Derek M Cartwright - author

Hi, what would this involve?

Admin day today, otherwise known as dealing with corporate bullshit fate - FFS - doesn't anyone know what customer service actually is!!! Grrr!!
Anyway rant over - and now back to the real world where everything is just lovely! #writers #authors #bluesky

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Love this. One day I am going to look at a similar post and see one of my books in the tbr pile 🤞🤞🤞

Website updated with latest release details. www.derekmcartwright.co.uk

The cover of ROOT MAGIC on a light and dark green background, strewn with foliage. Young Black twins (boy and girl) stand back to back in the middle of a marsh of blue, yellow and green mist lined with trees and reeds. She is holding a book, and her doll is peeking out of the pocket of her blue dress. He is wearing dark blue overalls and holding a bottle of magic potion and had a mojo bag around his neck. Text reads: "A must-read, sure to leave readers wishing for more after the final page." -Booklist (starred review) Root Magic A Walter Award Honor Book Eden Royce "Black Girl Magic has never been more powerful" - Ronald L. Smith, author of Hoodoo

My debut novel ROOT MAGIC is a great intro for both kids & adults to Hoodoo and Gullah Geechee culture, full of historical events, folklore, & rootwork.

If you're looking for a book about making a way when there’s no way, I hope you'll get a copy!

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Having written many short stories over the last 18 months or so (including 4 full novels) I have been wondering what would be the best way to showcase them.
I have decided to create a YouTube channel called Runes and RedTape for witty and fantastical stories - coming soon...! #booksky #comicfantasy

KDP sales still down year on year - I guess people are feeling the pinch not that the wealthy give a shit - just a thought! #bluesky #booksky #kdp

Here it comes!
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Wow - that's pretty impressive amount of work!

Home Page Discover 'Tahira the Elemental,' an epic fantasy novel set in early European and North African prehistory. Follow Tahira, a young woman with elemental powers, as she navigates a violent, male-dominate...

Website updated, newsletter sent out (with free short story) and now developing some ideas for a new YouTube channel - it's all go at Cartwright towers - even at the weekend! #authors #writers #readingcommunity #booksky #booklover #comicfantasy www.derekmcartwright.co.uk

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Bit of self-promo - buy my funny, fantasy The Keyholder's Apprentice - you know you want too - if it helps I will think of you as a special kind of person as well!
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Already doing - such a shame for all the decent hardworking Americans

My main fear is that my comic fantasy books take off to such an extent that people want to talk to me about my books! Silly isn't it!

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It's Thursday and time for your daily #writerslift and to promote yourself! Post your links, websites, books, art, audiobooks, pages,#WhateverItTakes! #ShamelessSelfpromoThursday
BUY A BOOK! Weekly pinned tweet promo spots a top 5 profiles open on x, 2 here on blue sky, DM for details :)

A couple with another coming out Nov and a middle Grade story in December - all Fantasy - what about yourself?

Psst - just received written confirmation that we are allowed to organise a Indie Book Fair under the Farnham Literary Festival umbrella which runs between March 5-15th 2026.
This is both progressive & exciting - we are going to work so hard to make it a success - watch this space! #authors #writers

Just an author and her first book. #witchqueenrising arrives 4.21.2026. In this Southern Gothic, dark fantasy debut Seraphine Barreau is the only one that can save a city full of monsters from themselves...if they don't kill her first. Preorder and ARC info at linktr.ee/AuthorSavann...

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October is my birthday month! To celebrate, I am going to give back:
For every sale on my ko-fi this month (ONLY through my ko-fi), half the profit will go to The Trevor Project, a cause close to my heart who need the help right now.
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Announcing the month-long secret event I'll be hosting with my co-bloggers this November! We'd love to get as many indie and self-published SFF authors and readers involved!

Okay I just checked a bunch of audiobooks besides mine.

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Are your links still active? Like if you search your name and click on a book, does it come up "no longer available"?

Home Page Discover 'Tahira the Elemental,' an epic fantasy novel set in early European and North African prehistory. Follow Tahira, a young woman with elemental powers, as she navigates a violent, male-dominate...

Latest newsletter including, a new short story, free to subscribers of my website will be dropped tomorrow - still time to sign up!! #booksky #bluesky #readingcommunity #writingcommunity

www.derekmcartwright.co.uk

No access to DM's I'm afraid - thanks for the follow

It's a comic fantasy - think Discworld books by Terry Pratchett

My day tends to be writing for 3-4 hrs of new material although once the first draft is done I tend to take a week or two off writing

Haven't done a promo post in awhile. Here's my book!

Indie Scifi/Fantasy with romance, adventure, sword/sorcery, necromancers/monsters, reluctant hero MMC, genius-level FMC, blend of science/magic, and an epic battle of good vs. evil:

📚🪐Scifi & Fantasy #Booksky 📚💙

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Hi, it's due for release early Nov and will be available in the usual formats including eBook - thanks.

Happy birthday - hope you have a very special day