Fainne J. Firmin
@fainnejfirmin.bsky.social
Writer ● Fantasy & Historical fiction ● she/her ● Canadian ● latest book: The Walls Fall Down
✒️ https://linktr.ee/fainnejfirmin
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⌛✨THE WALLS FALL DOWN✨⌛
An unlikely duo with power over time
Time travel to the Trojan War.
🏹🍲THE STAG AND THE HORSE🍲🏹
A prehistoric novella.
For horse girls and historians alike.
Linktree: linktr.ee/fainnejfirmin
Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
⌛✨THE WALLS FALL DOWN✨⌛
An unlikely duo with power over time
Time travel to the Trojan War.
🏹🍲THE STAG AND THE HORSE🍲🏹
A prehistoric novella.
For horse girls and historians alike.
Linktree: linktr.ee/fainnejfirmin
Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
I was determined to finish this book before the end of the year, so I spent a good chunk of today reading 200 pages so I could get it done.
(The book is 700 pages)
Tomorrow I have to return to my not at all unpacked house, so it was my last chance to really sit down and read!
#booksky 📚💙
(The book is 700 pages)
Tomorrow I have to return to my not at all unpacked house, so it was my last chance to really sit down and read!
#booksky 📚💙
December 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I was determined to finish this book before the end of the year, so I spent a good chunk of today reading 200 pages so I could get it done.
(The book is 700 pages)
Tomorrow I have to return to my not at all unpacked house, so it was my last chance to really sit down and read!
#booksky 📚💙
(The book is 700 pages)
Tomorrow I have to return to my not at all unpacked house, so it was my last chance to really sit down and read!
#booksky 📚💙
Reposted by Fainne J. Firmin
Merry Christmas and/or Merry New Book Day to all who celebrate!
December 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Merry Christmas and/or Merry New Book Day to all who celebrate!
Its after lunch on Christmas, so now I just get to chill for the afternoon (until its time to make dinner).
I mostly got practical stuff this year, as I just moved, but I still got a book to read and a notebook!
#booksky 📚💙
I mostly got practical stuff this year, as I just moved, but I still got a book to read and a notebook!
#booksky 📚💙
December 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Its after lunch on Christmas, so now I just get to chill for the afternoon (until its time to make dinner).
I mostly got practical stuff this year, as I just moved, but I still got a book to read and a notebook!
#booksky 📚💙
I mostly got practical stuff this year, as I just moved, but I still got a book to read and a notebook!
#booksky 📚💙
We have given up on the pictureless mystery puzzle!
We had already figured out what happened from the story, so we gave up on the horrid thing.
A good call on Christmas eve.
We had already figured out what happened from the story, so we gave up on the horrid thing.
A good call on Christmas eve.
December 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
We have given up on the pictureless mystery puzzle!
We had already figured out what happened from the story, so we gave up on the horrid thing.
A good call on Christmas eve.
We had already figured out what happened from the story, so we gave up on the horrid thing.
A good call on Christmas eve.
My family has started a hell puzzle.
Its a "solve the mystery by completing the puzzle" box and ... we didn't realize that meant we'd be doing the puzzle without a picture.
We don't even know the orientation of any bits we do stick together.
Send help.
Its a "solve the mystery by completing the puzzle" box and ... we didn't realize that meant we'd be doing the puzzle without a picture.
We don't even know the orientation of any bits we do stick together.
Send help.
December 24, 2025 at 2:10 AM
My family has started a hell puzzle.
Its a "solve the mystery by completing the puzzle" box and ... we didn't realize that meant we'd be doing the puzzle without a picture.
We don't even know the orientation of any bits we do stick together.
Send help.
Its a "solve the mystery by completing the puzzle" box and ... we didn't realize that meant we'd be doing the puzzle without a picture.
We don't even know the orientation of any bits we do stick together.
Send help.
Christmas presents are wrapped, the tree is decorated, and I'm about to start reading The Strength of the Few. Let's gooooo
#booksky 📚💙
#booksky 📚💙
December 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Christmas presents are wrapped, the tree is decorated, and I'm about to start reading The Strength of the Few. Let's gooooo
#booksky 📚💙
#booksky 📚💙
I don't normally get "bookish merch" (I am too frugal for it) but there's was a very cute sweater in store that'd be perfect as a go-to market sweater ... and they were out of my size. And I can't get the website to load to order online! 😫
Tragic.
#booksky 📚💙
Tragic.
#booksky 📚💙
December 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I don't normally get "bookish merch" (I am too frugal for it) but there's was a very cute sweater in store that'd be perfect as a go-to market sweater ... and they were out of my size. And I can't get the website to load to order online! 😫
Tragic.
#booksky 📚💙
Tragic.
#booksky 📚💙
Escaping from the chaos of a newly moved into house for a week over the holidays.
My reading list includes:
•The Hurricane Wars (50% done)
•The Strength of the Few
•The Words of Kings and Prophets
•The Wild Huntress
And also ideally editing and family & friends holiday stuff. 😅
#booksky 📚💙
My reading list includes:
•The Hurricane Wars (50% done)
•The Strength of the Few
•The Words of Kings and Prophets
•The Wild Huntress
And also ideally editing and family & friends holiday stuff. 😅
#booksky 📚💙
December 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Escaping from the chaos of a newly moved into house for a week over the holidays.
My reading list includes:
•The Hurricane Wars (50% done)
•The Strength of the Few
•The Words of Kings and Prophets
•The Wild Huntress
And also ideally editing and family & friends holiday stuff. 😅
#booksky 📚💙
My reading list includes:
•The Hurricane Wars (50% done)
•The Strength of the Few
•The Words of Kings and Prophets
•The Wild Huntress
And also ideally editing and family & friends holiday stuff. 😅
#booksky 📚💙
Got to the end of Titan of the Stars and went "this better have a sequel planned" and "darn it there's a sequel" simultaneously
I don't want the story to be over where the book ended, but I also know the next book will be emotionally devastating
But I gotta support one of my fav Canadian authors
I don't want the story to be over where the book ended, but I also know the next book will be emotionally devastating
But I gotta support one of my fav Canadian authors
December 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Got to the end of Titan of the Stars and went "this better have a sequel planned" and "darn it there's a sequel" simultaneously
I don't want the story to be over where the book ended, but I also know the next book will be emotionally devastating
But I gotta support one of my fav Canadian authors
I don't want the story to be over where the book ended, but I also know the next book will be emotionally devastating
But I gotta support one of my fav Canadian authors
Every once in a while I go "yeah, I can make some video content for my day job; and:
I can edit it
I can direct it
I can compose the shots
I can give great live tours and lectures
I CANNOT function in front of a camera.
I either bluescreen every 3 words, or I wander out of frame.
I can edit it
I can direct it
I can compose the shots
I can give great live tours and lectures
I CANNOT function in front of a camera.
I either bluescreen every 3 words, or I wander out of frame.
December 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Every once in a while I go "yeah, I can make some video content for my day job; and:
I can edit it
I can direct it
I can compose the shots
I can give great live tours and lectures
I CANNOT function in front of a camera.
I either bluescreen every 3 words, or I wander out of frame.
I can edit it
I can direct it
I can compose the shots
I can give great live tours and lectures
I CANNOT function in front of a camera.
I either bluescreen every 3 words, or I wander out of frame.
So I got to the twist that leads into the third act of The BooK That Wouldn't Burn
And, uh
😳😵💫😵 <- 'bout sums up my reaction
I need to make dinner. I have things to do, how am I supposed now that this is happening?!
#booksky 📚💙
And, uh
😳😵💫😵 <- 'bout sums up my reaction
I need to make dinner. I have things to do, how am I supposed now that this is happening?!
#booksky 📚💙
December 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
So I got to the twist that leads into the third act of The BooK That Wouldn't Burn
And, uh
😳😵💫😵 <- 'bout sums up my reaction
I need to make dinner. I have things to do, how am I supposed now that this is happening?!
#booksky 📚💙
And, uh
😳😵💫😵 <- 'bout sums up my reaction
I need to make dinner. I have things to do, how am I supposed now that this is happening?!
#booksky 📚💙
Did I NEED to borrow more library books?
No.
But did I borrow a third one anyways when I was at the library for a writer's chat?
Yes, yes I did.
#booksky 📚💙
No.
But did I borrow a third one anyways when I was at the library for a writer's chat?
Yes, yes I did.
#booksky 📚💙
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Did I NEED to borrow more library books?
No.
But did I borrow a third one anyways when I was at the library for a writer's chat?
Yes, yes I did.
#booksky 📚💙
No.
But did I borrow a third one anyways when I was at the library for a writer's chat?
Yes, yes I did.
#booksky 📚💙
Reposted by Fainne J. Firmin
Self promo is my bane; it makes me feel like an immense tit when I post stuff about my writing (thanks to upbringing - never blow your own horn), but it is increasingly apparent that all it means is that I'm utterly invisible as a writer...
So, anyway.
I have books and stories out there.
So, anyway.
I have books and stories out there.
November 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Self promo is my bane; it makes me feel like an immense tit when I post stuff about my writing (thanks to upbringing - never blow your own horn), but it is increasingly apparent that all it means is that I'm utterly invisible as a writer...
So, anyway.
I have books and stories out there.
So, anyway.
I have books and stories out there.
Yay for market day! 🛍📚
I'm one of the vendors at The Machine Shop today.
There are so many awesome small business, plus some fun holiday activities, so if you're in Sault Ste Marie you do NOT want to miss today!
#promosky
#booksky 📚💙
#authorsky ✒️💙
I'm one of the vendors at The Machine Shop today.
There are so many awesome small business, plus some fun holiday activities, so if you're in Sault Ste Marie you do NOT want to miss today!
#promosky
#booksky 📚💙
#authorsky ✒️💙
November 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Yay for market day! 🛍📚
I'm one of the vendors at The Machine Shop today.
There are so many awesome small business, plus some fun holiday activities, so if you're in Sault Ste Marie you do NOT want to miss today!
#promosky
#booksky 📚💙
#authorsky ✒️💙
I'm one of the vendors at The Machine Shop today.
There are so many awesome small business, plus some fun holiday activities, so if you're in Sault Ste Marie you do NOT want to miss today!
#promosky
#booksky 📚💙
#authorsky ✒️💙
Last year this time, I was literally on the road, moving.
This time this year, I am merely packing up ... so i can move next month. Thankfully I have far less distance to go.
Really is putting a dent in my time to edit🥲
No idea when I'm gonna be able to get my next novel out
This time this year, I am merely packing up ... so i can move next month. Thankfully I have far less distance to go.
Really is putting a dent in my time to edit🥲
No idea when I'm gonna be able to get my next novel out
November 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Last year this time, I was literally on the road, moving.
This time this year, I am merely packing up ... so i can move next month. Thankfully I have far less distance to go.
Really is putting a dent in my time to edit🥲
No idea when I'm gonna be able to get my next novel out
This time this year, I am merely packing up ... so i can move next month. Thankfully I have far less distance to go.
Really is putting a dent in my time to edit🥲
No idea when I'm gonna be able to get my next novel out
Woke up today to the first little bit of snow on the ground.
Look, I love snow. But I was hoping it would wait until after I move 😅
Look, I love snow. But I was hoping it would wait until after I move 😅
November 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Woke up today to the first little bit of snow on the ground.
Look, I love snow. But I was hoping it would wait until after I move 😅
Look, I love snow. But I was hoping it would wait until after I move 😅
Rare (partial) face pic!
It's day 2 of market weekend! 🛍📚
Super excited about today, though I'm still tired from yesterday.
I won't be at this market next weekend, so if you're in Sault Ste Marie, come by the Bushplane Heritage Centre today!
#promosky
#authorsky 💙✒️
#booksky 💙📚
It's day 2 of market weekend! 🛍📚
Super excited about today, though I'm still tired from yesterday.
I won't be at this market next weekend, so if you're in Sault Ste Marie, come by the Bushplane Heritage Centre today!
#promosky
#authorsky 💙✒️
#booksky 💙📚
November 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Rare (partial) face pic!
It's day 2 of market weekend! 🛍📚
Super excited about today, though I'm still tired from yesterday.
I won't be at this market next weekend, so if you're in Sault Ste Marie, come by the Bushplane Heritage Centre today!
#promosky
#authorsky 💙✒️
#booksky 💙📚
It's day 2 of market weekend! 🛍📚
Super excited about today, though I'm still tired from yesterday.
I won't be at this market next weekend, so if you're in Sault Ste Marie, come by the Bushplane Heritage Centre today!
#promosky
#authorsky 💙✒️
#booksky 💙📚
Really glad I decided not to do any sort of writing challenge in the spirit of NaNoWriMo this year/month ...
'Cause its November 1st and I would NOT have had energy to write this evening.
Around 1500 people were at the market today. I am WIPED. And tomorrow is day 2!
#authorsky 💙✒️
'Cause its November 1st and I would NOT have had energy to write this evening.
Around 1500 people were at the market today. I am WIPED. And tomorrow is day 2!
#authorsky 💙✒️
November 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Really glad I decided not to do any sort of writing challenge in the spirit of NaNoWriMo this year/month ...
'Cause its November 1st and I would NOT have had energy to write this evening.
Around 1500 people were at the market today. I am WIPED. And tomorrow is day 2!
#authorsky 💙✒️
'Cause its November 1st and I would NOT have had energy to write this evening.
Around 1500 people were at the market today. I am WIPED. And tomorrow is day 2!
#authorsky 💙✒️
At what number of different books do people stop saying "congradulations" after I tell them I wrote them all.
I don't know, it just seems weird to me 😅
#authorsky 💙✒️
I don't know, it just seems weird to me 😅
#authorsky 💙✒️
November 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
At what number of different books do people stop saying "congradulations" after I tell them I wrote them all.
I don't know, it just seems weird to me 😅
#authorsky 💙✒️
I don't know, it just seems weird to me 😅
#authorsky 💙✒️
I'm all set up for my first ever market WEEKEND.
I've only ever done single day markets before, and this one is a HUGE holiday craft show.
If you're in Sault Ste Marie, you probably were already going to go to the Bushplane for it ... but come now and see me!
#promosky
#authorsky 💙✒️
#booksky 💙📚
I've only ever done single day markets before, and this one is a HUGE holiday craft show.
If you're in Sault Ste Marie, you probably were already going to go to the Bushplane for it ... but come now and see me!
#promosky
#authorsky 💙✒️
#booksky 💙📚
November 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I'm all set up for my first ever market WEEKEND.
I've only ever done single day markets before, and this one is a HUGE holiday craft show.
If you're in Sault Ste Marie, you probably were already going to go to the Bushplane for it ... but come now and see me!
#promosky
#authorsky 💙✒️
#booksky 💙📚
I've only ever done single day markets before, and this one is a HUGE holiday craft show.
If you're in Sault Ste Marie, you probably were already going to go to the Bushplane for it ... but come now and see me!
#promosky
#authorsky 💙✒️
#booksky 💙📚
Gotta say, I'm surprised its approaching 8 o'clock and I've barely had any trick or treaters!
I have chocolate! And a costume on! I try to make it fun!
I have chocolate! And a costume on! I try to make it fun!
October 31, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Gotta say, I'm surprised its approaching 8 o'clock and I've barely had any trick or treaters!
I have chocolate! And a costume on! I try to make it fun!
I have chocolate! And a costume on! I try to make it fun!
Literally as I was falling asleep in bed last night my brain FINALLY figured out how to fix up one character's arc in the novel I'm editing.
I'm stuck at work all day but I desperately want to go and edit because a few changes to the beginning chapters and the characters growth is gonna be insane!
I'm stuck at work all day but I desperately want to go and edit because a few changes to the beginning chapters and the characters growth is gonna be insane!
October 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Literally as I was falling asleep in bed last night my brain FINALLY figured out how to fix up one character's arc in the novel I'm editing.
I'm stuck at work all day but I desperately want to go and edit because a few changes to the beginning chapters and the characters growth is gonna be insane!
I'm stuck at work all day but I desperately want to go and edit because a few changes to the beginning chapters and the characters growth is gonna be insane!
Today I found out that the Wildwood books I loved when I was younger is getting an animated movie adaptation ... made by LAIKA.
Even if its not 100% accurate, it is going to hit those vibes so hard.
Even if its not 100% accurate, it is going to hit those vibes so hard.
October 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Today I found out that the Wildwood books I loved when I was younger is getting an animated movie adaptation ... made by LAIKA.
Even if its not 100% accurate, it is going to hit those vibes so hard.
Even if its not 100% accurate, it is going to hit those vibes so hard.
Went to a local writers group tonight for the first time. It was so nice to get out and chat with people about all sorts of writing and publishing stuff!
Definitely going back for the meeting next month.
💙✒️
Definitely going back for the meeting next month.
💙✒️
October 28, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Went to a local writers group tonight for the first time. It was so nice to get out and chat with people about all sorts of writing and publishing stuff!
Definitely going back for the meeting next month.
💙✒️
Definitely going back for the meeting next month.
💙✒️
Planning to carve a jack-o-lantern this afternoon.
I just need to decide which Halloween movie I should watch as I do so. 🤔
I tend to go for something nostalgic but there are so many good options
I just need to decide which Halloween movie I should watch as I do so. 🤔
I tend to go for something nostalgic but there are so many good options
October 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Planning to carve a jack-o-lantern this afternoon.
I just need to decide which Halloween movie I should watch as I do so. 🤔
I tend to go for something nostalgic but there are so many good options
I just need to decide which Halloween movie I should watch as I do so. 🤔
I tend to go for something nostalgic but there are so many good options