Jessica Irena smith

This is so beautiful, gentle, luminous, and full of soul. I’m truly touched to have inspired such words. Thank you for turning a moment into something that will linger.

You’re making difficult things easy to read :)

Thank you, Stefano! I’m so glad the story and characters resonated with you.

First time I read crime fiction—The Night of the Crash.
Masterful atmosphere, poignant and realistic details of post traumatic amnesia. Perhaps, the way characters are written tells even more than the plot.
Beautiful writing.

#AtmosphereInWriting
#CharacterDriven

⏰ It's nearly time!

🎄🎉 Out Tomorrow 🎉🎄

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "One of the best cosy series out there"

It's 5 days to Christmas, 13 guests are trapped in Elderwick Hall... and one of them is a killer 💀

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Agent Chihuahua reporting for duty 🕵️‍♂️🐾 Mission: stay warm & adorable while spying through the zip pull.

#Chihuahua #Dogs #DogLife #DogLovers #RescueDog #AdoptDontShop

Imagine you're an air group commander who left your aircraft carrier in the West Pacific and flew across the world and filed into a Quantico auditorium to sit there listening to this

6. The One Who Dwells Upon the Eyes of the Blind Link to previous chapters:

A surreal cave, a lover’s voice in the dark, and the revelation that the monsters we fight often wear our own face.

#SurrealFiction
#LoveAndLoss
#MetaphysicalFiction
#WarAndPeaceWithin
#UnseenTruths
#Amidlifenightsdream

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Art of a kitten in the air with fiery explosion behind it

Cramping

A small red bird which has golden feathers. So now what I do is use a grid and try to map points from my reference. Bloody time consuming, but I'm getting better. Wish I knew how to do shading better. Reference: vectorstock.com/40907598

More drawing practice. Presenting... a baby phoenix! ✨

Devoured The Wives of Halcyon by Eirinie Lapidaki 💥 A gripping, dark page-turner about coercive control, resilience, and the strength of women. Couldn’t put it down!

#TheWivesOfHalcyon #BookReview #PageTurner #Fiction #AmReading

Huge fan of @DatelineNBC’s Keith Morrison! Getting his blessing to feature him in The Night of the Crash was a dream come true.Since the real Keith couldn’t be here, Cardboard Keith is filling in perfectly matched to my book cover.Totally not creepy, right? 😅
#mysterywriter #keithmorrison

Last week, The Night of the Crash broke into the top 100 on the Amazon US Kindle chart! 🎉
I’m not usually the type to get giddy as a kipper, but this definitely has me feeling pretty close. Thrilled and so grateful for all the support! 💙

#ThrillerReads #AmReading #Kindle #Mystery #Books

Great choice! That one kept me hooked too. such a wild ride 👀

📚 Calling all crime & thriller fans!
What’s the last book that kept you turning pages way past midnight? 🌙✨
(I’ll start: The Summer She Vanished kept me awake while writing it! 😅)
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#AmWriting #CrimeFiction #ThrillerBooks #BookLovers #IndieAuthor #WritersOfBluesky #ReadersOfBluesky

Edinburgh’s Old Town after dark ✨ Windows glowing, shadows stretching, history whispering through the closes. The city feels timeless at night.
#Edinburgh #OldTown #Scotland #EdinburghByNight #HistoricScotland #Architecture #WritersMuseum #amwriting

So grateful for this thoughtful review of The Night of the Crash! 💙 I can’t wait for more readers to uncover the secrets behind that fateful night.
#bookstagrammer #autumnreading #fallreading #amreading #newrelease #paperback #paperbackrelease #ukauthor #smalltownmystery

She’s named Kim by the formal owner.

✨ Nothing beats a sunny nap with your best bud. Happy Tuesday, friends! 🐾☀️💤
#bestbuds #dogsofbluesky #catsofinstagram #chihuahuas #chihuahuaofbluesky #adoptdontshop #dogstrust #dogstrustdarlington #writerslife #chillaxing #dogsandcats #amwriting #tanchihuahua #adogslife #rescuedog

Illustration by Abigail Larson depicting a scene from Edgar Allan Poe's poem "Annabel Lee". Two lovers embrace at the edge of the sea, water splashes around them and the surrounding rocks. A full moon shines over them, and storm clouds loom. Published in "Sticker Jigsaw: The Edgar Allan Poe Collection" 2024 Macmillan

"For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams of the beautiful Annabel Lee"

Thank you Joe! For the word of affirmation.

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A group of Emmy nominated writers posing at sublime prime time

A group of Emmy nominated writers on stage at sublime prime time

A group of Emmy nominated writers on stage at sublime prime time

A group of Emmy nominated writers on stage at sublime prime time

Last week at Sublime Primetime, The Writers Guild Foundation’s annual event celebrating Emmy-Nominated writers!

Thank you Micheal!

I'm not saying it's exactly cheating, but I have noticed that these novels that have cats on the cover are a lot more popular with library requests than the ones that don't🤔📚

Royston Book Fair - Nic Wilson Nic is a writer, editor and Guardian country diarist for Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. She works for BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine, specialising in wildlife, wild plants and environmental issues. He...

Profile 23 in my series on authors appearing #RoystonBookFair 27 Sept 2025. Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social - nature writer, Guardian country diarist and memoirist #Royston #Hertfordshire #BookSky #writers www.roystonbookfair.co.uk/2025/nic-wil...

So happy to finally show you guys my new design!!!

Made by the incredible Artemisia over in Vgen, please go show her some support! 💛🖤💛🖤

#vtuber #debut #vtuberart

Your Slow and Sad Descent Into Bird-Watching You suddenly find that you’re able to distinguish the pa-chip-chip-chip of an American goldfinch. Before you know it, you’re mimicking bird calls.

One minute, you're just living your life, and the next, you're mimicking bird calls. Here’s how it happens.