David Cates

David Cates

@davidearlcates.bsky.social

Self-published author of Gravesbarrow. Middle-grade author.

1,183 Followers 2,513 Following 130 Posts Joined Nov 2024
11 months ago
A box full of Gravesbarrow books.

Just got the first order of paperbacks, I can barely believe it!

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1 year ago
Two books for Gravesbarrow featuring a girl riding on a monsters back while it chases a boy

Just got my proof copies! I'm so excited

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1 year ago
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Gravesbarrow The first book in the Gravesbarrow series is about cousins Ben and Wendy in their new town of Gravesbarrow.

Less than two weeks left to get a signed copy of Gravesbarrow.
#mg #mghorror
www.kickstarter.com/projects/306...

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1 year ago

Happy New Year to all of you! I hope you get to do amazing things in 2025.

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1 year ago
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Gravesbarrow The first book in the Gravesbarrow series is about cousins Ben and Wendy in their new town of Gravesbarrow.

I'm so excited! The Kickstarter for Gravesbarrow is now live. Come get your signed copy now.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/306...

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1 year ago
A monster chasing a boy while a girl rides on its back, titled Gravesbarrow.

Finally got the cover art for my first book! So excited for how it turned out. #mg #horror #writingcommunity

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1 year ago

My book cover is late and it's driving me crazy.

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1 year ago

My worst writing fear is that I won't inspire anyone.

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1 year ago

Your work looks amazing!

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1 year ago

That looks amazing!

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1 year ago

Looking great!

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1 year ago

That sounds incredible

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1 year ago

I think my abyss is speaking French, how do I reset it?

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1 year ago

I should have done that

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1 year ago

My classroom had a weeks long waiting list to get Bunnicula.

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1 year ago

Congratulations! That's an amazing achievement!

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1 year ago

Look at those eyes!

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1 year ago

Asking me to show you my current WIPs would be like the scene from any good action film where the team are asked to remove their weapons and there's that one character who pulls an unreasonable amount from increasingly odd places.

#writer #fantasy

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1 year ago

What's something that surprised you when you started writing? Mine is the number of great books I only found through publishers websites or from other authors I've met.

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1 year ago

Idaho

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1 year ago

I had forgotten all about this till I saw the picture!

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1 year ago

I love that cover

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1 year ago
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How about a little giveaway to celebrate new #booksky friends? If you follow and repost, I'll pick someone on Friday to win a preorder of my upcoming middle grade horror, THE GHOSTS OF BITTERFLY BAY! It's about ghosts and doorways and the secrets that haunt us. Also lake whales.

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1 year ago

Had an early snowstorm today, sitting here watching it as I write about a haunted summer camp.

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1 year ago

More fun in the rain?

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1 year ago

That sounds awesome!

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1 year ago

Looks amazing!

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1 year ago

How can I get an infestation like this?

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1 year ago

Once, at our local used book store they had a cat that would stalk the stacks, I was in the middle grade section when I felt something hit my back, it was the cat who climbed up onto my shoulder and sat there. I walked around the store with the cat perched on my shoulder. It was awesome!

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1 year ago

That's good then

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