Helena McAuley's Avatar

Helena McAuley

@thathmc.bsky.social

Aussie author who can't be bothered writing a bio right now. I like whisky and books.

157 Followers  |  106 Following  |  34 Posts  |  Joined: 06.08.2023  |  2.1659

Latest posts by thathmc.bsky.social on Bluesky


Preview
Read GrimToon | Tapas Web Community Read GrimToon and more premium Fantasy Community series now on Tapas!

ROLL UP ROLL UP READ ALL ABOUT IT

The next installment of Grim Toon is up πŸ“š don't miss out on this charming and entertaining fantasy #webtoon.

tapas.io/series/GrimT...

#WebtoonSky #indieauthor

11.02.2026 08:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“šπŸ’™
#booksky
New Australian Book Lovers podcast episode is out! If you like books, if you like listening to authors chat about writing... then have a listen πŸ’™

30.11.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Author Signing Gets Surprise Visitors
YouTube video by Zena Shapter Author Signing Gets Surprise Visitors

Author signing gets surprise visitors!

youtube.com/shorts/89tV9...

29.11.2025 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
The First King's Court The Horned Crown has been destroyed and the prince of Mistral’s Dusk Blood has awoken. After successfully delivering Cassius’s orders to Feng, Dorian and Shye have found themselves stuck in Aura, wait...

The First King's Court, book two of The Dusk Lords by the stunning F. Malbeck has been released!

A follow up to The Five Lords of Dusk that builds upon and, in my opinion, exceeds the first book. Get on it!

#writing #reading #booksky #amreading #fantasy

buy.bookfunnel.com/j91fv6twz6

02.08.2025 03:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I do understand that the pronunciation will vary, because not all languages can comfortably pronounce all words, but surely it would make things like trade and foreign affairs *slightly* easier?

Also just feels polite πŸ˜‚

31.07.2025 08:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Apart from it being really irritating to change, I don't understand why we still use exonyms for countries instead of their endonyms

17.07.2025 12:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Silly author, I *am* the ailment 😈

17.06.2025 05:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Myths and Legends By Sarena Flanigan

Hey, you!

Yes, YOU!

Read this awesome story by @sfflanigan.bsky.social. it'll cure what ails ya.

(*If does not cure what ails ya, see a doctor)

androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/myths-and-...

17.06.2025 04:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Bluey black background with a podium. A book cover with a starry landscape and  in the forefront with a woman turning the crank and a fairy just above the well and gold filigree framing the edges. Little Voices and Ian Gough at the top and A Collection of Short Fantasy Stories at the bottom

Bluey black background with a podium. A book cover with a starry landscape and in the forefront with a woman turning the crank and a fairy just above the well and gold filigree framing the edges. Little Voices and Ian Gough at the top and A Collection of Short Fantasy Stories at the bottom

This week's #AuthorShoutOut is @iang14.bsky.social, author of speculative fiction that makes you laugh one minute, & gasp the next.

Just when you think you know where he's going with a story, it'll twist like wild. Throw Sir Terry, Douglas Adams, & Stephen King together, & you have Ian.

#BookSky

20.05.2025 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

@antonygreenelec.bsky.social DON'T LEAVE US, ANTONY!!! 😭😭😭😭

03.05.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Honest Government Ad | How To Vote 2025
YouTube video by thejuicemedia Honest Government Ad | How To Vote 2025

Every election, we've made a video to help voters understand how our preferential voting system works. This is for the 2025 election. If you find it helpful, pls share with your family, friends and pets. Good luck Australia! πŸ’›πŸ—³οΈ

πŸ“Œ ICYMI: this is satire, NOT official electoral advice!

30.04.2025 08:03 β€” πŸ‘ 963    πŸ” 462    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 99
Screaming seagull meme with hey guys in first image, guess what in the second image and you should totally buy my books in the fourth image

Screaming seagull meme with hey guys in first image, guess what in the second image and you should totally buy my books in the fourth image

Can't hurt to try something different...

(Links in bio as always)

#BookSky #authorsky #writingcommunity #shortstory #SFF #IndieApril #indieauthor

20.04.2025 08:59 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reposting to add to my TBR pile 😊

31.03.2025 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh hello there. If you've ever wanted to:
Set your own work hours πŸ•°οΈ
Own your own boss babe business πŸ’ͺ
Raise the dead πŸ§Ÿβ€β™€οΈπŸ§Ÿβ€β™€οΈπŸ§Ÿβ€β™€οΈ
✨THRIVE✨
Then boy do I have a story for you, and it's out TODAY!:

15.03.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5
Post image

It's the end of a Public Holiday here and just a reminder not only can you get Into The Forest on non-Amazon options at books2read.com/u/bOkpJ9, you can also get it on Amazon if that's still your site of choice at www.amazon.com/dp/B0DZ2NHW47

Come find out if my feral MC Seeda can survive.

10.03.2025 08:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Four days to The Reckoning is released. So, what's it all about? Well, here's a small idea...

#ComingSoon #BookSky #writingcommunity #authorsky #NewRelease #shortstory #ReaderSky #FantasySky

10.03.2025 11:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Preview
Is This What We Want? More than 1,000 musicians have come together to release Is This What You Want?, an album protesting the UK government’s proposed changes to copyright law.

www.isthiswhatwewant.com

25.02.2025 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Musicians release silent album to protest UK AI copyright proposals Over 1,000 artists, including Annie Lennox, Damon Albarn, and Kate Bush, have launched a silent album, 'Is This What We Want?', in protest against UK government plans that could allow AI companies to ...

Over 1,000 artists, including Annie Lennox, Damon Albarn, and Kate Bush, have launched a silent album, 'Is This What We Want?', in protest against UK government plans that could allow AI companies to use copyrighted content without consent.

25.02.2025 10:59 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3
Post image

Are you looking for a story about fighting back against an oppresive regime given everything going on? Well, Into the Forest may be the book for you.
books2read.com/u/bOkpJ9

14.02.2025 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Post image

I know you've been dying to see the cover for Into The Forest πŸ˜› so without any further ado, here it is. I hope you like it. #CoverReveal #BookSky

12.02.2025 04:58 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
Video thumbnail

It's almost time for the little voices.

#WritingCommmunity #Writer #writers #Authors #authorscommunity #readerscommunity #books #indie #amazon #kindlebooks #readerscommunity #fantasy #FairyTail #FantasyBooks #NewRelease #ComingSoon #readers @writingcommunity.bsky.social #newbook #kindleunlimited

02.02.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

Little Voices cover reveal coming soon..

#WritingCommmunity #Writer #writers #Authors #authorscommunity #readerscommunity #books #indie #amazon #kindlebooks #read #fantasy #anthology #shortstories #FantasyBooks #NewRelease #ComingSoon #readers #booksky #authorsky #fantasy
#newbook #kindleunlimited

03.02.2025 10:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! Boosted for Tash. I am glad they're nuking the pornbots, though. My block and report finger was getting tired πŸ˜‚

08.01.2025 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Boosting to @moderation.bsky.app , because I can confirm that @calling33.bsky.social is a stand up person and not a spam bot.

#FreeTash!

08.01.2025 08:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, you think you're having a good day? Well guess what, you are, and I'm not going to interfere with that. Ha ha, pranked.

03.01.2025 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I regularly prank strangers by leaving them alone and letting them get on with their day. It's hilarious to see people not be inconvenienced in the slightest, completely unaware that they're being pranked.

03.01.2025 00:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Lol, turns out a 40 year old woman dancing in her car to blaring 80s Hair Rock IS considered odd by the general public πŸ˜‚

19.12.2024 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I collect moments and store them.

Like pans set out to catch the #rain.

Nothing wasted.

#vss365

22.11.2024 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Parentheses or brackets left open is absolutely one of my pet peeves and this mug has now provided me with the language to describe it πŸ˜‚

20.11.2024 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Life is too short to lie to myself and eat "low fat cake"

19.11.2024 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@thathmc is following 20 prominent accounts