Hanlons Awkham
@hanlonsawkham.bsky.social
An ill-literate
Finding a way or making one.
LitRPG/Progression Fantasy Author
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/93637/metem-the-blind-chemist
https://www.ill-literate.com
Finding a way or making one.
LitRPG/Progression Fantasy Author
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/93637/metem-the-blind-chemist
https://www.ill-literate.com
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Hanlons Awkham
@hanlonsawkham.bsky.social
· Jun 24
A big shout out to the wonderful people at www.bookflydesign.com
They brought the cover of my first ever book to life and I think it is just beautiful! 😍🔥
#litrpg #progressionfantasy #booksky #authors #coverreveal
They brought the cover of my first ever book to life and I think it is just beautiful! 😍🔥
#litrpg #progressionfantasy #booksky #authors #coverreveal
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I've got my first reader review at five stars on #RoyalRoad with some lovely feedback/constructive advice.
I'm very pleased with it!
I'm publishing a chapter a day, with 1-4 all available to read at the link below.
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1380...
I'm very pleased with it!
I'm publishing a chapter a day, with 1-4 all available to read at the link below.
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1380...
November 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I've got my first reader review at five stars on #RoyalRoad with some lovely feedback/constructive advice.
I'm very pleased with it!
I'm publishing a chapter a day, with 1-4 all available to read at the link below.
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1380...
I'm very pleased with it!
I'm publishing a chapter a day, with 1-4 all available to read at the link below.
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1380...
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Follow along with my first ever WIP over at Royal Road!
#royalroad #writathon #darkfantasy #echoesbelow #fiction #WIP #keepwriting #author #writer
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1386...
#royalroad #writathon #darkfantasy #echoesbelow #fiction #WIP #keepwriting #author #writer
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1386...
Echoes Below
Beneath the town of Blackgate Hollow lies a forgotten prison said to contain the vilest of creatures, villains, and demigods. The prison, known as Blackgate Deep, was sealed away in order to keep all ...
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November 8, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Follow along with my first ever WIP over at Royal Road!
#royalroad #writathon #darkfantasy #echoesbelow #fiction #WIP #keepwriting #author #writer
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1386...
#royalroad #writathon #darkfantasy #echoesbelow #fiction #WIP #keepwriting #author #writer
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1386...
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Chapter 12 of 'Seasons' - 'Ode to Salt' is out!
Scribble Hub: www.scribblehub.com/series/19614...
RoyalRoad: www.royalroad.com/fiction/1293...
#writing #writingcommunity #fantasy #comedy #druid #magic #book #booksky #author #amwriting
Scribble Hub: www.scribblehub.com/series/19614...
RoyalRoad: www.royalroad.com/fiction/1293...
#writing #writingcommunity #fantasy #comedy #druid #magic #book #booksky #author #amwriting
Seasons
Clover thought she had life figured out early.
She spent years studying to become an alchemist ever since she was little.
Over the years, Clover visited all the nearby guilds, ran her own experiments ...
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November 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Chapter 12 of 'Seasons' - 'Ode to Salt' is out!
Scribble Hub: www.scribblehub.com/series/19614...
RoyalRoad: www.royalroad.com/fiction/1293...
#writing #writingcommunity #fantasy #comedy #druid #magic #book #booksky #author #amwriting
Scribble Hub: www.scribblehub.com/series/19614...
RoyalRoad: www.royalroad.com/fiction/1293...
#writing #writingcommunity #fantasy #comedy #druid #magic #book #booksky #author #amwriting
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And that's a wrap, folks! Book 1 of Rise is done at 120k words!
#indieauthor #litrpg #progressionfantasy
#indieauthor #litrpg #progressionfantasy
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
And that's a wrap, folks! Book 1 of Rise is done at 120k words!
#indieauthor #litrpg #progressionfantasy
#indieauthor #litrpg #progressionfantasy
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New chapter for Apprentice over on #Patreon! Neska grabs a new evolution, and the trio makes their way to what they hope is a refuge. #litrpg #progressionfantasy #monstergirl #gamelit #writing #litrpgbook #snake #witch #academy #fantasyread #Webseries #author
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Apprentice Vol. 1, Ch. 15: Three is Company | Magius Swiftscale
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November 8, 2025 at 3:09 AM
New chapter for Apprentice over on #Patreon! Neska grabs a new evolution, and the trio makes their way to what they hope is a refuge. #litrpg #progressionfantasy #monstergirl #gamelit #writing #litrpgbook #snake #witch #academy #fantasyread #Webseries #author
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I'm working on a LitRPG, it's not my main work so it's a long way from finished, where the MC loses their dominant hand moments before the story starts.
The magic of levelling seals off the wound, but they have to learn to live with their off hand being the only way to manipulate things.
The magic of levelling seals off the wound, but they have to learn to live with their off hand being the only way to manipulate things.
November 5, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I'm working on a LitRPG, it's not my main work so it's a long way from finished, where the MC loses their dominant hand moments before the story starts.
The magic of levelling seals off the wound, but they have to learn to live with their off hand being the only way to manipulate things.
The magic of levelling seals off the wound, but they have to learn to live with their off hand being the only way to manipulate things.
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I have finished my edits on WIZARDS OF DRAGON KEEP, so it's now going to my proofer to see if there's anything I've missed. The big finale of my #DarkUndermaster trilogy will be available at the end of the month. #fantasy #litRPG #writing
November 6, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I have finished my edits on WIZARDS OF DRAGON KEEP, so it's now going to my proofer to see if there's anything I've missed. The big finale of my #DarkUndermaster trilogy will be available at the end of the month. #fantasy #litRPG #writing
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2025 mini-reviews:
Ends of Magic: Antimage by Alexander Olson
A grad student is yanked into a fantasy world, where he immediately has to fight off mind-control attempts. After he escapes, he uses his Earth knowledge to find unique ways to use the world’s magic
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg
Ends of Magic: Antimage by Alexander Olson
A grad student is yanked into a fantasy world, where he immediately has to fight off mind-control attempts. After he escapes, he uses his Earth knowledge to find unique ways to use the world’s magic
#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff #litrpg
November 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Dungeon Crawler Carl: A LitRPG Popular Audiobooks ○ • Colossal Cave Adventure• , released in 1976, provided a stark landscape navigated through verb-noun commands; a dry, essentia... #advertisement
• The Appeal Is Precisely In The Numbers: Knowing Exactly How Much Damage Was Inflicted #Audiobooks
• The audiobook is part of the LitRPG → Gamelit genre, which combines elements of role-playing games with science fiction and fantasy.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Dungeon Crawler Carl: A LitRPG Popular Audiobooks ○ • Colossal Cave Adventure• , released in 1976, provided a stark landscape navigated through verb-noun commands; a dry, essentia... #advertisement
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OK, so last #selfpromosaturday 's little sale could've been better presented. Last minute call and all.
The story's still great, tho
#LitRPG #metroidvania #LGBTQ
The story's still great, tho
#LitRPG #metroidvania #LGBTQ
For #selfpromosaturday!
Vainglorious: Long Is the Night, a #metroidvania inspired #LitRPG experience with #B-movie aesthetics and #LGBTQ themes
print & print replica ebook: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DV5SFC87
reflowable text ebook: www.amazon.com/dp/B0F48CPRK5/
Vainglorious: Long Is the Night, a #metroidvania inspired #LitRPG experience with #B-movie aesthetics and #LGBTQ themes
print & print replica ebook: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DV5SFC87
reflowable text ebook: www.amazon.com/dp/B0F48CPRK5/
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
OK, so last #selfpromosaturday 's little sale could've been better presented. Last minute call and all.
The story's still great, tho
#LitRPG #metroidvania #LGBTQ
The story's still great, tho
#LitRPG #metroidvania #LGBTQ
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thinking about "litrpg," the anime "solo leveling," and power scaling as a genre
November 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
thinking about "litrpg," the anime "solo leveling," and power scaling as a genre
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Releasing my second experiment in branching into fiction in a little over a week. This one is "what if the Hard Wired Island guy got into litRPG". My third project is also normal
November 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Releasing my second experiment in branching into fiction in a little over a week. This one is "what if the Hard Wired Island guy got into litRPG". My third project is also normal
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Missed my reading wrap-up for September and have been too busy to read as much as usual, so here’s a combined September/October wrap-up. Lots of litRPG, and James S. A. Corey’s Caliban’s War (The Expanse #2) was definitely a highlight!
September and October reading wrap-up, reviewing the 13 books I read those months (no spoilers) #readingwrapup #octoberreadingwrapup #booktok #litrpg #bookrecommendations
TikTok video by Molly White
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November 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Missed my reading wrap-up for September and have been too busy to read as much as usual, so here’s a combined September/October wrap-up. Lots of litRPG, and James S. A. Corey’s Caliban’s War (The Expanse #2) was definitely a highlight!
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AT LAST I CAN SHOW YOU! Here is the US cover for MORTEDANT'S PERIL! And ain't it a cracker?
November 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
AT LAST I CAN SHOW YOU! Here is the US cover for MORTEDANT'S PERIL! And ain't it a cracker?
Chapter 102 of MeteM up and ready to read!
Kopius finishes some defensive training and completes a challenge or two.
It's free to read, come follow along!
Join the other ill-literates on this #litrpg #progressionfantasy adventure!
#booksky #royalroad #fantasy #art
www.royalroad.com/fiction/9363...
Kopius finishes some defensive training and completes a challenge or two.
It's free to read, come follow along!
Join the other ill-literates on this #litrpg #progressionfantasy adventure!
#booksky #royalroad #fantasy #art
www.royalroad.com/fiction/9363...
Metem: A LitRPG Progression Fantasy
Welcome to Metem; an elaborate world of danger, magic, and mystery. Where adventurers whisper of shadows and slay monsters for levels and loot.
With a broken interface and an unresponsive log out phra...
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November 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Chapter 102 of MeteM up and ready to read!
Kopius finishes some defensive training and completes a challenge or two.
It's free to read, come follow along!
Join the other ill-literates on this #litrpg #progressionfantasy adventure!
#booksky #royalroad #fantasy #art
www.royalroad.com/fiction/9363...
Kopius finishes some defensive training and completes a challenge or two.
It's free to read, come follow along!
Join the other ill-literates on this #litrpg #progressionfantasy adventure!
#booksky #royalroad #fantasy #art
www.royalroad.com/fiction/9363...
Chapter 101 of MeteM up and ready to read!
Kopius gets some hand-to-hand training, probablya black eye too.
It's free to read, come follow along!
Join the other ill-literates on this #litrpg #progressionfantasy adventure!
#booksky #royalroad #fantasy #art
www.royalroad.com/fiction/9363...
Kopius gets some hand-to-hand training, probablya black eye too.
It's free to read, come follow along!
Join the other ill-literates on this #litrpg #progressionfantasy adventure!
#booksky #royalroad #fantasy #art
www.royalroad.com/fiction/9363...
Metem: A LitRPG Progression Fantasy
Welcome to Metem; an elaborate world of danger, magic, and mystery. Where adventurers whisper of shadows and slay monsters for levels and loot.
With a broken interface and an unresponsive log out phra...
www.royalroad.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Chapter 101 of MeteM up and ready to read!
Kopius gets some hand-to-hand training, probablya black eye too.
It's free to read, come follow along!
Join the other ill-literates on this #litrpg #progressionfantasy adventure!
#booksky #royalroad #fantasy #art
www.royalroad.com/fiction/9363...
Kopius gets some hand-to-hand training, probablya black eye too.
It's free to read, come follow along!
Join the other ill-literates on this #litrpg #progressionfantasy adventure!
#booksky #royalroad #fantasy #art
www.royalroad.com/fiction/9363...
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Taschenbuch ab sofort verfügbar!
Für alle, die gerne Papier in der Hand haben - mein #LitRPGerman Roman Hinter den Kulissen ist ab dem 24.10.2025 auch als Taschenbuch erhältlich.
400 Seiten, circa 12 x 20 cm (neues, handlicheres Format).
#litrpg #systemApokalypse #booksky
Für alle, die gerne Papier in der Hand haben - mein #LitRPGerman Roman Hinter den Kulissen ist ab dem 24.10.2025 auch als Taschenbuch erhältlich.
400 Seiten, circa 12 x 20 cm (neues, handlicheres Format).
#litrpg #systemApokalypse #booksky
October 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Taschenbuch ab sofort verfügbar!
Für alle, die gerne Papier in der Hand haben - mein #LitRPGerman Roman Hinter den Kulissen ist ab dem 24.10.2025 auch als Taschenbuch erhältlich.
400 Seiten, circa 12 x 20 cm (neues, handlicheres Format).
#litrpg #systemApokalypse #booksky
Für alle, die gerne Papier in der Hand haben - mein #LitRPGerman Roman Hinter den Kulissen ist ab dem 24.10.2025 auch als Taschenbuch erhältlich.
400 Seiten, circa 12 x 20 cm (neues, handlicheres Format).
#litrpg #systemApokalypse #booksky
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Part One - How I Spent My Northern Vacation; Medic-Care for All; Superior Southside Smackdown
Part Two - If I Just Increase A Few Hundred Resistances, I'll Be Able to Increase Those Resistances Even More! Ding! Ding! Ding! (one eternity later) Ding! Cosmic Info-Dump; Back South
#booksky #litrpg
Part Two - If I Just Increase A Few Hundred Resistances, I'll Be Able to Increase Those Resistances Even More! Ding! Ding! Ding! (one eternity later) Ding! Cosmic Info-Dump; Back South
#booksky #litrpg
October 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Need a new book series. I love sci-fi, fantasy, litrpg, mystery, thriller. What ya got for me.
October 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Need a new book series. I love sci-fi, fantasy, litrpg, mystery, thriller. What ya got for me.
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Sounds like a wild ride with a hilarious twist! A sapient axe as a companion? Count me in! 😂 Can't wait to dive into this world! #SFF #LITRPG #BookishJoy 📖✨
October 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Sounds like a wild ride with a hilarious twist! A sapient axe as a companion? Count me in! 😂 Can't wait to dive into this world! #SFF #LITRPG #BookishJoy 📖✨
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Done with the formatting. 😅
I write my manuscripts in print format, but do the digital (epub) formatting manually afterwards. That takes a while with this series, both because of the length (215k+ words) of each book and because all the LitRPG elements require their own styles.
Glad to be done!
I write my manuscripts in print format, but do the digital (epub) formatting manually afterwards. That takes a while with this series, both because of the length (215k+ words) of each book and because all the LitRPG elements require their own styles.
Glad to be done!
Almost all beta readers have reported back on Agent of the Wild, edits have been made, and I'm ~halfway through the formatting process.
One last readthrough this weekend to catch anything I broke (there's always something), and then we are good to go for next week's release!
One last readthrough this weekend to catch anything I broke (there's always something), and then we are good to go for next week's release!
October 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Done with the formatting. 😅
I write my manuscripts in print format, but do the digital (epub) formatting manually afterwards. That takes a while with this series, both because of the length (215k+ words) of each book and because all the LitRPG elements require their own styles.
Glad to be done!
I write my manuscripts in print format, but do the digital (epub) formatting manually afterwards. That takes a while with this series, both because of the length (215k+ words) of each book and because all the LitRPG elements require their own styles.
Glad to be done!
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Five days out from release day, volume two of Guild Mage seems to be doing quite well for us:
Best Sellers Rank: #2,949 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
#22 in Coming of Age Fantasy (Books)
#26 in GameLit & LitRPG Fiction
#26 in GameLit & LitRPG Fiction eBooks
Best Sellers Rank: #2,949 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
#22 in Coming of Age Fantasy (Books)
#26 in GameLit & LitRPG Fiction
#26 in GameLit & LitRPG Fiction eBooks
October 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Five days out from release day, volume two of Guild Mage seems to be doing quite well for us:
Best Sellers Rank: #2,949 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
#22 in Coming of Age Fantasy (Books)
#26 in GameLit & LitRPG Fiction
#26 in GameLit & LitRPG Fiction eBooks
Best Sellers Rank: #2,949 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
#22 in Coming of Age Fantasy (Books)
#26 in GameLit & LitRPG Fiction
#26 in GameLit & LitRPG Fiction eBooks
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New story launch on Patreon! be the first to see it! The first seven chapters are free for anyone who becomes a member (unpaid)! Details in the link page! #litrpg #progressionfantasy #FMC #fantasy #gamelit #author #authorcommunity #patreon #booktok #booksky
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The Apprentice of Ouroboros | Magius Swiftscale
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October 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
New story launch on Patreon! be the first to see it! The first seven chapters are free for anyone who becomes a member (unpaid)! Details in the link page! #litrpg #progressionfantasy #FMC #fantasy #gamelit #author #authorcommunity #patreon #booktok #booksky
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Chapter 100 of MeteM is now live!
Triple digits has been achieved
It's free to read, come follow along!
Join the other ill-literates on this #litrpg #progressionfantasy adventure!
#booksky #royalroad #fantasy #art
www.royalroad.com/fiction/9363...
Triple digits has been achieved
It's free to read, come follow along!
Join the other ill-literates on this #litrpg #progressionfantasy adventure!
#booksky #royalroad #fantasy #art
www.royalroad.com/fiction/9363...
Metem: A LitRPG Progression Fantasy
Welcome to Metem; an elaborate world of danger, magic, and mystery. Where adventurers whisper of shadows and slay monsters for levels and loot.
With a broken interface and an unresponsive log out phra...
www.royalroad.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Chapter 100 of MeteM is now live!
Triple digits has been achieved
It's free to read, come follow along!
Join the other ill-literates on this #litrpg #progressionfantasy adventure!
#booksky #royalroad #fantasy #art
www.royalroad.com/fiction/9363...
Triple digits has been achieved
It's free to read, come follow along!
Join the other ill-literates on this #litrpg #progressionfantasy adventure!
#booksky #royalroad #fantasy #art
www.royalroad.com/fiction/9363...