Looks like a grand day out for Canadian book lovers! 📚💙

😨Last night, contact lenses removed, I spotted on the bathroom floor a terrifying spider with vicious intentions! Hastily covering the intruder with a plastic cup, I slipped a card under it & hurried to the back door where I bravely released into the wild... a huge black sock fluff! 😂😌 #writerslife

🥰 Really captured their moood! I'll let myself out...

You've made my day! ☺️☺️ Thanks! @pgsundling.bsky.social

As an #indie author, one of the hardest things is asking readers to choose your book. But here goes! Why read *Pre-owned* now? 😲 Bingeable & suspenseful 🤔 Will keep you guessing 'til the end 🆓 It's FREE on #Smashwords until 31 July #readersky #writingcommunity www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...

📚💙 Celebrate your author milestones🎉 Yesterday, I took a stroll in the sunshine to a Post Office counter, under my arm a package containing 5 copies of my novel for the Legal Deposit Libraries. From "Can I do this?" to "I'm part of the nation's heritage!" You can do it. Finish that book! #amwriting

I couldn't resist picking up this greetings card, and wholeheartedly endorse its message! Even though I'm too much of a scaredy cat to take my own advice... 😀 #amwriting #writerslife #inspiration

Love a mysterious gothic arched door... letting the grass grow under its feet! #photography #streetart #AdoorableThursday #writerslife

All hail the hollyhock! 🌱 Every summer I look forward to seeing this display of feral hollyhocks. I like to think they busted out of a nearby cottage garden years ago and just decided to take over the neighbourhood. #nature #photography #streetphotography #bloomscrolling #oxfordshire

🤔 Perhaps le mot juste to keep on file for when a certain social media platform is looking for a new name?

Do you remember how your parents used to remind you to always make sure you had clean underwear on when you went out - in case you were involved in an accident and got taken to hospital? No? Just mine then! 😄

🕰️📚 Now is the time to load up your e-reader with many authors offering their books for FREE or discounted in the #Smashwords July Sale. Did you know any bargains you grab remain in your library to enjoy even after the sale ends? Enjoy!🎉 Find mine for FREE👇 📚💙 #WritingCommunity #readersky #bookrec

No! The hollyhocks are being eaten alive! 😢 I hope they're going to survive. I tried an organic spray but sadly no impact. I did spot a spray which would likely work. But the label said it wasn't safe for foraging bees. Too high a price to pay. 🐝🐝 #bloomscrolling #gardening #pollinators #writerslife

Almost at full charge and ready to report for aphid duty! Hope you managed to recharge over the weekend... Although some of us might still be running on adrenaline after last night! 😵‍💫 #nature #photography #ladybird #ladybug #writerslife

🎁 Here's your FREE ticket to escape into a suspenseful tale with a mystery heart donor plus a weekend in a scenic location! 🚂 Your ticket for *Pre-owned* is valid on #Smashwords throughout July. Hope to meet you there... 📚💙 #WritingCommunity #readersky #bookrec www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...

🤨When I planted this lavender a few years ago, it was definitely a white variety! But I can forgive it for turning soft pink when it's so bloomin' lovely. And I've spotted so many different types of bees and butterflies on it lately. 🐝 #lavender #gardening #pollinators #bloomscrolling #photography

Sharing #Audiobook creation tips as I go 🎧📚 No. 8 Just do it!🥊Fight the self doubt, create your audiobook! Plus, if you're the narrator, you might just get the chance to *speak* to someone you've never met long after you've... Imagine that... 🤯 #WritingCommunity 📚💙 #writingtips #amwriting

And John McClane didn't have the worst Christmas ever - and have Bruce Willis do his death-defying stunts - so you could tell me that AI is "inevitable."

I didn't know spiders ate ladybirds...😓 Sadly, this is one seven spot who won't be getting its recommended 50 aphids a day. #nature #photography #gardening #ladybird #ladybug

Ooh, the exciting ping of a phone notification! Only to find... It's just your settings telling you to turn on STAMINA mode 🤣 #writerslife #amwriting #monday

Sharing #Audiobook creation tips as I go 🎧📚 No. 7 Tracks V Chapters: Each chapter can work well as a single track. But it may be better to split extra long chapters. ⌛Do not exceed 120 minutes for any single track And ⚠️Follow track labelling protocols #WritingCommunity 📚💙 #writingtips #amwriting

😍🥹 This photograph stopped me scrolling - the perfect floral tribute to absent friends...

Love it! I've got a nod to The Big Bang Theory in my current WIP, too! 🌌☄️

Sharing #Audiobook creation tips as I go 🎧📚 No. 6 Acknowledgements: include or leave out? 🎙️Some listeners complain about trad publishers omitting them (cost saving?). 📼 Consider giving your Acknowledgements the personal touch & adding them at the end.👇 #WritingCommunity 📚💙 #writingtips #amwriting

#YourChoice from @alan678.bsky.social , I’ve chosen this young grey heron who’s forgotten to brush his hair this morning! #BushyPark @theroyalparks.bsky.social #Birds #Herons #Nature @robcrank68.bsky.social @everyheron.bsky.social

Here's to a great week all... starting with a Happy #MallardMonday 🦆 #nature #photography #birds #writerslife

If only we had *Smellyvision*... The scent of the jasmine blossom is heavenly 🌸✨ #nature #photography #gardening #writerslife

Good one! Can't wait to see The Offside Rule explained.... 😄

Writing is a bad job for folks who need others to affirm them in order to feel good about themselves. So affirm yourself. You wrote something. You like it. Hopefully others do too. If they don’t, it doesn’t necessarily mean they don’t like you. Or that you’re a bad writer. It’s all subjective. 🧵9

Come on, fess up! Someone please tell me I'm not the only one hastily looking up *saturnine*... 😀

Sharing #Audiobook creation tips as I go 🎧📚 No. 5 How long will my audiobook be? 🎙️A rough guide is to allow 150 words per minute of audio. 📼 So a 75,000 word novel could end up being 500 minutes long. Or approximately 8 hours 20 minutes of audio. #WritingCommunity 📚💙 #writingtips #amwriting

😂🥺 I'm ready for my close up!

#Audiobook creation tips 🎧📚 No. 4 Narrator: Fun Fact! Some listeners choose their next audiobook by narrator 😲 You're kidding! Not by author/ genre? Then again, of your favourite music tracks, how many of the songwriters can you name where the performer isn't also the composer? #WritingCommunity 📚💙

Sharing #audiobook creation tips as I go. 🎧📚 No.3 To Whispersync or not An audiobook on Audible can have minor differences from its ebook. ⚠️But, listeners who are reading along on screen as they listen mention being troubled by even a single word difference. #WritingCommunity 📚💙 #writingtips 👇

Foxgloves arrive like magic every spring to dress the rippled old tree trunk...🌳 #ThickTrunkThursday #tree #nature #photography

It seems there's a lucky charm to suit everyone! 😜 Personally, a horseshoe or a four leaf clover works for me 😀 🍀 Full story on the Beeb's Europe News Pages... #humour #writerslife #mosaic #Italy

Sharing #audiobook creation tips as I go. 🎧📚 No.2 The Sample Did you know many platforms use the first 5 minutes of your audiobook as the preview by default? 🎧📚 Time yourself reading the Opening Credits and up to the 5 minute point to see where it falls 📼 #WritingCommunity 📚💙 #writingtips 👇

A cool shady spot is perfect for escaping the UK heatwave. 😌 🌳 But if you're heading to Puzzlewood, mind you keep an eye out for lurking stone-trolls... #ForestFriday #trees #nature #photography

Sharing #audiobook creation tips as I go. 🎧📚 No.1 He said...She said Review your dialogue sections. Record yourself & listen back. Without the benefit of separate lines of text (assuming you're not going full cast), is it clear to the listener who's speaking? #WritingCommunity 📚💙 #writingtips 👇

One of the best things about being an #indie author is being your own head honcho! Although... it can also feel scary making all the decisions.😁 🎧📚 As I'm getting ready to produce an enhanced #audiobook of Pre-owned, I'll be sharing what I'm learning on the job... #WritingCommunity 📚💙 #writingtips

🌳Charming spot! And don't you just love old geographical terms? We don't hear them nearly often enough. Dingle has roots going back to the old Norse word, dyngja. 🥰

📚 💙 Read my review of The Sarcophagus of Lamia (Book 1) by BlueSky author, Rebecca E. Reyes @rebeccareyeswriting.com An engaging, fast-paced, cyberpunk science fiction short. #WritingCommunity #bookrec #fiction #cyberpunk #scifi www.smashwords.com/books/view/1... QA

💐It seems we're not the only ones bringing our loved ones flowers! I watched an adult starling tugging at an Osteospermum plant in a pot in the garden, not foraging for insects, but to present one of the flower heads to its fledgling. Starling School? #nature #photography #cleverbirds #birding

Go on then, as it's #NationalLimerickDay, here's one that wrote itself @thedailyshow.com There once was a monkey called Punch, Who sat all alone with his lunch. He got really sad When Jon Stewart was bad, But now, he's the best of the bunch! #limerick #WritingCommunity

If you lost your manuscript, could you rewrite it from memory? Strange how soon you can actually forget the text of your own book. I'm revisiting my manuscript to adapt as an audiobook and there are some sections that seem like a half remembered dream. So strange. 😵‍💫 #WritingCommunity #amwriting 🎧📚

I might have accidentally stumbled across the latest real life thriller. I'm calling it: 'The cat in the window from the house across the street.' 😄 It's those green eyes...🙀 #writerslife #caturday #blackcat #amwriting

🎶 If you go down to the woods today🎶... watch out for teddy bears! Have a great weekend all, wherever you're roamin'. 😌 #trees #ForestFriday #nature #photography

Writing a book means putting down 80-90k words into a doc and then constantly worrying if they’re the right ones.