Ben Galley

Wanting to write multiple things at once is a constant problem, and every time I think I can do it, I fail MISERABLY

I feel like it’s a proud moment in your author career when you struggle to hold all your books up. And I’m missing at least 6 here

My silly quest to write a million words this year continues!

February was a tough month with being ill and away from the desk a lot, but I'm at 115,000. I definitely have to step it up in March to get more on track but I'm feeling good. But first a beer and a nap

Kings Of The Sky is up to 45k words! This is the most vikingy thing I’ve ever written and I think I’m almost halfway there. Let’s goooo

Sometimes you just need to flee to a cabin and a log fire to get the words done

The author ✍🏻
The book 📚
The first page 📖

Hah!

This spam is either getting truly wild or Suzanne Collins thinks I have an undeniable spark 😁

The Big Weekend might be over but before we go, one last shout out to our fab guests and hosts who helped us close out a fab 3 days - thanks to @nicksnapeauthor.bsky.social @bengalley.bsky.social @hannafordjenny.bsky.social @llmacrae.bsky.social @adrianmgibson.bsky.social

Today’s writing spot. Maybe more of a quick perch as it’s -1

This weekend’s writing spot: a cabin by a lake and a log fire

Rumour has it my epic nordic fantasy THE WRITTEN is still on sale for a few more days!

👉 amazon.com/dp/B005ELJOY8

The Big Indie Weekend runs 20th and 22nd February - panels and live chats, plus daily giveaways and the launch of our Patreon. Get ready for an epic indie weekend! #writingcommunity #indieauthors @bengalley.bsky.social @adrianmgibson.bsky.social @hannafordjenny.bsky.social @llmacrae.bsky.social

I already don’t have enough shelves for this cruel, wonderful obsession. How many books have you got on yours?

My new Viking science fantasy KINGS OF THE SKY is up to 25k words.

That means I'm up to 100k words written this year, and a tenth of the way towards my million word challenge. Somehow I'm still on track!

Meet The Written: the book that started it all for me. It’s the start of a 7-book series and a mashup of all kinds of Norse mythology, lots of magic, talking dragons (of course) morally grey characters, a murder mystery, and lots of emotion. And it’s also on sale this week!

The Big Indie Weekend runs between 20th and 22nd February - panels and live chats all weekend plus daily giveaways and the launch of our Patreon. Get ready for an epic indie weekend! #writingcommunity #indieauthors @bengalley.bsky.social @charliecav.bsky.social @timhardieauthor.bsky.social

Dowloaded* damn it!

Thank you to everyone who’s download a copy of The Written! It’s currently loitering at number 1 and in some good company

The Written is #1 in Norse and Viking on the Zon!

THE WRITTEN is on sale right now! If you’re thirsting for dragons, troubled and moody OP battle mages, murder mystery, vampires, and possibly too much magic (is that even a thing?) here you go:

🐉https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005ELJOY8

Donna's got it right. Even if it's got a little hint of SFF, I want to know. Bring me your dragons and your magic, your cyborgs and space battles. What about you? What books are tickling your biscuit in 2026?

Everyone has low and difficult days, but whenever I’m having one, this bookish community is always to cheer me up with its passion, productivity, and hilarity. Even indirectly.

Keep doing what you’re doing and thank you for doing it.

The UNAVOWED Anthology from @GrimOakPress is now out in ebook on the Zon and Grim Oak's site🤘I think the short story I wrote for this collection is my best short yet:

grimoakpress.com/blogs/news/t...

The next Big Indie Weekend takes place 20th to 22nd February on Spotlight Indie. Here's a rundown of the panel line up for day one: Friday 20th February #writingcommunity #writingcraft #indieauthors #authorevent #writersevent

While my new scifi is in the editing stages, I'm also working on something new. Here's a little title reveal for you!

KINGS OF THE SKY is a viking flavoured science fantasy that will have a pinch of horror, lots of action and dark comedy, and that's all I'm saying for now...

I will not pop the balloon of illusion

Fun fact, when I first came up with the idea for my scifi Fate’s Razor in 2011, it was originally called Destiny’s Children…

Oops

It’s done! My first ever scifi cyberpunk FATE’S RAZOR is finished at 160,000 words! I am so very happy right now.

I took a few extra days to write some finishing touches but it is now DONE and it’s time for the editing stage