Today I realised something. When I started writing Rebuilding Freya Michaels, I thought I knew exactly how it would end. I was wrong. The ending didn't reveal itself until I was almost finished. Sometimes stories need to find their own way. I can't wait to share Freya's journey with you.

The writing coaches Adrienne Dines and the late Barbara Large convinced me that my creative words were worth reading. They bolstered my confidence and convinced me to continue writing. Beth Kempton made me look at writing from a multidimensional perspective. tessabarrie.com/f/breathing-...

#herewegoagain #backtothedrawingboard #editingprocess

And this is where we are going...

This is where we are...

#happysaturday #everyone! It seems I haven't found the time to post here recently because I am up to my eyes in editing, but at least the end is in sight now. Wishing you all a stress-free day. #newnovel #onitsway vimeo.com/1184324546?f...

This is exciting! This Sept, I’m teaching an online workshop for WestWord, on celebrating ‘the ordinary’ in hist fict. At just £10, it’s a bargain! Book below and join me, why don’t you? It’s going to be great fun. 🗝️’ I gyve until my wife my second best bed.’ 📜 www.tickettailor.com/events/westw...

DJ Lily's #music of the day youtu.be/7w1QandHqEs?...

As part of the blog tour for murder mystery, The Secret Lives of the Doyenne of Didsbrook, I have a guest post by author @tessabarrie.bsky.social to share www.myreadingcorner.co.uk/2025/08/the-... #booksky 💙📚 #mysterylovers #bookblogger

Read my review of @tessabarrie.bsky.social ‘s new release, The Secret Lives of the Doyenne of Didsbrook. 📚⬇️ www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

What a great weekend! Folky open-mic yesterday, @tessabarrie.bsky.social ‘s book launch today, and lionesses this evening. Plus roast spuds. What more could you ask for? ☺️📖🏆🥔

On the blog today is my book list of all the books that I want to read in August 💙📚 #authors @alexandraweston.bsky.social @claremarchant.bsky.social @tessabarrie.bsky.social @ericsilberstein.bsky.social @janeloftus.bsky.social and more

Exciting times! Available on Amazon from midday next Tuesday, July 1st. #bookrelease #quirky #characterdiven #murdermystery

Why #bookreviews are so important to #indieauthors. tessabarrie.com/f/why-book-r...

I have been home for three days, and yet my Hay Experience 2025 is still very much alive and buzzing in my head, and will be for some time to come. #hayfestival tessabarrie.com/f/still-zing...

The countdown to the launch has just begun! #Quirky #murdermystery #launch #comingsoon #preorder tessabarrie.com/f/the-countd...

he eBook is now available to pre-order on Amazon at the special price of 99p/99c until the big release day on 1st July 2025. shorturl.at/WWIhz #BookLaunch #quirky #MurderMysteryNovel #preordernow shorturl.at/upApV

At the end of 2024, after weeks and months of submissions, I was offered two book deals for The Secret Lives of the Doyenne of Didsbrook, but unfortunately, I have had to change direction. Click here to find out more. tessabarrie.com/f/may-2025-n...

Okay, here's a cheeky little teaser for 'The Doyenne' for you on a Wednesday morning.

PoetryPalooza 2025 April 12–14! Get indie poetry eBooks for $0.99–$1.99 + enter to win a $15 or $20 Bookshop.org gift card! (two winners) ($20 gift card donated by Elizabeth Michaud) 🛒 More info + giveaway entry: www.vwpublishing.com/poetrypalooza #PoetryPalooza #IndiePoet #PoetryMonth

Don't forget the eBook is only .99 throughout the whole of April. Grab your copy now!😊#JustSayIt #99p #FamilySaga #bargain

Wana hang out with YA, LGBTQIA+ found family striving to make a world of monsters, magic, mystery & mayhem better? My enby, aro-ace, AuDHD led Ruarnon Trilogy is now on Itch elise-carlson.itch.io DriveThru Fic bit.ly/RuarnonTrilogy More elisecarlson.com/ruarnon-tril... 🌈📚 #FantasyBooks #BookSky

So, if I intermittently go silent on social media over the forthcoming weeks, it doesn't mean I am staring at the computer screen twiddling my thumbs. It means I am pouring everything into making my two outstanding projects as successful as possible. No half-measures for my book babies!

A new blog post is up about creating settings @ tessabarrie.com/f/creating-n...

On April 10, indie bookstore Sleepy Dog Books of Mt. Pleasant, MI. will host a reading/signing for my #gothic #horror, The Dance of Rotten Sticks. I’m sure most #booksky 💙📚 folks can’t attend, but you can still support Sleepy Dog (and me) by buying the #book here: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Looking through my site for something completely different I rediscovered the kind words #EMPowell wrote in #InternationalThrillerWriters magazine about my contemporary thriller "Double Identity". "slick and sophisticated action-packed read" Wow! www.thebigthrill.org/2021/02/up-c... #thrillers

#positivevibes #happyfridayeveryone I woke up this morning, not to sunshine, but with an overwhelming positivity that I would finish "Freya's Story" by the end of April. While writing it, I have been so out of my comfort zone, but I have enjoyed every minute.

I will always have a soft spot for my firstborn book baby!

My kids books If I Were Invisible ... and The Palm Tree Swingers Island Band mybook.to/IfIwereInvis... mybook.to/PalmTreeSwin... 99c/p till 31st March #kidlit

Kemet somehow controls the most powerful weapon known anywhere. Using it, an evil the Ancients unleashed may provoke Armageddon. Will the Chosen of the Gods stop it—or, while trying to, unwittingly, end all life? amazon.com/dp/B0CJ66JGK9 #vampires #SFF #darkfantasy #WritingCommunity#booksky 📚💙

My firstborn novel will always have a place in my heart. #JustSayIt #videotrailer #bittersweet #FamilySaga #motheranddaughter #dysfunctionalfamily

Psychic PI Lana Malloy unravels chilling mysteries, helping restless spirits find peace—while danger lurks in both worlds. Paranormal suspense awaits!"👻🔎 #bookboost #romance #Ghosts #booklovers amazon.com/dp/B07SNSQW94 books2read.com/b/bokl1b

Things that make me feel happy on a Thursday morning!

Things that make me feel happy on a Thursday morning!

Final Day!

#JustSayIt #promo just .99p/99c for the .ebook!

If you like vampire books with lots of action & dry humour, my SFF/paranormal/thriller novels are on Amazon in KDP eBook & paperback. Please check amazon.com/author/taggartrehnn or taggartrehnn.com for updates. #SFF #vampires #darkfantasy #thriller #adventure #writingcommunity #horror #booksky 📚💙

“Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe.” — Oprah Winfrey #dreambig

Flash sale for the .eBook Just Say It tomorrow! .99p and /99c

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated." — Maya Angelou #wednesdaywisdom #mayaangelou

What's coming up next in 2025.... #novels #life and other #bittersweet #stories

PRE-LAUNCH BOOK MARKETING - Learning from my mistakes I learned about book marketing as I went along with Just Say It, which, in hindsight, was too little, too late. In short, I did a shit marketing job. #bookmarketing #bookmarketingtips tessabarrie.com/f/pre-launch...

Read me! youtube.com/shorts/Vlplu...

Happy Friday y'all!

Be grateful for the tiniest of miracles.

PRE-ORDERS for "Vivian Amberville - The Book of Chaos" open today for all formats! (eBook, Kindle, paperback, hardback & Mystery Box) All physical books pre-ordered before March 23, 2025 will be SIGNED, with a handwritten LETTER and a FREE Vivian Amberville GOODIE BAG! Pre-order: bit.ly/494Jwig

My first born, Just Say It - a bittersweet family drama.

I saw Bridget Jones’s Mad About The Boy over the weekend - NO SPOILERS HERE, BUT 🤸. Seeing the movie reminded me of how much of an effect Helen Fielding’s much-loved character had on my writing after I first read Helen’s column, Bridget Jones’s Diary, in The Independent in 1995.

The .eBook for Just Say It will be on sale on Amazon from 14th to 16th March 2025 for the bargain price of .99p! It has a print length of 432, so it's a snip! bittylink.com/eox