@romanticnovelists.bsky.social Good to be here! Different kind of love story for a Valentines read? The Girl Who Fled the Picture is on #99pdeal until 10th February. Journey out of a painting, through Rome and straight into the a Jacobite Rebellion! A girl has to follow her heart! amzn.to/3rh9U73

We have joined BlueSky fur Romance Reading Month! Please give us a follow. #romfic #romanticnovels #romanticnovelists

Turner has celebrity status in Edinburgh this month. Dublin watercolour collection attracting 1000s of people queuing for hours. Magnificent!😍. His 1834 oil was in RA beside contemporary, now forgotten, Scottish portraitist Christina Robertson. Last day for 99p e-book about her life. amzn.to/4f7o5ir

Writers. Last handful of tickets might go before the end of January. Don’t miss this. Do come! 😍

Another picture from the edge of Edinburgh’s Christmas market. Not my thing tbh but the lights are pretty. Behind my head the snow clouds are building for tomorrow!

If you're a member of Audible, you can find all my books on sale at the moment - some great savings to be had. Perfect Christmas presents for friends, family or even yourself! bit.ly/4f0w5kI

Surely Edinburgh has a genius in charge of the Christmas lighting 😢

Ta Prohm is Angkor Wat’s famous 12thC temple engulfed by trees! Very eerie!

Luang Prabang - amazing place - UNESCO World Heritage Site 🤩

The Mekong River in Laos is surrounded be hills. Happy to have glimpsed an elephant taking his morning dip then this cave full of thousands of Budhas was cool

Tree adds more drama to this Thai side Mekong view - gorgeous! 😎 Think there are 2 hornet nests in the tree though - SE Asian hornet experiences did not go well 😬 🐝

Singapore is a special place for me. We lived in Vietnam in the early 1990s when it was both beautiful and short on good hospital care. Lucky to deliver my first baby here 32 years ago. My soul is happy in 27 degrees at night. Love Asian food 🤩

Even on here you follow back some guy who doesn’t look like a BOT and they are straight to DMs. FFS this is a Scottish writing almost Grannie. I don’t want unsolicited help with my book and my interactions depend on you saying something interesting here 🤨 🙄

Christmas pudding making in my kitchen today. Forgot to photograph my triple folding of greaseproof paper over the basins. A skill I’m proud of 😉

5 writers I’ve read 5+ books by (excluding prolific friends) Elif Shafak Maggie O’Farrell William Boyd Andrew O’Hagan AS Byatt

On the 1st of January, the #Curae prize for writer-carers opens for a second time. The demise of twitter is making it harder to get the word out, so do share! thecuraeprize.uk There are around 7 million unpaid carers in the UK alone & Curae shines a light on the role & much more. #carers #writing

@citizensarahsmith.bsky.social morning Sarah! 🦋

Plan today is to walk Issy the GSP and take in my third bookshop this week. If you are hanging out with me here - meet Issy. She has more sense than be a writer 😉

My intro myself in jobs: worked in interesting places (Vietnam, Azerbaijan, Egypt until 2012) came home to Edinburgh and now do only bookish jobs that don’t earn me money 🤣 1. Author of historical fiction 2. Edinburgh Writer’s Forum 3. Edinburgh Women’s Fiction Festival No shortage of words left 🤷🏻‍♀️

I’ll finish my final edits on The Orchid Hunter’s Daughter this week. Send me patience to keep concentration right to the end. Itching to dive into the next book. Working title The Carnegie Girls. Do love research - suspect all #histfic authors must 😍

Note to self - this place is not ‘just’ for blue skies 😎🤣

Scotland can do skies of almost any colour 😍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Edinburgh’s gorgeous buildings getting a sunset

Always lovely to spend time with Joanne 😍

Fully funded writer residencies in Dorset. Please share

While still on a theme how about orange sky for blue sky?! I promise there is no filter - Matera in Puglia is an extraordinary place

Even darker sky

The best dark sky for blue sky 😉

So I am here. I was introduced by @damianbarr.bsky.social and my handle has a typo in it because I’m visiting Bologna and I’ve had a negroni. Pretty much me in a nutshell 🤣