begins next Monday at noon EST! I mean... you don't want to watch the inauguration, right?
I'll be on Instagram and my new Twitch and YouTube accounts! Watch and interact however it's convenient for you!
I'll be on Instagram and my new Twitch and YouTube accounts! Watch and interact however it's convenient for you!
January 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Remember when I said I was going to find new ways to interact with readers? The experiment begins next Monday at noon EST! I mean... you don't want to watch the inauguration, right?
I'll be on Instagram and my new Twitch and YouTube accounts! Watch and interact however it's convenient for you!
I'll be on Instagram and my new Twitch and YouTube accounts! Watch and interact however it's convenient for you!
Do you love romance and genre fiction? You might like my duology about two teens surviving the apocalypse, falling in love, trying to survive, and figuring out how to stay in love with the new world threatening to change who they are. Buy them wherever you buy books!
January 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Do you love romance and genre fiction? You might like my duology about two teens surviving the apocalypse, falling in love, trying to survive, and figuring out how to stay in love with the new world threatening to change who they are. Buy them wherever you buy books!
So now that Meta said they will allow targeted hate towards the LGBTQ+ community (see pic of their new content moderation policy) I’ll be copy pasting my Threads here for a few days… if you saw it before, pretend it’s new! ☺️
January 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
So now that Meta said they will allow targeted hate towards the LGBTQ+ community (see pic of their new content moderation policy) I’ll be copy pasting my Threads here for a few days… if you saw it before, pretend it’s new! ☺️
Reposted by Erik J. Brown
26) ALL THAT'S LEFT IN THE WORLD by @erikjbrown.bsky.social
Ready to explore a dystopian US East Coast? Sweet Jamie and traumatized Andrew survive, run, fight back their demons (and some real ones) and light their personal spark in a dark world
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge💙📚#PostApocalyptic #YA
Ready to explore a dystopian US East Coast? Sweet Jamie and traumatized Andrew survive, run, fight back their demons (and some real ones) and light their personal spark in a dark world
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge💙📚#PostApocalyptic #YA
November 24, 2024 at 2:15 PM
26) ALL THAT'S LEFT IN THE WORLD by @erikjbrown.bsky.social
Ready to explore a dystopian US East Coast? Sweet Jamie and traumatized Andrew survive, run, fight back their demons (and some real ones) and light their personal spark in a dark world
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge💙📚#PostApocalyptic #YA
Ready to explore a dystopian US East Coast? Sweet Jamie and traumatized Andrew survive, run, fight back their demons (and some real ones) and light their personal spark in a dark world
#Books #BookSky #BookChallenge💙📚#PostApocalyptic #YA
Reposted by Erik J. Brown
Just spent 2 hrs reading more of "The Only Light Left Burning" by @erikjbrown.bsky.social I loved the first book and got sidetracked months ago but got back to reading this sequel.
I really do love it. 65% through Kindle says. First book is called "All That's Left in the World".
I really do love it. 65% through Kindle says. First book is called "All That's Left in the World".
January 8, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Just spent 2 hrs reading more of "The Only Light Left Burning" by @erikjbrown.bsky.social I loved the first book and got sidetracked months ago but got back to reading this sequel.
I really do love it. 65% through Kindle says. First book is called "All That's Left in the World".
I really do love it. 65% through Kindle says. First book is called "All That's Left in the World".
Reposted by Erik J. Brown
Today I finished reading The Only Light Left Burning, the sequel to All That’s Left in the World by @erikjbrown.bsky.social . Trust and community in the apocalypse are major themes and I very much enjoyed the emotional journeys of the characters. #gmlgb #booksky
December 24, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Today I finished reading The Only Light Left Burning, the sequel to All That’s Left in the World by @erikjbrown.bsky.social . Trust and community in the apocalypse are major themes and I very much enjoyed the emotional journeys of the characters. #gmlgb #booksky