Middle aged woman in a car with bouquet of flowers. Includes deep pink roses. She’s smiling at the camera.
So, I gave a talk to a local writing group yesterday. I was expecting empty chairs but the room was packed and I got flowers as a thank you. Blown away! 🙏🏻💐🥰 #authorlife
22.02.2026 09:19 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0That's a wonderful film too :-)
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Every December, my husband insists we watch It’s a Wonderful Life. The film will be eighty next year, but it’s message of hope couldn’t be more apt for our modern world. 🧡
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Sorry to miss this! I tried to see it as her issue, not mine.
19.11.2025 13:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Oh look! It’s me! 😆🙏🏻 Thank you @britfantasysoc.bsky.social
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"A dramatic image of burning paper with flames and ashes. The overlaid text reads: 'My Friend Destroyed My First Novel. Why criticism needn't break us, even when it's truly brutal.' Below this, a website link reads: ELWILLIAMSAUTHOR.SUBSTACK.COM."
Everyone’s a critic.
But what if the critic is a close, much-loved friend?
And what if the target of their disdain is your first, precious manuscript?
#author #writingcommunity #booksky
Yes, ‘bad gateway’ on web and a ‘whoops’ on the app. 😳
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Promotional graphic advertising books sale. At the top, a yellow stitched banner says 'SALE' in bold white letters. Three fantasy book covers are displayed: 'The First Ethereal,' 'The Blessing of Crows,' and 'The Magic Keepers' by E.L. Williams. Words around the covers highlight themes: witches, slow burn romance, found family, time travel, hope, strong women, secret library, and prophecy. Website link www.ELWilliamsAuthor.com is shown. Text at the bottom reads: 'eBooks £0.99 - Free Shipping on Paperback Bundles.' Background features soft golden lights.
My Ethereal World eBooks are just £0.99 (or equivalent) So if you've been meaning to stock up, now's your chance!! Available everywhere.
There's free shipping from my website too when you buy more than one paperback.
Big love!
#kindledeals #99pbooks #booksale #fantasybooks #ELwilliamsauthor
I bloody LOVE writing.
That is all. 😁
#Writing #author #booksky
Text overlaid against a picture of sand dunes and blue sky with Worms Head in the background, a rocky outcrop in the sea near Rhossili, Swansea, Wales. Words read: Indie Em: Salt On My Lips And The Wind In My Hair Rewilding My Soul Ready For My Book Edit
What began as research for my next book became an unexpected act of rewilding myself. #writing #booksky
08.04.2025 17:51 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Beats the hell out of being asleep at the wheel of life! 😊
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How to piss of Donald Trump.
Who?
Boom!
😂
Close up of a running shoe in motion. Overlaid words read: Why I Run In My Underwear & Write In My Pyjamas Overcoming resistance to get things done ELWILLIAMSAUTHOR.SUBSTACK.COM
🤯 You know you should exercise more, but you don’t.
🤯 You want to write more, but you don’t.
🤯 You know you should market your books, but… yeah, same.
I’ve figured out a few sneaky ways to work around myself, because resistance is real, and willpower is seriously overrated. #BOOKSKY #writing #books
The words: How I Stopped Waiting to Be a Writer The meandering path of 'becoming' in white overlay a hazy, nostalgic picture of a long country path, the sun setting to the left of the image. The athour's Substack address is at the bottom ELWILLIAMSAUTHOR.SUBSTACK.COM
Something magical happened when I:
✨ stopped waiting to feel like a writer
✨ pulled out of the‘you are a writer’ race
✨ accepted that everyone is good enough to try—including me.
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#booksky #writing #writingcommunity
Fair wages for Dennis! Glad to see he downed tools and walked off the job!
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White text on a black and white background of a close up of The Wheel of Fortune Tarot card. Text reads: Holding On and Letting Go Nothing Lasts Forever—And Why That’s a Good Thing ELWILLIAMSAUTHOR.SUBSTACK.COM at the bottom of image with Substack logo which is two lines above a rectangle with a notch cut out of the middle.
Sometimes we're up. Sometimes we're down. And why I believe that's a good thing. #booksky #writingcommunity #author
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Thank you so much for your kind words! Wishing you a fabulous day. 🥰
10.03.2025 14:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I just finished editing book four! It's 99,763 words. Phew!
Now for a rest before I dive back in.
#booksky #author #fantasybooks
Picture of a hand made blue wool coaster with a mushroom design on the front.
Two brown notebooks held up to the camera. One has a unicorn head and the other the words Don’t worry, be Cappy above a pic of a capybara.
Today we walked to a local craft fair, bought a few gifts to support local makers and then borrowed books from the library. Sometimes resistance comes in the shape of small acts - but it still matters!
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Monday I showed up to an exercise class 15 mins late.
Today, a beauty appointment a week early.
This is SO not me. Any thoughts on what the Universe might be trying to tell me?
Framed watercolour of three novels by E L Williams. The First Ethereal (grey), The Blessing of Crows (black), and The Magic Keepers (blue)
Three novels by E L Williams stacked on a table. The First Ethereal (grey), The Blessing of Crows (black), and The Magic Keepers (blue)
Look what my amazing stepdaughter painted for my birthday! And there’s space for book four 🥰🙏🏻 #booksky #writingcommunity
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I reread the novel I began writing 15 years ago & published in 2020. I get why readers called it eerily predictive, but the writing was on the wall for a long time, wasn't it?
#booksky #writingcommunity #resistance
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Depends. For a messy first draft, anywhere between 1-4k but I tend to track my time rather than my words. I’m editing now so it’s around 2k a day but that can take 2-3 hours. How about you?
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Picture of a windowsill covered in plants including a snake plant, prayer plant and purple orchid. Also ornaments including small ceramic pumpkin and rose quartz egg. Sky beyond window is still dark. There’s a bird feeder attached to the outside of the glass.
My days are bookended by visits from the robin.
The first to arrive at the window feeder to claim a pre-dawn breakfast, & the only bird to take their supper here too.
I rarely see them, but I nearly always get a song. What a gift. 🥰
#writer #author #booksky
Picture of a Cavapoo dog in a red coat sitting in a bookshop.
Took our granddog to Waterstones today. His first trip to a bookshop. He was very excited! Oh wait, that was me! 😂🥰
#booksky
Happy Valentine’s Day, lovelies. 💛
Love isn’t just for partners or ourselves—it’s for the Earth too. We are nature. So when we talk about self-love, let’s include love for the planet and all who call it home.
Love grows when we share it—let’s spread it far and wide. 🌿💫🧡
#ValentinesDay #EarthLove
