A Sweet Sting Of Salt is one year old today! Thank you to everyone who has embraced my historical sapphic seaside folktale with open arms—it's been a big year of firsts, and your joy in discovering this story has been the sweetest part. 💕🦭💕 (Haven't got your copy of Salty yet? bookshop.org/p/boo…)

I FINALLY DID IT
most of you have no idea what a journey this has been and that's probably a good thing, lets just say the victory is hard won and I am very, very proud of myself right now:

If you see this, and you're in the mood for this kind of thing, quote post with a beach photo from your gallery.

Apparently I should be remembering to promote A Sweet Sting Of Salt between staring into the abyss and attempting to finish writing my next book
Anyway tomorrow is Valentine’s Day and this quote says a whole lot about how main character Jean operates, no matter how much she’d like to deny it:

It’s 20 below zero but man did I get some brilliant book photos out of it. Salty’s so photogenic in the winter:

I have finally joined the ranks of the truly unhinged, by taking an invigorating dip in the North Atlantic this morning to mark the first day of the new year, and…I loved it!

The last of the fog here is lifting in the prettiest way possible. It has been rolling back and forth over the bay all morning

A little decorated but not crazy decorated

Pepparkakkor time is here!!!
Yes, I *am* making the Ikea cookies from scratch they’re my favourite

I have one utterly connection to Scandinavia in my family tree and it outs in my tastebuds, which are also into salted fish and black liquorice

Refilling my well: Yule crafting edition. All materials courtesy of a walk in the the woods!

So many new people are finding me on Bluesky so time for an intro post, methinks! Hi, I’m Rose—fond of absurd wordplay, good croissants, theatre and the sea, I write queer historical fiction with speculative elements. My first novel, A Sweet Sting Of Salt, was published earlier this year!

Ferry’s back on the menu boys

I don’t know what brought on the sudden influx of new followers overnight but Hi! It’s nice to see you all!
Please enjoy this bonkers photoshop job one of my former coworkers did of me “moving home to become a selkie”

Still thrilled and honoured and surprised by A Sweet Sting Of Salt being nominated for this year's Goodreads Choice Awards. Thank you all so much for welcoming both me and my first book with such open arms, I can't tell you how much it means to me! Voting is open until Nov 25th on Goodreads.

Photographer Stephanie Cragg took this brilliant photo of me and Diana Davidson last week when we visited the St Albert Public Library to talk about A SWEET STING OF SALT with readers and I’m obsessed with how great it is and how we just happened to show up in matching outfits for the occasion!