Reading a novel atm that's making me think a lot about chapter lengths. What would you say is the ideal length for a chapter? Does too short = annoying, too long = relentless? Or do you prefer if they vary in length? 📚

We had a visitor in the kitchen yesterday! Not sure what kind of bird (song thrush maybe?) but she was fine and flew out again without even pooping anywhere

Having the Breastfeeding Hungries when it is This Hot truly is a 0/10 experience 😭

Our 2.5 year old believes that the dehumidifier collects water out of the air, we empty it into the sink, and it fills the sink up with water which we access by means of the taps. This is so sensible and clever I don't have the heart to tell her it's completely wrong 😂

I'm so obsessed with getting gas out of my baby. I love knowing the exact way to fold her little legs up to help her fart, or exactly where to rub her back to get the burps out. Ridiculously satisfying 🥰

10 weeks postpartum, brain fried, crying over a Pampers advert 🙈 send help

FFer Read of the Day: "The Somnambulist" by @mckatie.bsky.social in @3lobedmag.com www.3lobedmag.com/issue46/3lbe...

An unanticipated perk of breastfeeding is actually having more time than usual to read! When someone else is watching the toddler that is 😂 I just finished Katabasis and have started A Stranger in Olondria 📚

Thrilled to have a story in the latest Three-Lobed Burning Eye anthology! If you like stories about insomniac hitmen, creepy deer, and Scottish bogs, 'The Somnambulist' is for you 🦌 Huge thanks to Andrew @3lobedmag.com for publishing my weird stuff!

Things that did not send me into labour: - kerb walking - climbing stairs sideways - exercise ball - eating dates - spicy food - baking a Hurry Up Baby cake Things that DID send me into labour: - my toddler wandering over with a huge spider crawling up the side of her neck 🕷 😶

I kind of missed this at the time due to having just had a baby, but LOOK at this gorgeous cover and line-up of extremely awesome people!! So happy my story 'The Somnambulist' is included in the anthology 🥰 😍

I kind of missed this at the time due to having just had a baby, but LOOK at this gorgeous cover and line-up of extremely awesome people!! So happy my story 'The Somnambulist' is included in the anthology 🥰 😍

Baby Maeve is here and she is perfect 🩷

Happy due date baby girl! Time to get your lil butt out of there now 😂

The nesting urge is really wild. 38 weeks pregnant, exhausted, sore, in charge of a toddler, and my home has never been so clean and organised 🫠

Today is a bit of a milestone - we are now as far along in this pregnancy as we were the day Marnie was born! So happy that everything seems to be going more smoothly this time round 🤞 and thankful as always for NHS Scotland and their excellent medical care ❤️

2yo is learning grammar and it's so fascinating. At first she only referred to herself in 3rd person ("Marnie want some apple"), then had a long phase of weirdly using 2nd person ("Did you have fun at the playpark?"), and she's now using 1st person ("I just want some grapes")

Weird side effects this pregnancy that I didn't get last time: - Low iron (feels like I'm dying unless I eat a steak) - One toe went randomly numb for weeks - Tiny but constant amounts of blood inside my nose - No appetite except for very bland food - Pelvic girdle pain arghhh 😫

Hello friends, looking for recommendations - is there like a French version of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan series? Complicated female friendships, marriage / children, that kind of thing, but in French?

Hello friends, looking for recommendations - is there like a French version of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan series? Complicated female friendships, marriage / children, that kind of thing, but in French?

Our daughter, who is 2 years and 1 month old, just hit me with "I'm not a baby any more" 😭 truly the sass begins early

Our 2-year-old has composed a new verse for one of her favourite songs, it goes like this: 🎵 "Row, row, row your boat Gently down the river, If you see a poop, Don't forget to clean it up." 🎵 Good advice for us all I'm sure

Two 28 Years Later films in one pregnancy, what a time to be alive

Chances of me finishing this giant pile of parenting & cleaning self-help books by the time the baby arrives in March, what do we reckon 🤔

Chances of me finishing this giant pile of parenting & cleaning self-help books by the time the baby arrives in March, what do we reckon 🤔

Things I read in December! I especially loved Liar, Dreamer, Thief by @mariadongwrites.bsky.social - it kept surprising me all the way through ❤️ I'm not sure if I'll keep tracking my 2026 reads as I'll be busy with baby number 2, but it's been fun posting book & short story recs for the past year :)

Things I read in December! I especially loved Liar, Dreamer, Thief by @mariadongwrites.bsky.social - it kept surprising me all the way through ❤️ I'm not sure if I'll keep tracking my 2026 reads as I'll be busy with baby number 2, but it's been fun posting book & short story recs for the past year :)

Today's first story of the celebration is a little bit of horror from back in May: Where the Brass Band plays by @mckatie.bsky.social in @pseudopod.org #booksky 💙📚 🪐📚🤖📚

A little bit of self-promo as it's my birthday 🙂 I had 4 stories published this year: a dog food infertility story, a 🪼jellyfish🪼 story, one about fairies, and one about a hitman who badly needs a nap. If any of that sounds like your thing, please have a read and let me know what you think! 🤘 ❤️

Hello friends, hope you've all had a good Christmas if celebrating! Please could you keep my friend Marah in your thoughts and continue to support her fundraiser? Her account keeps getting blocked and conditions are very bad in Gaza for her & her little daughter 🙏❤️🇵🇸 www.gofundme.com/f/together-f...

Please help! This family has been displaced for months now and they urgently need support to survive the winter 🙏 🇵🇸 ❤️ Donate here: www.gofundme.com/f/together-f...

All dressed up for a beautiful winter wedding 💕 💍 ❄️

I always love a new @mckatie.bsky.social bog story and her new one, The Somnambulist, over in @3lobedmag.com does not disappoint! And it’s about an assassin! Who don’t love an assassin story :) www.3lobedmag.com/issue46/3lbe...

Just a reminder that my bog story about a sleep-deprived hitman chasing an environmental activist across Scotland is out now and I would love to hear what you think of it :) featuring bonus Creepy Deer! 🦌 🚗 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.3lobedmag.com/issue46/3lbe...

Just a reminder that my bog story about a sleep-deprived hitman chasing an environmental activist across Scotland is out now and I would love to hear what you think of it :) featuring bonus Creepy Deer! 🦌 🚗 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.3lobedmag.com/issue46/3lbe...

The experience of eating popcorn when there is a corgi in your home 🍿👀

So excited my crow-god-in-a-bog story made the cut for this gorgeous anthology! Huge thank you to Psychopomp and Sheree Renée Thomas for all their work putting this together 🖤

So excited my crow-god-in-a-bog story made the cut for this gorgeous anthology! Huge thank you to Psychopomp and Sheree Renée Thomas for all their work putting this together 🖤

you've been waiting and it's finally HERE!! AFTERLIVES curated by @shereereneethomas.bsky.social ✨🖤💀 get your ebook here! psychopomp.com/product/afte...

Bought a 2-pack of maternity bras in my size from a reputable shop. One of the bras fits perfectly. The other one, every time I bend down, my tits fall out of it. Being a woman is so fun! 😃

We're so lucky to live in this beautiful part of the world 🩷 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

We're so lucky to live in this beautiful part of the world 🩷 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿