Here are some more progress pics for the #bookcover of "Vivian Amberville - The Empire of Sand" (3rd book in the upcoming #darkfantasy series)💙📚 Everything you see was hand-drawn by yours truly (no AI) Tools: pen, paper & Wacom tablet I still got a very long way to go qua linework & colouring.😊🤞

It is! Great turnover, btw. Larger than excepted. ❤️ Sorry, I'm still waiting for pics of the signing, but here's a few I took a few weeks ago.

Had a lovely time yesterday at @eckhardischebeck.bsky.social'sopening Art Exposition (#Kulturbahnhof Hiltrup, near Münster, Germany) 🥳🎉 Meanwhile, my #BookSigning Tour around Europe continues! 💙📚 If you happen to spot me in your city, don't hesitate to say hi! 🥰❤️ #writingcommunity #louiseblackwick

It's been a chaotic time to be an artist. Now that Canada has a trade agreement with China, it's only a matter of time before Trump ends free trade. If you're American and been eyeing a piece, now's probably the time. I know times are tough, but if you could help with a share, it'd mean so much.

Fresh new article has just dropped for the peeps on the Innocent Tier (and above): www.patreon.com/posts/if-you... This one addressed building a solid community around your writing and/or art. Something tells me you're all going to love this one. 😉 💙📚

I'm overwhelmed with the positive response I've got on my "Jungian Writing Series"!💙📚 I'd like to thank my fellow authors & creatives for building such a wholesome community around the practice of "using alchemical principles in our stories" Thank you all!🥰 www.louiseblackwick.com/jungian-writ...

First 5⭐ read of the year - The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson. While there is a romance subplot, this was fantasy, not romantasy. I think this was the first time I've listened to narrator Daphne Kouma, and I'll have to keep an eye out for her as well. When is book 2 coming out?! #booksky 💙📚🎧 🪐📚

I'm no author but I find these articles fascinating. I always thought books that reach extremely large audiences were some kind of fluke. While sometimes that's the case, they often hide deep waters. To me, your Jungian Writing Series talks about those deep waters & bottom of the creative iceberg.

My fellow Chaos Weavers 🥰 Today is the LAST DAY you can benefit from the #Winter #Bookfest promo Hop on over to get 25% or 50% reduction on digital #books on my website www.louiseblackwick.com/books 💙📚 That said, I hope 2026 started well & that you didn't get stuck in Sweden (like other people 👀)

G'day Louise, mission accomplished 💯 Defeated yer sys engineers limerence for google's grok and captured The Blackwick Files. It doesn't like any VPN. Now I know it's the end of non-cosmic events, might jump straight to the biography and see what my future holds 😜 @louiseblackwick.com

Welp, I was book-touring around Europe when my flight got cancelled, and I got stuck way up North. O__,._o Anyway, here's an article about using the "Snowball Effect" in your stories: www.patreon.com/posts/how-to...

Which do you prefer: Series or standalone novels? 📖 #BookSky

Magic can twist and bend in the most unusual places. #booksky #fantacyfiction #readingcommunity

Bookshop bookshop.org/p/books/the-... Thriftbooks www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-hidden... Amazon www.amazon.com/Hidden-Face-... Barnes&Noble www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-hidden... Powell's Books: www.powells.com/book/the-hid... Left Bank Books www.left-bank.com/book/9798822... #books #booksky

Never ask a grimdark fantasy author to write romance. Not unless you wanna read about a character proposing with a ring from a live grenade... ...or read romantic descriptions such as: "...and then they kissed like two refrigerator door handles."😶 #WritingCommunity #WritinginJanuary 💙📚

Some of you wanted to see what became of my clay art project.🤗 Here's my 1st attempt at building a Darkthing - an eldritch voidspawn from the #VivianAmberville universe.💙📚 Darkthings have no eyes or smell, but are drawn to the light of human consciousness. They live in the #backrooms of reality.

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who took part in my writing journey this year! I feel richer for knowing you!🤗❤️ I wish you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS & a HAPPY NEW YEAR! May we all meet again in 2026, feeling well-rested & refreshed! www.patreon.com/posts/146610455 #merrychristmas #happyholidays

This is great time to discover @louiseblackwick.com Loved reading 5 Stars! A really over the top out-there action sci-fi novel. If you loved William Gibson and Neal Stephenson's work from the late 80's early 90's you'll love this one!

2025 has been an unbelievable year for my writing. I'd like to thank everyone who's given my dark & twisted fantasy & sci-fi stories a chance with a #Winter #Bookfest! 🟦25% off on all my eBooks & 🟩50% off on all eBook bundles, until 11 Jan. 2026 on www.louiseblackwick.com/books Happy Holidays! 💙📚

My first attempt at building a Darkthing* - an eldritch voidspawn from the #VivianAmberville universe.💙📚 Just a skeleton, for now. His disturbing flesh will soon follow!😄 *Darkthings dwell in the Abyss, in the backrooms of reality, beyond the Dark Door (the door between Life & Death in the series)

If you're like me and suffer from Xmas blues, my stories might cheer you up!💙📚 They feature characters facing insurmountable odds, standing up against the Abyss/Void, fighting unspeakable cosmic horrors, or trying to outrun a living, reality-erasing Darkness...😚 www.louiseblackwick.com/en-US/books

As a Jungian author - who uses hermetic symbolism in her work - I can indeed confirm that my parents caught me with an Alchemy Engine under my bed as a wee lass... 🫢 Authors & creatives of #Bluesky, what was under YOUR bed as a child? 👀 💙📚 #writingcommunity #jung #authors #alchemy #memes #funny

This December, for every day of the #AdventCalendar you'll be able to read for FREE a micro-story set in @vivianamberville.com the Vivian Amberville epic #darkfantasy universe! 💙📚 3 such micro-stories are already up on my Patreon. Go check'em out!🥰 Enjoy reading! ❤️ www.patreon.com/posts/vivian...

I just made an Instagram account to post my hobbies (& other stuff absolutely NO ONE has asked for). Here's me trying to build a miniature BOOK NOOK (complete with miniature books, maps, paintings & a functioning light switch) A #booknook is a type of cozy mini-deco that goes on your bookshelf. 💙📚

What is Louise Blackwick up to? Find out @louiseblackwick.com All sorts of things *hmmm very interesting* But is it safe?

9 years ago today "The Weaver of Odds" - 1st book in the #VivianAmberville dark fantasy franchise - was released in the Netherlands & forever changed all our lives💙📚 None of this would've happened without you. We'd like to thank you all for walking alongside us.🥹 Happy Birthday, Vivian Amberville!

On 23 November 2016, "Vivian Amberville - The Weaver of Odds" was first published in the Netherlands & forever changed my life.💙📚 Happy Birthday to the girl whose imagination can reshape reality! As a token of gratitude, any Vivian Amberville physical books you order today, I will personally sign.

I'm so grateful Louise Blackwick has finally broken the silence about her being a #limerent author. Lots of creatives suffer from #limerence and they never admit.💙📚 It's a comforting thought to know someone as successful as her has managed to transmute that living hell into literary masterpieces.💓💘

I would like to thank everyone who took the time to attend our Cultureel Tankstation #meetup in Enschede. I was so glad to see so many new faces! ❤️🥰 A lovely evening all around! I hope to see you again next month (& meet EVEN MORE interesting creatives) 👍🏻

Early 2025, 125,000 of you pre-ordered "Vivian Amberville - The Book of Chaos" on paperback or hardback. For 250 of you, I've hidden a secret message visible only under UV light + a unique code.🔍 E-mail me that code to get a FREE BOOK!💙📚 You guys have no idea how LONG I've waited to reveal this!😅

My fellow Weavers and Chaos Weavers, "Vivian Amberville - The Book of Chaos" finally releases today, in all formats & for all markets! Info: www.patreon.com/posts/124992736 Vivian Amberville® is a bestselling EPIC DARK FANTASY book series about a girl with the power to twist reality.💙📚 #booksky

Some of you lovely peeps have asked me what it feel like to live in the Netherlands. So I made this: *slight dramatization* obviously 😚 #adayinthelifeofadutchie #adayinthelife #dutchculture #louiseblackwick #netherlands

Bookmail! ‘Signos: A Fiction Anthology of Filipino Supernatural’ has finally arrived. I see a few names I’m familiar with and I’m looking forward to getting to know more. #booksky #filipinobooks

The Double-Edged Sword is undergoing a face lift, but underneath it all Rhia is the same indisputable, opinionated character. To find out more in the following months follow my page. #WritingCommunity #booksky

Oops - I was let loose in the library. A few books to add to my TBR! #booksky #librarybooks #tbr #readingcommunity

#BookReview by @readingladiesbc.bsky.social Destiny of the Republic [Book Review] #BookSky #BookBlogger #Nonfiction #amreading #USHistory #NonFicNov25 #biography

Available Kobo.com & Amazon.ca. 100% royalties go to charity! #books #booksky #shortstories #canadian #literaryfiction #charity #foodbank #audiobooks #kobo #paperbacks #ebooks 🖋️ 📚💙 🌈📚 Celebrate Christmas with a Little Ricky Holiday short story youtube.com/shorts/Opst0...

Question for anyone who's previously attended #Gamescom: I'm planning to attend the next Gamescom (26-30 August 2026 in Köln, Germany) as a VISITOR, yet I've no clue which days to pick.😕 It's a 2.5h drive from where I live, so it's doable, but I can't be there on all the days. Which days are best?

What if I told you that in a weird, mystical, roundabout way, the top and the bottom are equivalents...

There was an amazing display of reds and greens via the northern lights in Minneapolis tonight. This is from my yard. Wowzers. 👽😮 #northernlights #auroraborealis #aurora #nightsky #twincities #minneapolis #solarflare #northernexposure #astronomy

Stoic, Acrylic and Pumice on Canvas, 2024 48x48” (SOLD) #art #artstudio #artistsoninstagram #abstractart #abstractartist #artist #artistlife #myart #myartstyle #myartstudio #creativity #minneapolis #mplsart #abstractexpressionism #artforsale #abstraktekunst

Quickly sharing my new Patreon series called: "How to Get Your Writing to Escape the Longtail of Obscurity & Make a Good Living as an Artist" It's a hands-on course that show you how to choose & apply your Personal Brand Archetype to your Art & your SM marketing.💙📚 www.patreon.com/posts/how-to...

A while back, I've created an Indie Game Developers Mega Starter Pack as a way of organizing my professional network & keeping track of my fav #gamedevs & #indiedevs on Bluesky. That Starter Pack is full, so I created part 2. If you wish to be included, kingly drop me a line!♥️👾 go.bsky.app/Pec2oKM

Goddammit, I got ghosted again.😆 Anyway, enjoy this gourmet #StardewValley #meme

..all #writers and #authors have moments of doubt in their work..it's only the persistent #belief that our readers will find something meaningful or entertaining in our work that pushes us onward..

..you're either writing or you're thinking about writing..all the time. ~ #itswhatwedo

1️⃣I'm 13-ish chapters in (out of a total of 24) - 1st draft still. 2️⃣Not this year. Not enough sales there for my publisher to justify the expense. 3️⃣Not yet! 4️⃣Hopefully it'll be out in a month or two. 5️⃣HELL YEAH! It's a 1st time for me, so aymma need all the advice I can get! (i.e. which days to pick)

Well, it was "make-up Thursday" back at the office, so I figured it was a rare chance to take a few selfies.👀 What you see behind me - aside from a messy desk - is the script for episodes 7 & 8 of my upcoming Youtube show. My motivation: to get over my camera shyness (or just shyness in general)😳😶‍🌫️

Yeah, it's not just the 16 plotlines. I've been saying since the beginning @vivianamberville.com has got like a million layers of meaning. Finally, the readers are starting to catch up on its merits.🤭 One of the best crafted "puzzlebox mysteries" (and epic, dark fantasy book series) in forever! 💙📚