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Lu Hersey

@luwrites.bsky.social

I write books. Sometimes win awards. Crop circle chaser. Myth lover. Collector of folklore. Here for the magic. https://www.lu-hersey.com/ https://www.patreon.com/Writingthemagic

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Allantide | Writing the Magic Get more from Writing the Magic on Patreon

Allantide gives you the opportunity to buy big read apples instead of halloween outfits. Which might be why the celebration has fallen out of fashion... www.patreon.com/posts/allant...

30.10.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Punkie Night It's time to carve your mangelwurzels

It's time to carve your mangelwurzels... open.substack.com/pub/luhersey...

29.10.2025 10:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Folklore into fiction - by Lu Hersey Children's authors writers from the UK share thoughts on books and writing

This is something about the enduring power of folklore stories... awfullybigblogadventure.blogspot.com/2025/10/folk...

19.10.2025 10:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sunrise over Chapel Point. Will really miss this holiday cottage...

18.10.2025 06:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Morning beauty down on the Levels

09.10.2025 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Dragon of Norton Fitzwarren | Writing the Magic Get more from Writing the Magic on Patreon

Another local dragon story... www.patreon.com/posts/dragon...

07.10.2025 10:17 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And if every agent in the known universe is only interested in YA romantasy, maybe leave off sending your dystopian or sci fi ms until the wind changes...

04.10.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The birth caul - superstition and folklore (trigger warning - contains details about keeping body parts)

A post about the superstitions and folklore surrounding birth cauls... open.substack.com/pub/luhersey...

27.09.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lands like an angel #GreatEgret #HamWall

27.09.2025 08:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Mermaid of Zennor | Writing the Magic Get more from Writing the Magic on Patreon

Maybe the story holds an element of truth? www.patreon.com/posts/mermai...

23.09.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Measuring your life in geological time - by Lu Hersey Children's authors writers from the UK share thoughts on books and writing

This is something I originally wrote about the equinox - which is tomorrow, if you're interested... awfullybigblogadventure.blogspot.com/2025/09/meas...

19.09.2025 06:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The mythical horned hare (Lepus cornutus)

The horned hare - real or simply folklore? open.substack.com/pub/luhersey...

17.09.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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About the equinox and time passing (or my version of the theory of relativity)

Weighing up the year as we head towards the shorter days and longer nights of winter... open.substack.com/pub/luhersey...

16.09.2025 09:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yes, it's a bit cracked and grubby, but considering this ammonite is somewhere between 150 and 180 million years old, it isn't looking too shabby...(pulled it from the ground just now)

13.09.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Abbots Bromley Horn Dance | Writing the Magic Get more from Writing the Magic on Patreon

Today (Wakes Monday) is the day of the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance. Wish I was there to see it...
www.patreon.com/posts/abbots...

08.09.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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SEA BEANS The idea of finding treasure washed up on the beach is always exciting, and beachcombing along the tideline is something many of us enjoy.

Something for beachcombers... open.substack.com/pub/luhersey...

07.09.2025 09:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Dinder Wyrm | Writing the Magic Get more from Writing the Magic on Patreon

Another local dragon story....
www.patreon.com/posts/dinder...

03.09.2025 09:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lucie finds me hilarious

30.08.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can't help feeling America would be a better place without billionaires and evangelicals.

28.08.2025 09:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

😬

28.08.2025 09:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I don’t think they passed.

27.08.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 0

Why, you might ask, do the BBC and Sky News, casting their editorial guidelines to the wind, keep giving massive airtime to the far right, while shutting out leftwing voices? Don't their bosses understand the likely consequences?
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.

28.08.2025 05:55 β€” πŸ‘ 7091    πŸ” 2260    πŸ’¬ 398    πŸ“Œ 130
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Mares' tails | Writing the Magic Get more from Writing the Magic on Patreon

A bit of weatherlore. Basically, the weather is about to change... www.patreon.com/posts/mares-...

25.08.2025 10:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Knockers, earth spirits in Cornish tin mines Knockers are goblin like earth spirits that live in Cornish tin mines, respected by tin miners for as long as people have mined tin.

Something about the entities that apparently live in tin mines. (You can click on the post without having to subscribe - & subscription is free anyway 😁) open.substack.com/pub/luhersey...

23.08.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The dragon who was tamed by a saint | Writing the Magic Get more from Writing the Magic on Patreon

Another day, another dragon... www.patreon.com/posts/dragon...

22.08.2025 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Unicorns through time The unicorn pictured above was embroidered (using a kind of embroidery called stumpwork) in the 1660s, when a unicorn still had cloven hooves and a lion's tail.

open.substack.com/pub/luhersey...

21.08.2025 09:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here be Dragons - by Lu Hersey Children's authors writers from the UK share thoughts on books and writing

This is something of an intro to local dragon myth, in case you're interested... awfullybigblogadventure.blogspot.com/2025/08/here...

19.08.2025 07:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The legend of the dragon of Aller | Writing the Magic Get more from Writing the Magic on Patreon

Another local dragon legend...
www.patreon.com/posts/legend...

10.08.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#@wainwrightprize.bsky.social I'm so happy to see Ettie and the Midnight Pool on this shortlist. Thank you! Nurturing a love of the natural world is very dear to my heart #storiesthatconnect #wainwrightprize

05.08.2025 08:52 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you! I genuinely loved the book. It made me laugh and made me cry - but even more importantly, helped me through all the grief and the mountain of admin after my father's death πŸ’š

03.08.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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