Tamsyn Russell
@biscuitwitch.bsky.social
Author, archivist, dragon-wrangler, spoonie and keeper of the official biscuit tin. I write domestic academic chaos, aching joints, one-eyed kittens, and found family. #foundfamily #softchaos #cozyacademic
https://tammasinbiscuit.substack.com/
https://tammasinbiscuit.substack.com/
#SpoonieAuthorChat the Book Dragon and The Teapot novella - my #Spoonie main character continues to negotiate Thursdays, and the admin hub, with extreme caution....
September 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
#SpoonieAuthorChat the Book Dragon and The Teapot novella - my #Spoonie main character continues to negotiate Thursdays, and the admin hub, with extreme caution....
I NEVER know how a book will go. I'm not even sure sometimes if it's going to BE a book. Currently writing my Halloween story (MC of the romance I'm writing, ten years younger, doing his field archaeologist thing.... finds creepy Things) - I know damn' well it won't stop there. #SpoonieAuthChat
Spoonie Author Chat (for creatives who manage spoons), August 27, 2025:
Do you think you know how a book will go, but your brain takes you on a total detour?
(Please quote-post and add #SpoonieAuthChat to your replies!)
Do you think you know how a book will go, but your brain takes you on a total detour?
(Please quote-post and add #SpoonieAuthChat to your replies!)
August 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I NEVER know how a book will go. I'm not even sure sometimes if it's going to BE a book. Currently writing my Halloween story (MC of the romance I'm writing, ten years younger, doing his field archaeologist thing.... finds creepy Things) - I know damn' well it won't stop there. #SpoonieAuthChat
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My Book Dragon & The Biscuit Witch playlist!
The Biscuit Witch is a 90s pop/dance queen. The Dragon is a 90s goth maven.
Sometimes they meet in the middle. More usually he rolls his eyes and swears quietly about S Club.
My Book Dragon & The Biscuit Witch playlist!
The Biscuit Witch is a 90s pop/dance queen. The Dragon is a 90s goth maven.
Sometimes they meet in the middle. More usually he rolls his eyes and swears quietly about S Club.
August 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
open.spotify.com/playlist/1bY...
My Book Dragon & The Biscuit Witch playlist!
The Biscuit Witch is a 90s pop/dance queen. The Dragon is a 90s goth maven.
Sometimes they meet in the middle. More usually he rolls his eyes and swears quietly about S Club.
My Book Dragon & The Biscuit Witch playlist!
The Biscuit Witch is a 90s pop/dance queen. The Dragon is a 90s goth maven.
Sometimes they meet in the middle. More usually he rolls his eyes and swears quietly about S Club.
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✨ NEW RELEASE ✨
🗡️ fantasy novella
⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals
🏹 gallant knights
👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom
enchanted plants and forests
🥀 romance and friendship
🔖 link: mybook.to/mUVTmR
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/a-light-for-...
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
🗡️ fantasy novella
⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals
🏹 gallant knights
👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom
enchanted plants and forests
🥀 romance and friendship
🔖 link: mybook.to/mUVTmR
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/a-light-for-...
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
August 7, 2025 at 3:09 AM
✨ NEW RELEASE ✨
🗡️ fantasy novella
⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals
🏹 gallant knights
👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom
enchanted plants and forests
🥀 romance and friendship
🔖 link: mybook.to/mUVTmR
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/a-light-for-...
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
🗡️ fantasy novella
⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals
🏹 gallant knights
👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom
enchanted plants and forests
🥀 romance and friendship
🔖 link: mybook.to/mUVTmR
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/a-light-for-...
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
Two of my bois now gone beyond - Flank-Tanker and Aubrey. The Tank was my heart cat - although I do love the Ancient Warlord.
August 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Two of my bois now gone beyond - Flank-Tanker and Aubrey. The Tank was my heart cat - although I do love the Ancient Warlord.
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#DrawingAugust #TTRPG #D&D #Smaugust
Chatting to a lovely someone on Substack about my D&D scribbles. Am now committed to a regular Friday night sketch.
Chatting to a lovely someone on Substack about my D&D scribbles. Am now committed to a regular Friday night sketch.
August 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
#DrawingAugust #TTRPG #D&D #Smaugust
Chatting to a lovely someone on Substack about my D&D scribbles. Am now committed to a regular Friday night sketch.
Chatting to a lovely someone on Substack about my D&D scribbles. Am now committed to a regular Friday night sketch.
Can't help reading this as the cat's voice, the Ancient Warlord would literally say this....
marketing is hard and im tired buy book pls
is good book i promise theres elves & werewolves & people kissing
books2read.com/rl/sotal
#BookSky 🩵📚 📢📚
is good book i promise theres elves & werewolves & people kissing
books2read.com/rl/sotal
#BookSky 🩵📚 📢📚
August 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Can't help reading this as the cat's voice, the Ancient Warlord would literally say this....
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As part of our theme #OutintheField, we’re sharing recent discoveries made by National Trust archaeologists and partners alongside current fieldwork.
Did you know that the Sefton Coast at Formby in Lancashire contains tantalising glimpses into the lives of our hunter-gather ancestors? 🧵
Did you know that the Sefton Coast at Formby in Lancashire contains tantalising glimpses into the lives of our hunter-gather ancestors? 🧵
August 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
As part of our theme #OutintheField, we’re sharing recent discoveries made by National Trust archaeologists and partners alongside current fieldwork.
Did you know that the Sefton Coast at Formby in Lancashire contains tantalising glimpses into the lives of our hunter-gather ancestors? 🧵
Did you know that the Sefton Coast at Formby in Lancashire contains tantalising glimpses into the lives of our hunter-gather ancestors? 🧵
@minorfracas.bsky.social how is doggo feeling? Think she has a street team here thinking about her...
August 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
@minorfracas.bsky.social how is doggo feeling? Think she has a street team here thinking about her...
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Demelza, a world-weary witch, and Uliana, an even more exhausted vampyre, work together to send wayward demons, ghosts and otherworldly creatures back to where they came from. But some jobs are more difficult than others.
🔖 story: mybook.to/RXIIkD
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/on-demon-wra...
🔖 story: mybook.to/RXIIkD
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/on-demon-wra...
August 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Demelza, a world-weary witch, and Uliana, an even more exhausted vampyre, work together to send wayward demons, ghosts and otherworldly creatures back to where they came from. But some jobs are more difficult than others.
🔖 story: mybook.to/RXIIkD
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/on-demon-wra...
🔖 story: mybook.to/RXIIkD
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/on-demon-wra...
@historianinharness.bsky.social am probably unrecognisable these days but Wardlaws' Kit, as was.
If you have spare minute my 15 y/old lad would like to fanboy a bit over your armour and pick your brains about 14thc. wargaming and armour.
Yrs shamelessly...
If you have spare minute my 15 y/old lad would like to fanboy a bit over your armour and pick your brains about 14thc. wargaming and armour.
Yrs shamelessly...
August 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
@historianinharness.bsky.social am probably unrecognisable these days but Wardlaws' Kit, as was.
If you have spare minute my 15 y/old lad would like to fanboy a bit over your armour and pick your brains about 14thc. wargaming and armour.
Yrs shamelessly...
If you have spare minute my 15 y/old lad would like to fanboy a bit over your armour and pick your brains about 14thc. wargaming and armour.
Yrs shamelessly...
Go for it, young folks. Seize this opportunity.
Also, if you do seize it, look after your joints. Archaeology is hard on the bones in more than one way.
Also, if you do seize it, look after your joints. Archaeology is hard on the bones in more than one way.
A great opportunity anyone aged 16 to 21 looking to get into archaeology, designed by the @archaeologyuk.bsky.social Youth Advisory Board - designed by young people, for young people!
Curious about archaeology but not sure where to start?
Join us on 13 September for Unearthing Futures, a FREE event created by young people, for young people at the Great North Museum: Hancock. Enjoy skills workshops, network, and have fun!
Travel + lunch covered 🍕
👉 shorturl.at/KYmHV
Join us on 13 September for Unearthing Futures, a FREE event created by young people, for young people at the Great North Museum: Hancock. Enjoy skills workshops, network, and have fun!
Travel + lunch covered 🍕
👉 shorturl.at/KYmHV
August 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Go for it, young folks. Seize this opportunity.
Also, if you do seize it, look after your joints. Archaeology is hard on the bones in more than one way.
Also, if you do seize it, look after your joints. Archaeology is hard on the bones in more than one way.
Just a noisy Northern bird ranting about #spoons and #radicalkindness nothing to see here
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Of Faith & Spoons
(Or, That's A Low Bar To Trip On, Right There)
open.substack.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Just a noisy Northern bird ranting about #spoons and #radicalkindness nothing to see here
open.substack.com/pub/tammasin...
open.substack.com/pub/tammasin...
The words "everyone's got a book in them" spring to mind.... I think storytelling is often overlooked as a craft, because it *looks* effortless, physically. #SpoonieAuthorChat
Spoonie Author Chat (for creatives who manage spoons), August 5, 2025: Why do you think indie authors sometimes face disrespect for self-publishing when other indie folks (filmmakers, artists, musicians) are often thought of as awesome?
(Please quote-post and add #SpoonieAuthChat to your replies!)
(Please quote-post and add #SpoonieAuthChat to your replies!)
August 6, 2025 at 6:25 AM
The words "everyone's got a book in them" spring to mind.... I think storytelling is often overlooked as a craft, because it *looks* effortless, physically. #SpoonieAuthorChat
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#FantasyIndiesAugust Day 4 Favorite line in your WIP
It's still very early in the rough draft for #Infernulls The City of Lights. So forgive any errors, and this might not be in the final cut (It will be if I have anything to say about it.)
It's still very early in the rough draft for #Infernulls The City of Lights. So forgive any errors, and this might not be in the final cut (It will be if I have anything to say about it.)
August 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM
#FantasyIndiesAugust Day 4 Favorite line in your WIP
It's still very early in the rough draft for #Infernulls The City of Lights. So forgive any errors, and this might not be in the final cut (It will be if I have anything to say about it.)
It's still very early in the rough draft for #Infernulls The City of Lights. So forgive any errors, and this might not be in the final cut (It will be if I have anything to say about it.)
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#IndieAugust
Want to support a (struggling) indie author?
Check out my cozy romances and spooky collection of horror stories!!
b2r: books2read.com/ap/8pprVp/Be...
itch: beverlyannemichel.itch.io
kofi: ko-fi.com/beverlyannem...
#booksky #romancelandia #horrorsky #sffh
💙📚 🌈📚 🌶️📚
Want to support a (struggling) indie author?
Check out my cozy romances and spooky collection of horror stories!!
b2r: books2read.com/ap/8pprVp/Be...
itch: beverlyannemichel.itch.io
kofi: ko-fi.com/beverlyannem...
#booksky #romancelandia #horrorsky #sffh
💙📚 🌈📚 🌶️📚
August 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
#IndieAugust
Want to support a (struggling) indie author?
Check out my cozy romances and spooky collection of horror stories!!
b2r: books2read.com/ap/8pprVp/Be...
itch: beverlyannemichel.itch.io
kofi: ko-fi.com/beverlyannem...
#booksky #romancelandia #horrorsky #sffh
💙📚 🌈📚 🌶️📚
Want to support a (struggling) indie author?
Check out my cozy romances and spooky collection of horror stories!!
b2r: books2read.com/ap/8pprVp/Be...
itch: beverlyannemichel.itch.io
kofi: ko-fi.com/beverlyannem...
#booksky #romancelandia #horrorsky #sffh
💙📚 🌈📚 🌶️📚
Also, if you dream about noodles, is that #ramentasy?
Well, I had a lovely afternoon yesterday with my author friend who is not on here and as part of our "how the hell do we get people to read this stuff?" chat she's gonna come join us and talk nonsense. Where do the peeps who write #romantasy hang out?
August 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Also, if you dream about noodles, is that #ramentasy?
Well, I had a lovely afternoon yesterday with my author friend who is not on here and as part of our "how the hell do we get people to read this stuff?" chat she's gonna come join us and talk nonsense. Where do the peeps who write #romantasy hang out?
August 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Well, I had a lovely afternoon yesterday with my author friend who is not on here and as part of our "how the hell do we get people to read this stuff?" chat she's gonna come join us and talk nonsense. Where do the peeps who write #romantasy hang out?
Well, I bit the bullet and started to serialise my novella on Substack. tammasinbiscuit.substack.com/p/the-book-d... This is a total departure from my successful histfic authoring so am building a completely new audience from nowt. #SpoonieAuthChat #NorthernLit
August 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Well, I bit the bullet and started to serialise my novella on Substack. tammasinbiscuit.substack.com/p/the-book-d... This is a total departure from my successful histfic authoring so am building a completely new audience from nowt. #SpoonieAuthChat #NorthernLit
What the heck. We can always do with a few more. #catsky because my big tabby Flank-Tanker is long gone and so is his peach cat bro Aubrey, but then more people can see them....
August 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
What the heck. We can always do with a few more. #catsky because my big tabby Flank-Tanker is long gone and so is his peach cat bro Aubrey, but then more people can see them....
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Our theme for August and September is 'Out in the field' - we'll be hearing from our archaeologists who are out undertaking surveys and excavations, our HART teams undertaking condition surveys of the heritage features that we care for, and looking back at some fieldwork undertaken in recent years.
August 1, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Our theme for August and September is 'Out in the field' - we'll be hearing from our archaeologists who are out undertaking surveys and excavations, our HART teams undertaking condition surveys of the heritage features that we care for, and looking back at some fieldwork undertaken in recent years.
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When authors are made fun of for posting their hard won wins, so in turn they post their stats so that others can feel inspired or empathise with fellow struggles, and you, as an author, decide to view that empathy as ‘humble bragging’ and post snark, perhaps don’t. 🧵⬇️
August 1, 2025 at 4:43 AM
When authors are made fun of for posting their hard won wins, so in turn they post their stats so that others can feel inspired or empathise with fellow struggles, and you, as an author, decide to view that empathy as ‘humble bragging’ and post snark, perhaps don’t. 🧵⬇️
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Indie authors - describe your book in one sentence like this
Just a bunch of demons yapping at each other
Just a bunch of demons yapping at each other
Happy 15th anniversary of the peak achievement of literary criticism, to all who celebrate
July 31, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Indie authors - describe your book in one sentence like this
Just a bunch of demons yapping at each other
Just a bunch of demons yapping at each other
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I'm going to ask you a big favor.
Please be kind to yourself tonight. You deserve as much love as you give others.
Please be kind to yourself tonight. You deserve as much love as you give others.
July 31, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I'm going to ask you a big favor.
Please be kind to yourself tonight. You deserve as much love as you give others.
Please be kind to yourself tonight. You deserve as much love as you give others.