Finn Longman
@finnlongman.com
Author (THE BUTTERFLY ASSASSIN trilogy; THE WOLF AND HIS KING) and medievalist specialising in the Ulster Cycle. #1 fan of Láeg mac Ríangabra.
🏳️🌈 they/them | siad/iad
📍Cambridge, UK
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https://finnlongman.com
🏳️🌈 they/them | siad/iad
📍Cambridge, UK
♿
https://finnlongman.com
(This is for the US edition. UK should be correct.)
January 13, 2026 at 12:48 PM
(This is for the US edition. UK should be correct.)
Gonna send the photographer a message to apologise, though it's not actually my fault. And I guess also the actual 2025 photographer because their photo should've been on there and isn't. Argh. I don't know how this happened. Both are friends/family so did them as a favour which makes it worse.
January 13, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Gonna send the photographer a message to apologise, though it's not actually my fault. And I guess also the actual 2025 photographer because their photo should've been on there and isn't. Argh. I don't know how this happened. Both are friends/family so did them as a favour which makes it worse.
I'm usually stricter with myself than my copyeditors are anyway, so this isn't the end of the world, but it does just kind of shunt the problem into the future for me which will inevitably be wildly inconvenient when it comes around. I'd prefer an extra month now but I won't get it.
January 13, 2026 at 12:30 AM
I'm usually stricter with myself than my copyeditors are anyway, so this isn't the end of the world, but it does just kind of shunt the problem into the future for me which will inevitably be wildly inconvenient when it comes around. I'd prefer an extra month now but I won't get it.
Gonna have to send some emails to my editor tomorrow being like. Look. What are the options here. It's probably that I have to fix half of this stuff during copyedits, isn't it, which means I'll also have to continuity check it all, but can we just establish if that's what we're doing, thanks
January 13, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Gonna have to send some emails to my editor tomorrow being like. Look. What are the options here. It's probably that I have to fix half of this stuff during copyedits, isn't it, which means I'll also have to continuity check it all, but can we just establish if that's what we're doing, thanks
Due to other factors outside my control, I *have* basically had to line-edit the entire book since 22nd December (despite having had my line-edits since September), so of course I only figured it out last week, I've been doing this less than a month. But that is in fact the problem 😭
January 13, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Due to other factors outside my control, I *have* basically had to line-edit the entire book since 22nd December (despite having had my line-edits since September), so of course I only figured it out last week, I've been doing this less than a month. But that is in fact the problem 😭
I made a bad choice earlier in the writing process that means the current book is not fulfilling my stated goal AS PER THE AUTHOR'S NOTE AT THE START OF THE BOOK and that is not a small problem I can overlook. Now that I know how to fix it, I gotta. But it's so slow and I'm so late.
January 13, 2026 at 12:26 AM
I made a bad choice earlier in the writing process that means the current book is not fulfilling my stated goal AS PER THE AUTHOR'S NOTE AT THE START OF THE BOOK and that is not a small problem I can overlook. Now that I know how to fix it, I gotta. But it's so slow and I'm so late.
I bake in an unholy mixture of metric and imperial weights according to when and where I learned the recipe, so honestly I can't really talk (note: I am not old enough for this to be reasonable), but I do find weight-based measurements a looooot easier than cups and measuring spoons and the like.
January 12, 2026 at 6:45 PM
I bake in an unholy mixture of metric and imperial weights according to when and where I learned the recipe, so honestly I can't really talk (note: I am not old enough for this to be reasonable), but I do find weight-based measurements a looooot easier than cups and measuring spoons and the like.
"Yes, the module on chivalry *will* have a practical exam"
January 12, 2026 at 5:44 PM
"Yes, the module on chivalry *will* have a practical exam"
I'm gonna admit here though that it never occurred to me that "tsp" might be a precise measurement and I have just been using whatever random teaspoon I grabbed out of my kitchen drawer at the time 😆 but hey, my cakes are great, it's only the bread that always fails and that has bigger problems
January 12, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I'm gonna admit here though that it never occurred to me that "tsp" might be a precise measurement and I have just been using whatever random teaspoon I grabbed out of my kitchen drawer at the time 😆 but hey, my cakes are great, it's only the bread that always fails and that has bigger problems
Although to be honest, a lot of baking is more vibesy than people imagine, at least for simple things like cakes and biscuits. I'm willing to accept that Complex Pastry may require more precision but I continue to dangerously improv with other recipes (even on the gluten-free difficulty rating)
January 12, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Although to be honest, a lot of baking is more vibesy than people imagine, at least for simple things like cakes and biscuits. I'm willing to accept that Complex Pastry may require more precision but I continue to dangerously improv with other recipes (even on the gluten-free difficulty rating)
But the book comes out in the US in two weeks and one day so if you'd like to pre-order it, now's a great time.
January 12, 2026 at 4:26 PM
But the book comes out in the US in two weeks and one day so if you'd like to pre-order it, now's a great time.
People have randomly started sharing/liking this post again, so, just to be clear, this is from two days ago and the giveaway has now ended.
January 12, 2026 at 4:26 PM
People have randomly started sharing/liking this post again, so, just to be clear, this is from two days ago and the giveaway has now ended.
If I'm asked about it! :)
January 12, 2026 at 1:57 PM
If I'm asked about it! :)
(No not all the MSS in the diagram are 12th century. There was a whole powerpoint that was like, here are the 12th century ones, here are the later French ones that I like even though they're later, here are the animal ones, here are the colours) (LIKE I SAID I'M REALLY ANNOYING)
January 12, 2026 at 1:31 PM
(No not all the MSS in the diagram are 12th century. There was a whole powerpoint that was like, here are the 12th century ones, here are the later French ones that I like even though they're later, here are the animal ones, here are the colours) (LIKE I SAID I'M REALLY ANNOYING)
Anyway please know that the cover of this book is as bright as it is because I was *really annoying* about it (but honestly I was pushing for even brighter 😆). Worth it.
January 12, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Anyway please know that the cover of this book is as bright as it is because I was *really annoying* about it (but honestly I was pushing for even brighter 😆). Worth it.
This isn't a joke I did actually do that
January 12, 2026 at 1:27 PM
This isn't a joke I did actually do that
I did not make Tom Roberts re-draw the arch on the front cover to be more appropriate for the twelfth century for you to call this novel gothic
January 12, 2026 at 1:22 PM
I did not make Tom Roberts re-draw the arch on the front cover to be more appropriate for the twelfth century for you to call this novel gothic
They love to neg me about how few reviews it has and I'm like. Mate. This is not a winning strategy this just makes me sad
January 12, 2026 at 1:13 PM
They love to neg me about how few reviews it has and I'm like. Mate. This is not a winning strategy this just makes me sad
Weirdly I get more of them for Moth to a Flame (which they don't seem to have noticed is the third book in a trilogy) than for The Wolf and His King. I guess because it's been out longer, and has a very low number of reviews, so they see it as low-hanging fruit and think I'll be desperate.
January 12, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Weirdly I get more of them for Moth to a Flame (which they don't seem to have noticed is the third book in a trilogy) than for The Wolf and His King. I guess because it's been out longer, and has a very low number of reviews, so they see it as low-hanging fruit and think I'll be desperate.
I was the same too, and one of my teenage sources (TW Rolleston's "Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race", which I picked up for £10 in Camden Market) was the same as his, so I felt seen by this.
January 12, 2026 at 1:10 PM
I was the same too, and one of my teenage sources (TW Rolleston's "Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race", which I picked up for £10 in Camden Market) was the same as his, so I felt seen by this.