Fi’s Bookish Catch-up is a cosy monthly newsletter for fantasy readers, with writing updates, bookish chat, and behind-the-scenes writing life. If that sounds like your cup of tea, you can sign up here: fiphillipswriter.com/subscribe/ #AuthorNewsletter #FantasyReads #BookNews #FreeShortStory

Reviews are in for THE SHADOWS THAT WE CARRY Come get yours! ebook & paperback: amzn.eu/d/098CFL12 paperback (UK shipping): ko-fi.com/s/c24c7af3a0 All profits go to Macmillan Cancer Support in memory of Matt "MG" Mason @chaoticauthor.online #TheShadowsThatWeCarry 💙📚 🩸📚

If you enjoy buying direct from authors, I have signed paperback bundles available through my Ko-fi shop. Each bundle includes a signed paperback, printed bookmark. and a handmade ribbon and charm bookmark. ko-fi.com/fiphillips/s... #BookBundles #SignedBooks #ReadingCommunity #BookSky

It's launch day! Rainbow's Book of Prompts is out in the world! mybook.to/Rainbowsbook...

I’ve started a new read for May, fantasy novel Narrow Mountain by Alex Evans. What are you reading this month? #AmReadingFantasy #ReadingList #SpringReading #BookSky

THE SHADOWS THAT WE CARRY is out now! A charity horror anthology featuring 20 stories from Horror Writers Chat members. All profits go to Macmillan Cancer Support in memory of Matt "MG" Mason. ebook & paperback: amzn.eu/d/098CFL12 paperback: ko-fi.com/s/c24c7af3a0 #TheShadowsThatWeCarry 💙📚 🩸📚

Hey I'm Lily, I call myself 'The non-poetry lovers poet' (I'm repeatedly being told 'I don't like poetry but I like yours' so ...) I write fiction, creative non fiction and kids picture books too! (more books are on the way) Check the pic and my bio for more about me and all those clickety links.

If you’ve been thinking about starting a new fantasy series, why not try the Haven Chronicles? There are three book already available and book four is with my publisher right now. #FantasySeries #FantasyBooks #MagicAndRobots #BookBundles 1/2

9 years ago, a wee fantasy tale called "The Weaver of Odds" was summoned into reality & changed my life forever. 🩵📚 Today, we celebrate 500K sold paperbacks+hardbacks of the novel + millions of eBooks. Thank you all who had purchased a copy. I hope I can keep on writing stories worthy of you.🥰❤️

Everyone has a particular flavour of story they return to time and time again. Find out what mine is (and my top 6 reads of this kind) in my latest blog post: fiphillipswriter.com/2026/05/03/t... What kind of reads do you keep coming back to? #NewBlogPost #AmReadingFantasy #FantasyBooks

So the ebook of Rainbow's Book of Prompts is available on pre-order finally! Link via post Oh and here are this month's prompts open.substack.com/pub/lilylaws... #ebook #ordernow #writingprompts

I write threshold fantasy because I love stories where something is hidden just underneath the surface or through a seemingly normal door. New to the Haven Chronicles series? Haven Wakes is where it all begins. #FantasySeries #AmWritingFantasy #MagicAndRobots #BookSky

If you’ve read any of the Haven Chronicles novels and left a review, thank you so much. It really does make a difference. #BookReviews #ThankYouDearReader #ReadingCommunity #BookSky 1/3

I've just finished reading witchy cosy mystery Haunted, Hexed and Dead by Bella Colby. What a brilliant, funny read and only book 4 in the Witchy at Fifty series. Here's my book review: www.instagram.com/p/DX9u54nCONC/ #BookReview #WitchyFiction #AmReadingCosyMystery #BookSky #RecommendedRead

open.substack.com/pub/lilylaws... With many thanks to @skywatcher-hl.bsky.social #books #readers

Here’s a question for my fellow fantasy readers. When you start a new fantasy story, what draws you in first? The world? The characters? The opening mystery? The tone and atmosphere? Or something else? Let me know in the comments. #ReaderQuestion #FantasyReaders

Read #ebooks ? 10:59 is FREE on #kindleunlimited 10:59 is ONLY 99p/99c on #kindle ... er... limited. I'd be jolly chuffed if you'd care to read it. Thanks so much! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1912946114 www.amazon.com/dp/1912946114

I’m in that in between space at the moment. Book Four of the Haven Chronicles is with my publisher, and I’m nervously waiting for their feedback. For now, I’m working on two short fantasy stories. It’s a completely different pace and experience to writing a novel. Here’s a snippet: #AuthorLife

April has been a month of so many edits as I polished the first draft of book four of the Haven Chronicles before sending it off to my publisher. Phew! #AmWritingFantasy #MonthEndReflection #LifeOfFi 1/3

My latest interviewee @meljrey.bsky.social Check out her books and her Substack - links in post. open.substack.com/pub/lilylaws... #fantasy #books #interview

I just finished reading Footsteps of Heroes by BR Dexter. Find out what I thought over on Instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DXotHHCjU3B/ #BookReview #AmReadingComingOfAge #AmReadingMystery #RecommendedRead #BookSky

I’m having a busy decade. 15 thrillers. 3 novels. 1 nonfiction book. 4 3rd-person memoirs. 42 short stories. I’ve edited more than 20 books for authors. My 24 books are on Amazon in Kindle (free with KU), paperback, and audiobook editions. amzn.to/2b96qaj

‘Timeless in their relevance to people and the world we live and love in. . . . Lily’s realistic, but positive world view shines.’ mybook.to/TasteofWhats... #poems

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Fi’s Bookish Catch-up is a cosy monthly newsletter for fantasy readers. Writing updates, bookish chat, and behind-the-scenes glimpses of a fantasy series in progress. If that sounds like your kind of thing, you can sign up here: fiphillipswriter.com/subscribe/ #AuthorNewsletter #FantasyReads

With thanks to Rudyard Kipling and my fellow authors. #poetry

No matter how sh*tty the current sh*tstorms may seem, we actually have far more important things to think about. Let's talk. 10:59 is available to order via your favourite online or offline book retailer.

Today I sent book four of the Haven Chronicles to my publisher, Burning Chair. I’m sure there are more edits ahead, but for now this feels like a quiet milestone worth marking. Thank you for sticking with me as the world of the Haven Chronicles unfolds. #AmWritingFantasy #AuthorLife #BookSky

If you’ve read any of the Haven Chronicles novels and left a book review, I just want to say how much I appreciate that. #BookReviews #ThankYouDearReader #ReadingCommunity #BookSky 1/3

You can find out what I’ve read so far in 2026, the patterns I’ve noticed, and what I’m planning to read next over on my blog: fiphillipswriter.com/2026/04/14/m... What’s been your favourite read this year? #AmReading #BookishLife #ReadingCommunity #BookSky

Happy Launch Day to me! First Mage On The Moon is out today.

Editing. Editing. Editing. I finished the first ‘mistake catching’ edit at the weekend. Is it good that the ending of book four made me cry because it’s all so emotional? Back into it today with the dialogue edit. #AuthorLife #Editing #FantasySeries #AmWritingFantasy #BehindtheScenes

It must be British spring time. I've just been gardening in the rain. #LifeOfFi #Spring

My latest post - open.substack.com/pub/lilylaws... #writingprompts

If you prefer to buy direct from the author, I have signed book bundles available through my Ko-fi shop. I pop a printed bookmark and a handmade ribbon and charm bookmark into each bundle. You can find everything here: ko-fi.com/fiphillips/s... #BookBundles #SignedBooks #ReadingCommunity #BookSky

I write futuristic fantasy because I love stories that mix up magic, folklore and future tech. The Haven Chronicles begins with Haven Wakes and follows Steve as his understanding of his world changes in so many ways that he never expected. #AmWritingFantasy #FantasySeries #MagicAndRobots #BookSky

#QOTD #readers If you see this [https://mybook.to/Sandcastles](mybook.to/Sandcastles) Do you know what it's for? Would you click on it? What about this one? [https://mybook.to/Aevy](mybook.to/Aevy) I will post the books in comments in a day or two. Let me know if you find out what they are for.

This April, I’m reading Fairytale by Stephen King and Haunted, Hexed and Dead by Bella Colby. They're so different but they also both have: - characters I’m rooting for - enough mystery to keep me reading - an author I adore returning to What are you reading? #AprilReads #Horror #WitchyFiction

When you finish reading a book you’ve really enjoyed, what do you do first? • Sit with it for a while? • Tell a friend? • Leave a review? • Immediately start the next book? • Or someting else? For me, it's option one. What about you? #ReaderQuestion #BookishLife

This month's interviewee Jessica Ungeheuer @phoenixfire110.bsky.social who's got a horroromance urban fantasy book out there if anyone wants to check it out. It's called Z.E.R.O. #fantasy #authorinterview open.substack.com/pub/lilylaws...

There are over 90,000 words on my screen and a very messy collection of notes sat beside me. The first draft of book four of the Haven Chronicles is complete. #AmWritingFantasy #FirstDraft #AuthorLife #Editing

Some of my published books you may enjoy. Sci-fi. Steampunk. Historical fiction. Also writing lit fiction as E. V Faulkner. www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Alexa... Drop into Sticks & Stones for updates: www.sticksandstonesbooks.com

March has been a month of thinking about fantasy worlds. About how they grow, change, and become more rich and colourful with each new visit. What fictional world have you enjoyed returning to? #MonthEndReflection #FantasyWorlds

Her plan was to return home after saving Elizabeth, she doesn’t belong in this time. But Charlotte soon learns that she must face the consequences of meddling with time, even if it costs her everything. Sky Watcher: A Shadow in Time Book 1 mybook.to/SkyWatcher #historicalromance #histfic

books2read.com/u/bolnZ0 Cerise and Alistair’s series comes to a close! 🪐📚👀 🌶️

After battling a rampaging mob of rat, cat, and car sized spiders, assisted by a group of newly freed harpies, I'm exhausted. I desperately need a cup of tea. Okay, so that wasn't me. It was Steve and co. But writing it felt like a battle. And I still need that cup of tea. #AuthorLife #BookSky

mybook.to/Sandcastles "A fun book to dip into, pick a story, enjoy it, then fall asleep. Relaxing.” #fiction #shortstories

It’s Tolkien Reading Day and this year’s theme is unlikely heroes. I think you can safely say that young Steve starts off as an unlikely hero in Haven Wakes. Thrown in at the magical deep end with only his new friends to keep him afloat. #TolkienReadingDay #Tolkien #UnlikelyHeroes 1/3

I’ve been thinking a lot about world building this month, so I thought it was time to share this blog post again: Building a world readers want to live in. fiphillipswriter.com/2025/09/17/b... #FantasyWorldBuilding #WorldBuilding #AmWritingFantasy #BookSky