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The cover of They Are Still Here (Mae Nhw Yma O Hyd). The image is of the sorceror, Gwydion, surrounded by wild animals (wolf, boar, deer) in a Celtic knotwork frame. Gwydion's hat is crowned with antlers. He carries an axe in his right hand and an oak twig in his left. Art by Josh Arklin.

Hooray! We are past 50% in our campaign. Thank you, everyone!

Today Cheryl is off to Aberystwyth for the October Queer Lit Quarterly meeting. In honour of that, today's update tells the very queer story of our cover. (Content warning for sexual assault.)
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FROGS TOGETHER STRONG is fucking incredible

The cover of They Are Still Here (Mae Nhw Yma O Hyd). The image is of the sorceror, Gwydion, surrounded by wild animals (wolf, boar, deer) in a Celtic knotwork frame. Gwydion's hat is crowned with antlers. He carries an axe in his right hand and an oak twig in his left. Art by Josh Arklin.

Excitingly we are only £42 away from being 50% funded. Hopefully we will get there before I wake up tomorrow morning.
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The cover of They Are Still Here (Mae Nhw Yma O Hyd). The image is of the sorceror, Gwydion, surrounded by wild animals (wolf, boar, deer) in a Celtic knotwork frame. Gwydion's hat is crowned with antlers. He carries an axe in his right hand and an oak twig in his left. Art by Josh Arklin.

Today's update in the Kickstarter campaign is about Walter Map, a 12th century writer of amusing stories, some of which featured Welsh folklore.
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The cover of They Are Still Here (Mae Nhw Yma O Hyd). The image is of the sorceror, Gwydion, surrounded by wild animals (wolf, boar, deer) in a Celtic knotwork frame. Gwydion's hat is crowned with antlers. He carries an axe in his right hand and an oak twig in his left. Art by Josh Arklin.

We have a bonus upfate for you today, with some exciting news about the most holy island in Wales. Do you fancy the life of a hermit? www.kickstarter.com/...

The cover of They Are Still Here (Mae Nhw Yma O Hyd). The image is of the sorceror, Gwydion, surrounded by wild animals (wolf, boar, deer) in a Celtic knotwork frame. Gwydion's hat is crowned with antlers. He carries an axe in his right hand and an oak twig in his left. Art by Josh Arklin.

Our update for today delves into the early history of the Welsh church. Did you know that one of Wales's most famous early saints was the son of a fairy prince?
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A selection of folklore-themed charmed used on the bookmarks. The designs include a fairy, a dragon, a pixie and a ghost.

Among the addons for our Kickstarter campaign are these lovely folklore-themed bookmarks made by Welsh writer, Hazel Hitchins.
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The cover of They Are Still Here (Mae Nhw Yma O Hyd). The image is of the sorceror, Gwydion, surrounded by wild animals (wolf, boar, deer) in a Celtic knotwork frame. Gwydion's hat is crowned with antlers. He carries an axe in his right hand and an oak twig in his left. Art by Josh Arklin.

Today's update on the Kickstarter campaign is all about the Lady of Lake, and all her sisters, because there are lots of them. Come and meet the Grawgedd Annwn: www.kickstarter.com/...

Kickstarter's Project We Love badge. It is circular with the words in an outer rim and a throbbing heart in the centre.

Excellent news! Our Kickstarter campaign has been selected as a Project We Love by the Kickstarter team.
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I have written a series of short travelogues about atmospheric and historic places to visit in Wales to help with a fundraiser for this forthcoming anthology for @wtpress.bsky.social

This first one is about Ty Canol Woods in Pembrokeshire 🙂

The cover of They Are Still Here (Mae Nhw Yma O Hyd). The image is of the sorceror, Gwydion, surrounded by wild animals (wolf, boar, deer) in a Celtic knotwork frame. Gwydion's hat is crowned with antlers. He carries an axe in his right hand and an oak twig in his left. Art by Josh Arklin.

Today's update on our Kickstarter campaign is from superstar Welsh folklorist, Claire Fayers. She tells us all about her love for giants. One of the rewards in our campaign is a first chapter critique from Claire, which is an amazing opportunity for a budding fantasy writer.
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Riz, a white lady with curly red hair and oval glasses wearing a grey cardie, holding two copies of Duo 3

Happy editor @rozc.bsky.social with the next @wtpress.bsky.social Wiz Duos from @r-emrys.bsky.social and @aknighton.bsky.social - launching at WFC!

Elsa white lurcher wearing roz's stripey hat and her glasses....

Oh hai, yes, I am @rozc.bsky.social now, I am going to do the editing when I finds my glasses and baccy....

Me, or rather the arse of me, looking wistfully out of the porch like an old-timey jeans advert only less sexy

Roz is overcome with delight at how well decking out the porch is going that shes lying on her back with her legs in the air and looking gleeful

Me and @rozc.bsky.social decking about...

The cover of They Are Still Here (Mae Nhw Yma O Hyd). The image is of the sorceror, Gwydion, surrounded by wild animals (wolf, boar, deer) in a Celtic knotwork frame. Gwydion's hat is crowned with antlers. He carries an axe in his right hand and an oak twig in his left. Art by Josh Arklin.

Not long to go now. Our Kickstarter campaign for the Welsh folklore anthology launches on Thursday. Check it out here: www.kickstarter.com/...

Well look at that, it's a fine pair of novellas by me and @r-emrys.bsky.social exploring relationships & landscape. Ruthanna's story is a wonderful tale of queer found family & shared obligation, while I deal with grief & memory through the magic of walking.

Graphic, text reads: "The unwise decisions two sisters make will affect the entire world. Bring Me Home, a science fiction novella by E.M. Faulds. Find it in Wiz Duos book 2. Go to wizardstowerpress.com" background graphic shows a silhoutte of a female figure with a circular hole cut out showing another smaller female figure beneath. Bottom right hand corner is a thumbnail of the Wiz Duos book 2 cover.

Graphic. Excerpt over graphics, text reads: '“Dave, I need you to tell Jayce that I didn’t kick him, I only touched him and then the sun hit my hand and mod sent out some kind of… I don’t know what, but it wasn’t me, I didn’t do it.” “Yeah, right, so your body tunnel gave you superpowers? Congrats, I’m sure you’ll do well.” “Don’t be stupid, come on, I’m trying to explain.” “If I’m so stupid, why do you need me? Can’t you all just hang out and compare mods and leave me out of it?” “You never got one,” I said out loud, stupidly. “Oh, you noticed, well done.” “I mean, why not?” He rounded on me, nearly spitting in my face. “Because I’m not stupid! You got that elagite stuff. It’s like metal DNA and nobody knows what it does to you.”' Beneath that, the titling info reads: "Bring Me Home, by E.M. Faulds. Available now as part of Wiz Duos 2, from Wizard's Tower Press". Behind is a darkened image showing a two female figures, one larger with a circular hole in its centre, one smaller standing with head visible through hole. Bottom right is a thumbnail of the Wiz Duos book 2 cover.

I poured a lot of guts and angst into this. I wanted to write different SF, about being alive, afraid, and looking for something to fill the hole that lives in all of us.

And look, you get another novella with it! Find out where to buy:
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The cover of They Are Still Here (Mae Nhw Yma O Hyd). The image is of the sorceror, Gwydion, surrounded by wild animals (wolf, boar, deer) in a Celtic knotwork frame. Gwydion's hat is crowned with antlers. He carries an axe in his right hand and an oak twig in his left. Art by Josh Arklin.

Do we have a new anthology project in mind? Oh yes! Find out more here: www.kickstarter.com/...

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I do seem to remember having a hand in that one ;) Such a long time ago! Hope you like it @persiflage.bsky.social !

Author statement on the Polari Prize longlist We are writers, editors, publishers and booksellers who stand in solidarity with the trans community. We are profoundly disappointed by the Polari Prize’s decision to include John Boyne on the longlis...

There’s also an open statement all writers and others involved in the book business can sign:

Allotments are vanishing when the UK urgently needs more of them In praise of digging for potatoes.

This made me angry & sad. When nature and food are under threat, what an inane, shortsighted decision. With 100,000 people waiting for allotments, the chance to create a new allotment revolution is being squandered. #futuregen

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Well if I didn’t love you enough already…

Band camp is great! 😊

How was the ?cheese?

‘Tipping points’ experts issue urgent message to world leaders World leaders must take “immediate, unprecedented action” to prevent devastating climate tipping points, experts say. The Global Tipping Points Conference is taking place in Exeter this week, and almo...

Almost 200 of the delegates at this week's Global Tipping Points Conference in Exeter endorsed a statement calling for world leaders to take “immediate, unprecedented action” to prevent devastating #climate tipping points.

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86 fucking years old.

YouTube video by Andrew Millison How the UN is Holding Back the Sahara Desert

I'm not sure I can fully express just how beautiful this is. Especially if you've been feeling despair about humanity lately, it is absolutely worth 12 minutes of your time.

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It's me! I am doing these webinars. I go over a BUNCH of info just for writers who are looking at websites and think they might need one. Or maybe what to put in one? You get to ask alll the questions from someone who does this for a dayjob.

EHRC Drops Workplace Toilet Advice Amid Legal Threat - Law360 Britain's equal rights watchdog has dropped its advice to employers that they must provide single-sex toilets in the wake of a landmark U.K. Supreme Court decision in the face of a court challenge.

None of those newspapers (or the BBC) that gleefully ran stories when the EHRC gave trans people a shoeing will now report on the EHRC admitting they (and hence those stories) were wrong. Are those outlets craven - or dishonest?

Thank goodness for the legal press. www.law360.com/articles/235...