Liz Ottosson
@lizottosson.bsky.social
Eclectic reader, writer and book tragic; stories and songs make my heart go round. NE England via south coast, Sweden, Australia and London. She/her. Need a proofreader or editor? https://betterworldwords.com/
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North American readers, I adore you & am very grateful you want to read my books. Sadly I have no NA deal 😫
BUT you can still order from Blackwell's (physical) or by lying to Amazon about where you live (ebook)?
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
BUT you can still order from Blackwell's (physical) or by lying to Amazon about where you live (ebook)?
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
North American readers, I adore you & am very grateful you want to read my books. Sadly I have no NA deal 😫
BUT you can still order from Blackwell's (physical) or by lying to Amazon about where you live (ebook)?
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
BUT you can still order from Blackwell's (physical) or by lying to Amazon about where you live (ebook)?
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Even with 20 years experience as a #translator, I had a huge inferiority complex. I always stayed under the radar, never rocked the boat, often accepted crap terms/payment from clients. So when I moved from translation to #editing, I knew that needed to change. (1/4)
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Even with 20 years experience as a #translator, I had a huge inferiority complex. I always stayed under the radar, never rocked the boat, often accepted crap terms/payment from clients. So when I moved from translation to #editing, I knew that needed to change. (1/4)
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I'm a writer and have worked in a support role in arts marketing, both employed and freelance, since 2008.
Things are the worst I've ever known. Worse than austerity, worse than Covid, worse than the cost of living crisis, as those economic changes become baked into our lives 💔
Things are the worst I've ever known. Worse than austerity, worse than Covid, worse than the cost of living crisis, as those economic changes become baked into our lives 💔
Durham’s Lumiere festival was a beacon of hope and togetherness – we cannot let the lights go out on the rest of the arts
Durham’s Lumiere festival was a beacon of hope and togetherness – we cannot let the lights go out on the rest of the arts
The UK’s culture sector needs financial, political and public support to survive. Funding is not a ‘favour’. It is an investment in imagination, in our shared experience – and in inspiration and joy
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I'm a writer and have worked in a support role in arts marketing, both employed and freelance, since 2008.
Things are the worst I've ever known. Worse than austerity, worse than Covid, worse than the cost of living crisis, as those economic changes become baked into our lives 💔
Things are the worst I've ever known. Worse than austerity, worse than Covid, worse than the cost of living crisis, as those economic changes become baked into our lives 💔
Really grateful to have squeezed in a visit to the wonderful, sustaining exhibition of @misanharriman.bsky.social's photography at Hope 93 Gallery between trains yesterday. The Purpose of Light is running until 8 Jan 2026. Go and see it if you can. 💚 hope93.com/exhibitions/
November 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Really grateful to have squeezed in a visit to the wonderful, sustaining exhibition of @misanharriman.bsky.social's photography at Hope 93 Gallery between trains yesterday. The Purpose of Light is running until 8 Jan 2026. Go and see it if you can. 💚 hope93.com/exhibitions/
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I released a single!
If you like stupid lyrics, indie rock or songs about Yorkshire then you maybe you should check it out
Available to purchase for free!
https://alexeel.bandcamp.com/track/the-bus-to-yorkshire
#musicofmastodon #music #PunkRock #Yorkshire #musician
If you like stupid lyrics, indie rock or songs about Yorkshire then you maybe you should check it out
Available to purchase for free!
https://alexeel.bandcamp.com/track/the-bus-to-yorkshire
#musicofmastodon #music #PunkRock #Yorkshire #musician
September 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I released a single!
If you like stupid lyrics, indie rock or songs about Yorkshire then you maybe you should check it out
Available to purchase for free!
https://alexeel.bandcamp.com/track/the-bus-to-yorkshire
#musicofmastodon #music #PunkRock #Yorkshire #musician
If you like stupid lyrics, indie rock or songs about Yorkshire then you maybe you should check it out
Available to purchase for free!
https://alexeel.bandcamp.com/track/the-bus-to-yorkshire
#musicofmastodon #music #PunkRock #Yorkshire #musician
Looks like a must-read for anyone who cares about the world we're in. Reposting with the UK link: www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/We-Wil...
November 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Looks like a must-read for anyone who cares about the world we're in. Reposting with the UK link: www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/We-Wil...
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I have a book dropping from @torbooks.bsky.social on Tuesday (The Nameless Land, the 2nd book of The Witch Roads duology, so if you're waiting for the entire story, it is here)
THEN a near future sf novelette ("Barnacle") dropping on Wednesday at @reactorsff.bsky.social
so brace yourselves, peeps.
THEN a near future sf novelette ("Barnacle") dropping on Wednesday at @reactorsff.bsky.social
so brace yourselves, peeps.
November 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I have a book dropping from @torbooks.bsky.social on Tuesday (The Nameless Land, the 2nd book of The Witch Roads duology, so if you're waiting for the entire story, it is here)
THEN a near future sf novelette ("Barnacle") dropping on Wednesday at @reactorsff.bsky.social
so brace yourselves, peeps.
THEN a near future sf novelette ("Barnacle") dropping on Wednesday at @reactorsff.bsky.social
so brace yourselves, peeps.
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A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE is full of stories about communities uniting to preserve brainpower. And ends with What you can do, now.
As she writes, denizens - meaning a person that lives or is found in a particular place - the mind is a wonderful thing to save ❤️🧐
Read it. #loveisclimateaction
As she writes, denizens - meaning a person that lives or is found in a particular place - the mind is a wonderful thing to save ❤️🧐
Read it. #loveisclimateaction
October 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE is full of stories about communities uniting to preserve brainpower. And ends with What you can do, now.
As she writes, denizens - meaning a person that lives or is found in a particular place - the mind is a wonderful thing to save ❤️🧐
Read it. #loveisclimateaction
As she writes, denizens - meaning a person that lives or is found in a particular place - the mind is a wonderful thing to save ❤️🧐
Read it. #loveisclimateaction
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This month’s climate story is so terrifyingly topical ☠️😱
I’m a MASSIVE fan of Harriet A. Washington’s work. Thank you, so much for A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE: ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM AND ITS ASSAULT ON THE AMERICAN MIND.
I’m a MASSIVE fan of Harriet A. Washington’s work. Thank you, so much for A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE: ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM AND ITS ASSAULT ON THE AMERICAN MIND.
October 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This month’s climate story is so terrifyingly topical ☠️😱
I’m a MASSIVE fan of Harriet A. Washington’s work. Thank you, so much for A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE: ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM AND ITS ASSAULT ON THE AMERICAN MIND.
I’m a MASSIVE fan of Harriet A. Washington’s work. Thank you, so much for A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE: ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM AND ITS ASSAULT ON THE AMERICAN MIND.
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Tolkien is not perfect but he did, in fact, hate the fucking Nazis.
DHS just posted a Lord of the Rings meme as an appeal to join ICE
October 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Tolkien is not perfect but he did, in fact, hate the fucking Nazis.
The writer cautiously emerges from overwhelm, swiping the autumn leaves from her hair and blinking in the low sunlight.
a cat wearing a scarf and a hat with the words happy autumn day above it
Alt: a cat wearing a scarf and a hat with the words happy autumn day above it
media.tenor.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The writer cautiously emerges from overwhelm, swiping the autumn leaves from her hair and blinking in the low sunlight.
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This is incredible. I mean, as a writer, if I was trying to create the character of a dangerously radicalised misogynist, I'd reject this draft on the grounds of being way too on the nose.
A writer tried dating alt-right men as an experiment to learn about them. There is so much going on here I don't even know where to start
www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/...
www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/...
October 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This is incredible. I mean, as a writer, if I was trying to create the character of a dangerously radicalised misogynist, I'd reject this draft on the grounds of being way too on the nose.
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Still time to join my Writing the Ghost Story workshop tonight on Zoom and flex the darker side of your imagination 👻👇 #Writing #WriteLife
Having fun planning my next online writing workshop, which is all about the ghost story 👻🎃
If you fancy a spooky evening experimenting with ghosts and ghouls, come join me!
📆 Wed 22 October, 7pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-wo... #WritingCommunity
If you fancy a spooky evening experimenting with ghosts and ghouls, come join me!
📆 Wed 22 October, 7pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-wo... #WritingCommunity
Writing workshop: The Ghost Story
In this fun writing workshop, we’ll think about what makes a chilling or creepy ghost story and focus on a key aspect: the spirit themselves
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Still time to join my Writing the Ghost Story workshop tonight on Zoom and flex the darker side of your imagination 👻👇 #Writing #WriteLife
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I’m in touch with Palestinian families as many of us are. I’d like to ask you to help Aleen and her family. She’s lost her home and livelihood and is a mum of 5. Baby Rita has only known the camps. I’m aiming to add £350 in a week to this organised campaign. Read on. chuffed.org/project/4ale...
A Family struggle to Survive and Recover
Aleen, a devoted mother of five, once had a life filled with love, hope, and dreams. She ran a small business that provided for her family, and her children’s laughter filled their modest home. But th...
chuffed.org
October 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I’m in touch with Palestinian families as many of us are. I’d like to ask you to help Aleen and her family. She’s lost her home and livelihood and is a mum of 5. Baby Rita has only known the camps. I’m aiming to add £350 in a week to this organised campaign. Read on. chuffed.org/project/4ale...
Clean, affordable water belongs to all of us. I’ve told the new Environment Secretary to act on real evidence for public ownership and put people first. Join me:https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-emma-reynolds-to-base-water-policy-on-facts-not-water-industry-fake-maths?source=bluesky
October 20, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Clean, affordable water belongs to all of us. I’ve told the new Environment Secretary to act on real evidence for public ownership and put people first. Join me:https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-emma-reynolds-to-base-water-policy-on-facts-not-water-industry-fake-maths?source=bluesky
I am so looking forward to reading this! Absolutely loved We Are All Ghosts in the Forest.
🌊20 days to go🌊
How about two very wise and brilliant authors persuade you to pre-order THE SALT ORACLE??
geni.us/saltorac
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
How about two very wise and brilliant authors persuade you to pre-order THE SALT ORACLE??
geni.us/saltorac
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I am so looking forward to reading this! Absolutely loved We Are All Ghosts in the Forest.
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Today I am mostly thinking about the popular inter-war literary genre 'animal stories written by fascists'. Join me.
October 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Today I am mostly thinking about the popular inter-war literary genre 'animal stories written by fascists'. Join me.
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The 1st installment of the Canary's exclusive serialisation of Paul Holden's book The Fraud looks at the rise of Labour Together, & we reveal that what the group publicly said about its creation wasn't strictly true.
You can read our serialisation every day at 9am.
www.thecanary.co/the-fraud/20...
You can read our serialisation every day at 9am.
www.thecanary.co/the-fraud/20...
The Fraud serialisation, part one: the rise of Labour Together
The first installment of the Canary's exclusive serialisation of Paul Holden's book The Fraud looks at the rise of Labour Together
www.thecanary.co
October 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The 1st installment of the Canary's exclusive serialisation of Paul Holden's book The Fraud looks at the rise of Labour Together, & we reveal that what the group publicly said about its creation wasn't strictly true.
You can read our serialisation every day at 9am.
www.thecanary.co/the-fraud/20...
You can read our serialisation every day at 9am.
www.thecanary.co/the-fraud/20...
A new novel from E. J. Swift is always cause for celebration. This one sounds like it's perfect for the moment in which a lot of us find ourselves.💚
When There Are Wolves Again is out in the UK today! I wrote something about the book, and keeping going, and some personal stuff I dithered over but, well, it's been A Year.
I'm so glad the book is out there and thank you so much to everyone who has supported it 🐺🤍
ejswift.co.uk/2025/10/09/w...
I'm so glad the book is out there and thank you so much to everyone who has supported it 🐺🤍
ejswift.co.uk/2025/10/09/w...
October 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
A new novel from E. J. Swift is always cause for celebration. This one sounds like it's perfect for the moment in which a lot of us find ourselves.💚
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I'm delighted to be part of #ConsciousWritingMonth with @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social I'll be running a masterclass on Page Presence, 30th October. Grab a ticket to my Masterclass, or buy a Pass to access the entire series (bursaries available). Booking: literaryconsultancy.co.uk/event/consci...
Conscious Writing Month - The Literary Consultancy
Welcome to Conscious Writing Month 2025
literaryconsultancy.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I'm delighted to be part of #ConsciousWritingMonth with @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social I'll be running a masterclass on Page Presence, 30th October. Grab a ticket to my Masterclass, or buy a Pass to access the entire series (bursaries available). Booking: literaryconsultancy.co.uk/event/consci...