Nathan Lowell (he/him) 📎

Professional teller of tales

I write the books I want to read but can't find.

he/him

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What Am I Reading Now:: Pirateaba: Wandering Inn, volume 19/21
Linktree:: https://bio.link/nlowell
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Website:: https://nathanlowell.com

Last Notes

2026-08-10 12:38:29 UTC

pack a picnic lunch
eat under a shady tree
fall's already here*
#DailyHaikuPrompt
* In the "haiku calendar" autumn spans August through October. I used to find that odd.
Then I started paying attention.

2026-08-09 02:58:02 UTC

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Why not?

2025-12-15 13:11:37 UTC

How's your creativity going so far, do you need help or critique?
I'm riding the high of a new release last week. It's been a while so I'd forgotten what a rush it is.
It will subside soon and I can get back to dealing with the holidays and a major house upgrade before the New Year.
Help? Nah. I'm good, thanks.
#ScribesAndMakers

2025-09-23 12:25:30 UTC

Shameless someone-else-promotion day. Let's boost away
I read 2-3 books a week so I have a lot to recommend!
@npub1hsh…fvhr for her medieval mysteries
@npub12ft…9lty for her lovely magical world
@npub1puc…hekh for the mystical forest and the spirits that people it
@npub1c2z…r3xd for some excellent space opera
Some that I've not seen online:
Haylock Jobson's Heretical Fishing series.
Deanna Chase's Witches of Keating Hollow
Christina Garner's Hollywood Lakes mysteries
#ScribesAndMakers

2025-06-22 14:42:17 UTC

If things don't go well with your creative project, do you give up or persevere?
My basic premise:
The only way out is through.
Usually by the time I get more than 20k into a story, it has its hooks in me. Before that, it's just a suggestion. A possibility without commitment.
That said, I put projects out of my misery more than once in my past. I might do it again.
#ScribesAndMakers

2025-01-14 13:06:30 UTC

Are you a pantser or a plotter? Have you always been this way? What brought you here?
Pantser. I've tried plotting. Tried 40 sentence outlines, save the cats, snowflakes, pinch points, and all the rest. They never work for me. By the time I've scoped out the story, I've lost all interest in writing it.
I have to know what just happened so I can write what happens next. If I can type fast enough to keep up with the movie in my head, I win.

2024-11-24 13:09:23 UTC

What's the most challenging part of the writing process for you?
Getting started in the morning.
#WritersCoffeeClub

2024-09-17 12:45:52 UTC

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Congrats.
So much in only 5 words!