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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne

@rflong.bsky.social

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Author, Librarian, general book nerd, SFF, Irish, she/her (pretty much always a library in my books) http://www.rflong.com/ The Book of Gold out now: lnk.to/thebookofgold Jessica Thorne: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Jessica-Thorne/author/B07KRHB3HR

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · Aug 29

COVER REVEAL for the 2nd #FeralGods book, THE LORE OF SILVER, sequel to THE BOOK OF GOLD. Artwork by the incredible @micaelaalcaino.bsky.social

Are you ready to go back to Amberes?

A Stolen Relic. A Missing Girl. A Horror Unleashed...

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@hodderscape.bsky.social

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 2h

Yay!

Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 2h

Hopefully there will be a lovely surprise in the post any day now.

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 2h

Oh no there should be something on the way to you already. Do you want me to check?

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah I spent the afternoon getting everything ready for the bookbinding workshop I'm giving on Saturday

Piles of paper and boards with holes on a sofa

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 9h

Having handed in Book 3 and the copy edits for Wildewood I am in the very unusual position of having nothing to do. So I'm watching TV and drinking tea and eating cheese! (It won't last)

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 10h

They are always up to something... ;)

Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 10h

Oh absolutely!

Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 10h

a turtle with its eyes closed and the words `` it is time '' written on it .

Alt: a turtle with its eyes closed and the words `` it is time '' written on it .

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 10h

eeeeeep!

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Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer📷🚀 🚀 📸 @princejvstin.com · 10h

Just finished: The Witch of Prague, forthcoming from J M Sidorova
Next Read: The Lore of Silver, forthcoming from @rflong.bsky.social

Both are arcs,

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 11h

Out of context Naughty Kitchen:

Don't all authors exist at the intersection of arrogance and insecurity about their work?

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 15h

Oh hey bluesky, I need to come up with comp titles for Dominion of the Fallen--they need to be available in trade paperback, published within the last 3-5 years.
Any ideas? I'm coming up blank.

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Sarah Hinds @sarahhinds.bsky.social · 13h

No notes! *chef's kiss*

Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 13h

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 1d

**hugs**

Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 2d

Today I am on the Off The Shelf Podcast talking about all things writing, romance, Romantasy and the Bournemouth Romance Writing Festival (17th/18th October).

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137. R. F. Long, Author

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 3d

Warrior and legend.

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 4d

I'll also give a shout out to my beloved boys from The Book of Gold, Kit and Ben, whose story continues in The Lore of Silver

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Kit's one of the three pov characters throughout the series.

Kit and Ben from The Book of Gold, two young men, one with red hair and one with black hair, kissing passionately beneath a starry sky

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 4d

Do stealth lesbians count?

(They're not actually that stealthy but they seemed to surprise a lot of people when the book came out. Don't know why. I always try for queer rep but here Megan was front and centre I suppose)

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The Lost Girls of Foxfield Hall - Second Sky

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 5d

Some of the surviving frescoes from the House of Livia, the wife of Augustus, on the Palatine Hill in Rome. The frescoes date to around 30 BC. 📷 My own. #FrescoFriday #Rome

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Octocon @octocon.bsky.social · 5d

Looking forward to seeing you there @rflong.bsky.social

#Octocon #Octocon2025 #Fantasy #Fandom #ReadingCommunity #Scifi #ScifiConvention #BookSky

Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 5d

Next weekend it's @octocon.bsky.social and here's what I'm going to be doing...

yes... that is a bookbinding workshop...

Come and join us - 2025.octocon.com

Saturday 11 October 2025
13:00 Avoiding Interesting Research: Escaping the Rabbit Hole Shannon 2 + Alpha Stream,Duration: 60 mins

16:00 Build a Book with Ruth Frances Long Arena,Duration: 60 mins

17:30 Historical Myths and How to (Not) Use Them Shannon 2 + Alpha Stream,Duration: 50 mins

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 5d

Next weekend it's @octocon.bsky.social and here's what I'm going to be doing...

yes... that is a bookbinding workshop...

Come and join us - 2025.octocon.com

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 5d

Love this book. Highly recommend it.

Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 5d

October joy: the ebook fo Wooing the Witch Queen is on sale in the UK for just 99p this month! Find it at

Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Wooing-Witch...

Kobo: www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

and Bookshop: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/wooi...

#romancelandia