Emma Grae
@emmagraeauthor.bsky.social
Author • Scots Book of the Year 2022 • Books with Luath Press and Unbound • Stories in Liars’ League, the Honest Ulsterman and more • Journalist • Views my own
Swipe to see Anuk in her illustrated form! Read aw aboot hur ghaistly fictionalisation in ‘The Hoolet Thit Couldnae Fly’.
Available fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps.
Illustratit by the braw Bob Dewar and scrived by me!
#ScotsLanguage #Illustrations #ChildrensBook
Available fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps.
Illustratit by the braw Bob Dewar and scrived by me!
#ScotsLanguage #Illustrations #ChildrensBook
November 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Swipe to see Anuk in her illustrated form! Read aw aboot hur ghaistly fictionalisation in ‘The Hoolet Thit Couldnae Fly’.
Available fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps.
Illustratit by the braw Bob Dewar and scrived by me!
#ScotsLanguage #Illustrations #ChildrensBook
Available fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps.
Illustratit by the braw Bob Dewar and scrived by me!
#ScotsLanguage #Illustrations #ChildrensBook
Cannae beat the brain goblins richt noo. Doot ah will wi the state o the wurld sae here’s a wee puddock while ah try tae at least nail ma fifth buik. Wee Cathy O’Kelly’s crownin glory.
A story aboot a puddock is oan the horizon an aw.
A story aboot a puddock is oan the horizon an aw.
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Cannae beat the brain goblins richt noo. Doot ah will wi the state o the wurld sae here’s a wee puddock while ah try tae at least nail ma fifth buik. Wee Cathy O’Kelly’s crownin glory.
A story aboot a puddock is oan the horizon an aw.
A story aboot a puddock is oan the horizon an aw.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Slowly but surely getting there with editing book five and my dreaded scrivin admin!
Super cheap rosé from Monaco and a homemade charcuterie board is my reward once I tick another item off my to-do list.
Super cheap rosé from Monaco and a homemade charcuterie board is my reward once I tick another item off my to-do list.
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Slowly but surely getting there with editing book five and my dreaded scrivin admin!
Super cheap rosé from Monaco and a homemade charcuterie board is my reward once I tick another item off my to-do list.
Super cheap rosé from Monaco and a homemade charcuterie board is my reward once I tick another item off my to-do list.
Woke up because of an awful nightmare and it was partially fuelled by what I’m writing about right now. I’m calling it an exorcism. And this means it’s likely bloody good writing.
On the plus side, it meant I got to see this gorgeous sunrise in the Portuguese countryside!
On the plus side, it meant I got to see this gorgeous sunrise in the Portuguese countryside!
November 8, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Woke up because of an awful nightmare and it was partially fuelled by what I’m writing about right now. I’m calling it an exorcism. And this means it’s likely bloody good writing.
On the plus side, it meant I got to see this gorgeous sunrise in the Portuguese countryside!
On the plus side, it meant I got to see this gorgeous sunrise in the Portuguese countryside!
I wasn’t going to post this outside of TikTok, but given the impact AI has had on me and ither scrivers, naw.
Ah fink it’s fair tae explain why it’s a bad fing in nae uncertain terms. And ah’m no even thit coherent in this video.
Ah fink it’s fair tae explain why it’s a bad fing in nae uncertain terms. And ah’m no even thit coherent in this video.
November 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I wasn’t going to post this outside of TikTok, but given the impact AI has had on me and ither scrivers, naw.
Ah fink it’s fair tae explain why it’s a bad fing in nae uncertain terms. And ah’m no even thit coherent in this video.
Ah fink it’s fair tae explain why it’s a bad fing in nae uncertain terms. And ah’m no even thit coherent in this video.
Anither 1,000 wurds in the bag!
I’m so glad I didn’t finish ‘Cathy, get yer Dancin Shoes Oan’ until 2025.
Sometimes stories decide when they are ready on their own – and it’s the author’s job to just show up so they can happen.
Also, whit a view fae ma windae!
I’m so glad I didn’t finish ‘Cathy, get yer Dancin Shoes Oan’ until 2025.
Sometimes stories decide when they are ready on their own – and it’s the author’s job to just show up so they can happen.
Also, whit a view fae ma windae!
November 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Anither 1,000 wurds in the bag!
I’m so glad I didn’t finish ‘Cathy, get yer Dancin Shoes Oan’ until 2025.
Sometimes stories decide when they are ready on their own – and it’s the author’s job to just show up so they can happen.
Also, whit a view fae ma windae!
I’m so glad I didn’t finish ‘Cathy, get yer Dancin Shoes Oan’ until 2025.
Sometimes stories decide when they are ready on their own – and it’s the author’s job to just show up so they can happen.
Also, whit a view fae ma windae!
I’m starting my dreaded writing admin today AND attempting to write a bonus chapter of book five.
Espresso at the ready, but luckily the sun is shining for me!
Espresso at the ready, but luckily the sun is shining for me!
November 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I’m starting my dreaded writing admin today AND attempting to write a bonus chapter of book five.
Espresso at the ready, but luckily the sun is shining for me!
Espresso at the ready, but luckily the sun is shining for me!
A braw sunset fur some scrivin. Reckon there’s nae time like the present tae gie this stream o consciousness fing a go.
November 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A braw sunset fur some scrivin. Reckon there’s nae time like the present tae gie this stream o consciousness fing a go.
‘I wrote down what I got in a fortune cookie. This is something I’d have otherwise forgotten by now, but I haven’t because I wrote it down!’
November 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
‘I wrote down what I got in a fortune cookie. This is something I’d have otherwise forgotten by now, but I haven’t because I wrote it down!’
Just hit 70,000 words and nearly 300 pages on my third novel, ‘Cathy, get yer Dancin Shoes Oan’!
‘Ah leg it up Sauchiehall Street wi a curler in ma hair. Everyfin and nought hus changed at the same time.’
‘Ah leg it up Sauchiehall Street wi a curler in ma hair. Everyfin and nought hus changed at the same time.’
November 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Just hit 70,000 words and nearly 300 pages on my third novel, ‘Cathy, get yer Dancin Shoes Oan’!
‘Ah leg it up Sauchiehall Street wi a curler in ma hair. Everyfin and nought hus changed at the same time.’
‘Ah leg it up Sauchiehall Street wi a curler in ma hair. Everyfin and nought hus changed at the same time.’
Fun fact: The witch in ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’ is based on Stevie Nicks!
#ScotsLanguage @luathpress.bsky.social
#ScotsLanguage @luathpress.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Fun fact: The witch in ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’ is based on Stevie Nicks!
#ScotsLanguage @luathpress.bsky.social
#ScotsLanguage @luathpress.bsky.social
Since it’s Halloween, here’s a wee peek o the witch in ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’.
But like aw the baddies in ma buiks, she’s no quite whit she seems tae be!
But like aw the baddies in ma buiks, she’s no quite whit she seems tae be!
October 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Since it’s Halloween, here’s a wee peek o the witch in ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’.
But like aw the baddies in ma buiks, she’s no quite whit she seems tae be!
But like aw the baddies in ma buiks, she’s no quite whit she seems tae be!
‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’ is the purrfect spooky buik fur bairns this Halloween.
Huv a wee read o whit its aw aboot in @scotnational.bsky.social and grab a copy fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps!
#ScotsLanguage #TheMoggieThitMeowedTooMuch
Huv a wee read o whit its aw aboot in @scotnational.bsky.social and grab a copy fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps!
#ScotsLanguage #TheMoggieThitMeowedTooMuch
October 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’ is the purrfect spooky buik fur bairns this Halloween.
Huv a wee read o whit its aw aboot in @scotnational.bsky.social and grab a copy fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps!
#ScotsLanguage #TheMoggieThitMeowedTooMuch
Huv a wee read o whit its aw aboot in @scotnational.bsky.social and grab a copy fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps!
#ScotsLanguage #TheMoggieThitMeowedTooMuch
Happy publication day tae ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’. Available fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps!
A huge thank ye tae the braw and best Scots leid expert @drmdempster.bsky.social fur aw his help an aw! A total unsung hero o the language.
#ScotsLanguage
A huge thank ye tae the braw and best Scots leid expert @drmdempster.bsky.social fur aw his help an aw! A total unsung hero o the language.
#ScotsLanguage
October 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Happy publication day tae ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’. Available fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps!
A huge thank ye tae the braw and best Scots leid expert @drmdempster.bsky.social fur aw his help an aw! A total unsung hero o the language.
#ScotsLanguage
A huge thank ye tae the braw and best Scots leid expert @drmdempster.bsky.social fur aw his help an aw! A total unsung hero o the language.
#ScotsLanguage
A braw 1,200 wurds in the bag the day. ‘Cathy, get yer Dancin Shoes Oan’ hus tae smash ma novel game oot the pairk.
October 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A braw 1,200 wurds in the bag the day. ‘Cathy, get yer Dancin Shoes Oan’ hus tae smash ma novel game oot the pairk.
I wrote some absolutely SMASHIN dialogue the day – aw set aroond an unexpectit bonus chapter fur ‘Cathy, get yer Dancin Shoes Oan’.
So naturally my brain is beating me for not sticking to the original plan. 🙃😫
But this is how writing works, silly heid!
So naturally my brain is beating me for not sticking to the original plan. 🙃😫
But this is how writing works, silly heid!
October 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I wrote some absolutely SMASHIN dialogue the day – aw set aroond an unexpectit bonus chapter fur ‘Cathy, get yer Dancin Shoes Oan’.
So naturally my brain is beating me for not sticking to the original plan. 🙃😫
But this is how writing works, silly heid!
So naturally my brain is beating me for not sticking to the original plan. 🙃😫
But this is how writing works, silly heid!
‘A bad experience is not necessarily a bad experience – you can learn from tragedy.’ – David Bowie
And it’s a truth almost universally acknowledged that the best art comes from hard experiences.
And it’s a truth almost universally acknowledged that the best art comes from hard experiences.
October 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
‘A bad experience is not necessarily a bad experience – you can learn from tragedy.’ – David Bowie
And it’s a truth almost universally acknowledged that the best art comes from hard experiences.
And it’s a truth almost universally acknowledged that the best art comes from hard experiences.
A French dog with a beret has stolen my heart.
October 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A French dog with a beret has stolen my heart.