Pink Flowers, Blue Skies and Magical Hares ailishsinclair.com/2026/04/pink... via @ailishsinclair.bsky.social

Isle of Harris

Fairy tale 😊

Pink Flowers, Blue Skies and Magical Hares ailishsinclair.com/2026/04/pink... “Well, something is burbling out of me! I’ve also started saying things like ‘a many’ (see above) and spelling time as tym.” #writing #historicalfiction

Step up, step down, and look out a window into another window. And read a book (very important). #WindowsOnWednesday

Three years ago today, @ailishsinclair.bsky.social shared a post by @drdoylesays.bsky.social. My #TraumaRecovery has never been the same since. In addition to all of the books I read to learn, coping skills I use, therapy sessions I go to, etc., Dr. Doyle’s posts are a cornerstone to my recovery!

So proud of myself I’m holding back tears (which means I’ll probably cry soon). I made chicken soup from scratch for the first time today, with a chicken I roasted yesterday, and that was only my second roasted chicken! This soup is so delicious! #cooking #chickensoup

I've often said: I'd rather write an entire book, any day, than a 1000 word pitch for a book. The books that sound sexy & marketable as a pitch are just the kind I don't want to write. I'm not writing a book because I know what it's about, or how it ends. I'm writing it precisely to find that out.

Step up, step down, and look out a window into another window. And read a book (very important). #WindowsOnWednesday

10 Mystical and Magical Sites in Aberdeenshire ailishsinclair.com/2026/03/10-m... #Scotland

The Dancer’s Journey trilogy by @ailishsinclair.bsky.social !!! 🥵 One of her readers once compared it to 9 1/2 Weeks meets Black Swan (Is that the right ballet movie, Ailish??) and it was spot on! Amalphia and Aleks are “slu*s for each other” in the spiciest way.

It's all getting a bit Springly out there... ailishsinclair.com/2026/04/its-... @ailishsinclair.bsky.social

“But I was soon moved [to another ward]. This was something that was being done due to Covid. Constant rearranging of #patients between wards. Decisions made by ‘bed managers’, not medics.”: buff.ly/kwqrXSq by @ailishsinclair.bsky.social #PatientCare #healthcare #spoonie #disabled

The Pictish stones by the Bass of Inverurie, Aberdeenshire (Scotland) @ailishsinclair.bsky.social image & reconstruction mock-up. #StandingStones

Almost certainly the best photo I will ever take from an Iron Age hillfort of the sun setting over an estuary as summer segues majestically into autumn. www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...

People We Meet on Vacation- DNF at 27%. Even Julia Whalen’s wonderful narration couldn’t keep me interested. 🥱 Have you read PWMOV? What did you think of it? 📚💜📚 #BookSky #DNF #audiobook

#BookSky #bird #poetry

"Even an unobservant onlooker would have been able to spot the palpable change in mood between the photo shoots for the first album and the second, as artistic differences began to reveal themselves, petty squabbles took their toll on songcraft and the creative factions began to tear asunder."

10 Mystical and Magical Sites in Aberdeenshire ailishsinclair.com/2026/03/10-m... via @ailishsinclair.bsky.social

Hello crocuses!!!!!

“During my month of cannulas, needles, tests and scary procedures, I sought #beauty where I could find it. Through the #hospital #windows. I woke the first morning to a beautiful pink #sunrise.": buff.ly/0b11CVQ by @ailishsinclair.bsky.social #ChronicIllness #disability #spoonie #ChronicLife

10 Mystical and Magical Sites in Aberdeenshire ailishsinclair.com/2026/03/10-m... #Scotland

Hello Tuesday. 'I am the Bahum Bug,' it declared. Edward Gorey.

The crocus klaxon has well and truly sounded! #flowers #spring #scotland

Woodpecker Folklore from Scotland ailishsinclair.com/2026/03/wood... via @ailishsinclair.bsky.social

The Witches of Inshoch Castle Read the post: ailishsinclair.com/2026/02/the-... Inshoch Castle is situated in a private garden, so I am really grateful to the owner for allowing me access for novel-research purposes. #MondayBlogs #history

Did you know there was an 18th century kidn@pping ring in Aberdeen? FIREFLIES AND CHOCOLATE was inspired by the young people who were taken from Aberdeen and sold into indentured servitude. 📚 mybook.to/firechoc “Filled with excitement and suspense…” Historical Novel Society #HistoricalFiction

Through the castle gate and into Monday… #MondayMorning

A Carpet of Snowdrops at Aden Park ailishsinclair.com/2026/02/a-ca... via @ailishsinclair.bsky.social

Clouds over the field at sunset. #March #Scotland

'Poppy' c.1852 by Anna Atkins, UK pioneer in botany and photography whose photographs created by the cyanotype process were the first ever to be published #womensart #WomensHistoryMonth

Only 7.5 hours left in an intriguing audiobook read by a human who sounds like a robot. 😭 #BookSky #audibook

To celebrate March, here's a meadow hare linoprint by my mum, Jo, from my book Ring The Hill (which is a medieval term for hare). More about my mum’s work here: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...

Did you know there was an 18th century kidn@pping ring in Aberdeen? FIREFLIES AND CHOCOLATE was inspired by the young people who were taken from Aberdeen and sold into indentured servitude. 📚 mybook.to/firechoc “Filled with excitement and suspense…” Historical Novel Society #HistoricalFiction

The Witches of Inshoch Castle ailishsinclair.com/2026/02/the-... via @ailishsinclair.bsky.social

Controversial opinion: having a positive quote from a celebrity on your book's cover does essentially sod all for your book's longevity. Writing a book that quite a few people will hate but also makes other people grab their friends and say "READ THIS!" does quite a bit for your book's longevity.

#MondayBlogs Did you ever use paper patterns for dressmaking? somerville66.blogspot.com/2019/08/usin...

The Witches of Inshoch Castle Read the post: ailishsinclair.com/2026/02/the-... Inshoch Castle is situated in a private garden, so I am really grateful to the owner for allowing me access for novel-research purposes. #MondayBlogs #history

Excellent finds from the estate sales & used bookstore yesterday. I’d been needing a footstool for the kitchen & this one was only $2! I’d been visiting this book for a month & finally brought it home. #BookSky - Our handprints were so tiny! These siblings are LOW drama and I love their kindness.

Book Cover of the Day:

The Lang Stane of Aberdeen is hidden away, across the street and round the corner from the music hall. It’s thought to be all that’s left of a stone circle that once stood nearby. More: ailishsinclair.com/2026/01/the-... #StandingStoneSunday

The Lang Stane of Aberdeen is hidden away, across the street and round the corner from the music hall. It’s thought to be all that’s left of a stone circle that once stood nearby. More: ailishsinclair.com/2026/01/the-... #StandingStoneSunday

Little My, character in the Moomin books by Tove Jansson first appeared in 1950. She is small, determined, mischievous & fiercely independent, & based on the author herself in a kind of characteristic self-portrait #WomensArt

THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent horses and ponies I have met on walks. You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text

Hehehe. Silly cat. 🐈‍⬛🗑️🐈‍⬛ #Caturday #cat #CatsOfBlueSky #CatSky

'What greater gift than the love of a cat.' ~ Dickens. #BookWormSat #Caturday 🖼️ Terri Foss

Love takes center stage in these stories, but it is never predictable. Perfect for readers who enjoy romance with something more to keep them guessing. #booksky #ValentinesDay booklinker-reader-newsletter.kit.com/posts/Romanc...

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

January: snow, swans and being on the radio ailishsinclair.com/2026/01/janu... #radio #history #Scotland #authors #snow

They’re here! Symbolising purity, hope and strength, the snowdrops are out in Scotland. #Flowers