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RobMcInroy @mcinrob.bsky.social · 13h

#Scotstober #oxster

From a short story in my current collection.

RobMcInroy @mcinrob.bsky.social · 13h

Preparing for a writing workshop next month.

Source material from McAra's history of Crieff and the short story from my current collection that was inspired by it.

Using Local Materials and Memories in Your Writing.

#BookSky #creativewriting

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RobMcInroy @mcinrob.bsky.social · 1d

#Scotstober #trauchle

Quite a lot of words this year I don't know, but I'm fair used to bein trauchled...

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RobMcInroy @mcinrob.bsky.social · 3d

Yep, I got an email from "Chris Brookmyre" today offering support on my publishing journey. I know Chris is a lovely guy but all the same...

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RobMcInroy @mcinrob.bsky.social · 8d

I thought I was having problems with the fire alarm going off for no discernible reason. Not going out for a walk tonight, I take it?

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RobMcInroy @mcinrob.bsky.social · 9d

#Scotstober #Footer

And today's offering, also from Moot.

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RobMcInroy @mcinrob.bsky.social · 9d

#Scotostober # Richts

Sorry, October crept up on my yesterday and I missed this. Here's my first offering, fae my third novel, Moot.

RobMcInroy @mcinrob.bsky.social · 12d

Looks like he might hook it a bit, though.

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Joanne - Portobello Book Blog @portybelle.bsky.social · 12d

It's almost time for the 2025 Portobello Book Festival! portobellobookfestival.com/2025/09/29/i...

It’s almost time for the 2025 Portobello Book Festival!

In just a few days, this year’s festival will kick off with our first event The Busy-Bodies: A Portobello Tale at midday on Friday at Portobello Library. On Friday and Saturday, most events w…

portobellobookfestival.com

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RobMcInroy @mcinrob.bsky.social · 13d

Yes I've had that too

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RobMcInroy @mcinrob.bsky.social · 15d

I'll be speaking at Portobello Book Festival next Friday on true crime, crime fiction and all flavours in between...

#crimefiction #bookfestival #portobello

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RobMcInroy @mcinrob.bsky.social · Aug 25

Get discounts PLUS FREE POSTAGE if you buy two or more titles from my website.

Crime fiction with a social conscience - the Bob and Annie Kelty crime series set in Perthshire in the 1930s.

www.robmcinroy.co.uk/shop

#writingcommunity #crimefiction #historicalfiction

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RobMcInroy @mcinrob.bsky.social · 23d

Available for pre-order now

BARVICK FALLS

Everyone know something about Lorna Carrington. But no one knows everything. If they did they'd be very, very frightened.

tippermuirbooks.co.uk/product/barv...

#WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #HistoricalFiction #ScottishFiction

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RobMcInroy @mcinrob.bsky.social · 19d

How fiction can reflect reality in unexpected ways...

The King of Pathos and the Orange Demagogue open.substack.com/pub/robmcinr...

#booksky #writingcommunity #novella #speculativefiction

The King of Pathos and the Orange Demagogue

When I was researching my PhD on Cormac McCarthy, I often used to wonder what McCarthy thought of all the contrasting (and generally contradictory) analyses of his writing – Nietszchean, Hegelian, Kan...

open.substack.com

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RobMcInroy @mcinrob.bsky.social · 23d

Available for pre-order now

BARVICK FALLS

Everyone know something about Lorna Carrington. But no one knows everything. If they did they'd be very, very frightened.

tippermuirbooks.co.uk/product/barv...

#WritingCommunity #CrimeFiction #HistoricalFiction #ScottishFiction

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RobMcInroy @mcinrob.bsky.social · Sep 1

Bob Kelty gets a makeover

New covers and revised texts for all my books.

Take the plunge. Walk through the door of Cloudland. It'll change your life

#writingcommunity #booksky #ScottishFiction #historicalfiction

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Peter Bennett @pbennett.bsky.social · Aug 9

Very much looking forward to this event next month, in which I’ll be in conversation with the inimitable @gfpaterson.bsky.social and the equally distinguished, Elissa Soave about all things writing. Hope to see some of you there.

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RobMcInroy @mcinrob.bsky.social · Sep 7

It's National Buy A Book Day apparently, so to spare you the agonising decision of which to buy, here's a good suggestion...

#WritingCommunity #BuyABookDay #HistoricalFiction #CrimeFiction

Free postage on two or more books by Rob McInroy

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RobMcInroy @mcinrob.bsky.social · Sep 5

And very enjoyable it was too. Partner and I completed it. Needed a team effort for the wrestler: I'd never have made the rock connection. Partner did but couldn't remember his real name which I knew. Together, we've done 1253 consecutive days of The I puzzle. Thank you for this. Great fun.

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RobMcInroy @mcinrob.bsky.social · Sep 5

My copy of this arrived yesterday and I'm already dipping in... Excellent stuff

Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · Sep 5

Launching today!
THE INTERNATIONAL COMPANION TO THE SCOTTISH NOVEL
Ed. by Cairns Craig

Assesses the work of Scottish novelists – in English, Gaelic & Scots – as contributions to national identity & to a distinctive evolution of the modern world’s most influential genre
asls.org.uk/publications...

International Companion 10

Edited by Cairns Craig Published in paperback, 370 pages By Scottish Literature International, September 2025 £24.95 / €29.95 / $29.95 ISBN 9781908980434 Preorder on Hive Are novelists from Scotland…

asls.org.uk

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RobMcInroy @mcinrob.bsky.social · Sep 5

Happy to announce I'll be speaking at Portobello Book Festival on 3 October, alongside true-crime writer Tom Wood. Really looking forward to discussing true crime, fictional crime, historical crime, murderers, victims and all things mysterious

#booksky #crimefiction #historicalfiction #Portobello

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RobMcInroy @mcinrob.bsky.social · Sep 5

It'll be coming through my letterbox any minute now...

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RobMcInroy @mcinrob.bsky.social · Aug 27

Cuddies Strip - Scottish historical fiction with a social conscience.

Based on true crimes in Perth in 1935

Only £3.99 on Kindle

www.tinyurl.com/CuddiesStripKindle

#BookSky #WritingCommunity #HistoricalFiction #CrimeFiction #ScottishFiction

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RobMcInroy @mcinrob.bsky.social · Sep 1

Bob Kelty gets a makeover

New covers and revised texts for all my books.

Take the plunge. Walk through the door of Cloudland. It'll change your life

#writingcommunity #booksky #ScottishFiction #historicalfiction

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RobMcInroy @mcinrob.bsky.social · Aug 27

It's a great moment.

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