“We do not intend to part from the Americans and we do not intend to be satellites. I am sure they do not want us to be so. The stronger we are, the better partners we shall be” Harold MacMillan, Conservative Prime Minister.

Newcastle is an eclectic pleasure. The big burny thing in the sky graced me with its presence. #Newcastle #sunshine

Day and night in the woods. It is still looking baren on the hill. But there are little green shoots peaking up through the forest floor. Come on spring. I'm ready for you. 🌙🌄 🌳

The world is burning... meanwhile in Scotland ... feral pigs. I just blooming love Scotland. "Your problem nothing to do with us we have the important matter of feral pigs to deal with." 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 📰 🐷 BBC News - Scotland needs new approach to deal with feral pigs, report says www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️

I'm excited to announce that my SFF novels are discounted. So many fab books are FREE www.smashwords.com/books/view/1... 💙📚 @smashwords.bsky.social @draft2digital.bsky.social to celebrate Read an Ebook Week from March 1 - March 7. #ebookweek26 #EbookWeek #BookSale #EbookSale #booksky #fantasy

12,000 wow. Go on, grab some free books👇 Deviation: Wandering Gods (prequel to Discovery) bookhip.com/CAMQGZQ Darkness: Three short stories bookhip.com/XNZJLNF Samples of Novels, well, ok then. Discovery: bookhip.com/DMWXZBT Dimensions: bookhip.com/GNNSZRZ #freebooks #writer #fantasybook 💙📚 🧙‍♀️

12,000 wow. Go on, grab some free books👇 Deviation: Wandering Gods (prequel to Discovery) bookhip.com/CAMQGZQ Darkness: Three short stories bookhip.com/XNZJLNF Samples of Novels, well, ok then. Discovery: bookhip.com/DMWXZBT Dimensions: bookhip.com/GNNSZRZ #freebooks #writer #fantasybook 💙📚 🧙‍♀️

This is hillarious. Ginger tabby banned from college, apparently he's been entering classes and setting alarms off. I think he should get a "Best Scot Award" - he clearly values education and rebellion in equal measures plus he's ginger. #cats 🐈 🚨 share.google/CrTH45MX4th8...

A Royal Reckoning. JonathanPie.com youtu.be/yiOvAgw4hwE?...

That moment when you re-read your manuscript for the third time and decide an extra chapter is needed for flow. Beta readers feedback has been great. It'll be ready for the ARC readers first week in March. #writer #wip #writingnights Until then there's cats. #caturday

Good morning, Glasgow, and what a start to the day! This is what it looked like on the Clyde waterfront at about 9am. #glasgow #goodmorning #cityscape #reflections #theclyde

Beautiful sunset. #sunset #Scotland.

Sometimes life really is a walk in the park. #Parkside #Robin #squirrel #waterfall #Scotland

Are you jealous you didn’t get to come to our event with Jennie Godfrey last night? Don’t worry, I interviewed Jennie for a bonus episode of The Bert’s Books Podcast - available wherever you get your podcasts from!

Here, have a kitten, this seems like a day where one might come in handy

kitty cats ... Just because. ##catsofbluesky #softpaws

I'm doing another read through of the new novel. As usual there will be rewrites after this, but sometimes my brain amuses me. "Saving the world sounds all fun and games, until a hundred angry elves are glaring at you in a frozen, secret village in the Arctic Circle." 💙📚 #booksky #fantasybook #wip

I didn't have TikTok on my phone when it was Chinese spyware, I'm not going to have it on my phone when it is US spyware

Thank you sis. That was a perfect day. X

I'm ready to be creative. What fantasy chaos am I about to unleash withing these pages? Maybe a dash of Science-Fiction. Of course Scotland will be the backdrop. ##booksky #fantasybook #author #writer #ScienceFiction #writercommunity #fantasysky #sffsky #sffbooks

I was at church today (funeral) and it got me thinking about angels. Angels are non-human, unemotional, do as their creator says, here to help humanity or tempt it (the fallen kind). My SFF brain went... What if AI were angels, what if AI stood for Angel Interface. #sff #writer #fantasybook #scifi

It’s now official. Scotland will have an extra bank holiday on Monday 15 June to mark our return to the World Cup. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Are we losing our archaeological and historical record? With so much digital data, but less books, cash, photos, etc. If the data is lost, in hundreds of years, how will they think we lived? Maybe they will think the Aztecs were right and we died in 2012. www.digitscotland.com/events/scotl...

Disclosure - A hidden world. A rising power. A truth too dangerous to remember. The second draft is finished. One more read-through, review, and then it'll be advanced reader copy time. Maybe this "Inbetween Jobs" time is a blessing. #writer #writingcommunity #wip #Fantasyauthor #Urbanfantasy

Jasper's gone all punk. #cats #catsofbluesky #caturday

A.I. can it ever be used to compliment human creators? I have been on digital courses. It's gonna change work forever. Creator will draft the prompts, the content details. AI produces doc/Ppoint/video. The creator review, refine and finalise. Escape or embrace the future? #ai #writers #authors #SFF

When they release the Epstein files to distract everyone from their SS murders. Integrity has left the building... long ago #can'tmakethisup #epsteinfiles BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv... Epstein files latest: US justice department releasing more than three million pages - BBC News

Another cheery thought from my brain. Russia attacks the grid 1mil Ukranians have no money, water, heating, cooking, communication. The war is in their homes. We are vulnerable to this type of attack. Localised, modular power systems, off the grid could mitigate this. news.sky.com/story/how-uk...

You misspelled "BORED".

Actually out and about today. I had forgotten how soporific trains are to me. It's before noon and I'm only about 5 stops away, but the gentle motion is making me so sleepy. I will need industrial strength coffee later. I'm sure if I have a 5 min nap I won't miss my stop... right? #trainjourney

I was let go from my day job. So until I get a new income I'm a full time author. So if you want to support an author my novels are 0.99 or you can sign up for my newsletter and get books for free. Links in comments or bio. Until then my cat is enjoying my book from her box. #caturday #cats #sff

Yesterday's Word Count = 828 “There’s a storm coming, Mr. Wayne. You and your friends better batten down the hatches, because when it hits, you’re all gonna wonder how you ever thought you could live so large and leave so little for the rest of us.” THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

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Mark your calendars. I am proposing making Monday 15 June an extra bank holiday in Scotland, to mark our return to the World Cup after 28 years. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Hogmanay was lovely, first footing all done. Steak pie and tatties consumed. A good start to 2026. #2026 #hogmanay

I asked my son... what does a cat do when its scared? Attack he said. I said what do people do when they are scared? Fight he said.... and there you have it! Their plan... we fear each other, right, left neurodivergant, Fight. Guess what we're all different from each other. It's good.

Teamwork. One squirrel on the ground, one in the birdfeeder knocking seeds down. Yes that is a squirrel backside hanging out from the birdfeeder. 🤣🐿

Santa exists in everyone of you. Together making magic alive.

What if a criminal was placed in power? What if he continued to do terrible things? What if the people demanded he was removed and laws put in place to ensure that it never happened again? What if those laws meant no power for anyone elected ever again? What if that was the plan? Thoughts today.

Happy Solstice. As the darkness retreats and the light begins to win the celestial battle. I love my (ridiculously)oversized candle. It smells like a winter cabin and it crackles like a real wood fire. Cozy Holidays. 🕯🎄

🤣 tragically accurate.

The world feels quite simply out of control. To get some perspective I usually look up at the sky at night, but not all we see is starling satellites. So to get some calm I went for a walk in the woods. It was a very crisp Scottish country walk.

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

First draft done. It's all out of my head. Its wild and funny. Now all I need to do is three rounds of read throughs, rewrites etc and then it'll be ready for querying. Wish me luck. 🤞 💙📚 #unagented #querying2026 #fantasywriter

It's here. The Smashwords end of year sale. Go on treat yourself. 💙 📚 #christmasgift #giftabook #treatyourself #freebooks www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...

Word count 1428 (so far). The context for today is that there is a riot in Glasgow as the truth is being disclosed. “Rab, get the bag fur life. The windae has been kicked in at the Hughes." #sundaywriter #writing #writer #sfffun

I've parked myself in front of a roaring fire today, and I'm not moving until a few more chapters have been written. Not a bad wee Sunday.