Kate Sheehan-Finn
@katesfwriter.bsky.social
Writer, Historical Fiction, Roman Archaeology, Ancient History, Books, Travel, Walking, Landscapes, Photography.
Winner Jericho Writers Competition #LFOW24
https://linktr.ee/katesfwriter
Writing sprinkles life with stardust.
Winner Jericho Writers Competition #LFOW24
https://linktr.ee/katesfwriter
Writing sprinkles life with stardust.
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From Submission to Spotlight: The Journey of a Festival Friday Night Live Winner – Jericho Writers
If I can win a writing competition, then you can too. I received notification that I was in the Friday Night Live (but on Saturday) Final at London Festival of Writing on 21 June 2024. I was visiting ...
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Fab memory from last year’s festival of writing hosted by @jerichowriters.bsky.social - thanks for asking me to write about the experience of winning Friday Night Live in 2024.
#WritingCommunity #WritingLife #AmWriting
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#WritingCommunity #WritingLife #AmWriting
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From my photo archive for #RomanSiteSaturday - the sunken Mithraeum Temple outside the southwest corner of Brocolitia Roman Fort on #HadriansWall in early spring with its replica stone altars.
This place is often atmospheric especially around sunset.
#RomanBritain
This place is often atmospheric especially around sunset.
#RomanBritain
January 3, 2026 at 9:01 AM
From my photo archive for #RomanSiteSaturday - the sunken Mithraeum Temple outside the southwest corner of Brocolitia Roman Fort on #HadriansWall in early spring with its replica stone altars.
This place is often atmospheric especially around sunset.
#RomanBritain
This place is often atmospheric especially around sunset.
#RomanBritain
Doing a little dance of joy because my nose has finally stopped running.
I have survived the lurgy from hell.
I have survived the lurgy from hell.
a cartoon cat is holding a cup of coffee in its paws on a pink background .
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January 3, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Doing a little dance of joy because my nose has finally stopped running.
I have survived the lurgy from hell.
I have survived the lurgy from hell.
My photo shows the decorated rear and handle of a Roman bronze mirror, dated AD 50-70. The mirror was discovered in a pit during excavation of a Roman Villa in Devon.
Roman mirror ‘glass’ was typically highly polished tin or silver.
#FindsFriday #RomanBritain #Archaeology
📸 my own.
Roman mirror ‘glass’ was typically highly polished tin or silver.
#FindsFriday #RomanBritain #Archaeology
📸 my own.
January 2, 2026 at 10:54 AM
My photo shows the decorated rear and handle of a Roman bronze mirror, dated AD 50-70. The mirror was discovered in a pit during excavation of a Roman Villa in Devon.
Roman mirror ‘glass’ was typically highly polished tin or silver.
#FindsFriday #RomanBritain #Archaeology
📸 my own.
Roman mirror ‘glass’ was typically highly polished tin or silver.
#FindsFriday #RomanBritain #Archaeology
📸 my own.
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Head of the pin in the form of a #Roman lady
An intricate bust of a Roman lady has been carved into this #hairpin from the Roman town of Caerwent, south-east #Wales.
#VentaSilurum #RomanBritain #FindsFriday #Archaeology
An intricate bust of a Roman lady has been carved into this #hairpin from the Roman town of Caerwent, south-east #Wales.
#VentaSilurum #RomanBritain #FindsFriday #Archaeology
January 2, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Head of the pin in the form of a #Roman lady
An intricate bust of a Roman lady has been carved into this #hairpin from the Roman town of Caerwent, south-east #Wales.
#VentaSilurum #RomanBritain #FindsFriday #Archaeology
An intricate bust of a Roman lady has been carved into this #hairpin from the Roman town of Caerwent, south-east #Wales.
#VentaSilurum #RomanBritain #FindsFriday #Archaeology
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My writing in 2026:
Show up for 1 hour per day. Draft at least 250 words.
Read from a book that resonates before lights out.
Eavesdrop and observe. Fill a notebook.
Walk in my protagonist’s shoes.
Finish Draft by April/First Edit by December.
And tell the lie that reveals a truth.
#WriteCBC
Show up for 1 hour per day. Draft at least 250 words.
Read from a book that resonates before lights out.
Eavesdrop and observe. Fill a notebook.
Walk in my protagonist’s shoes.
Finish Draft by April/First Edit by December.
And tell the lie that reveals a truth.
#WriteCBC
January 1, 2026 at 2:45 PM
My writing in 2026:
Show up for 1 hour per day. Draft at least 250 words.
Read from a book that resonates before lights out.
Eavesdrop and observe. Fill a notebook.
Walk in my protagonist’s shoes.
Finish Draft by April/First Edit by December.
And tell the lie that reveals a truth.
#WriteCBC
Show up for 1 hour per day. Draft at least 250 words.
Read from a book that resonates before lights out.
Eavesdrop and observe. Fill a notebook.
Walk in my protagonist’s shoes.
Finish Draft by April/First Edit by December.
And tell the lie that reveals a truth.
#WriteCBC
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Happy New Year #WritingCommunity! 🎊
It's time for #WriteCBC, share your writing goal for 2026. Tell us in the replies to this post and you might win a course worth £230! Enter by 10am Fri 9 Jan.
Get some inspiration (and read T&Cs) here:
www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/blog/10-writ...
It's time for #WriteCBC, share your writing goal for 2026. Tell us in the replies to this post and you might win a course worth £230! Enter by 10am Fri 9 Jan.
Get some inspiration (and read T&Cs) here:
www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/blog/10-writ...
January 1, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Happy New Year #WritingCommunity! 🎊
It's time for #WriteCBC, share your writing goal for 2026. Tell us in the replies to this post and you might win a course worth £230! Enter by 10am Fri 9 Jan.
Get some inspiration (and read T&Cs) here:
www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/blog/10-writ...
It's time for #WriteCBC, share your writing goal for 2026. Tell us in the replies to this post and you might win a course worth £230! Enter by 10am Fri 9 Jan.
Get some inspiration (and read T&Cs) here:
www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/blog/10-writ...
Roman #NewYear was January 1st (Kalends) after Julius Caesar's calendar reform.
Romans honored the 2-faced god Janus, who looked to both past and future. Feasting, gift-giving (honey, dates, coins for prosperity), new resolutions, wearing white togas, games, and public ceremonies for new consuls-my📸
Romans honored the 2-faced god Janus, who looked to both past and future. Feasting, gift-giving (honey, dates, coins for prosperity), new resolutions, wearing white togas, games, and public ceremonies for new consuls-my📸
January 1, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Roman #NewYear was January 1st (Kalends) after Julius Caesar's calendar reform.
Romans honored the 2-faced god Janus, who looked to both past and future. Feasting, gift-giving (honey, dates, coins for prosperity), new resolutions, wearing white togas, games, and public ceremonies for new consuls-my📸
Romans honored the 2-faced god Janus, who looked to both past and future. Feasting, gift-giving (honey, dates, coins for prosperity), new resolutions, wearing white togas, games, and public ceremonies for new consuls-my📸
The next 365-day dance around the sun is about to begin.
Who’s on the dance floor?
#NewYear2026
#HappyNewYear
📸 my own, #Northumberland
Who’s on the dance floor?
#NewYear2026
#HappyNewYear
📸 my own, #Northumberland
December 31, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The next 365-day dance around the sun is about to begin.
Who’s on the dance floor?
#NewYear2026
#HappyNewYear
📸 my own, #Northumberland
Who’s on the dance floor?
#NewYear2026
#HappyNewYear
📸 my own, #Northumberland
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Trieste Cathedral was built over a Roman temple next to the forum and retains the original mosaic floor. #TilesOnTuesday 🗃️🏺
December 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Trieste Cathedral was built over a Roman temple next to the forum and retains the original mosaic floor. #TilesOnTuesday 🗃️🏺
I’ve been quiet on BlueSky for the month of December. Was very busy before Christmas like everyone else. Preparing, parties, etc.
Then came down with Flu on Boxing Day. Still in bed on NYE and feeling fatigued, nauseous, just miserable.
This isn’t a ‘pity me’ post.
It’s a Happy New Year post!
Then came down with Flu on Boxing Day. Still in bed on NYE and feeling fatigued, nauseous, just miserable.
This isn’t a ‘pity me’ post.
It’s a Happy New Year post!
a happy new year greeting card with fireworks in the background
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December 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’ve been quiet on BlueSky for the month of December. Was very busy before Christmas like everyone else. Preparing, parties, etc.
Then came down with Flu on Boxing Day. Still in bed on NYE and feeling fatigued, nauseous, just miserable.
This isn’t a ‘pity me’ post.
It’s a Happy New Year post!
Then came down with Flu on Boxing Day. Still in bed on NYE and feeling fatigued, nauseous, just miserable.
This isn’t a ‘pity me’ post.
It’s a Happy New Year post!
I've made a small donation to help make a big difference to an underrepresented writer's career:
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Help raise £1500 to support a bursary place for an under-represented writer on the Ultimate Novel Writing Programme – JustGiving Crowdfunding
Iʼm raising money to support a bursary place for an under-represented writer on the Ultimate Novel Writing Programme. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
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December 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I've made a small donation to help make a big difference to an underrepresented writer's career:
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A #Roman rock crystal ring decorated with a crescent and stars inlaid with gold foil - it looks like an emoji 🤩, but for the Romans this wasn’t just decoration. The motif was associated with death: crescent and stars were symbols for eternity and afterlife.
Rock crystal was valued...🧵1/2
📷 me
🏺
Rock crystal was valued...🧵1/2
📷 me
🏺
December 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
A #Roman rock crystal ring decorated with a crescent and stars inlaid with gold foil - it looks like an emoji 🤩, but for the Romans this wasn’t just decoration. The motif was associated with death: crescent and stars were symbols for eternity and afterlife.
Rock crystal was valued...🧵1/2
📷 me
🏺
Rock crystal was valued...🧵1/2
📷 me
🏺
December 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Floor mosaics in a luxurious second century AD townhouse in #Italica, Santaponce, near Seville, Spain.
Italica was lavishly expanded during the reign of Emperor Hadrian (emperor AD 117-138). He was born there on 24th January AD 76. Emperor Trajan also came from Italica.
#MosaicMonday #Archaeology
Italica was lavishly expanded during the reign of Emperor Hadrian (emperor AD 117-138). He was born there on 24th January AD 76. Emperor Trajan also came from Italica.
#MosaicMonday #Archaeology
December 15, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Floor mosaics in a luxurious second century AD townhouse in #Italica, Santaponce, near Seville, Spain.
Italica was lavishly expanded during the reign of Emperor Hadrian (emperor AD 117-138). He was born there on 24th January AD 76. Emperor Trajan also came from Italica.
#MosaicMonday #Archaeology
Italica was lavishly expanded during the reign of Emperor Hadrian (emperor AD 117-138). He was born there on 24th January AD 76. Emperor Trajan also came from Italica.
#MosaicMonday #Archaeology
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One of two chambered tombs near Newton Stewart, Galloway - this is Cairnholy I.
Tombs for ancestors were important to farming communities that lived here in the neolithic period, 6000- 4000 years ago.
A curving facade of standing stones fronts the tomb.
#StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology
📸 my own.
Tombs for ancestors were important to farming communities that lived here in the neolithic period, 6000- 4000 years ago.
A curving facade of standing stones fronts the tomb.
#StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology
📸 my own.
December 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
One of two chambered tombs near Newton Stewart, Galloway - this is Cairnholy I.
Tombs for ancestors were important to farming communities that lived here in the neolithic period, 6000- 4000 years ago.
A curving facade of standing stones fronts the tomb.
#StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology
📸 my own.
Tombs for ancestors were important to farming communities that lived here in the neolithic period, 6000- 4000 years ago.
A curving facade of standing stones fronts the tomb.
#StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology
📸 my own.
Reposted by Kate Sheehan-Finn
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December 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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So, I get a bit overwhelmed by life sometimes. I go quiet when it happens. I seek solitude, and space to breathe. A tactical retreat works for me. And it is also when I get my best writing ideas. And it can be 5 minutes if that’s all I can manage.
#MentalHealth #AmWriting #SlowDown #WritingLife
#MentalHealth #AmWriting #SlowDown #WritingLife
December 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
So, I get a bit overwhelmed by life sometimes. I go quiet when it happens. I seek solitude, and space to breathe. A tactical retreat works for me. And it is also when I get my best writing ideas. And it can be 5 minutes if that’s all I can manage.
#MentalHealth #AmWriting #SlowDown #WritingLife
#MentalHealth #AmWriting #SlowDown #WritingLife
Sunsets come early in #Northumberland in December. This was yesterday, 12th December, at 3.21 pm. Ten minutes later, the sun dipped below the hills.
📸 my own.
#SunsetPhotography #Photography
📸 my own.
#SunsetPhotography #Photography
December 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Sunsets come early in #Northumberland in December. This was yesterday, 12th December, at 3.21 pm. Ten minutes later, the sun dipped below the hills.
📸 my own.
#SunsetPhotography #Photography
📸 my own.
#SunsetPhotography #Photography
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Roman marble bust of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle. 2nd C AD in date. It is known as the Fonseca bust because it was gifted by Father Fonseca to Pope Benedict XIV. Now on display in the Capitoline Museums in #Rome. No idea how Father Fonseca came to own this.
📸 my own
#Archaeology #AncientRome
📸 my own
#Archaeology #AncientRome
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Roman marble bust of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle. 2nd C AD in date. It is known as the Fonseca bust because it was gifted by Father Fonseca to Pope Benedict XIV. Now on display in the Capitoline Museums in #Rome. No idea how Father Fonseca came to own this.
📸 my own
#Archaeology #AncientRome
📸 my own
#Archaeology #AncientRome
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Roman marble urn that contained the ashes of Lucius Torquatus and was found in Tomb 19 of the Necropolis on the Isola Sacra, #OstiaAntica.
Tomb 19 is a large tomb that was built to commemorate the deceased members of a household.
Dated 2nd C AD.
#TombTuesday #EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology
📸 my own.
Tomb 19 is a large tomb that was built to commemorate the deceased members of a household.
Dated 2nd C AD.
#TombTuesday #EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology
📸 my own.
December 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Roman marble urn that contained the ashes of Lucius Torquatus and was found in Tomb 19 of the Necropolis on the Isola Sacra, #OstiaAntica.
Tomb 19 is a large tomb that was built to commemorate the deceased members of a household.
Dated 2nd C AD.
#TombTuesday #EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology
📸 my own.
Tomb 19 is a large tomb that was built to commemorate the deceased members of a household.
Dated 2nd C AD.
#TombTuesday #EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology
📸 my own.
Roman marble bust of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle. 2nd C AD in date. It is known as the Fonseca bust because it was gifted by Father Fonseca to Pope Benedict XIV. Now on display in the Capitoline Museums in #Rome. No idea how Father Fonseca came to own this.
📸 my own
#Archaeology #AncientRome
📸 my own
#Archaeology #AncientRome
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Roman marble bust of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle. 2nd C AD in date. It is known as the Fonseca bust because it was gifted by Father Fonseca to Pope Benedict XIV. Now on display in the Capitoline Museums in #Rome. No idea how Father Fonseca came to own this.
📸 my own
#Archaeology #AncientRome
📸 my own
#Archaeology #AncientRome
Reposted by Kate Sheehan-Finn
The Oscan bronze law inscription found at Oppido Lucano, ancient Bantia in 1790. The tablet bears a Latin inscription (CIL 1².583 = CIL 9.416; in image) dated to the late 2nd c. BC; on the reverse an Oscan legal text from the first decades of the 1st c. BC. #EpigraphyTuesday
December 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The Oscan bronze law inscription found at Oppido Lucano, ancient Bantia in 1790. The tablet bears a Latin inscription (CIL 1².583 = CIL 9.416; in image) dated to the late 2nd c. BC; on the reverse an Oscan legal text from the first decades of the 1st c. BC. #EpigraphyTuesday
Roman marble urn that contained the ashes of Lucius Torquatus and was found in Tomb 19 of the Necropolis on the Isola Sacra, #OstiaAntica.
Tomb 19 is a large tomb that was built to commemorate the deceased members of a household.
Dated 2nd C AD.
#TombTuesday #EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology
📸 my own.
Tomb 19 is a large tomb that was built to commemorate the deceased members of a household.
Dated 2nd C AD.
#TombTuesday #EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology
📸 my own.
December 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Roman marble urn that contained the ashes of Lucius Torquatus and was found in Tomb 19 of the Necropolis on the Isola Sacra, #OstiaAntica.
Tomb 19 is a large tomb that was built to commemorate the deceased members of a household.
Dated 2nd C AD.
#TombTuesday #EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology
📸 my own.
Tomb 19 is a large tomb that was built to commemorate the deceased members of a household.
Dated 2nd C AD.
#TombTuesday #EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology
📸 my own.
Reposted by Kate Sheehan-Finn
A Roman dagger from a waterlogged environment at #Vindolanda Roman fort in #Northumberland.
Every Roman soldier carried a dagger like this. The handle is missing - it may have been made of bone or wood.
Early AD 2nd C.
#Archaeology #RomanBritain
📸 my own.
Every Roman soldier carried a dagger like this. The handle is missing - it may have been made of bone or wood.
Early AD 2nd C.
#Archaeology #RomanBritain
📸 my own.
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 AM
A Roman dagger from a waterlogged environment at #Vindolanda Roman fort in #Northumberland.
Every Roman soldier carried a dagger like this. The handle is missing - it may have been made of bone or wood.
Early AD 2nd C.
#Archaeology #RomanBritain
📸 my own.
Every Roman soldier carried a dagger like this. The handle is missing - it may have been made of bone or wood.
Early AD 2nd C.
#Archaeology #RomanBritain
📸 my own.
Thanks so much for sending me this beautiful hardback, The Blackbirds of St Giles, by Lila Cain, a duo of authors, Marcia Hutchinson and Kate Griffin.
I won a #BookGiveaway courtesy of @simonschusteruk.bsky.social and @histnovsoc.bsky.social
P.S. There’ll be a sequel.
#HistoricalFiction #BookSky
I won a #BookGiveaway courtesy of @simonschusteruk.bsky.social and @histnovsoc.bsky.social
P.S. There’ll be a sequel.
#HistoricalFiction #BookSky
December 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Thanks so much for sending me this beautiful hardback, The Blackbirds of St Giles, by Lila Cain, a duo of authors, Marcia Hutchinson and Kate Griffin.
I won a #BookGiveaway courtesy of @simonschusteruk.bsky.social and @histnovsoc.bsky.social
P.S. There’ll be a sequel.
#HistoricalFiction #BookSky
I won a #BookGiveaway courtesy of @simonschusteruk.bsky.social and @histnovsoc.bsky.social
P.S. There’ll be a sequel.
#HistoricalFiction #BookSky