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Don't forget, Shade of the Aitel is now available on Ko-Fi and Amazon! I also hand-sign and package Ko-Fi orders.

ko-fi.com/hs_author/shop
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FNN3T2G3

It's cheaper on Ko-Fi, but at current that's only an option for those in the UK. #StrangeSpace #WriteSky

I have been working a lot on outlining the various tales that I'll be working into my Arthurian Legend retelling... it's very exciting, if only I had the time to sit down and actually write any of it 🤣 In the meantime #StrangeSpace second entry is on the go... #WriteSky

Feels a bit rubbish, but I haven't had much time to write lately. Work is completely burning me out again. I'm constantly exhausted and have no creative energy. 😭

Shade of the Aitel is now live! Available for purchase in the UK on Kofi + Amazon, and in the US and other countries on Amazon. ko-fi.com/hs_author/shop, www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMQBMBWX. #StrangeSpace #WriteSky

Please know if you order on Ko-Fi, it may take over a week for me to get to sending your copies, as there's a slight delay with me receiving in my author copies. Every edition will be hand packaged and hand signed by me, however! It also supports me more directly.

Shade of the Aitel is now live! Available for purchase in the UK on Kofi + Amazon, and in the US and other countries on Amazon. ko-fi.com/hs_author/shop, www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMQBMBWX. #StrangeSpace #WriteSky

Whilst I work on the second #StrangeSpace story, I've decided to take on a massive project and start developing my Arthurian Legend retelling. It's a massive undertaking, but I intend to take a long time working on it. Trust that Mordred will finally get some good characterisation. #WriteSky

To follow up on my good news, I've also finished the basic plot outline for the next book in the #StrangeSpace series, and I'm considering working on another standalone novel in the meantime. Just not sure which of my many ideas I wanna explore 🤣

It's been a while since I last posted an update. I've been working hard, and I have my completed proof copies of both hardcover and paperback! Shade of the Aitel will officially release this week. Hardcover is illustrated by my gorgeous partner. #StrangeSpace #WriteSky #BookSky

An excerpt from Shade of the Aitel, out on kindle, paperback and hardcover next month. #whistpr #writesky #StrangeSpace

Work on the final draft is under way. Everything's going well for a September release, hopefully! There will be three versions of Shade of the Aitel available at first--kindle, paperback, and hardcover--but eventually I hope to release a dyslexia friendly, large font print as well. #WriteSky

I've had all my feedback in for Shade of the Aitel, so I'll soon enough be getting onto my final draft and readthrough! Not long until I can start looking at releasing a preorder date. #StrangeSpace #WriteSky

If you haven't heard from me lately it's because I've been crumbling under burnout. That said, I should hopefully have feedback from my beta readers in the next few days so I can get on with edits. (In the meantime I may work on a Death Stranding fanfic, but you didn't hear that from me.)

Oh yes, the final complete cover of Shade of the Aitel, including spine, is complete and all ready for when I finish my last draft. #StrangeSpace #WriteSky

This heat is brutal. I miss rain. I can't focus on anything and I can't regulate my body temperature. How can I write in these conditions? 😭 #WriteSky

Science fiction horror!

The first big edit of Shade of the Aitel has been finished, and formatting all done! The copy is now in the hands of my beta readers, so I'll be working on the plot of my second entry of Strange Space in the meantime. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

I'm close now to the completion of my first edit for Shade of the Aitel 💚💚 #WriteSky I'm so glad that I'm getting somewhere with it, despite a rough couple of weeks.

I've been playing too much Death Stranding and not doing enough writing 🙃🙃 I need to prioritise better.

I really wish everyone on this platform would use alt text

Alt text is good for many reasons:

- It makes images accessible to low-vision folks
- It tells people what an image is about if the image breaks
- It tells Bluesky & search engines what your image is about

Here's a 🧵 on how to do it

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I keep forgetting to log in here and update everyone. I'm just so focused on everything. But I'm still working on these edits... slowly.

I've nearly finished my first read through of Shade of the Aitel for edits, and I'm about to start my second draft. Hopefully it won't need more than a couple of redrafts, cuz it's reading pretty well in my own head. I am looking for beta readers, though, if anyone's interested. #WriteSky

Another month, another prompts list. #SFFChat I have a lot of favourite aliens, from the Thanator in Avatar to the Nightmare Entity in Doctor Who. But my all time favourite must be the Alien Queen from Aliens.

Yup 😬

Thank you! I'll be okay, the wildfires aren't super close to me, but the smoke is awful 😬 I just feel sad for all the nature, it's really not normal for North Scotland to be so dry

It's been a crazy few days with work and burnout, not to mention all the smoke in the air from the wildfires in Moray right now are seriously destroying my lungs. This picture was taken in my village today, thank god the rain finally came on this evening.

Oh I think most of the Rangers will stay together, but whether or not they end up fragmenting could be out of their hands. #Writesky #ComJunity

And this is the very last line of my current WIP, Shade of the Aitel, currently undergoing edits. #LGBTQWriteAThon #WriteSky

Oof, what a day. I managed to do some more editing read through, but now I'm dealing with some really bad back pain. Can I go back to the days of being unbothered 😭

Burnout is hitting hard, but I hope to do some more work on my edits this evening. Death Stranding 2 has also taken over my life 😭