Troy Preston Dillon

You should care less about what other people think. Writing is SO SUBJECTIVE, and it's better to put something you love out into the world. Like, yes, hire an editor, but not every randoms opinion means something

You have some really amazing tips, thank you! I'm glad I found your posts 😊

That is a great point, and definitely has me thinking!

I love this! 🙂 That's a great way to think about it.

I completely agree! Writing my book has been an amazing experience, but that part has been frustrating. As unlikely as it is that a single publisher is going to take your story, they should not demand you wait on them for weeks or months for them to reject you (if they even bother, like you noted).

Good point!

The first book is complete, and is YA fantasy (although I hadn't meant for it to be, initially). The second book is much more adult fantasy, veering into darker, more adult themes.

I definitely switch genres from story to story. What freaks me out is, I'm writing a series currently, and it's looking like the genre might switch from book 1 to book 2, if I let it take its natural path. This doesn't seem like a good thing!! 😆

Thank you 😊

New D&D Dragonlance Project In the Works from Series Creators A new mystery D&D Dragonlance project is in the works from actor Joe Manganiello and authors Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis. We look at what it might be.

Where are my #Dragonlance fans? Margaret Weis posted this on her Facebook page today after posting pictures of herself, Joe Manganiello, Tracy and Laura Hickman, and the new head of #DnD (at #WizardsOfTheCoast).

What do you think is coming? Are you excited? Who would you cast in a show/ movie?

Congrats!! 👏

(I just finished my first novel, so that seems like a monumental accomplishment!)

Two queens, one in armor, look at each other on a balcony overlooking their kingdom as the sun sets

Book cover featuring an elven and a half-elven woman with the scene of a tall tower and forest below

A fake YA book cover featuring a girl with a candle burning away a circle of leaves

A formally dressed vampire woman smiles as she throws red petals over a balcony

Hey #portfolioday!

I'm Kim, a fantasy artist in gaming and publishing who loves light and mood. Currently I work primarily on Magic: The Gathering and am actively seeking more book cover work!

Portfolio: kimsokol.com

bookish checkpoint 📝

✧ last book: Magician: Apprentice by Raymond E. Feist (re-read of an old fave)

✧ current read(s): The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

✧ newest adds to the tbr: Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

✧ eagerly waiting for: The Finest Edge of Twilight, by RA Salvatore

That's awesome, congratulations!! 🙂🥳

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Drizzt, Tas, Flint, Silk, Barak...so many characters over the years that are like family to me now. Books that I pick up over and over again to dive happily into their world one more time. What a gift that is. That's what I want to accomplish as an author.

There's two things he taught me, directly and indirectly. One, to treat every reader with respect, as an individual.

And two, to create characters that stick with a reader long after they put the book down. Characters that get into your head, your heart.

It's amazing what an impact an author can have on their readers, both through their writing and through interactions like that. Even though he probably wrote thousands of those letters, it touched me deeply.

And you know what else? He was totally right, decades later I'm a MUCH better writer. 😆

Teenage me basically said, I can write just fine at this age, thank you very much! 😆 (I was writing fantasy stories by 5th or 6th grade). He wrote me back, and I was shocked. It was a kind, thoughtful letter, more than I deserved I'm sure. Still one of my prized possessions.

I wrote to R. A. Salvatore as a teenager, after reading an interview with him in Dragon magazine. He had said something about the best writers being ones with life experience, and this ticked young me off 😆. So I wrote him a letter probably with a bit of attitude in it, even though I adored him!

How fun! Here's my list:

Tolkien
RA Salvatore
Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
Stephen King
Connie Willis
Raymond E. Feist
CS Lewis
Dean Koontz
David Eddings
Terry Goodkind
Anne Rice
Robert Jordan

That is completely my style as well!

One of my all-time faves! (and my introduction to fantasy as well, in 5th or 6th grade).

Interesting question, and I enjoyed reading the answers, as an inexperienced writer. I'd be a terrible one to ask, I just completed my first novel that I started 30+ years ago 😆. But that being said, I can't imagine completing more than one or two books a year even working on it full-time.

Thank you so much!! I appreciate you taking the time to read my story 😊

I wish I could like this comment a thousand times!!! 😊

You named four of my favorite fantasy worlds, and I adore those characters!

I remember reading your story, and loving it! So cool to come across this post. 😊

Summer 2025, Efim Orion's Beau is a free digital arts & literary journal specializing in LGBTQ+ works of fantasy and speculative fiction. By publishing short stories, poems, and illustrations by LGBTQ+ authors and crea...

I started my novel roughly 30 years ago, putting it aside for ages. Recently I finally finished the story, and have begun this week to submit it to publishers.

I've also published one short story so far, on Orion's Beau, here: www.orionsbeau.com/fantasy-quar...

Check it out! 😊

Greetings! I've created this account to be my official writer/author page. I love the arts community on Bluesky, and feel this is the place to announce writing projects, collaborate, support other authors, etc. I'm excited to get started!