Paula Gilfillan
@paulagilfillan.bsky.social
A published poet & award winning flash fiction writer (as Paula Nicolson) who lives a rescue cat, and cake. Writing a satirical YA dystopian horror novel, but secretly blogs at: https://deckywritingsheepslife.blogspot.com.
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'Growing up, I was a secret horror fiction fan, stashing them between my poetry library book loans long before I started wearing black.'
Tempted to read more about life from city to country, England to Scotland? Read on McDuff at the link below.
#deckyswritewithyou #HorrorWriting
Tempted to read more about life from city to country, England to Scotland? Read on McDuff at the link below.
#deckyswritewithyou #HorrorWriting
Be Bold, Be Honest
Here's a blog about my life. A Mum who has recently moved from city to country, from England to Scotland and from people to sheep.
deckywritingsheepslife.blogspot.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
'Growing up, I was a secret horror fiction fan, stashing them between my poetry library book loans long before I started wearing black.'
Tempted to read more about life from city to country, England to Scotland? Read on McDuff at the link below.
#deckyswritewithyou #HorrorWriting
Tempted to read more about life from city to country, England to Scotland? Read on McDuff at the link below.
#deckyswritewithyou #HorrorWriting
DeckyWriting Blog: Eustress Yourself.
'So, I’ve only gone and got an MA, and with a distinction. And like a feather in a puddle of mud, it’s still sinking in.'
Read more in the link to my blog below.
'So, I’ve only gone and got an MA, and with a distinction. And like a feather in a puddle of mud, it’s still sinking in.'
Read more in the link to my blog below.
Eustress Yourself
Here's a blog about my life. A Mum who has recently moved from city to country, from England to Scotland and from people to sheep.
deckywritingsheepslife.blogspot.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
DeckyWriting Blog: Eustress Yourself.
'So, I’ve only gone and got an MA, and with a distinction. And like a feather in a puddle of mud, it’s still sinking in.'
Read more in the link to my blog below.
'So, I’ve only gone and got an MA, and with a distinction. And like a feather in a puddle of mud, it’s still sinking in.'
Read more in the link to my blog below.
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A must for any budding crime writers! And a chance to hear and meet @dvbishop.com too. #moffatcrimefest #dumfriesandgalloway #scotland
Moffat Crime Fest
Join us for a fun-filled day of crime and mystery! Meet the authors, buy their books and join them for dinner and a fun quiz
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August 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A must for any budding crime writers! And a chance to hear and meet @dvbishop.com too. #moffatcrimefest #dumfriesandgalloway #scotland
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Here is the line-up for the upcoming #MoffatCrimeFest on 4th October. I'm looking forward to seeing some of you there! 😁
September 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Here is the line-up for the upcoming #MoffatCrimeFest on 4th October. I'm looking forward to seeing some of you there! 😁
'Female tropes are shoved out of the way, like clearing snow from a pathway with a shovel, and male tropes are ditched as if they were a rider on a bucking horse. If you love historical women's fiction with grit and creeping dread - then get this on your TBR shelf.' #deckyswritewithyou #stefpenney
Paula Gilfillan's review of The Tenderness of Wolves
4/5: I loved this book so much, I read it twice. Female tropes are shoved out of the way, like clearing snow from a pathway with a shovel, and male tropes are ditched as if they were a rider on a buck...
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August 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
'Female tropes are shoved out of the way, like clearing snow from a pathway with a shovel, and male tropes are ditched as if they were a rider on a bucking horse. If you love historical women's fiction with grit and creeping dread - then get this on your TBR shelf.' #deckyswritewithyou #stefpenney
A must for any budding crime writers! And a chance to hear and meet @dvbishop.com too. #moffatcrimefest #dumfriesandgalloway #scotland
Moffat Crime Fest
Join us for a fun-filled day of crime and mystery! Meet the authors, buy their books and join them for dinner and a fun quiz
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A must for any budding crime writers! And a chance to hear and meet @dvbishop.com too. #moffatcrimefest #dumfriesandgalloway #scotland
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My new historical thriller CARNIVAL OF LIES is on a table beside Stephen King’s latest @waterstones in The Gyle! The stack is all signed now.
(My shirt matching the cover is pure coincidence btw)
@panmacmillan.bsky.social @jennybrownagency.bsky.social
(My shirt matching the cover is pure coincidence btw)
@panmacmillan.bsky.social @jennybrownagency.bsky.social
June 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM
My new historical thriller CARNIVAL OF LIES is on a table beside Stephen King’s latest @waterstones in The Gyle! The stack is all signed now.
(My shirt matching the cover is pure coincidence btw)
@panmacmillan.bsky.social @jennybrownagency.bsky.social
(My shirt matching the cover is pure coincidence btw)
@panmacmillan.bsky.social @jennybrownagency.bsky.social
What present have you been given that was as endearing as the person who gave it to you?
Read more at my blog: Toilet Seat Covers #deckyswritewithyou
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Read more at my blog: Toilet Seat Covers #deckyswritewithyou
deckywritingsheepslife.blogspot.com/2025/06/toil...
Toilet Seat Covers
Here's a blog about my life. A Mum who has recently moved from city to country, from England to Scotland and from people to sheep.
deckywritingsheepslife.blogspot.com
June 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
What present have you been given that was as endearing as the person who gave it to you?
Read more at my blog: Toilet Seat Covers #deckyswritewithyou
deckywritingsheepslife.blogspot.com/2025/06/toil...
Read more at my blog: Toilet Seat Covers #deckyswritewithyou
deckywritingsheepslife.blogspot.com/2025/06/toil...
This review has been brought to you by my cat, Ruben AKA 'Smelly Cat'. #deckyswritewithyou #BrianBilston
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Paula Gilfillan's review of Days Like These
4/5: This review has been brought to you by my cat, Ruben AKA 'Smelly Cat.' 'My member of staff chuckled and cried her way through this chunk of a book (not as chunky as me in my winter fur coat thou...
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June 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This review has been brought to you by my cat, Ruben AKA 'Smelly Cat'. #deckyswritewithyou #BrianBilston
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Book Review: The Girl With All The Gifts.
'So lets get down to the food choice for this book - a curry. Sweet, spicy and utterly fulfilling. I will also say, this is the second time I've read this book, and like a good spag bol, the reheated version is always tastier.' #deckyswritewithyou
#mrcarey
'So lets get down to the food choice for this book - a curry. Sweet, spicy and utterly fulfilling. I will also say, this is the second time I've read this book, and like a good spag bol, the reheated version is always tastier.' #deckyswritewithyou
#mrcarey
Paula Gilfillan's review of The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1)
4/5: So, if you've read any of my book reviews before, you've probably guessed that I'm, along with my cat, food centric. When I worked as a school librarian, I found food was a good analogy for rel...
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June 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Book Review: The Girl With All The Gifts.
'So lets get down to the food choice for this book - a curry. Sweet, spicy and utterly fulfilling. I will also say, this is the second time I've read this book, and like a good spag bol, the reheated version is always tastier.' #deckyswritewithyou
#mrcarey
'So lets get down to the food choice for this book - a curry. Sweet, spicy and utterly fulfilling. I will also say, this is the second time I've read this book, and like a good spag bol, the reheated version is always tastier.' #deckyswritewithyou
#mrcarey
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I'm thrilled to announce that the audiobook of #WhatGoesAround featuring #DIAlexPeachey and narrated by Scott Fleming is now available at @audible_com 😁
#SelfPublished #AuthorLife
#SelfPublished #AuthorLife
May 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I'm thrilled to announce that the audiobook of #WhatGoesAround featuring #DIAlexPeachey and narrated by Scott Fleming is now available at @audible_com 😁
#SelfPublished #AuthorLife
#SelfPublished #AuthorLife
Nuggets Of The Real Stuff: 'You never know when frisky seagulls, a turd left in a pair of pyjamas and a nun in a hurry will lead you to writing award winning poetry.' #deckyswritewithyou
Read more at my blog below - thanks for reading my witterings!
Read more at my blog below - thanks for reading my witterings!
It's A Sheep's Life ... Baa
Here's a blog about my life. A Mum who has recently moved from city to country, from England to Scotland and from people to sheep.
deckywritingsheepslife.blogspot.com
May 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Nuggets Of The Real Stuff: 'You never know when frisky seagulls, a turd left in a pair of pyjamas and a nun in a hurry will lead you to writing award winning poetry.' #deckyswritewithyou
Read more at my blog below - thanks for reading my witterings!
Read more at my blog below - thanks for reading my witterings!
Book review: The New Hunger by Issac Marion.
'Marion is also perfect at realism: there are no frills or magical escapes for his characters - their fight for survival is messy, unpredictable and ... with no last minute rescue.' #deckyswritewithyou #issacmarion www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
'Marion is also perfect at realism: there are no frills or magical escapes for his characters - their fight for survival is messy, unpredictable and ... with no last minute rescue.' #deckyswritewithyou #issacmarion www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Paula Gilfillan's review of The New Hunger (Warm Bodies, #0.5)
5/5: Oh ... my ... goodness. Like a Kleenex tissue (other tissue makes are available), this small but might strong prequel to Warm Bodies, wiped my eager sweaty palms clean. I greedily consumed it whi...
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February 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Book review: The New Hunger by Issac Marion.
'Marion is also perfect at realism: there are no frills or magical escapes for his characters - their fight for survival is messy, unpredictable and ... with no last minute rescue.' #deckyswritewithyou #issacmarion www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
'Marion is also perfect at realism: there are no frills or magical escapes for his characters - their fight for survival is messy, unpredictable and ... with no last minute rescue.' #deckyswritewithyou #issacmarion www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
What Does A Typical Scientist Look Like? 'I still remember my daughter's school friends asking me if I really was a scientist, and when I asked them what one looked like, they described funny grey hair, a lab coat ... and a man.' #deckyswritewithyou #thescousescientist
Read more in my blog below.
Read more in my blog below.
What Does A Typical Scientist Look Like?
Here's a blog about my life. A Mum who has recently moved from city to country, from England to Scotland and from people to sheep.
deckywritingsheepslife.blogspot.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
What Does A Typical Scientist Look Like? 'I still remember my daughter's school friends asking me if I really was a scientist, and when I asked them what one looked like, they described funny grey hair, a lab coat ... and a man.' #deckyswritewithyou #thescousescientist
Read more in my blog below.
Read more in my blog below.
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As someone else in the industry said, this is going to be a wild ride, folks.
If you are a subscriber to @janefriedman.com's The Hot Sheet, there is a fascinating discussion this issue about what amount of AI involvement is enough to deny copyright. From the author's guild: authorsguild.org/news/us-copy...
U.S. Copyright Office Releases Part 2 of AI Report: What Authors Should Know - The Authors Guild
On January 29, 2024, the U.S. Copyright Office released the much-anticipated second part of its ongoing study on copyright and AI, which began last year with a notice of inquiry that garnered over 10,...
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February 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
As someone else in the industry said, this is going to be a wild ride, folks.
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Honoured to best the first author appearing at Glasgow's newly renovated Ibrox Public Library on Thursday 13th February 2025 - free event starts 6pm, tickets at the link! www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/a-di... @panmacmillan.bsky.social
A Divine Fury: D V Bishop — Glasgow Life
A Divine Fury: D V Bishop
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February 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Honoured to best the first author appearing at Glasgow's newly renovated Ibrox Public Library on Thursday 13th February 2025 - free event starts 6pm, tickets at the link! www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/a-di... @panmacmillan.bsky.social
This book is like a great Scottish BBQ pack you get at the supermarket: filled with the staples of link sausages, bacon and burgers, but then maybe a random pepper and black pudding thrown in.
#deckyswritewithyou #goodreads #joannacorrance
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#deckyswritewithyou #goodreads #joannacorrance
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The Gingerbread Men
Eric abandons his fiancé, Eleanor, at the Edinburgh Chr…
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January 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This book is like a great Scottish BBQ pack you get at the supermarket: filled with the staples of link sausages, bacon and burgers, but then maybe a random pepper and black pudding thrown in.
#deckyswritewithyou #goodreads #joannacorrance
www.goodreads.com/book/show/75...
#deckyswritewithyou #goodreads #joannacorrance
www.goodreads.com/book/show/75...
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Here me out.
The guys from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia are the children of The Goodies.
The guys from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia are the children of The Goodies.
January 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Here me out.
The guys from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia are the children of The Goodies.
The guys from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia are the children of The Goodies.
Procrasticamera: 'My camera sat in my drawer for 22 years ... and so, it became a coffin without being buried, a safe with a lost combination key and a depository box that no one dare open.' #deckyswritewithyou #olympuscamera
Read more at my blog: deckywritingsheepslife.blogspot.com/2025/01/proc...
Read more at my blog: deckywritingsheepslife.blogspot.com/2025/01/proc...
Procrasticamera
Here's a blog about my life. A Mum who has recently moved from city to country, from England to Scotland and from people to sheep.
deckywritingsheepslife.blogspot.com
January 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Procrasticamera: 'My camera sat in my drawer for 22 years ... and so, it became a coffin without being buried, a safe with a lost combination key and a depository box that no one dare open.' #deckyswritewithyou #olympuscamera
Read more at my blog: deckywritingsheepslife.blogspot.com/2025/01/proc...
Read more at my blog: deckywritingsheepslife.blogspot.com/2025/01/proc...
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🎥 The sound of the shark in "Jaws" 🐟🔊 was created by rubbing a violin bow over a piano string, giving us one of the most iconic #horror sounds ever! 🎻🎹 #HorrorFacts #Jaws
January 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
🎥 The sound of the shark in "Jaws" 🐟🔊 was created by rubbing a violin bow over a piano string, giving us one of the most iconic #horror sounds ever! 🎻🎹 #HorrorFacts #Jaws
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🔪 "Halloween" 🎃 was shot in just 21 days, and the mask Michael Myers wears? It was actually a repainted Captain Kirk mask! 🖍️👨🚀 #HorrorFacts #Halloween #HorrorMovies #MichaelMyers
January 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
🔪 "Halloween" 🎃 was shot in just 21 days, and the mask Michael Myers wears? It was actually a repainted Captain Kirk mask! 🖍️👨🚀 #HorrorFacts #Halloween #HorrorMovies #MichaelMyers
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Saw my first paperback edition of A DIVINE FURY today! Signed copies now available @waterstones.bsky.social West End in Edinburgh. @panmacmillan.bsky.social
January 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Saw my first paperback edition of A DIVINE FURY today! Signed copies now available @waterstones.bsky.social West End in Edinburgh. @panmacmillan.bsky.social
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This explains so much.
December 28, 2024 at 6:48 PM
This explains so much.
More Christmas Elf than Grinch: 'Christmas seems to come earlier each year and then sweeps in at the last minute like a velveteen cloak smelling of cinnamon, roast potatoes and … pine toilet cleaner. #deckyswritewithyou
Read more at: deckywritingsheepslife.blogspot.com/2024/12/more...
Read more at: deckywritingsheepslife.blogspot.com/2024/12/more...
More Christmas Elf than Grinch
Here's a blog about my life. A Mum who has recently moved from city to country, from England to Scotland and from people to sheep.
deckywritingsheepslife.blogspot.com
December 22, 2024 at 8:07 PM
More Christmas Elf than Grinch: 'Christmas seems to come earlier each year and then sweeps in at the last minute like a velveteen cloak smelling of cinnamon, roast potatoes and … pine toilet cleaner. #deckyswritewithyou
Read more at: deckywritingsheepslife.blogspot.com/2024/12/more...
Read more at: deckywritingsheepslife.blogspot.com/2024/12/more...