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Thérésa Hedges
@theresahedges.bsky.social
AI-free award-winning author/screenwriter 📚 🎥 🎭 | actress |🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇧🇪 | MBPsS | goth at 🖤 | GF🌈 | No DMs | Rescue Dog Mum 🐕 | imdb.com/name/nm2025013

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Hello! I'm a writer of gothic horror & sci-fi. I'm a neurodivergent, Genderfluid goth who is absolutely obsessed with vampires. I live by the sea & I’m a dog mum (staffy cross rescue).
Please check out my linktree in my bio.

#writer #welsh #dogmom #goth #introvert #genderfluid #gothic
A bemused, Everyday Vampire tries to keep up as modern English collapses into chaos. When “sorry” means nothing, “sick” means brilliant, and “literally” means its opposite, what’s a linguistically confused human to do — besides pass the garlic bread?
Excuse Me, What Happened to language?
I do sometimes wonder if it’s me. Maybe language isn’t decaying — maybe it’s just evolving, shedding its skin like a snake, wriggling off into new cultural habitats while I’m still fumbling with my Oxford commas. Perhaps this is what being “linguistically undead” feels like: trapped somewhere between the Queen’s English and TikTok captions. Humans seem to find comfort in linguistic confusion. There’s a strange beauty to it — the way you’ve turned contradictions into community. “Sick” means “great,” “dead” means “hilarious,” and “sorry” means “I exist.” Maybe you’re not confused at all — maybe you’re just adapting.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
News: And here are the dozen pots, containing the liquified remains of bodies… wait… there’s only 11…
Archaeologist, tucking in to 12th pot: It’s soup. I swear it’s soup…
November 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Books have arrived for the Christmas Fayre at Llanelli Library next month!
Also giving you a sneak peek of the event poster AND where to grab the books online if you can’t make it!
So excited to share my gothic fiction babies with you all this festive season! 🎄📚🦇
#booksky #writersky #horrorsky
November 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
For me - a collection of HP Lovecraft short stories. I was 11 & already a gothic horror fan. It was in the Scholastic Book Catalogue, marked as “for 16y.o. + only. Sounded like a challenge. I ordered it to see if I could get it. I got it. Nobody batted an eyelid.
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!

tell me about a book that changed you

for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Surviving #NaNoWriMo with ADHD? You don’t need perfect focus—you need smart hacks, messy drafts, and good snacks. 🍫✨

Read my guide to avoiding writer’s block, editing smarter, and thriving in the chaos
#NaNoWriMo2025 #ADHDWriters #WritingTips #AmWriting #WritersLife
Troubleshooting Your Inner Writer During NaNoWriMo (Especially if You Have ADHD)
NaNoWriMo can feel like running a marathon in a hurricane—especially if you have ADHD. But with a few smart strategies, you can dodge writer’s block, stay on track, and actually enjoy the chaos. Here’s how to make 50,000 words in 30 days feel possible (and even fun).
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November 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
This is my girl, demanding her food and not getting that the clocks have gone back back.
November 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Gotta love neurodivergence—currently having an impending doom meltdown.
Superpower, my @r$€.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
In time for Halloween - The Encounter at Boundless.
youtu.be/0sZyCv9-B9k?...
(I wrote it, but that’s not my only credit..! 😉)
#horrorshort #halloween #filmsky #writersky
Something Is Out There! | The Encounter at Boundless (Short Horror Film)
YouTube video by Adam Spinks
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October 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Try explaining the clocks going back to a dog waiting for its food…
a dog is sitting in front of a blue background with the words give me food
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October 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Currently querying Dyfi Drake and the Mask of Marwoldraig.

A forgotten legend. A magical mask. A boy braver than he knows. It started with a cave, a nest, and a really bad idea.

#booksky #writersky #amquerying
October 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Currently querying. The Amicus Vampires.

Just your typical night out: bad dreams, worse fans, mild ritual sacrifice.
Honestly, it’s not the weirdest fan party they’ve been to.

Think The Cabin in the Woods meets Only Murders in the Building. With fangs.

#booksky #writersky #amquerying
October 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
So how do you get (and stay) focused on a big writing project? Especially if your attention span tends to bounce around like a pinball? The next NaNoWriMo is just around the corner!
Rhinos, Deadlines, and Word Sprints: ADHD Meets NaNoWriMo
So how do you get (and stay) focused on a big writing project? Especially if your attention span tends to bounce around like a pinball? The next NaNoWriMo is just around the corner — yes, the No stands for Novel, not November. Think of it like Movember, only instead of growing moustaches, you're growing stories.
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October 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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We can't wait to read your work!

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October 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This is going on my to-do list.
🍂 Splitting rhubarb crowns every 5 years revitalises the plant for bigger crops. Use a sharp spade to split the crown, ensuring each new piece has at least 1-3 buds & healthy roots. Did you know rhubarb root was used in China for millennia as a powerful laxative & to treat digestive ills?
October 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Happy Spooky Season! Got your TBR ready? Well, here’s a post about ‘Real’ books and ‘proper’ reading. aka Can You Hear Me Reading. Buckle up, it’s going to get bumpy!
Audiobooks, Ebooks, and Other Things That Go Bump in the Night
I’ve noticed that humans get oddly fussy about what counts as “real” reading. Audiobooks? Apparently not “real.” Ebooks? Questionable. Graphic novels? Suspicious. Reading the back of a cereal box while eating dry cornflakes at 2am? Somehow more legitimate than listening to a Booker Prize winner while doing laundry.
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October 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🎃 Want some humour with some bite? Put 🌟Diary of an Everyday Vampire on your TBR list! 📕
"Introduction to the cookey musings and an insight to an 'Everyday Vampire'. Funny & a totally different way of writing. Thoroughly enjoyable.“

mybook.to/EverydayVamp...

#booksky #readersky #halloween #vampire
October 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Reposted by Thérésa Hedges
TOMORROW (Oct 8th) is #DVpit! Any unagented Marginalized writer or artist seeking out representation is invited to participate from 8AM - 8PM ET!
Please make sure you review our rules & guidelines before the event: dvpit.carrd.co#faq

#writersky #booksky #artistsky #weneeddiversebooks
October 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Drop something VAMPIRIC 🧛‍♀️ 🖤 🦇

mybook.to/DominicVampire

#booksky #readersky
October 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Here’s a read for your spooky season. Featuring:
🩸 Vampires
💔 Lost love
🖤 Gothic horror
🖊️ Classic gothic style
😏 Dry humour
💕 Eternal Friendship

Dominic: The tale of an accidental vampire by Thérésa Hedges
Link: mybook.to/DominicVampire

#booksky #readersky #spookyseason #indiewriter #horror
September 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Back to writing my favourite characters. This is why I’m frustrated by querying. I just want to write. I’m using so much energy chasing agents. Meanwhile, stories waiting to be written are stagnating.
I’m going to do both. Stuff it.
#AmWriting #WriterSky #HorrorWriter #GothicHorror #BookSky
September 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I’m getting pretty close to the “Ugh. Why am I bothering?” phase of querying.
All kicks up the backside gratefully received. And go.
#WriterSky #AmWriting #AndQuerying #BooksSky
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September 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Couldn’t resist sharing this…

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Tim Curry as The Pirate King - 'The Pirates of Penzance -1982 - Royal Variety Performance
YouTube video by Tim Curry
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September 28, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Behold the mighty (keyboard) warrior!

So many opinions, so little follow-through. These days, it seems like outrage is a hobby—but action? Not so much. Just a gentle nudge from your friendly neighbourhood vampire: if you care, do something. And if you're going to mock someone’s beliefs, at least…
Behold the mighty (keyboard) warrior!
So many opinions, so little follow-through. These days, it seems like outrage is a hobby—but action? Not so much. Just a gentle nudge from your friendly neighbourhood vampire: if you care, do something. And if you're going to mock someone’s beliefs, at least get creative. “Sky wizard” feels a bit… 2006.
everydayvampire.wordpress.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM