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Emma (E. L. Williams)
@elwilliamsauthor.bsky.social
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Welsh author crafting witchy romantic fantasy to stir the soul. Book 4 arrives in 2025.

I talk about finding the courage to write, learning the cello in my fifth decade, my love of plants and nature, and why animals are my favourite people. ✨
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Oh look! It’s me! 😆🙏🏻 Thank you @britfantasysoc.bsky.social
britfantasysoc.bsky.social British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 27d
Every Friday, we meet a BFS member & peer deep into their soul. Today we're getting witchy with @elwilliamsauthor.bsky.social: she names Joanne Harris as her genre hero, which is logical when you hear how she describes her stories...

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On a black background with flourishes of red lines and dots is the text: Meet the BFS Members! E.L. Williams. The author is pictured in black and white in the centre: she is a woman with long dark hair and is smiling at the camera with a closed mouth.
November 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
elwilliamsauthor.bsky.social
Everyone’s a critic.
But what if the critic is a close, much-loved friend?
And what if the target of their disdain is your first, precious manuscript?

#author #writingcommunity #booksky
"A dramatic image of burning paper with flames and ashes. The overlaid text reads: 'My Friend Destroyed My First Novel. Why criticism needn't break us, even when it's truly brutal.' Below this, a website link reads: ELWILLIAMSAUTHOR.SUBSTACK.COM."
May 9, 2025 at 8:38 AM
elwilliamsauthor.bsky.social
My Ethereal World eBooks are just £0.99 (or equivalent) So if you've been meaning to stock up, now's your chance!! Available everywhere.

There's free shipping from my website too when you buy more than one paperback.

Big love!

#kindledeals #99pbooks #booksale #fantasybooks #ELwilliamsauthor
Promotional graphic advertising books sale. At the top, a yellow stitched banner says 'SALE' in bold white letters. Three fantasy book covers are displayed: 'The First Ethereal,' 'The Blessing of Crows,' and 'The Magic Keepers' by E.L. Williams. Words around the covers highlight themes: witches, slow burn romance, found family, time travel, hope, strong women, secret library, and prophecy. Website link www.ELWilliamsAuthor.com is shown. Text at the bottom reads: 'eBooks £0.99 - Free Shipping on Paperback Bundles.' Background features soft golden lights.
April 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
elwilliamsauthor.bsky.social
I bloody LOVE writing.
That is all. 😁

#Writing #author #booksky
April 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
elwilliamsauthor.bsky.social
What began as research for my next book became an unexpected act of rewilding myself. #writing #booksky
Text overlaid against a picture of sand dunes and blue sky with Worms Head in the background, a rocky outcrop in the sea near Rhossili, Swansea, Wales. Words read: Indie Em: Salt On My Lips And The Wind In My Hair Rewilding My Soul Ready For My Book Edit
April 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Society of Authors protest at Meta's London HQ over 'theft' of books
Yesterday, authors and publishing creatives gathered outside Meta's HQ at King's Cross in peaceful protest following revelations that pirated books have been used to train Meta’s LLM
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April 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
elwilliamsauthor.bsky.social
How to piss of Donald Trump.

Who?

Boom!

😂
March 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
elwilliamsauthor.bsky.social
🤯 You know you should exercise more, but you don’t.
🤯 You want to write more, but you don’t.
🤯 You know you should market your books, but… yeah, same.
I’ve figured out a few sneaky ways to work around myself, because resistance is real, and willpower is seriously overrated. #BOOKSKY #writing #books
Close up of a running shoe in motion. Overlaid words read: Why I Run In My Underwear & Write In My Pyjamas Overcoming resistance to get things done ELWILLIAMSAUTHOR.SUBSTACK.COM
March 19, 2025 at 8:59 AM
elwilliamsauthor.bsky.social
Something magical happened when I:

✨ stopped waiting to feel like a writer
✨ pulled out of the‘you are a writer’ race
✨ accepted that everyone is good enough to try—including me.

elwilliamsauthor.substack.com/p/how-i-stop...
#booksky #writing #writingcommunity
The words: How I Stopped Waiting to Be a Writer The meandering path of 'becoming' in white overlay a hazy, nostalgic picture of a long country path, the sun setting to the left of the image. The athour's Substack address is at the bottom ELWILLIAMSAUTHOR.SUBSTACK.COM
March 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Sometimes we're up. Sometimes we're down. And why I believe that's a good thing. #booksky #writingcommunity #author

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White text on a black and white background of a close up of The Wheel of Fortune Tarot card. Text reads: Holding On and Letting Go Nothing Lasts Forever—And Why That’s a Good Thing ELWILLIAMSAUTHOR.SUBSTACK.COM at the bottom of image with Substack logo which is two lines above a rectangle with a notch cut out of the middle.
March 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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I just finished editing book four! It's 99,763 words. Phew!
Now for a rest before I dive back in.
#booksky #author #fantasybooks
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Alt: a man is dancing in a living room with the words woot woot written on the screen .
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March 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Today we walked to a local craft fair, bought a few gifts to support local makers and then borrowed books from the library. Sometimes resistance comes in the shape of small acts - but it still matters!
Picture of a hand made blue wool coaster with a mushroom design on the front. Two brown notebooks held up to the camera. One has a unicorn head and the other the words Don’t worry, be Cappy above a pic of a capybara.
March 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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UK Government: ban lead ammunition
Hunters in the UK are leaving behind a devastating trail of lead pellets that waterbirds like swans and ducks are mistaking for seeds. Eating these lead shotgun pellets results in lead poisoning and d
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February 27, 2025 at 10:54 AM
elwilliamsauthor.bsky.social
Monday I showed up to an exercise class 15 mins late.
Today, a beauty appointment a week early.
This is SO not me. Any thoughts on what the Universe might be trying to tell me?
February 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
elwilliamsauthor.bsky.social
Look what my amazing stepdaughter painted for my birthday! And there’s space for book four 🥰🙏🏻 #booksky #writingcommunity
Framed watercolour of three novels by E L Williams. The First Ethereal (grey), The Blessing of Crows (black), and The Magic Keepers (blue) Three novels by E L Williams stacked on a table. The First Ethereal (grey), The Blessing of Crows (black), and The Magic Keepers (blue)
February 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
elwilliamsauthor.bsky.social
I reread the novel I began writing 15 years ago & published in 2020. I get why readers called it eerily predictive, but the writing was on the wall for a long time, wasn't it?

#booksky #writingcommunity #resistance

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A Reader Called My Novel 'Eerily Predictive'
But if even I could see this coming, why didn’t the people in power?
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February 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
elwilliamsauthor.bsky.social
My days are bookended by visits from the robin.

The first to arrive at the window feeder to claim a pre-dawn breakfast, & the only bird to take their supper here too.

I rarely see them, but I nearly always get a song. What a gift. 🥰

#writer #author #booksky
Picture of a windowsill covered in plants including a snake plant, prayer plant and purple orchid. Also ornaments including small ceramic pumpkin and rose quartz egg. Sky beyond window is still dark. There’s a bird feeder attached to the outside of the glass.
February 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
elwilliamsauthor.bsky.social
Took our granddog to Waterstones today. His first trip to a bookshop. He was very excited! Oh wait, that was me! 😂🥰
#booksky
Picture of a Cavapoo dog in a red coat sitting in a bookshop.
February 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
elwilliamsauthor.bsky.social
Happy Valentine’s Day, lovelies. 💛

Love isn’t just for partners or ourselves—it’s for the Earth too. We are nature. So when we talk about self-love, let’s include love for the planet and all who call it home.

Love grows when we share it—let’s spread it far and wide. 🌿💫🧡

#ValentinesDay #EarthLove
February 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
elwilliamsauthor.bsky.social
Eek! Just booked my editor for book four!!!! 😬😬😬
February 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
elwilliamsauthor.bsky.social
100% yes! #booksky
iclaudius.bsky.social Peter M. Mangiaracina @iclaudius.bsky.social · Feb 13
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.” – Haruki Murakami.
The best fiction isn’t just about escape—it’s about finding new ways to think, dream, and question the world around us. #WritingCommunity #AmWriting
February 13, 2025 at 1:05 PM
elwilliamsauthor.bsky.social
This popped up in my memories today. I was so moved by Amanda Gorman's beautiful poem that I made this graphic & then my lovely stepdaugher framed it for me as a gift. It feels like a good time to remember it. #booksky #staypositive
Poem extract in a black frame: "For there is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it, if only we're brave enough to be it.'
February 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Struggling to write? I was too. But the answer was easier than I imagined. #booksky #writing #author

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Faded image of a woman's hands typing on an old typewriter. Text reads: How I made writing a habit. From writing in the holidays to three novels and a daily practice.
February 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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annieandjoe.bsky.social
Today is a great day to support banned books!😊📚☺️

#Booksky #Libraries #Books
T-shirt that says, "I'm with the banned."
January 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
elwilliamsauthor.bsky.social
This! 🥰
joannechocolat.bsky.social Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · Feb 11
Unsolicited writing advice, no. #25911: Don’t beat yourself up if you’re having an off day. Some days, the dream machine doesn’t work. That doesn’t mean it’s broken.
February 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM