Nice to see the new Scotrail timetable for the Borders railway has pre-marked all the cancelled services.

Hello and happy birthday to us! The Wedale Bookshop is two years old (well, officially tomorrow), the cupcakes are ready, the fizz is chilling and we look forward to welcoming you! We are open 10-4.30 today, welcoming our best-selling author @edjamesauthor.bsky.social here at 2pm!

For our 2nd birthday celebrations on 6th April we'll be joined by best-selling author @edjamesauthor.bsky.social who'll be signing copies of his latest #ScottishBorders crime novel Fear of Any Kind. We'll have cupcakes, fizz and a fund-raising raffle for the Galashiels Foodbank so please come along!

Enjoyed #VickyDodds book 2 by @edjamesauthor.bsky.social 5⭐ No spoilers but: adopt a dog wherever possible... preferably one with a pointy heid. #Audiobook

What a headline.

Crazy how much Sainsbury’s spends on advertising for Aldi…

The great thing about the weird numbering system of the Die Hard films is you can pretend the shockingly bad second film doesn’t exist and you can just skip from the amazing first to the amazing third. Same rules apply with Indiana Jones films.

First draft of Marshall 7 done… still a ton of work to do on it, but it’s in a good place. Just a bit to do then I’m breaking for Xmas.

Two years on the trot! Thank you to Gordy at @wedale-bookshop.bsky.social for the support and to all the readers who buy my novels in print! Plenty of signed stock in the shop… for now…

Second time in a week the Borders railway was cancelled. Total joke

Crazy mist on the hills above the Tweed earlier…

Lovely lunchtime walk.

Happy publication day to @mwcraven.bsky.social - chilling and macabre, the newest Washington Poe thriller, THE MERCY CHAIR, is out today in paperback! tinyurl.com/4ahdkbjw

There ain’t no party like a NEWCASTLE NOIR PROOF PARTY! Heading to Newcastle Noir on Friday? Grab a (free!) ticket to the proof party of the year. Goodie bags and copies of The Midnight King for all who attend! www.eventbrite.com/e/proof-part...

Ho ho ho! Apparently my very dark, 'batshit' Christmas thriller, #DyingForChristmas is just 99p on kindle for the whole of December. Rude not to really. www.amazon.co.uk/Dying-Christ...

Visitors are often pleasantry surprised to find a bookseller in Stow but we’re not the first to be established here. Sanderson & Son was in Stow around a century ago and was one of many businesses now lost to history. We’re glad to be linked to the past through books! #localbookshop #localhistory

I couldn't find a Starter Pack for historical crime writers so I started one. If you'd like to be added, let me know! Please share so we can build up a great list. #historicalcrime #crimewriters go.bsky.app/2oZd48F

Different walk this morning as car got MOT…

Not the same location, but 24 hours apart. Crazy.

Missing Iceland Noir this weekend but these photos remind me I need to head back to my favourite country… www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/11/gary...

Al (lying down) and Bessi

Hello from Harrogate International Festivals! Obligatory first post on Bluesky – please RT to let people know that we are here. Looking forward to finding friends and building networks!

Bloody knackered after that

My first Shadows & Ink newsletter for a few weeks… edjamesauthor.beehiiv.com/p/lying-in-m...

updated Bookshop Starter Pack go.bsky.app/DopYboe

And an actual serious other one. Tons of people to follow. Go on!

Good morning Bluesky. Here's a helpful starter pack for divorced men named Geoff but one has been murdered. Please help us find the killer. go.bsky.app/KDY26rh

As is this. Tons of good people here.

This is a great place to start if you’re looking for people to follow

Big climb on today’s hike

I’m planning series four of my podcast Confessions of a Book Collector. If you haven't listened before, many excellent guests will entertain you. And you can find out more about @goldsborobooks.bsky.social, @dhhlitagency.bsky.social & @capitalcrime.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...

Bloody hell. Over 1000 followers! Thank you for following me and my nonsense and thank you to those who put me on their starter pack…

Cold day today so Bessi is back in her Icelandic Christmas coat. Al doesn’t get cold (like me)

Editing the outline for Marshall 8 and it’s a good reminder to not try anything creative just after I’ve had to take my pills to fix my arrhythmia, that’s all I’m saying. That said, I am going the full Columbo with this one.

Quick question. Are you still on Twitter (or whatever that arsehole calls it now)? If so, do you intend to post/interact over there? And same question re: Threads…

Introduce yourself with some jobs you’ve done apart from what you’ve done now. 1 shelf stacker 2 boom mic holder for BBC golf coverage 3 mail room worker 4 pensions consultant 5 IT programme manager 6 prospectus envelope stuffer

Me looking at Twitter last month vs me looking at Twitter now

PSA for all of you who are showing 'invalid handle'. Worked for me within a couple of minutes.

A welcome to all the new followers. If you love #CrimeFiction I’ve got a starter pack for you! A host of our amazing members from @ukcrimebookclub.bsky.social - get on them all. go.bsky.app/NueqaV3

I always say I’m going to take it a bit easier, but it seems like I’m juggling six #writing projects just now. As ever, once it’s all cleared down, I’ll take it easy. Honest.

A little more about us. We opened in April 2023, a fulfilment of a life-long ambition and a risky venture in difficult times. We are open 5 days for new customers and a growing band of regulars! We love #books and love sharing recommendations with our three book clubs and customers! #scottishborders

Follow my literary agent and bookseller supremo - @davidhheadley.bsky.social

A call to all un-agented authors who have written a sweeping historical love story. My submissions are open, and I am waiting to read your book. www.dhhliteraryagency.com/david-h-head...

Photo I took this morning on my 10km walk. Can’t cross-post from Insta yet so have to do it manually.

"If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" Read this. It’ll change your entire worldview, perhaps. We need to bring ownership back. pluralistic.net/2023/12/08/p...

This morning’s hike …

Lovely shot of the castle after I saw Young Fathers last night. Some gig!

Some days I feel so frustrated that I can’t quite solve a problem with a book without some convoluted nonsense. And then inspiration hits (not mine in this case) and it makes me fall in love with writing all over again.

Sunday morning hike in my favourite weather. Cold air, no wind, blue sky

Started my new #writing project today and feeling quite invigorated by it, weirdly. The last book was such a pain in the hole, so having this one being positive is a nice shot in the arm!