Scott Drakeford
@scottdrakeford.com
Writer; co-host of Publishing Rodeo podcast
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Scott Drakeford
@scottdrakeford.com
· Nov 19
The Fate of Silent Gods
The Age of Ire saga continues with The Fate of Silent Gods, continuing the gripping, personal vengeance with compelling characters in a struggle for power.Em...
us.macmillan.com
The Fate of Silent Gods by yours truly hit shelves today.
It’s good, I promise.
It’s good, I promise.
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good GOD it's been a long time 🫠
No promises on the quality of this episode! We're rusty as anything. Huge thanks to "Drake Scottford" for being our special guest this episode!
S2 e45 is live!
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No promises on the quality of this episode! We're rusty as anything. Huge thanks to "Drake Scottford" for being our special guest this episode!
S2 e45 is live!
publishingrodeo.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/s...
October 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
good GOD it's been a long time 🫠
No promises on the quality of this episode! We're rusty as anything. Huge thanks to "Drake Scottford" for being our special guest this episode!
S2 e45 is live!
publishingrodeo.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/s...
No promises on the quality of this episode! We're rusty as anything. Huge thanks to "Drake Scottford" for being our special guest this episode!
S2 e45 is live!
publishingrodeo.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/s...
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Have you ever wondered what sort of magical bird would follow @scottdrakeford.com around his house and yard all day? Come find out!
🏰 LAUNCH PARTY LIVESTREAM 🏰
Author @jeremyteg.bsky.social and friends @sunyidean.com @ryanprose.bsky.social @scottdrakeford.com and more will be chatting LIVE to celebrate the release of J.T.’s new novel THE TOWER OF THE TYRANT.
Join them live on Nov. 8 at 1pm EST: www.youtube.com/live/X6Kutnb...
Author @jeremyteg.bsky.social and friends @sunyidean.com @ryanprose.bsky.social @scottdrakeford.com and more will be chatting LIVE to celebrate the release of J.T.’s new novel THE TOWER OF THE TYRANT.
Join them live on Nov. 8 at 1pm EST: www.youtube.com/live/X6Kutnb...
November 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Have you ever wondered what sort of magical bird would follow @scottdrakeford.com around his house and yard all day? Come find out!
Is it just me or is Lonesome Dove (the book)... boring and lame? I'm like 100 pages into this and it's just not hitting like other great historical fiction has been.
July 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Is it just me or is Lonesome Dove (the book)... boring and lame? I'm like 100 pages into this and it's just not hitting like other great historical fiction has been.
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To celebrate #aapiheritagemonth, grab an exclusive signed, special edition paperback of @waynesantos.bsky.social's novella THE DIFFICULT LOVES OF MARIA MAKILING for just 2.99!
Maria, videogame concept artist & Filipina mountain goddess, is in love...and in trouble.
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Maria, videogame concept artist & Filipina mountain goddess, is in love...and in trouble.
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May 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
To celebrate #aapiheritagemonth, grab an exclusive signed, special edition paperback of @waynesantos.bsky.social's novella THE DIFFICULT LOVES OF MARIA MAKILING for just 2.99!
Maria, videogame concept artist & Filipina mountain goddess, is in love...and in trouble.
geni.us/Solarissale
Maria, videogame concept artist & Filipina mountain goddess, is in love...and in trouble.
geni.us/Solarissale
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Oh hey would you look at that.
I'm back at it again with @brendandurkin.bsky.social for three more books at @gollancz.bsky.social!
This one's got everything!
Ghosts!
Excessively virtuous knights!
A distressing tower!
A man who is also a tree?
Lots of birds!
Utopian anarchism!
It's great.
I'm back at it again with @brendandurkin.bsky.social for three more books at @gollancz.bsky.social!
This one's got everything!
Ghosts!
Excessively virtuous knights!
A distressing tower!
A man who is also a tree?
Lots of birds!
Utopian anarchism!
It's great.
Gollancz snaps up three-book deal from 'gifted' fantasy author JT Greathouse
Gollancz has snapped up three epic fantasy novels from JT Greathouse, beginning with the standalone novel The Tower of the Tyrant.
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April 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Oh hey would you look at that.
I'm back at it again with @brendandurkin.bsky.social for three more books at @gollancz.bsky.social!
This one's got everything!
Ghosts!
Excessively virtuous knights!
A distressing tower!
A man who is also a tree?
Lots of birds!
Utopian anarchism!
It's great.
I'm back at it again with @brendandurkin.bsky.social for three more books at @gollancz.bsky.social!
This one's got everything!
Ghosts!
Excessively virtuous knights!
A distressing tower!
A man who is also a tree?
Lots of birds!
Utopian anarchism!
It's great.
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Happy publication day to @edcrockerbooks.bsky.social! His wonderful debut LIGHTFALL is now available from @stmartinspress.bsky.social. Vampires, werewolves, sorcerers - what else could you want or need?!
January 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Happy publication day to @edcrockerbooks.bsky.social! His wonderful debut LIGHTFALL is now available from @stmartinspress.bsky.social. Vampires, werewolves, sorcerers - what else could you want or need?!
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I’m so excited to announce our second novella project for 2025, this time with the brilliant @essahansen.bsky.social ! Full details on the comments below.
December 10, 2024 at 11:05 AM
I’m so excited to announce our second novella project for 2025, this time with the brilliant @essahansen.bsky.social ! Full details on the comments below.
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"Swan has returned to his fantasy playground two hundred years later... combining his obsession with the weaknesses of empire and the horrors of war against the backdrop of the gunpowder and merchant navy age. Master and Commander with psychotic mermen, anyone?"
You available to write copy, Ed?
You available to write copy, Ed?
📚📚📚New article!📚📚📚
My most anticipated reads of 2025, SFF edition.
I kept it to 13 (the trendy 10) and I want you to know that killed me slowly.
Horror edition to follow soon...
My most anticipated reads of 2025, SFF edition.
I kept it to 13 (the trendy 10) and I want you to know that killed me slowly.
Horror edition to follow soon...
Ed's Most Anticipated Reads of 2025 (SFF Edition) | FanFiAddict
The Last Contract of Isako by Fonda Lee The Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee is the high watermark of modern fantasy, as well as helping the "emotional dam ...
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December 9, 2024 at 7:45 PM
"Swan has returned to his fantasy playground two hundred years later... combining his obsession with the weaknesses of empire and the horrors of war against the backdrop of the gunpowder and merchant navy age. Master and Commander with psychotic mermen, anyone?"
You available to write copy, Ed?
You available to write copy, Ed?
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How can Richard Swan’s books get more epic, terrifying, and brilliant?!
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Booksblabbering || Cait❣️'s review of Grave Empire (The Great Silence, #1)
4/5: How can Swan’s books get more epic, terrifying, and brilliant?! Renatar is an ambassador to the Stygion Mer-men - a position that makes her the laughing stock of the Imperial Office. But there i...
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December 8, 2024 at 10:01 PM
How can Richard Swan’s books get more epic, terrifying, and brilliant?!
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www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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when artists ask for advice this is likely best trot i could give. applies to those looking for big movie deal or record deal or big five publishing deal but really it is about YOU and THE GIFT OF YOUR ART. glad to be able to share on @publishingrodeo.bsky.social @sunyidean.com @scottdrakeford.com
DR. CHUCK TINGLE
when artists ask for advice this is likely best trot i could give. applies to those looking for the big movie deal or record deal or big five publishing deal but really it is about YOU and THE GIFT O…
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November 29, 2024 at 4:25 PM
when artists ask for advice this is likely best trot i could give. applies to those looking for big movie deal or record deal or big five publishing deal but really it is about YOU and THE GIFT OF YOUR ART. glad to be able to share on @publishingrodeo.bsky.social @sunyidean.com @scottdrakeford.com
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VERY few resources for new authors trotting into publishing industry and @publishingrodeo.bsky.social is such a gift to explore this world. so thankful to join them for chat about ART THEORY and BOOK BUSINESS and of course PROVING LOVE. out now on your preferred podcast way rss.com/podcasts/pub...
November 28, 2024 at 8:15 PM
VERY few resources for new authors trotting into publishing industry and @publishingrodeo.bsky.social is such a gift to explore this world. so thankful to join them for chat about ART THEORY and BOOK BUSINESS and of course PROVING LOVE. out now on your preferred podcast way rss.com/podcasts/pub...
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Thanks to @torbooks.bsky.social for sending me a copy of this bad boy by @scottdrakeford.com, the sequel to a modern fantasy classic
I thought the 1st one was frankly incredible so I’m looking forward to more military rebellion/creepy sorcerers/electromagnetic-life-source-not-totally-sure magic
I thought the 1st one was frankly incredible so I’m looking forward to more military rebellion/creepy sorcerers/electromagnetic-life-source-not-totally-sure magic
November 27, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Thanks to @torbooks.bsky.social for sending me a copy of this bad boy by @scottdrakeford.com, the sequel to a modern fantasy classic
I thought the 1st one was frankly incredible so I’m looking forward to more military rebellion/creepy sorcerers/electromagnetic-life-source-not-totally-sure magic
I thought the 1st one was frankly incredible so I’m looking forward to more military rebellion/creepy sorcerers/electromagnetic-life-source-not-totally-sure magic
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Just finished Lightfall by @edcrockerbooks.bsky.social !
4.5/5, full review to come but holy shit. What a debut! Anxiously awaiting book 2, which also hurts since this isn't officially out yet. Gonna be a massive hit.
4.5/5, full review to come but holy shit. What a debut! Anxiously awaiting book 2, which also hurts since this isn't officially out yet. Gonna be a massive hit.
November 21, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Just finished Lightfall by @edcrockerbooks.bsky.social !
4.5/5, full review to come but holy shit. What a debut! Anxiously awaiting book 2, which also hurts since this isn't officially out yet. Gonna be a massive hit.
4.5/5, full review to come but holy shit. What a debut! Anxiously awaiting book 2, which also hurts since this isn't officially out yet. Gonna be a massive hit.
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He speaks facts. It's such a good military fantasy 😎
The Fate of Silent Gods by yours truly hit shelves today.
It’s good, I promise.
It’s good, I promise.
The Fate of Silent Gods
The Age of Ire saga continues with The Fate of Silent Gods, continuing the gripping, personal vengeance with compelling characters in a struggle for power.Em...
us.macmillan.com
November 21, 2024 at 10:06 AM
He speaks facts. It's such a good military fantasy 😎
The Fate of Silent Gods by yours truly hit shelves today.
It’s good, I promise.
It’s good, I promise.
The Fate of Silent Gods
The Age of Ire saga continues with The Fate of Silent Gods, continuing the gripping, personal vengeance with compelling characters in a struggle for power.Em...
us.macmillan.com
November 19, 2024 at 11:38 PM
The Fate of Silent Gods by yours truly hit shelves today.
It’s good, I promise.
It’s good, I promise.
Great interview tbh
In my new interview with author Scott Drakeford, he discusses what inspired and influenced his new military fantasy novel "The Fate Of Silent Gods)," the second installment of his secondary-world fantasy series "The Age Of Ire."
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Interview: "The Fate Of Silent Gods" Author Scott Drakeford ... .
Exclusive Interview: "The Fate Of Silent Gods" Author Scott Drakeford \ In which he talks about this secondary-world military fantasy novel.
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November 18, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Great interview tbh
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Ryan could not have written a more timely book than this one. Check it out if you like food, magic, revolution, or any combination thereof. It sits in the Venn diagram centre of all three.
👋 New Followers! Looks like many of you are reviewers and authors. If you aren’t aware, my debut comes out next July and it’s available on NetGalley now!
Perfect for fans of Pierce Brown, Jay Kristoff, and Jenn Lyons
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Perfect for fans of Pierce Brown, Jay Kristoff, and Jenn Lyons
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November 15, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Ryan could not have written a more timely book than this one. Check it out if you like food, magic, revolution, or any combination thereof. It sits in the Venn diagram centre of all three.
Richard continues to be very good at writing books
November 14, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Richard continues to be very good at writing books
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Absolutely crammed with imagination, horror, epic scale, and characters I simply could not put down. Grave Empire is going to be one of the best dark fantasies 2025 has to offer || GRAVE EMPIRE by @richardswanauthor.bsky.social @orbitbooks.bsky.social || www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-grave...
REVIEW: Grave Empire by Richard Swan
Author Richard Swan takes us back into the Empire of the Wolf with Grave Empire, the dark flintlock fantasy horror with sweeping epicness, an intense and building sense of dread, and characters grimda...
www.grimdarkmagazine.com
November 13, 2024 at 10:29 AM
Absolutely crammed with imagination, horror, epic scale, and characters I simply could not put down. Grave Empire is going to be one of the best dark fantasies 2025 has to offer || GRAVE EMPIRE by @richardswanauthor.bsky.social @orbitbooks.bsky.social || www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-grave...
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My copy of @scottdrakeford.com 's FATE OF SILENT GODS arrived. I adore this cover and the compact hardback might just be my favourite format. If you like fast paced military fantasy then give it a go!
November 12, 2024 at 10:06 PM
My copy of @scottdrakeford.com 's FATE OF SILENT GODS arrived. I adore this cover and the compact hardback might just be my favourite format. If you like fast paced military fantasy then give it a go!
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📕⚔️⚡️New Review⚡️⚔️📕
Just 3 years later, I finally read Rise of the Mages by @scottdrakeford.com
"This hurricane-paced political fantasy debut with a standout magic system is more addictive than cheese-flavoured morphine. Drakeford's the real deal.”
Just 3 years later, I finally read Rise of the Mages by @scottdrakeford.com
"This hurricane-paced political fantasy debut with a standout magic system is more addictive than cheese-flavoured morphine. Drakeford's the real deal.”
Review: Rise of the Mages (Age of Ire Book 1) by Scott Drakeford | FanFiAddict
Drakeford rises to the occasion Synopsis A young warrior and his improbable band of allies face impossible odds as they seek to rescue his brother from the ...
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November 9, 2024 at 6:32 PM
📕⚔️⚡️New Review⚡️⚔️📕
Just 3 years later, I finally read Rise of the Mages by @scottdrakeford.com
"This hurricane-paced political fantasy debut with a standout magic system is more addictive than cheese-flavoured morphine. Drakeford's the real deal.”
Just 3 years later, I finally read Rise of the Mages by @scottdrakeford.com
"This hurricane-paced political fantasy debut with a standout magic system is more addictive than cheese-flavoured morphine. Drakeford's the real deal.”
I suppose I should start posting here too. God damn it.
A new blurb for Rise of the Mages:
“This book commits almost every crime against heroic fantasy that I can imagine ... and I have not been able to put it down.” ―Glen Cook, bestselling author of The Black Company
A new blurb for Rise of the Mages:
“This book commits almost every crime against heroic fantasy that I can imagine ... and I have not been able to put it down.” ―Glen Cook, bestselling author of The Black Company
September 8, 2023 at 6:23 PM
I suppose I should start posting here too. God damn it.
A new blurb for Rise of the Mages:
“This book commits almost every crime against heroic fantasy that I can imagine ... and I have not been able to put it down.” ―Glen Cook, bestselling author of The Black Company
A new blurb for Rise of the Mages:
“This book commits almost every crime against heroic fantasy that I can imagine ... and I have not been able to put it down.” ―Glen Cook, bestselling author of The Black Company
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I decided to keep tabs on my book's b&n sales ranking before, during, and after the month of July (which is the month that Book Eaters was a B&N spec fic pick), to get a sense of how impactful that marketing was.
TLDR: huge impact on sales!
1/4 (click to see rest of thread)
TLDR: huge impact on sales!
1/4 (click to see rest of thread)
August 2, 2023 at 7:59 PM
I decided to keep tabs on my book's b&n sales ranking before, during, and after the month of July (which is the month that Book Eaters was a B&N spec fic pick), to get a sense of how impactful that marketing was.
TLDR: huge impact on sales!
1/4 (click to see rest of thread)
TLDR: huge impact on sales!
1/4 (click to see rest of thread)