Ben Spencer
Writer of Fantasy Fiction. Author of The Prophecy of the Yubriy Tree and Many Savage Moons. Lover of all things literary.
Substack: benspencer.substack.com
Website: benspencerwrites.com
- I have the same discussion with myself quite often.
- So many otherppl podcast highlights over the years, but one that always sticks out for me was the interview with Sam Tallent. Sam's skills as a comedian and a conversationalist were on full display, and Brad did a great job mining the rich intersection between comedy and literature. #otherppl1000
- It appears that I'm going to need a new fantasy cover designer for Book Two in my epic fantasy series. I'm open to suggestions/pitches if you know of a cover designer whose style is in the vein of Book One. Thanks everyone!
- Reposted by Ben SpencerSo be free. Learn your craft, create your art, and put it out into the world for others to see uncontaminated by automated plagiarism, state approval, or corporate mediocrity. Only through the act of creation do we flourish, and we surrender it at our peril. 6/7
- I write of doomed love. In the beginning, it is only love, and, with a hopeful heart, charts a path toward permanence. But, unbeknownst to the lovers, the heavy hammer of fate awaits, that terrible instrument of sad stories. I write epic fantasy. #iwriteepicfantasy
- Got a bookbub featured deal! Here's the link if you are interested in checking out The Prophecy of the Yubriy Tree! www.bookbub.com/books/the-pr...
- I write of the road and its many wonders and dangers, of the unspoiled beauty unfolding round the next bend, of the thieves lying in wait, of the million possibilities inherent to the unknowable journey. I write epic fantasy. #iwriteepicfantasy
- @otherppl.bsky.social The Virginia Feito interview was a gem.
- The map of Ragar Or, brought to life by the one and only @noctuacartography.bsky.social!
- The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he’s in prison. Fyodor Dostoyevsky Map I drew for @benspencer.bsky.social #fantasy #fantasymaps #fantasyart #fantasybooks #fantasymap #tiktok #fantasymaps
- I write of the whisperers to power, the ones who play the game on a knife's edge. I write of their guile, their craft, of their missteps and the mad measures they take to prevent it all from unraveling. I write of the lies they tell to keep difficult truths, and of...
- ...the truths they barter to protect necessary lies. I write epic fantasy. #iwriteepicfantasy
- Reposted by Ben Spencer
