Katie ♥️💜💙

The cover of Warrior Prince by JC Duncan, featuring a man in a helmet, holding a sword, with the words "Vengeance. Duty. Honour."

The cover of Raven Lord by JC Duncan, featuring a man in armour, folding a red flag with a raven on it, with the words "Legacy. Conquest. Glory."

The cover of Emperor's Axe by JC Duncan, featuring a man in armour, holding an axe, with the words "Devout. Defiant. Deadly."

The cover of Wolves of the Empire by JC Duncan, featuring a man in armour holding a sword and a red shield with a dragon on it, with the words "Command. Honour. Obey."

16 17 18 19 The first four books of JC Duncan's The Last Viking series
I am obsessed with Turisas's music and this series tells the stories behind them - Harald Hardrada and the Varangian Guard! Can't wait for the final book!!

Such a beautiful story ♥️

Please help Mohammed's family survive Israel's genocide, which has left them starving, sick, & homeless in winter:

Please help Mohammed get his son treatment for his vision loss. His family's gone through the ordeal of nearly losing Elias to starvation, & you all helped him survive. He needs your help again.

Tasneem's youngest daughter, Alma.

WHO: Medical stocks 'critically low' in Gaza. "The situation is difficult, and we'll be running out of whatever is remaining."

The displaced Gazans need our voice and our help. They rely on donations to survive.

Please give to my dear friend Tasneem. And help others. ❤️

chuffed.org/project/1587...

That is the most jazz hands arrangement I've ever seen! 😍

An Evening with David Barnett - Read Bookshop - Holmfirth We'd love you to try one of our brilliant author events. Why not come to our event with David Barnett, author of Scratch Moss, Withered Hill and Scuttler's Cove.

West Yorkshire folk! In case you were waiting to see if you got a better offer than to come and see me talking about SCRATCH MOSS at the Read Holmfirth bookshop this Saturday, let's face it, you haven't. Only a few tickets left.

to-be-read.co.uk/books/an-eve...

There's one in Mike Chen's Vampire Weekend.
Absolutely not suitable for a child but it's a book!

This Is Where The Future Bleeds A thrilling adventure packed with laughs, escapes and kick-ass action, about a smart-talking bunch of rogues and dropouts being thrust into an epic quest to save the future and meddle with the destini...

A FANTASY NOVEL? FOR £6.99?! IN THIS ECONOMY???

YES!

If you'd like to pre-order my upcoming fantasy adventure novel THIS IS WHERE THE FUTURE BLEEDS then you can do so NOW and you can do it HERE and I will love you forever (or at least be positively disposed): forbiddenplanet.com/486220-this-...

The Night Ends With Fire by K X Song!
A brilliant Mulan retelling but forget filial piety, she wants power and she's going to take it!

That is so delightfully fucking northern!

Me too, but only 1000 IU a day

Actually, fuck it, I've gone ahead and made a moderation list from it

bsky.app/profile/did:...

Also, pretty sure in the UK the sun is only strong enough to produce vitamin D for five months of the year, so yeah, vit D supplements are a good idea anyway.

It also did amazing things for my SAD - but YMMV for that

Growing up in the online world: a national consultation We are consulting on further measures to prepare children for the future in an age of rapid technological change. This includes potential age restrictions on social media and other services such as ga...

Morning all, please consider filling this in. I want my kids safe online but I'm against age verification generally and especially for VPNs. better to enforce against the companies creating an environment of harm, radicalisation and enshittification I would think, yes?

www.gov.uk/government/c...

Landmark consultation seeks views on major measures to protect children on social media, gaming platforms and AI chatbots Government launches a landmark consultation on UK children's digital wellbeing, covering social media age bans, curfews, AI chatbots and gaming.

New UK government consultation opportunity.

I haven't yet read the whole thing, but on the introductory page it weirdly refers to children being on AI chatbots 🤨

www.gov.uk/government/n...

😆 the fact that mine is currently blocking the hall too is hilarious

'didn't get any sleep' solidarity high five 😭
And today I have to drag myself out to donate all the stuff from yesterday's clear out before my body crashes 🫩

Kiddo spotted your name & blurb on The Phoenix last night. I told them you were one of the reasons I subscribed to it for them.
And yeah, as a kid, I used to get loads of comics. I completely forgot about that. Thank you for reminding me!

This all began with a concerned mutual reaching out to me, stating that they saw a notification that pointed at me using the Meta AI app and asking if my stance on generative AI had changed. That’s when I learnt that Meta has been quietly using random people’s accounts to promote their app. The catch is… these people never actually downloaded the app. Including myself. I just wanted to make this post to warn people. If you see a notification like that - know that it’s a lie, I never downloaded any AI app and never will. I’m an artist who values hard work and human effort, and generative AI repulses me to an unimaginable degree.

If you follow me on Instagram and you receive a notification about me joining or downloading Meta AI well, IT'S A FUCKING LIE. Meta is blatantly lying to us in order to make us download that fucking sludge-generator. I would never touch GenAI with a 10 foot pole.

OP www.instagram.com/p/DVN3Ac2DG9p/

Horrific, heartbreaking, and important. Every one of these little girls mattered. 💔

Well now I want fruit salads... But not black jacks!!!

Hi, I have diagnosed c-PTSD and this is true and if you suck at tetris, any bright coloured fast game requiring rapid eye movement and decision making will do! it also helps if you witness something triggering and are trying to stave off an episode

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 181015:
If you're feeling creatively exhausted, then fill your tank with creative things. Read books. Watch films. See plays. Listen to music. Look at art. Remind yourself what creativity means to you.

Zero. Carry on.

The cover of The Night Ends With Fire by K X Song, featuring a green dragon, a woman with a sword and lots of flames

15 The Night Ends With Fire by K X Song
An excellent Mulan retelling except forget filial piety, she wants power and she's not afraid to fight for it!

A photo of an uncorrected bound proof of This Is Where The Future Bleeds, by me. It’s a paperback with a front cover featuring a couple of wasp-like creatures, a small figure with its back to the viewer holding what is possibly a sword, and a multi-coloured sky interspersed with the ground in a way that makes it look like reality is melting.

LOOK WHAT I’VE GOT!

Highly recommend your wife listen to some Writeopolis One Star Quizzes for some Ulysses hatred 😆

Then you should not