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Some of my chilli plants have started to fruit! 🙂 🌶️

Three years since a pair of men drugged me with burundanga (also known as scopolamine) and tried to rob me. Here is an account of what happened for in case it helps anyone else who encounters it 👇🏻 tejturner.com/2023/05/09/t...

Sourdough bread #3. This time with more rye and seeds 🍞 🌾

Chilli plants are getting huge! 😱 🌶️

It looks like Cardiff Ffynnon Taf is a good place to vote Green if you are considering it. They seem to be almost guaranteed at least one seat, but (if you check the overlap of both parties’ margin of error in the brackets) there is a possibility of them blocking Reform from getting a second.

Another springtime walk after work today 🌳 🌱

My chilli plants are growing really fast now 🙂 🌱 🌶️

Twas time for a trim ✂️

My second attempt at sourdough. This one is a mix of wholemeal, white, rye and spelt flours (as well as seeds) 😋🍞

I’m not sure if it’s intensional or not but it does look like J is giving him a special kind of relief…

My first ever sourdough bread. I made it with wholemeal flour and sesame, sunflower and pumpkin seeds 🍞

I have been offered a really cool opportunity that I can’t talk about yet 🤐😁 and today I am going to be pondering some ideas for it. Sorry for the vaguebook!

Maen Mawr #neolithic stone circle in the Brecon Beacons

Llyn y Fan Fach, legendary home to the Lady of the Lake in the Brecon Beacons

The hike to Llyn y Fan Fach, a mythical lake in the Brecon Beacons

Llyn y Fan Fawr Lake in the Brecon Beacons 🙂

I had always assumed that quicksand was a myth that only appeared in films and cartoons but today on the Brecon Beacons I discovered that it is, in fact, a thing 😅

Going to try making sourdough bread. A friend gave me a starter culture 🙂🤞🏻

My chilli plants are settling into their new pots and doing well 🙂

Home now. Here is my #bookhaul from EasterCon 🙂 📕 @annasmithspark.bsky.social @hierath77.bsky.social

@tejturner.com is a great writer - you'll enjoy this!

If anyone at #EasterCon is interested in any of my books, the lovely @elsewhen.press are in the dealers room with copies of my urban fantasy duology and epic fantasy series 📕

Have arrived! This is how to find me 😁

On my way to EasterCon. Looking forward to seeing some people 🙂

Too nice to be indoors today so I took my laptop to the park ☀️ 🌳 ✍️

Now available, The Fall of Faerie by Rebecca Hall, the first book in her new fantasy series The Avalon Revolution, is set on the misty isle of Avalon, but in the present not in the days of yore. Avalon is now home to humans, fae, and immortals from many pantheons. books2read.com/TheFallOfFae...

An afternoon in Evesham with my sister and cousins

On my way to Worcestershire for a weekend away with some family members 🙂

Giving this a boost for those who might have missed it yesterday 🙂

Also, for those of you who haven’t read the earlier books: it is a gritty, dark and very queer epic fantasy. The first instalment is called Bloodsworn and it is about a group of survivors from a traumatic event who are forced (initially against their will) to band together to survive.

Epic fantasy fans, check it out!

Today I can finally share with you this amazing cover for Blood Ruin, which was made by Alison Buck. It is the fourth instalment of my epic fantasy series which will be published by @elsewhen.press on the 31st of July!

Today we're thrilled to be able to share with you an exclusive cover reveal for BLOOD RUIN, the upcoming fourth instalment in The Avatars of Ruin series by @tejturner.com. Due for publication on 31st July 2026 from @elsewhen.press, cover artist Alison Buck. More: tinyurl.com/38pw6k66

THE SECRET I HAVE BEEN (BADLY) SITTING ON IS NO LONGER A SECRET Tor UK have bought the print rights for my Audible Originals The Shape of Monsters and A Million Points of Light! www.thebookseller.com/rights/tor-s...

Came across some wild garlic so I gathered it and am fermenting it with smoked paprika, naga chilli and some of my kombucha vinegar 😋 🍃

Afternoon walk around Cefn Onn Park

I hate that in this day and age it has become necessary to do a Google search whenever I discover YouTuber focussed on British folklore to make sure that they are not a far right asshat.

I will be attending EasterCon next weekend but because of everything I have had going on over the past year I forgot to sign up for programme 🤦🏻‍♂️😁

Writing related announcement coming tomorrow, so watch this space 😁🙂

Good morning. I just sat at my desk to begin writing and tried to put glasses on my glasses. How is your day going so far?

Repotted my chilli plants to their final pots… let’s hope it will be a fruitful summer🤞🏻🌶️

Nice sunset in Cardiff just now 🙂

Popped to the museum on my way to work to see the new Moon sculpture 🌕

Chichamocha Canyon, Colombia 2023

A day of cafe hopping with my laptop, writing, and spring scenery 🌿✍️💻

New book day! A fake saviour, a one-handed warrior, & a shape-shifting actor set out to free nation. But can they survive a web of politics & prophecy? The story that began with the award-nominated Forged for Destiny reaches its thrilling* climax. andrewknighton.com/forged-for-r...

Remember when the government blame world events for our utility bills going up that they choose to keep us in a Marginal Pricing system because allowing their wealthy ✌🏻donors✌🏻 to line their own pockets is more important then nationalising something that is a natural monopoly.

Sometimes it is nice to have a quiet weekend. Today I have: Finished a chapter ✅ Went to a cafe and started a new chapter ✅ Went for a spring walk around the lake ✅ Started beta-reading a friend’s story ✅ Read a few chapters of a book I plan to blurb ✅

Happy World Book Day! Here is everything I have been pushed in so far; 5 novels, and four short stories in anthologies 😱🙂 At least one more novel to come in the future and I have a couple of things out on submission 🤞🏻