William C. Tracy

Me (a middle-aged white guy) holding up a copy of Garden Lake beside a completed board after play.

Day 2 of PAX Unplugged is complete! We bought a cute new cooking game, as well as the tile game pictured below.
Hey, and we're 82% funded on the campaign AND only $75 away from breaking $5000! Who's going to push us over the top?
#amediting #amwriting
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I have this one coming out Dec 16. By @galactoglucoman.bsky.social
The Dragonscale Comb. Cover by Katie Cordy. Sapphic fantasy!

Excellent list of indie pubs to support. Adding:

@wctracy.bsky.social runs www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com Queer sci-fi/fantasy stories
@mochamemoirspress.bsky.social diverse speculative fiction
AND
@gdpub.bsky.social stories with LGBTQIA+ characters or written by LGBTQIA+ authors.

2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.

Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀

IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:

ALL Fantasy & SCi-FI Kickstarters for November & Beyond Searching for your next favorite story? Look no further! These bestselling authors have teamed up to offer a delightful selection of new books. Available for a limited time.

These campaigns are filled with amazing #indie #books and you can help bring the stories to life! Check out these #crowdfunding stories and give money to the author directly, rather than to big box stores!
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The eyes and ears of a gray and black cat poke out of an upright brown box

Verne has a box this #caturday

Finished up PAX Unplugged day 1! I helped out at the Independent Game Developer Network booth for a while, and we got to try out several games. Only bought one so far...
#amediting #amwriting

Space Wizard Science Fantasy: Year 4, part 2! We're releasing 7 new queer science fiction and fantasy books from December 2025 to June 2026! We're changing formats just a little this year so you get your rewards earlier.

Trying to find your next read? Want some great #lesbian and #sapphic #scifi and #fantasy to read over the holidays? You're in luck! Get a pack of 16 amazing #queer stories, or pick which ones you want!
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Space Wizard Science Fantasy: Year 4, part 2! We're releasing 7 new queer science fiction and fantasy books from December 2025 to June 2026! We're changing formats just a little this year so you get your rewards earlier.

took the train up to Philly for PAX Unplugged and finished up the dev edit on Fractal Terminus on the way! If you like sci-fi comedy horror, this is a great story. Preorder your copy in the campaign!
#amediting #amwriting #BookBazaar25
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

Monitored Activity The Backrooms meets Willy's Wonderland in this queer horror novella where two security guards—one of them a serial killer and the other a potential victim—must escape the Mall before it digests them w...

A queer horror with a serial killer, a victim, and a mall trying to digest them both! Check it out!
Proud to be the 64th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Monitored Activity! wwki=bk-social-pledge-button

The Chosen One Con The Chosen One Con is the first book in the Lost in the Aether duology—a queer gaslamp fantasy of industrial magic in a world of designer enchantments and celebrity-branded potions from the author of ...

Queer steampunk fantasy? Count me in!
Proud to be the 68th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for The Chosen One Con! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...

Shuttered Stanzas Volume II: Looking out the Window Shuttered Stanzas, where lens and sonnet intertwine, Pacific Northwest's beauty in poetic design. A Pacific Northwest nature photographer and a contemporary sonneteer unite to present one stunning col...

Looking for some great photography? Check out this project!
Proud to be the 13th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Shuttered Stanzas Volume II: Looking out the Window! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

Space Wizard Science Fantasy: Year 4, part 2! We're releasing 7 new queer science fiction and fantasy books from December 2025 to June 2026! We're changing formats just a little this year so you get your rewards earlier.

Are you a #writer? Do you have a book where you can't quite figure out what's wrong? Hire the services of William C. Tracy, a developmental editor with experience editing over 60 #books! You can get a discounted rate below!
#editing #developmentalediting
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Space Wizard Science Fantasy: Year 4, part 2! We're releasing 7 new queer science fiction and fantasy books from December 2025 to June 2026! We're changing formats just a little this year so you get your rewards earlier.

Got about a third of the way through the new dev edit on Fractal Terminus. Hoping to finish it tomorrow while traveling. This one is an amazing sci-fi/horror tale. Make sure to preorder your copy in the campaign!
#amediting #amwriting #BookBazaar25
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

Alright. Last one, people!
Talio Rossa and the Elixir of Life, by J. Alexander Cohen, reimagined and Tingler-fied!

Here's the full cover! There will be changes, so you can't see all of it. Yet.
#booksky #tbb25 #thebookbazaar25 #tingler
Check out the campaign!
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Women want one thing*, and it's disgusting.

*A fluffy, sapphic romp except it's actually pretty deep, where one woman is transforming and another is desperate to keep her, yet must decide to let her not only be her own woman, but end up more powerful than ever.

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

Alright, guys, gals, and non binary pals! We have the second to last cover, Mothball Magic by Rena Rocford, Tingler-fied with you in mind!
Yes, you!

One last one coming later tonight, with a sort of sneaky cover reveal!

#booksky #tbb25 #thebookbazaar25 #tingler

haha! glad you approve!

We're back again, with the fifth book releasing from our campaign. Fractal Terminus, by @azrozkillis.bsky.social Rozkillis, Tingler-fied your your enjoyment:

Stay tuned!
#booksky #tbb25 #thebookbazaar25 #tingler

Alright folks, I'm back on my crap. Did you miss me?
No?
Too bad. Here's the fourth book coming from our campaign, The Healer's Magic, by C.J. Hosack, Tingler-fied just for you!

More coming later. We got three more books to do!
#booksky #tbb25 #thebookbazaar25 #tingler

Darkhaven – Operation: Chocolate Overload Hardcover Edition YA urban science fantasy meets queer magical space opera in this sassy epic adventure, with the first book in a new hardcover edition featuring extra scenes, bonus material and custom interior formatt...

#YA urban science fiction AND death by chocolate? What's not to like?
Proud to be the 25th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Darkhaven – Operation: Chocolate Overload Hardcover Edition! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/k...

Nezbrael's Legacy All-new graphic novel with D&D style shenanigans where the vibe is a fantastic blending of Indiana Jones and Greek myth.

Looks like amazing story and art in this graphic novel. Check it out!
Proud to be the 49th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Nezbrael's Legacy! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...

The Primal Rift Dungeons and Dragons meets young adult fantasy. The third installment of an expanding series of dark magic and blossoming friendship.

Find some adventure in The Primal Rift! There are RPG options available too...
Proud to be the 17th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for The Primal Rift! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...

Relic of Haven

Discover the city that isn't meant to be, over the ocean. Join your favorite chaos #queer human scavengers in Relic of Haven by Alex Kingsley and continue the adventure!
#sciencefiction #fantasy #postapocalyptic
www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/book/relic-o...

Space Wizard Science Fantasy: Year 4, part 2! We're releasing 7 new queer science fiction and fantasy books from December 2025 to June 2026! We're changing formats just a little this year so you get your rewards earlier.

Started on a new dev edit today! And did you visit the r/Fantasy AMA? We've got some great conversation on indie publishing.
Make sure to check out our editing services in the current campaign, with payment options!
#amediting #amwriting #BookBazaar25
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

Okay okay, just one more for now. I'm doing this for all seven books in the campaign now, so keep an eye out!

Our third book, Tea Tale, by @kristinawkelly.bsky.social is Tingler-fied!

#booksky #tbb25 #thebookbazaar25 #tingler

November Beefacts: Oxalic Acid Treatment! | William C. Tracy Get more from William C. Tracy on Patreon

Here's my Beefacts for November, learning about Oxalic Acid. How did the test go?
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OK, having too much fun with these. Our second book, Corruption by Alexander Verbeek-van den Toren, Tigler-fied for your enjoyment!

#booksky #tbb25 #thebookbazaar25 #tingler

Alright, here's our first book coming out from this campaign, The Dragonscale Comb by @galactoglucoman.bsky.social Tingler-fied to be:

"Confused about getting off with my girlfriend because I might be turning into a dragon and might also eat her"

#booksky #tbb25 #thebookbazaar25 #tingler

Empress of Dust

Giant crab monsters? Chaos #queer human scavengers? What's not to like? Get Empress of Dust by Alex Kingsley and start the adventure!
#sciencefiction #fantasy #postapocalyptic
www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/book/empress...