Celia Lake
@celialake.bsky.social
Author (cosy historical fantasy romance) : avid devourer of information : librarian by day : knitter : general geek in several directions. https://celialake.com and https://www.celialake.com/links/
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Celia Lake
@celialake.bsky.social
· Nov 30
A brief explanatory thread about why at least some of my content is going to be All Wars of the Roses, All The Time for a bit.
(There will be other topics! I know me. But also I have an ambitious project I'm working towards.)
(There will be other topics! I know me. But also I have an ambitious project I'm working towards.)
It's time for the end of year @lionesselise.bsky.social many things on sale.
Elise just marked the entire "Inspired by Celia Lake" category down 50%, but check out the many other gorgeous things too.
www.etsy.com/shop/Lioness...
Elise just marked the entire "Inspired by Celia Lake" category down 50%, but check out the many other gorgeous things too.
www.etsy.com/shop/Lioness...
www.etsy.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:33 AM
It's time for the end of year @lionesselise.bsky.social many things on sale.
Elise just marked the entire "Inspired by Celia Lake" category down 50%, but check out the many other gorgeous things too.
www.etsy.com/shop/Lioness...
Elise just marked the entire "Inspired by Celia Lake" category down 50%, but check out the many other gorgeous things too.
www.etsy.com/shop/Lioness...
How the data entry project is going: I am now through Edward III's children, grandchildren, and their respective spouses.
171 people in the family tree, 950 minutes in the last week, or about 6 minutes a person.
171 people in the family tree, 950 minutes in the last week, or about 6 minutes a person.
December 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
How the data entry project is going: I am now through Edward III's children, grandchildren, and their respective spouses.
171 people in the family tree, 950 minutes in the last week, or about 6 minutes a person.
171 people in the family tree, 950 minutes in the last week, or about 6 minutes a person.
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hi #romancelandia friends,
let's chat about books & bring some joy to this timeline. here are some of my most anticipated new publications of 2026.
#BookSky 🧵
let's chat about books & bring some joy to this timeline. here are some of my most anticipated new publications of 2026.
#BookSky 🧵
a penguin sitting on top of a pile of books
Alt: an adorable cartoon penguin sitting on top of a pile of books
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December 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
hi #romancelandia friends,
let's chat about books & bring some joy to this timeline. here are some of my most anticipated new publications of 2026.
#BookSky 🧵
let's chat about books & bring some joy to this timeline. here are some of my most anticipated new publications of 2026.
#BookSky 🧵
I was dreaming of last year's solstice extra, so here! A link.
Mari Lwyd 1927 follows the Mari through Trellech (Albion's magical city) that December. Art by @skullsandsheets.bsky.social, verse by @lionesselise.bsky.social, both of whom do other amazing art!
www.celialake.com/book/mari-lw...
Mari Lwyd 1927 follows the Mari through Trellech (Albion's magical city) that December. Art by @skullsandsheets.bsky.social, verse by @lionesselise.bsky.social, both of whom do other amazing art!
www.celialake.com/book/mari-lw...
December 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I was dreaming of last year's solstice extra, so here! A link.
Mari Lwyd 1927 follows the Mari through Trellech (Albion's magical city) that December. Art by @skullsandsheets.bsky.social, verse by @lionesselise.bsky.social, both of whom do other amazing art!
www.celialake.com/book/mari-lw...
Mari Lwyd 1927 follows the Mari through Trellech (Albion's magical city) that December. Art by @skullsandsheets.bsky.social, verse by @lionesselise.bsky.social, both of whom do other amazing art!
www.celialake.com/book/mari-lw...
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The time from Winter Solstice to Christmas seems like a good time for making wishes. And Etsy made a new mode available: "make me an offer." I have dice, random number generators, calculations on exactly what leeway I have, and a wicked grin ....
www.etsy.com/shop/Lioness...
www.etsy.com/shop/Lioness...
December 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The time from Winter Solstice to Christmas seems like a good time for making wishes. And Etsy made a new mode available: "make me an offer." I have dice, random number generators, calculations on exactly what leeway I have, and a wicked grin ....
www.etsy.com/shop/Lioness...
www.etsy.com/shop/Lioness...
Me, last night: Tomorrow, post-solstice vigil, I'll take it easy, do things not on the computer. Then Monday, I'll start the 'make all the research notes' part of the vacation.
Me, this morning: How about I clean up my research notes files! That sounds fun!
Me, this morning: How about I clean up my research notes files! That sounds fun!
December 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Me, last night: Tomorrow, post-solstice vigil, I'll take it easy, do things not on the computer. Then Monday, I'll start the 'make all the research notes' part of the vacation.
Me, this morning: How about I clean up my research notes files! That sounds fun!
Me, this morning: How about I clean up my research notes files! That sounds fun!
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Loved this sign!
December 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Loved this sign!
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Do you need a last-minute present for the reader in your life? Here you go! Half off all of @celialake.bsky.social's catalogue! Romances with magic, outstanding worldbuilding, and zero transphobia, IYKWIM, AITYD. These books are fluffy cozy blankets. (disclaimer: we've been friends for ~20yrs)
Celia Lake
Celia Lake spends her days as a librarian in the Boston (MA) metro area, and her nights and weekends at home happily writing, reading, and researching.
Born and raised in Massachusetts to British par...
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December 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Do you need a last-minute present for the reader in your life? Here you go! Half off all of @celialake.bsky.social's catalogue! Romances with magic, outstanding worldbuilding, and zero transphobia, IYKWIM, AITYD. These books are fluffy cozy blankets. (disclaimer: we've been friends for ~20yrs)
@kiyanicoll.bsky.social waved this link at me, to which I said "All faience hedgehogs are the best hedgehogs."
(Ibis - see Magician's Hoard and various other books - also agrees. Obviously.)
(Ibis - see Magician's Hoard and various other books - also agrees. Obviously.)
December 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
@kiyanicoll.bsky.social waved this link at me, to which I said "All faience hedgehogs are the best hedgehogs."
(Ibis - see Magician's Hoard and various other books - also agrees. Obviously.)
(Ibis - see Magician's Hoard and various other books - also agrees. Obviously.)
Today only! Cozy Up With Fantasy and get a bunch of great books for just 99cents! You can get my Wards of the Roses here, plus a bunch of other great books to curl up and read.
celialake.com/book/wards-o...
celialake.com/book/wards-o...
December 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Today only! Cozy Up With Fantasy and get a bunch of great books for just 99cents! You can get my Wards of the Roses here, plus a bunch of other great books to curl up and read.
celialake.com/book/wards-o...
celialake.com/book/wards-o...
Me, in a comment to @lionesselise.bsky.social, apologising for not pinging about a thing earlier in the evening:
"(In my defense, I was reading The Sunne in Splendour earlier.)
I have *so many feelings* about all these historical people."
I mean, I already did. I just have more feelings now.
"(In my defense, I was reading The Sunne in Splendour earlier.)
I have *so many feelings* about all these historical people."
I mean, I already did. I just have more feelings now.
December 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Me, in a comment to @lionesselise.bsky.social, apologising for not pinging about a thing earlier in the evening:
"(In my defense, I was reading The Sunne in Splendour earlier.)
I have *so many feelings* about all these historical people."
I mean, I already did. I just have more feelings now.
"(In my defense, I was reading The Sunne in Splendour earlier.)
I have *so many feelings* about all these historical people."
I mean, I already did. I just have more feelings now.
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You know how I get.
www.etsy.com/shop/Lioness...
Anything with spiral beads, butterflies, or dragonflies is 20% today (Sunday) and tomorrow (Monday).
Find a thing with spiral beads, butterflies, or dragonflies not marked down, and it's 50% off. Send Etsy convo, or DM here. Good during sale only.
www.etsy.com/shop/Lioness...
Anything with spiral beads, butterflies, or dragonflies is 20% today (Sunday) and tomorrow (Monday).
Find a thing with spiral beads, butterflies, or dragonflies not marked down, and it's 50% off. Send Etsy convo, or DM here. Good during sale only.
December 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
You know how I get.
www.etsy.com/shop/Lioness...
Anything with spiral beads, butterflies, or dragonflies is 20% today (Sunday) and tomorrow (Monday).
Find a thing with spiral beads, butterflies, or dragonflies not marked down, and it's 50% off. Send Etsy convo, or DM here. Good during sale only.
www.etsy.com/shop/Lioness...
Anything with spiral beads, butterflies, or dragonflies is 20% today (Sunday) and tomorrow (Monday).
Find a thing with spiral beads, butterflies, or dragonflies not marked down, and it's 50% off. Send Etsy convo, or DM here. Good during sale only.
It's the week of Scalzi's fantastic holiday gift guide posts - if you're looking to support authors, artists, and crafters of all kinds, it's a great place to check for ideas.
I've got a comment in there, or you can check out www.celialake.com/2025/12/2025... for what I've been up to this year.
I've got a comment in there, or you can check out www.celialake.com/2025/12/2025... for what I've been up to this year.
Indie and non-traditional authors! Today is the day to tell thousands of readers looking for holiday gifts about your books! Follow the link for all the details and leave a post (there, not here)!
Musicians/crafters/artists, etc: Your day is tomorrow!
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/02/t...
Musicians/crafters/artists, etc: Your day is tomorrow!
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/02/t...
The 2025 Whatever Holiday Gift Guide, Day Two: Non-Traditional Books
Today is Day Two of the Whatever Holiday Gift Guide 2025, and today the focus is on Non-Traditionally Published Books: Self-published works, electronically-exclusive books, books from micro presses…
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December 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
It's the week of Scalzi's fantastic holiday gift guide posts - if you're looking to support authors, artists, and crafters of all kinds, it's a great place to check for ideas.
I've got a comment in there, or you can check out www.celialake.com/2025/12/2025... for what I've been up to this year.
I've got a comment in there, or you can check out www.celialake.com/2025/12/2025... for what I've been up to this year.
Today in the 1480s related reading: December's reading is fiction!
I started with a reread of Josephine Tey's The Daughter of Time (1951). Many people cite this as the one that got them interested in Richard III. (It was not my entry point, though!)
I'd completely forgotten how funny it is.
I started with a reread of Josephine Tey's The Daughter of Time (1951). Many people cite this as the one that got them interested in Richard III. (It was not my entry point, though!)
I'd completely forgotten how funny it is.
December 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Today in the 1480s related reading: December's reading is fiction!
I started with a reread of Josephine Tey's The Daughter of Time (1951). Many people cite this as the one that got them interested in Richard III. (It was not my entry point, though!)
I'd completely forgotten how funny it is.
I started with a reread of Josephine Tey's The Daughter of Time (1951). Many people cite this as the one that got them interested in Richard III. (It was not my entry point, though!)
I'd completely forgotten how funny it is.
Last day for farosociety.com/faroshop/ !
In my case, get 20% off any of my books on my direct store at payhip.com/celialake with the code FAROSHOP but check out the list for other great books with discounts!
In my case, get 20% off any of my books on my direct store at payhip.com/celialake with the code FAROSHOP but check out the list for other great books with discounts!
Looking to support indie authors by buying direct from their shops? FaRoSociety has a list of authors (including me!) offering discounts on their shops through December 1st. The code FAROSHOP works on all the stores. Check out the list for what's on offer!
farosociety.com/faroshop/
farosociety.com/faroshop/
December 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Last day for farosociety.com/faroshop/ !
In my case, get 20% off any of my books on my direct store at payhip.com/celialake with the code FAROSHOP but check out the list for other great books with discounts!
In my case, get 20% off any of my books on my direct store at payhip.com/celialake with the code FAROSHOP but check out the list for other great books with discounts!
A brief explanatory thread about why at least some of my content is going to be All Wars of the Roses, All The Time for a bit.
(There will be other topics! I know me. But also I have an ambitious project I'm working towards.)
(There will be other topics! I know me. But also I have an ambitious project I'm working towards.)
November 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A brief explanatory thread about why at least some of my content is going to be All Wars of the Roses, All The Time for a bit.
(There will be other topics! I know me. But also I have an ambitious project I'm working towards.)
(There will be other topics! I know me. But also I have an ambitious project I'm working towards.)
Looking to support indie authors by buying direct from their shops? FaRoSociety has a list of authors (including me!) offering discounts on their shops through December 1st. The code FAROSHOP works on all the stores. Check out the list for what's on offer!
farosociety.com/faroshop/
farosociety.com/faroshop/
November 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Looking to support indie authors by buying direct from their shops? FaRoSociety has a list of authors (including me!) offering discounts on their shops through December 1st. The code FAROSHOP works on all the stores. Check out the list for what's on offer!
farosociety.com/faroshop/
farosociety.com/faroshop/
Thematic unity of dangerous birds! Thematic unity of snow leopards! Thematic unity of Cassandra references.
(Also, skimming through DMs: meeting Jim on the road, Garin fits, unicorns, Henut is creepy in a cemetery...)
But yes, delighted at this one too.
(Also, skimming through DMs: meeting Jim on the road, Garin fits, unicorns, Henut is creepy in a cemetery...)
But yes, delighted at this one too.
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I've got the rest of the week off the day job, and my plans are a bunch of editing and prep for the 1480s project research.
Apparently brought to you by good coffee and chocolate chip muffins. My executive has functioned enough to put out the ingredients for the latter out to come to room temp.
Apparently brought to you by good coffee and chocolate chip muffins. My executive has functioned enough to put out the ingredients for the latter out to come to room temp.
November 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I've got the rest of the week off the day job, and my plans are a bunch of editing and prep for the 1480s project research.
Apparently brought to you by good coffee and chocolate chip muffins. My executive has functioned enough to put out the ingredients for the latter out to come to room temp.
Apparently brought to you by good coffee and chocolate chip muffins. My executive has functioned enough to put out the ingredients for the latter out to come to room temp.
I bought my cat a new self-heating cat bed, which arrived first thing this morning.
There are now small pleased cat noises coming from the corner of my bedroom, and I am delighted.
(She loves being within 6 inches of me, but she is getting older and should have cosy options for cat rotation.)
There are now small pleased cat noises coming from the corner of my bedroom, and I am delighted.
(She loves being within 6 inches of me, but she is getting older and should have cosy options for cat rotation.)
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I bought my cat a new self-heating cat bed, which arrived first thing this morning.
There are now small pleased cat noises coming from the corner of my bedroom, and I am delighted.
(She loves being within 6 inches of me, but she is getting older and should have cosy options for cat rotation.)
There are now small pleased cat noises coming from the corner of my bedroom, and I am delighted.
(She loves being within 6 inches of me, but she is getting older and should have cosy options for cat rotation.)
As @kiyanicoll.bsky.social said when linking this last night, absolutely relevant to the draft I just finished.
(Which involves selkies. And an Orkney sea cave, though not with the singing at the time.)
(Which involves selkies. And an Orkney sea cave, though not with the singing at the time.)
November 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
As @kiyanicoll.bsky.social said when linking this last night, absolutely relevant to the draft I just finished.
(Which involves selkies. And an Orkney sea cave, though not with the singing at the time.)
(Which involves selkies. And an Orkney sea cave, though not with the singing at the time.)
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Best. Art. Crime. Costume.
(from Hailey Fuqua, a Boston coloratura soprano: www.instagram.com/p/DQhrnW9kpx...)
(from Hailey Fuqua, a Boston coloratura soprano: www.instagram.com/p/DQhrnW9kpx...)
November 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Best. Art. Crime. Costume.
(from Hailey Fuqua, a Boston coloratura soprano: www.instagram.com/p/DQhrnW9kpx...)
(from Hailey Fuqua, a Boston coloratura soprano: www.instagram.com/p/DQhrnW9kpx...)
Today, in a change for my cover designer...
Instead of the cover brief getting into the details of the skirt and/or bustle for a particular year, this time it's "So, let me get specific about seals."
(Specifically grey seals, the fact selkies are traditionally larger than that, and the nose.)
Instead of the cover brief getting into the details of the skirt and/or bustle for a particular year, this time it's "So, let me get specific about seals."
(Specifically grey seals, the fact selkies are traditionally larger than that, and the nose.)
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Today, in a change for my cover designer...
Instead of the cover brief getting into the details of the skirt and/or bustle for a particular year, this time it's "So, let me get specific about seals."
(Specifically grey seals, the fact selkies are traditionally larger than that, and the nose.)
Instead of the cover brief getting into the details of the skirt and/or bustle for a particular year, this time it's "So, let me get specific about seals."
(Specifically grey seals, the fact selkies are traditionally larger than that, and the nose.)
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hi book sky,
allow me to share a @celialake.bsky.social appreciation thread 🥰🎉
celia's stories are full of intricate worldbuilding, unique magic & impeccable historical research. newest publication is Apt to be Suspicious about cryptography and classics at Oxford. happy book birthday!
allow me to share a @celialake.bsky.social appreciation thread 🥰🎉
celia's stories are full of intricate worldbuilding, unique magic & impeccable historical research. newest publication is Apt to be Suspicious about cryptography and classics at Oxford. happy book birthday!
Want a little academia and magic in your life? Apt to be Suspicious is out today!
Full of Oxford in 1947-48, magic, cryptic crosswords, what to do when you grow up, cryptography, and a fair bit of Homer. Also, as you can see, a punt.
celialake.com/book/apt-to-...
Full of Oxford in 1947-48, magic, cryptic crosswords, what to do when you grow up, cryptography, and a fair bit of Homer. Also, as you can see, a punt.
celialake.com/book/apt-to-...
November 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
hi book sky,
allow me to share a @celialake.bsky.social appreciation thread 🥰🎉
celia's stories are full of intricate worldbuilding, unique magic & impeccable historical research. newest publication is Apt to be Suspicious about cryptography and classics at Oxford. happy book birthday!
allow me to share a @celialake.bsky.social appreciation thread 🥰🎉
celia's stories are full of intricate worldbuilding, unique magic & impeccable historical research. newest publication is Apt to be Suspicious about cryptography and classics at Oxford. happy book birthday!