Robs

@rdpires.bsky.social

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Fiction author and mechanical engineer from California. 🌈Potential fire hazard. https://linktr.ee/rdpires

Top left shows a portrait of a man in a striped shirt. Text reads Winner #3 chosen, t.q.sims Prize: signed paperbacks of books 1 &2
Image reads The Tides That Reign Pride Month Giveaways. Win physical copies! 6/18 winner: Books 1 and 2 paperback. 6/25 Grand Prize: Books 1-3 paperback. How to enter (with arrows pointing to the right)
Screenshot asking friends what animal they associate with you
A fuzzy, reddish brown mongoose sitting on its haunches on a rock
Poster with half a man's face lit by fire. He wears a red cloak over his shoulders and scars are visible on his chest. The text reads "In the Wake of the Blade, the Tides that Reign book 4. October, Kickstarter"
Flyer advertising free books in celebration of my newest release, "Before the Ghost Sea". Below the text, it shows e-reader mockups of "Design of Darkness," "Sparrows Sing of Dying," and "Of Chaos and Eternal Night." Finally, text at the bottom reads "Grab them on Kindle | June 8 - 12th"
The Tides That Reign Pride Month Giveaways! Win a physical copy of book 1, grand prize winner receives the first three books in the series! Winner drawn ever Thursday in June
An invitation to visit booth 209 at the Bay Area Book Festival on Sunday, May 31st. Image includes a photo of me holding the hardcover editions of my trilogy next to an illustrated portrait of a woman in a green, pink, and yellow floral dress and crown.
A screen cap of the Kickstarter page for The Tides That Reign Books I - III Queer Epic Fantasy Saga that shows a funding balance of $5653
Image that reads "The Tides That Reign so far" and displays book covers for the first three installments in the series.
Hardcover mockup of Before the Ghost Sea, book three in The Tides That Reign series with a corner banner reading "link in bio" and the Kickstarter logo at the bottom
Yellow text over a forest background with two portraits. One in the top left depicts author Trip Galey, the other in the bottom right depicts RD Pires. The text reads as follows: Trip: RD chose this question KNOWING I literally have a PhD in magical markets, so I can only assume he has some kind of trump card hidden up his sleeve…possibly the cursed relic in question! RD: I can spend hours in an antique store and will literally pick up anything that catches my eye. So I'm going to argue that I would find the cursed relic, even if I shouldn't be touching it. (What is RD up to?)
Yellow text over a forest background. The text reads "Who is most likely to discover a cursed relic at an antique store or market? The answer may surprise you." Below the text are three silhouettes, one of a grandfather clock, one of a crouching winged gargoyle, and one of a violin player.
Yellow text over a forest background. There are two portraits, the one in the top left is of author RD Pires, the one in the bottom right is of author Trip Galey. The text across the page reads as follows: RD: Farmboys don't stand a chance in my stories! Design of Darkness literally starts with a handful of violent deaths. The answer should be clear here. Trip: All due respect to RD but I was literally raised on a ranch. I have a personal beef (pun intended) with the whole concept of farmboys. And I will not hesitate to settle scores in fiction (tho, admittedly, I haven't YET…)
Yellow text over a forest background that reads "Who is most likely to…kill the farmboy before he has a chance to become the chosen one?" Beneath the text are two silhouettes, one of a farmer standing with a pitchfork and the other of a knight raising a sword.
Yellow text over a forest background. On the bottom right corner is a mockup of a paperback edition of 'The Fall of the House of Valenciaga' showing a concerned man looking off to the side behind shattered glass. Text reads as follows: (What Kickstarter, you ask?) The Fall of the House of Valenziaga Queer Science-Fantasy 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🚀🧙‍♂️✅ Plotting the ruin of your own noble house because it’s the only way to escape your witch of a mother ✅✅✅ Intrigue and rebellion ✅ Super-science and sorcery ✅ Sexy love interests! ✅✅✅ All the feels, faery deals, and killer heels ✅✅✅ Need I go on? (Go hit Notify me On Launch!)
Yellow text over a forest green background with two portraits. The portrait in the upper left is of author Trip Galey, the one on the lower right is of author RD Pires. The text reads as follows: Trip: I do have a tendency to quickly write small projects, but a whole book? That’s a lot. Though I think R.D. plans more in advance than I do, so I very well might have to vote for him on this one! 😅 R.D.: I have never known a writer to juggle more literary projects than Trip, but I did drop 3 novels in the past 18 months, so I wouldn’t count me out of the race just yet!
Yellow text over a forest green background reading, "Who is MOST LIKELY to…drop an unexpected manuscript on their editor/readers?" Below the text are two silhouettes, one of a witch, the other a wizard
A 3D hardcover mockup of Design of Darkness with the Kickstarter logo over it and a heading that reads "Launching March 2"
A line graph plotting units processed over the date range from November 27 to December 2. It shows a total of 141 units have been claimed.
two men in beanies with their arms around one another, standing under a big tree with orange leaves
A poster advertising the kickstarter for the relaunch of The Tides That Reign series, including book 3, Before the Ghost Sea. The poster features mockups of three hardcover books without finalized covers. The right side of the image is taken up by a giant, blue sea serpent erupting out of the ocean.