Kate Sheehan-Finn
@katesfwriter.bsky.social
Writer, Historical Fiction, Roman Archaeology, Ancient History, Books, Travel, Walking, Landscapes, Photography.
Winner Jericho Writers Competition #LFOW24
https://linktr.ee/katesfwriter
Writing sprinkles life with stardust.
Winner Jericho Writers Competition #LFOW24
https://linktr.ee/katesfwriter
Writing sprinkles life with stardust.
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From Submission to Spotlight: The Journey of a Festival Friday Night Live Winner – Jericho Writers
If I can win a writing competition, then you can too. I received notification that I was in the Friday Night Live (but on Saturday) Final at London Festival of Writing on 21 June 2024. I was visiting ...
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Fab memory from last year’s festival of writing hosted by @jerichowriters.bsky.social - thanks for asking me to write about the experience of winning Friday Night Live in 2024.
#WritingCommunity #WritingLife #AmWriting
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‘Go!’ Crescens hisses, ‘You’ll scream for death if the lord sends you back.’
Barates swallows disgust, turns away.
In the dusty yard, Yarhai waits, astride a silver stallion. His slave steadies a roan.Taking the rein from him, Barates murmurs ‘Hello girl,’ into her twitching ear.
#WriteCBC
Barates swallows disgust, turns away.
In the dusty yard, Yarhai waits, astride a silver stallion. His slave steadies a roan.Taking the rein from him, Barates murmurs ‘Hello girl,’ into her twitching ear.
#WriteCBC
February 5, 2026 at 2:02 PM
‘Go!’ Crescens hisses, ‘You’ll scream for death if the lord sends you back.’
Barates swallows disgust, turns away.
In the dusty yard, Yarhai waits, astride a silver stallion. His slave steadies a roan.Taking the rein from him, Barates murmurs ‘Hello girl,’ into her twitching ear.
#WriteCBC
Barates swallows disgust, turns away.
In the dusty yard, Yarhai waits, astride a silver stallion. His slave steadies a roan.Taking the rein from him, Barates murmurs ‘Hello girl,’ into her twitching ear.
#WriteCBC
‘Go!’ Crescens hisses, ‘You’ll scream for death if the lord sends you back.’
Barates swallows disgust, turns away.
In the dusty yard, Yarhai waits, astride a silver stallion. His slave steadies a roan.Taking the rein from him, Barates murmurs ‘Hello girl,’ into her twitching ear.
#WriteCBC
Barates swallows disgust, turns away.
In the dusty yard, Yarhai waits, astride a silver stallion. His slave steadies a roan.Taking the rein from him, Barates murmurs ‘Hello girl,’ into her twitching ear.
#WriteCBC
February 5, 2026 at 2:02 PM
‘Go!’ Crescens hisses, ‘You’ll scream for death if the lord sends you back.’
Barates swallows disgust, turns away.
In the dusty yard, Yarhai waits, astride a silver stallion. His slave steadies a roan.Taking the rein from him, Barates murmurs ‘Hello girl,’ into her twitching ear.
#WriteCBC
Barates swallows disgust, turns away.
In the dusty yard, Yarhai waits, astride a silver stallion. His slave steadies a roan.Taking the rein from him, Barates murmurs ‘Hello girl,’ into her twitching ear.
#WriteCBC
Love this! I'm going to miss the monthly competition.
February 5, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Love this! I'm going to miss the monthly competition.
They are great. Hoping to go back there this autumn.
January 20, 2026 at 10:37 PM
They are great. Hoping to go back there this autumn.
1. Ancient Rome
2. Pompeii
3. Ostia Antica
4. Herculaneum
📸 my own. Posting because I need a timeline cleanser.
#AncientRome #Archaeology #Campania
2. Pompeii
3. Ostia Antica
4. Herculaneum
📸 my own. Posting because I need a timeline cleanser.
#AncientRome #Archaeology #Campania
January 20, 2026 at 9:57 PM
1. Ancient Rome
2. Pompeii
3. Ostia Antica
4. Herculaneum
📸 my own. Posting because I need a timeline cleanser.
#AncientRome #Archaeology #Campania
2. Pompeii
3. Ostia Antica
4. Herculaneum
📸 my own. Posting because I need a timeline cleanser.
#AncientRome #Archaeology #Campania
This from Karl Ove Knausgard on his writing is so beautiful - worth a look.
Many of us will identify with this:
'It's like going to your day job and failing every day.'
He succeeded when he accepted that his writing was for him.
#WritingCommunity #WritingLife
youtu.be/Dr-dPzhzrxI?...
Many of us will identify with this:
'It's like going to your day job and failing every day.'
He succeeded when he accepted that his writing was for him.
#WritingCommunity #WritingLife
youtu.be/Dr-dPzhzrxI?...
Karl Ove Knausgård: The writer who broke the rules | Arts in Motion
YouTube video by BBC Global
youtu.be
January 20, 2026 at 3:12 PM
This from Karl Ove Knausgard on his writing is so beautiful - worth a look.
Many of us will identify with this:
'It's like going to your day job and failing every day.'
He succeeded when he accepted that his writing was for him.
#WritingCommunity #WritingLife
youtu.be/Dr-dPzhzrxI?...
Many of us will identify with this:
'It's like going to your day job and failing every day.'
He succeeded when he accepted that his writing was for him.
#WritingCommunity #WritingLife
youtu.be/Dr-dPzhzrxI?...
I'm not paid to post this. I volunteer to host #WritersCafe on the #BeingAWriter platform among other activities. This community is enabling me to become my best writing self.
January 19, 2026 at 12:10 PM
I'm not paid to post this. I volunteer to host #WritersCafe on the #BeingAWriter platform among other activities. This community is enabling me to become my best writing self.
I've been a member of #BeingAWriter for several years. Wellbeing is crucial to my creativity, and creativity is crucial to my wellbeing. @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social have created community for writers that is safe, supportive and welcoming.
#WritingCommunity
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A supportive writing community helping authors grow through craft, connection, and wellbeing.
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January 19, 2026 at 12:09 PM
I've been a member of #BeingAWriter for several years. Wellbeing is crucial to my creativity, and creativity is crucial to my wellbeing. @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social have created community for writers that is safe, supportive and welcoming.
#WritingCommunity
discover.circle.so/product/bein...
#WritingCommunity
discover.circle.so/product/bein...
I'm not here much at the moment. I'm in writing mode and it is taking up all of my headspace, as is meant to be. I'll be back sporadically when I come up for air.
#HistFic #AmWriting #WritingLife #WritingCommunity
#HistFic #AmWriting #WritingLife #WritingCommunity
a penguin is writing on a piece of paper with a quill pen
ALT: a penguin is writing on a piece of paper with a quill pen
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January 15, 2026 at 2:55 PM
I'm not here much at the moment. I'm in writing mode and it is taking up all of my headspace, as is meant to be. I'll be back sporadically when I come up for air.
#HistFic #AmWriting #WritingLife #WritingCommunity
#HistFic #AmWriting #WritingLife #WritingCommunity
Love this blog post. Thank you for quoting my words.
January 13, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Love this blog post. Thank you for quoting my words.
Reposted by Kate Sheehan-Finn
#HobbyGamesRecce
I offer a glimpse into my own adventure gaming hobby-based coping strategies so readers might find some inspiration for their own self care activities in these trying times. Thanks to @katesfwriter.bsky.social for her concise reminder to balance the despair with joy.
I offer a glimpse into my own adventure gaming hobby-based coping strategies so readers might find some inspiration for their own self care activities in these trying times. Thanks to @katesfwriter.bsky.social for her concise reminder to balance the despair with joy.
Coping Strategies with Game Hobbies
“ It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness, and a mood of helplessness prevail.” — Lech Walesa I am resisting r...
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January 13, 2026 at 8:10 PM
#HobbyGamesRecce
I offer a glimpse into my own adventure gaming hobby-based coping strategies so readers might find some inspiration for their own self care activities in these trying times. Thanks to @katesfwriter.bsky.social for her concise reminder to balance the despair with joy.
I offer a glimpse into my own adventure gaming hobby-based coping strategies so readers might find some inspiration for their own self care activities in these trying times. Thanks to @katesfwriter.bsky.social for her concise reminder to balance the despair with joy.
Indeed it does. There was a little intentional irony in my post.
January 12, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Indeed it does. There was a little intentional irony in my post.
Reposted by Kate Sheehan-Finn
One of two fish shops on the Decumanus at #OstiaAntica One shop has a floor mosaic depicting a dolphin eating a squid and an inscription.
The inscription translates:
Envious creature, I trample you
Dolphins were thought to have disrupted fishermen.
#MosaicMonday #Archaeology #AncientRome
📸 my own
The inscription translates:
Envious creature, I trample you
Dolphins were thought to have disrupted fishermen.
#MosaicMonday #Archaeology #AncientRome
📸 my own
January 12, 2026 at 8:02 AM
One of two fish shops on the Decumanus at #OstiaAntica One shop has a floor mosaic depicting a dolphin eating a squid and an inscription.
The inscription translates:
Envious creature, I trample you
Dolphins were thought to have disrupted fishermen.
#MosaicMonday #Archaeology #AncientRome
📸 my own
The inscription translates:
Envious creature, I trample you
Dolphins were thought to have disrupted fishermen.
#MosaicMonday #Archaeology #AncientRome
📸 my own
Reposted by Kate Sheehan-Finn
Many congratulations to Dr Alex Langlands & team from Swansea for this stunning new discovery from Margam Park in south Wales 😮🥳.
The coastal belt in south Wales is very heavily ploughed, but it sounds like this villa complex has been preserved below old parkland 👌
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The coastal belt in south Wales is very heavily ploughed, but it sounds like this villa complex has been preserved below old parkland 👌
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Margam park Roman villa find could be 'Port Talbot's Pompeii'
The largest Roman villa ever found in Wales lies less than a metre under Margam Country Park.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Many congratulations to Dr Alex Langlands & team from Swansea for this stunning new discovery from Margam Park in south Wales 😮🥳.
The coastal belt in south Wales is very heavily ploughed, but it sounds like this villa complex has been preserved below old parkland 👌
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The coastal belt in south Wales is very heavily ploughed, but it sounds like this villa complex has been preserved below old parkland 👌
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
One of two fish shops on the Decumanus at #OstiaAntica One shop has a floor mosaic depicting a dolphin eating a squid and an inscription.
The inscription translates:
Envious creature, I trample you
Dolphins were thought to have disrupted fishermen.
#MosaicMonday #Archaeology #AncientRome
📸 my own
The inscription translates:
Envious creature, I trample you
Dolphins were thought to have disrupted fishermen.
#MosaicMonday #Archaeology #AncientRome
📸 my own
January 12, 2026 at 8:02 AM
One of two fish shops on the Decumanus at #OstiaAntica One shop has a floor mosaic depicting a dolphin eating a squid and an inscription.
The inscription translates:
Envious creature, I trample you
Dolphins were thought to have disrupted fishermen.
#MosaicMonday #Archaeology #AncientRome
📸 my own
The inscription translates:
Envious creature, I trample you
Dolphins were thought to have disrupted fishermen.
#MosaicMonday #Archaeology #AncientRome
📸 my own
Thank the tech gods/goddesses for translate!
January 11, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Thank the tech gods/goddesses for translate!
The sculptors were highly skilled.
January 11, 2026 at 9:38 PM
The sculptors were highly skilled.
Portrayal of women and men in art changed as Greek influences became popular due to emperors being heavily influenced by all aspects of Greek culture. Idealising tendencies gradually replaced realism of the Republican era. This is a generalisation of a complex process of cultural appropriation.
January 11, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Portrayal of women and men in art changed as Greek influences became popular due to emperors being heavily influenced by all aspects of Greek culture. Idealising tendencies gradually replaced realism of the Republican era. This is a generalisation of a complex process of cultural appropriation.
Reposted by Kate Sheehan-Finn
On January 11th & 15th,Romans celebrated a festival to goddess Carmenta (or Carmentis) a goddess of prophecy and childbirth.She had power of looking back into the past and forward into the future.The festival was chiefly observed by women #Folklore #Myth www.vindolanda.com/blog/the-fes...
January 11, 2026 at 9:12 AM
On January 11th & 15th,Romans celebrated a festival to goddess Carmenta (or Carmentis) a goddess of prophecy and childbirth.She had power of looking back into the past and forward into the future.The festival was chiefly observed by women #Folklore #Myth www.vindolanda.com/blog/the-fes...
Meet Helena, mother of Roman emperor, Constantine (AD 249-325). The form of the statue is derived from a 5th C BC Greek work. The statue was once at the Vatican. Pope Pius V gifted it in 1566.
I love how popes owned items like this.
📸 mine Capitoline Museums.
#RomanWomen
#AncientRome #Archaeology
I love how popes owned items like this.
📸 mine Capitoline Museums.
#RomanWomen
#AncientRome #Archaeology
January 11, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Meet Helena, mother of Roman emperor, Constantine (AD 249-325). The form of the statue is derived from a 5th C BC Greek work. The statue was once at the Vatican. Pope Pius V gifted it in 1566.
I love how popes owned items like this.
📸 mine Capitoline Museums.
#RomanWomen
#AncientRome #Archaeology
I love how popes owned items like this.
📸 mine Capitoline Museums.
#RomanWomen
#AncientRome #Archaeology
Don’t #doomscroll. Fill your timeline with beautiful moments.
This is not ignoring the harsh stuff or unbearable news, and big things beyond your control.
It’s a balancing act. There is beauty and goodness. Lean into what makes you smile.
📸 my own. Reggie is adorable. He’s seeking doggie treats.
This is not ignoring the harsh stuff or unbearable news, and big things beyond your control.
It’s a balancing act. There is beauty and goodness. Lean into what makes you smile.
📸 my own. Reggie is adorable. He’s seeking doggie treats.
January 10, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Don’t #doomscroll. Fill your timeline with beautiful moments.
This is not ignoring the harsh stuff or unbearable news, and big things beyond your control.
It’s a balancing act. There is beauty and goodness. Lean into what makes you smile.
📸 my own. Reggie is adorable. He’s seeking doggie treats.
This is not ignoring the harsh stuff or unbearable news, and big things beyond your control.
It’s a balancing act. There is beauty and goodness. Lean into what makes you smile.
📸 my own. Reggie is adorable. He’s seeking doggie treats.
Reposted by Kate Sheehan-Finn
Very similar to the jet necklace found at Dunragit by #GuardArchaeology
www.guard-archaeology.co.uk/DunragitBlog...
www.guard-archaeology.co.uk/DunragitBlog...
January 10, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Very similar to the jet necklace found at Dunragit by #GuardArchaeology
www.guard-archaeology.co.uk/DunragitBlog...
www.guard-archaeology.co.uk/DunragitBlog...