Connor W. Goode / Author

At long last, The End of Time, my debut novel, is out!

I’m impressed with myself. After three months, I’ve finished writing my novella. That’s the quickest I’ve gotten around to writing a complete draft. Though, it’s only the first draft. A few more months and I’ll have a completed story.

Writing a story about the dangers of Gen Ai is quite annoying since we don’t know if we’re going to see if it sticks long term or the bubble pops and we see it all crumble. Bro, I just want to write a dystopian thriller about it.

The next novel I’m working on is one that I’ve been envisioning to write for many years. While it may be a few years away from publication, I think I can share sample chapters to showcase the story in the next several months.

A process of writing that gen Ai could never replace is problem solving. Whenever you write out a story, you’ll see problems that you have to resolve and by fixing them it makes your work stronger. What Ai does is circumnavigate the process and leaves a hollow and thoughtless story.

My hatred of gen AI has given me the energy to write a story that’s close to being finished. So there’s a lesson here: hatred is a good motivator, especially a hatred against bad things.

You know when you’re reading a popular TikTok book and it’s pretty middling but you can’t dnf it because you’ve spent quite a bit of money on it, so you have to lock in just to say you’ve finished it.

Received my first review on my book, The End of Time. Honestly, I’m quite thrilled 😁

It’s shocking that a game like Disco Elysium could be so well written, with almost no faltering in any part of its writing, that most games published after its release still haven’t caught up to the standards it has set.

My novel made it to Cyberstopia! cyberstopia.com/book-the-end...

PSA: the first act of Venus Fly Trap, the novella I wrote together with @cwgoode.bsky.social is now available FOR FREE on Quibble for those of you who prefer to sample the wares before going all-in: app.goquibble.com/books/venus-... #booksky #quibble #selfpublishing #indiebooks #indieauthors

I think the slow realisation I had about book publishing is the marketing side. That has been challenging to do because you’re trying to breach through the countless books out there to find the right people who would be interested in reading your story.

‘Gazing upon his waxen face up close…she found herself a witness to a nightmare of grotesquery cast into flesh; the tangy pores…the dye oozing out of his failing hair transplant and down the sides of his surgically tautened scalp, his unnatural white smile…it was too much to take.’ — Venus Fly Trap

You know you did well when one of your friends reads your book and loves your villain so much that they put him on the same pedestal as Homelander.

One of my favourite lines from the novella I co-wrote.

Reading this has been thoroughly enjoyable. It’s nice to read something from a new author instead of always sticking to the classics. Well done @jsholloway.bsky.social I’m definitely looking forward to reading more from you.

This book has been in the works a long time, and a lot of what I learned about writing and editing I learned from the immense privilege of getting to proofread it. As a creative, I wouldn't be where I am today without 'The End of Time'. Congratulations on this long-awaited release, Connor!

LOOOOOK

Did they make the new Jonathan Majors movie from the Daily Wire exclusively for Elon Musk? It’s really giving that vibe.

✋ I mod New Vegas (for my sins) Made one that people actually use, been hammering away at another big one for some years www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mod...

Attention #booksky! @cwgoode.bsky.social and I's darkly comedic sci-fi novella 'Venus Fly Trap' will soon be available on Quibble, with the entire first act free to read! app.goquibble.com/books/venus-...

The day is slowly approaching 👀 #booksky #books #publishing

First drafts aren’t meant to be masterpieces and it’s more of getting the story in position to bring it to life through editing. Until I reach that goal, it’s nice to have made steady progress.

That experience you get when reading Blood Meridian. #books #reading

If you’ve been following me for a while, then you’ll know I have a novel soon to release. Well, if you want to read a few sample chapters to get a feel of the story, I have good news! The End of Time will be release on Quibble on August 4th. #books #booksky app.goquibble.com/books/the-en...

Made a promo post on Reddit about me and @cwgoode.bsky.social's satirical Sci-Fi novella 'Venus Fly Trap', which serves both as a promo post but also goes into the nitty-gritty of its writing process a bit. Go check it out & feel free to ask questions if you have any! www.reddit.com/r/NewAuthor/...

It does feel weird to see books you’ve worked on for many years as physical prints. #books #booksky #publishing

It is amazing to see how the book covers turned out so well and exceeded my high expectations. #books #bookcovers #booksky

The person who created my book cover is someone of incredible talent. I received the proof copy and it looked even better than on screen. He’s worth it www.artstation.com/kostiskeritis

I really can’t get over how beautiful this is 🤣

And as of yesterday, our next masterpiece is officially in production 😎

If I were to name the top four most influential pieces of entertainment that changed me, it would have to be these four

Physical books. You own them. They don't require updates. They don't surveil you or collect and sell your data. They are a genuinely safe hallucinogen that leaves you smarter and more empathetic and with a longer attention span the more you use them. Free from the library. What's not to like?

PSA: our satirical sci-fi novella about the world's richest man and his doomed mission to colonise another planet is now permanently available under the following links: (P.S.: any similarities to real persons purely coincidental) books2read.com/u/bwMVAO www.amazon.com/Venus-Fly-Tr... #booksky