EC Hallewell
@echallewell.bsky.social
Writer of stories, dreamer of dreams, parent of child, and so on...
I like shiny things 🌟
@em.h.writes.things on Instagram 🦋
I like shiny things 🌟
@em.h.writes.things on Instagram 🦋
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EC Hallewell
@echallewell.bsky.social
· Jan 29
Thought I'd best do an intro, since people seem to do that...
I'm Em (they/them), probably mostly here as a writer of sad, slightly strange, queer and genderqueer sff. I also heard there's some great DS9 chat around...
Here's a picture of me looking somewhat hungover and in an awful mood 😄
I'm Em (they/them), probably mostly here as a writer of sad, slightly strange, queer and genderqueer sff. I also heard there's some great DS9 chat around...
Here's a picture of me looking somewhat hungover and in an awful mood 😄
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Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
I wish og irn bru had caffeine in
November 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I wish og irn bru had caffeine in
The question is, is Zephyr the kind of person to do chores in someone else's house unasked...?
I don't think they're that brave...
But they are good at beating themself up for being useless 😁
#AmWriting
I don't think they're that brave...
But they are good at beating themself up for being useless 😁
#AmWriting
November 29, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The question is, is Zephyr the kind of person to do chores in someone else's house unasked...?
I don't think they're that brave...
But they are good at beating themself up for being useless 😁
#AmWriting
I don't think they're that brave...
But they are good at beating themself up for being useless 😁
#AmWriting
Ahaha, this brought me great joy
(Or a little amusement, anyway)
(Or a little amusement, anyway)
Oddly, after making this joke last night I was sent this by message by someone who isn't on bsky
m.youtube.com/watch?v=j0U7...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=j0U7...
November 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Ahaha, this brought me great joy
(Or a little amusement, anyway)
(Or a little amusement, anyway)
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This came to me in a vision
November 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This came to me in a vision
Last minute words before I collect the child!
Did you know soda water is 60p in some places? Can't decide if that's cheap or a lot to pay for water...
Did you know soda water is 60p in some places? Can't decide if that's cheap or a lot to pay for water...
November 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Last minute words before I collect the child!
Did you know soda water is 60p in some places? Can't decide if that's cheap or a lot to pay for water...
Did you know soda water is 60p in some places? Can't decide if that's cheap or a lot to pay for water...
I totally forgot to post this, but here is the lovely @shonak.bsky.social signing Daughters of Nicnevin, which I am looking forward to!
I love an interesting book launch, and Thursday night with Shona and Rafael Torrubia got me hooked on reading their books
Wish I could get paid to read...
I love an interesting book launch, and Thursday night with Shona and Rafael Torrubia got me hooked on reading their books
Wish I could get paid to read...
November 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I totally forgot to post this, but here is the lovely @shonak.bsky.social signing Daughters of Nicnevin, which I am looking forward to!
I love an interesting book launch, and Thursday night with Shona and Rafael Torrubia got me hooked on reading their books
Wish I could get paid to read...
I love an interesting book launch, and Thursday night with Shona and Rafael Torrubia got me hooked on reading their books
Wish I could get paid to read...
Those days when the ibuprofen isn't working but you have a deadline and there's not quite enough coffee in the world
November 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Those days when the ibuprofen isn't working but you have a deadline and there's not quite enough coffee in the world
Yes this!
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
Links here: www.sjgroenewegen.co.uk/publications
💙📚
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
Links here: www.sjgroenewegen.co.uk/publications
💙📚
November 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Yes this!
I want to laugh; I want to cry
So pretty, so silly, so joyful, so wasteful, so much
Why can't anything be simple?
[Edinburgh castle, Scotland]
So pretty, so silly, so joyful, so wasteful, so much
Why can't anything be simple?
[Edinburgh castle, Scotland]
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I want to laugh; I want to cry
So pretty, so silly, so joyful, so wasteful, so much
Why can't anything be simple?
[Edinburgh castle, Scotland]
So pretty, so silly, so joyful, so wasteful, so much
Why can't anything be simple?
[Edinburgh castle, Scotland]
Think I can squeeze in spot of writing before tonight's book launch :)
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Think I can squeeze in spot of writing before tonight's book launch :)
I'm looking forward to this tonight!
One more event! Join me tonight in Edinburgh, where I’ll be chatting with Rafael Torrubia and @cymerafestival.co.uk’s Ann Landmann
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening...
An Evening with Shona Kinsella & Rafael Torrubia - Edinburgh West End
Join Shona Kinsella & Rafael Torrubia as they chat to Ann Landmann on their haunting, fantastical tales deeply rooted in Scottish folklore.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I'm looking forward to this tonight!
Something magical is going down in the New Town...
[Stockbridge, Edinburgh]
[Stockbridge, Edinburgh]
November 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Something magical is going down in the New Town...
[Stockbridge, Edinburgh]
[Stockbridge, Edinburgh]
Okay, 25 words of cosy kitchen banter written
Now for my second cup of coffee and an abrupt end to my characters' fun ✨
Now for my second cup of coffee and an abrupt end to my characters' fun ✨
November 23, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Okay, 25 words of cosy kitchen banter written
Now for my second cup of coffee and an abrupt end to my characters' fun ✨
Now for my second cup of coffee and an abrupt end to my characters' fun ✨
Cymera conference pics!
A day of inspiration, learning, and conversation in the gorgeous Tollcross Central Hall
I want to spend all day writing and thinking about writing, but alas the groceries will not buy themselves
A day of inspiration, learning, and conversation in the gorgeous Tollcross Central Hall
I want to spend all day writing and thinking about writing, but alas the groceries will not buy themselves
November 23, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Cymera conference pics!
A day of inspiration, learning, and conversation in the gorgeous Tollcross Central Hall
I want to spend all day writing and thinking about writing, but alas the groceries will not buy themselves
A day of inspiration, learning, and conversation in the gorgeous Tollcross Central Hall
I want to spend all day writing and thinking about writing, but alas the groceries will not buy themselves
The problem with my heated blanket is that I now seem to be stuck in the sofa forevermore
Ah well
Ah well
November 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The problem with my heated blanket is that I now seem to be stuck in the sofa forevermore
Ah well
Ah well
Another fabulous @cymerafestival.co.uk conference today
Big thank you to everyone who put in so much hard work to make the day what it was
And special mention to the wonderful folk who kept us well supplied all day with hot coffee and many types of tea
Big thank you to everyone who put in so much hard work to make the day what it was
And special mention to the wonderful folk who kept us well supplied all day with hot coffee and many types of tea
November 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Another fabulous @cymerafestival.co.uk conference today
Big thank you to everyone who put in so much hard work to make the day what it was
And special mention to the wonderful folk who kept us well supplied all day with hot coffee and many types of tea
Big thank you to everyone who put in so much hard work to make the day what it was
And special mention to the wonderful folk who kept us well supplied all day with hot coffee and many types of tea
I love writing cosy mealtimes into my stories
Sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of tea, maybe some warm baked oatcakes with butter and honeycomb...
Priming my characters for Devastating Emotional Damage 🤩
Sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of tea, maybe some warm baked oatcakes with butter and honeycomb...
Priming my characters for Devastating Emotional Damage 🤩
November 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I love writing cosy mealtimes into my stories
Sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of tea, maybe some warm baked oatcakes with butter and honeycomb...
Priming my characters for Devastating Emotional Damage 🤩
Sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of tea, maybe some warm baked oatcakes with butter and honeycomb...
Priming my characters for Devastating Emotional Damage 🤩
My characters have had 2.5 mugs of tea in the past 800 words and I think my subconscious might be trying to ask me something...
#AmWriting
#AmWriting
November 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
My characters have had 2.5 mugs of tea in the past 800 words and I think my subconscious might be trying to ask me something...
#AmWriting
#AmWriting
The man who wanted to marry me many years ago also offered to be the main earner so I could try for a writing career
Sometimes I wonder where I'd be with my writing if someone else had paid the bills for the past n years...
Silly, I know, but winter feels like the season of memories and what ifs
Sometimes I wonder where I'd be with my writing if someone else had paid the bills for the past n years...
Silly, I know, but winter feels like the season of memories and what ifs
November 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The man who wanted to marry me many years ago also offered to be the main earner so I could try for a writing career
Sometimes I wonder where I'd be with my writing if someone else had paid the bills for the past n years...
Silly, I know, but winter feels like the season of memories and what ifs
Sometimes I wonder where I'd be with my writing if someone else had paid the bills for the past n years...
Silly, I know, but winter feels like the season of memories and what ifs
Doom and gloom everywhere
Have a puppy in a basket
Have a puppy in a basket
November 20, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Doom and gloom everywhere
Have a puppy in a basket
Have a puppy in a basket
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Anti-immigration hatred is being fuelled *again* by rhetoric & intended action by the UK government. It's drawing on an old fascist strategy, but there are ways to say "no".
¡No pasarán! They will not pass.
We defeated fascism before & will do so again. Links included.
ko-fi.com/post/How-to-...
¡No pasarán! They will not pass.
We defeated fascism before & will do so again. Links included.
ko-fi.com/post/How-to-...
How to Say No to the Hatred About Immigration, Migrants and Refugees
SJ Groenewegen published a post on Ko-fi
ko-fi.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Anti-immigration hatred is being fuelled *again* by rhetoric & intended action by the UK government. It's drawing on an old fascist strategy, but there are ways to say "no".
¡No pasarán! They will not pass.
We defeated fascism before & will do so again. Links included.
ko-fi.com/post/How-to-...
¡No pasarán! They will not pass.
We defeated fascism before & will do so again. Links included.
ko-fi.com/post/How-to-...
I think my comments on class might be a little like sledgehammer blows in this draft...
I might do a 'Nuance and Subtlety' editing pass at some point...
But my toff character really is quite fun, and I am enjoying covering them in mud and rain
I might do a 'Nuance and Subtlety' editing pass at some point...
But my toff character really is quite fun, and I am enjoying covering them in mud and rain
November 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I think my comments on class might be a little like sledgehammer blows in this draft...
I might do a 'Nuance and Subtlety' editing pass at some point...
But my toff character really is quite fun, and I am enjoying covering them in mud and rain
I might do a 'Nuance and Subtlety' editing pass at some point...
But my toff character really is quite fun, and I am enjoying covering them in mud and rain
Why do big companies like Waterstones try to ruin it for those of us who want a little variety in our lives and love our indie bookshops too?
There's just no need
There's just no need
We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
(1/2)
Anger as Waterstones snaps up prime site on doorstep of independent bookshop
UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Why do big companies like Waterstones try to ruin it for those of us who want a little variety in our lives and love our indie bookshops too?
There's just no need
There's just no need
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Frosty the Snowman
Spawn of the Elder Gods
He’s got three eyes and he’ll hunt you down
With his seagull-headed dogs
Spawn of the Elder Gods
He’s got three eyes and he’ll hunt you down
With his seagull-headed dogs
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Frosty the Snowman
Spawn of the Elder Gods
He’s got three eyes and he’ll hunt you down
With his seagull-headed dogs
Spawn of the Elder Gods
He’s got three eyes and he’ll hunt you down
With his seagull-headed dogs