Writer, Author, Poet - A.T. Pike - Anthony Theodore Pike

A non-writing related Reel today. Slice of Life, BTS, man behind the pen name stuff. #littleupdate #reel #video

Unscripted? Yeah. Raw & honest has always been more my style. • My mental health is better. 🖤 • Starting June 1st, I’m trying a new social media approach. • I’ve started my next project: “The Werewolf of the Castle.” Definitely not your typical werewolf story. 🐺

As Sir David Attenborough (Happy Belated Birthday!): "Here, we see the wild indie author, having just emerged from its slumbering den. His features are unusual for this hour, as he starts his day." Have a good day!

Just finished reading the newest Goodreads reviews for my book. 🤯 Honestly? I’m blown away. 🥲 Thank you to everyone who’s read, rated, or reviewed my work. It truly means a lot. 💕 Goodreads link below 👇

Not a great day. 🙁 But I’m still here. That’s enough for now.

A common question I get: Do you plan your writing… or just run with it? For me— Poetry = instinct, freewriting Fiction = some structure + controlled chaos Both work. Both fight me in different ways. #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

(Has audio. Listen along!) -- "Pessimistic" (shorthanded) | © A.T. Pike | April 30, 2026 Life sucks and then you die. We just get better at hiding it. How has life changed for you in the past 5… 10… 20 years? Such a long stretch— and a blink at the same time. #AmWriting

Ideas are easy. Structure is the work. ----- #IndieAuthor #AmWriting #WritingProcess

Someone tried to guilt-trip me into buying a marketing package—said my book wouldn’t sell without them. Every copy I’ve sold came from my own effort. Started from zero. Chose poetry anyway. No shortcuts. Just honest work. And when someone connects with your work? That makes it all worth it.

Warm coffee on a cool Sunday~. Happy Sunday, everyone. #Coffee #authorlife #happysunday

How I feel when I write something I'm truly happy with. Jot it down, make it better, turn it into something worth publishing to the world for all to see. ❤️ 🙌 #strutyourstuff #indieauthor #creativeprocess #dowhatyoulove #dontstop Song credit: Stayin' Alive Song by Bee Gees ‧ 1977

Setting a boundary as an indie author. Respect the work before anything else. #NoColdCalls #RespectFirst #IndieAuthor

“How did your first book prepare you for your second?” Honestly? It didn’t. Life Through the Eyes of a Wolf was a collection. The Werewolf of the Castle is my first real dive into characters, dialogue, a full story. It’s new, challenging… and I love it. I’m writing this one for myself first.

Re: The Werewolf of the Castle (WIP) Have you ever written something that made you cry? I’ve felt that with my poetry, but never with fictional characters… #NoSpoilers, but a scene near the end broke one of them. And while writing it… it broke me too. I hope that feeling reaches readers someday.

Quick update on my next book, *The Werewolf of the Castle*. I’m rebuilding it from a 10-year-old draft. It finally feels like a real story now. Something with structure. With weight. Something with more "bite" to it. 🐺 Now comes: the rewrite. I think you’re gonna like where it’s going. #Writing

Don't be a fool. Don't pay for reviews. It will only end in heartache for you. Buying, or incentivizing, reviews is against Amazon Terms of Service. Bad reviews will be removed, your page will be blocked from new reviews, or your entire book can get taken down. DON'T. DO. IT!

Today's video is a poetry reading, done by me. The piece is called: "Lyrebird" | (C) A.T. Pike | April 29, 2019

📄 Writing Session Results 9 pages 3,263 words I damn near pulled an all-nighter for The Werewolf of the Castle. I'd be lying if I said I wasn’t having fun though. Once the ideas started flowing, I was on a roll. 🐺✍️