Todd Downing (author)
@todddowning
Storyteller, designer, husband, dad. Human (until proven otherwise).
My good friend Steven Fox just dropped this amazing album for his idSILO project. I've known Steven since we were both making music the late '80s SF Bay Area. He played drums on the And Tears Fell - Requiem album (and for lots of other bands). idsilo.hearnow.com Gorgeous alternative rock!
Now is your best chance to find my entire ebook catalog for 50% off at @Smashwords as part of their Annual Summer/Winter Sale! You can find all Deep7 Press ebook titles at www.smashwords.com/profile/view... #SWSale2026 #Smashwords
My great-grandaunts, Edith & Grace McDowell, were musicians in the 1920s, and Edison recorded them in his studio in 1922. This pic was water-damaged, but I was able to get a high-resolution scan and digitally repair it for subsequent printing. #edison #macdowellsisters #1920s #noai #photoretouch
If my readers are curious as to my lacking output of late, it's because I had an L4/L5 spinal fusion at the end of April. Just had my follow-up with the neurosurgeon. I'm doing pretty well for a guy with a bunch of metal in his back. Go Mecha-Toddzilla! Rawr! 🦖
Working past the second act wall in the fantasy WIP by shaking off some screenwriting rust on a project whose time has come. #calicokids #streamingseries #retro #80s #scifi #mystery #horror
It's time! Today through January 1st, 2026, all Deep7 Press ebooks (including my fiction) are 25% off from Smashwords! 🎁🎄☃️ www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
Raising a belated toast to Leigh Brackett on what would have been her 110th birthday (Dec 7). Brackett was the Mother of Space Opera, a gifted author, screenwriter, and one of the foundational pillars of my own retro scifi work. #scifi #author #spaceopera #retro #raypunk
My entire fiction catalog in ebook format will be 25% off on @Smashwords as part of their End of Year Sale 2025 starting on December 8! Be sure to follow me for links to the sale when it kicks off in just a few weeks! #indieauthor #AirshipDaedalus #CalicoKids #EoYSale25 #Smashwords
28K on the new #Arrowflight novel, finished with chapter 10. Ratcheting up the peril. (And anyone who's read my Airship Daedalus series knows I take my peril-ratcheting seriously.)
I've always been proud of my #TTRPG work, but the quality has seen a big jump in the past 3 to 5 years (in both prose and art).
Happy Cosmic Birthday, Space Mom. ❤ (Carrie Fisher, born Oct 21, 1956)
Always nice to get the thumbs up from a fellow genre author!
Renegades of Mars is now available in paperback from Amazon and IngramSpark (and available to retailers via Ingram as well!)
Author copies arrived today! They look great! Paperback available on Amazon, and coming to retail (via IngramSpark) on Oct 17th! #indieauthor #1930s #retro #scifi #raypunk
Coming October 1st. www.todddowning.com Rockets and rayguns and robots, oh my! Also N@zi baddies, a gorilla scientist, and plenty of pew-pew!
Sitting at just over 15K words into the #Arrowflight WIP, and haven't even begun the main mission. I'm loving the process of getting to know my MC couple and their weird connection. A very different process from my usual pulp adventure material, where 15K would be a quarter through the story.
Renegades of Mars is back from my first editor. Just waiting on the second! The next phase of the AEGISverse is almost here! #indieauthor #pulpadventure #retrofuturism #1930s #scifi
Almost at 12K words on the new #fantasy WIP (based on the #Arrowflight #TTRPG). Feels nice to let the setting breathe a bit.
My brother Matthew would have turned 55 today, which is a surreal concept. His death at far too young an age was a tragic loss, and yet, he's always been with us - even with my younger siblings who didn't know him. Love you, Matt. Always. ❤
