I've just been introduced to the My Immortal goth Harry Potter fanfic.. What on earth? It must be satire surely. 🤔 (TW though if you're looking it up)

The Wuthering Heights trailer... Is it just me or... does it not seem like Wuthering Heights at all?

The face of a very satisfied, very tired book nerd who has gone out vlogging for the day. 14,000 steps, 7 bookshops... Content to come soon! #booktube #bookvlog

Reminder for those looking to be in the programme 😊

Animals pee and poo to mark their territory I scatter books, notepads and hairties around to assert my dominance

OK. Sunday. Cafe time = writing time. Brain, work with me today please 🧠

Wednesday is with us again, so grab your family and friends and drag them out to buy a book! - Michael

Hear, hear!

Now I see Superman reviews like this and I feel tempted! But tempted enough to make my way to the cinema...? Not as hot and bothered about Superman these days. Though I will say Lois and Clark should have tipped me off I was gonna be waving the bi flag

Just started watching the Mayfair Witches at random. Anyone gave it a watch? Is it worth continuing?

I've started doing daily workouts. I have one goal. Be able to do one blimmin' push-up. Just one. No knee push-up. No wall push-up. ONE FULL PUSH-UP. Pray for me

I've become lightly obsessed with BBC's new 'docuseries' Walking with Dinosaurs. Though not proven, the idea of giant eyes on the frills of a Triceratops is just wild. www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/art...

A great step in the right direction! #abortionrights www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is a fantastic read from a wonderful author. I met Amal last August and she couldn't have been kinder 🙏

AI opinions clogging my feed... Working in marketing, I can see how quickly it is adopted. HOWEVER, I love creative writing and the entire process too much, from researching to nitpicking each word, to let AI get involved with my written works.

Who else is joining World Fantasycon this year? Want to make sure I don't miss any of you there, whom I don't get to see regularly! #WorldFantasycon #WorldFantasycon2025

A little trip down memory lane to my first freelancing stint when I decided to do an impromptu photoshoot at home. Look at this glorious failure 😆 #Freelancing #Photoshoot

Me = sad 🥲 . @hayfestival.bsky.social just sounds like the dream to me . It's clashing with It's Strange Up North this year though and between client work and other commitments that's about the only weekend I could devote to it. A little tiny violin moment. 🎻 #HayFestival #HayonWye #LiteraryEvent

Big appreciation for the girl on the bus this morning who was using a Pokémon card as a book mark 🔖 #Booksky

I'm keen to read more poetry ✒️ . I have little knowledge of what's good. SOOOOO, I need recommendations. From you, who might actually understand poetry! 😁 Who knows, maybe I'll turn into a poetry nut (which I'm imagining as a giant shelled peanut with a fringe) 🥜 💁‍♀️ #Poetry #PoetryCommunity

OK, look... 👀 I might reread the Hunger Games books 🔥 . Sunrise on the Reaping has just catapulted me back into the arena. Plus, I need to get out of my reading funk! #BookSky #Reading #HungerGames #SunriseontheReaping

What's your favourite book / video / podcast episode on writing? I want to get all the tips I can get!! 🙌 #WriterSky #WritingTips #WritingCommunity

I see these amazing posts of people writing 15k in one day. Honestly, I would really like to just hire a cottage and get 15k written! Then I look at my schedule and go 'but when????' 😵‍💫 #WriterSky

I'm really struggling to pick up books these days 🫠 . In particular books that are meatier, have more pertinent topics that rightfully are being discussed. Is there something called Reader's Block? 😅 #BookSky

I’ve not published a novel (YET!) and still I’m getting so much out of my writing socially. Why? Writing communities! Here's some I would recommend: (1/2) #writingcommunity #authors #writing

Waking up with a book in my lap and the songbirds carrying their tunes through the morning sky 🐦 #BookSky

I think unlearning can be such an important part of becoming a kinder human. I sometimes hear opinions thrown around that are not based on solid fact or have little nuance or basis. They're just the result of being in a certain environment at a certain time.

I must've played around 10 of the Exit games and they were starting to wear on me, but I saw a little gem in @waterstones.bsky.social yesterday: Exit: The Hunt Through Amsterdam Dutchie me couldn't help myself! #EscapeGames

I know this is a thing now, but I just can't get over the highly airbrushed look of AI profile pictures. There's just something uncanny valley about it for me. I'd rather have a slightly unpolished image that looks candid than one where every pore has been filtered out... OK. Rant over.

I'm more and more getting into this morning writing routine. My brain is semi-fresh while at the same time I'm less critical of what I've written, because somehow my mind is not awake enough for that yet 😂. #writingcommunity #morningwriting

50 minutes - 527 words. A little over 10 words per minute. You know what, I'll take it! @londonwriterssalon.bsky.social #writerscommunity

It's so strange this mix of promoting my business and sort of huddling in a corner cringing when I do 😆! I have these confident moments of 'yeah, f it!' and others where I go 'oh god, what am I?'

Shameless self promo loaded! Did you know I help authors with their marketing & design? 👋😊 From designing author websites to creating book swag and developing an author brand! If you or a writer friend is in need of any help, hit me up! marievanmil.com/services/for... #bookmarketing #authorbrand

Meta has stolen the works of countless authors to train their AI. Without authors' permission. Without any form of compensation. For the sake of human creativity and the delights that written works bring to our daily lives, this kind of practice needs to stop! #DoTheWriteThing

We’ll be protesting at the Meta offices today, at 13:30, against the unlicenced use of authors works to train AI. If you can’t make it, make some noise online! Downloadable assets can be found here 👇#DoTheWriteThing #MetaBookThieves societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s...

Today is #WorldAutismAwarenessDay. In our current social climate, understanding, acceptance & support are more important than ever. We can all do more to make the community a more welcoming, safe space. Find out more: tinyurl.com/autawday

All right all right all right (Matthew McConaughey, what are you doing in my head?). Another 400 words written this morning. Can I say I'm back in the flow of writing after 2 days? #writingcommunity #writing

A win today! I've been so wrapped up in starting up my marketing & design business, the writing has been put to the side. So, the 260 words I wrote this morning during LWS Writers' Hour are a blessing to see on the page! #writingcommunity @londonwriterssalon.bsky.social

UK friends, I am coming to you in late April! Details & tickets available here! geni.us/RiverUKEvents

Join creatives like Stephen Fry and sign the statement on AI training ✍️. Unlicensed use of creative works should not be permitted to train AI models. www.aitrainingstatement.org #MakeItFair

We are disappointed but not surprised that Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI systems. As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting. But what can authors do? Read here: societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...

It's confirmed! It's Strange Up North shall return to Leeds Waterstones on Saturday 24th May! We'll be announcing our excellent line up of authors shortly, but for now, get the date in your diaries! #ItsStrangeUpNorth #StrangeUpNorth #BookishEvents #Leeds #Fantasy #SciFi #Horror #ISUN #authorEvent

Honestly, I'm really quite excited for Sunrise on the Reaping coming out... I'm debating if I go full geek and go the Waterstones Midnight launch party #sunriseofthereaping #hungergames

Give me 'chiseled cheeks' and 'strong jawline' in a book and rather than swoon, I laugh my silly ass off

Excellent panel on Characterisation hosted by @waterstones.bsky.social & @britfantasysoc.bsky.social with @katiebruce.bsky.social @mikebrooks668.bsky.social @stephanieburgis.bsky.social @danhanks.bsky.social @alethearlyons.bsky.social

Read our piece on the government consultation on AI and copyright, and an unprecedented day of action by the creative sector with the #MakeItFair campaign -

SFF readers crave other worlds. They explore what's in the deepest crevices of the human mind and aim to fathom what's up there beyond the clouds. 👏✨️ The SFF reader is the curious reader and the haunted spirit. They can believe outside the norm. Thus spawns the most delightful, inclusive human ❤️

In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.

As if it's not hard enough for writers to garner an audience, here's a fun little Amazon change... author urls are not longer allowed in your author bio in Amazon Author Central. Here's a workaround: write it out in full, e.g. marievanmil dot com. #bookmarketing #writercommunity

Let's talk about Waiting Mode, Submissions, Moving On and Autism. Because why not? www.davidgreenwriter.com/post/waiting...