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L Norelle

@lnorelle.bsky.social

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✨🌱 she/her - In my 30s - Writer - Former Background artiste 🌱✨ 🐹 Owner of adorable hamsters and plants 🌱🌼 I write: Mainly Fantasy, with a splash of horror, sometimes sci fi and other genres. But mostly fantasy. Other socials: https://lnorelle.tumblr.com/

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L Norelle @lnorelle.bsky.social · Sep 1

Just to note: I am sadly unable to respond to DMs due to Bluesky's clunky impractical age verification system.
If you need to contact me, you can message me on Tumblr or publicly here on Bluesky!

Business email: TBC. Currently not taking inquiries due to recovering from long term health issues.

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 @eliseswritings.bsky.social · 6h

Boosting for anyone interested in Diverse Books.

Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 @eliseswritings.bsky.social · 12h

I've made some new Diverse Book feeds.
-Trans & Nonbinary Books 📚💙💕
-Black Booksky 📚🖤
-Black Queer Bookworms 🌈📚🖤
-Disabled & Neurodiverse Books ♿📚

They're linked with emojis & or keywords they pick up/to put your posts on them, in this thread🧵👇

Also in thread: Queer SFFH 🌈📚🪐. Aro & or Ace Books

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L Norelle @lnorelle.bsky.social · 3h

Mine would smell of wet moss and damp. Is it deliberate? Has the book been left in the warehouse too long and grown mold? It's forever a mystery. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Who knows

L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 15h

What would *your* book smell like if you engaged in a mega weirdo scented pages promotional campaign?

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 2d

What's your favorite color?

1. ghost in the fog
2. Victorian vampire
3. zombie heart
4. moss covered skeleton

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Fay Thompson, Author/Artist @faythompsonauthor.bsky.social · 23h

Write daily.
Write hourly.
Tell your writer's block story to f*** off.
Tell your imposter syndrome you don't believe in them.
Write about nothing.
Write about everything.
Describe the life experience you want.
Be alive as you are alive this exact moment.

#writingcommunity #booksky #writinglife

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of George Roux.

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L Norelle @lnorelle.bsky.social · 2d

"Your disability isn't eligible."
alternatively:
"2nd Floor stairs only"

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 3d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 3d

"The chancellor approved it"

L Norelle @lnorelle.bsky.social · 2d

Learning how to use Scrivener today :3
I'll still be using word documents for some things, but I can already tell Scrivener is going to be so useful for writing the longer projects.
Finally, a place where I can put all my stuff without opening a hundred different tabs and documents!

L Norelle @lnorelle.bsky.social · 3d

Most (wise) publishing advice out there: Don't make your 'baby', the novel you have the strongest attachment to, be your debut novel. Save it for later when you the experience.

My brain: okay but what if we write this novel first. What if all the plot and drive I give you is for THIS one. Your baby

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 3d

A chance encounter

illustration inspired by the Scandinavian fairytale, "Bride of the Lindworm". A prince in the form of a lindworm perches on a moss-covered rock and peers curiously at a shepherdess from across a dark pond. The woman reaches toward him. The scene is set in a dark forest.

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 21d

If you dream it, you can do it.
Make an enchanted crown of antlers & bones.
Haunt the darkness on the ragged edge of town.
Unfurl your great black wings, take flight across the forest, and teach the night your name.

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 3d

Daily bunny no.3105 needs to ask nicely

Two bunnies stand at the foot of an old brick wall, in a forest somewhere. There is a small door in the wall, the only way through. At the top of the wall are four blackbirds, one of which has the key in its beak. The bunnies implore the bird for the key

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James Brunt Artist @jamesbruntartist.bsky.social · 3d

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 4d

Daily bunny no.3104 does not have a map

An intrepid bunny creeps through a labyrinth or dungeon, arranged in a grid like an old videogame. There is a snake and a skull in the bunny's path, as well as a spike pit. The bunny has a small sword.

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 4d

If you see a tree in the middle of the road, please be patient as it takes time for them to cross

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L Norelle @lnorelle.bsky.social · 4d

Who are some of the writers that made you?
My list would be:

Philip Pullman
Cornelia Funke
Diana Wynne Jones
Lemony Snicket
Stephen King
Douglas Adams
Steven Moffat
Russell T Davies
Chris D'Lacey
Annie Dalton
Mary Shelley
SF Said
Richard Adams
Peter S. Beagle

and so many others I can't fit on here

Troy Preston Dillon @troyprestondillon.bsky.social · 4d

How fun! Here's my list:

Tolkien
RA Salvatore
Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
Stephen King
Connie Willis
Raymond E. Feist
CS Lewis
Dean Koontz
David Eddings
Terry Goodkind
Anne Rice
Robert Jordan

Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · Mar 22

who are some of the writers that made you?

jrr tolkien
libba bray
jd salinger
ken follett
cs lewis
joanna campbell
lemony snicket
richelle mead
stephenie meyer
kurt vonnegut jr
eva ibbotson
se hinton
lois duncan

you? 📚💙

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Jeremy Ghost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 4d

I'd love for you to read my Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book during the Halloween season.

us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

This is a photo of a paperback copy of The Atrocities by me (Jeremy C. Shipp). The cover features a creepy old manor house, storm clouds, and a hedge maze. The book is against a brick wall with vines growing around and over the book.

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P J Richards @pj-richards.bsky.social · 4d

🌿🍃🌿Gandalf - by John Howe
#FolkloreSunday #MythologyMonday

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Marve with an 'E' @justmarvewrites.bsky.social · 7d

WATERSTONES PREORDER CAMPAIGN!

Eager readers, I have a special surprise for you! If you preorder FIRSTBORN OF THE SUN through @waterstones, we’ll send you some gifts☀️ Head to the form in my bio to share your proof of purchase🧡

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4d

My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.

Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books

A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.

www.pilsencommunitybooks.com

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L Norelle @lnorelle.bsky.social · 5d

My writing may be slow (roughly 100 words a day these past couple of months) but given that I have been unable to write for years due to chronic illness (an illness which is still ongoing), I'm very glad to just be writing something again, no matter how small.
It's a joy to be able to write again

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E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 6d

When There Are Wolves Again is out in the UK today! I wrote something about the book, and keeping going, and some personal stuff I dithered over but, well, it's been A Year.

I'm so glad the book is out there and thank you so much to everyone who has supported it 🐺🤍

ejswift.co.uk/2025/10/09/w...

Hardback edition of When There Are Wolves Again by E. J. Swift, with cover featuring a wolf and branch/leaf/flower design, photographed in the garden with the author's cat in the background being dramatic

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 6d

It's PHYSICS FOR CATS publication day!! Luna has her copy: do you? www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

A black cat sits on a wicker basket reading the book PHYSICS FOR CATS by Tom Gauld... Ok, so she's not really reading it. She's not even quite looking at it to be completely honest. But it is possible to imagine that she is reading and thoroughly enjoying it.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 6d

We are delighted to reveal the cover AND a short excerpt for Temi Oh's Not With a Bang! This tense family drama at the end of the world arrives May 21, 2026 from Simon & Schuster.

reactormag.com/cover-reveal...

Revealing Not With a Bang by Temi Oh - Reactor

A family drama set at the end of the world, arriving in May 2026

reactormag.com

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 24d

Don't give up on your dreams.
If you wish to chase curious townsfolk away from the ragged edge of the forest with the dark grandeur of your shambling form, I know you can do it.
I believe in you.

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 7d

I have a cartoon in the current Private Eye

Cartoon. Two people standing on a stage looking at a third person who is jumping down through a trap door. In the foreground we see the backs of the audience’s heads. One standing people observes “It’s just a stage he’s going through”

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