Branwena Llyrska
@llyrska.bsky.social
🔮Unseelie fantasist, folklorist-amateur, drama school dropout. Rock-n-roller, bicycle rider/writer, late starter, mythology nerd. Slacker, egotist, pantheist, chronic dilettante.
Citizen of the Universe.
🚴🏻I want to write it where I like!
🔞
Citizen of the Universe.
🚴🏻I want to write it where I like!
🔞
I cannot express how he inspires me. Fail better. 💚
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My First Epic Celtic Work Was A Total Failure
YouTube video by Jim Fitzpatrick
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August 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I cannot express how he inspires me. Fail better. 💚
youtu.be/XpSQbaSjIFs?...
youtu.be/XpSQbaSjIFs?...
Like and subscribe ASAP! It is absolutely fantastic, #JimFitzpatrick 💖, an incredible Irish #artist and my timeless source of inspiration!
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Celtia Cover Eriu
YouTube video by Jim Fitzpatrick
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August 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Like and subscribe ASAP! It is absolutely fantastic, #JimFitzpatrick 💖, an incredible Irish #artist and my timeless source of inspiration!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-rO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-rO...
Know what? Seems I'm not afraid of #AI. Not too much. I'm rather afraid of people, including those who are absolutely sure they always can differ GenAI from real human content. Predicting: the new phobia is coming! What if my own texts look like GenAI to someone? Am I real enough?
#thoughtsaloud
#thoughtsaloud
August 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Know what? Seems I'm not afraid of #AI. Not too much. I'm rather afraid of people, including those who are absolutely sure they always can differ GenAI from real human content. Predicting: the new phobia is coming! What if my own texts look like GenAI to someone? Am I real enough?
#thoughtsaloud
#thoughtsaloud
Wrote a post about #pareidolia (when you see faces everywhere, like this), Google algorithms noticed, but couldn't get it, and... Suggested me to watch a f*cking video about f*cking facelifting or facebuilding idk wtf! Facepalm. 🤦
We need to use it somehow. Idk how tho.
#writing
We need to use it somehow. Idk how tho.
#writing
August 8, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Wrote a post about #pareidolia (when you see faces everywhere, like this), Google algorithms noticed, but couldn't get it, and... Suggested me to watch a f*cking video about f*cking facelifting or facebuilding idk wtf! Facepalm. 🤦
We need to use it somehow. Idk how tho.
#writing
We need to use it somehow. Idk how tho.
#writing
Blessed #Lughnasadh, folks! Happy harvest!
Suddenly realized, that if I were really religious and had to choose the god to worship, it would certainly be #Lugh of All Arts and Crafts!
(My August 1st is always like this. What should I do with all these fruits? Want some?) 😉🍑
#mythology #writer #pagan
Suddenly realized, that if I were really religious and had to choose the god to worship, it would certainly be #Lugh of All Arts and Crafts!
(My August 1st is always like this. What should I do with all these fruits? Want some?) 😉🍑
#mythology #writer #pagan
August 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Blessed #Lughnasadh, folks! Happy harvest!
Suddenly realized, that if I were really religious and had to choose the god to worship, it would certainly be #Lugh of All Arts and Crafts!
(My August 1st is always like this. What should I do with all these fruits? Want some?) 😉🍑
#mythology #writer #pagan
Suddenly realized, that if I were really religious and had to choose the god to worship, it would certainly be #Lugh of All Arts and Crafts!
(My August 1st is always like this. What should I do with all these fruits? Want some?) 😉🍑
#mythology #writer #pagan
Sorry, guys, I'll just leave it here. Because it starts to drive me mad.
July 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Sorry, guys, I'll just leave it here. Because it starts to drive me mad.
Just parted brass rags with one kinda 'international' self-pub platform. Suddenly it turned out to be a xenophobic piece of shit. I'm now thinking about where I should go with my short stories and my future novel. Any advice?
#WritingCommunity #Selfpub #IndieWriter
#WritingCommunity #Selfpub #IndieWriter
July 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Just parted brass rags with one kinda 'international' self-pub platform. Suddenly it turned out to be a xenophobic piece of shit. I'm now thinking about where I should go with my short stories and my future novel. Any advice?
#WritingCommunity #Selfpub #IndieWriter
#WritingCommunity #Selfpub #IndieWriter
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Top Secrets of a Book Marketing Expert Writers Need To Know | @BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social via Substack vist.ly/3zdn5
In no particular order, here are some essential tools and behind-the-scenes shortcuts that can help you elevate your book marketing efforts.
#MondayBlogs #Writers
In no particular order, here are some essential tools and behind-the-scenes shortcuts that can help you elevate your book marketing efforts.
#MondayBlogs #Writers
July 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Top Secrets of a Book Marketing Expert Writers Need To Know | @BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social via Substack vist.ly/3zdn5
In no particular order, here are some essential tools and behind-the-scenes shortcuts that can help you elevate your book marketing efforts.
#MondayBlogs #Writers
In no particular order, here are some essential tools and behind-the-scenes shortcuts that can help you elevate your book marketing efforts.
#MondayBlogs #Writers
Question for my colleagues fantasy/horror #writers: do any of your characters have shapeshifting abilities? Werewolves or alike? If so, how do you solve the problem with their equipment or inventory? Do you let them keep it somehow?
#writingcommunity #werewolves #fantasy
#writingcommunity #werewolves #fantasy
July 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Question for my colleagues fantasy/horror #writers: do any of your characters have shapeshifting abilities? Werewolves or alike? If so, how do you solve the problem with their equipment or inventory? Do you let them keep it somehow?
#writingcommunity #werewolves #fantasy
#writingcommunity #werewolves #fantasy
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Now without jokes about beer. I'm here to find out more about how English-speaking writers live and what they do. Because for most of my life I was a goddamned Russian-speaking writer, before finally switching to Ukrainian. But I hope English will be next!
So I'm here for your #WritingCommunity!😊
So I'm here for your #WritingCommunity!😊
July 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Now without jokes about beer. I'm here to find out more about how English-speaking writers live and what they do. Because for most of my life I was a goddamned Russian-speaking writer, before finally switching to Ukrainian. But I hope English will be next!
So I'm here for your #WritingCommunity!😊
So I'm here for your #WritingCommunity!😊
Oh, yep, back to the topic!
I'm not here to teach you how to write or promote your books, but I'm always open to learning something new. I'm not going to sell you anything for a while, at least. Nor am I going to buy from you (sorry, I'm poor).
I'm here... to drink your beer! 😆
#WritingCommunity
I'm not here to teach you how to write or promote your books, but I'm always open to learning something new. I'm not going to sell you anything for a while, at least. Nor am I going to buy from you (sorry, I'm poor).
I'm here... to drink your beer! 😆
#WritingCommunity
July 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Oh, yep, back to the topic!
I'm not here to teach you how to write or promote your books, but I'm always open to learning something new. I'm not going to sell you anything for a while, at least. Nor am I going to buy from you (sorry, I'm poor).
I'm here... to drink your beer! 😆
#WritingCommunity
I'm not here to teach you how to write or promote your books, but I'm always open to learning something new. I'm not going to sell you anything for a while, at least. Nor am I going to buy from you (sorry, I'm poor).
I'm here... to drink your beer! 😆
#WritingCommunity
Hahaha, this day has come! Someone found a "possible allusion or an Easter egg" in my text, where I didn't mean it at all! In fact, I love allusions and include them very often. Usually, no one notices. And — tada! 😆
#writingcommunity #amwriting #writer
#writingcommunity #amwriting #writer
a cartoon of snoopy with an easter egg in his mouth
ALT: a cartoon of snoopy with an easter egg in his mouth
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July 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Hahaha, this day has come! Someone found a "possible allusion or an Easter egg" in my text, where I didn't mean it at all! In fact, I love allusions and include them very often. Usually, no one notices. And — tada! 😆
#writingcommunity #amwriting #writer
#writingcommunity #amwriting #writer
Off-topic: met a deer on my bike ride yesterday evening. She was going to run, but then just stood still and watched me from among the trees. Haha, absolutely sure she'd change her mind if I stopped to take a picture!
Off-topic 2: trashhold runs are my least favourite! 😅
Off-topic 2: trashhold runs are my least favourite! 😅
July 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Off-topic: met a deer on my bike ride yesterday evening. She was going to run, but then just stood still and watched me from among the trees. Haha, absolutely sure she'd change her mind if I stopped to take a picture!
Off-topic 2: trashhold runs are my least favourite! 😅
Off-topic 2: trashhold runs are my least favourite! 😅
We are here to drink your beer!
Actually no. I was thinking about a post or two on the topic of 'Why am I here?' But maybe it'd be better to start with 'Why not?'
So I'm not here to teach you how to write. Nor am I here to promote my book — at least not right now.
To be continued.
#WritingCommunity
Actually no. I was thinking about a post or two on the topic of 'Why am I here?' But maybe it'd be better to start with 'Why not?'
So I'm not here to teach you how to write. Nor am I here to promote my book — at least not right now.
To be continued.
#WritingCommunity
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ALT: a man with long hair and a beard is wearing a striped shirt and waving at the camera .
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July 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
We are here to drink your beer!
Actually no. I was thinking about a post or two on the topic of 'Why am I here?' But maybe it'd be better to start with 'Why not?'
So I'm not here to teach you how to write. Nor am I here to promote my book — at least not right now.
To be continued.
#WritingCommunity
Actually no. I was thinking about a post or two on the topic of 'Why am I here?' But maybe it'd be better to start with 'Why not?'
So I'm not here to teach you how to write. Nor am I here to promote my book — at least not right now.
To be continued.
#WritingCommunity
2826 words in June. 😭 Well, +3829 words of translation. People who write 3000 word in one day, how do you do this? And the main question: how many hours per day do you spend on it?
#writingcommunity #amwriting
#writingcommunity #amwriting
July 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
2826 words in June. 😭 Well, +3829 words of translation. People who write 3000 word in one day, how do you do this? And the main question: how many hours per day do you spend on it?
#writingcommunity #amwriting
#writingcommunity #amwriting
Crossed my mind while I was reading Zelazny: the past tense of the narrative mostly indicates the speaker (1st person POV especially) tells us about some events happened to them *in the past*! But, hell, why do all those narrators-protagonists have such perfect memories? 🤔
#writing #writingcommunity
#writing #writingcommunity
June 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Crossed my mind while I was reading Zelazny: the past tense of the narrative mostly indicates the speaker (1st person POV especially) tells us about some events happened to them *in the past*! But, hell, why do all those narrators-protagonists have such perfect memories? 🤔
#writing #writingcommunity
#writing #writingcommunity
✔️Spend a day cycling and gathering lavender
✔️Get back home tired like hell
✔️Feel happy
❌Write a new chapter
✔️Get back home tired like hell
✔️Feel happy
❌Write a new chapter
June 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
✔️Spend a day cycling and gathering lavender
✔️Get back home tired like hell
✔️Feel happy
❌Write a new chapter
✔️Get back home tired like hell
✔️Feel happy
❌Write a new chapter
Morning, blueskyers! I've been a (moonshiner)... no, a cycling writer for many a year, now I'm a running writer as well! It's more difficult yet, but I'll give it a shot! 😆
June 8, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Morning, blueskyers! I've been a (moonshiner)... no, a cycling writer for many a year, now I'm a running writer as well! It's more difficult yet, but I'll give it a shot! 😆
"Just be you," they say.
I rather disagree. Be anything you want to be. If you and what you want (really want, I mean!) to be are two absolutely different things — well, fake it till you make it. Or write a book where you are a king. Or a plane. Whatever you want. 😉🌈
#writingcommunity #pridemonth
I rather disagree. Be anything you want to be. If you and what you want (really want, I mean!) to be are two absolutely different things — well, fake it till you make it. Or write a book where you are a king. Or a plane. Whatever you want. 😉🌈
#writingcommunity #pridemonth
June 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
"Just be you," they say.
I rather disagree. Be anything you want to be. If you and what you want (really want, I mean!) to be are two absolutely different things — well, fake it till you make it. Or write a book where you are a king. Or a plane. Whatever you want. 😉🌈
#writingcommunity #pridemonth
I rather disagree. Be anything you want to be. If you and what you want (really want, I mean!) to be are two absolutely different things — well, fake it till you make it. Or write a book where you are a king. Or a plane. Whatever you want. 😉🌈
#writingcommunity #pridemonth
So, I've written my first short story based on Ukrainian #mythology. It's like a love story with an unhappy ending, a mix of dark and urban #fantasy. But now a question is: would you be interested in #Ukrainian folklore? What if I share some of my writer's research here?
#writingcommunity #amwriting
#writingcommunity #amwriting
May 31, 2025 at 1:59 PM
So, I've written my first short story based on Ukrainian #mythology. It's like a love story with an unhappy ending, a mix of dark and urban #fantasy. But now a question is: would you be interested in #Ukrainian folklore? What if I share some of my writer's research here?
#writingcommunity #amwriting
#writingcommunity #amwriting
Two month ago a guest from Ireland asked me if Ukrainian mythology is also cool, and I just shrugged: "perhaps, but I'm in love with Irish one." Personally, I find it amusing how some Ukrainians are rediscovering their mythology. 'OMG, it's so unique, like nothing else in the world!'
May 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Two month ago a guest from Ireland asked me if Ukrainian mythology is also cool, and I just shrugged: "perhaps, but I'm in love with Irish one." Personally, I find it amusing how some Ukrainians are rediscovering their mythology. 'OMG, it's so unique, like nothing else in the world!'
I'm back, not in black, but here I am! Writing my very first Slavic fantasy, oh my god, it is happening! Still in Ukrainian though, and I can't show it now anyway. But damn! I'm so excited!
That's all for today, kids! Sorry for senseless post. 😆
#writingcommunity #amwriting
That's all for today, kids! Sorry for senseless post. 😆
#writingcommunity #amwriting
May 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I'm back, not in black, but here I am! Writing my very first Slavic fantasy, oh my god, it is happening! Still in Ukrainian though, and I can't show it now anyway. But damn! I'm so excited!
That's all for today, kids! Sorry for senseless post. 😆
#writingcommunity #amwriting
That's all for today, kids! Sorry for senseless post. 😆
#writingcommunity #amwriting
#FantasyindiesMay #BookSky #writingcommunity
And one more, now in time: about schemes in WIP. A small pixie with big ambitions serves the evil Fomorian king — only to betray him. In fact, he always plays double.
And one more, now in time: about schemes in WIP. A small pixie with big ambitions serves the evil Fomorian king — only to betray him. In fact, he always plays double.
May 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
#FantasyindiesMay #BookSky #writingcommunity
And one more, now in time: about schemes in WIP. A small pixie with big ambitions serves the evil Fomorian king — only to betray him. In fact, he always plays double.
And one more, now in time: about schemes in WIP. A small pixie with big ambitions serves the evil Fomorian king — only to betray him. In fact, he always plays double.