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Elle
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Put my WIPs cast in one room and suddenly it’s a bad joke setup:
A pirate, a princess, and a hunter walk into a bar…
and I’m not sure who’s making it out. 👀

#AmWriting #WritingCommunityUK #FantasyWIP
All these charity shop book hauls made me realise… it’s time to return the favour. 📚💛
Shelf sort incoming — and probably some tough goodbyes. 👋😂

#BookLife #BookHaul #blueskybookclub #Decluttering
Spooky reading season begins. 📚🎃
Can’t wait to dive back into this one — easily the best 50p I’ve ever spent. 👻

Well, I gave them a bit more than 50p, but got to love pro-reading pricing.

#SpookyReads #BookCommunity #AmReading #AutumnVibes
Cornish charity shop book haul today. ☀️📚

Nothing beats the thrill of a good find by the sea. 🌊

#BookHaul #BookCommunity #Cornwall #AmReading

And the tbr gets a little fatter...
Those comps 😅 Im in, all the way
Book recs run deep 🩸
New favourite sentence in a book...

"She strolled over to the litter tray, squatted down and urinated loudly, maintaining extremely assertive eye contact with me throughout."
🐈‍⬛️

Structure and content is just divine ✨️ 👌

Let me know if you recognise it 😉

#bookrecommendation #amreading #eoicf #read
Picking from my tbr is like picking crumbs out of my toaster...
The Blood over Bright Haven ending got me 🔥

Now time to trawl though fan art to see if anyone imagined it the way I did.

#wasreading
Dark... would read 😈
Editing hat is on, I cut 1000 words today ✂️
...somebody hold me 🥲

#amediting #crueltobekind #amwriting #toughdecisions
Give me a libary, any shape, any size and Im happy... 📚
Im so glad it isn't just me. And there's people like you to protect us from ourselves 😅
I was today years old when I learned… 🫣
It’s “whet your appetite” not “wet your appetite”.

Thank you, revisions, for humbling me yet again. ✍️😅

#AmEditing #WritingCommunity #WritersLife #AmWriting
I've never seen this one before. It's beautiful
Big day — I just sent out my first submission! ⚓📚
Fingers crossed they’re ready for pirates, curses, and a whole lot of chaos. 🏴‍☠️✨

#AmQuerying #WritingCommunity #Romantasy #FantasyWriters
I feel like there's a whole book I could write about this dress...

Something like about a widow who marries time and time again, always adding expensive features to her gown until its worth more than anyone she could wed.

#AmWriting
Lovely short video by fashion historian @serenadyer.bsky.social on the new Marie Antoinette exhibition at the V&A museum

To learn more about the doomed Queen of France, check out our recent episode of BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME about her with @100days1815.bsky.social & Jen Brister