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Mary Wyrd (she/her)
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Creative Virtual Assistant & Author Assistant The go-to for your to-do list www.marywyrd.com Boosts books & art. No GenAI. Horror writer. #HauteCover #325ReadingChallenge #ReadWeird
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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · Aug 5
✨ OPEN TO CLIENTS ✨

Mary Wyrd: Creative Virtual Assistant.

Freelancer supporting authors, creatives, and changemakers with admin, copy, and content - www.marywyrd.com

Bonus material on BlueSky:
+ book recs & reviews
+ copy & design tips
+ weird stuff

No Gen-AI.
🏳️‍🌈 Ally.
Horror Writer.
Creative Virtual Assistant. The go-to for your to-do list. Author Assistant. Content Creator. Copywriter. Ghostwriter. Graphic Designer. Researcher. Virtual Assistant. www.marywyrd.com - Illustration of Mary Wyrd, a figure in a Victorian gown whose head is a crowned skull. Mary Wyrd logo is a gold fountain pen nib pointing down with a drop of pink ink. The green body of the pen splits upwards into eight tentacles. Tasks - what Wyrd can do for you. Ad Copy. Admin. Alternative Text. Blog. Bluesky Management. Book Endpapers. Book Promotion. Business Documents. Content Repurposing. Copywriting. Diary Management. Graphics. Inbox Management. Item Descriptions. Pinterest Pins. Pull Quotes. Research. Social Media Content. Website Copy. Website Graphics…and more. www.marywyrd.com - Mary Wyrd logo is a gold fountain pen nib pointing down with a drop of pink ink. The green body of the pen splits upwards into eight tentacles. Portfolio. Eight images from the www.marywyrd.com/portfolio - including book cover designs, social media promotion for Wild Hunt Books, website design and copy for a tattoo parlour, and endpaper design and book series description for D. Hale Rambo. Mary Wyrd logo is a gold fountain pen nib pointing down with a drop of pink ink. The green body of the pen splits upwards into eight tentacles. Reviews. “I am absolutely delighted with everything Mary has delivered…and it's great to have her in my corner.” - D. Hale Rambo, Author. “Mary is fast, professional, and committed to helping artists and community organizations put their best foot forward.” - Dianna Gunn, Founder of Weeknight Writers. “Thank you. It was a lot of help taking some of this stuff off my plate.” - Ariell Cacciola, Publishing Director of Wild Hunt Books. www.marywyrd.com - Mary Wyrd logo is a gold fountain pen nib pointing down with a drop of pink ink. The green body of the pen splits upwards into eight tentacles.
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Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 2h
Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day! If you want to get into the Halloween spirit and want to support Indigenous people, may I suggest you pick up Never Whistle At Night, edited by Shawn Hawk with an introduction by Stephen Graham Jones.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/75...
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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 1h
#AuthorSky #IndieAuthor

So, what scent would your book be?

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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 5d
I'm Samwise Gamgee coded.

> loves taters
> helps things to grow
> will accompany you on your business journey and take on needful tasks while you focus on your p r e c i o u s s s s

Hit me up* 👋

www.marywyrd.com

*Dark Lords and Cave Dwellers with a taste for murder need not apply
a man is kneeling down in a garden surrounded by flowers and plants .
Alt: Samwise Gamgee (played by Sean Astin in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy) is working outside a hobbit house that has a round yellow door. Sam is wearing a brown vest and a checkered shirt. He smiles at the green plant he is holding
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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 1h
Oh, they’ve never launched a single social media campaign in their life!! I’d go so far as to say they hardly use socials to market either. The audacity! 💃
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Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social · 2h
Posted out a stack of book orders this morning and another slew set for tomorrow!

The current pairing is The Retreat and Good Boy. A great selection if I do say so myself 💛💙

www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/bookshop
Bookshop — wild hunt books
After a boy vanishes on the outskirts of a small town, a woman spies a mysterious man digging a grave in the exact spot of the disappearance. However, when she confronts him, the man's true purpose is...
www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk
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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 2h
Thinking about how many ARCs an author typically sends out and how many handwritten cover letters that would be.

That’s not an insignificant amount of blood 😳 Also: gross biohazard.
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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 2h
Wishing your partner a swift recovery and I hope you don’t get sick!
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A.M. Weald - buy Fimbulvinter's Fires ❤️‍🔥 @amweald.com · 18h
🥶 apocalyptic survival horror
🌈 gay man x pan enby (achillean) 🌶️
🗣️ language barrier
❄️ there's only one snow shelter
😩 hurt/comfort
🪓 touch him and die
🤬 be gay do vengeance

info: amweald.com/fires
buy: books2read.com/fires
GR tinyurl.com/FIRESGR
SG tinyurl.com/FIRESSG

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fimbulvinter's fires by a m weald AMWeald.com/fires survival horror setting apocalyptic sci-fi horrormance touch him and die be gay do vengeance A.I. being useful for once language barrier there’s only one snow shelter gay man and pan enby pairing (achillean) hurt / comfort spice
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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 20h
Nice.
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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 20h
Playing "make a pun shop name". The shop is a chai cafe.
Here's what we came up with:

> Just Chai IT (internet cafe)
> Chai Another Day
> Once Bitten Twice Chai

Your turn.
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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 1d
But ampersands are beautiful.
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D. to the Hale to the Rambo @dhalerambo.bsky.social · 1d
Welcome back to The Book of Larrakane Walking Tour. After touring The Elemental Chapter, we’re continuing to follow in the steps of Investigator and page turner, Fiona Thorne, by heading for the Mortal Chapter. buff.ly/EjFD8n6

Put on that factor fifty sunscreen, fellow humans, we’re off!
The Planar Pages - A walking tour of the historical fantasy mystery series. Part 2: The Mortal Chapter
Welcome back to The Book of Larrakane Walking Tour. After touring The Elemental Chapter we’re continuing to follow in the steps of Investigator and page turner, Fiona Thorne, by heading for the…
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chetom ✨🐸 @chetom.bsky.social · 1d
FrogCon is live! 🐸⭐ I've opened my shop with lots of new items! ⬇️✨

www.etsy.com/nl/shop/Chet...
cute frog keychain with a frog on a yellow banana by chetom
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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 2d
Can’t see “chain reaction” without singing it 🎶
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Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social · 2d
Happy #bookshopday!
Support fine indie publishing by ordering directly from our bookshop

For UK readers, we've a limited supply of signed copies of Good Boy by @talkscaredpod.bsky.social, pawprint included 🐾

More signed copies of our other titles COMING SOON
www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/books/p/good...
Good Boy by Neil McRobert paperback ebook The Northern Weird Project — wild hunt books
After a boy vanishes on the outskirts of a small town, a woman spies a mysterious man digging a grave in the exact spot of the disappearance. However, when she confronts him, the man's true purpose is...
www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk
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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 2d
It’s #BookshopDay!

Independent bookshops
> help grow the local economy
> support the local community
> provide a personalised & independent service

Read the blog to find out how to support bookshops (other than buying from them)

Bonus: a message to bookshop owners about their blog

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The importance of independent bookstores and how to support them — Mary Wyrd
Independent bookstores are magical places. Discover three reasons why independent bookstores matter and how you can support them.
www.marywyrd.com
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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 2d
Today is Bookshop Day, a day to celebrate ALL bookshops on our high streets.

Bookshops are an integral part of an author's livelihood, and we celebrate all the talented booksellers who share their guidance and expertise.

Visit your local bookshop today and show them your support.

#bookshopday
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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 2d
I knew someone would feel the same. Thanks, Jocelyne 😊
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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 2d
And thank YOU for sharing my pinned, Rebecca 🥹
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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 2d
You’re so welcome 😊
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Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 2d
Hey #FridayReads
Please check out the works of Rebecca Crunden aka @bookspotlight.bsky.social

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Thanks Gabino!!
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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 4d
📝 400+ pages
🥀 urban fantasy
🌃 set in washington state
🔥 slow burn
🤍 romance and angst
🗡️ demons and vampires
📕 first in a duology

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/D3rL5
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-wish-and...
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
Cover for The Wish and the Demon, book one in the Half Swallowed by Shadows duology, by Rebecca Crunden. Cover shows three men's silhouettes standing in the middle of a road in winter. There's dark red trees and snow on the ground. One figure is approaching the other two, surrounded by shadows.
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🐣 Migi ➡️ SKIAMAKHIA drops 10/31! @tdcloud.bsky.social · Sep 12
Your Next Gothic Read And Why It Should Be OSSUARY:

🩸 Survival Horror Made Horny
💀 QIA's Best Novella of 2023
🩸 As Above, So Below x The Descent
💀 Magic vs The Supernatural
🩸 Gothic with a capital "G"
💀 The sickest cover you've ever seen

🩸 tdcloudofficial.com/books
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Viva La Vivian @vivalavivian.bsky.social · 2d
Thank you!
My collection is up for pre-order! Out on Halloweenie!

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All's Well That Ends Well
Read it now
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Stephanie Ellis @stephellis.bsky.social · 2d
Thanks, Gabino. My quiet folk horror, Harrowfield came out recently. #FridayReads

The pagan v the occult compete for newcomer to Harrowfield, Derwenna Parry, in the isolated borderline between Wales and England.

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Full cover for Harrow field novel. Lower half a dark green, almost black, field, with a slushy green sky above. Front cover has a solitary tree sheltering two standing stones. Back cover shows a standing stones and two ravens flying above.
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Beverley Lee @beverleylee.bsky.social · 2d
Thanks, Gabino ❤️
My coming-of-age folk horror, The Haunting of Wounded Birds, is out in one month. If dark English forests, black birds, old rituals, and haunted boys make your autumn heart beat faster, preorder today!
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Book cover. A young jackdaw on a dark misty background with red fly agaric mushrooms to the foreground. The Haunting of Wounded Birds by Beverley Lee.
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