Here are some more progress pics for the #bookcover of "Vivian Amberville - The Empire of Sand" (3rd book in the upcoming #darkfantasy series)💙📚 Everything you see was hand-drawn by yours truly (no AI) Tools: pen, paper & Wacom tablet I still got a very long way to go qua linework & colouring.😊🤞

It is! Great turnover, btw. Larger than excepted. ❤️ Sorry, I'm still waiting for pics of the signing, but here's a few I took a few weeks ago.

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Had a lovely time yesterday at @eckhardischebeck.bsky.social'sopening Art Exposition (#Kulturbahnhof Hiltrup, near Münster, Germany) 🥳🎉 Meanwhile, my #BookSigning Tour around Europe continues! 💙📚 If you happen to spot me in your city, don't hesitate to say hi! 🥰❤️ #writingcommunity #louiseblackwick

Fresh new article has just dropped for the peeps on the Innocent Tier (and above): www.patreon.com/posts/if-you... This one addressed building a solid community around your writing and/or art. Something tells me you're all going to love this one. 😉 💙📚

I'm overwhelmed with the positive response I've got on my "Jungian Writing Series"!💙📚 I'd like to thank my fellow authors & creatives for building such a wholesome community around the practice of "using alchemical principles in our stories" Thank you all!🥰 www.louiseblackwick.com/jungian-writ...

I'm no author but I find these articles fascinating. I always thought books that reach extremely large audiences were some kind of fluke. While sometimes that's the case, they often hide deep waters. To me, your Jungian Writing Series talks about those deep waters & bottom of the creative iceberg.

I'm no author but I find these articles fascinating. I always thought books that reach extremely large audiences were some kind of fluke. While sometimes that's the case, they often hide deep waters. To me, your Jungian Writing Series talks about those deep waters & bottom of the creative iceberg.

My fellow Chaos Weavers 🥰 Today is the LAST DAY you can benefit from the #Winter #Bookfest promo Hop on over to get 25% or 50% reduction on digital #books on my website www.louiseblackwick.com/books 💙📚 That said, I hope 2026 started well & that you didn't get stuck in Sweden (like other people 👀)

🛰️ Pioneer Sun… LATEST RELEASE #Scifi #Wallops #NASA #JPL #Goddard #KU #Amazon 📚🛸 www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBLJGWW5

Minnesotans, there's a rapid-response network to call if you spot ICE. (Applies to parts of Wisconsin too, check the site for details) monarcamn.org

#AwesomeCharacters #ChroniclesOfTheRealms As Datusha itself said to Ashrah, "My sole purpose is to make your dreams come true." So yeah, of course it has the same goal as her! How could it not?

I have some big south-facing windowsills so I have decided to have a go at growing chillies 🌶️ 🙂

Hey @johannekebijl.bsky.social Thank you so much for taking over my business emails within such a short notice. Here's a live pic of me being bloody STUCK IN SWEDEN FOR 2 CONSECUTIVE DAYS! 😮‍💨 Not complaining, mind you. It's beautiful here. I hope I can catch a flight later today 🤞

#WritingInJanuary 8. The climax of Eternal Flame isn't exactly at the end. Even though something important does happen at the end, that peak of the story is a little before. And here's the GIF: #ChroniclesOfTheRealms

Welp, I was book-touring around Europe when my flight got cancelled, and I got stuck way up North. O__,._o Anyway, here's an article about using the "Snowball Effect" in your stories: www.patreon.com/posts/how-to...

Fellow insomniacs… I have found these new tablets from H&B very useful. It has a new ingredient called DailyZz which is an extract of polyphenols from tea and spearmint. I was a bit sceptical but what convinced me to try it was finding out that it has been clinically studied (with positive results).

Never ask a grimdark fantasy author to write romance. Not unless you wanna read about a character proposing with a ring from a live grenade... ...or read romantic descriptions such as: "...and then they kissed like two refrigerator door handles."😶 #WritingCommunity #WritinginJanuary 💙📚

Kemet's vampires reach Earth. They're hunting down a demon to prevent Armageddon. As they seek an undead exile in our world who may be able to defeat it, the demon's spawn invades Kemet. Will they stay, or go back to save Kemet? Find out at: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DDJXS6N2 #vampires #SFF #BookSky📚💙

Like, I wrote down “read a book”, then worried I might do that too long to get to everything else on the list. So then I added—“for 60 minutes”, and now my brain is calculating words-per-minute to somehow “win” at chilling out.

Some of you wanted to see what became of my clay art project.🤗 Here's my 1st attempt at building a Darkthing - an eldritch voidspawn from the #VivianAmberville universe.💙📚 Darkthings have no eyes or smell, but are drawn to the light of human consciousness. They live in the #backrooms of reality.

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who took part in my writing journey this year! I feel richer for knowing you!🤗❤️ I wish you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS & a HAPPY NEW YEAR! May we all meet again in 2026, feeling well-rested & refreshed! www.patreon.com/posts/146610455 #merrychristmas #happyholidays

Next week on the Record Store Day podcast, it’s our Simply Having A Wonderful Christmas Episode featuring Wings book editor Ted Widmer, and Paul McCartney band guitarist Brian Ray.

A Hidden World on the Far Side of the Sun 🛰️ Pioneer Sun… LATEST RELEASE #Scifi #Wallops #NASA #JPL #Goddard #KU #Amazon 📚🛸 www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBLJGWW5

This is great time to discover @louiseblackwick.com Loved reading 5 Stars! A really over the top out-there action sci-fi novel. If you loved William Gibson and Neal Stephenson's work from the late 80's early 90's you'll love this one!

Even as a gentle little chuckle films the Knives Out series is great 🔪🩸

Warm up a cold night with magical stories, including some of mine! Cold Nights, Hot Magic: storyoriginapp.com/to/ryk0mxn Snowfall and Sorcery: storyoriginapp.com/to/fqkO51G

The Death of Curiosity 🛰️ Pioneer Sun… LATEST RELEASE #Scifi #Wallops #NASA #JPL #Goddard #KU #Amazon 📚🛸 www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBLJGWW5

2025 has been an unbelievable year for my writing. I'd like to thank everyone who's given my dark & twisted fantasy & sci-fi stories a chance with a #Winter #Bookfest! 🟦25% off on all my eBooks & 🟩50% off on all eBook bundles, until 11 Jan. 2026 on www.louiseblackwick.com/books Happy Holidays! 💙📚

A Perfect Syzygy 🛸 Pioneer Sun… LATEST RELEASE #Scifi #Wallops #NASA #JPL #Goddard #KU #Amazon 💙📚💙 www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBLJGWW5

My first attempt at building a Darkthing* - an eldritch voidspawn from the #VivianAmberville universe.💙📚 Just a skeleton, for now. His disturbing flesh will soon follow!😄 *Darkthings dwell in the Abyss, in the backrooms of reality, beyond the Dark Door (the door between Life & Death in the series)

For anyone following this thread who is interested to join our events, here is the link (with time+ location) of the next meetup. This time our socializing group will be held at the Performance Factory in Enschede, Friday, December 12 Hope to see some of you there!❤️ www.meetup.com/enschede-soc...

Books, books and more books--and a chance to win even more! (Plus some of mine!) Sign up here: authorsxp.com/special-mont...

If you're like me and suffer from Xmas blues, my stories might cheer you up!💙📚 They feature characters facing insurmountable odds, standing up against the Abyss/Void, fighting unspeakable cosmic horrors, or trying to outrun a living, reality-erasing Darkness...😚 www.louiseblackwick.com/en-US/books

As a Jungian author - who uses hermetic symbolism in her work - I can indeed confirm that my parents caught me with an Alchemy Engine under my bed as a wee lass... 🫢 Authors & creatives of #Bluesky, what was under YOUR bed as a child? 👀 💙📚 #writingcommunity #jung #authors #alchemy #memes #funny

This December, for every day of the #AdventCalendar you'll be able to read for FREE a micro-story set in @vivianamberville.com the Vivian Amberville epic #darkfantasy universe! 💙📚 3 such micro-stories are already up on my Patreon. Go check'em out!🥰 Enjoy reading! ❤️ www.patreon.com/posts/vivian...

I just made an Instagram account to post my hobbies (& other stuff absolutely NO ONE has asked for). Here's me trying to build a miniature BOOK NOOK (complete with miniature books, maps, paintings & a functioning light switch) A #booknook is a type of cozy mini-deco that goes on your bookshelf. 💙📚

What is Louise Blackwick up to? Find out @louiseblackwick.com All sorts of things *hmmm very interesting* But is it safe?

I'm going to try to be there next time!

9 years ago today "The Weaver of Odds" - 1st book in the #VivianAmberville dark fantasy franchise - was released in the Netherlands & forever changed all our lives💙📚 None of this would've happened without you. We'd like to thank you all for walking alongside us.🥹 Happy Birthday, Vivian Amberville!

On 23 November 2016, "Vivian Amberville - The Weaver of Odds" was first published in the Netherlands & forever changed my life.💙📚 Happy Birthday to the girl whose imagination can reshape reality! As a token of gratitude, any Vivian Amberville physical books you order today, I will personally sign.

I'm so grateful Louise Blackwick has finally broken the silence about her being a #limerent author. Lots of creatives suffer from #limerence and they never admit.💙📚 It's a comforting thought to know someone as successful as her has managed to transmute that living hell into literary masterpieces.💓💘

I would like to thank everyone who took the time to attend our Cultureel Tankstation #meetup in Enschede. I was so glad to see so many new faces! ❤️🥰 A lovely evening all around! I hope to see you again next month (& meet EVEN MORE interesting creatives) 👍🏻

Early 2025, 125,000 of you pre-ordered "Vivian Amberville - The Book of Chaos" on paperback or hardback. For 250 of you, I've hidden a secret message visible only under UV light + a unique code.🔍 E-mail me that code to get a FREE BOOK!💙📚 You guys have no idea how LONG I've waited to reveal this!😅

Some of you lovely peeps have asked me what it feel like to live in the Netherlands. So I made this: *slight dramatization* obviously 😚 #adayinthelifeofadutchie #adayinthelife #dutchculture #louiseblackwick #netherlands

"Gaunter O'Dimm" from "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt" - Hearts of Stone expansion pack One of the best-written villains in videogame history, imho. Mysterious, haunting & cunning. Reminds me of Mephistopheles. His theme song is amazing (& works as a metal cover as well) www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtNK...

Question for anyone who's previously attended #Gamescom: I'm planning to attend the next Gamescom (26-30 August 2026 in Köln, Germany) as a VISITOR, yet I've no clue which days to pick.😕 It's a 2.5h drive from where I live, so it's doable, but I can't be there on all the days. Which days are best?

What if I told you that in a weird, mystical, roundabout way, the top and the bottom are equivalents...

Quickly sharing my new Patreon series called: "How to Get Your Writing to Escape the Longtail of Obscurity & Make a Good Living as an Artist" It's a hands-on course that show you how to choose & apply your Personal Brand Archetype to your Art & your SM marketing.💙📚 www.patreon.com/posts/how-to...