Roxie Key #TheDeadlySpark 🔥

Interested in using your worst fears as inspiration for your writing? I talk about how I explored my fear of fire and used it to write my debut novel, The Deadly Spark, in this piece for Pen to Print. Hope you enjoy it!

pentoprint.org/write-on-fea...

#WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity

Two people walking together, one with a walking frame, one with an umbrella.

My latest article for @theroompsy.bsky.social is live 😊 This month I'm talking about #HiddenDisabilities and #InvisibleIllnesses. I'd love to hear what you think - any shares and comments on the article are so appreciated ♥️

www.theroompsy.com/the-green-space-well-being/you-dont-look-sick
#wellbeing

I'm so pleased my piece resonated with you - but I'm so sorry that's your experience 🫂

Two people walking together, one with a walking frame, one with an umbrella.

My latest article for @theroompsy.bsky.social is live 😊 This month I'm talking about #HiddenDisabilities and #InvisibleIllnesses. I'd love to hear what you think - any shares and comments on the article are so appreciated ♥️

www.theroompsy.com/the-green-space-well-being/you-dont-look-sick
#wellbeing

Check out my first piece written for @theroompsy.bsky.social. Very different to anything else you may have read by me... hope you enjoy it! ♥️

Self Care September - Day 13: Be as kind to yourself as you would to a loved one actionforhappiness.org/self-care-se... #SelfCareSeptember

Thank you so much 🥰

Check out my first piece written for @theroompsy.bsky.social. Very different to anything else you may have read by me... hope you enjoy it! ♥️

This looks amazing! Wish I could go 🫢

Yellow geometric background with the following text: AUGUST TOP READS It Should Have Been You by Andrea Mara - addictive & compelling page turner The Reunion by M A Hunter - twisty, dark & unpredictable The 7-10 Split by Karmen Lee - sweet, funny & entertaining Mile High by Liz Tomforde - hot & spicy yet heartwarming Missing in Flight by Audrey J cole - terrifying, pulse-pounding & unexpected Have you read any of these? What did you think? Let me know what you're currently reading - I'm always on the lookout for recommendations!

Yet another excellent reading month! 😍

📖 It Should Have Been You by @andreamara.bsky.social
📱 The Reunion by M A Hunter
📖 The 7-10 Split by @authorkarmenlee.bsky.social
🎧 Mile High by Liz Tomforde
📱 Missing in Flight by Audrey J Cole

Have you read any of these? What did you think?

🤣

A toddler on a blue bike looking at a rainbow

Same here too! Our second one was too faint to show on my useless phone though 🙄

Nice work! 🙌🏻

I read this before I noticed it was our WhatsApp group 🤣

Young man buying a book: I have such a bad habit of going for a walk and ending up in bookshops

Me: that's an *excellent* habit

July Top Reads 🎧 All Her Fault by Andrea Mara - addictive, twisty and terrifying 📖 Eye for an Eye by M J Arlidge - chilling, thought provoking and unputdownable 🎧 How to Kill Men and Get Away with it by Katy Brent - compelling, unexpected and darkly funny

My July top #reads - another brilliant reading month! 📚

🎧 All Her Fault by @andreamara.bsky.social
📖 Eye for an Eye by M J Arlidge
🎧 How to Kill Men & Get Away with it by Katy Brent

Have you read any of these? What did you think?
Let me know what you're currently #reading!

#BookSky

A geometric yellow background with a 5-star customer testimonial for Roxie Key's freelance copywriting services: "Roxie is exceptional. An ace professional!" Will, UK

Feedback is crucial for #freelancers: that’s why I’m so grateful to the clients I’ve worked with for leaving me such fab reviews ⭐ So, if you hire a #freelancer (or shopping from a #smallbusiness) try your best to leave a review. Every time you do, we do a little happy dance 💃🏻

A brown duck sitting on some grass with some trees in the background on a sunny day.

A toddler wearing a purple bike helmet and dungarees feeding some ducks.

We found #ducks. Aren't they just the happiest creatures?!
🦆♥️

Teal geometic background with typography that says: Product pages not converting? Your PDPs might be the issue… It is a post from a freelance copywriter advertising copywriting services for online product descriptions / PDPs.

Product description pages: crucial for #conversion, increasing your brand's reach and inspiring potential customers? Err, yeah! I’ve written hundreds of them, and I’m here to write yours. My rates are competitive, I work fast, and I’m trained in #neuromarketing 🧠 Drop me a DM! 💬

An evening with Dorothy Koomson, featuring the book and the details of Thursday 14th August - 7pm, tickets from £5. Click on the link to get all of this information again!

What's better than spending an evening celebrating the publication of @dorothykoomson.bsky.social 's latest paperback?

Getting to do it in the comfort of your own home!

Click here for more info and to book: bertsbooks.co.uk/product/14th...

Giveaway bundle

New #giveaway over on my Instagram if you are a book blogger / reviewer / bookstagrammer and you were #notatharrogate

UK ONLY. Full terms:

www.instagram.com/p/DMuzuxuMnS...

I have another #buyastrangerabook day offer to tell you about.

@evieweeviewoo.bsky.social will buy someone the book of their choice up to £20.

Tat's any book (not just the stuff on my website).

So if there's something in particular you're after, let us know!

UK only.

Ways to support banned authors: buy their books, request them at the library, post about them on social media, sign up for their newsletter, invite them to speak in person or virtually

Want to support authors whose books have been banned? Here’s how YOU can help:

✅ Leave positive reviews
✅ Leave positive reviews
✅ Leave positive reviews 😉

Every voice matters. Every book challenged deserves defenders.

#BannedBooks #FreedomToRead #SupportAuthors

Another #buyastrangerabook day offer.

@sarahfoxspeaker.bsky.social is offering to buy someone the book of their choice up to £25!

Sarah suggests something by Ismail Kadare, but the offer is for any book you like.

So get in touch if there's a title you'd like.

UK only.

It's #buyastrangerabook day!

@whyalice24.bsky.social is offering to buy one lucky person a copy of any book by Kazuo Ishiguro.

Attached is a pic of most of them, so if there's one in particular you'd like, get in touch!

UK only.

The Deadly Spark book on a blue and orange background, surrounded by words about the book: For fans of Lisa Jewell, Jane Casey and Clare Mackintosh Set I'm Brighton UK and the Scottish Highlands Multiple timelines and POVs A dog (don't worry he doesn't die) Part police procedural, part psychological suspense Pasts that haunt you Fire, fire, fire! Lies and secrets galore Queer love Strong female leads

Hi 👋😊 my debut thriller, The Deadly Spark, was published last year with HQ 🔥 I've just sent the first draft of my next novel to my agent - fingers crossed this one sells too! 🤞
Would love to connect with other writers, especially crime writers 🔪 and queer writers 🌈
RoxieKey.com

Smiling white female copywriter with brown hair wearing a black and white stripy top, sitting in front of a laptop, offering freelance copywriting and blog writing services.

Consumers are becoming so savvy at spotting AI-produced copy. If you want to leave your #blog in the hands of AI, that’s cool… but I reckon you, your business and your customers deserve wayyy better. I have several pieces published and my rates are competitive. Interested? Let’s chat! 💬 #Copywriter

So amazing to see the #Lionesses doing so well.

If you are feeling inspired, why not read a book based on the original Lionesses - The Dick Kerr Girls - some of the most underrated and gifted players to have graced the game

Lets not forget how this journey started

amzn.eu/d/baKDawh

Oh wow, huge congratulations! 👏🏻

I'm putting this gently out there: does anyone know a sensitivity reader who might want to work with representations of indigenous peoples of the Amazon, 1900-ish? TIA!