Shawn Carpenter: Author and Unreliable Narrator
@shawn-the-gdb.bsky.social
Author of THE PRICE OF REDEMPTION & Tides of Magic Series; Ambush Alley Games co-conspirator; Based on a True Story
Sorry I haven't been active much lately. A new job and the final touches on my 2nd book in the Tides of Magic Saga reduced me to a hermit!😒
I'm back, though, and with the cover to THE SILVER HAND (that 2nd book mentioned above) to show off!
I'm back, though, and with the cover to THE SILVER HAND (that 2nd book mentioned above) to show off!
September 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Sorry I haven't been active much lately. A new job and the final touches on my 2nd book in the Tides of Magic Saga reduced me to a hermit!😒
I'm back, though, and with the cover to THE SILVER HAND (that 2nd book mentioned above) to show off!
I'm back, though, and with the cover to THE SILVER HAND (that 2nd book mentioned above) to show off!
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The single greatest skill any artist can have is being able to FINISH SOMETHING.
April 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The single greatest skill any artist can have is being able to FINISH SOMETHING.
My dear wife gave me an amazing gift this Christmas, and I'm just getting around to bragging about it online! He expanded my library with 9 volumes of fascinating facts, history, and lore from the Naval Records Society! Learn more at my author's website: www.theshawncarpenter.com/blog-1
#Iamwriting
#Iamwriting
January 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
My dear wife gave me an amazing gift this Christmas, and I'm just getting around to bragging about it online! He expanded my library with 9 volumes of fascinating facts, history, and lore from the Naval Records Society! Learn more at my author's website: www.theshawncarpenter.com/blog-1
#Iamwriting
#Iamwriting
I've been away from the social media scene for a while, which is never a good thing for an author with a new novel on the shelves to do. I'm back, though, and I'd like to remind you of my nautical fantasy novel, THE PRICE OF REDEMPTION.
You can find it here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Pr...
You can find it here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Pr...
January 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I've been away from the social media scene for a while, which is never a good thing for an author with a new novel on the shelves to do. I'm back, though, and I'd like to remind you of my nautical fantasy novel, THE PRICE OF REDEMPTION.
You can find it here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Pr...
You can find it here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Pr...
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Weirdly, I always love praise, but praise from a writer whose work absolutely blows me away?
I’m over here breathing into a paper bag.
I’m over here breathing into a paper bag.
I have come to shout about a book, and I am imploring you to listen: The Ragpicker by Joel Dane is stunningly lovely. You want something beautiful, something profoundly weird, something actually new? THIS ONE.
The Ragpicker
The Ragpicker wanders the lush, deserted Earth, haunted…
www.goodreads.com
March 12, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Weirdly, I always love praise, but praise from a writer whose work absolutely blows me away?
I’m over here breathing into a paper bag.
I’m over here breathing into a paper bag.
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I have come to shout about a book, and I am imploring you to listen: The Ragpicker by Joel Dane is stunningly lovely. You want something beautiful, something profoundly weird, something actually new? THIS ONE.
The Ragpicker
The Ragpicker wanders the lush, deserted Earth, haunted…
www.goodreads.com
March 12, 2024 at 12:46 PM
I have come to shout about a book, and I am imploring you to listen: The Ragpicker by Joel Dane is stunningly lovely. You want something beautiful, something profoundly weird, something actually new? THIS ONE.
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Happy Halloween, Skeeters!
The latest news from Roseville Beach: we're just about $1100 away from our stretch goal to work with @annethegnome.bsky.social.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/r-r...
The latest news from Roseville Beach: we're just about $1100 away from our stretch goal to work with @annethegnome.bsky.social.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/r-r...
Moonlight on Roseville Beach—A Queer Tabletop RPG
The original Game of Disco & Cosmic Horror, back on Kickstarter! Get the TTRPG rulebook and new mysteries for the ENnie-winning game.
www.kickstarter.com
October 31, 2023 at 8:22 PM
Happy Halloween, Skeeters!
The latest news from Roseville Beach: we're just about $1100 away from our stretch goal to work with @annethegnome.bsky.social.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/r-r...
The latest news from Roseville Beach: we're just about $1100 away from our stretch goal to work with @annethegnome.bsky.social.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/r-r...
It's exciting to see my first book starting to show up online, even thought it's not scheduled for release until the beginning of Q2, 2024. It really makes the whole thing start to feel more REAL.
#amwriting #amwritingfantasy
www.goodreads.com/book/show/19...
#amwriting #amwritingfantasy
www.goodreads.com/book/show/19...
The Price of Redemption
A debut female-led swashbuckling fantasy following powe…
www.goodreads.com
October 31, 2023 at 9:25 PM
It's exciting to see my first book starting to show up online, even thought it's not scheduled for release until the beginning of Q2, 2024. It really makes the whole thing start to feel more REAL.
#amwriting #amwritingfantasy
www.goodreads.com/book/show/19...
#amwriting #amwritingfantasy
www.goodreads.com/book/show/19...
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Today is my birthday, I'd love if people would share my art 🥰🖤
October 21, 2023 at 5:36 PM
Today is my birthday, I'd love if people would share my art 🥰🖤
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We're on the move and getting closer!!!
Back this ENnie Award winning game!
Back this ENnie Award winning game!
We gained some followers yesterday... but then we lost some, so we're back to $45 to get our first stretch goal (and just $1045 to our sponsorship for @symphonyhorror.bsky.social).
www.kickstarter.com/projects/r-r...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/r-r...
October 22, 2023 at 2:18 AM
We're on the move and getting closer!!!
Back this ENnie Award winning game!
Back this ENnie Award winning game!
The art is wonderful and the use of color? Wow! I wish I had an eye for color like that.
Something to get you in the Halloween spirit
My necromancer DND character
My necromancer DND character
October 20, 2023 at 9:50 PM
The art is wonderful and the use of color? Wow! I wish I had an eye for color like that.
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Happy Friday everybody
October 20, 2023 at 9:25 PM
Happy Friday everybody
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Also, new in the Whatnot shop, HORRORIUM, a 40 )or thereabout) pg anthology of ink-stained wretchedness, in which I have a pinup.
October 20, 2023 at 9:37 PM
Also, new in the Whatnot shop, HORRORIUM, a 40 )or thereabout) pg anthology of ink-stained wretchedness, in which I have a pinup.
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October 18, 2023 at 9:03 PM
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In the night garden
October 18, 2023 at 6:39 PM
In the night garden
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FIRST POST!
FIRST POST!
FIRST POST!
(screams cries throws up runs away hiding in closet)
digitalthiccness.substack.com/p/one-small-...
FIRST POST!
FIRST POST!
(screams cries throws up runs away hiding in closet)
digitalthiccness.substack.com/p/one-small-...
One small rep for himbo, one giant flexing arm for the community...
Oh boy, my first post! Don't mess it up...
digitalthiccness.substack.com
October 18, 2023 at 7:43 PM
FIRST POST!
FIRST POST!
FIRST POST!
(screams cries throws up runs away hiding in closet)
digitalthiccness.substack.com/p/one-small-...
FIRST POST!
FIRST POST!
(screams cries throws up runs away hiding in closet)
digitalthiccness.substack.com/p/one-small-...
If you're not backing Moonlight on Roseville Beach in hard cover for the graphic design alone, you should take a second and third look. And that's literally just the sweet icing on a very, very moist cake! Please show this game and its talented designers and artists some Kickstarter Love!
We're less than $200 from our first stretch goal, so I spent time today writing about our first stretch goals, including media sponsorships for @symphonyhorror.bsky.social and @annethegnome.bsky.social.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/r-r...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/r-r...
Update 1: Day 1 - Past 90%, Stretch Goals & Shipping Zines Outside the US · Moonlight on Roseville ...
We're at 90% funding today and have some really cool stretch goals coming up. The first one is fairly straightforward: upgrading everyone's hardbacks to add head/tail bands and bookmark ribbons.
I l...
www.kickstarter.com
October 18, 2023 at 3:20 PM
If you're not backing Moonlight on Roseville Beach in hard cover for the graphic design alone, you should take a second and third look. And that's literally just the sweet icing on a very, very moist cake! Please show this game and its talented designers and artists some Kickstarter Love!
Nice, clean line work and great character design! Awesome stuff!
October 18, 2023 at 3:14 PM
Nice, clean line work and great character design! Awesome stuff!
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Good writeup on this panel about AI and voice/movement acting here, applicable to movies, TV, gaming etc. Might suggest sharing it out to those may need to hear it.
Voice Actors Speak Out on the AI Regulations They Want to Have
At New York Comic Con, voice actors and union leadership explained how consent, compensation, and transparency will make AI fair.
gizmodo.com
October 18, 2023 at 2:52 PM
Good writeup on this panel about AI and voice/movement acting here, applicable to movies, TV, gaming etc. Might suggest sharing it out to those may need to hear it.
More lovely work from Dave Acosta!
I noticed today that while I am a writer and game designer, my feed is full of artists, specifically comic book and fantasy/SF artists. I'm still firmly in the grasp of my pre-teen imagination in many ways - I hope I never break loose!
I noticed today that while I am a writer and game designer, my feed is full of artists, specifically comic book and fantasy/SF artists. I'm still firmly in the grasp of my pre-teen imagination in many ways - I hope I never break loose!
October 18, 2023 at 3:02 PM
More lovely work from Dave Acosta!
I noticed today that while I am a writer and game designer, my feed is full of artists, specifically comic book and fantasy/SF artists. I'm still firmly in the grasp of my pre-teen imagination in many ways - I hope I never break loose!
I noticed today that while I am a writer and game designer, my feed is full of artists, specifically comic book and fantasy/SF artists. I'm still firmly in the grasp of my pre-teen imagination in many ways - I hope I never break loose!
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Another record-breaking day for us in terms of podcast downloads & listens
Thanks again to everyone who has hit play on Dice Company ▶️🎲🩷 dicecompany.podbean.com
Thanks again to everyone who has hit play on Dice Company ▶️🎲🩷 dicecompany.podbean.com
Dice Company | a podcast by Dice Company
Indulge in the cozy camaraderie of Dice Company Podcast, where a group of lifelong friends embark on whimsical adventures through the realm of Aethelon. Unwind with our ’hilarious’ back-and-forth ...
dicecompany.podbean.com
October 17, 2023 at 10:34 PM
Another record-breaking day for us in terms of podcast downloads & listens
Thanks again to everyone who has hit play on Dice Company ▶️🎲🩷 dicecompany.podbean.com
Thanks again to everyone who has hit play on Dice Company ▶️🎲🩷 dicecompany.podbean.com
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Remember.
It be what it be until it be somthing else.
Sometimes we make mistakes.
Sometimes we're not our best.
Sometimes ain't all the time.
Stop being so hard on yourself and take a breath.
Try again tomorrow.
It be what it be until it be somthing else.
Sometimes we make mistakes.
Sometimes we're not our best.
Sometimes ain't all the time.
Stop being so hard on yourself and take a breath.
Try again tomorrow.
October 13, 2023 at 2:06 AM
Remember.
It be what it be until it be somthing else.
Sometimes we make mistakes.
Sometimes we're not our best.
Sometimes ain't all the time.
Stop being so hard on yourself and take a breath.
Try again tomorrow.
It be what it be until it be somthing else.
Sometimes we make mistakes.
Sometimes we're not our best.
Sometimes ain't all the time.
Stop being so hard on yourself and take a breath.
Try again tomorrow.