Joe Lee ⚔️THE ASHEN VIPER 2026⚔️
@joelee.bsky.social
SFF's Resident Grimdork | THE ASHEN VIPER Coming 2026 | Cozy Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, and everything in between | Dog dad | He/him
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For the wave of new followers who have come after the mass exodus from shitter:
Hi! I'm Joe, an indie author writing in the following genres:
Historical fantasy (The Spellbinders and the Gunslingers
Cozy fantasy (The Dragons of Nóra)
Epic fantasy (Project Herodotus - coming 2025)
Hi! I'm Joe, an indie author writing in the following genres:
Historical fantasy (The Spellbinders and the Gunslingers
Cozy fantasy (The Dragons of Nóra)
Epic fantasy (Project Herodotus - coming 2025)
The time is almost upon us . . .
THE ASHEN VIPER will be launching on Kickstarter soon. Click the lonk below for the prelaunch page.
And . . .
Cover reveal coming Monday. Brace yourselves.
THE ASHEN VIPER will be launching on Kickstarter soon. Click the lonk below for the prelaunch page.
And . . .
Cover reveal coming Monday. Brace yourselves.
July 8, 2026 at 5:14 PM
The time is almost upon us . . .
THE ASHEN VIPER will be launching on Kickstarter soon. Click the lonk below for the prelaunch page.
And . . .
Cover reveal coming Monday. Brace yourselves.
THE ASHEN VIPER will be launching on Kickstarter soon. Click the lonk below for the prelaunch page.
And . . .
Cover reveal coming Monday. Brace yourselves.
New audiobook alert for a fantastic read! From what I've listened to, this audio performance is gonna absolutely BANG! 🔥🔥🔥
No Heart for a Thief is now on audiobook. @dcmryder delivers an outstanding performance. It is available at all major audiobook retailers. Please check it out.
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May 26, 2026 at 3:07 PM
New audiobook alert for a fantastic read! From what I've listened to, this audio performance is gonna absolutely BANG! 🔥🔥🔥
Get ready, fellow dragon-likers, pie-devourers, and birthday party-enjoyers! Upscaled is finally releasing as an audiobook on June 23! Whether it's your first trip to the land of Nora or you're a returning adventurer, this'll be a party you won't wanna miss!
Preorders are live at the 🔗 below!
Preorders are live at the 🔗 below!
May 15, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Get ready, fellow dragon-likers, pie-devourers, and birthday party-enjoyers! Upscaled is finally releasing as an audiobook on June 23! Whether it's your first trip to the land of Nora or you're a returning adventurer, this'll be a party you won't wanna miss!
Preorders are live at the 🔗 below!
Preorders are live at the 🔗 below!
Cool Thing No. 491 about being an author:
Listening to the files for the audio production of one of your books for the first time.
anyway the audiobook for Upscaled is coming next month!
Listening to the files for the audio production of one of your books for the first time.
anyway the audiobook for Upscaled is coming next month!
May 14, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Cool Thing No. 491 about being an author:
Listening to the files for the audio production of one of your books for the first time.
anyway the audiobook for Upscaled is coming next month!
Listening to the files for the audio production of one of your books for the first time.
anyway the audiobook for Upscaled is coming next month!
Reposted by Joe Lee ⚔️THE ASHEN VIPER 2026⚔️
It's time for another procrastination graphic.
HERALD, book 1 of the Age of the GodEater is out now and book 2 is coming soon...ish. You can expect a bunch more pithy lines and a truly EPIC Fantasy.
HERALD, book 1 of the Age of the GodEater is out now and book 2 is coming soon...ish. You can expect a bunch more pithy lines and a truly EPIC Fantasy.
May 14, 2026 at 2:05 PM
It's time for another procrastination graphic.
HERALD, book 1 of the Age of the GodEater is out now and book 2 is coming soon...ish. You can expect a bunch more pithy lines and a truly EPIC Fantasy.
HERALD, book 1 of the Age of the GodEater is out now and book 2 is coming soon...ish. You can expect a bunch more pithy lines and a truly EPIC Fantasy.
Writing is truly a magical journey. I'll spend hours staring at a blank Word document thinking everything I type is dumb, and the next thing I know 100,000 words appear and only half of them are dumb.
Magic!
Magic!
May 13, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Writing is truly a magical journey. I'll spend hours staring at a blank Word document thinking everything I type is dumb, and the next thing I know 100,000 words appear and only half of them are dumb.
Magic!
Magic!
Drop line 8 from page 187 of your MS.
If all around her needed to have burned, then she was keen to allow it to be here, in these mountains where none knew her name, none knew her presence, where the cave’s darkness permitted her to be nothing more than an ember yearning to be quenched.
If all around her needed to have burned, then she was keen to allow it to be here, in these mountains where none knew her name, none knew her presence, where the cave’s darkness permitted her to be nothing more than an ember yearning to be quenched.
Drop line 8 from page 187 of your MS (Honey, I've Leveled the Kids). Tag 3 #writers
Oddly shaped creatures flew off into the overcast air, void of any clouds and not one monster or person was on the ground by us.
@rebeccaenzor.bsky.social
@cjdaleywrites.bsky.social
@joelee.sffinsiders.com
Oddly shaped creatures flew off into the overcast air, void of any clouds and not one monster or person was on the ground by us.
@rebeccaenzor.bsky.social
@cjdaleywrites.bsky.social
@joelee.sffinsiders.com
Let’s have some fun. Drop line 8 from page 187 of your MS (Lady Drakeslayer). Tag 3 #writers
He was a loyal servant to the Pentax but even he knew how hopeless the augurs' attempts would be.
@poppyalexanders.bsky.social
@laurasffauthor.bsky.social
@theodyllicstone.bsky.social
He was a loyal servant to the Pentax but even he knew how hopeless the augurs' attempts would be.
@poppyalexanders.bsky.social
@laurasffauthor.bsky.social
@theodyllicstone.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Drop line 8 from page 187 of your MS.
If all around her needed to have burned, then she was keen to allow it to be here, in these mountains where none knew her name, none knew her presence, where the cave’s darkness permitted her to be nothing more than an ember yearning to be quenched.
If all around her needed to have burned, then she was keen to allow it to be here, in these mountains where none knew her name, none knew her presence, where the cave’s darkness permitted her to be nothing more than an ember yearning to be quenched.
I get to dogsit starting the end of next week, which is great because dog, but also because it's the closest I'm getting to a writing retreat this year 😅
I'm gonna come out of it looking like this probably
I'm gonna come out of it looking like this probably
a fluffy cat is sitting on top of a wooden table .
ALT: a fluffy cat is sitting on top of a wooden table .
media.tenor.com
July 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I get to dogsit starting the end of next week, which is great because dog, but also because it's the closest I'm getting to a writing retreat this year 😅
I'm gonna come out of it looking like this probably
I'm gonna come out of it looking like this probably
I deadlifted 385 this morning and now my legs are tired
This is somehow a marketing tweet for Dragon Along
Please read it and enjoy it, it's got a cozy dragon and two characters who can only communicate through drinking songs 🔽
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F6F46NX9 #booksky
This is somehow a marketing tweet for Dragon Along
Please read it and enjoy it, it's got a cozy dragon and two characters who can only communicate through drinking songs 🔽
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F6F46NX9 #booksky
June 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I deadlifted 385 this morning and now my legs are tired
This is somehow a marketing tweet for Dragon Along
Please read it and enjoy it, it's got a cozy dragon and two characters who can only communicate through drinking songs 🔽
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F6F46NX9 #booksky
This is somehow a marketing tweet for Dragon Along
Please read it and enjoy it, it's got a cozy dragon and two characters who can only communicate through drinking songs 🔽
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F6F46NX9 #booksky
Ah, summertime. That wonderful time of year where I get absolutely drenched in sweat by...
*checks notes*
...cleaning the bathroom?
Oops.
*checks notes*
...cleaning the bathroom?
Oops.
June 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Ah, summertime. That wonderful time of year where I get absolutely drenched in sweat by...
*checks notes*
...cleaning the bathroom?
Oops.
*checks notes*
...cleaning the bathroom?
Oops.
👿👿LET'S GET DEVILISH👿👿
Lord Grimdark has returned, and may he continue to reign supreme. A stellar work, The Devils will surely stand at the top of many a best-of list at year’s end.
Check out my full review on @sffinsiders.com! 🔽
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
Lord Grimdark has returned, and may he continue to reign supreme. A stellar work, The Devils will surely stand at the top of many a best-of list at year’s end.
Check out my full review on @sffinsiders.com! 🔽
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
June 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
👿👿LET'S GET DEVILISH👿👿
Lord Grimdark has returned, and may he continue to reign supreme. A stellar work, The Devils will surely stand at the top of many a best-of list at year’s end.
Check out my full review on @sffinsiders.com! 🔽
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
Lord Grimdark has returned, and may he continue to reign supreme. A stellar work, The Devils will surely stand at the top of many a best-of list at year’s end.
Check out my full review on @sffinsiders.com! 🔽
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
Grab a book and sit on it, because DRAGON ALONG IS OUT TODAY! 🐲📚🎉
Grab a million copies today like you know you wanna, and let's party once again!
This is the sixth(!) time I get to celebrate this, and it definitely never gets old. I hope you all enjoy Dragon Along. #booksky
Grab a million copies today like you know you wanna, and let's party once again!
This is the sixth(!) time I get to celebrate this, and it definitely never gets old. I hope you all enjoy Dragon Along. #booksky
June 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Grab a book and sit on it, because DRAGON ALONG IS OUT TODAY! 🐲📚🎉
Grab a million copies today like you know you wanna, and let's party once again!
This is the sixth(!) time I get to celebrate this, and it definitely never gets old. I hope you all enjoy Dragon Along. #booksky
Grab a million copies today like you know you wanna, and let's party once again!
This is the sixth(!) time I get to celebrate this, and it definitely never gets old. I hope you all enjoy Dragon Along. #booksky
May 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
🚀🚀NEW REVIEW COMING IN HOT🚀🚀
Loyalty to the Max is a standalone sequel done right, building on the foundations set in the previous book, and allowing the characters to grow with the universe.
Check out my review on @sffinsiders.com below 👇
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
Loyalty to the Max is a standalone sequel done right, building on the foundations set in the previous book, and allowing the characters to grow with the universe.
Check out my review on @sffinsiders.com below 👇
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
May 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
🚀🚀NEW REVIEW COMING IN HOT🚀🚀
Loyalty to the Max is a standalone sequel done right, building on the foundations set in the previous book, and allowing the characters to grow with the universe.
Check out my review on @sffinsiders.com below 👇
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
Loyalty to the Max is a standalone sequel done right, building on the foundations set in the previous book, and allowing the characters to grow with the universe.
Check out my review on @sffinsiders.com below 👇
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
Do you like talking about books that are soon to release with the person who wrote said book?
I'm down to chat about Dragon Along in the leadup to its release with those who are also down to chat!
I promise it'll be a very okay time!
(which I also said to my wife in my vows)
I'm down to chat about Dragon Along in the leadup to its release with those who are also down to chat!
I promise it'll be a very okay time!
(which I also said to my wife in my vows)
May 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Do you like talking about books that are soon to release with the person who wrote said book?
I'm down to chat about Dragon Along in the leadup to its release with those who are also down to chat!
I promise it'll be a very okay time!
(which I also said to my wife in my vows)
I'm down to chat about Dragon Along in the leadup to its release with those who are also down to chat!
I promise it'll be a very okay time!
(which I also said to my wife in my vows)
What comes after pie? Well we're gonna find out!
Behold the cover art for DRAGON ALONG, the second book in The Dragons of Nóra series!
On June 3, we're headed back to the land of Nóra.
Check the preorder and ARC 🔗 below!
Cover by Miblart
Behold the cover art for DRAGON ALONG, the second book in The Dragons of Nóra series!
On June 3, we're headed back to the land of Nóra.
Check the preorder and ARC 🔗 below!
Cover by Miblart
May 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
What comes after pie? Well we're gonna find out!
Behold the cover art for DRAGON ALONG, the second book in The Dragons of Nóra series!
On June 3, we're headed back to the land of Nóra.
Check the preorder and ARC 🔗 below!
Cover by Miblart
Behold the cover art for DRAGON ALONG, the second book in The Dragons of Nóra series!
On June 3, we're headed back to the land of Nóra.
Check the preorder and ARC 🔗 below!
Cover by Miblart
🚨🚨 WE'RE BACK ON THE MALAZAN TRAIN🚨🚨
House of Chains does not reach as high as the first three books, but it still wears Malazan’s biggest strengths on its sleeve, even if it falls to its scope.
Check out my review on @sffinsiders.com below!
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
House of Chains does not reach as high as the first three books, but it still wears Malazan’s biggest strengths on its sleeve, even if it falls to its scope.
Check out my review on @sffinsiders.com below!
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
May 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
🚨🚨 WE'RE BACK ON THE MALAZAN TRAIN🚨🚨
House of Chains does not reach as high as the first three books, but it still wears Malazan’s biggest strengths on its sleeve, even if it falls to its scope.
Check out my review on @sffinsiders.com below!
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
House of Chains does not reach as high as the first three books, but it still wears Malazan’s biggest strengths on its sleeve, even if it falls to its scope.
Check out my review on @sffinsiders.com below!
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
🏹🏹WILD REVIEW TIME🏹🏹
With the Titan Wilds’ penultimate entry, The Wilds Exile, @jdlrosell.bsky.social has set the stage for an epic conclusion where the stakes have never felt higher.
Check out my review on @sffinsiders.com below!
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
With the Titan Wilds’ penultimate entry, The Wilds Exile, @jdlrosell.bsky.social has set the stage for an epic conclusion where the stakes have never felt higher.
Check out my review on @sffinsiders.com below!
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
April 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
🏹🏹WILD REVIEW TIME🏹🏹
With the Titan Wilds’ penultimate entry, The Wilds Exile, @jdlrosell.bsky.social has set the stage for an epic conclusion where the stakes have never felt higher.
Check out my review on @sffinsiders.com below!
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
With the Titan Wilds’ penultimate entry, The Wilds Exile, @jdlrosell.bsky.social has set the stage for an epic conclusion where the stakes have never felt higher.
Check out my review on @sffinsiders.com below!
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
girl dinner
April 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
girl dinner
It's alive!
The Narratess Indie April Book Sale is now live from today until Monday, with 300 books ready for you to buy - including Upscaled for a crisp $0.99!
Head to the 🔗 below and empty out your wallets once again!
indiebook.sale
The Narratess Indie April Book Sale is now live from today until Monday, with 300 books ready for you to buy - including Upscaled for a crisp $0.99!
Head to the 🔗 below and empty out your wallets once again!
indiebook.sale
April 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
It's alive!
The Narratess Indie April Book Sale is now live from today until Monday, with 300 books ready for you to buy - including Upscaled for a crisp $0.99!
Head to the 🔗 below and empty out your wallets once again!
indiebook.sale
The Narratess Indie April Book Sale is now live from today until Monday, with 300 books ready for you to buy - including Upscaled for a crisp $0.99!
Head to the 🔗 below and empty out your wallets once again!
indiebook.sale
🦟🦟LET'S GET WEIRD🦟🦟
There are few worldbuilders better than China Miéville, and The Scar is but another bullet point to prove that fact—and the book itself is pretty dang good too.
Check out my review on @sffinsiders.com below!
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
There are few worldbuilders better than China Miéville, and The Scar is but another bullet point to prove that fact—and the book itself is pretty dang good too.
Check out my review on @sffinsiders.com below!
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
March 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🦟🦟LET'S GET WEIRD🦟🦟
There are few worldbuilders better than China Miéville, and The Scar is but another bullet point to prove that fact—and the book itself is pretty dang good too.
Check out my review on @sffinsiders.com below!
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
There are few worldbuilders better than China Miéville, and The Scar is but another bullet point to prove that fact—and the book itself is pretty dang good too.
Check out my review on @sffinsiders.com below!
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
🎵FIGHT SCENE FIGHT SCENE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FIGHT SCENE🎵
The Last Shield is a fun book. It’s effectively “Die Hard in a druidic castle,” so if you’re a fan of that formula, you’re gonna find a lot to enjoy here.
Check my review on @sffinsiders.com below! 🔽
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
The Last Shield is a fun book. It’s effectively “Die Hard in a druidic castle,” so if you’re a fan of that formula, you’re gonna find a lot to enjoy here.
Check my review on @sffinsiders.com below! 🔽
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
March 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
🎵FIGHT SCENE FIGHT SCENE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FIGHT SCENE🎵
The Last Shield is a fun book. It’s effectively “Die Hard in a druidic castle,” so if you’re a fan of that formula, you’re gonna find a lot to enjoy here.
Check my review on @sffinsiders.com below! 🔽
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
The Last Shield is a fun book. It’s effectively “Die Hard in a druidic castle,” so if you’re a fan of that formula, you’re gonna find a lot to enjoy here.
Check my review on @sffinsiders.com below! 🔽
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
I wrote the first words of Project Herodotus on Nov 24, and have since gotten to 115k words, with many many more to go.
Writing something this huge is both incredible and frightening. I don't know what to expect when I release it. But I know I'm excited for it just the same.
#booksky #authorsky
Writing something this huge is both incredible and frightening. I don't know what to expect when I release it. But I know I'm excited for it just the same.
#booksky #authorsky
March 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I wrote the first words of Project Herodotus on Nov 24, and have since gotten to 115k words, with many many more to go.
Writing something this huge is both incredible and frightening. I don't know what to expect when I release it. But I know I'm excited for it just the same.
#booksky #authorsky
Writing something this huge is both incredible and frightening. I don't know what to expect when I release it. But I know I'm excited for it just the same.
#booksky #authorsky
🚨🚨WELCOME TO THE NEW DARK AGE🚨🚨
Dark Age does both too much and too little, and the result is a suffocating experience that ends up feeling like a foundational book for the series' next book.
Check out my review on @sffinsiders.com 🔽
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
Dark Age does both too much and too little, and the result is a suffocating experience that ends up feeling like a foundational book for the series' next book.
Check out my review on @sffinsiders.com 🔽
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
March 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🚨🚨WELCOME TO THE NEW DARK AGE🚨🚨
Dark Age does both too much and too little, and the result is a suffocating experience that ends up feeling like a foundational book for the series' next book.
Check out my review on @sffinsiders.com 🔽
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...
Dark Age does both too much and too little, and the result is a suffocating experience that ends up feeling like a foundational book for the series' next book.
Check out my review on @sffinsiders.com 🔽
www.sffinsiders.com/blog/review-...