Author Archives: Hannah Steenbock

About Hannah Steenbock

Hannah Steenbock is an author, dreamer, and coach. She has published several short stories in English and German, as well as one novel in German. In 2013 she started self-publishing her work. In 2014, she has won two awards for her short story "Sequoia".

April 2025 Progress Report

Progress often looks like this: Finding treasure in the mist, and then taking action on it. That’s what I’ll report in this month’s progress report. (Screenshot from the game Valheim, I’m sure you can recognize these by now. This is … Continue reading

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March 2025 Progress Report

I picked this image from the game Valheim for my Progress Report because represents my writing – and in a way, how Terry Pratchett described his method. Discovering a story is like wandering through a valley hidden in fog, he … Continue reading

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February 2025 Progress Report

For this progress report, I picked an image of me and my friend playing Valheim. We’re standing on a green surface , looking down into a river and the sea. Mist fogs up the view and the setting sun paints … Continue reading

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Terragon’s Fate – the Exciting Beginning of a Brand New Series about Demonhunters

The short story Terragon’s Fate is now available in all stores. Yes, that’s about as sneaky a release as you can have. I’m not good about hyping things up and building up to a release day. Which is why I … Continue reading

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Mastodon and Bluesky – how to easily connect with me on two platforms in 2025

As you may have seen, I’m leaving Facebook in February 2025. There’s no way I will support a system that fawns to an authoritarian and cruel leader. I’m German, I know my history, this is not up for discussion. Instead, … Continue reading

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January 2025 Progress Report

This Progress Report is mostly about my Wolves, and I thought this image from Valheim fits perfectly. You see, it’s from a cave in the Mountains, where people worship wolves and have learned to turn into a kind of werewolf. … Continue reading

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December 2024 Progress Report

This progress report features a Viking traveling at speed in his longship, with good wind and in beautiful weather – that’s how I feel right now, barreling down to the end of the year. Writing Progress Report I had to … Continue reading

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November 2024 Progress Report

Another Valheim pic for this Progress Report. I do think it fits – the future is murky but we’re not alone, right? And we will fight for what is good in this world. Writing Progress Report I’m actually writing more … Continue reading

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SPFBO 2024 Surprise: South Breaks is a Semi-Finalist

Above is the badge that a book may wear if its nominated as a semi-finalist by any of the review blogs participating in SPFBO. But let’s back up a little. What is SPFBO? The acronym stands for “Self Published Fantasy … Continue reading

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October 2024 Progress Report

I want to start off this progress report with a Valheim pic that celebrates the season. In October, we get two extra build pieces, one of them is the Jack ‘o Turnip my char put up at the roof cross … Continue reading

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