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FitchersLane
@fitcherslane.bsky.social
Queer Scottish #writer currently editing alt fantasy WIP | fantasy & folklore fiend | she/her | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈 | #amediting #amwriting co-admin of @WestScotWriting
Thank you @lyndseycroal.bsky.social!
Can’t wait to read!! 💕💕💕
September 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Book your tickets before prices go up on 1st October! britishfantasysociety.org/events-calen...
September 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Happy 1-year-versary to Limelight today - tales of not-so-far futures...! To celebrate: a GIVEAWAY, 2 paperbacks & 3 ebooks from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social! Just repost & comment preference ebook/paperback (or either)! For a bonus tell me your fave dark SF read! Will draw at random on 10th Sept ✨️🖤🚀
September 3, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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COVER EVOLUTION!!

With the release of the sequel incoming, WITCHES OF MERCHANT CITY has gotten a brand new cover drawn by the inimitable @jennicoutts.bsky.social!

Look at it!! *grabby hands*
September 3, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Says a government who arrested hundreds of pensioners for holding sign opposing genocide. We are being run by fucking morons.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Police should focus on ‘streets not tweets’, says Wes Streeting after Graham Linehan arrest
Health secretary criticises Tory policing record after Father Ted co-creator arrested over posts on transgender issues
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Remember! It doesn’t have to be perfect! Finish your draft! Your novel comes to life in the rewrites 💕

#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #booksky #writer #writingroup
September 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
HOT TIP! 💪
How to stop your hands smelling of garlic after cooking!!
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You don’t.
You are one with the garlic now.
Embrace it.
Become it.
August 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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We have some great events lined up for August! Check out our website for more details and to join up to our Discord.
www.woswg.com
Novice or expert, all are welcome!

#writer #writing #writinggroup
#writingcommunity #creativewriting #writingsupport #scotland
#writingevents
#writingeventsuk
August 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Winning a reputable prize can be very helpful. Winning a worthless prize is worthless. People need to be aware of the difference.
I see a lot of authors seeking validation through entering prizes. In the age of self-publishing, is this any longer necessary? A writer's CV is their body of work?
July 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Everyday I get more reasons to hate the English and hate colonization

Unify Ireland

Free Palestine

Landback

Free Sudan

Free Congo

None of us are free until we all are.
I watched one of the best interviews with Ash Shakur and Blindboy Boatclub that enriched my understanding of England’s oppression of the Irish people. This guy is a treat to watch
July 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
So deserved!! Beautifully written story! 💕💕
Well that was a nice surprise to come home to.

O.o

I'm a bit bewildered, but I'll take it.

Congratulations to everyone on the shortlists!

worldfantasy2025.co.uk/world-fantas...
World Fantasy Awards Shortlists – World Fantasy Convention 2025
worldfantasy2025.co.uk
July 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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This is incredibly disappointing.. I was looking forward to seeing the film too. You’d think Penguin would do their research first before publishing it. #TheSaltPath
Penniless and homeless, Raynor and Moth Winn found fame with their story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. The Salt Path became a global bestseller and was adapted into a major film.

But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth.

@chloehadj.bsky.social

Read more:
The real Salt Path: how the couple behind a bestseller le...
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal it was far from the truth
observer.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
They are best friends 💕
#ragdolls #minidachshunds
#cats #dogs
July 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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“When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness…”

- C.S. Lewis
June 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Working with @lyndseycroal.bsky.social and @lunapress.bsky.social on this cover for Dark Crescent was one of my favourite projects this last year, working on a cover for such an incredible collection of stories was an absolute dream, and the reception to the cover has been so amazing!
June 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Why is it so expensive to travel from Scotland to England 😭 There are so many amazing sounding writing conferences and events I’d love to attend but can never justify the £200 it would cost JUST for travel 😭 Can’t just a few more take place in Scotland? 💕 #writers #scotland #writingevents #amwriting
May 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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April 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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I was just told that my launch event in Glasgow was going to be cancelled because I don't have *enough* tickets sold. Humiliating—not least because I worked my butt off for this book & went to other people's launches.

If I could sell a few more today, maybe I could change their minds. Please.
Lindz McLeod launches The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Lindz McLeod launches The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet today.
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April 23, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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When are we going to teach AI self-doubt? And procrastination? And getting a little snacky?
April 23, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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I’m so delighted to have won the British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Artwork in 2024 for the cover of Nova Scotia 2, edited by @neilwilliamson.bsky.social and Andrew Wilson, published by @lunapress.bsky.social !
April 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Shhh. The tress have ears 👂👀👂
April 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Booked a ticket!! So excited! 💕
And Sat 26th at Waterstones Braehead in the afternoon with @rainewilson.bsky.social RM Brown and @annabelcwrites.bsky.social

www.waterstones.com/events/fanta...

Tickets are still available to both and I'll be bringing leftover art cards, stickers and postcards whilst stocks last.
April 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
They hissed when I got close but I deserved it.
April 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Programme looks amazing!!! I’m so excited!!

💕💕
#writers #author #writersky
The #Cymera2025 programme is LIVE NOW! 🤩

Check out our website for the full list of this year's panels,live performances, workshops, agent one-to-ones, Inside SFFH Publishing events, podcast recordings, a writers' open mic... the list goes on and on!

www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera25-eve...
April 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Did you want to see the all Pikachu Pokémon Halftime show of the Indian Super League Final?
April 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM