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Dan Koboldt

@dankoboldt.bsky.social

Genetics researcher, SF/F author, and avid bowhunter. Author of SILVER QUEENDOM (Angry Robot) and DOMESTICATING DRAGONS (Baen). Rep'd by Brady McReynolds at Jabberwocky.

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two skiers are racing on a snowy track and one of them is wearing the number 6 ALT: two skiers are racing on a snowy track and one of them is wearing the number 6

Summer Olympics: Hey, save some energy during your run, you have a long swim and bike ride ahead.
Winter Olympics: So, you've been skiing for several miles alone through the bitter cold. Here's your rifle.
#Olympics #SunVsSnow

07.02.2026 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If you are querying, make sure to check your spam folders. I sent a request for a synopsis of Book2 and haven't heard back yet. I just have two unread fulls left.

07.02.2026 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

What a gorgeous cover!

26.01.2026 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Highlights of a Decade as a Published SF/F Author - Dan Koboldt Ten years ago, my debut novel was published by Harper Voyager Impulse, an imprint of Harper Collins. It was not the beginning. There are no beginnings or endings when you become part of the SF/F publi...

Ten years ago I became a published SF/F author... in an epic post on the blog today, I share some of the highs, lows, and in-betweens of the last decade in publishing. Several lessons learned, even more snarky footnotes: dankoboldt.com/decade-publi...

26.01.2026 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a person in a blue coat walking through the snow ALT: a person in a blue coat walking through the snow

I'm in Ohio and it feels like Antarctica... does that count?

23.01.2026 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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"We just had a long talk. I was appalled to hear of the destructive influence you've had on her life *lo* these many years."
-Kramer

23.01.2026 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œIf we choose someone with vision, someone with guts, someone with gravitas, who’s connected to other people’s lives and cares about making them better… if we choose someone who inspires us, then we’ll be able to face what comes our way.”
-Aaron Sorkin, The West Wing

22.01.2026 03:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, this is cool. Happy to have more imprints around -- to my mind, that's a good thing.

21.01.2026 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Close up view of a sheet of browned crackers that haven't been pulled apart yet, as the top layer is unified by glorious cheese, that great unifier of people and nations.

Close up view of a sheet of browned crackers that haven't been pulled apart yet, as the top layer is unified by glorious cheese, that great unifier of people and nations.

Today on Bready or Not: Cheesy Sourdough Crackers! This recipe is super simple: sourdough discard plus cheese, then add whatever seasonings you want.

www.bethcato.com/bready-or-no...

21.01.2026 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Me too! Hope you are well, old friend!

20.01.2026 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Good news, Ohio's "January Thaw" is in full effect.

16.01.2026 04:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Last Shield by @cameronjohnston.bsky.social?

Don't listen to us, listen to Julia.

11.01.2026 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Aw, thanks! Me too!

11.01.2026 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Genres exist to help readers find what they're looking for. Someone who wants to read a Romance with a HEA ending isn't going to love a book that ends with everyone dead, even if the book is good. Write the book you want to write, then use the genre to market it correctly. #LianaEdits

11.01.2026 04:26 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Among those I've recently tracked down are @koboldpress.com who I enjoy seeing in my feed, if only to have that moment of confusion... "Did I start my own press and forget the t?"
Because that's absolutely something I would do.

11.01.2026 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am slowly.... SLOWLY... finding and reconnecting with my friends from the platform that once was. It's a real slog, but worth it, every time I discover someone else who made it here.

11.01.2026 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Also you don't need to be a good author to write a lot of books. I'm proof of that :-P

09.01.2026 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Aw, thanks MB! You are so kind!

13.12.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
BFRH 2025 12 12 Dan Koboldt on Dragons Gone Wild & One Jump Ahead by Mark L. Van Name part 41
YouTube video by Baen Books BFRH 2025 12 12 Dan Koboldt on Dragons Gone Wild & One Jump Ahead by Mark L. Van Name part 41

Today my editor Griffin Barber interviews me ON VIDEO about the Build-A-Dragon Sequence and my latest book in it, Dragons Gone Wild: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV7e... ... and apparently I looked like a nervous fangirl the whole time.

13.12.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Story Behind Dragons Gone Wild - Dan Koboldt I always planned to release genetically engineered dragons into the wild. It just took me three books to get there. Years ago, when I first wrote about the Build-A-Dragon Company, my literary agent as...

New blog post today, in which I share the story behind Dragons Gone Wild and how it went from idea to outline to completely-different story: dankoboldt.com/story-behind...

02.12.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A terrifying black dragon snaps its jaws at a horde of locusts

A terrifying black dragon snaps its jaws at a horde of locusts

What dragon would you create if you could? Send your entry in the body of an email to contest@baen.com by December 20 and you could win all 3 books in the Build-A-Dragon Sequence from @baenbooks.bsky.social! Details here: www.baen.com/contests

02.12.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Now: listening to Kaitlin Samocha in the standing-room-only #ASHG25 session on advancing rare disease research through collaborative genomics. This needed a room twice as large.

15.10.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A good thread. I've been submitting short fiction since the days when I had to send an international reply coupon with my self-addressed stamped envelope, and honestly I think even that was better than today. The early 2010s was when the process was its most writer-friendly, I think.

15.10.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

BOOKS ARE GOOD GO GET BOOKS I maybe wrote some and a bunch are creepy β€”

Staircase in the Woods! The Book of Accidents! Black River Orchard!

β€” so get some boooooks

08.10.2025 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Happy October, everyone!

07.10.2025 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œFairy tales were not my escape from reality as a child; rather, they were my reality: for mine was a world in which good and evil were not abstract concepts, and like fairy-tale heroines, no magic would save me unless I had the wit and heart and courage to use it wisely”
@terriwindling.bsky.social

05.10.2025 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a skeleton with a pumpkin head is standing in front of a gravestone that says r.i.p. ALT: a skeleton with a pumpkin head is standing in front of a gravestone that says r.i.p.

It's October, the greatest month of the year, and the Halloween pseudonym has been chosen.

03.10.2025 03:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I stand with #Ukraine.

02.03.2025 04:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man is standing in a kitchen holding a spray bottle and saying `` i love you and all but stay away ... '' ALT: a man is standing in a kitchen holding a spray bottle and saying `` i love you and all but stay away ... ''

Apologies for recent silence -- the entire family is slowly emerging from the fog of influenza A. Never have I measured so many temperatures over 101 degrees in my life. I'm the only one who hasn't caught it... yet.

22.02.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Same, nine times out of ten the caller hangs up before the robo-assistant finishes its spiel. Probably the best feature of the Pixel

22.02.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0