Dave Dobson

Trying to imagine the boardrooms of the inflatable costume companies, who could not imagine their ship coming in in quite this way.

How to Enter SPSFC 5 The fifth Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC) has begun taking entries. The authors who’ve been asking us when SPSFC 5 will begin as they get their manuscripts ready can be giv…

The fifth annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition is ready to go! I've entered twice, and it's been a wonderful experience and a great community of authors and book enthusiasts. I'll be judging this year for the second time.

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Daros book cover and part of Amazon page showing a 4.5* average over 400 reviews.

Four hundred ratings for Daros. So many thanks to everybody who's spent time with Brecca, Frim, and Lyra. Y'all rock.

Bookshelf with three mystery books: Unwelcome Matt, Got Trouble, What Grows From the Dead, all by Dave Dobson

My mysteries are looking sharp now that they have matching covers from Abigail Blanchard.

Thanks so much, Rex!

Review from Goodreads: Five stars I spent every idle moment reading this book...it is one of those "impossible to put down". The story is simply told, and every bit of it so carefully packaged it pulls you in and won't let go. The editing was superb...no misspellings, no extraneous punctuation. The main character is true to life, sympathetic, as we said in literature class. It is rare to find such a riveting read!

My latest is off to a good start on Goodreads.

I feel like more men have gotten laid for doing housework than for not doing it.

Ready to sling some books with @mikemollman.bsky.social at Big Lick Comicon in Greensboro! Tomorrow and Sunday!

Really glad you had fun with it! They do rule. 🤠

I made the original Snoods in MacPaint, and I kind of suck at art, but I'll let the eye of the beholder determine what's beautiful. 😁

Kenai Kenai - Kindle edition by Dobson, Dave. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Kenai.

Kenai is free until Friday! Grab a copy of my award-winning space opera story of a disgraced former marine on a lonely planet.

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13 ChatGPT-generated fake book marketers in 24 hours, some of them writing multiple times. "The vast potential of AI," they keep telling us.

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I've never seen a Snood tattoo, but one group of friends had a costume party where they all dressed as Snoods. They sent me pictures, which was delightful.

Yay, Snood! 🤠

You're too kind! :) thanks for reading.

The ebook for my mystery, Unwelcome Matt, is free until Wednesday. A librarian finds her housemate vanished and a dead body on her couch, and that's not even the worst day she's in for. Grab a copy on me!

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The Expanding Universe Vol. 11 is out, and I've got a story in it. Over 700 pages of sci-fi stories by 26 authors. Free for Kindle Unlimited users, and only $4.99 for the ebook.

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I got interviewed about my book Daros by SFFWorld. Some great questions to ponder.

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Thanks for the shout out, Rex!

A week's worth of book marketer scams, all fake people with throwaway gmail accounts, all messages written by AI.

The Expanding Universe 11: A Science Fiction Exploration The Expanding Universe 11: A Science Fiction Exploration - Kindle edition by Martelle, Craig, McCaffrey, Todd, Schoen, Lawrence M., Williscroft, Robert G., Wenck, Ray, Arenson, Daniel, Ikenberry, Kevin, Shepherd, Jeri, Partlow, Rick, Haskell, Jeffery H. , Batista, Jay Veloso, Penttila, Nicky, Schmitz, Christopher D., Simpson, C.M., Meinema, Eduard, Dane, Kate, McGregor, Andrew P., Gockel, C., Lebeault, Marie-Hélène, Pruden, D.M., Aukes, Rachel, Fitzmaurice, M.J, Moores, Casey, Dobson, Dave, Fitzgerald, Patrice, Gibbs, Daniel. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Expanding Universe 11: A Science Fiction Exploration.

Available here!
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Paperback of The Expanding Universe, Volume 11, sitting on a shelf in front of pretty rocks.

Just got my copy of The Expanding Universe 11, a monster of an anthology of military sci fi, and home to one of my stories. The book officially releases on the 15th, but I got one early. 648 pages of space adventures!

Still can’t believe my book, SAINT ELSPETH, won the SPSFC4. Thank you! Special thanks to @davedobson.bsky.social @spsfc.bsky.social

Congrats! Loved the book, and the award is richly deserved.

Reading ‘Unwelcome Matt’ by one of my favourite indie writers, @davedobson.bsky.social - fast-paced thriller with cool librarian vibes - and there’s this perfect description of new books -

‘like little ambassadors of goodwill’

And I just LOVE that

#BookSky #bookreviews #indieauthor
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Thanks for reading Rex!

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Three book covers: Got Trouble, What Grows From the Dead, Unwelcome Matt. Got Trouble shows a woman in a hoodie with a pistol What Grows From the Dead shows a man looking in his rear-view mirror as he drives through the woods at night Unwelcome Matt shows a woman and a cat examining a pair of legs sticking out from behind a couch.

I've commissioned new cover art for Got Trouble. It's by Abby Blanchard, and now my three North Carolina mysteries all have Abby's art, which is really cool. If you haven't checked out Glynnis' adventures, you're in for a treat, and the other two are great fun as well.

Positive book review - see original here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7879504586

The absolute best thing about creating stuff is when somebody likes what you made.

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I hit a cool odometer milestone on GoodReads today - 2000 ratings by readers. Very neat.