Mr Flamel finds himself in exceptional company: 15 Best Fantasy Books You Need To Read If You Like Harry Potter - www.slashfilm.com/1975607/best...

Research will lead you down odd roads: How the Octopus Came to Earth: Stunning 19th-Century French Chromolithographs of Cephalopods www.themarginalian.org/2023/05/30/v...

Reading on Paper Versus Screens: What’s the Difference? www.brainfacts.org/neuroscience...

Where do writers get their ideas from? Exorcists' association warns against fake news about exorcism costs clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2025/09/exor...

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Available from tomorrow, 30th August : "Boggarts, Brownies, Hobs and their Goblin Kin; an encyclopedia of world folklore" by Stephen G. Rae 200 characters from world folklore, illustrated throughout, and a Rogues Gallery of goblin art folklorepress.co.uk #goblins #folklore #booksky

#sundaymorningbookchat An exciting series packed with Mythology, history, action & magic @flamelauthor.bsky.social, orphans on a magical quest📚, brave cats, rivalry & conflicted clans & wonderful dragons.🐉 Spellbinding reads 📚#Middlegradefiction #UKKidLit

I last posted about this with everyone at Worldcon, so I'd appreciate a boost if you're willing as the world is noisy and full of horror, but the African SF Novels and Novellas Bundle - curated by Eugen Bacon, is still going strong at StoryBundle, and includes 2 of my novels! storybundle.com/scifi

A Digital Notebook for Every Type of Notetaker. (I use @GetRocketbook in desk and pocket sizes. Highly recommended.) nymag.com/strategist/a...

Several people have asked about my interest in demonology and for bibliographies on the subject, so here is an updated post that explains the why, along with the full bibliography I used for Miserere at the end: www.tfrohock.com/blog/2015/1/...

Research - always the best part of writing! 3,000-year-old hymn reveals musical links across Bronze Age civilizations from India to the Mediterranean archaeologymag.com/2025/08/3000...

Literary Synchronicities: Jessica Francis Kane on Finding Coincidences While Writing lithub.com/literary-syn...

Petrichor and Geosmin – The Smell of Rain: sciencenotes.org/petrichor-an...

Just discovered THEM! (1954) may have been a documentary. Radioactive Wasp Nest Found in Decommissioned Nuclear Weapons Plant gizmodo.com/radioactive-...

Where do writers get their ideas from? Newly Deciphered Cuneiform Tablet Contains Unknown Sumerian Myth archaeology.org/news/2025/07...

Research takes you down odd roads. Before the keyboard, there was quill and candlelight. Did you know medieval scribes used powdered gold and crushed insects for ink? www.studysmarter.co.uk/explanations...

During the 1930s, the US "book women" of Kentucky, aka "packsaddle librarians," delivered books to remote and isolated communities in the Appalachian Mountains on horseback, riding in rain, snow or heat ...#WomensArt

Love this projection, the Colmcille Map from Foras na Gaeilge in Ireland and Bòrd na Gàidhlig in Scotland, centring the relationship between Ireland and Scotland - the land of Columba. Original here colmcille.net/wp-content/u... #maps #gaelic

A #HistoricalFiction novel set in WWII, where a young woman uncovers a legacy of magic passed down through generations. If you like a hint of witchcraft woven into a story of courage, love, and hidden war work, this is for you. mybook.to/HerDarkestHour #WW2 #witchlit #histfic

The most common question I'm asked is: which tools do I use? My writing process: handwritten drafts/quick notes in Rocketbook, getrocketbook.com idea management and first draft in Obsidian, obsidian.md and final edits in LibreOffice libreoffice.org. #AuthorSky

The 3 Decisions that DEFINE your writing voice with Alan Moore | Meet your Maestro www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOmT...

Here's a great deal: all six from the Flamel series in the monster collection for $1.99 ebookdaily.com/bargain-kind...

Floral snapshot, July, in case your brain is noisy and overloaded:

10,000 historical children's books free to explore in digital archive boingboing-net.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/boingboi... #BookSky

four. different. ampersands. !!!! & they all illustrate the origin of the ampersand in the ligature of the latin conjunction “et” (“and”). 222050 • @folger.edu

'Se lengsta dæg': The Anglo-Saxon Solstice aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2014/06/se-l...

Enter an Archive of 10,000+ Historical Children’s Books, All Digitized & Free to Read Online

Side-by-side sunset images from Earth and Mars show the Sun smaller from Mars, which is 50% farther from the Sun. Earth's sunset glows orange, while Mars' appears blue due to dust scattering. Left Image Credit: Damia Bouic Right Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS; Processing: Damia Bouic

Viewing writing endeavors as a way to bring more sacredness into your life might help you claim the space and time for it — just one lesson learned from Aikido, from writer and coach Barbra Rodriguez.

There's over 500 Sherlock Holmes books in audio now - here's our top 25 bestsellers from May mxpublishing.com/blogs/news/t... @writerpaula.bsky.social @caidencmyles.bsky.social

A Collection of Children’s School Notebooks from Around the World kottke.org/20/01/a-coll...

#amwriting #writersky #authorsky #writingcommunity #writingfeedback

Brian Eno’s Advice for Those Who Want to Do Their Best Creative Work: Don’t Get a Job www.openculture.com/2018/04/bria... #AuthorSky #Booksky

Why is Irish mythology so prevalent in Japanese videogames? www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

A simple experiment revealed the complex ‘thoughts’ of fungi. Mycelium can plan and strategize based on their surroundings, even without brains. www.popsci.com/environment/...

Where do writers get their ideas from? www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

Where do writers get their ideas from? Physicists confirm the incredible existence of "time mirrors" www.earth.com/news/physici...

#authorproblems #indieauthor #vss365 #iwrite #writingcommunity

How to Write in Cuneiform, the Oldest Writing System in the World: A Short, Charming Introduction

How Authors are Thinking About AI (Survey of 1,200+ Authors) insights.bookbub.com/how-authors-...

What more could I want but such a lovely review? Thank you @elisabethwolf.bsky.social

Where do writers get their ideas from? Alchemy in the American Colonies - Puritan alchemists founded America: newtopiamagazine.wordpress.com/2012/10/15/t...

Unicorn, from the work of 16thc physician Conrad Gesner. He wrote that unicorn horn, combined with wine, could counteract poisons and could cure a range of conditions including epilepsy

Where do writers get their ideas from? Sometimes research leads you down odd roads. Here's Michelangelo's grocery list, with tiny drawings: grocerylists.org/2014/01/17/m...

Types of Videos Authors can Make #indieauthor #writersky #authorsky #amwriting #writingcommunity

Neuroscience Says Music Is an Emotion Regulation Machine. Here’s What to Play for Happiness, Productivity, or Deep Thinking #authorsky #booksky www.inc.com/jessica-stil...

Where do writers get their ideas from?

📚 #amreading at the Franciscan Library, Lima, Peru

Fragments of a rare Merlin manuscript from c. 1300 have been discovered and digitised in a ground-breaking three-year project at Cambridge University Library: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/merl...?