C. F. MacDhaibhidh
@mcdaeid.bsky.social
Just another Novelist writing
Gothic Horror
(also a birder and lover of dogs)
Gothic Horror
(also a birder and lover of dogs)
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Great Writing Quotes by Author Winston S. Churchill
Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill…
Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill…
Great Writing Quotes by Author Winston S. Churchill
Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster and fling him to the public. Writing a long and substantial book is like having a friend and companion at your side, to whom you can always turn for comfort and amusement, and whose society becomes more attractive as a new and widening field of interest is lighted in the mind.
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December 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Great Writing Quotes by Author Winston S. Churchill
Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill…
Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill…
People ask why horror? Doesn't it scare you? No. I love penning out an epic horror novel (or reading one). You know what truly disturbed me? The Virgin Suicides by Jeffery Eugenides 1993. Its catagorized as 'Coming Of Age' (Bildungsroman). Oh, right! Nightmares to this very day
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
December 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
People ask why horror? Doesn't it scare you? No. I love penning out an epic horror novel (or reading one). You know what truly disturbed me? The Virgin Suicides by Jeffery Eugenides 1993. Its catagorized as 'Coming Of Age' (Bildungsroman). Oh, right! Nightmares to this very day
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
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Spending a peaceful Sunday celebrating books and the importance of reading and writing. In this regard, I'm sharing a favourite passage from Sagan's Cosmos.
✨Books are indeed proof that humans work magic.✨
#Booksky
#WritingCommunity
#Booklovers
💙📚🪐
✨Books are indeed proof that humans work magic.✨
#Booksky
#WritingCommunity
#Booklovers
💙📚🪐
December 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Spending a peaceful Sunday celebrating books and the importance of reading and writing. In this regard, I'm sharing a favourite passage from Sagan's Cosmos.
✨Books are indeed proof that humans work magic.✨
#Booksky
#WritingCommunity
#Booklovers
💙📚🪐
✨Books are indeed proof that humans work magic.✨
#Booksky
#WritingCommunity
#Booklovers
💙📚🪐
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Marketing scams aimed at writers via email are on the uptick. Here’s the latest list of scammers. Don’t click on their email; do send it to spam:
Elise Rheiner
nobleid02
Samir Lank
Vanessa
#marketingscam #writingcommunity #authors #fiction #author #writing #amwriting #amediting #writer #booksky
Elise Rheiner
nobleid02
Samir Lank
Vanessa
#marketingscam #writingcommunity #authors #fiction #author #writing #amwriting #amediting #writer #booksky
December 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Marketing scams aimed at writers via email are on the uptick. Here’s the latest list of scammers. Don’t click on their email; do send it to spam:
Elise Rheiner
nobleid02
Samir Lank
Vanessa
#marketingscam #writingcommunity #authors #fiction #author #writing #amwriting #amediting #writer #booksky
Elise Rheiner
nobleid02
Samir Lank
Vanessa
#marketingscam #writingcommunity #authors #fiction #author #writing #amwriting #amediting #writer #booksky
Scammers, scammers, everywhere! Suddenly inundated by people passing themselves off as legitimate groups of readers from all over the world, wanting to feature my books in their groups and if I could contact them. All messages following a certain formatting, hmmm...
#writingcommunity
#authors
#indie
#writingcommunity
#authors
#indie
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Scammers, scammers, everywhere! Suddenly inundated by people passing themselves off as legitimate groups of readers from all over the world, wanting to feature my books in their groups and if I could contact them. All messages following a certain formatting, hmmm...
#writingcommunity
#authors
#indie
#writingcommunity
#authors
#indie
Been writing full time for 19 yrs and I keep reading where other writers are so unhappy with their first drafts because they are shite. Aye, that'll always be. That's why they are called, 'rough drafts' a written version of that idea you pulled out of your right brain. Tis okay! 😊
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
November 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Been writing full time for 19 yrs and I keep reading where other writers are so unhappy with their first drafts because they are shite. Aye, that'll always be. That's why they are called, 'rough drafts' a written version of that idea you pulled out of your right brain. Tis okay! 😊
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
In the movie 'Tomorrowland' Casey Newton is in class, her teacher lecturing about all the bad things that are happening.
She's constantly raising her hand. The teacher, annoyed, gives in and asked "What?"
Casey: "So, what are we going to do about it?"
Crickets
~Her words, in my head, every day
She's constantly raising her hand. The teacher, annoyed, gives in and asked "What?"
Casey: "So, what are we going to do about it?"
Crickets
~Her words, in my head, every day
November 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
In the movie 'Tomorrowland' Casey Newton is in class, her teacher lecturing about all the bad things that are happening.
She's constantly raising her hand. The teacher, annoyed, gives in and asked "What?"
Casey: "So, what are we going to do about it?"
Crickets
~Her words, in my head, every day
She's constantly raising her hand. The teacher, annoyed, gives in and asked "What?"
Casey: "So, what are we going to do about it?"
Crickets
~Her words, in my head, every day
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Marketing scams aimed at writers via email are on the uptick. Here’s the latest list of scammers. Don’t click on their email; do send it to spam:
EMMANUEL ADS SERVICE
emmayehne
PBOcreative
Peace Ojo
Precious J. Charlot.
Rose Matt
Solina Stone
Victory A Brian
#writingcommunity #amwriting #author
EMMANUEL ADS SERVICE
emmayehne
PBOcreative
Peace Ojo
Precious J. Charlot.
Rose Matt
Solina Stone
Victory A Brian
#writingcommunity #amwriting #author
November 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Marketing scams aimed at writers via email are on the uptick. Here’s the latest list of scammers. Don’t click on their email; do send it to spam:
EMMANUEL ADS SERVICE
emmayehne
PBOcreative
Peace Ojo
Precious J. Charlot.
Rose Matt
Solina Stone
Victory A Brian
#writingcommunity #amwriting #author
EMMANUEL ADS SERVICE
emmayehne
PBOcreative
Peace Ojo
Precious J. Charlot.
Rose Matt
Solina Stone
Victory A Brian
#writingcommunity #amwriting #author
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I just want, Ridley Scott, or, Frank Durabont, OR Guillermo Del Toro to make an epic version of Stephen King's, The Stand. It's a story worthy of it! PLEASE!
#Writingcommunity
#HorrorWritersChat
#Bookstore
#Authors
#Writingcommunity
#HorrorWritersChat
#Bookstore
#Authors
November 6, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I just want, Ridley Scott, or, Frank Durabont, OR Guillermo Del Toro to make an epic version of Stephen King's, The Stand. It's a story worthy of it! PLEASE!
#Writingcommunity
#HorrorWritersChat
#Bookstore
#Authors
#Writingcommunity
#HorrorWritersChat
#Bookstore
#Authors
My wee jack russell has a Giggle Ball. It is so energizing that she is only allowed to play with it for a few minutes a day. 10 minutes of pure chaos!
November 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
My wee jack russell has a Giggle Ball. It is so energizing that she is only allowed to play with it for a few minutes a day. 10 minutes of pure chaos!
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A brilliant way to take the pressure off drafting and just tell the story. ♥️
#5amwritersclub #WritingCommunity
#5amwritersclub #WritingCommunity
October 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
A brilliant way to take the pressure off drafting and just tell the story. ♥️
#5amwritersclub #WritingCommunity
#5amwritersclub #WritingCommunity
You may not remember these, but...
(Bread line 1937)
(Bread line 1937)
October 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
You may not remember these, but...
(Bread line 1937)
(Bread line 1937)
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October 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
'Within The Haunt Of The Unseelie Court' (2nd ed.) is finally back on the market after some publishing glitches! What happens when a local resident's bad decision unleashes the dark fae on a small New England town in the 1930s. Epic!
#writingcommunity
#horrorlit
#authors
#booksky
#published
#writingcommunity
#horrorlit
#authors
#booksky
#published
October 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
'Within The Haunt Of The Unseelie Court' (2nd ed.) is finally back on the market after some publishing glitches! What happens when a local resident's bad decision unleashes the dark fae on a small New England town in the 1930s. Epic!
#writingcommunity
#horrorlit
#authors
#booksky
#published
#writingcommunity
#horrorlit
#authors
#booksky
#published
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Black-winged stilt
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#bird #oiseaux #nature #capture #naturephotography #naturelovers #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #planetbirds #waterbirds #wildlife #art #video #youtube #bluesky #seabirds #PhotographersOfBluesky
@mybirdcards.com
Black-winged stilt
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#bird #oiseaux #nature #capture #naturephotography #naturelovers #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #planetbirds #waterbirds #wildlife #art #video #youtube #bluesky #seabirds #PhotographersOfBluesky
@mybirdcards.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
October 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
At 16 I saw Derek & the Domino's (Clapton) in concert, heard Layla for the 1st time. But it was the piano portion that captured me. 52 years later, the tears still well whenever I hear it. Not because of nostalgia as much as it is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever.
#writerscommunity
#writerscommunity
October 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
At 16 I saw Derek & the Domino's (Clapton) in concert, heard Layla for the 1st time. But it was the piano portion that captured me. 52 years later, the tears still well whenever I hear it. Not because of nostalgia as much as it is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever.
#writerscommunity
#writerscommunity
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Diane Keaton has passed. 🥺
I am sad
I am sad
October 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Diane Keaton has passed. 🥺
I am sad
I am sad
Signing books tomorrow at the Indie Author Book Fair for the last day of the Iowa City Book Festival!
We'll be at the Merge building in Central Market at the Ped-mal!
www.iowacityofliterature.org/events/list/...
#writingcommunity
We'll be at the Merge building in Central Market at the Ped-mal!
www.iowacityofliterature.org/events/list/...
#writingcommunity
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October 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Signing books tomorrow at the Indie Author Book Fair for the last day of the Iowa City Book Festival!
We'll be at the Merge building in Central Market at the Ped-mal!
www.iowacityofliterature.org/events/list/...
#writingcommunity
We'll be at the Merge building in Central Market at the Ped-mal!
www.iowacityofliterature.org/events/list/...
#writingcommunity
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A gentle reminder is always well received😂
October 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
A gentle reminder is always well received😂
Dreamed of my little dog last night who passed 3 years ago. Memorialized in Secant Pub.s 'Years Best Dog Stories-2021'
"...spoke thru tears of 15 years how his dog and him traveled about. The dog up and died... after 20 years, he still grieves..."
'Mr. Bojangles'
Jerry Jeff Walker
"...spoke thru tears of 15 years how his dog and him traveled about. The dog up and died... after 20 years, he still grieves..."
'Mr. Bojangles'
Jerry Jeff Walker
September 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Dreamed of my little dog last night who passed 3 years ago. Memorialized in Secant Pub.s 'Years Best Dog Stories-2021'
"...spoke thru tears of 15 years how his dog and him traveled about. The dog up and died... after 20 years, he still grieves..."
'Mr. Bojangles'
Jerry Jeff Walker
"...spoke thru tears of 15 years how his dog and him traveled about. The dog up and died... after 20 years, he still grieves..."
'Mr. Bojangles'
Jerry Jeff Walker
So, #writingcommunity
Highland Harry-Monster Slayer, second edition, New cover, improved illustrations, now available at:
www.rcdavis-tellin'stories.com
(I know it's not gothic horror and yes, it's sci-fi, but it rose like a phoenix from the ashes of a dream, so... I just had to write it!)
Highland Harry-Monster Slayer, second edition, New cover, improved illustrations, now available at:
www.rcdavis-tellin'stories.com
(I know it's not gothic horror and yes, it's sci-fi, but it rose like a phoenix from the ashes of a dream, so... I just had to write it!)
September 11, 2025 at 4:14 AM
So, #writingcommunity
Highland Harry-Monster Slayer, second edition, New cover, improved illustrations, now available at:
www.rcdavis-tellin'stories.com
(I know it's not gothic horror and yes, it's sci-fi, but it rose like a phoenix from the ashes of a dream, so... I just had to write it!)
Highland Harry-Monster Slayer, second edition, New cover, improved illustrations, now available at:
www.rcdavis-tellin'stories.com
(I know it's not gothic horror and yes, it's sci-fi, but it rose like a phoenix from the ashes of a dream, so... I just had to write it!)