Release Day for Curse of Bronze!

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I promise this is the only novel I will ever write with endnotes!!

Have you preordered my upcoming cozy fantasy Curse of Bronze yet? Follow Linktree in my bio for details on how to get a free bonus story!

Thank you! Delighted to have found a new reader :)

YOU GUYS, WHAT IF IT WAS TIME TRAVEL?

Just realised that in the author bio for my time-travel-and-talking-cats comedy novel Time of the Cat I wrote the words: "Tansy would 100% use time travel to rescue Agrippina’s family memoir, the unedited letters of Queen Victoria, and all the missing episodes of The Daleks’ Master Plan."

OMG that is adorable.

The word blurb was coined in 1906 by American humorist Gelett Burgess (1866–1951).[2] The October 1906 first edition of his short book Are You a Bromide? was presented in a limited edition to an annual trade association dinner. The custom at such events was to have a dust jacket promoting the work and with, as Burgess' publisher B. W. Huebsch described it, "the picture of a damsel—languishing, heroic, or coquettish—anyhow, a damsel on the jacket of every novel". In this case, the jacket proclaimed "YES, this is a 'BLURB'!" and the picture was of a (fictitious) young woman "Miss Belinda Blurb" shown calling out, described as "in the act of blurbing." The name and term stuck for any publisher's contents on a book's back cover, even after the picture was dropped and only the text remained.

The original Belinda Blurb

It brings me great pleasure to inform you the word "blurb" is named after a made-up woman named Belinda Blurb whose job is to tell everyone how great a book is

‘Rowling has been rich enough to pour cash into organizations like this for some time now because she continues to hold primary intellectual property rights to the entire Harry Potter franchise.’

Can’t separate art from artist when the artist is using their royalties to eradicate trans people.

My new cozy fantasy series -- with archaeologists, tombs & magical languages -- launches in April with Curse of Bronze, a dainty novella packed with vintage paranormal whimsy.

Pre-order now! books2read.com/cursebronze

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This new essay from Tracey Ambrose looks at why having a subgenre specifically focussed on middle-aged women was important to her - and so many other readers.

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With 2 episodes (almost IMPOSSIBLY) of Doctor Who: The Daleks Master Plan just restored to the BBC archive, it's a good week to check out my novel about time travellers obsessed with collecting lost episodes of a (mostly) different TV show... books2read.com/time-cat/

Classic Doctor Who lost episodes found at last after 60 years - and they will be available to watch in mere weeks The episodes are both from the season 3 serial The Daleks' Master Plan.

Not only have two episodes of this AMAZING (one of my faves) piece of Doctor Who history been found... but the Wikipedia entry for this story has already been updated to show the episodes exist :D www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/lo...

I know, right! Experimentation is part of the process of adaptation & reinvention. I have no problem with people not liking a version, but the "it's not a perfect adaptation of the text so it's a bad film that should never have been made" discourse is bizarre to me.

I hated the zombie version :D But then I wrote my own version with dragons so I can't throw stones! I think the "purist" perspective on adaptations is really boring & doesn't take into account that classic works get a ZILLION adaptations, allowing for some experimentation along the way.

a woman with long red hair is standing with her arms outstretched and says i 'm so cold . ALT: a woman with long red hair is standing with her arms outstretched and says i 'm so cold .

It is bedtime so I will leave you with the most excellent and accurate vibes-based Wuthering Heights adaptation of all time.

I would add more to the Wuthering Heights discourse, but I'm too busy being mad that the 1939 film adaptation completely left out my girl Catherine Linton and her epic romance between a sick cousin who is mean to her, and a hot cousin she can teach to read.

In conclusion I genuinely thought I was the only person who likes Wuthering Heights, the most unromantic book about terrible people that ever existed, and I'm quite excited it apparently has so many people willing to defend it to the death.

One more: have the Emily Bronte fans who are upset that the film of Wuthering Heights is not "accurate to the book" considered that a film accurate to the book would be 12 hours of grim shakycam footage of moors, narrated by some random who stole the story from a cranky housekeeper?

Follow up question: do you think all the people who seem super outraged that Margot Robbie is "too old" to play Catherine Earnshaw have heard how old Kenneth Branagh was when he played Hamlet in a film he directed himself?

Do you think all these people so furious about the new Wuthering Heights movie have heard there's a version of Pride and Prejudice with zombies in it?

These things are also true.

Thank you so much! I’ve been loving yours for a very long time. Xx

Jo Walton’s Reading List: November 2025 - Reactor Heists! A gentleman-thief! Plus some very good romance (with and without magic)…

Just putting this link here, not for any particular reason... (squeal, Jo Walton read my book!) reactormag.com/jo-waltons-r...

It's Tallulah Cunningham!

We locked our choice in (by accident!)on 4 Dec due to the Season 3 finale in our GLOW rewatch. So I guess no Blackadder for me this year!

I think Whammageddon is due for retirement. It’s time to sign up for Carolgeddon where you aim to get through the whole of December having only seen ONE adaptation of A Christmas Carol.

Last day to get a bunch of cool fantasy old & new with strong female leads on @storybundle.bsky.social

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Tomb of Brass: The Ebook! (And Curse of Bronze) | Tansy Rayner Roberts Get more from Tansy Rayner Roberts on Patreon

In the last week, I've struggled to settle into any reading due to my house-move-induced stress levels - but I absolutely *devoured* the 2 delicious new ebooks @tansyrr.bsky.social uploaded to her Patreon 48 hours ago! Subscribe for just $2/month to grab them both: www.patreon.com/posts/tomb-o...