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Never dared stop there! It looks terrifying. I usually stop at Heckington, if I need to. Or I just keep my head down, the windows shut, and keep going…

Hello! Currently writing fantasy and historical fiction; got a fantasy novel self-published, another and a histfic in editing, and another histfic in progress.
I also help to write walking and local history guides to the Peak District - I know all manner of random shit about Derbyshire...

I rapidly became (still am) very profligate with the block and mute buttons, maybe that has saved me from the worst of it. But yeah, the few times a post blew up it’s been brutal until I shut things down. Does that not happen here too, though?

Nope. Absolutely morally bankrupt, and seemingly intent on taking everyone else down too. Unconscionable.

I’m so confused by everything here. I’d just got Threads pretty much figured out, too… 😒

Ah, it’s a grim journey, isn’t it? So many interesting smells along the route, too - Newark always seems to be particularly fragrant. 😒

Hello! May follow suit, although the thought of rebuilding here from scratch is ... exhausting... Good to see you here, though.

Noreen! Hello! A familiar face. 👋

Also, yep, I'm hedging, after the Meta announcement today. Hello to all the other 🧵 refugees.

Oh god, this. I'm. So. Very. Tired.

Bookcover for a souvenir and walker's guide to Bakewell, Chatsworth and Hadodn, showing an sunny day image of buildings in the town of Bakewell with the River Wye in the foreground.

I also produce walking guides to my beloved Peak District - most recently about Bakewell, Chatsworth and Haddon, but also Buxton, the Matlocks, Cromford, the High Peak and Tissington Trails, and the Hope and Goyt Valleys, among others. They're also available in my Etsy shop. 4/

Aiming to add at least one more title to my self-published catalogue this year; currently editing a histfic and a fantasy novel, but with severalmany other WIPs (and a day job - because, you know, indie author), it's anyone's guess when they'll be ready. I have PLANS, though - watch this space. 3/

Book cover for the fantasy novel Cailleach by Louise Maskill, showing a peasant girl wearing a patchwork coat walking through a snowy wood.

I write fantasy and historical fiction; my fantasy novel Cailleach, of which I'm INORDINATELY proud, is available on the Zon or via my Etsy shop. (Links are you-know-where. ⬆) 2/

A smiling woman in her fifties, with shoulder length brown/greying hair, wearing sunglasses and a purple handknit jumper. Woodland and bluebells in the background.

New year, new intention to stop allowing my introvert discomfort with marketing to sabotage my books... It's been a long minute since my intro here, so here we go.
I'm a self- and indie-trad-published author, mostly to be found in Derbyshire or Norfolk (or somewhere on the A17 between the two). 1/

Been looking forward to it with such glee. We rewatched season 1 in prep for season 2 - Mark Rylance is just 👌, and I’m not normally a huge fan of Damien Lewis but I have to say he’s excellently menacing and mad as HVIII.

Mandatory announcement: snow! We have snow!
Very glad my meeting with my publisher at Chatsworth this morning has been postponed. (Although I bet it’s bloody lovely up that way.)
#uksnow #derbyshiresnow #snowday

It's glorious, isn't it? One of my books of the year, I think.

Fic: just finished North Woods by Daniel Mason, adored it.
Non-fic: Doppelganger by Naomi Klein, got Chasing Fog by Laura Pashby lined up next.
#AmReading #BookSky

Time for a proper introduction. I'm an indie author/editor based in Derbyshire, UK. I journal, write fantasy and histfic, and read a lot.
If I get going here I'll likely talk about books, reading, writing, self-publishing, running, cats, tea, stitching, other nonsense. Say hello?
#writer #author