#NewRelease! January 1536 The King is dead... but who will live long now? A fateful accident on the jousting field leaves Henry VIII dead and his country trembling on the edge of chaos... All the King's Bastards $4.99 #Free #KU! #Histfic #SpeculativeFic #booksky 📚💙📚 www.amazon.com/All-Kings-Ba...

Yes, it was a beautiful venue! #swlitfest

Thanks to reader Dennis for this poem: I am now turned 83 Life is getting rather wintry For this last year of mine I have just been marking time So I’m enjoying a ghost story By Gabrielle Mullarkey

@bibugona.bsky.social Hi Dochi, thanks so much for liking my posts!

@mitu222.bsky.social Many thank for your repost! 🐈‍⬛

Molly, the neighbour's cat, spends many an evening staring balefully through our window, communicating telepathically, 'I know you have Dreamies.' #cats

Trying to peep at the leaves of my garden maple before the wind and rain strip its branches.

What a welcome arrival! During these past 6 months of caring for unwell, elderly parents, I am so looking forward to reading something that will bring a smile to my face. @robgotobed.bsky.social excited to open (and read) your 2024 book. #author #comedy

@taniacarinapires.bsky.social Many thanks for the repost, Tania. 😍

Not long to wait for THE ONES WHO NEVER LEFT...

If you’re looking for books that play with your perception of reality while leaving you in stitches, then these two books by Rob Gotobed are an absolute must-read. The collections of short stories are as funny as they are intellectually engaging, with humour that’s both surreal and cerebral.

Top yarn bombing at my local library! #libraries #wool #yarnbomb

sarahhealeyeditor.com I know some authors aren’t sure what an editor can do for them, so for this September I’m offering to edit the first 1000 words of your book for free. I’ll help you polish your prose and perfect your opening. DM me or contact me through my website #writingcommunity #amwriting

Quite coincidentally, my portable drive matches the colours on my book cover! #books #designs #bookcovers

UPDATE! 🌹🎉 I realize not many people have access to much right now, so I put the eBook version of Beyond The Mark down to the lowest I could on Amazon, which is $0.99 Hope this helps it become more accessible, I'd rather continue the story than make money, so I hope you enjoy! #Fantasy #Author

Attended a talk by Mick Herron a couple of years ago. A fascinating insight into his writing process.

It can work the other way too. I loved Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain as a dewy-eyed tee. I re-read it again recently and found it difficult to get through (no reflection on a great author, more of a reflection on my menopausal brain, I fear!). #books #rereading

We're out & about with 3 events for our new book 'Glasgow's Greatest Hits'. Events include a chat with the fab Billy Sloan, a whisky tasting and some singing (not us, hopefully you!) Check out our blog for info: glasgowmusiccitytours.com/blog/glasgow...

4pm at my end. How soon is too soon to pour a large glass of red?

Any Star Trek day is a happy day!🙂

Thanks to Kirk Houston for the illustration to my first autumn story of 2025! #magazines #stories #fiction #autumn

I second that. As a writer, my own TBR pile is now a mini skyscraper...

🔥 Why Is Dark Chocolate Made With Both Low-Fat Cocoa and Cocoa Butter Instead of Natural Cocoa? Read the article / Join us: 👉 patreon.com/go4know #knowledge #education #edusky #writing #ai #aiart #art #blog #chatgpt #photo #photography #chocolate #cocoa #science #food #health #sweet #chemistry

@taniacarinapires.bsky.social Thanks so much for the repost, Tania. I really appreciate it. 😍

Cover reveal for THE ONES WHO NEVER LEFT

If I haven't answered you in Chat, it's cos Bluesky want me to verify my age using - if I can remember - either a retina scan or my bank card?! So apologies to anyone who's contacted me that way and feel free to message me in notifications. I appreciate your patience. 😊

🔥 Why Does Your Brain Keep Finding Faces Where There Are None? Check it out & join us: 👉 patreon.com/go4know #knowledge #curiosity #education #edusky #writing #ai #aiart #art #blog #chatgpt #photo #photography #pareidolia #faces #perception #brain #science #psychology #illusion #pattern #vision

Please consider donating to the fundraiser Children At Risk in Gaza organized by a group of Palestinian journalists in Gaza who work for various Middle Eastern networks. Thank you. chuffed.org/project/1311...

Glorious.

@jchilton666.bsky.social Many thanks for the repost. Have a wonderful day.

This statue in Zagreb, Croatia, is to my knowledge called "Matoš on the Bench" and it is of Antun Gustav Matoš, a Croatian poet, writer and journalist. The statue was created by sculptor Ivan Kožarić. #statues #photography #travelphotography

The discovery of the unique Mold Gold Cape in 1833 was supposedly prefigured by a farm wife's sighting nearby of a ghostly warrior in golden armour. It's said she dictated her tale to the vicar but his MS has never come to light. If it had, O what evidence it would have been! #PhantomsFriday

My workshop at the South Warwickshire Lit Festival is sold out, with many thanks to those who've signed up. There is a waiting list option. See you there! 🙂 #literaryfestivals #creativewriting

Bluesky keeps asking me to verify my age in order to receive a message in 'Chat', but wants to do so using either a face scan or a credit card. Is this normal?! I'm not going down that route, so apologies to anyone who's tried to message me through Chat.

Today's calming sight for a writer of gothic fiction: a scattering of non-lethal ducks (though my ankles were in peril for a bit while eating a sandwich). #ducks #nature @countduckula.bsky.social

Yes, it always starts with the fingers! Inexplicably hairy knuckles, talon-like fingernails... the horror, the horror. Great movie choices!

In a small town in County Cork, Ireland, a monument stands in appreciation to the American Choctaw Indian Tribe. Although impoverished, shortly after being forced to walk the Trail of Tears, the tribe somehow gathered $170 to send to Ireland for famine relief in 1847 [Historic Vids]

This week we talk to the inimitable @benaaronovitch.bsky.social. About spending 30 years doing the wrong thing, his new Rivers of London book, and finally learn the secret, magical ingredient to enormous surefire success* Link in our bio. *write a really good book that lots of people want to read.

@taniacarinapires.bsky.social Thanks, as always, for the repost, Tania. Hope you're having a great summer. 😍

@diegogarotooficial.bsky.social Many thanks for all the likes! 🙂

#NewRelease! January 1536 The King is dead... but who will live long now? A fateful accident on the jousting field leaves Henry VIII dead and his country trembling on the edge of chaos... All the King's Bastards $4.99 #Free #KU! #Histfic #SpeculativeFic #Tudor 📚💙📚💙 www.amazon.com/All-Kings-Ba...

@glawrence.bsky.social Many thanks for the repost. ☺️

#NewRelease! January 1536 The King is dead... but who will live long now? A fateful accident on the jousting field leaves Henry VIII dead and his country trembling on the edge of chaos... All the King's Bastards $4.99 #Free #KU! #Histfic #SpeculativeFic #Booksky 📚💙📚 www.amazon.com/All-Kings-Ba...

@petercbradbury.bsky.social Many thanks for repost and have a lovely weekend!

Cozy Winter Reading

The Awakening of The Light - out now! on amazon keep up to date with everything about my book via my blog #fantasybook #bookseries #book ataleoftwoforces.wordpress.com?_gl=1*epxaa2...

@taniacarinapires.bsky.social Many thanks for the repost and have a lovely weekend. 😍

Thanks to Gerard Fay for the illustration in my story about the origin of bird protection in Britain. #birds @rspb.bsky.social

@petercbradbury.bsky.social Thanks for the repost, Peter. I've already read the word 'passed' in relation to death several times today. It's peculiarly grating. OK, people (and animals) might have 'passed on' behind the veil. But that word in isolation...

I don't like the word 'passed' for died. It makes the deceased sound like a gallstone! Have we really become so afraid of saying that a person has 'died'? What do other people think? #words #meanings