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My favourite books of 2025, part 1 :D www.tiktok.com/@hester.hatc...

To all my author, reader, and artist friends, here's to 2026 not being a complete dumpster fire! #newyearsresolution #authorlife

Writing update on my blog, if anyone cares. In a nutshell, my life imploded in 2025 hesterhatchette.blogspot.com/2025/12/2025... #wip #workinprogress #writing

It's me! All rainbows, all the time. /s [made with a Canva template]

My secret hobby--vintage books with illustrations. This is The Strange Disappearance of Arthur Cluck by Nathaniel Benchley, illustrated by Arnold Lobel. Published 1967. That rooster is a stellar dad. "You can't expect me to watch the children I father!" #vintagebooks #childrensbook #illustrationart

Just things that make me happy.

Office buddy #officedecor #writerslife

The randomness that goes on in my office... #desk #authoroffice #writer

Nice surprise today! Can't wait to see the new Supreme Commander lol #restoreme #books

Can't wait to see what happens when a 17-year-old becomes Supreme Commander lol #restoreme #books

The things I concern myself with. #halloween2025 #halloweenwreaths

Seafood travelling to the lake in 2025.

Meanwhile, at my house... #books #bookshelves #bookdecor #bees

Need more Summerween? 🎃🧜🏼‍♀️🩸Seafood by Hester Hatchette. Mermaids, teenage love, insatiable hunger, convenient revenge, and terrible decisions! #booktok #bookstgram #summerween #summerweenbooktok #summerweenbookrecs #horrorbooks #yabooks #KU #kindleunlimitedreads #kindleunlimited

Seafood | Hester Hatchette | Beach horror with a moody teen protagonist, a killer stalking the beach, and mermaids with questionable morality #horror #horrorbooks #indieauthor #indiehorror #selfpublishedauthor #mermaidbook #yabooks #YAhorror #KindleUnlimited #evilmermaids #beachhorror #summerhorror

Just life goals.

🌈This June, we celebrate love, identity, and the beautiful spectrum of the LGBTQIA+ community. You are seen, valued, and loved. 🏳️‍🌈 #PrideMonth #Pride2025 #LGBTQIA

The real question. Seafood is on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited! amazon.com/dp/B0DFWGJQFR #KindleUnlimited #evilmermaids #horror #horrorbooks #indieauthor #indiehorror #selfpublishedauthor #bookreviewerswanted #mermaidbooks #yabooks #bookreview #YAhorror

Ok but why does it have to be so cute? #bunnyharvestman www.sciencealert.com/what-the-hec...

www.amazon.com/dp/B0DFWGJQFR www.amazon.ca/dp/B0DFWGJQFR #author #horror #horrorbooks #indieauthor #indiehorror #selfpublishedauthor #bookreviewerswanted #mermaidbook #mermaidbooks #booksirensreview #yabooks #bookreview #Yahorror

New cover by @jackhillside.bsky.social! I’m in love with the colours, the mermaid, the spooky vibes! If you want to read about murderous mermaids and terrible teenage decisions, check out Seafood! www.amazon.com/dp/B0DFWGJQFR Check out Jack Hillside's alluring art! jackhillside.com/portfolio

Today has been brought to you by the overuse of the word "condescendingly" and the fact that I can't spell it. I can feel the word glaring at me as my sausage fingers repeatedly try.

Gonna drink diet mountain dew outta this as I write lol #maincharacterenergy #writing #books

store.steampowered.com/app/1586860/... currently obsessed with Bonesaw right now! It's a strategy game where you "gamble with your fingers"! I might have a thing for the devil guy and I certainly can't beat him yet lol

Seafood is on Amazon (& KU!) AND #booksirens for FREE in exchange for a review. PLEASE review!🥺 #YAhorror #yabook #author #horror #horrorbooks #indieauthor #indiehorror #selfpublishedauthor #bookreviewerswanted #mermaidbook #mermaidbooks #booksirensreview #yabooks #bookreview

LOVE the atmosphere of these sets -- check out the trailer if scary clowns are your thing!

What I'm currently working on. My goal this year is to get these both out or be close to release. The Seafood sequel will take longer as it's arguably more serious. No one cares about my update but I liked making this lol. #writing #amwriting #WIP #mermaidbook #vampirebook

I hit 10K of my old vampire book rewrite last night. I'm hoping I can blaze through it, get it through alpha & beta readers and rewrites etc. and publish it this year. Does anyone care? No, but I do. Happy new year. #amwriting #vampirebook #rewriting

Come on spellcheck, I'm obviously trying to spell "intermittently" pls throw me a bone here. My brain can't wrap around the "mitten" in there, but you should know what "intermittedily" actually is.

Furiously typing and so in the zone of writing bliss...and I have to go to bed?!

FOUR hours left on that @itch.io sale!

"What trillion-dollar problem is AI trying to solve?" Wages. They're trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.

Today is brought to you by the word "scrutinizing" and the fact that it doesn't look right. #amwriting

Looking at a MS I shelved a decade+ ago. I took this vampire book so seriously! Now I'm like, dang, lighten up lol. I'm not Rice, should have let my flippancy shine. And now I wonder how fast I can rewrite this? I can let my irreverence take the wheel, what can go wrong? #iamwriting #vampirebook

Type-typity-type-type. Also, today is brought to you by the word "type", like keyboard typing, but it looks weird when I type it...

Seafood is out on Amazon (& KU!) BUT it's also on #booksirens if you want it for FREE in exchange for a review. #YAhorror #horror #horrorbooks #indieauthor #indiehorror #selfpublishedauthor #bookreviewerswanted #yabooks

Seafood is out on Amazon (& KU!) BUT it's also on #booksirens if you want it for FREE in exchange for a review. I need a scanner to get my doodles. #horror #horrorbooks #indieauthor #indiehorror #selfpublishedauthor #bookreviewerswanted #mermaidbook #booksirensreview #yabooks #bookreview #YAhorror

Seafood is on Amazon BUT it's also on #booksirens for FREE in exchange for a review. And no, I'm not good at making graphics. I write books that make people uncomfortable. #YAhorror #horrorbooks #indieauthor #indiehorror #selfpublishedauthor #bookreviewerswanted #yabooks #bookreview

Seafood is out on Amazon BUT it's also on #booksirens if you want it for FREE in exchange for a review. #YAhorror #novel #author #horror #horrorbooks #indieauthor #indiehorror #selfpublishedauthor #bookreviewerswanted #mermaidbook #memaidbooks #booksirensreview #yabooks #bookreview

Anyone else keep a mini library in their work office? At any given time, I need two fiction books and one poetry book. Sometimes I add a non-fiction as well! Can't be too prepared! No horror book ATM. #reading #books #ratherbereading

Grab Seafood for free on BookSirens, just leave a review on Amazon or Goodreads :) booksirens.com/book/BV8OK3J... #novel #author #horror #horrorbooks #indieauthor #indiehorror #selfpublishedauthor #bookreviewerswanted #mermaidbook #memaidbooks #booksirensreview #yabooks #bookreview

Waiting for my author copies to come in during a postal strike. But here, look, I did a thing! A lonely teen falls in love with a mermaid, but pieces of men wash up on the beach, his best friend has disappeared, and it’s not a coincidence. YA mermaid horror. www.amazon.com/dp/B0DFWGJQFR

First post! I write YA horror, occasionally play horror games, and create art. I'd love to follow more writers, reviewers, and beta readers here! #writingcommunity #amwriting I'm still figuring out this site so feel free to reach out to me :)