Maégan Jane Smith (née Boyle)
@maeganjboyle.bsky.social
Fantasy writer 📖 | Gamer 🎮 | Dreamer 💫
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Residency for two emerging writers to explore the feminist archive at Nottingham Women's Library.
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Emerging Writer's Residency 2026 - Nottingham City of Literature
A paid residency for emerging writers. Applications are open to explore the feminist archive at the Nottingham Women's Library.
nottinghamcityofliterature.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Residency for two emerging writers to explore the feminist archive at Nottingham Women's Library.
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Details in link.
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Kaelen.
Raised to honour.
Forced to burn.
Character aesthetics from my current WIP, Eidolon.
#fantasywriter #amwri̇ti̇ng #darkfantasy #worldbuilding #characteraesthetic
Raised to honour.
Forced to burn.
Character aesthetics from my current WIP, Eidolon.
#fantasywriter #amwri̇ti̇ng #darkfantasy #worldbuilding #characteraesthetic
January 25, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Kaelen.
Raised to honour.
Forced to burn.
Character aesthetics from my current WIP, Eidolon.
#fantasywriter #amwri̇ti̇ng #darkfantasy #worldbuilding #characteraesthetic
Raised to honour.
Forced to burn.
Character aesthetics from my current WIP, Eidolon.
#fantasywriter #amwri̇ti̇ng #darkfantasy #worldbuilding #characteraesthetic
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- Artist Spotlight -
🦋 Lauren Marx 🪻
Really love this one. Would be gorgeous in a custom frame made of branches.
"From Our Flesh"
Mixed Media, 2015
(Diptypch)
Lauren Marx
#darkart #illustration #artsky #art #bodyhorror #natureart #horrorart #nature #animalart #deerart
🦋 Lauren Marx 🪻
Really love this one. Would be gorgeous in a custom frame made of branches.
"From Our Flesh"
Mixed Media, 2015
(Diptypch)
Lauren Marx
#darkart #illustration #artsky #art #bodyhorror #natureart #horrorart #nature #animalart #deerart
April 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
- Artist Spotlight -
🦋 Lauren Marx 🪻
Really love this one. Would be gorgeous in a custom frame made of branches.
"From Our Flesh"
Mixed Media, 2015
(Diptypch)
Lauren Marx
#darkart #illustration #artsky #art #bodyhorror #natureart #horrorart #nature #animalart #deerart
🦋 Lauren Marx 🪻
Really love this one. Would be gorgeous in a custom frame made of branches.
"From Our Flesh"
Mixed Media, 2015
(Diptypch)
Lauren Marx
#darkart #illustration #artsky #art #bodyhorror #natureart #horrorart #nature #animalart #deerart
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Oh look, another book nook! Phenomenal way to channel stress into creative work.
January 24, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Oh look, another book nook! Phenomenal way to channel stress into creative work.
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ICYMI: The government has pledged £27.5m to the Libraries Improvement Fund as part of a £1.5bn package to be invested in cultural organisations over a five-year period 👇 #BookSky
Government pledges £27.5m to Libraries Improvement Fund as part of £1.5bn package
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January 22, 2026 at 7:26 PM
ICYMI: The government has pledged £27.5m to the Libraries Improvement Fund as part of a £1.5bn package to be invested in cultural organisations over a five-year period 👇 #BookSky
Shadow.
Built to liberate.
Bound to fall.
Character aesthetics from my current WIP, Eidolon.
#fantasywriter #amwriting #darkfantasy #worldbuilding #characteraesthetic
Built to liberate.
Bound to fall.
Character aesthetics from my current WIP, Eidolon.
#fantasywriter #amwriting #darkfantasy #worldbuilding #characteraesthetic
January 22, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Shadow.
Built to liberate.
Bound to fall.
Character aesthetics from my current WIP, Eidolon.
#fantasywriter #amwriting #darkfantasy #worldbuilding #characteraesthetic
Built to liberate.
Bound to fall.
Character aesthetics from my current WIP, Eidolon.
#fantasywriter #amwriting #darkfantasy #worldbuilding #characteraesthetic
Eida
Born to serve.
Made to break.
Character aesthetics from my current WIP, Eidolon.
#fantasywriter #amwriting #darkfantasy #worldbuilding #characteraesthetic
Born to serve.
Made to break.
Character aesthetics from my current WIP, Eidolon.
#fantasywriter #amwriting #darkfantasy #worldbuilding #characteraesthetic
January 20, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Eida
Born to serve.
Made to break.
Character aesthetics from my current WIP, Eidolon.
#fantasywriter #amwriting #darkfantasy #worldbuilding #characteraesthetic
Born to serve.
Made to break.
Character aesthetics from my current WIP, Eidolon.
#fantasywriter #amwriting #darkfantasy #worldbuilding #characteraesthetic
It can be hard to find the spirit of joy when the heaviness of grief is deep in your bones.
Usually I love decorating a 6ft Christmas tree - and have loved it for as long as I can remember
This year, however, I've gone for something smaller 🤍
Usually I love decorating a 6ft Christmas tree - and have loved it for as long as I can remember
This year, however, I've gone for something smaller 🤍
December 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
It can be hard to find the spirit of joy when the heaviness of grief is deep in your bones.
Usually I love decorating a 6ft Christmas tree - and have loved it for as long as I can remember
This year, however, I've gone for something smaller 🤍
Usually I love decorating a 6ft Christmas tree - and have loved it for as long as I can remember
This year, however, I've gone for something smaller 🤍
Here's a quick update because I frequently forget about bsky.
My mum passed away in May.
My dad's lung cancer came back, now stage 4.
I was diagnosed with ADHD combined in October.
I still plan to put The Dreamer on RR, just delayed.
Focusing on Eidolon, so currently at 1/3rd written.
My mum passed away in May.
My dad's lung cancer came back, now stage 4.
I was diagnosed with ADHD combined in October.
I still plan to put The Dreamer on RR, just delayed.
Focusing on Eidolon, so currently at 1/3rd written.
Update on current writing projects 😊
For further updates, please follow my writer Facebook profile:
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![A text image listing current writing projects. It says:
Current projects:
Title: The Mortal Overseer
Genre: Adult Fantasy
Status: First draft, half-way through.
Title: Eidolon
Genre: Dark Romantasy
Status: First draft, approx. 1/6th written.
Title: The Company [of Demons]
Genre: Dark Urban Fantasy
Status: First draft, half-way through.
Title: The Dreamer
Genre: Young Adult Epic Fantasy
Status: Final edits; preparing for online publication.
Information:
'The Dreamer' will be given in chapters to read for free via Royal Road (or a similar platform if I find something more suitable for my genre). Further updates and information will be given once I have a clearer time frame - right now it's early days, and is dictated by my chronic illness.
Note: All book titles may be subject to change prior to any publication, but I'm usually quite set on titles very early on in a project.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mwpre2oav7vqftfw7wgofcrm/bafkreigtpnqgfmmdm7dxi2zkibjzf7xw45biy7vmnsrybzt332cpywkwre@jpeg)
December 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Here's a quick update because I frequently forget about bsky.
My mum passed away in May.
My dad's lung cancer came back, now stage 4.
I was diagnosed with ADHD combined in October.
I still plan to put The Dreamer on RR, just delayed.
Focusing on Eidolon, so currently at 1/3rd written.
My mum passed away in May.
My dad's lung cancer came back, now stage 4.
I was diagnosed with ADHD combined in October.
I still plan to put The Dreamer on RR, just delayed.
Focusing on Eidolon, so currently at 1/3rd written.
Update on current writing projects 😊
For further updates, please follow my writer Facebook profile:
www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
For further updates, please follow my writer Facebook profile:
www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
July 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Update on current writing projects 😊
For further updates, please follow my writer Facebook profile:
www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
For further updates, please follow my writer Facebook profile:
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Happy Father's Day to my incredible dad. I love you lots xox
June 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Happy Father's Day to my incredible dad. I love you lots xox
Your hard work remains, as does your light. I miss you mum x
June 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Your hard work remains, as does your light. I miss you mum x
Life will not be the same without you x
June 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Life will not be the same without you x
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Curtis Brown Creative offer a series of breakthrough scholarships, bursaries, courses and mentoring for new writers, writers of colour and writers on low income and others.
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Details in the link.
Please share :)
Breakthrough Scholarships | Curtis Brown Creative
Our scholarships provide regular funded places on our courses to talented writers facing barriers to entry.
www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk
February 9, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Curtis Brown Creative offer a series of breakthrough scholarships, bursaries, courses and mentoring for new writers, writers of colour and writers on low income and others.
Details in the link.
Please share :)
Details in the link.
Please share :)
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What if history just didn't repeat itself, for once?
February 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
What if history just didn't repeat itself, for once?
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Upset to find that no shops are willing to accept my attempts to pay for goods and services with ‘free publicity’. It’s almost like writers should be offered real money for their work.
February 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Upset to find that no shops are willing to accept my attempts to pay for goods and services with ‘free publicity’. It’s almost like writers should be offered real money for their work.
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Write every day for 1 hour. If you miss a writing day add 1 hour to the next. It’s incredible! Tomorrow I’m writing for 7 years.
February 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Write every day for 1 hour. If you miss a writing day add 1 hour to the next. It’s incredible! Tomorrow I’m writing for 7 years.
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. #1614:
Not all writing happens at a desk. If you're feeling stale, feed your mind - go for a walk, read a book, talk to someone, do something new. You don't find inspiration in looking at a screen all day...
Not all writing happens at a desk. If you're feeling stale, feed your mind - go for a walk, read a book, talk to someone, do something new. You don't find inspiration in looking at a screen all day...
February 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. #1614:
Not all writing happens at a desk. If you're feeling stale, feed your mind - go for a walk, read a book, talk to someone, do something new. You don't find inspiration in looking at a screen all day...
Not all writing happens at a desk. If you're feeling stale, feed your mind - go for a walk, read a book, talk to someone, do something new. You don't find inspiration in looking at a screen all day...
Feeling so loved today 🥰
February 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Feeling so loved today 🥰
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We are delighted to announce our Guests of Honour! 1/4
December 30, 2024 at 9:41 AM
We are delighted to announce our Guests of Honour! 1/4
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All artists eventually fantasize about going into a little room with no worldly distractions to do their art, a sandwich is pushed under the door at lunch, maybe there is a bit of yard time for 40 minutes, before going back.
Basically art prison.
Basically art prison.
January 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
All artists eventually fantasize about going into a little room with no worldly distractions to do their art, a sandwich is pushed under the door at lunch, maybe there is a bit of yard time for 40 minutes, before going back.
Basically art prison.
Basically art prison.
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. #55234567:
You don’t have to write for a living to be a writer. You don’t have to be a great writer to be a writer. You don’t have to write full time to be a writer.
All you have to do is write.
You don’t have to write for a living to be a writer. You don’t have to be a great writer to be a writer. You don’t have to write full time to be a writer.
All you have to do is write.
January 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. #55234567:
You don’t have to write for a living to be a writer. You don’t have to be a great writer to be a writer. You don’t have to write full time to be a writer.
All you have to do is write.
You don’t have to write for a living to be a writer. You don’t have to be a great writer to be a writer. You don’t have to write full time to be a writer.
All you have to do is write.