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It’s finally happened. Here in the Frozen North it’s always late coming, but today I saw my first snowdrops of the year. Always the first flower to show its face and hint at the still-distant but ever-approaching end of winter. Hurry up spring! You are my favourite season.
February 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It’s finally happened. Here in the Frozen North it’s always late coming, but today I saw my first snowdrops of the year. Always the first flower to show its face and hint at the still-distant but ever-approaching end of winter. Hurry up spring! You are my favourite season.
We made it to February!
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This is a busy month for me. Lots of writing to finish up, a sojourn to our haunted Manor House in Wales for a cosy getaway and much cooking on the Aga.
January was long but good habits were formed, and were carrying that forward. What are your plans for the month ahead?.
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This is a busy month for me. Lots of writing to finish up, a sojourn to our haunted Manor House in Wales for a cosy getaway and much cooking on the Aga.
January was long but good habits were formed, and were carrying that forward. What are your plans for the month ahead?.
February 1, 2025 at 9:17 AM
We made it to February!
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This is a busy month for me. Lots of writing to finish up, a sojourn to our haunted Manor House in Wales for a cosy getaway and much cooking on the Aga.
January was long but good habits were formed, and were carrying that forward. What are your plans for the month ahead?.
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This is a busy month for me. Lots of writing to finish up, a sojourn to our haunted Manor House in Wales for a cosy getaway and much cooking on the Aga.
January was long but good habits were formed, and were carrying that forward. What are your plans for the month ahead?.
Murder murder murder! (To quote a great movie, Hot Fuzz).
Who doesn’t love a good locked room mystery? This is my next read, though as I’m in a self imposed writing deadline.
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Are you a fan of murder-mysteries?
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(As always, swipe away to see the cover non-reversed. Versed?? Who knows?).
Who doesn’t love a good locked room mystery? This is my next read, though as I’m in a self imposed writing deadline.
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Are you a fan of murder-mysteries?
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(As always, swipe away to see the cover non-reversed. Versed?? Who knows?).
January 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Murder murder murder! (To quote a great movie, Hot Fuzz).
Who doesn’t love a good locked room mystery? This is my next read, though as I’m in a self imposed writing deadline.
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Are you a fan of murder-mysteries?
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(As always, swipe away to see the cover non-reversed. Versed?? Who knows?).
Who doesn’t love a good locked room mystery? This is my next read, though as I’m in a self imposed writing deadline.
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Are you a fan of murder-mysteries?
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(As always, swipe away to see the cover non-reversed. Versed?? Who knows?).
Lovely morning here on the hill, and unseasonably warm for January today, though this could quite literally be the calm before the storm, as Storm Eowen is due to hit my country any minute now. Tie down your wheelie bins!
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A storm is a good excuse to stay in at the weekend and write anyway 😁.
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A storm is a good excuse to stay in at the weekend and write anyway 😁.
January 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Lovely morning here on the hill, and unseasonably warm for January today, though this could quite literally be the calm before the storm, as Storm Eowen is due to hit my country any minute now. Tie down your wheelie bins!
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A storm is a good excuse to stay in at the weekend and write anyway 😁.
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A storm is a good excuse to stay in at the weekend and write anyway 😁.
Just a little self promotion for new readers who may not already be part of the Erlking family. Here’s what to expect in each book so far of the Changeling Series, published by the lovely @joffebooks .
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Book six is WELL underway, the pages are piling up. Hope you’re excited to return to Erlking.
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Book six is WELL underway, the pages are piling up. Hope you’re excited to return to Erlking.
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January 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Just a little self promotion for new readers who may not already be part of the Erlking family. Here’s what to expect in each book so far of the Changeling Series, published by the lovely @joffebooks .
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Book six is WELL underway, the pages are piling up. Hope you’re excited to return to Erlking.
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Book six is WELL underway, the pages are piling up. Hope you’re excited to return to Erlking.
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January is a lonnnng cold dark month. So the only thing to be done about it is to try and make it cosy.
Here’s a book that might help with that. Get under a blanket in front of the fire and enjoy. It will be February before you know it!
Here’s a book that might help with that. Get under a blanket in front of the fire and enjoy. It will be February before you know it!
January 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
January is a lonnnng cold dark month. So the only thing to be done about it is to try and make it cosy.
Here’s a book that might help with that. Get under a blanket in front of the fire and enjoy. It will be February before you know it!
Here’s a book that might help with that. Get under a blanket in front of the fire and enjoy. It will be February before you know it!
Another weekend done. Fun Sunday here cooking bao buns and Korean KFC, having friends over for dinner and all getting excited about the upcoming trip to our haunted Manor House next month. The sheep also arrived on Fahy Farm hill. Satisfying Sunday.
Hope yours was fun?
Hope yours was fun?
January 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Another weekend done. Fun Sunday here cooking bao buns and Korean KFC, having friends over for dinner and all getting excited about the upcoming trip to our haunted Manor House next month. The sheep also arrived on Fahy Farm hill. Satisfying Sunday.
Hope yours was fun?
Hope yours was fun?
King slaps. The Crimson king was cooked, chat.
January 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
King slaps. The Crimson king was cooked, chat.
Thin Air by Michelle Paver is chock full of chilly atmosphere and ghosts. Set in 1935, five men set out to conquer Kangchenjunga,encountering ghosts, haunting memories and spirits of the past. The higher they climb, the darker it gets.
threaded expertly with intrigue and bone-freezing spooks.
January 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Thin Air by Michelle Paver is chock full of chilly atmosphere and ghosts. Set in 1935, five men set out to conquer Kangchenjunga,encountering ghosts, haunting memories and spirits of the past. The higher they climb, the darker it gets.
threaded expertly with intrigue and bone-freezing spooks.
Cold enough to freeze the carrot off a snowman,but things are warming up on the author front. Working through the last half of the current novel and had contact from past collaborators looking to rekindle a shelved project. Might make a few snow angels while I mull over the pluses and minuses.
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January 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Cold enough to freeze the carrot off a snowman,but things are warming up on the author front. Working through the last half of the current novel and had contact from past collaborators looking to rekindle a shelved project. Might make a few snow angels while I mull over the pluses and minuses.
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This is how my Other Half asks me to pick up pizza on the way home. I am eternally grateful I married a fellow nerd
January 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is how my Other Half asks me to pick up pizza on the way home. I am eternally grateful I married a fellow nerd
I am due to go to Wales next month , and I am trying to get in some semblance of healthy shape, but this is being undercut by the fact we still have a haul of biscuits to get through. I did consider sharing them with the birds in the garden but…nah.
How do you cope with leftover Christmas Treats?
How do you cope with leftover Christmas Treats?
January 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I am due to go to Wales next month , and I am trying to get in some semblance of healthy shape, but this is being undercut by the fact we still have a haul of biscuits to get through. I did consider sharing them with the birds in the garden but…nah.
How do you cope with leftover Christmas Treats?
How do you cope with leftover Christmas Treats?
Any British bookish folks out there? Want to build a small army to talk about books while arguing about cream and jam on scones and the correct way to queue. (Bonus points if I can add you on insta/threads too)
January 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Any British bookish folks out there? Want to build a small army to talk about books while arguing about cream and jam on scones and the correct way to queue. (Bonus points if I can add you on insta/threads too)
A haunting tale about loss and grief all set in the wintry snows of the French Pyrenees during a snowstorm.
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Is there a chillier way to start the month? Have you read any good ghost tales set in the snow?
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Is there a chillier way to start the month? Have you read any good ghost tales set in the snow?
January 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
A haunting tale about loss and grief all set in the wintry snows of the French Pyrenees during a snowstorm.
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Is there a chillier way to start the month? Have you read any good ghost tales set in the snow?
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Is there a chillier way to start the month? Have you read any good ghost tales set in the snow?
Huzzah! We got snow.
Not a huge amount, but it’s still pretty and full of January prettiness.
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#snow #snowfall #landscape #landscapephotography #landscape_lovers #countryside #rural #england #jamesfahy #jamesfahyauthor
Not a huge amount, but it’s still pretty and full of January prettiness.
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#snow #snowfall #landscape #landscapephotography #landscape_lovers #countryside #rural #england #jamesfahy #jamesfahyauthor
January 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Huzzah! We got snow.
Not a huge amount, but it’s still pretty and full of January prettiness.
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#snow #snowfall #landscape #landscapephotography #landscape_lovers #countryside #rural #england #jamesfahy #jamesfahyauthor
Not a huge amount, but it’s still pretty and full of January prettiness.
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#snow #snowfall #landscape #landscapephotography #landscape_lovers #countryside #rural #england #jamesfahy #jamesfahyauthor
January Author writing goals:
I’m making it my mission for 2025 to be super productive and bring you guys new writing in both my series
I go off to my spooky Manor House in Wales in February so my January writing goal is to get the novel I’m currently working on written before I go.
I’m making it my mission for 2025 to be super productive and bring you guys new writing in both my series
I go off to my spooky Manor House in Wales in February so my January writing goal is to get the novel I’m currently working on written before I go.
January 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
January Author writing goals:
I’m making it my mission for 2025 to be super productive and bring you guys new writing in both my series
I go off to my spooky Manor House in Wales in February so my January writing goal is to get the novel I’m currently working on written before I go.
I’m making it my mission for 2025 to be super productive and bring you guys new writing in both my series
I go off to my spooky Manor House in Wales in February so my January writing goal is to get the novel I’m currently working on written before I go.
M&S marketing department needs a brisk walk in the fresh air and to eat a piece of fruit or something
January 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
M&S marketing department needs a brisk walk in the fresh air and to eat a piece of fruit or something
We got zero snow after the weather warnings all Friday, and considering I live up on the moors, I feel quite cheated.
Where is my winter wonderland? ⛄️.
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#landscape #landscapephotography #landscape_lovers #january #winter #sun #wintersun #jamesfahy #jamesfahyauthor
Where is my winter wonderland? ⛄️.
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#landscape #landscapephotography #landscape_lovers #january #winter #sun #wintersun #jamesfahy #jamesfahyauthor
January 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
We got zero snow after the weather warnings all Friday, and considering I live up on the moors, I feel quite cheated.
Where is my winter wonderland? ⛄️.
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#landscape #landscapephotography #landscape_lovers #january #winter #sun #wintersun #jamesfahy #jamesfahyauthor
Where is my winter wonderland? ⛄️.
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#landscape #landscapephotography #landscape_lovers #january #winter #sun #wintersun #jamesfahy #jamesfahyauthor
The cosiest little nightlight for a series of cosy little mysteries.
(Are they cosy? There’s all about impossible crimes and murders in Japan, I count that as cosy).
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Have you read any of these fine outings of Detective Kindaichi by Seishi Yokomizo? They are wonderfully crafted!
(Are they cosy? There’s all about impossible crimes and murders in Japan, I count that as cosy).
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Have you read any of these fine outings of Detective Kindaichi by Seishi Yokomizo? They are wonderfully crafted!
January 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The cosiest little nightlight for a series of cosy little mysteries.
(Are they cosy? There’s all about impossible crimes and murders in Japan, I count that as cosy).
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Have you read any of these fine outings of Detective Kindaichi by Seishi Yokomizo? They are wonderfully crafted!
(Are they cosy? There’s all about impossible crimes and murders in Japan, I count that as cosy).
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Have you read any of these fine outings of Detective Kindaichi by Seishi Yokomizo? They are wonderfully crafted!
I may have just done exactly this.
January 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I may have just done exactly this.
New year new me? Nah. We’re not apple products. We don’t need to throw ourselves in the bin every year and get a new us. So instead of resolutions, what I’m trying to do this year is be mindful of mental habits.
Trying to be more present in the things I do, rather than worrying about the future.
Trying to be more present in the things I do, rather than worrying about the future.
January 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
New year new me? Nah. We’re not apple products. We don’t need to throw ourselves in the bin every year and get a new us. So instead of resolutions, what I’m trying to do this year is be mindful of mental habits.
Trying to be more present in the things I do, rather than worrying about the future.
Trying to be more present in the things I do, rather than worrying about the future.
January the first. A shiny new 2025, and it’s raining and windy and well…January. So my first read of the year is this, (because I bought the second book but need to re-read this to refresh my memory.
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop, by Hwang Bo-Reum.
What’s your first read of the year?
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop, by Hwang Bo-Reum.
What’s your first read of the year?
January 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
January the first. A shiny new 2025, and it’s raining and windy and well…January. So my first read of the year is this, (because I bought the second book but need to re-read this to refresh my memory.
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop, by Hwang Bo-Reum.
What’s your first read of the year?
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop, by Hwang Bo-Reum.
What’s your first read of the year?
Happy new year! (Yes, I’m saying it early because I won’t be online at midnight. Like all other wild and party people, I’ll be in bed snoring.
Hope you all have a wild and fun year ahead full of exciting new things and pleasant surprises!
Hope you all have a wild and fun year ahead full of exciting new things and pleasant surprises!
December 31, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Happy new year! (Yes, I’m saying it early because I won’t be online at midnight. Like all other wild and party people, I’ll be in bed snoring.
Hope you all have a wild and fun year ahead full of exciting new things and pleasant surprises!
Hope you all have a wild and fun year ahead full of exciting new things and pleasant surprises!
This Christmas, I have had the absolute honour of introducing my eldest to the Lord of the Rings.
So it was quite magical to be able to share this with my daughter, who in so many ways is a smaller carbon copy of me.
So it was quite magical to be able to share this with my daughter, who in so many ways is a smaller carbon copy of me.
December 31, 2024 at 12:18 PM
This Christmas, I have had the absolute honour of introducing my eldest to the Lord of the Rings.
So it was quite magical to be able to share this with my daughter, who in so many ways is a smaller carbon copy of me.
So it was quite magical to be able to share this with my daughter, who in so many ways is a smaller carbon copy of me.