Jay W. Farley

Today is International Game Master's Day! Be sure to thank the person who does hours of work so you can occasionally look up from your phone and say "I want to attack this guy!"

I am a simple man, with simple wants and needs. And like all other men, my greatest dream in the whole wide world is to turn the Oscar Meyer Weiner Mobile into a technical, so I can drive it through a post apocalyptic wasteland.

kill the imposter syndrome in your head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it.

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This week's book review is one near and dear to my heart. Armor should be read by any sci fi fan, as it's influence in the genre is still felt today. If you wnjoy power armored figures smashing bug aliens, you need to read this. And I love the cover so much. #booksky #writingcommunity #readers

Me: There are no rules for fantasy, and thats the beautiful thing about it. Sure, there are staple of the genre, but a creator should feel bound by them. the only limits are your imagination. fantasy Game: Health Potions Aren't red Me: You lost me.

This is a relevant, major plot point in One Mage's War and I hope people appreciate it. #LitRPG #writingcommunity #booksky

Bradbury's There Shall Come Soft Rains but it's all about robot algorithms driving the stock market high after we all die. Just endless brand AIs tweeting at each other after humanity is long dead. The Dow hits 9 digits for the first time, ten millennia after the last human is gone.

Duskfall really stood out to me for two specific reasons: The Evolution of the Supernatural. Your concept of vampires "leaving the graveyard and entering the boardroom" is a fascinating social commentary. Seeing the stagnation of mystical tradition contrasted with the "leaps and bounds" of science provides such a rich, textured history for humanity's flight to the stars. The Burden of the Protagonist. Stephen Halder is a compelling study in loyalty. Battling to protect a family that killed him, while being bound to a millennia-old monster, creates a level of internal conflict that is rare in the genre. It’s "arcane study" met with deep, human longing.

One good thing about AI scambots is that they really make my books sound good when they're trying to get me to pay them to promote me. #writingcommunity #bookstagram

YouTube video by Write Like a Badass! What Happens When Two Writers (in Different Genres) Get Married?

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Episode 5: What Happens When Two Writers (in Different Genres) Get Married? They write in different genres – she will never read one of his stories – but that doesn’t matter. Listen to this frank, funny and inspiring conversation with Brandy and Jay. Oh- and their dog Shad…

I am a sci-fi/fantasy writer and reader. My wife is a contemporary romance writer and reader. We did a podcast about being writers in a mixed genre relationship. If that sounds like something you are interested in, check it out! It also involves us being adorably in love #writingcommunity #booksky

Skeletor rising from lava at the end of Masters Of The Universe with the quote "i'll be back"

Repost this if you're still waiting for Skeletor to come back.

I love that cover so much.

This week's non-Booktok book review is a classic '80s fantasy! The Guardians Of The Flame series was the first portal fantasy I read, and it always stuck with me. And I adore the cover art, ots so great. #booksky #writingcommunity

I have GOT to stop shopping at Staples when I'm hungry.

I told my wife that my favorite Simpson's joke is the Rashomon joke from season 10 episode 23, but she said she doesn't remember what Rashomon is about. She has a film degree. Is... is she fucking with me? Is she doing an amazing bit??

One Mage's War Mike Wilson was pulled from his world to the trash heap of the Multiverse. Wizards summoned him to be their slave, to fight their battles, to win their wars. They wanted a force of nature that would l...

Royal Road! The home of self-published LitRPGs, this place has so many stories. If you don't check out mine, you should check out others. You will find something you like.
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Get more from Jay W Farley on Patreon Fantasy and Science Fiction, from a fan and an author

Patreon! This one has other short stories and author announcements. It is my main author page for the moment - patreon.com/JayWFarley

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Every Friday around noon Eastern time, a new chapter of my epic portal #LitRPG goes up on my Patreon and Royal Road! If that sounds like your thing, check it out! Links to follow!
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Starfleet Academy going from an episode where a dude is eaten alive and thrown out of an airlock by space pirates to an episode of "talking to girls is really hard" is the kind of tonal whiplash I love.

Not even an "I can fix her" but a "she can make me worse."

A picture from the simpsons where Mr Burns is in the back of his car, gesturing towards a flail on the wall. THe caption (incorrectly) says "If things had turned ugly, I always had my mace."

After extensive research, the exact moment The Simpsons started to go downhill is Season 7 Episode 17 Homer The Smithers, when Mr. Burns calls what is clearly a flail a mace.

A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.

This single line is the one I get the most complaints about, but no one considers why that line exists. Authors have intentions behind the words and phrases we choose to use. #writingcommunity #indieauthor #booksky

I-I am going to be a storm-a flame-
I need to fight whole armies alone;
I have ten hearts; I have a hundred arms;
I feel too strong to war with mortals-
BRING ME GIANTS!

Now this is a dilemma all readers can understand. #booksky #readers #bookish

The Night Between Stars: Book One Of Nox Astra Amazon.com: The Night Between Stars: Book One Of Nox Astra eBook : Farley, Jay W.: Kindle Store

SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION TO FOLLOW!!

TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY! If you want to buy me a book for my birthday, you could buy this one and review it. You don't even need to send me the copy. #booksky #indieauthor

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SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION ENDS!

Roses are red
I tap for blue
Discard your hand
And mill 6 too

Every week I'm talking about a book I love that I never hear anyone talk about. This week its the classic Grunts by Mary Gentle. An excellent fantasy comedy about orcs who become a little too competent. #booksky #indieauthor

wait, if vampires don't need air, they would be AESOME scuba divers. they could just wear a backpack full of rocks and walk on the bottom And if they dive deep enough, light won't even reach down there. Like, aquatic vampire covens at the bottom of ocean trenches "Don't underwater cave dive, too dangerous." "why, would I get lost and drown?" "No, fucking SCUBA VAMPIRES

Not just scuba divers, vampires also make excellent troopers for ship combat in space. The vacuum means nothing to them, they can leap to the enemy ship. If that sounds interesting to you, I have a book about vampire wizards in space! The Night Between Stars! #WritingCommunity #Booksky #indieauthor

They say third time's a charm, so here we go! Join me at Offbeat Books Saturday, February 28th from 1pm to 4pm for the Best of the Black Fantastic. I'll have Skerry Tales, Eda Blessed III, Spacefunk, Terminus 3, and more. See y'all soon!

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Getting Yelled At on my facebook account by a guy with an AI avatar for saying I don't respect creatives who use genAI has got me all #writingcommunity