Emma Baird
@emmabaird.bsky.social
Tries to write (and sell) books, look after cats and produce meals that don't look like the school dinner lady dumped them on a plate. No DMs, please. https://pinkglitterpubs.com
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Emma Baird
@emmabaird.bsky.social
· May 1
Okay... coming your way in August 2025: Forever, Maybe—a bittersweet Glasgow-set love story full of Scottish humour, emotional repression and men who own too many hoodies.
Think One Day, but with more rain, more sarcasm and significantly more mentions of roll and sausage.
Think One Day, but with more rain, more sarcasm and significantly more mentions of roll and sausage.
Amazing!
Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 14, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Amazing!
Absolutely. Ours has just changed, and I've had to put an alarm on my phone to remind me to PUT OUT THE BIN TONIGHT, NOT SUNDAY (LIKE IT'S BEEN SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL).
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Absolutely. Ours has just changed, and I've had to put an alarm on my phone to remind me to PUT OUT THE BIN TONIGHT, NOT SUNDAY (LIKE IT'S BEEN SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL).
Another fabulous 1930s murder mystery... the book moves along at a cracking pace, and just as satisfying as the murder mystery is the ongoing relationship between Dottie and William. @caronallanfiction.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Another fabulous 1930s murder mystery... the book moves along at a cracking pace, and just as satisfying as the murder mystery is the ongoing relationship between Dottie and William. @caronallanfiction.bsky.social
Currently free on Amazon: bookgoodies.com/a/B0D4MW5KHK
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Currently free on Amazon: bookgoodies.com/a/B0D4MW5KHK
Being a woman on the internet… gosh. Every week, some random pops up in your feed. After a while, you develop a sixth sense of who to follow back, who to scroll past. Sometimes you misjudge. A wrong 'un slips through. 100% entitlement. The DMs that start with “hi"
November 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Being a woman on the internet… gosh. Every week, some random pops up in your feed. After a while, you develop a sixth sense of who to follow back, who to scroll past. Sometimes you misjudge. A wrong 'un slips through. 100% entitlement. The DMs that start with “hi"
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O Caledonia is so great and so absolutely up my street I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to read it.
November 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
O Caledonia is so great and so absolutely up my street I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to read it.
Fact. Eejit on the left, demon on the right. @weirdlilguys.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Fact. Eejit on the left, demon on the right. @weirdlilguys.bsky.social
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I think I am on the fifteenth edit of my current novel now, after five years. Aaaaaaargh.
November 6, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I think I am on the fifteenth edit of my current novel now, after five years. Aaaaaaargh.
Short answer: everywhere! @caronallanfiction.bsky.social caronallanfiction.com/2025/11/05/s...
‘So, where do you get your ideas?’
I know I’ve written on this topic a couple of times before, but it’s one of those questions that never goes away. ‘Where do you get your ideas?’ This is one of the first questions…
caronallanfiction.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Short answer: everywhere! @caronallanfiction.bsky.social caronallanfiction.com/2025/11/05/s...
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"Falls the Breath is extraordinary in how it bridges the spiritual and emotional with elegance. Pain and resilience are portrayed with poetic subtlety. The relationship between the living and dead becomes about healing, and that resonates with anyone who has loved and lost." #booksky
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October 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
"Falls the Breath is extraordinary in how it bridges the spiritual and emotional with elegance. Pain and resilience are portrayed with poetic subtlety. The relationship between the living and dead becomes about healing, and that resonates with anyone who has loved and lost." #booksky
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Against All Better Judgement: Doing NaNoWriMo (Again)
This year was supposed to be a no-NaNoWriMo zone, but the allure of writers flaunting their projects is irresistible! So, it's back to Highland Proposal with caffeine-fueled edits to spice up the main character. Plus, I've discovered the joy of…
This year was supposed to be a no-NaNoWriMo zone, but the allure of writers flaunting their projects is irresistible! So, it's back to Highland Proposal with caffeine-fueled edits to spice up the main character. Plus, I've discovered the joy of…
Against All Better Judgement: Doing NaNoWriMo (Again)
This year was supposed to be a no-NaNoWriMo zone, but the allure of writers flaunting their projects is irresistible! So, it's back to Highland Proposal with caffeine-fueled edits to spice up the main character. Plus, I've discovered the joy of video making—not viral, but hilariously fulfilling. Cheers to chaos!
pinkglitterpubs.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Against All Better Judgement: Doing NaNoWriMo (Again)
This year was supposed to be a no-NaNoWriMo zone, but the allure of writers flaunting their projects is irresistible! So, it's back to Highland Proposal with caffeine-fueled edits to spice up the main character. Plus, I've discovered the joy of…
This year was supposed to be a no-NaNoWriMo zone, but the allure of writers flaunting their projects is irresistible! So, it's back to Highland Proposal with caffeine-fueled edits to spice up the main character. Plus, I've discovered the joy of…
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Me too... repeat the 'mind-bogglingly useful' bit a hundred times. More than happy to subscribe for what it gives me.
Since Musk is attacking Wikipedia once again:
I love Wikipedia. A little unreliable, very occasionally hilariously inaccurate, but such a rare thing: something on the Internet that's mostly positive, inspiring & mindbogglingly useful. I've donated & will keep doing so.
An appreciation 🧵 .
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I love Wikipedia. A little unreliable, very occasionally hilariously inaccurate, but such a rare thing: something on the Internet that's mostly positive, inspiring & mindbogglingly useful. I've donated & will keep doing so.
An appreciation 🧵 .
1/
Following Jemima's example, I asked it too, and...
This is impressively definitive! Either you believe Grok and Wikipedia is more reliable - or you don’t believe Grok, which is the editor of Grokipedia, and have to conclude in a whole other way that Wikipedia is more reliable!
Ludicrous.
This is impressively definitive! Either you believe Grok and Wikipedia is more reliable - or you don’t believe Grok, which is the editor of Grokipedia, and have to conclude in a whole other way that Wikipedia is more reliable!
Ludicrous.
October 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Me too... repeat the 'mind-bogglingly useful' bit a hundred times. More than happy to subscribe for what it gives me.
Just a wee reminder that the paperback copy of Highland Fling is going to be in Waterstone’s in April 2026😭 — and they’re doing a 25% pre-order discount this week.
Mercy buckets to @VinciBooks 🏔️✨ waterstones.com//campaign/oc...
Mercy buckets to @VinciBooks 🏔️✨ waterstones.com//campaign/oc...
October Pre-Order Offer | Waterstones
Discover our full range of books, gifts, toys, stationery and audiobooks at Waterstones.com. Click & Collect within 2 hours or buy online with Free UK Delivery on Orders Over £25.
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October 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Just a wee reminder that the paperback copy of Highland Fling is going to be in Waterstone’s in April 2026😭 — and they’re doing a 25% pre-order discount this week.
Mercy buckets to @VinciBooks 🏔️✨ waterstones.com//campaign/oc...
Mercy buckets to @VinciBooks 🏔️✨ waterstones.com//campaign/oc...
Hell, yeah. Never considered this before but abso-bloomin-lutely.
My strongest book-related belief is that the paperback should come first and then the hardback after for people who want a fancy edition.
October 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Hell, yeah. Never considered this before but abso-bloomin-lutely.
My paperback of Highland Fling is going to be in Waterstone’s next April 😭 — and they’re doing a 25% pre-order discount this week.
Huge thanks to @VinciBooks for making my wee Highland romcom bookshop-official. 🏔️✨ waterstones.com//campaign/oc...
Huge thanks to @VinciBooks for making my wee Highland romcom bookshop-official. 🏔️✨ waterstones.com//campaign/oc...
October 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
My paperback of Highland Fling is going to be in Waterstone’s next April 😭 — and they’re doing a 25% pre-order discount this week.
Huge thanks to @VinciBooks for making my wee Highland romcom bookshop-official. 🏔️✨ waterstones.com//campaign/oc...
Huge thanks to @VinciBooks for making my wee Highland romcom bookshop-official. 🏔️✨ waterstones.com//campaign/oc...
Of Jilly Cooper, Highland Fling and the Stories That Stay with Us
So Jilly Cooper, the queen of saucy novels, has passed at 88, leaving us with heartwarming nostalgia and cheeky memories of reading her books under duvets, giggling away. She taught us that female desire is hilariously messy. As for…
So Jilly Cooper, the queen of saucy novels, has passed at 88, leaving us with heartwarming nostalgia and cheeky memories of reading her books under duvets, giggling away. She taught us that female desire is hilariously messy. As for…
Of Jilly Cooper, Highland Fling and the Stories That Stay with Us
So Jilly Cooper, the queen of saucy novels, has passed at 88, leaving us with heartwarming nostalgia and cheeky memories of reading her books under duvets, giggling away. She taught us that female desire is hilariously messy. As for my own book coming to Waterstone's? Pinch me; I need a messy bookshelf selfie...
pinkglitterpubs.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Of Jilly Cooper, Highland Fling and the Stories That Stay with Us
So Jilly Cooper, the queen of saucy novels, has passed at 88, leaving us with heartwarming nostalgia and cheeky memories of reading her books under duvets, giggling away. She taught us that female desire is hilariously messy. As for…
So Jilly Cooper, the queen of saucy novels, has passed at 88, leaving us with heartwarming nostalgia and cheeky memories of reading her books under duvets, giggling away. She taught us that female desire is hilariously messy. As for…
Just typed “The End” on Highland Proposal.
By which I mean: I’ve finished the draft, will now spend three months editing, crying, deleting 10,000 words, adding 15,000 more and deciding I can’t write.
But for now: 🎉🍾
By which I mean: I’ve finished the draft, will now spend three months editing, crying, deleting 10,000 words, adding 15,000 more and deciding I can’t write.
But for now: 🎉🍾
October 12, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Just typed “The End” on Highland Proposal.
By which I mean: I’ve finished the draft, will now spend three months editing, crying, deleting 10,000 words, adding 15,000 more and deciding I can’t write.
But for now: 🎉🍾
By which I mean: I’ve finished the draft, will now spend three months editing, crying, deleting 10,000 words, adding 15,000 more and deciding I can’t write.
But for now: 🎉🍾
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The Poems of Seamus Heaney review – collected works reveal his colossal achievement
The Poems of Seamus Heaney review – collected works reveal his colossal achievement
The complete works, including previously unpublished poems and expert notes, are brought together in one volume for the first time
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The Poems of Seamus Heaney review – collected works reveal his colossal achievement
Absolutely the best tribute I've seen so far.
Knickers at half mast today everyone, for Jilly Cooper x
October 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Absolutely the best tribute I've seen so far.