Georgina Ballantine

I spend a lot of time with my neurodivergent clients describing the fight/flight response in relation to neurosparkly brains. Their reaction is usually, 'Oh, that explains so much.'
I often wonder why their psychiatrists haven't covered this following diagnosis.

Public library energy is the best energy. Like here is all the knowledge we could find, it's been meticulously organized and vetted and it will cost you nothing today, welcome to the absolute pinnacle of human civic evolution, feel free to pull up any bean bag chair you like

Throwback to the time we sat our cats down and told them we were adopting a dog. I cannot stress enough that this is the ACTUAL picture from that conversation 🤣

Everyone I've spoken to seems to be having a crappy day today.
Here's a smol frog to the rescue.

good morning chat :D

In case you need a smile today

Took Miss 16 with me to a car wash. I She'd never been before.
Her sheer delight was beautiful!
I love that at 16 she still has that.
There is something other-worldly about car washes, which is bizarre considering it's just brushes and soap, and yet I can remember the magic from my childhood too.

Poor puss 😆

This is Budge, venerable resident of Norwich Cathedral, keeping the sinners in line 🤣

#LifeHacks

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“Australian gothic with a good dose of cosmic horror… these stories are poignant reflections on broken relationships and the insurmountable distances between us.”

Wonderfully insightful (and generous) review of #TheMeasureOfSorrow

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The silence and the unconditional love 😊

Makes tea. Gazes bleakly into teacup.
The void is infinite.

How to be a Writer: #3728:
Open laptop
Gaze bleakly into void
Become convinced that, not only is the void gazing back, but that it hates your WIP
Tea.

Hopefully no-one just yet, given that I've only been here for 3 hours 😄

Real talk.

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Help us keep our size (or increase it!) over the next two weeks!

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Waves from Canberra!

Excellent! 🥳

Horror/dark fantasy writer. Waves from sunny Australia!

But only if we get pics!

Dooooo itttttttt!

A woman with long, dark hair is crouching under a small house-shaped structure made of books. She is kneeling on grass and we see trees behind her.

When I'm old I'll live in my house of books 'til the big bad wolf blows me away to the library in the sky.