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Liam Gray

@liamgrayauthor.bsky.social

Haremlit author with a love of dark fantasy and sci-fi. Recently finished my first novel under my own pen-name after years of ghostwriting. Also dabble in digital art, and have been known to DM the odd TTRPG

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Current WIP

06.05.2025 01:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey, having a place to check in can keep you motivated! The publisher that handles Master Blacksmith has a Monday check in spread sheet for our weekly word counts. Youโ€™re great at keeping consistent.

02.05.2025 11:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Might rain

02.05.2025 11:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is a fun series. Fast paced, gamified smut. Feels like playing a smutty fantasy game, which 100% hits the mark on what itโ€™s going for.

02.05.2025 11:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Glad I could help! Not sure if mine is the common opinion, but in a gamified story I like still having the combat. I'm also currently knee deep in the Oblivion Remaster, so I'm loving skeletons and liches lol

01.05.2025 22:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thatโ€™s awesome! Should be a fun novel.

Btw I loved what you did with the skeletons in Book 2.

01.05.2025 18:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My debut harem novel, "Master Blacksmith", coauthored by Jack Spry is live and available on Kindle Unlimited and as an Ebook!

Thank you to everyone who preordered the book, your support means a lot to me. I hope you enjoy it!

a.co/d/7jtOvHm

01.05.2025 17:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™ll definitely be checking them out on my lunch break. I know the genre skews in favor of novels, but I love shorts because I can fit them into my schedule and not feel like Iโ€™m leaving something unfinished.

01.05.2025 12:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I will confess that the smut matters to me, so Iโ€™ll probably be sticking with the X rated stuff lol. Enjoying Trailer Park Elves at the moment.

01.05.2025 00:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No problem! It was definitely a fun concept (first litTPG Iโ€™ve read, definitely want to read more), and the smut was really good.

28.04.2025 22:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Overwhelmed by the preorders on my debut harem novel. Thank you so much to everyone interested in reading my work.

I'm working on Book 2 of the trilogy now, and I hope you all have fun following Owen's adventure.

28.04.2025 13:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looks interesting! I'm going to have to check this out today

28.04.2025 13:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That sounds like a good plan!

25.04.2025 00:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Once I finish the Master blacksmith trilogy (Books 2 and 3 need to be around 65k and 60k respectively, per publisher orders) I'm going to be writing stand alones around 50k each. I want to experiment with more wild stories, and shorter novel stand alones feel like a good way to experiment.

24.04.2025 17:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I get that. I have a preference for novellas, but I know the subreddit requires the book to be at least 175 pages for promo. I'd place that around 45k minimum. For reference, my book is a little over 83k and it's 352 pages.

24.04.2025 17:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Depends on the genre. If itโ€™s harem, Iโ€™d say novel is probably safer. Thereโ€™s more places dedicated to sharing novels in the genre than shorter works. Thereโ€™s a great community on r/HaremFantasyNovels if youโ€™re on Reddit

22.04.2025 21:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you! I hope you enjoy it

17.04.2025 23:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If Iโ€™m feeling good or I have a deadline looming, Iโ€™ll add an extra sprint or two to my day. Can easily rack up over 7k words in a day on a good day via that method, but I donโ€™t push myself like that every day.

17.04.2025 22:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If youโ€™re not already doing it, the pomodoro method for focusing is a huge help for me. I shoot for at minimum one 2 hour sprint (I use immersive music videos to track my pomodoro method) which gets me around 2500 words/session, sometimes more.

17.04.2025 22:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My harem Isekai fantasy novel co-authored by Jack Spry, Master Blacksmith, is available for Pre-Order! Master Blacksmith: An Isekai Fantasy a.co/d/7jtOvHm

Novel releases on May 1st for both EBook and Kindle Unlimited #haremlit

Thank you Royal Guard Publishing!

17.04.2025 22:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That sounds awesome! Please let me know once youโ€™ve published that. Iโ€™d love to read it.

17.04.2025 22:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m curious about yours too! Vampires are awesome but I donโ€™t see a lot of vampire stuff these days.

17.04.2025 11:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The temptation to at least outline it is STRONG. Itโ€™s got overpowered demon babes and a paladin fallen from grace after betrayal. I want this book to be like a 1980s heavy metal album in book form lol

16.04.2025 11:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

HEARTBREAKING: New Story Idea clawing to be written when I need to focus on finishing my trilogy.

14.04.2025 23:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Without saying your age, who was your first animated crush?

14.04.2025 23:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"Aven: the Mountain Princess" - Full colored artwork for my good ol' friend @krillos.bsky.social

11.04.2025 20:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 966    ๐Ÿ” 159    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

This is INCREDIBLE.

14.04.2025 23:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ™Œ Hell yeah!

14.04.2025 23:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Definitely not useless! People get hung up on having a flawless first draft.

Another good tip for having a cleaner first draft is to start with an outline. If you plot out your story beats without worrying about the frills, youโ€™re less likely to write yourself into a corner.

09.04.2025 11:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Frost on my truckโ€™s window this morning. I swear a week ago we were having over 60(f) degree days. The frost is pretty, but at what cost?

09.04.2025 11:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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