Emily Brighton

I just read The Hellbound Heart. Definitely a good Halloween read! #booksky

One of the hardest parts about preparing a query letter is the conflicting advice from online guides. For example, do you mention other novels you've written or will this make the agent wonder why you haven't been published? It entirely depends on who you ask!

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Because I use YouTube both as a writing playlist and for casually listening to music, the algorithm tends to get confused. Will it recommend the Made in Abyss OST, something Celtic inspired, or the Epic of Gilgamesh sung in its original Sumarian? I don't know and wouldn't have it any other way!

Wow! Thanks, Oli! Now I'd better start posting more work! ^_^

Well, thanks to the Online Safety Act, I now have to give my government ID and personal information to a non-GDPR protected US company in order to access my chat log. Thanks UK government. I'm willing to bet money that the only people who will benefit from this legislation are identity thieves...

A lot of people are saying #OzzyOsbourne's dead. This is a misconception; the Prince of Darkness doesn't die, he just returns to his Kingdom.

Edit? Publish? Why would I do that when I can keep writing. That's much easier!

Me: I should post art on here alongside my writing.

Also Me: But I'm a hobby artist and not very good. Besides, I'm a sci-fi/fantasy writer, specialising in folk tales! I should focus on my audience.

Me: Yeah, but there could be cross over appeal, especially if it's fantasy related.

Also Me: ...

I dunno... I have a paperback copy of Udolpho. That would hurt quite a bit!

I've often said that receiving a critique is as much an art as giving one. Not only should you receive it gracefully, you then have to decide how to apply it.

That cat looks so unhappy!

#BookSky

And, well, a beast wouldn't hurt either...

Have... have you been spying on me!? 👀

Me: I'm too tired to work tonight.
Also Me: *Stays up googling the history of 18th century wigs*

It's been far too hot this week! The UK simply isn't built for 30 degree weather. >_<

Since joining #Bluesky, I keep stumbling over accounts that post nothing but #politics. I totally get wanting to raise awareness of important issues, but spamming nothing but bad news day in and day out, multiple times a day can't be good for you...

Whenever I see a book that people have tried to ban, I feel a stong and sudden urge to have it on my shelf!

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“When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness…”

- C.S. Lewis

Many writing/publishing scams, especially those from overseas, follow the pig butchering model, with victims bamboozled into spending ever-larger amounts of money on more and more overpriced or fraudulent services and products

Indeed! I've now had three attempt to contact me, offering to sell my book. It's sadly very common and, while it may seem obvious, takes advantage of good natured people.

I really wish all of these 'Totally Legitimate Book Marketers' would actually try with their scams.

'Dear Author, I came across your book on Amazon and thought it was incredible'.

Wow! That's amazing! I haven't even published anything on Amazon yet! You're really good!

PS: Nice free Wix site.

Curse my day job! Best of luck to you and anyone who can go! ^_^

This is the best reaction one can have to it. A shame it has to be every day... ^_^;

A very happy #SummerSolstice (Litha) to all of my followers! ^_^

#Litha

Fair! But there's a ton of sci-fi that doesn't deal with space travel or aliens. H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, and Mary Shelley rarely used either. ^_^

Arthur C. Clarke's 3 laws are absolutely on point here! In addition to magic and advanced technology being indistinguishable, they state that if a scientist says something is impossible, they're probably wrong and that the only way to explore the possible is to delve into the impossible. ^_^

Riddle me this, #booksky: is there, in 2025, truly a difference between #sci-fi and #fantasy? We all know there's a ton of cross over - #book shops even sell them in the same section - but at the same time both genres can be quite different. What are your thoughts?

It is a testament to #BritishPessimism that, even though we've had one of the dryest springs on record and are in danger of going into drought, we are STILL complaining about the #rain. ^_^;