I should not be left unsupervised on lives that are selling books. *broke*

Okay, five minutes' break.

Two Reform-led councils have moved to restrict Pride flags during Pride month as part of a growing pattern of anti-LGBTQIA+ policies being rolled out across the country

I listen to youtube videos of coffee shops to trick my brain into editing my book.

Just to be clear, I strongly condemn what Reform-led council are doing re them banning LGBTQ+ events and materials in libraries. Essex isn't the only place they're doing it, so I hear. Fuck them. Let people be people! Stop trying to suppress love and acceptance.

Making a video for social media where you’re laughing as if talking to someone but you’re actually in the house alone is the most awkward thing ever.

Working in Costa again this morning. Help me pay for my coffee? 😂 You’ll get an epic story to read! A loner thief discovers she’s one of the few who can wield the magic that’s just returned to humanity. But a mistake draws her into political unrest she wants no part of until she meets Clara. 💙📚🪐

The only fantasy events I can find have trader fees of £200 >_> Normal traders will probably cover that fine but I just can't find events authors can sell at. The few I know of, the customers are mostly interested in historical fiction and crime. Fantasy readers! Where are you fantasy readers!?

This #WIPSnips comes from one of Eryn's early chapters. Trees have feelings too! In my book world anyway. #BookSky 💙📚🪐

An icecream van parks right outside my kids' schools and so I've had to be strict about when the kids get one (the money adds up, especially as they only like waffle cones (understandable)). Well, I saw that asda sell waffle cones! So now the kids are having a MUCH cheaper icecream at home. Huzzah!

IT'S ALIVE!!!!! The Kickstarter campaign for AN END TO SORROW (Insanity Edition), the third novel in the Obsidian Path series, has just been launched! It's gonna be gorgeous. www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

I just was driving home after some rain and the roads were steaming. Not a small amount either. Can’t remember the last time I saw that.

Starting to get hard to find parking at the charity shop cafe. I had to circle three times. And then they didn’t have the cake I’ve been craving 🥲 Hopefully I’ll get a good amount of work done

Any recommendations on microchip cat bowls? We have a cat coming in and stealing Freyja’s food. It’s the cat the looks just like her and she haaaaates it when there’s a window between them but she’s a scaredy cat and won’t chase it off indoors. We’ve moved her food upstairs for now.

Oh god. I'm going to need a new laptop next year to be able to run Guild Wars 3. If you like fantasy stuff, please consider giving my book a go so I can have some spare money for things like GW3! Costs less than a coffee and the female lead Ada is damn cool. She takes shit from no one. #GW3 💙📚🪐

Bookshop has price-matched! 2.99 for an ebook AND supports indie stores!

I'm replacing a young dog with Eryn's cat in the Echoes of Chaos scene I'm editing. This means I can remove "dog dies" from my content warnings! And no, Nettle doesn't die. I've already promised he's surviving all 6 books. It's the non-animal characters that need to watch out. 😏

Every month I panic because our funds seem unexpectedly low. And then child benefit comes in. I always forget it exists 😅

How dare the delivery I knew was coming wake me up from my nap!

I find it hard to be alone with my thoughts, which is probably why I doomscroll, but writing means I need to see where thoughts go. Recent thoughts: - friend hasn’t replied all week. Must hate me or be dead. - husband hates me - I’m a waste of space - not reading/writing because I’m lazy 😩

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75... here's one along those lines.

Here’s another one, to regulate AI music. Signed!

You folks are so awesome! Almost 300 signatures added! It was at 800 when I signed. I know this isn’t exactly what we want (we want genAI gone) but if we can’t have that we at least need to show the uk government we want it regulated. If AI tech has to disclose training works it discourages theft!

UK folks, let's jump on this AI regulation petition the Society of Authors emailed out! It's an actual parliament one so the government HAS to respond if it reaches the signature threshold. It calls for regulations to make AI developers disclose copyrighted works trained on. Sign & repost!! ❤️

Thank you whoever bought my book today!!! 😍

TIL you can pull muscles by leaning on your cane too heavily. I had about 100m left to my car, I was feeling dizzy and my leg was going wooden, and suddenly it hurt my upper arm to use my cane. Hobbled the rest without using it. Fell down when I got home and hit my elbow on that arm. Double ouch. 😅

Need more fantasy books for your summer reading challenge but prefer ones set in the colder months? Reborn in Ash is mostly set in autumn and winter! It also has a badass female thief, newly returned elemental magic, found family, and LGBTQ+ characters. thellian.com/reborn-in-ash #BookSky 💙📚🪐🏳‍🌈

“His husband raised the town’s wolfhounds, and so Brockett was a dog person and not a cat person, as Arlan had put it. Eryn didn’t understand why someone couldn’t be both.” - Eryn’s POV, Echoes of Chaos (WIP) 💙📚🪐🏳️‍🌈

Editing Echoes of Chaos from Costa this morning, accompanied by a latte and a mango bubble frappe. I’ve got a lot of catching up to do!

Love fantasy with strong female leads and dark moments that leave you a little traumatised? Reborn in Ash is my dark epic fantasy debut where a loner thief discovers the gems she steals contain magic and she’s one of the few who can wield their power. Oh, and magic only just returned to the world!

Am I editing? Ah.... No.... I'm playing Guild Wars 2 www.twitch.tv/talesbyeldris

I am live on Youtube for the first time!! Come chat with me. youtube.com/live/c1BwRqJ... #BookSky

“The length of time you’ve had an Apple account was used to confirm you’re 18+” 🥲

Ok, I figured out what was bugging me about the WIP cover for Echoes of Chaos, and I think I've fixed it...

What has depressed me today is the number of very vocal people on facebook who are in utter denial about the climate emergency. They think it's make up, a con. I don't understand how they can believe that. The evidence of climate change is so obvious now. Plants were flowering in winter in Essex.

Might have finally got my new cover paperbacks of Reborn in Ash up on Etsy so if you want a signed copy… thellianbookshop.etsy.com/listing/4514...

I have rage quit TikTok shop. My shop account will be deleted after the 30 day mandatory notice to customers has passed. Tiptoeing around the automod on lives is infuriating and I wasn't getting viewers or sales there. I'm not done with going live though. I'm moving to Youtube!

I wish platforms that display a different banner size on mobile (I'm looking at you @bsky.app ) would let us upload one image for desktop and one for mobile, or make it WAY easier to make a banner that looks good on both.

I tend to not eat when selling at book fairs because I don’t want to get my books dirty but also I haaaate being perceived while I eat. So yesterday I subsisted on 2 oat milk lattes until 4pm 😅 I always forget to eat before I go because I’m not a breakfast person.

Love fantasy with strong female leads and dark moments that leave you a little traumatised? Reborn in Ash is my dark epic fantasy debut where a loner thief discovers the gems she steals contain magic and she’s one of the few who can wield their power. Oh, and magic only just returned to the world!

For the last several summers, our neighbour out the back has watched 24 with the volume loud enough that we could listen along. This year, they’re watching Game of Thrones season 1. I’m so so tempted to loudly talk about the Red Wedding out in the garden tomorrow when they’re around.

IMPORTANT: For any artists/writers/etc etc, using Linktree to point people to their work, from 5 July, they'll be feeding all imagery you use on your landing page into DALL-E by OpenAI. I deleted my account this morning.

I shouldn’t be so doom and gloom. I did have a really good time at Sudbury Arts Centre today! I was just so tired after 😅 Chatting with other authors is such a highlight plus I met some lovely customers 🥰 One was also a Gabrielle!

Taking into account my table fee and train fare, I lost about £10 on today’s market 😅 But I love meeting other authors. Hopefully once my second book is out I might sell more as it’s less dark. But I also need to find places where more fantasy readers go! #BookSky 💙📚🪐

Omg my bestest writing friend drove almost TWO HOURS to come and see me 😭😭😭😭 She’s the best.

First sale today: 3 for £1 bookmarks deal. It’s something!

Actually been editing.

My cat just ran across my laptop, deleting a section of notes I had highlighted and closing Scrivener (ctrl+w) before I could press undo. Luckily it wasn't enough to warrant loading a backup but urggggggg CAT. She ALSO managed to change my keyboard layout to US. (window key +space). In 1 second.

Do any Essex or UK mutuals want to join my writers discord? We're a liberal, anti-bigotry, anti-genAI group, and right now I'm being overrun by Marylanders 😂 Would be nice to have enough locals to create a local channel like I made for the crab folk. @sillauthor.bsky.social, I entirely blame you ❤️

One of the reasons I like Bluesky is I don’t have to curate an algorithm. Other sites, even if I really like a post, I won’t click like if I don’t want my feed filled with it (eg cute pets), and I try to interact with readers a lot more now. At the moment I’m stuck in an author bubble (as lovely as