To celebrate The Rainbow Lens being out for a whole week, here is a snippet of one of the more emotional moments. You wouldn't think all these feelings happened at a disco, but they do. To read the rest of it - and Lydia's response - check it out on the 'Zon and KU today! mybook.to/therainbowlens

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I am beyond excited to share Lydia and Gilly's story with you! This one has been in the works for several years... but it's now here and it's fabulous. Ready to go on a summer holiday to scorching Italy? Look no further than The Rainbow Lens - out now on Amazon and KU! mybook.to/therainbowlens

If you're on the lookout for the sunniest, most sizzling Sapphic romance hitting the blocks this summer... pre-order The Rainbow Lens now! Coming August 1st, just in time for your summer holiday... mybook.to/therainbowlens

If you're looking for a way to while away the long weekend, why not try the new Katherine Blakeman Challenge over at @iheartsapphfic.bsky.social? Think you know me and my books? Think again. Let me know how you do! And if you get it wrong... re-reading time! iheartsapphfic.com/2025/04/17/t...

Photography February, Day 1 A very apt one for this wintery day. St Albans, 2024. I liked the sparkle of the frost in the foreground, and how it clashed with the sunny green of the cypress. #photography #photographylovers #aesthetic

The recipe for my extremely fluffy and very orangey scones is now available on my blog! (And no, I'm not getting embroiled in either the pronunciation debate, or the jam-vs-cream-on-first debate. Just make them!) www.katherineblakeman.com/post/the-flu...

I don't think Bluesky has seen the dorky side of me yet. So, behold. I accidentally typed 'nose cancelling headphones' in my WIP, and now this is the image I cannot get out of my head. You can't say I don't use my graphic design skills.

If you're on the hunt for some books to help complete your 2025 Sapphic Book Bingo card, I may or may not have a few suggestions for you! Don't know what Sapphic Book Bingo is? Head over to the lovely @jaeauthor.bsky.social's website to get involved! (And say thank you to her while you're at it!)

I need some suggestions for a GOOD (mature) wlw book. The ones I’ve read so far have been so trash I’m convinced they were written by straight women with a lesbian fantasy 😭

I have a special surprise for all readers who get their ebooks from Amazon UK: Amazon picked my latest sapphic romance novel, Bachelorette Number 12, as a Kindle Deal of the Month in the UK, which means you can get it at £0.99 right now! www.amazon.co.uk/Bachelorette...

Look at that precious little face!

Message to all creators! If Fairytale Of New York can go through several versions (including some pretty awful ones) over several years and come out near the top of the charts even 35 years later... that project you're working on now? That feels utterly hopeless? There is hope for it. And for you.

Here's another picture of the spectacular London sunset the other day. Unfortunately, it features an impostor on the left. So let's reframe it as a picture of London, featuring a real Londoner!!

London is spectacular in the sunset! (I may end up using this for a future book...)

Sometimes there's just nothing like reading a real, solid, honest to goodness physical book. It inspires a feeling in me that my Kindle just doesn't. Booksytocin, if you will.

Nut allergy life... Café: sorry, all our cakes contain almond flour. Me: ALL of them? Café: well the only alternative is the vegan ones with pistachio...? Me: (in my head) what part of me having a nut allergy did you not understand? Suffice to say, not going there!

I don't think this house could possibly get any more festive!

I did a thing. Behold, my short festive spin-off to A Different Kind Of Pride! It checks in with all the characters you know and love, and gives you the happiest of endings for Victoria and Anastasia! Available as an ebook or on KU 🎄 (Wanted it to be free, but Amazon said no!) mybook.to/ookits

Rising from my sick bed to remind you all that Love You However is reduced to 1.99 in the US and UK up until late tonight, as part of the Indie Author Winter Wonderland. Make sure to check out all the wonderful authors taking part! (Going back to sick bed now 😴)

The ebook of Love You However is discounted this weekend (UK & US) - alongside many others by a plethora of lovely authors as part of the Indie Author Winter Wonderland! Head to indievisibleevents.com to stuff your Kindles ahead of the festive season!

I'll be honest, it's rare that I contemplate giving up writing and taking down my books and social media, but today is one of those days. Sales and page reads down the toilet, engagement on socials down the sewer. But I won't. I'll keep plugging on. I have to.

You heard 'em. (It says 'Read Katherine Blakeman's books' - I know, subtle)

This topic is a bit different for me; I've been sitting on it for a while. You may have wondered what my day job is - well, here's why I don't talk about it. Because I'm stuck in it. Because the job market won't let me move. Please read and share. www.katherineblakeman.com/post/get-a-p...

Okay, I'd better give you, my new friends, some actual information about what I do. So here's my most recent blog post, from last month. It talks about why I write, and what I write about. Feel free to check it out! www.katherineblakeman.com/post/time-to...

When I'm writing, I like to quit for the day while I'm ahead. I left it last night in the middle of a scene I was super excited to write. Trouble is, I won't have any time to finish it today 😭

I think I've broken Bluesky. I'm suddenly seeing posts from mid-2023. Anyone else???

Come on then, new friends. Hit me with your best jokes. I'll start: What do you call an Egyptian mummy covered in chocolate and nuts? A Pharoah rocher.

Timeless is a story of women realizing they’ve been reincarnated where you’ll see some of their past lives & encounter struggles. I meant to provide joy because we’d moved beyond many of those struggles. Given what’s recently happened in the US, it’s the kind of book we need now more than ever.

Some days I think to myself "maybe I don't have CFS, maybe I'm being dramatic, maybe it's normal for people to feel the way I do". And then other days I think "yeahhhh... I definitely have CFS". Today is unfortunately one of the latter.

I know I've not posted on here in a while, but I am still here. I'm hanging on by my fingernails to 'the other place', but I hope to keep up with those of you who've left it. If you see this, please comment and give me a wave so I know you're here!

I'm so honoured to have had such positive feedback for A Different Kind Of Pride so far. Thank you to everyone who has read and reviewed! mybook.to/adkop

☀️NEW BOOK!☀️ The day has arrived. A Different Kind Of Pride is here! You can now buy the paperback, eBook or read on Kindle Unlimited, to watch the 'iciest headmistress going' melting, drip by drip, in the ultimate slow-burn rollercoaster ride. mybook.to/adkop

Since turning 21 last week, I've been thinking about my childhood. A chat with my mother got me thinking, more specifically, about books. What books really shaped me? I've narrowed it down to 21. One per year. Take a read, and learn a bit more about me! www.katherineblakeman.com/post/how-boo...

🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 Introducing my next release, A Different Kind Of Pride! This slow-burn ice-queen hurt/comfort romance (set in sunny Cornwall) is out on August 24th. Pre-order now or wait for the paperback - your choice, but you really don't want to miss it... mybook.to/adkop

I won't lie, I find it frustrating to see the same few books recommended for Pride month. I'm sure you are too. So here is my attempt to change that: 50 Sapphic books that you probably don't know about. Please read and share - let's show them some love! katherineblakeman.com/post/undisco...

Our final #MentalHealthWeek interview is by the author of one of the best books I read in 2023. Helen West discusses mutism in-depth in A Silent Song, which is rare in #SapphicFiction - find out how this came to be in her new interview, and GET THE BOOK! www.katherineblakeman.com/post/helen-w...

So it turns out I'm not the only person who's published a book featuring Dissociative Identity Disorder in the last eighteen months! 'Jack & I' is out today, and so I just had to interview author Laury A. Egan for #MentalHealthWeek! Check it out! www.katherineblakeman.com/post/laury-a...

Jacqueline Ramsden is undoubtedly up there with the nicest human beings in the writer universe. Not only does she write beautiful stories, they have #MentalHealth rep too! So of course I interviewed them for #MentalHealthWeek... you know where to go! www.katherineblakeman.com/post/jacquel...

I regard @haydenquinn.bsky.social to be one of the most underrated authors in #SapphicFiction. A career in Psychology means that writing about #MentalHealth is completely natural to her... so who better than to interview on #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek? www.katherineblakeman.com/post/hayden-...

Our third #MentalHealth themed interview for #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek is with the fabulous Violet Morley! Find out why she wrote about autism and anxiety in her books, and more about what mental health means to her - and you know where to go by now... www.katherineblakeman.com/post/violet-...

Day 2 of this series on writing about #MentalHealth is an interview with the wonderful Hayley Anderton, who wrote about anxiety and agoraphobia in her book Homebound. If you want to find out why, the motivations behind it, here is your chance! www.katherineblakeman.com/post/hayley-...

In the first instalment of a seven-day series to mark #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, I have interviewed lovely @tapurkis.bsky.social on her thoughts regarding mental health, and why she decided to write about it in her books. Give it a read at the 🔗 below! www.katherineblakeman.com/post/teresa-...

Did you know that today is #NationalTeacherAppreciationDay? In this snippet from Love You However, acting-headteacher Petra tells spouse Jean about the pressure she's under. I have the greatest admiration for every single person who works in the education industry: you, like Petra, are all troopers!

Happy #LesbianVisibilityDay! To mark it, I've written a little post about what exactly Lesbian Visibility Week means to me, a young lesbian in her early twenties. Please check it out, and give me your thoughts! What does Lesbian Visibility mean to you? www.katherineblakeman.com/post/lesbian...

To mark #InternationalAsexualityDay, I thought I'd re-share this article I wrote back in July. Cass, the main character of The Summer We've Had, is #asexual, and I wanted to show that you can still have a wonderful relationship alongside that. (And more.) www.katherineblakeman.com/post/not-bro...

You may have been wondering why I wrote Love You However. I, after all, am a) cis, b) in my twenties and c) not married. So why did I write a novel with a married person in their fifties undergoing a gender crisis? Here I explain why. www.katherineblakeman.com/post/the-big...

❤️ IT'S HERE!!! ❤️ Love You However, my heart-tugging, deep, explorative novel of Sapphic love, marriage and gender identity, is out today! Paperbacks will come soon, but if you're an eBook person, it's available on the 'Zon and Kindle Unlimited now! mybook.to/loveyouhowever

In this really-badly-translated version of Love You However, Petra screams at Jean, becomes a man, and cries. Jean loses their mind, they get re-married, they hug, laugh, feel tension, and after a delay, Petra kisses Jean's hair. (Only the latter happens in the real thing.)

For the finale of #SapphicFictionFebruary, we have TWO utter powerhouses in one! @dragonsandsapphics.bsky.social made me laugh LOTS reading their responses, so I know they'll do the same for you. Thank you all for supporting this event and its authors! www.katherineblakeman.com/post/vaela-d...