Celia Lake
@celialake.bsky.social
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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A brief explanatory thread about why at least some of my content is going to be All Wars of the Roses, All The Time for a bit.
(There will be other topics! I know me. But also I have an ambitious project I'm working towards.)
(There will be other topics! I know me. But also I have an ambitious project I'm working towards.)
Me, in a comment to @lionesselise.bsky.social, apologising for not pinging about a thing earlier in the evening:
"(In my defense, I was reading The Sunne in Splendour earlier.)
I have *so many feelings* about all these historical people."
I mean, I already did. I just have more feelings now.
"(In my defense, I was reading The Sunne in Splendour earlier.)
I have *so many feelings* about all these historical people."
I mean, I already did. I just have more feelings now.
December 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Me, in a comment to @lionesselise.bsky.social, apologising for not pinging about a thing earlier in the evening:
"(In my defense, I was reading The Sunne in Splendour earlier.)
I have *so many feelings* about all these historical people."
I mean, I already did. I just have more feelings now.
"(In my defense, I was reading The Sunne in Splendour earlier.)
I have *so many feelings* about all these historical people."
I mean, I already did. I just have more feelings now.
Reposted by Celia Lake
You know how I get.
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Anything with spiral beads, butterflies, or dragonflies is 20% today (Sunday) and tomorrow (Monday).
Find a thing with spiral beads, butterflies, or dragonflies not marked down, and it's 50% off. Send Etsy convo, or DM here. Good during sale only.
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Anything with spiral beads, butterflies, or dragonflies is 20% today (Sunday) and tomorrow (Monday).
Find a thing with spiral beads, butterflies, or dragonflies not marked down, and it's 50% off. Send Etsy convo, or DM here. Good during sale only.
December 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
You know how I get.
www.etsy.com/shop/Lioness...
Anything with spiral beads, butterflies, or dragonflies is 20% today (Sunday) and tomorrow (Monday).
Find a thing with spiral beads, butterflies, or dragonflies not marked down, and it's 50% off. Send Etsy convo, or DM here. Good during sale only.
www.etsy.com/shop/Lioness...
Anything with spiral beads, butterflies, or dragonflies is 20% today (Sunday) and tomorrow (Monday).
Find a thing with spiral beads, butterflies, or dragonflies not marked down, and it's 50% off. Send Etsy convo, or DM here. Good during sale only.
It's the week of Scalzi's fantastic holiday gift guide posts - if you're looking to support authors, artists, and crafters of all kinds, it's a great place to check for ideas.
I've got a comment in there, or you can check out www.celialake.com/2025/12/2025... for what I've been up to this year.
I've got a comment in there, or you can check out www.celialake.com/2025/12/2025... for what I've been up to this year.
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The 2025 Whatever Holiday Gift Guide, Day Two: Non-Traditional Books
Today is Day Two of the Whatever Holiday Gift Guide 2025, and today the focus is on Non-Traditionally Published Books: Self-published works, electronically-exclusive books, books from micro presses…
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December 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
It's the week of Scalzi's fantastic holiday gift guide posts - if you're looking to support authors, artists, and crafters of all kinds, it's a great place to check for ideas.
I've got a comment in there, or you can check out www.celialake.com/2025/12/2025... for what I've been up to this year.
I've got a comment in there, or you can check out www.celialake.com/2025/12/2025... for what I've been up to this year.
Today in the 1480s related reading: December's reading is fiction!
I started with a reread of Josephine Tey's The Daughter of Time (1951). Many people cite this as the one that got them interested in Richard III. (It was not my entry point, though!)
I'd completely forgotten how funny it is.
I started with a reread of Josephine Tey's The Daughter of Time (1951). Many people cite this as the one that got them interested in Richard III. (It was not my entry point, though!)
I'd completely forgotten how funny it is.
December 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Today in the 1480s related reading: December's reading is fiction!
I started with a reread of Josephine Tey's The Daughter of Time (1951). Many people cite this as the one that got them interested in Richard III. (It was not my entry point, though!)
I'd completely forgotten how funny it is.
I started with a reread of Josephine Tey's The Daughter of Time (1951). Many people cite this as the one that got them interested in Richard III. (It was not my entry point, though!)
I'd completely forgotten how funny it is.
Last day for farosociety.com/faroshop/ !
In my case, get 20% off any of my books on my direct store at payhip.com/celialake with the code FAROSHOP but check out the list for other great books with discounts!
In my case, get 20% off any of my books on my direct store at payhip.com/celialake with the code FAROSHOP but check out the list for other great books with discounts!
Looking to support indie authors by buying direct from their shops? FaRoSociety has a list of authors (including me!) offering discounts on their shops through December 1st. The code FAROSHOP works on all the stores. Check out the list for what's on offer!
farosociety.com/faroshop/
farosociety.com/faroshop/
December 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Last day for farosociety.com/faroshop/ !
In my case, get 20% off any of my books on my direct store at payhip.com/celialake with the code FAROSHOP but check out the list for other great books with discounts!
In my case, get 20% off any of my books on my direct store at payhip.com/celialake with the code FAROSHOP but check out the list for other great books with discounts!
A brief explanatory thread about why at least some of my content is going to be All Wars of the Roses, All The Time for a bit.
(There will be other topics! I know me. But also I have an ambitious project I'm working towards.)
(There will be other topics! I know me. But also I have an ambitious project I'm working towards.)
November 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A brief explanatory thread about why at least some of my content is going to be All Wars of the Roses, All The Time for a bit.
(There will be other topics! I know me. But also I have an ambitious project I'm working towards.)
(There will be other topics! I know me. But also I have an ambitious project I'm working towards.)
Looking to support indie authors by buying direct from their shops? FaRoSociety has a list of authors (including me!) offering discounts on their shops through December 1st. The code FAROSHOP works on all the stores. Check out the list for what's on offer!
farosociety.com/faroshop/
farosociety.com/faroshop/
November 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Looking to support indie authors by buying direct from their shops? FaRoSociety has a list of authors (including me!) offering discounts on their shops through December 1st. The code FAROSHOP works on all the stores. Check out the list for what's on offer!
farosociety.com/faroshop/
farosociety.com/faroshop/
Thematic unity of dangerous birds! Thematic unity of snow leopards! Thematic unity of Cassandra references.
(Also, skimming through DMs: meeting Jim on the road, Garin fits, unicorns, Henut is creepy in a cemetery...)
But yes, delighted at this one too.
(Also, skimming through DMs: meeting Jim on the road, Garin fits, unicorns, Henut is creepy in a cemetery...)
But yes, delighted at this one too.
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I've got the rest of the week off the day job, and my plans are a bunch of editing and prep for the 1480s project research.
Apparently brought to you by good coffee and chocolate chip muffins. My executive has functioned enough to put out the ingredients for the latter out to come to room temp.
Apparently brought to you by good coffee and chocolate chip muffins. My executive has functioned enough to put out the ingredients for the latter out to come to room temp.
November 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I've got the rest of the week off the day job, and my plans are a bunch of editing and prep for the 1480s project research.
Apparently brought to you by good coffee and chocolate chip muffins. My executive has functioned enough to put out the ingredients for the latter out to come to room temp.
Apparently brought to you by good coffee and chocolate chip muffins. My executive has functioned enough to put out the ingredients for the latter out to come to room temp.
I bought my cat a new self-heating cat bed, which arrived first thing this morning.
There are now small pleased cat noises coming from the corner of my bedroom, and I am delighted.
(She loves being within 6 inches of me, but she is getting older and should have cosy options for cat rotation.)
There are now small pleased cat noises coming from the corner of my bedroom, and I am delighted.
(She loves being within 6 inches of me, but she is getting older and should have cosy options for cat rotation.)
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I bought my cat a new self-heating cat bed, which arrived first thing this morning.
There are now small pleased cat noises coming from the corner of my bedroom, and I am delighted.
(She loves being within 6 inches of me, but she is getting older and should have cosy options for cat rotation.)
There are now small pleased cat noises coming from the corner of my bedroom, and I am delighted.
(She loves being within 6 inches of me, but she is getting older and should have cosy options for cat rotation.)
As @kiyanicoll.bsky.social said when linking this last night, absolutely relevant to the draft I just finished.
(Which involves selkies. And an Orkney sea cave, though not with the singing at the time.)
(Which involves selkies. And an Orkney sea cave, though not with the singing at the time.)
November 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
As @kiyanicoll.bsky.social said when linking this last night, absolutely relevant to the draft I just finished.
(Which involves selkies. And an Orkney sea cave, though not with the singing at the time.)
(Which involves selkies. And an Orkney sea cave, though not with the singing at the time.)
Reposted by Celia Lake
Best. Art. Crime. Costume.
(from Hailey Fuqua, a Boston coloratura soprano: www.instagram.com/p/DQhrnW9kpx...)
(from Hailey Fuqua, a Boston coloratura soprano: www.instagram.com/p/DQhrnW9kpx...)
November 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Best. Art. Crime. Costume.
(from Hailey Fuqua, a Boston coloratura soprano: www.instagram.com/p/DQhrnW9kpx...)
(from Hailey Fuqua, a Boston coloratura soprano: www.instagram.com/p/DQhrnW9kpx...)
Today, in a change for my cover designer...
Instead of the cover brief getting into the details of the skirt and/or bustle for a particular year, this time it's "So, let me get specific about seals."
(Specifically grey seals, the fact selkies are traditionally larger than that, and the nose.)
Instead of the cover brief getting into the details of the skirt and/or bustle for a particular year, this time it's "So, let me get specific about seals."
(Specifically grey seals, the fact selkies are traditionally larger than that, and the nose.)
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Today, in a change for my cover designer...
Instead of the cover brief getting into the details of the skirt and/or bustle for a particular year, this time it's "So, let me get specific about seals."
(Specifically grey seals, the fact selkies are traditionally larger than that, and the nose.)
Instead of the cover brief getting into the details of the skirt and/or bustle for a particular year, this time it's "So, let me get specific about seals."
(Specifically grey seals, the fact selkies are traditionally larger than that, and the nose.)
Reposted by Celia Lake
hi book sky,
allow me to share a @celialake.bsky.social appreciation thread 🥰🎉
celia's stories are full of intricate worldbuilding, unique magic & impeccable historical research. newest publication is Apt to be Suspicious about cryptography and classics at Oxford. happy book birthday!
allow me to share a @celialake.bsky.social appreciation thread 🥰🎉
celia's stories are full of intricate worldbuilding, unique magic & impeccable historical research. newest publication is Apt to be Suspicious about cryptography and classics at Oxford. happy book birthday!
Want a little academia and magic in your life? Apt to be Suspicious is out today!
Full of Oxford in 1947-48, magic, cryptic crosswords, what to do when you grow up, cryptography, and a fair bit of Homer. Also, as you can see, a punt.
celialake.com/book/apt-to-...
Full of Oxford in 1947-48, magic, cryptic crosswords, what to do when you grow up, cryptography, and a fair bit of Homer. Also, as you can see, a punt.
celialake.com/book/apt-to-...
November 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
hi book sky,
allow me to share a @celialake.bsky.social appreciation thread 🥰🎉
celia's stories are full of intricate worldbuilding, unique magic & impeccable historical research. newest publication is Apt to be Suspicious about cryptography and classics at Oxford. happy book birthday!
allow me to share a @celialake.bsky.social appreciation thread 🥰🎉
celia's stories are full of intricate worldbuilding, unique magic & impeccable historical research. newest publication is Apt to be Suspicious about cryptography and classics at Oxford. happy book birthday!
Someone in my authorial Discord: [hoping for more about the solstice extra.]
Me, after contemplating, deciding I can share two things. I don't think they're actually usefully informative, though.
1) The solstice extra takes place in 1948.
2) Croissants are involved.
Me, after contemplating, deciding I can share two things. I don't think they're actually usefully informative, though.
1) The solstice extra takes place in 1948.
2) Croissants are involved.
November 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Someone in my authorial Discord: [hoping for more about the solstice extra.]
Me, after contemplating, deciding I can share two things. I don't think they're actually usefully informative, though.
1) The solstice extra takes place in 1948.
2) Croissants are involved.
Me, after contemplating, deciding I can share two things. I don't think they're actually usefully informative, though.
1) The solstice extra takes place in 1948.
2) Croissants are involved.
Reposted by Celia Lake
I really liked the malachite dress from Frankenstein and wanted to do a mari in a similar dress but I got very tired so apologies for it being rushed
November 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I really liked the malachite dress from Frankenstein and wanted to do a mari in a similar dress but I got very tired so apologies for it being rushed
Reposted by Celia Lake
Today we're also celebrating the release of Apt To Be Suspicious by @celialake.bsky.social! The second book in the Liminal Mysteries series that explores the magical community of Britain after the Second World War:
www.readindiefantasy.com/a-spotlight-...
www.readindiefantasy.com/a-spotlight-...
November 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Today we're also celebrating the release of Apt To Be Suspicious by @celialake.bsky.social! The second book in the Liminal Mysteries series that explores the magical community of Britain after the Second World War:
www.readindiefantasy.com/a-spotlight-...
www.readindiefantasy.com/a-spotlight-...
Want a little academia and magic in your life? Apt to be Suspicious is out today!
Full of Oxford in 1947-48, magic, cryptic crosswords, what to do when you grow up, cryptography, and a fair bit of Homer. Also, as you can see, a punt.
celialake.com/book/apt-to-...
Full of Oxford in 1947-48, magic, cryptic crosswords, what to do when you grow up, cryptography, and a fair bit of Homer. Also, as you can see, a punt.
celialake.com/book/apt-to-...
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Want a little academia and magic in your life? Apt to be Suspicious is out today!
Full of Oxford in 1947-48, magic, cryptic crosswords, what to do when you grow up, cryptography, and a fair bit of Homer. Also, as you can see, a punt.
celialake.com/book/apt-to-...
Full of Oxford in 1947-48, magic, cryptic crosswords, what to do when you grow up, cryptography, and a fair bit of Homer. Also, as you can see, a punt.
celialake.com/book/apt-to-...
Should anyone be writing something set in Boston in 1835, I just stumbled on a glorious historical resource:
tile.loc.gov/storage-serv...
Full title in next post, because it's long. Businesses, doctors, organizations, all sorts of meaty details. (Came across it while researching for work.)
tile.loc.gov/storage-serv...
Full title in next post, because it's long. Businesses, doctors, organizations, all sorts of meaty details. (Came across it while researching for work.)
tile.loc.gov
November 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Should anyone be writing something set in Boston in 1835, I just stumbled on a glorious historical resource:
tile.loc.gov/storage-serv...
Full title in next post, because it's long. Businesses, doctors, organizations, all sorts of meaty details. (Came across it while researching for work.)
tile.loc.gov/storage-serv...
Full title in next post, because it's long. Businesses, doctors, organizations, all sorts of meaty details. (Came across it while researching for work.)
This was such a fun interview, and I loved having the chance to answer great questions. (Including the reality of librarian life...)
It's A Month of Rain & Reads, and it's a great day for an interview.
Today, we get to hear from Celia Lake (@celialake.bsky.social) about writing historical fantasy and about what it's really like to be a librarian.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#AMoRaR #BookSky
Today, we get to hear from Celia Lake (@celialake.bsky.social) about writing historical fantasy and about what it's really like to be a librarian.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#AMoRaR #BookSky
November 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This was such a fun interview, and I loved having the chance to answer great questions. (Including the reality of librarian life...)
Me to @kiya about the book I'm 3 chapters into writing:
Sometimes I write cosy novels about the Blitz. Sometimes I write cosy novels about the moral injury of trust and safety and equivalent work?
(Deeply informed by my own experiences and @rahaeli.bsky.social 's extensive commentary.)
Sometimes I write cosy novels about the Blitz. Sometimes I write cosy novels about the moral injury of trust and safety and equivalent work?
(Deeply informed by my own experiences and @rahaeli.bsky.social 's extensive commentary.)
November 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Me to @kiya about the book I'm 3 chapters into writing:
Sometimes I write cosy novels about the Blitz. Sometimes I write cosy novels about the moral injury of trust and safety and equivalent work?
(Deeply informed by my own experiences and @rahaeli.bsky.social 's extensive commentary.)
Sometimes I write cosy novels about the Blitz. Sometimes I write cosy novels about the moral injury of trust and safety and equivalent work?
(Deeply informed by my own experiences and @rahaeli.bsky.social 's extensive commentary.)
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!
and on sale!
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
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October 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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!
and on sale!
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.
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.
October 30, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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.
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.
Reposted by Celia Lake
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. >
October 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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. >
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.)
(Not that they're not seasonal.)
October 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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.)
(Not that they're not seasonal.)