It's 'are you old' and also 'were you middle class'.

On this cold glittering November morning our fuchsia burns so bright it practically *hisses*...

Ever get the feeling that you published a book—SLOW RIVER—in the wrong time/universe? A writer dreams of her book finding the right audience—and here they are! Just bad timing. The publisher will be reissuing it 2026/2027, though, so maybe it will find its readers this time. sfra.org/conferences/...

I second this proposal! #WomenInSTEMDay 🧪🌱

This is amazing! There goes my whole morning... #medievalsky

I have a new book coming out in January: SHE IS HERE. Every time I look at the cover I smile—and am struck by just how unusual both the photo and book itself are. Let me explain using many visual aids... #SheIsHere #NetGalley

I have a new book coming out in January: SHE IS HERE. Every time I look at the cover I smile—and am struck by just how unusual both the photo and book itself are. Let me explain using many visual aids... #SheIsHere #NetGalley

Book professionals: SHE IS HERE, out in January, is now available for review on Edelweiss and NetGalley! I hope you'll go read it—I'm proud of my little book of Creative Commonplaces... 💕📚💙 You can read more about it here: nicolagriffith.com/she-is-here/ #SheIsHere #NetGalley

Speaking of kerning I misread it as kenning :)

Seattle, looking for the perfect book as a holiday gift? Come to the Phinney Center for the Holiday Bookfest, Sat 22 November: a mellow afternoon with 28 local authors, like me, who would love to chat and sign your books.

New profile pic. Swapped the heron for a Book of Kells-type cat in stripey meatloaf style…

Direct link: www.patreon.com/posts/141522...

Over on Patreon I've posted a giant, 5,000-word personal and writing update. You have to sign up to join, but it costs nothing—and it stays free unless and until you choose to upgrade. (And I mean *choose*: no nagging.)

Update: weather and flowers, beasties, and writing. October in Seattle is the tipping point. One day hard blue sky and glittery sun, the next cloud like an iron lid and the floods of an atmospheric river. The cats are grumpy. And a massive writing update on the way...

Update: weather and flowers, beasties, and writing. October in Seattle is the tipping point. One day hard blue sky and glittery sun, the next cloud like an iron lid and the floods of an atmospheric river. The cats are grumpy. And a massive writing update on the way...

They really do look great all lined up!

Dear @nicolaz.bsky.social and @argylleditions.bsky.social are you aware that Peretur is competiting against Galabriel for 24 hours on @elbakin.bsky.social ? Even if it will be a uphill battle, I hope Peretur will prove its strength. www.elbakin.net/vote/157

A free and public update on Patreon—you don't need to be a member to read it—about why we call our temporary microclimate weather phenomenon Nickel Crick, and when I'll post the loooong update about what I'm working on right now... www.patreon.com/posts/update...

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Libro.fm and your local library are both excellent sources of audio books. And, y'know, should you be looking for something to listen to I narrated both my own SPEAR and SO LUCKY...

TFW one of your favorite authors plugs your show in the town where Dracula landed

Goth folk cabaret at Whitby's Goth Weekend? Sung by a Hild fan? If we lived 5,000 miles closer, we'd be tempted...

It's always—always—the artists who get the shaft.

For Çaturday, a kitty-in-the round following the Lindisfarne Gospels style (Luke Incipit, with liberties), a sort of kitty triskele (ditto, only more so), and how I imagine a Pict might have carved our beastie, Charlie Bean, on one of his best-behaved days—masquerading as Saint Bean.

Who doesn’t like Welsh Weird tales? This story—the Arthurian era saint whose daddy was a fairy (oh, just read it)—and may others are the foundation of some the weirdness this Kickstarter is hoping to bring to your attention. Go give them some 💰

Yeah, they come flying in gleefully to wreak havoc, see who’s in charge again, and think “Oh, those poor people…” And give us a break.

Unless there are really good medical reasons not to, ALWAYS get all the vaccinations. Get them on the advised schedule. Just GET them.

When the *Episcopalians* do memes you know we're approaching the end times...

Bruvs furever against the coming of the dark…

Acknowledging from the realm of Relying on Rather Large Banana and Oat Muffins…

When this one goes it will be terrible. Worse than anything I've lived through. I dread it. But it's coming.

Every email I send from my domain-based email address to any Yahoo recipient is blocked (at least through Gmail—haven't tried it through Apple mail yet). I'm tired and sick so if anyone has a handy guide to fix this so I don't have to spent hours figuring it out, I'd be grateful.

Yesterday I turned 65. Despite being ill for the last 17 days with a vile virus, it was a day of unexpected gifts and small pleasures. Plus some close supervision by a certain scarred veteran of kitty covert ops.

It seems so much easier to air this kind of Russian influence in the UK than here. Gosh, I wonder why.

If only I lived closer… #medievalsky

OMG!!! The vine we planted 5 years ago (6?!) has finally—finally! right at the end of summer—flowered for the first time! An omen: summer 2026 is going to be brilliant and beautiful ✨

Real life monster battle. Wow.

Please do not tell small artists and nonprofits based in the US that you are thinking about abstaining from buying stuff from us because of the Trump administration. We also do not like that guy! You can just...not tell us! It feels like being kicked when we're already down, ya know?

Well, the prissy little petunias might have got themselves Raptured but the begonia and geranium, the jasmine and more are still their blooming heathen selves, even as autumn runs its cool fingers through their leaves.

I couldn’t get to the actual paper but the write up sounds as though this could be very, very good news! 🧪

These look like little bunny boars

The coyotes are baying and yipping, out in force. Soon they’ll come swarming out of the ravine on the hunt. Thankfully, Charlie and George are both in for the night. If you’re in Broadview, keep your pets close tonight.

As autumn begins, George, International Cat of Mystery, offers his sitrep: together with asset, Tabby Pimpernel, endeavouring to keep neighbourhood clear of infiltrators. Charlie uncooperative. Flowers still drawing attention of aerial insurgents and small drones nicolagriffith.com/2025/09/22/a...

The equinox, and that rich, mellow moment where the world hangs between harvest-is-in-we-can-rest and winter-must-be-readied-for. Here's the state of the Griffith-Eskridge household—or some of it, including cats and flowers...

Any legal specialists out there who know whether I’m correct in my suspicion that use of another’s signature—even if agreeing to these TOS—is illegal?

Such a great series!

Read these, they fucking rock.

Forgot to tag @elizabethhand.bsky.social

I've read 3/6 and you absolutely should check both series out!