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Dr Chiara Bullen
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✨🏔️ THE INN AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT VENGEANCE 07/26 (Del Rey) 🏔️✨

sometimes author, sometimes academic. always anxious.

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Steve Carrell as Michael Scott holding a wine glass with white wine. The caption reads 'this is a white'
December 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Two chapters edited this morning. Three to go ✍️
A wooden desk with a pink MacBook Air, a cup of coffee, a blue notebook with waves, gold-rimmed glasses, a plant and a green pencils case upon it.
November 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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I actually love speak gaelic dot com
A lesson on speakgaelic.scot, which reads: "A sweetheart or farter? Bràmair no bramair? Right, this is one of the instances where you MUST use the grave, without it bramair means a flatulent person!
November 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Saw some fancy new roof insulation on my walk 🐦
A red sandstone 3 floor tenement. The roof is covered in lots of pigeons, maybe around 100?
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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The reply from the author of the post. Literally someone just learning.
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Dinner time 🍽️
A pastry sheet scattered with roasted squash, figs, basil, crème fraîche and manchego
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Proofs of my book are at YALC this weekend!! Alas I am in Glasgow, but thinking fondly of my book living it up in London. Maybe it will go see Hadestown.
The UK edition of my novel The Inn At The Foot Of Mount Vengeance, held up against my living room. There is a green wall and a yellow lamp behind it, as well as a white fireplace. The book cover is mostly black, with the title in the middle. Above is the image of a green mountain. Below there is a white inn. The edges are framed by an array of ivy, thistles, daggers, quills and books.
November 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Incredibly excited to share the US cover of my debut fantasy novel, out with Del Rey 07/26! This cover of my *dreams* is illustrated by the incredible Chay Ruby, who captures the characters better than I envision them in my own head tbh. Available to pre-order! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-inn-at...
The illustrated cover of The Inn at the Foot of Mount Vengeance. The looming mountain sits behind autumn trees and a small white building. IN front of it, a blonde man with antlers and a green cloak sips tea while consulting a map. A woman with teal skin, black curling hair and white horns is sitting uncomfortably close to him, smiling and sipping tea. Illustration by Chay Ruby and cover design by Regina Flath.
November 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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NYPL is an alright place for a bit of drafting I guess
November 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Happy Halloween!! Throw back to my fav couples costume I did with my partner a few years ago; Temu Helen of Troy and Trojan horse
A woman with brown curly hair in a crushed, cheap white dress and a golden tiara. Her boyfriend wears a literal cardboard box with ‘Greek soldier’ stickers on it. He is wearing a horse hat.
October 31, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Holiday rental/air bnb bookshelves always fascinate me. Were these left behind??? Curated? Read by the owner who decided they wouldn’t read again?? This was an eclectic mix
October 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Thinking about these beaut Allen & Unwin LOTR volumes I saw yesterday. Perfect covers.
Three 1974(estimate) editions of LOTR volumes. The two towers on the left, the fellowship of the ring in the middle, and the return of the king on the right. The covers all have the same eye of Sauron in the middle, bordered by a yellow ring and the elven inscription around that.
October 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Snippets from the kitchen today🍽️ 🐟🍄‍🟫
A party of paprika and cayenne cream cheese topped with roasted leeks and chestnut mushrooms A close up of a tin of sardines. They are packed tight, living up to the expression, and covered in a golden oil. Some of the silver skin rises above to catch the light.
October 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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I visited Leakey’s in Inverness for the first time last week and I think mentally I’m still there
The ground floor of a bookshop lined with shelves, and above a mezzanine that is also lined with shelves. The floor is busy with shoppers. A small sign says literary criticism, and behind it lie shelves stacked with second hand books
October 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Not bad for a day’s work
A round, pistachio coloured table is covered in an assortment of beach finds for a craft project: seaweed, sea glass, shells, feathers, a few flowers, a crab skeleton, and a glass of wine
October 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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The latest round of weekend eats is a weekend feast to celebrate 30 years of @drlindsaymiddleton.bsky.social ♥️🎉🍾
A huge enamel cast iron pot with orange handles containing sweet potato mac and cheese with paprika dusted on top A huge selection of cheeses, olives, oat cakes, hummous, tomatoes, deli meats, pretzels, and several small dishes and knives arranged amongst the food A bowl of bright, bursting yellow, orange, and red, cherry tomatoes A table with two black coffees, a brownie, a glass of beer and red wine
October 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Simply incapable of working after 3pm without a sweet treat
A small white plate with a blue rim with a cinnamon bun on top, covered in cream cheese icing. There is a small pink cup with black coffee next to it. A small fork is also on the plate.
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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New week new haircut 🙏
A selfie. I’m wearing a brown dress, a gold necklace with a green charm, and have shoulder length brown hair in its naturally curly/wavy state. Another selfie. Shoulder length brown curly hair, a black halter neck top with a gold chain necklace and a green pendant.
October 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Email subject lines I do NOT like. What do you mean 20 years?!??
An email subject line that reads ‘20 years of a fever you can’t sweat out!’
September 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Woke up with a cold, so I’m working on the couch this morning. I have a supervisor sitting behind me, making sure I’m not slacking off….
A ginger and white cat sits on the back of a couch, covered in a yellow blanket with a white floral pattern. The wall behind the cat is a dusky dark green. The cat’s face has a smug aura!!
September 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Ft. weekend drinks…
A close up of an assortment of alcohol (cans of beer, bottles of wine, Prosecco, etc) keeping cool in an ice bath 🛁
September 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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This week’s weekend eats 🍽️ (credit to the v. talented @drcleoocy.bsky.social for the first one! 🍅 🧀)
A baked pastry sheet topped with tomatoes, olives, anchovies and parmesan A bowl of cullen skink topped with water cress in a blue bowl. Three slices of white sourdough bread are arranged next to it. There is a small bowl of wrapped butter blocks, a cup of tea in a blue cup and a glass of water behind it A close up of eggs baked in tomatoes, chickpeas, spinach, harissa and chilli oil A close up of a large Neapolitan pizza topped with mozzarella, tomatoes, green and red chillies and with a hot honey glaze. The crust is lightly charged, and another plate with a mozzarella pizza sits behind
September 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Had an excellent evening at The Bookmonger last night listening to Margaret McDonald talk all things Glasgow Boys, the Carnegie (!) and publishing in today’s industry ✍️
The counter of the bookshop The Bookmonger. There are bottles of wine on shelves around the counter, and multiple copies of Margaret McDonald’s Glasgow Boys on top of it. A crowd of people sit in the bookshop The Bookmonger, the author Margaret McDonald is in front of them
September 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Locking in for the afternoon/evening 🫡
A pink MacBook, a plate with a slice of chocolate cake and a mug with an americano on it sit at a table.
September 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Autumn is in the air.
A black cat has snuggled up in checked blankets on a window bench. A black cat emerges from wrapped check blankets, closing his eyes and sniffing the air. A black cat peers at me from his nest of blankets, visibly annoyed I am disturbing him.
September 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM