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Author (cosy historical fantasy romance) : avid devourer of information : librarian by day : knitter : general geek in several directions. https://celialake.com and https://www.celialake.com/links/

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Celia Lake @celialake.bsky.social · Sep 19

Claiming the Tower is about two women in 1854 refusing to keep doing what isn't working and beginning to build something better together.

Full of:
- Choosing their battles
- Drinking chocolate
- Community dynamics
- A date at the Crystal Palace
- Finding support

celialake.com/book/claimin...

Claiming the Tower by Celia Lake standing by a cup of tea and pomegranates, with spices and a spoon. The cover has two women in silhouette in 1850s Victorian dresses, one holding a cup of drinking chocolate, the other reaching to touch the first woman's face. A castle with three towers and crenallations is at the bottom, also in silhouette.

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Celia Lake @celialake.bsky.social · 11h

KJ Charles is absolutely one of my favourite authors, and this i a tight, nail-bitingly plotted trilogy with some fabulous characters in the immediate aftermath of the Great War. Highly recommended.

and on sale!

KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 20h

It's my birthday, so have a present. SLIPPERY CREATURES (Will Darling Adventures book 1) is going on cheap over the weekend. 1920s pulp adventure m/m romance with plots, spies, Bright Young People, and emotional support knife, all for 99p!

Available now at your favorite digital store!

Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles

books2read.com

Celia Lake @celialake.bsky.social · 17h

Today is the FaRo Book Blast! www.farosociety.com/bookblast for 300+ books at 99 cents!

You can browse by subgenre - find my Mistress of Birds in the gaslamp/historical section - or by creature!

Lots of spooky options for the season, lots of other great books as well.

An image with a lot of green and blue, reading 300 Fantasy romance and PNR books 99c only - www.farosociety.com/book blast. A white woman with a wreath of greenery and flowers around her head wearing a green dress with a peasant neckline sits on a rock by the ocean, reaching to touch a massive blossom floating on a lily pad.

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 1d

Exciting news! I've been working all year on a vertigo arts project in collaboration with others in academia, physical therapy, puppetry, and dance. Now the first part is out: I'm running a creative writing workshop for people who are directly or indirectly affected by vertigo. >

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Celia Lake @celialake.bsky.social · 6d

And I can come along with a link! celialake.com/links has a collection of the most useful links including things like "some possible places to start". (I am also delighted to give suggestions.)

Kiya is absolutely the other half of my brain on this, improving so many things about my books.

Celia Lake @celialake.bsky.social · 7d

I am eyeing my playlists and wondering just how many versions of "I am stretched on your grave" I have on here, anyway.

(Not that they're not seasonal.)

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Celia Lake @celialake.bsky.social · 8d

Weaving Hope is part of the B&N Nook Favorite Cozy Reads for Fall! It's on sale there for $2.99.

www.barnesandnoble.com/b/favorite-c...

1928 full of weaving and tapestries, a country estate with a few secrets, and a glorious garden. (Also, older protagonists if you're looking for those.)

Copy of Weaving Hope sitting on a blanket with a pair of wire-rimmed glasses. The cover is bright pink shading to purple, with a man and woman in 1920s dress silhouetted on the cover. She's holding a length of fabric and showing it to him, with flowers inset in the top right.

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Celia Lake @celialake.bsky.social · 9d

Besides the other reasons for having good points, why wouldn't someone bring up the "Here's the good stuff, don't mess that up when you look at fixes for the other bits!"

That's key info!

Celia Lake @celialake.bsky.social · 11d

I spent all afternoon outlining a book, Brave Truth. It is going to be *so fun* to write. (This is Claudio in 1950.)

At current count, it includes 14 awkward conversations.

It, um, also has a lot about the long-term consequences of moral injury in the wake of WW2. That's sort of how I roll.

Celia Lake @celialake.bsky.social · 13d

My eventual choice was @fridaytea.com 's Choco Cherry Black (www.fridaytea.com/products/cho...) Excellent choice, obviously!

Choco Cherry Black

This tea is one of our signature House Blends. Check out the entire delicious collection here! Creamy, sweet, and fruity, this chocolate black tea hits the spot as both a morning pick-me-up and an eve...

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Celia Lake @celialake.bsky.social · 13d

Me : other plans for the evening

Reality: quality time with my label maker and my tea tins.

My tea is now very nicely and usefully labelled. It it did not, however, answer the question of which one I want to make to drink while writing.

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Celia Lake @celialake.bsky.social · 13d

Today is YOLO for Kobo - 300 curated romance books over on Kobo Plus, Kobo's subscription service. I'm featuring Harmonic Pleasure, full of 1920s London, a night club, a mysterious magical artefact, and more.

Category and trope lists: koboplusromancebinge.com

By cover: geni.us/YOLOWithKobo

Pen and ink ghosts in two columns around text reading "Join us for YOLO with Kobo : October 17th, 2025. Over 300 curated romance titles. https://www.koboplusromancebinge.com"

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Kiya Nicoll @kiyanicoll.bsky.social · 14d

Okay too much doom, time for the world’s sloppiest yin/yang. #proofOfCat

Two black cats sharing a red armchair. Each of them is in a half curl that might have made a yin-yang except that: their heads are to the same side, one has a loose curl and the other a tight one, and they are too widely spaced.

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Celia Lake @celialake.bsky.social · 19d

And 160+ books on sale with Cozy The Day Away!

cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org

Pastiche - a great intro to my books - is on sale in ebook and (if you get it from me directly), audio.

Edwardian mystery, a museum, an arranged marriage to love match romance, and a heroine with fibromyalgia.

Home - Cozy Fantasy Sale

This is the home page for the Cozy the Day Away Sale series, where the first-ever cozy fantasy group sale happens! Sales in 2025 have…

cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org

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Celia Lake @celialake.bsky.social · 19d

HearthCon has a lot of great panels! Here's all the info.

sites.google.com/view/lazydra...

I'm on:

Gaslamp and Regency Cozy Fantasy (4pm PDT, 7pm EDT Saturday)

&

Seasonal Cozy Fantasy(9am PDT, 12pm EDT Sunday)

I'm speaking at HearthCon! An online conference for Cozy Fantasy lovers. Join us online at lazydragonbooks.com October 11th and 12th.

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Celia Lake @celialake.bsky.social · 19d

It's a great weekend for cosy fantasy lovers! HearthCon (whole series of free panels and discussions and events) and Cozy The Day Away, a two day cosy fantasy book sale!

I'm on two panels at HearthCon and Pastiche (both ebook and audio) is on sale! More details below.

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Celia Lake @celialake.bsky.social · 21d

I'd be one of the sleep deprived (read it in two nights). I do not regret a moment of the sleep deprivation, fully agree with these comments.

Great ADHD representation, a fantastic look at people trying to figure out what went wrong, and tremendously spooky gothic glory.

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Celia Lake @celialake.bsky.social · 22d

And I still use the non-traumatic bits of 'write emails about complex topics that mostly are functional with people having Strong Emotions and are Not At Their Best' skills most days of my current professional life.

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Celia Lake @celialake.bsky.social · 22d

I still regularly refer to you as my best manager (and you have now had some stiff competition) because of the way you both took care of the team and figured out so much about how to use our specific skills in a way that let us do our best work (with less damage).

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Celia Lake @celialake.bsky.social · 24d

@kiyanicoll.bsky.social has just been helping me debug a thing I've been trying to figure out how to do, and I am so delighted.

It's going to take a bit (a couple of books into the next 1920s series) to play out, but I can seed something about it sooner.

I love it when existing backstory clicks!

Celia Lake @celialake.bsky.social · 25d

It's the sensible historical alternative to including cat pictures for a break in the middle of a difficult topic. (Or dog pictures!)

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Celia Lake @celialake.bsky.social · 25d

Elise is having another sale! (For some inconvenient bills). So many gorgeous shinies!

LionessElise @lionesselise.bsky.social · 25d

Quick Sunday night (and maybe Monday and Tuesday) sale is happening now, because I have inconvenient bills that could use some convenient sales.

35% off a lot of things.
Done when the bills are covered.
Have fun!

www.etsy.com/shop/Lioness...

www.etsy.com

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Celia Lake @celialake.bsky.social · 27d

To be fair, I know I say "it is meet and right so to do" to you fairly often.

(I started life Episcopalian, and the liturgical language really sticks sometimes!)

Celia Lake @celialake.bsky.social · 27d

Also, this gives me fuel for staring into the depths of the Met Office Weather Reports for April and May 1949 and rearranging some plot dates this weekend.

(It'd make more sense for the later plot to be happening into early May, so... rearranging data it is.)

Celia Lake @celialake.bsky.social · 27d

I have been complimented twice today on my fierce tenacity in tracking down historical information at work today. Two different questions!

I might be particularly extra about this, but I'm consistent (my writing, too). I am delighted it gets appreciated sometimes. It hasn't always been.

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Celia Lake @celialake.bsky.social · 27d

Entirely reasonable! It was just impossible to write a "this is why this music is relevant" without referencing the plot.

(Or at least, entirely beyond my ability!)