The morning after it feels even worsen. Here is the @therestpolitics.bsky.social LIVESTREAM we did last night on the Trump-Vance ambush of Zelensky … America had elected a disaster alastaircampbell.org/2025/02/378-...

Looking for queer #romantasy /#historicalromance recs on Kindle Unlimited! These are the authors I’ve read so far, favourites marked in red. I prefer historical/epic fantasy to urban. DNF Sinful Crimes for the Artistically Inclined. 🌈📚💙 🪐📚 📚🌶️ 🌈🚀💫 #booksky #fantasy #romancebook #romancelandia

This is exactly my philosophy. There has to be joy in the writing.

This is a lovely surprise for a Thursday evening. Thanks Ellie! ❤️

Definitely don’t start this fabulous book at 1am! Socialist journalist Josef Shapel meets aristocrat Alex at the WWI front and discovers the war has unleashed more than he realised. 🌈📚💙 🪐📚 📚🌶️ 🌈🚀💫 #booksky #fantasy #queeradultSFF #romancebook #romantasy #romancem/m @sallymalcolm.bsky.social

And another favourite line from @sallymalcolm.bsky.social. The Last Kiss! Harry watched him, chewing on one lip. “Do you remember it, then? When you were hit?” When I kissed you. “I hoped you wouldn’t.” (p. 73) FIVE STARS ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Can relate!

A little bit of London snow!

Thanks, Caz! ❤️ Lovely to see No Man’s Land on the list, and also the audio of Best Supporting Actor! @joannachambers.bsky.social

Have dropped the paywall for one day only on one of my old favourites – the story of my first gay kiss, in Edinburgh, on New Year's Eve 1997.

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When the kids were little, Tom started making a gingerbread house each Christmas. He’s still at it! This year it’s a church complete with choir. I think it’s pretty good!

Merry Christmas! May your day be full of fun, love, and hope.🎄❤️🎄

I miss Father Christmas. You don’t hear him mentioned much these days. It’s all Santa this and Santa that…

Definitely made more selling direct through Amazon than with trad publishers.

lol yes, this!

It’s nice to have ninety different platforms where we have to ensure we are sharing different things specifically for each. Keeps me from having to do any of that pesky “write things to sell for food money” stuff.

Looking festive in town last night!

I just found out that around 20% of the neanderthal genome still exists today in living people!! No individual person has more than 3 or 4% but we don't all have the same bits. If you add up all the bits we've found, about a fifth of the Neanderthal genome is still present on earth today.

Grief affects everyone in different ways. For some it can feel especially painful around big holidays such as Christmas – no matter how long you’ve been grieving. For people struggling with feelings of grief & bereavement, support services are available: orlo.uk/3Yzy4

I’d watch that! 😂

The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen is on cheap! Gentleman botanist falls for handsome smuggler on remote Kentish marsh, with skulduggery and shenanigans aplenty. books2read.com/u/mZEa7p #romancelandia

'It is a reminder that it is possible to heal, even after we have been cut down.' Today the National Trust gave away 49 saplings grown from Sycamore Gap Tree seeds to communities - including an MND centre and a gardening project near Grenfell Tower. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Set in 1917, NO MAN'S LAND by @sallymalcolm.bsky.social is a darkly chilling paranormal historical boasting a superb blend of horror and mystery wrapped up in a heartfelt and satisfying romance. #romancelandia #booksky tinyurl.com/25udo4ww

Joanna Chambers + Simon Goldhill = Perfection 😍

And it's out now! No Man's Land is live. Thanks to everyone who's picked up a copy. 😀 Could be your thing if you like: Early 20th century m/m romance Secretive aristocrats Scrappy socialists Scary goings on in the underground... books2read.com/u/3GJ0ka

Publisher's Weekly Reports: #indieauthors have created a $3B a year industry! 'With more power over pricing, promotion, and distribution, indie authors are finding they can connect with their audiences faster, and more profitably.' #writingcommunity www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Word of the Day is ‘gwenders’, from old Cornish dialect: a disagreeable tingling in the extremities (or no sensation at all) due to extreme cold.

I adore this book. Can’t wait to hear what Simon Goldhill has done with the characters! 😍

Barker is spot on here about Austen - delicate and ferocious. If you don't see her ferocity, you're not reading her properly. I love both Pat Barker and Jane Austen. ❤️

I've spent a week researching historical court practices, then wrote over 4k words of a court case. Today cut the whole chapter. I tend to get lost in research sometimes. But today, reading through the MS I realized the detailed chapter didn't fit. It was cathartic to cut. #editing #writerslife

Guess what? I have a new book out this week! No Man's Land is a m/m historical PNR set in London in 1917. It features a scrappy socialist conscientious objector and a handsome aristocrat keeping secrets. Oh, and there are zombies. Pre-order here: books2read.com/u/3GJ0ka

Hey, author friends. Can anyone recommend a good proofreader, please? Thanks!

In an interview in 2019 former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev told me what his reaction had been in 1989 to the fall of the Berlin Wall: “We came to a decision. There mustn’t be bloodshed. We couldn’t allow it.” Camera/edit Matt Goddard Producer @lizashuvalova.bsky.social

Popping on here to say that THIS starts tomorrow on BBC 1 and it will be epic! youtu.be/_JMPXb9X630

DEATH BY SILVER (Lynes & Mathey 1) by Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold is the Deal for the Day at #DriveThruFiction! Get a deal on a new #gay #gaslamp #murdermystery fav today! www.drivethrufiction.com/product/4336...

This week, I've got two fabulous contemporary MM Romance reads from Lisa Henry and Sarah Honey and @joannachambers.bsky.social and @sallymalcolm.bsky.social to be relished! #romancelandia elliethomasromance.wordpress.com/2023/12/14/r...

I LOVE historical romance. And if it's your thing, too, then you're in luck because there's a fantastic histrom promotion happening today! Over 100 historical romance e-books available to buy for just 99p/c each - TODAY ONLY! (Including The Last Kiss, by me!) books.bookfunnel.com/histrom2023/...

Don't miss the 60% off ebook sale at @jmsbooksllc.bsky.social, Thursday through Saturday! www.jms-books.com/authors-c-224/ With all my titles, my latest release Pantaloons and Petticoats plus the pre-release for Christmas Below Stairs. www.jms-books.com/ellie-thomas... #romancelandia

Love these books!

Brilliant idea! We have a few of these near me, I’ll definitely do this. 🙂

Y'all, discoverability is harder than ever. With Twitter all but gone and publishing being --in a mood-- your favorite authors are floundering. We don't know how to reach our fans or find new readers. Telling someone about a book you love is a really big deal. That's the #1 reason people buy books!

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How fun!!

For anyone interested in making an 1830 Xmas pudding - there's a workshop with Paul Couchman (@TheRegencyCook) in a few weeks #skystorians 🗃 #c18th #c19th

Current status of my scaredy-cat hiding in his blanket fort this bonfire night weekend… ❤️

For #Movember from Dr Alun Withey -A Hairy History of the Moustache #skystorians 🗃

Marvellous Minoan pots with octopus decoration from Bronze Age Crete Ancient artists inspired by the marine world of the Mediterranean Sea some 3,500 years ago. Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. 2022