Magician's Nephew. One of my favorite books of all time.
Magician's Nephew. One of my favorite books of all time.
Tonight at 730pm Central, come on over to Instagram and check out my LIVE interview with DJ Reads Books! We're going to be chatting about Mythspeaker and having some fun!
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I'm excited to share another interview, this time with The Mixed Up Files of Middle Grade Authors! I loved these questions, and probably spent way too much time deciding who I would go on a heist with π
#Fantasy #debut #interview #MiddleGrade #Books
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Today is the day! Join us at @OakCreekPubLib for #MYTHSPEAKER's book launch event in partnership with @boswellbooks! I'll do a reading, talk about the story, and even do a book signing. And it's FREE! We just want to celebrate!
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Penguin made a #booktrailer for #Mythspeaker and it's AWESOME! #Fantasy #books #debut #trailer
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My interview with The Nerd Daily is live! Come check it out and learn more about what makes #MYTHSPEAKER (and me) tick! #fantasy #debut #interview #book
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After more than 13 years, 8 other manuscripts, 200 rejections, & amazing support from so many . . .
#MYTHSPEAKER IS OUT NOW!
You can find it in hardcover, ebook, & audiobook wherever #books are sold! Or here, at this link: christopherroubique.com/mythspeaker/
#WritingCommunity #Fantasy #MG
My interview with @yabookscentral.bsky.social l just went live! Check it out and learn a little more about #MYTHSPEAKER before it releases . . . TOMORROW!
#fantasy #debut #book #WritingCommunity #BookSky
#MYTHSPEAKER, my debut #MiddleGrade Indigenous #Fantasy novel, is here TOMORROW! If you want to read the story @publisherswkly.bsky.social calls "timeless and original", you can find it here!
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Absolutely AWESOME to see #Mythspeaker here among such wonderful books! Can't wait for everyone to enjoy the story SOON!
I saw the director described it as "a film based on her teenage recollection of reading Wuthering Heights."
So yeah. Basically.
One week from today . . . #MYTHSPEAKER arrives in stores everywhere!
Your work is absolutely stunning. I pulled a Celestial Reunion during prerelease and immediately fell in love with it!
One of the greatest speakers and writers EVER. A true hero and legend. If you haven't read The Autobiography of the Life of Frederick Douglass, please do. Utterly incredible.
Thanks very much! It's been a hard but amazing journey and I can't wait to see what comes next!
Hahaha, thank you so much!! I'm not sure how patient I am. Just very stubborn π
THEY'RE HERE!
I started querying more than 13 years ago. Was in the trenches for 8+ years. This is my 9th book, but I finally get to debut! And it's BEAUTIFUL.
#MYTHSPEAKER releases in 11 days!
#WritingCommunity #Fantasy #Books #Debut
I know the chance of any of these is small, but it's still fun to dream, right? No one knows the future, after all. Well, besides one thing I'm sure of:
#MYTHSPEAKER is out on 2/24/26!
What are your silly publishing/book dreams?
12 days from my MG fantasy novel's debut, I'm putting some of my pie-in-the-sky dreams out there:
1. @levarburton.bsky.social is someday even just aware of a book I've written.
2. One of my books makes @barackobama.bsky.social's end of year book list.
3. Chat with Colbert about fantasy books.
TWO WEEKS!!
#MYTHSPEAKER #debut #fantasy #book #writingcommunity
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Thrilled for this lovely review from an editor at Young Adult Book Central! #MYTHSPEAKER releases everywhere in less than 3 weeks! #fantasy #books
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Doing art badly is good and sacred
Publishers Near and Far Step Up for Minnesotaβs Children
A middle grade fantasy book cover featuring 4 Indigenous kids looking seriously out toward the sky while a massive antlered lion creature looms amongst flames behind them. The book is titled MYTHSPEAKER.
3 WEEKS UNTIL #MYTHSPEAKER IS HERE!
Preorder now anywhere people sell #books! Yes, even at that weird shop on the corner where everything smells like cabbage!*
*note: Christopher cannot guarantee the book is there, but it's pretty much everywhere else!*
#fantasy #comingsoon
My debut novel THIS MONTH (what?!) was my 9th. 1-8 are on a shelf. 10th is [redacted]. 11th about to start editing.
I queried the first 7 without success. Landed an agent for my voice.
Everyone's story is different.
Never underestimate the power of someone believing in you. Or the power of your belief in someone else.
You think Frodo makes it to Mount Doom without Sam believing in him? Heck no. Frodo dies in a marsh somewhere.
Or if you want a more anime version:
#MYTHSPEAKER book launch is in 4 weeks! So excited!
I can barely believe that we're less than a month away from the release date for my debut Middle Grade #fantasy MYTHSPEAKER!
It's taken over a decade of writing, querying, editing, submitting, & persisting to get here. I can't wait to see what comes next!
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But maybe it isn't for some of the people looking to these "tools", which begs the question of what their ends are (for one) and (for two) how we can help them see that the integrity of art and artists really DOES matter. No matter what the end goals may be.
I wrote books for a LONG time before anyone actually thought they were worth publishing (please see any of my many posts about the 8+ years I was in the querying trenches across 7 manuscripts lol).
But even if I'd never gotten paid a cent, I'd still be writing more. Art IS the end for me.