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Writer, lover of all things Norse, baker, science fiction/fantasy aficionado, English by birth, Canadian by choice Still working on the great, big Norse novel

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Sounds perfect - we’ll do that! If I prove inept my phone number is 905 516 4780 Merry Christmas!

25.12.2024 21:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@angray.bsky.social we’ve had a postal strike here, so no cards this year. Henry and I wondered whether we could either Zoom or WhatsApp video with you and Pom some time over the holidays? Boxing Day would work for us or any day after. Let me know.

23.12.2024 18:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Apply today to Banff Centre's SCIENCE FICTION residency -- 2 weeks in the mountains with mentorship from amazing authors AI JIANG (@aijiang.bsky.social), PREMEE MOHAMED (@premeemohamed.com), and AMAL EL MOHTAR (@amalelmohtar.com). Seriously awesome: www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit... #scifi #awesome

15.11.2024 17:19 πŸ‘ 62 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

I have that series as Henry read it some years ago. Maybe it should be my next read. I strongly recommend anything by John Gwynne! He’s a Sussex boy, too.

15.11.2024 12:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Now, I’ve finished the big Norse book and it’s with my agent, I’ve allowed myself to read Norse flavoured fantasy and there is no better writer of that than John Gwynne. His Blood-Sworn trilogy is a tour de force.

15.11.2024 04:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Archaeologists Found Proof of a Viking City That Was Supposed to Be Mythical Does this evidence actually point to a long-lost "medieval New York"?

www.popularmechanics.com/science/arch...

08.11.2023 00:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I went to two high schools, all girls, and each produced a famous actor: Sybil Thorndike and Jean Simmons. When I taught one of my pupils was Damien Barber who went in to win young British folk musician of the year.

03.11.2023 22:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I love research for my novels. Research can come and bite you on the bum. My book starts in Brattahlid. Greenland was mountainous, right? So I had my protagonist climbing cliffs. Visiting Greenland,there are no bloody cliffs at Brattahlid! So, I am stuck trying to sort out an alternative.

18.10.2023 15:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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I really want one of these

17.10.2023 22:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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Just found this and am looking forward to using it in the great, big Norse novel when a vΓΆlva visits Bratahlid

13.10.2023 14:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0