The needle is down and I can finally reveal my latest embroidery. I can’t quite capture all the different colours in the water but I’m too impatient.😉 *All completely freehand stitched without patterns or paint, just lots of time and plenty of threads!🪡🌿🌸🪷 #stitchedart #embroidery #thesewingsongbird

For today's #BirdoftheDay theme of #blue. Contrary to their common name, black crowned night herons have lots of blue tones in their delightfully beautiful feathers. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #herons #nightherons #Nikon #Z8

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is BLUE... I don't have blue, I have HIDDEN. There's a hint of blue on the third picture. Maybe? #Nature #Photography #Birds #Korea

Scale Force falls. One from many moons ago, exploring the wonderfully lush Lake District #Cumbria #LakeDistrict #Waterfalls www.damianshields.com

We have a beautiful planet.

Cherry blossoms are out in southern Korea!

Interesting profile of an academic finding success in Korea, who came to academia through an unconventional path and values the safe environment he has found to do research in Korea www.chosun.com/english/indu...

The hushed sound of silk slippered steps drew Zuli to the Worrier’s Perch in the pre-dawn hours. That and her own fears. She’d worked late into the night selecting gifts. Beautiful silks and fine necklaces, the last of the wealth of the Yalsmons. www.lianabrooks.com/... #Romance 📚

“I managed to get half the planet in the bidding war. The other half was scooped up by my darling nemesis, she of the lethal negotiating tactics, and now she’s given it away.” www.lianabrooks.com/... #Books #AmReading #SweetRomance #Romance

I just got back from a road trip that ended with one of the most awe-inspiring settings I've ever visited in my travels. Turns out that I've been missing out by not getting into caving sooner. #Photography

I'm outside enjoying some spring sunshine today. What are you up to?

How you end chapters (and your book!) helps determine what genre your book is. Endings of sentences, scenes, chapters, and books all add weight to the thought and emotion they end on. If you keep ending on questions, it's a mystery. If you end with fear, it's horror. #LianaEdits

One tiny blackbird pecking for worms 🐦‍⬛😍 #bird

The funniest bit is that I’m reading the novel now and there’s a lot about Xie Zheng’s bangs moving with the breeze and making him even more handsome. So the wind machine is canon!

And the #cdrama award goes to... 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁 #ZhangLinghe and the wind machine 🌬 in #PursuitOfJade

Another one for the collection of #ZhangLinghe and the wind machine 🌬💕 #cdrama #PursuitOfJade

常圓寺の夜　（1） #花　#桜 #flower #wander #photography

For #scape day and #ForestFriday. This an #infrared image that has been reimagined through processing. It is from a special place on this earth. One that I need to see soon. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #fullspectrum #ir #longexposure #art #digitalart #Florida #Nikon #NationalForests

Fancy dinner tonight...

Rowena took the knife and slammed it into Silar’s desk. There. Report filed. She’d been attacked. She’d survived. She was filthy. She was going to take Silar’s head off if he was responsible. He could read that all off a knife. #SFR #SciFi #Books #Romance 📚 books2read.com/chang...#SFR

#FlowersOnFriday #PurpleFlower

Tree. Moon. Jupiter. A couple of stars. A couple of clouds. #Goodnight #mood #photography

Part of being a successful adult is making time to reset, refuel, and recharge. When you're working, take hourly break to stretch, hydrate, rest your eyes. Take several daily breaks to get food, refuel the brain, and do something not work related. Take weekly breaks from work. #LianaEdits

My in-flight read is THE VANISHING CHERRY BLOSSOM BOOKSHOP translated by Yuka Maeno. 📚 #AmReading #Book

It’s FINISHED! I ended up reworking two shark knitting patterns plus learning three new kinds of decreases/increases because I wanted my shark’s head to be symmetrical, but I got there eventually. I love her. #whaleshark #marinebiology #knitting #sciart

FINAL BATTLE OF THE NIGHT: 1-seed Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) vs. 2-seed Lions (Panthera Leo) #2026MMM

CHANGE OF MOMENTUM Rowena Lee has always hated Hollis Silar, and now they have to work together... ✨ Enemies To Lovers ✨ Knife Fights ✨ Hurt & Comfort ✨ Battle Couple ✨ Might Be Soulmates ✨ Aggressive Flirtation ✨ Let’s Take Over The World Together books2read.com/chang...

#mood #sunset #maui #photography #nokings

What a wild day full of rare stuff! My first Ptychodus anonymous tooth in 27 years, a Bonnerichthys hypural, and a possible chunk of dinosaur jaw that got puked up by a long dead shark. Also 3 stupid Xiphactinus.

Don't know WTF this cool thing is in a Maui tidepool. Do you? #smallwonders #marinelife #ocean #hawaii #nature #love #eastcoastkin #photography

My April editing client is rescheduling so I am offering a 10% coupon to anyone booking an April edit so I can fill this slot. I can take your novel on April 6th and the edits will be done by the first week of May unless the novel is over 100k. #LianaEdits #AmWriting www.lianabrooks.com/...

Remember when NFT's were inevitable and we just had to get on board and when crypto was inevitable and we had to get on board and when the metaverse was inevitable and we had to get on board and when...

just this week: -- OpenAI killed Sora -- Disney subsequently cancelled its investment in OpenAI -- Wikipedia is now banning LLM-generated content ...tell me again how this is all "inevitable" and you have to "get on board or get left behind"?

An old swan pic 🦢💛 #swan

Every Friday, share a #FridayFling snippet from your WIP or published work. :) This week’s prompt is SCORE! You don’t have to match it exactly, just go with vibes. And if it’s published, drop a link in the post or a reply so people can find it! #Romancelandia #BookSky

As the weather warms and we take to the outside more, I think it's time for my annual thread of Creepy Woodsy Sounds That Aren't Ghosts/Demons/Bigfoot! The Canada Lynx in the quoted post might make me jump for a sec!

Tim Hortons Korea again drawing upon discourses of Canada here with a Anne of Green Gables promotion! Lots going on with Canadian representation here in Korea through this cafe chain!

My yarn stash just became an investment

This is a really neat topic overall, I think, and I was very happy to contribute a small clip to this podcast! Happy it is out in the world!

This would be cool. Make useful tech again!

'The Blue Nile' Renfield St, Glasgow. An image from the roof of the (now demolished) offices of @heraldscotland.bsky.social from when I was based there. Sad also that the demolition at Union St has changed the view forever. #Glasgow www.damianshields.com

I really love writing Battle Couples. I love the idea of not having to make yourself weaker to appease someone else's ego, of having someone who loves you the way you are. books2read.com/ap/nE... #Books #AmWriting

Flying silhouettes at Langkawi, a beautiful Malaysia island. 📷🌿📸 #photography #nature #sunset

PRICE OF THE MOUNTAIN LILY - Forbidden Love - Family - Sacrifice - One Chance For Revenge - One Chance For Love books2read.com/b/4DD... #Books #Novella #SweetRomance #ElegantRevenge

Today is National Read Tolkien Day (isn't that every day?) I'm going with Letters - you should too! Captured quote could've been written last week. #JRRTolkien #becurious

LAST BATTLE OF THE NIGHT! 2-seed Lions (Panthera leo) vs. 6-seed Library Cat (Felis catus) #2026MMM

@wrytersblockdh.bsky.social I forget, were you around for the edits on THE DAY BEFORE?

Unless there is a lot of money on the table or some other demonic deadline, don’t lose sleep over writing. It’s not healthy. There’s no advantage to stressing yourself out and making yourself miserable while writing a book. Have fun! #LianaEdits #AmWriting #WritingAdvice #Publishing

It would make my life so much easier if we got rid of daylight savings time.