Stephanie Murray
@stephmurraywrites.bsky.social
40something artist by day working on her first novel set in and around London in the days leading up to and following D-Day, 1944. Gigantic nerd about history, music, and other things. Mashed potato enthusiast. Alabama. She/her.
Anyone have any experience researching or have knowledge of how mortgages worked in 1940s London? I'm researching house cost right now and trying to be very realistic about where I can place my family 😅
#histfic #amrevising #writingcommunity #writesky
#histfic #amrevising #writingcommunity #writesky
March 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Anyone have any experience researching or have knowledge of how mortgages worked in 1940s London? I'm researching house cost right now and trying to be very realistic about where I can place my family 😅
#histfic #amrevising #writingcommunity #writesky
#histfic #amrevising #writingcommunity #writesky
I'm back! Been quiet for a while but I promise I'm still alive. Fought the imposter syndrome by opening my revised outline yesterday to work on it a bit, refine it, make it better. Progress!
#amrevising #writingcommunity #writesky
#amrevising #writingcommunity #writesky
March 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I'm back! Been quiet for a while but I promise I'm still alive. Fought the imposter syndrome by opening my revised outline yesterday to work on it a bit, refine it, make it better. Progress!
#amrevising #writingcommunity #writesky
#amrevising #writingcommunity #writesky
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Check out The Coffee Pot Book Club #BookOfTheWeek:
🌟Love Lost in Time by Cathie Dunn🌟
Discover an evocative dual-timeline tale of love, loss, and redemption set in sun-drenched Carcassonne!
thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/03/book...
#DualTimeline #HistoricalMystery #HistoricalFiction
🌟Love Lost in Time by Cathie Dunn🌟
Discover an evocative dual-timeline tale of love, loss, and redemption set in sun-drenched Carcassonne!
thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/03/book...
#DualTimeline #HistoricalMystery #HistoricalFiction
March 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Check out The Coffee Pot Book Club #BookOfTheWeek:
🌟Love Lost in Time by Cathie Dunn🌟
Discover an evocative dual-timeline tale of love, loss, and redemption set in sun-drenched Carcassonne!
thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/03/book...
#DualTimeline #HistoricalMystery #HistoricalFiction
🌟Love Lost in Time by Cathie Dunn🌟
Discover an evocative dual-timeline tale of love, loss, and redemption set in sun-drenched Carcassonne!
thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/03/book...
#DualTimeline #HistoricalMystery #HistoricalFiction
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A spine-chilling tale of mystery and dread. When curious Clara uncovers an ancient well in her grandmother’s abandoned Victorian home, she awakens voices from beyond… but can she free them without losing herself? 🕯️ #Horror #Mystery
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0Nl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0Nl...
The Well of Whispers a Chilling Horror Story
YouTube video by Wired4Wonder's Short Scary Tales
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March 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
A spine-chilling tale of mystery and dread. When curious Clara uncovers an ancient well in her grandmother’s abandoned Victorian home, she awakens voices from beyond… but can she free them without losing herself? 🕯️ #Horror #Mystery
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0Nl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0Nl...
I bought a desktop microphone so I can dictate to Google Docs and hopefully help save my injured hand some pain. Voice Typing can't do everything, but holy hell--is dictating the solution to all my ADD writing woes? I should have done this years ago. #amrevising #writesky #writingcommunity
January 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I bought a desktop microphone so I can dictate to Google Docs and hopefully help save my injured hand some pain. Voice Typing can't do everything, but holy hell--is dictating the solution to all my ADD writing woes? I should have done this years ago. #amrevising #writesky #writingcommunity
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Judith Arnopp @jarnopp.bsky.social
Ever wondered about the role of women in the war of the roses?
Margaret Beaufort, Anne Neville, Elizabeth of York - Marguerite of Anjou coming soon!
https://buff.ly/3DuDvzE
Ever wondered about the role of women in the war of the roses?
Margaret Beaufort, Anne Neville, Elizabeth of York - Marguerite of Anjou coming soon!
https://buff.ly/3DuDvzE
January 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Judith Arnopp @jarnopp.bsky.social
Ever wondered about the role of women in the war of the roses?
Margaret Beaufort, Anne Neville, Elizabeth of York - Marguerite of Anjou coming soon!
https://buff.ly/3DuDvzE
Ever wondered about the role of women in the war of the roses?
Margaret Beaufort, Anne Neville, Elizabeth of York - Marguerite of Anjou coming soon!
https://buff.ly/3DuDvzE
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This is good advice. I take a week, minimum. I build that time into my schedule and warn the editor beforehand that I will be giving only short emergency replies during that time. MANAGE YOUR AUTHOR FEELS PRIVATELY. (Not online. Please gods, NOT online.)
January 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is good advice. I take a week, minimum. I build that time into my schedule and warn the editor beforehand that I will be giving only short emergency replies during that time. MANAGE YOUR AUTHOR FEELS PRIVATELY. (Not online. Please gods, NOT online.)
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Here's my latest on what's happening inside NCI and NIH. I've seen emails and directives about a lot of this now. There's so much bad stuff.
'Completely Miserable': The Trump Administration Has Ground NIH and the National Cancer Institute to a Halt
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
www.splinter.com
January 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Here's my latest on what's happening inside NCI and NIH. I've seen emails and directives about a lot of this now. There's so much bad stuff.
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Human rights are not opinions.
January 21, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Human rights are not opinions.
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Read Free on #KindleUnlimited
Get ready to be swept away into a wild adventure of romance & danger during #WW2.
"The words flowed smoothly off the page & grabbed my interest "
buff.ly/429Gbgo
eBook/Paperback/Audio
#HistoricalFiction #HistoricalRomance #womensfiction
Get ready to be swept away into a wild adventure of romance & danger during #WW2.
"The words flowed smoothly off the page & grabbed my interest "
buff.ly/429Gbgo
eBook/Paperback/Audio
#HistoricalFiction #HistoricalRomance #womensfiction
January 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Read Free on #KindleUnlimited
Get ready to be swept away into a wild adventure of romance & danger during #WW2.
"The words flowed smoothly off the page & grabbed my interest "
buff.ly/429Gbgo
eBook/Paperback/Audio
#HistoricalFiction #HistoricalRomance #womensfiction
Get ready to be swept away into a wild adventure of romance & danger during #WW2.
"The words flowed smoothly off the page & grabbed my interest "
buff.ly/429Gbgo
eBook/Paperback/Audio
#HistoricalFiction #HistoricalRomance #womensfiction
Also I know I went silent for a while but first I was ill (med stepdown is not fun) and then my desktop was in pieces for a parts upgrade but I'm going to try and dig in and be more active again. Running a personal account + author account simultaneously is difficult for me 😆
January 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Also I know I went silent for a while but first I was ill (med stepdown is not fun) and then my desktop was in pieces for a parts upgrade but I'm going to try and dig in and be more active again. Running a personal account + author account simultaneously is difficult for me 😆
feel like I've hit a brick wall in my search for thematic images/stock photos set during WW2 to use on social media for the book I'm working on; I've searched everywhere and they simply don't exist outside Arcangel which costs a fortune. Help??
#histfic
#historicalfiction
#writingcommunity
#histfic
#historicalfiction
#writingcommunity
January 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
feel like I've hit a brick wall in my search for thematic images/stock photos set during WW2 to use on social media for the book I'm working on; I've searched everywhere and they simply don't exist outside Arcangel which costs a fortune. Help??
#histfic
#historicalfiction
#writingcommunity
#histfic
#historicalfiction
#writingcommunity
me looking at this Scottish cottage: the insides are covered in William Morris wallpaper!! 🤩🤩
January 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
me looking at this Scottish cottage: the insides are covered in William Morris wallpaper!! 🤩🤩
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Was she incredibly brave or incredibly stupid? Neither. Just a bookshop girl doing what she could against her country’s oppressors.
#booksky #bookclub #historicalfiction
#booksky #bookclub #historicalfiction
December 27, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Was she incredibly brave or incredibly stupid? Neither. Just a bookshop girl doing what she could against her country’s oppressors.
#booksky #bookclub #historicalfiction
#booksky #bookclub #historicalfiction
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Fave reads of 2024 8/n 💙📚
The Silence in Between by Josie Ferguson @josieferguson.bsky.social
Wartime trauma reverberates down the generations as teenage Ellie tries to cross from East Berlin to West in 1961 to find her baby brother and win her troubled mother's love. #historicalfiction
The Silence in Between by Josie Ferguson @josieferguson.bsky.social
Wartime trauma reverberates down the generations as teenage Ellie tries to cross from East Berlin to West in 1961 to find her baby brother and win her troubled mother's love. #historicalfiction
December 27, 2024 at 10:53 AM
Fave reads of 2024 8/n 💙📚
The Silence in Between by Josie Ferguson @josieferguson.bsky.social
Wartime trauma reverberates down the generations as teenage Ellie tries to cross from East Berlin to West in 1961 to find her baby brother and win her troubled mother's love. #historicalfiction
The Silence in Between by Josie Ferguson @josieferguson.bsky.social
Wartime trauma reverberates down the generations as teenage Ellie tries to cross from East Berlin to West in 1961 to find her baby brother and win her troubled mother's love. #historicalfiction
fellow writers--having a hell of a time sourcing royalty-free thematic WW2 stock photos (people and objects alike) that don't cost an arm and a leg. Either I don't know how to word my search queries, or I'm looking in the wrong places. Any advice?
#histfic #historicalfiction #writercommunity
#histfic #historicalfiction #writercommunity
December 28, 2024 at 1:39 AM
fellow writers--having a hell of a time sourcing royalty-free thematic WW2 stock photos (people and objects alike) that don't cost an arm and a leg. Either I don't know how to word my search queries, or I'm looking in the wrong places. Any advice?
#histfic #historicalfiction #writercommunity
#histfic #historicalfiction #writercommunity
Was doing research yesterday and ended up on The British Newspaper Archive's website which would have been a boon...but unfortunately it's subscriber only. Which I am not opposed to at all, I'm just weighing cost/benefit. Sigh.
#histfic #historicalfiction #amrevising #writerslife #writingcommunity
#histfic #historicalfiction #amrevising #writerslife #writingcommunity
December 23, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Was doing research yesterday and ended up on The British Newspaper Archive's website which would have been a boon...but unfortunately it's subscriber only. Which I am not opposed to at all, I'm just weighing cost/benefit. Sigh.
#histfic #historicalfiction #amrevising #writerslife #writingcommunity
#histfic #historicalfiction #amrevising #writerslife #writingcommunity
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Only 99p/99c!
A gripping #WW2 tale of love and espionage in Occupied France, based on Special Agent Nancy Wake.
"I thoroughly recommend this captivating read" 5-Stars
https://buff.ly/44aev9A
#thrillers #BooksWorthReading #histfic
A gripping #WW2 tale of love and espionage in Occupied France, based on Special Agent Nancy Wake.
"I thoroughly recommend this captivating read" 5-Stars
https://buff.ly/44aev9A
#thrillers #BooksWorthReading #histfic
December 23, 2024 at 4:40 AM
Only 99p/99c!
A gripping #WW2 tale of love and espionage in Occupied France, based on Special Agent Nancy Wake.
"I thoroughly recommend this captivating read" 5-Stars
https://buff.ly/44aev9A
#thrillers #BooksWorthReading #histfic
A gripping #WW2 tale of love and espionage in Occupied France, based on Special Agent Nancy Wake.
"I thoroughly recommend this captivating read" 5-Stars
https://buff.ly/44aev9A
#thrillers #BooksWorthReading #histfic
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'Human Acts' by Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith, published by Hogarth Books
This is a heavy, emotional read based on horrific true events.
#novel #historicalfiction #literatureintranslation #koreanhistory #koreanliterature #antiauthoritarian #literatureasactivism #humanrights
This is a heavy, emotional read based on horrific true events.
#novel #historicalfiction #literatureintranslation #koreanhistory #koreanliterature #antiauthoritarian #literatureasactivism #humanrights
December 18, 2024 at 6:55 PM
'Human Acts' by Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith, published by Hogarth Books
This is a heavy, emotional read based on horrific true events.
#novel #historicalfiction #literatureintranslation #koreanhistory #koreanliterature #antiauthoritarian #literatureasactivism #humanrights
This is a heavy, emotional read based on horrific true events.
#novel #historicalfiction #literatureintranslation #koreanhistory #koreanliterature #antiauthoritarian #literatureasactivism #humanrights
It's a high pain day today for my hand (probably shouldn't even be typing this), so I won't be writing or researching, but I'm looking for books to put on my TBR. Any recs or promos for a bored person? Regency Era onwards preferred but I'm open to others!
#histfic
#historicalfiction
#histfic
#historicalfiction
December 18, 2024 at 7:17 PM
It's a high pain day today for my hand (probably shouldn't even be typing this), so I won't be writing or researching, but I'm looking for books to put on my TBR. Any recs or promos for a bored person? Regency Era onwards preferred but I'm open to others!
#histfic
#historicalfiction
#histfic
#historicalfiction
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In the last corner of Nazi-occupied Holland, one woman won't abandon the fight for freedom.
On his way is the man who just wants to get her out.
'a must for WW2 fiction fans' - Tessa Harris
#WW2 #Thriller #Romance mybook.to/Tulip
On his way is the man who just wants to get her out.
'a must for WW2 fiction fans' - Tessa Harris
#WW2 #Thriller #Romance mybook.to/Tulip
Operation Tulip: An utterly gripping and sweeping WW2 historical fiction novel for 2024! (WW2 Secret Agent Series)
Read it now
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December 13, 2024 at 11:53 AM
In the last corner of Nazi-occupied Holland, one woman won't abandon the fight for freedom.
On his way is the man who just wants to get her out.
'a must for WW2 fiction fans' - Tessa Harris
#WW2 #Thriller #Romance mybook.to/Tulip
On his way is the man who just wants to get her out.
'a must for WW2 fiction fans' - Tessa Harris
#WW2 #Thriller #Romance mybook.to/Tulip
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Look, the Disney thing fucking sucks. But instead of relying on an ontologically evil corporation to give you 5 seconds of a trans character in a movie that looks deeply mid at best, how about you support actual trans people who are producing actual trans art?
December 18, 2024 at 3:08 AM
Look, the Disney thing fucking sucks. But instead of relying on an ontologically evil corporation to give you 5 seconds of a trans character in a movie that looks deeply mid at best, how about you support actual trans people who are producing actual trans art?
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Join #RosebudAuthors & @thetobiasagency.bsky.social w/ our annual #SpreadTheJoy campaign. To win a 1 of 3 Query Critiques w/ notes on the 1st 10 pages of your MS by @chelseamargomoyer.bsky.social Follow go.bsky.app/Kvshpxt, comment below, and repost. Winners chosen at random.
(Day 17)
(Day 17)
December 17, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Join #RosebudAuthors & @thetobiasagency.bsky.social w/ our annual #SpreadTheJoy campaign. To win a 1 of 3 Query Critiques w/ notes on the 1st 10 pages of your MS by @chelseamargomoyer.bsky.social Follow go.bsky.app/Kvshpxt, comment below, and repost. Winners chosen at random.
(Day 17)
(Day 17)
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A Healing Journey
THE PASSENGER, a 1940’s ghost story set in the California wine country, tells a tale of family connections, life-changing choices, and love—lost and found.
www.jlesin.com/thepassenger
#ghoststory #historicalfantasy #historicalfiction #speculativefiction #books #thewildrosepress
THE PASSENGER, a 1940’s ghost story set in the California wine country, tells a tale of family connections, life-changing choices, and love—lost and found.
www.jlesin.com/thepassenger
#ghoststory #historicalfantasy #historicalfiction #speculativefiction #books #thewildrosepress
December 17, 2024 at 9:33 PM
A Healing Journey
THE PASSENGER, a 1940’s ghost story set in the California wine country, tells a tale of family connections, life-changing choices, and love—lost and found.
www.jlesin.com/thepassenger
#ghoststory #historicalfantasy #historicalfiction #speculativefiction #books #thewildrosepress
THE PASSENGER, a 1940’s ghost story set in the California wine country, tells a tale of family connections, life-changing choices, and love—lost and found.
www.jlesin.com/thepassenger
#ghoststory #historicalfantasy #historicalfiction #speculativefiction #books #thewildrosepress
How does one come up with (steady) content for an author Instagram account if they're still in the writing/revising stage? Asking for a friend.
#writingcommunity
#writerlife
#writesky
#amrevising
#writingcommunity
#writerlife
#writesky
#amrevising
December 18, 2024 at 12:30 AM
How does one come up with (steady) content for an author Instagram account if they're still in the writing/revising stage? Asking for a friend.
#writingcommunity
#writerlife
#writesky
#amrevising
#writingcommunity
#writerlife
#writesky
#amrevising