Garrick Blake
@garrickwrites.bsky.social
Geek, writer, pub dweller, dad, storyteller.
Hey, everyone. It turns out what I thought was Nessie’s weirdly prominent kitten vagina is actually a scrotum, in case anyone was wondering how infrequently I date.
#AmWriting
#AmWriting
February 1, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Hey, everyone. It turns out what I thought was Nessie’s weirdly prominent kitten vagina is actually a scrotum, in case anyone was wondering how infrequently I date.
#AmWriting
#AmWriting
This morning I finished Chapter 23 which I had been struggling with for a week and made meaningful progress on Chapter 24.
I needed a change of scenery since I did all that in the back seat of a car on my way to visit my sister and her family.
#AmWriting
I needed a change of scenery since I did all that in the back seat of a car on my way to visit my sister and her family.
#AmWriting
January 31, 2026 at 5:59 PM
This morning I finished Chapter 23 which I had been struggling with for a week and made meaningful progress on Chapter 24.
I needed a change of scenery since I did all that in the back seat of a car on my way to visit my sister and her family.
#AmWriting
I needed a change of scenery since I did all that in the back seat of a car on my way to visit my sister and her family.
#AmWriting
“You write just like you speak. No one is going to like that.” - Garrick Blake’s mom
Available for pre-order on Amazon.
Available for pre-order on Amazon.
January 19, 2026 at 4:23 AM
“You write just like you speak. No one is going to like that.” - Garrick Blake’s mom
Available for pre-order on Amazon.
Available for pre-order on Amazon.
This is available for preorder. There will never be a better time to catch up on the Lawrence Miller Ghost Stories series.
I’m spending the weekend working on the fifth book.
#AmWriting
I’m spending the weekend working on the fifth book.
#AmWriting
January 17, 2026 at 2:16 AM
This is available for preorder. There will never be a better time to catch up on the Lawrence Miller Ghost Stories series.
I’m spending the weekend working on the fifth book.
#AmWriting
I’m spending the weekend working on the fifth book.
#AmWriting
March 31st, the fourth book in the Lawrence Miller Ghost Stories series will be out.
He’s an IT security consultant who hunts ghosts, people.
It’s funny and scary and, in this case, he may complain about Chicago pizza a problematic amount.
And also there are ghosts.
He’s an IT security consultant who hunts ghosts, people.
It’s funny and scary and, in this case, he may complain about Chicago pizza a problematic amount.
And also there are ghosts.
January 7, 2026 at 3:08 AM
March 31st, the fourth book in the Lawrence Miller Ghost Stories series will be out.
He’s an IT security consultant who hunts ghosts, people.
It’s funny and scary and, in this case, he may complain about Chicago pizza a problematic amount.
And also there are ghosts.
He’s an IT security consultant who hunts ghosts, people.
It’s funny and scary and, in this case, he may complain about Chicago pizza a problematic amount.
And also there are ghosts.
I’m still working on book 5.
Book 4, Howls of the Windy City, is edited and has a cover and the associated paperwork.
It will release this spring, ebook and paperback.
I will post the cover soon.
Book 4, Howls of the Windy City, is edited and has a cover and the associated paperwork.
It will release this spring, ebook and paperback.
I will post the cover soon.
January 6, 2026 at 2:57 AM
I’m still working on book 5.
Book 4, Howls of the Windy City, is edited and has a cover and the associated paperwork.
It will release this spring, ebook and paperback.
I will post the cover soon.
Book 4, Howls of the Windy City, is edited and has a cover and the associated paperwork.
It will release this spring, ebook and paperback.
I will post the cover soon.
This table has two stuffed raccoons fighting over a crawfish.
All other furniture is bullshit.
All other furniture is bullshit.
December 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
This table has two stuffed raccoons fighting over a crawfish.
All other furniture is bullshit.
All other furniture is bullshit.
My Hannukats, seconds before there were flaming whiskers and a lot of running under the furniture.
December 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
My Hannukats, seconds before there were flaming whiskers and a lot of running under the furniture.
I should have a cover image this week for the Chicago volume of Lawrence Miller Ghost Stories and I’m working on chapter 12 of the Ireland book tonight.
December 16, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I should have a cover image this week for the Chicago volume of Lawrence Miller Ghost Stories and I’m working on chapter 12 of the Ireland book tonight.
Oh! Human cover artists are working on the art for the fourth book in the Lawrence Miller Ghost Stories series.
I just finished chapter 9 in the fifth book, so this is no longer mentally my problem.
The things that ARE mentally my problem are going to bump against the character limit.
I just finished chapter 9 in the fifth book, so this is no longer mentally my problem.
The things that ARE mentally my problem are going to bump against the character limit.
December 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Oh! Human cover artists are working on the art for the fourth book in the Lawrence Miller Ghost Stories series.
I just finished chapter 9 in the fifth book, so this is no longer mentally my problem.
The things that ARE mentally my problem are going to bump against the character limit.
I just finished chapter 9 in the fifth book, so this is no longer mentally my problem.
The things that ARE mentally my problem are going to bump against the character limit.
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Doing a holiday market in Opelousas, Louisiana. The skull and haunted doll are to show that these are not joyful holiday books.
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Doing a holiday market in Opelousas, Louisiana. The skull and haunted doll are to show that these are not joyful holiday books.
Back home after an eventful two weeks in Ireland and Scotland. I also wrote over ten thousand words towards my Ireland paranormal novel.
Now my cats are trying to climb into my face.
Now my cats are trying to climb into my face.
November 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Back home after an eventful two weeks in Ireland and Scotland. I also wrote over ten thousand words towards my Ireland paranormal novel.
Now my cats are trying to climb into my face.
Now my cats are trying to climb into my face.
Hello, Atlanta! While I would love to spend an afternoon trying (again) to steal a river otter from your fantastic aquarium, I know that your docents are diligent and also kind of rude.
I’ll be flying out tomorrow, late Delta flights wholly responsible.
I’ll be flying out tomorrow, late Delta flights wholly responsible.
November 18, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Hello, Atlanta! While I would love to spend an afternoon trying (again) to steal a river otter from your fantastic aquarium, I know that your docents are diligent and also kind of rude.
I’ll be flying out tomorrow, late Delta flights wholly responsible.
I’ll be flying out tomorrow, late Delta flights wholly responsible.
The flight from Edinburgh to JFK was delayed, cascading to a missed flight to Atlanta and on to Louisiana.
Shuffling flights now.
I can’t miss work tomorrow as there are vaguely important things for me to be around or something.
Shuffling flights now.
I can’t miss work tomorrow as there are vaguely important things for me to be around or something.
November 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The flight from Edinburgh to JFK was delayed, cascading to a missed flight to Atlanta and on to Louisiana.
Shuffling flights now.
I can’t miss work tomorrow as there are vaguely important things for me to be around or something.
Shuffling flights now.
I can’t miss work tomorrow as there are vaguely important things for me to be around or something.
Maybe YOU “mind the gap when alighting from the train”!
I may have gone to public school in America but I’m pretty sure we fought a whole war about minding gaps and alighting from trains.
I may have gone to public school in America but I’m pretty sure we fought a whole war about minding gaps and alighting from trains.
November 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Maybe YOU “mind the gap when alighting from the train”!
I may have gone to public school in America but I’m pretty sure we fought a whole war about minding gaps and alighting from trains.
I may have gone to public school in America but I’m pretty sure we fought a whole war about minding gaps and alighting from trains.
Stay on the road! Keep clear of the moors!
November 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Stay on the road! Keep clear of the moors!
Isle of Skye again.
Smoked haddock is a weird breakfast and very difficult to keep lit.
Smoked haddock is a weird breakfast and very difficult to keep lit.
November 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Isle of Skye again.
Smoked haddock is a weird breakfast and very difficult to keep lit.
Smoked haddock is a weird breakfast and very difficult to keep lit.
When I get home from Scotland the first thing I’m going to do is fill a bunch of glasses with ice and just shake them to hear the sound.
November 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
When I get home from Scotland the first thing I’m going to do is fill a bunch of glasses with ice and just shake them to hear the sound.
Writing update for anyone that followed me for that stuff:
Finished my fourth novel in pubs and hotels in Ireland and sent it to my editor. I’m five chapters into the fifth novel, which is so far 100% written in pubs and hotels in Ireland and Scotland.
Finished my fourth novel in pubs and hotels in Ireland and sent it to my editor. I’m five chapters into the fifth novel, which is so far 100% written in pubs and hotels in Ireland and Scotland.
November 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Writing update for anyone that followed me for that stuff:
Finished my fourth novel in pubs and hotels in Ireland and sent it to my editor. I’m five chapters into the fifth novel, which is so far 100% written in pubs and hotels in Ireland and Scotland.
Finished my fourth novel in pubs and hotels in Ireland and sent it to my editor. I’m five chapters into the fifth novel, which is so far 100% written in pubs and hotels in Ireland and Scotland.
On the way to Isle of Skye. I keep pulling over to talk to the furry cows because I don’t want to seem rude.
November 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
On the way to Isle of Skye. I keep pulling over to talk to the furry cows because I don’t want to seem rude.
Don’t tell me what to do, Inverness.
November 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Don’t tell me what to do, Inverness.