Reposted by @ameliacrowley.bsky.socialDr Phoenix CS Andrews @thatdocphoenix.com · 28/12/2024Would be a shame if a bunch of authors were to pull out due to having some principles, idk 9635179
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 27/12/2024The funniest thing to me - a British person educated in Britain - about the Odyssey nonsense apparently erupting over on Twitter, is that when I needed a classic story to include in my most recent book, I went with the Odyssey because "Everyone knows it." Everyone but that one guy, it seems. 000
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Every year I write a short story connected to my Vicar Man series of books and post it on my blog as a Winter Holiday gift to everyone. Here's this year's: weylund.wixsite.com/my-site/post... #BookSky #ShortStoryweylund.wixsite.comA Gift To Keep Out The ColdAs is by now traditional, the story I have for you this year is not the story I had planned to write. That one will have to wait on the shelf, beside all the other stories that I've put aside to wait ... 000
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 20/12/2024My Youngest Child loved the Ghastly School Shorts. 032
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Hello Bluesky! I am back and...wow, it's got *significantly* more crowded around here, hasn't it? Can't think why. 100
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 17/09/2024Where Did I Go? weylund.wixsite.com/my-site/post... #BlogPost #Author'sGonnaAuthweylund.wixsite.comWhere Did I Go?Every time I resolve to write on this blog more often, I end up not writing on it for at least a month.Or, in this case, several months.At this point I should probably accept the inevitable and stop m... 010
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 30/06/2024And today the hard-working writer is… Looking up the etymology of the word “mook” and not getting very far. 000
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 26/06/2024Beloved Husband: "Why are the curtains drawn? Let's get some light in here!" Me: "Because it's *Twenty seven degrees celsius* out there." He: "No, it's sixteen, look!" *Waves shiny new phone* Me: "Look again." He: "Ok, now it's twenty." *Moves toward window" (1/2) 100
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 07/06/2024Youngest child, glaring at my tea store: "Why do you like this? It's hot leaf juice!" Me: "I think you'll find it's hot *root* juice. And that one's hot flower juice." YC: "..." Me: "And today's lesson: why you should come up with your own insults instead of just borrowing other people's." 110
Reposted by @ameliacrowley.bsky.socialCeleste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 03/06/2024Libraries are one of the most radical social institutions we have, because they’re based on the idea that *everyone* has the right to information, for free. It’s also what makes them crucial to democracy. I will never stop yelling about this! 5245901644
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 04/06/2024www.ameliacrowley.com/post/it-s-hereameliacrowley.comIt's Here!If you read that title in Jack Nicholson's voice I am so sorry. Just assume I was making another horror-film reference* and move on.Whatever all work and no play makes or does not make Jack, a lot of ... 010
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 03/06/2024Hold on... If The Wolf-Finder General is out tomorrow... There's only one day left to get The Vicar Man for ninety nine pence! Run! Run! ( Figuratively speaking, that is) amazon.co.uk/Vicar-Man-Am... #book #cheapbookamazon.co.ukThe Vicar Man eBook : Crowley, Amelia, Willis-Crowley, Kate: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle StoreThe Vicar Man eBook : Crowley, Amelia, Willis-Crowley, Kate: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store 010
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 15/05/2024New blog post! A werewolf-finder is a silly idea. That could never happen in real life. Right? #TheWolfFinderGeneral www.ameliacrowley.com/post/why-a-w...ameliacrowley.comWhy a Wolf-Finder?Witch hunts make sense The kind of sense, admittedly, that starts from people being generally awful, then passes through several layers of spite, xenophobia, human greed and othering before it ends up... 010
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 06/05/2024Bank Holiday got you down? Can’t set fire to your local clergy because of pointless council bye-laws? Bemoaning the death of *proper* ancient traditions? Live vicariously through fiction! The Vicar Man is available in paperback, kindle, and audiobook! www.amazon.co.uk/Vicar-Man-Am...amazon.co.ukThe Vicar Man eBook : Crowley, Amelia, Willis-Crowley, Kate: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle StoreThe Vicar Man eBook : Crowley, Amelia, Willis-Crowley, Kate: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store 010
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 02/04/2024Eldest Daughter just clapped her hand to her brow in an expression of tragedy. But things were apparently *so very tragic* that she felt the need to use both hands. She ended up with woeful bunny-ears. 010
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 31/03/2024Happy Easter to those of you who celebrate it. Cheap chocolate/a total lack of temptation (and cheap chocolate after sunset) to everyone else. 000
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 21/03/2024The Wolf-Finder General has a cover. And it is *beautiful*. www.ameliacrowley.com/post/the-wol... #book #writing 000
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 09/03/2024If you’re me, this counts as work. 000
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 04/03/2024Somewhat crossly, to Youngest Child: "Don't just leave those bags on the floor! Come down and put them away nicely! Oh, I am setting you so much maths!" Pause. *Hitting the "print" button*: "I realise now that that's a reward and not a threat, however I am doing it anyway." 000
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 29/02/2024Youngest Child: "If you were in an anime, what would the title be?" "My Nuisance Child Keeps Bothering Me While I'm Trying To Write This Book. Occasionally the characters in the book would come to life and demand to know why I wasn't getting on with their story." "That actually sounds like fun." 010
Reposted by @ameliacrowley.bsky.socialPrufrock451 @prufrock451.bsky.social · 23/09/2023Fuck this hustle-culture bullshit. When I’m a skeleton I’m not doing a goddamn thing 6362871949
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 14/02/2024Happy Valentine's Day* wix.to/V7iL54c #newblogpost With thanks and apologies to Jasper Fforde. *Or happy Keep Your Head Down And Survive It Day. Whatever suits you best. 000
Reposted by @ameliacrowley.bsky.socialBenjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 12/02/2024I know that we're not supposed to be importing anything from The Other Place, but this is a masterwork that deserves universal acclaim. 1054688835
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 08/02/2024The sauna I have sauna-ed, the jacuzzi j’accuse-d, the spa itself thoroughly spa-d, and as for the tea: just look at this thing! (I’m tempted to lead a communist uprising against myself: not a plutocrat, perhaps, but decidedly bloated) 000
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 08/02/2024Today I have a spa day. I’m filled with trepidation but, as you can see, I’ve packed all the really important things. 000
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 07/02/2024In our family this is considered normal. 000
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 01/02/2024I hadn't thought about it before, but there's really no better description of the elapsed time since I first became a parent than that it's now my *Eldest Daughter* frantically asking "What happened here? Where's the other boot?" While *I* calmly* reply "On an adventure." *Ok, more deadpan, really 000
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 01/02/2024Just had to point out that it was the first of February, after my traditional: *refreshes page* "Alas! No one has bought my book all month! Or read it!" elicited more than the usual amount of sympathy. 000
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 15/01/2024Youngest Child, *holding a makeup bag*: “Guess what’s in here?” Me: “A small town with mill, model railway, and a firefighting/local defence force.” “No.” “Lego*?” “No.” “Seagulls?” “No.” “What is it then?” “Make up!” “Now that’s just weird.” *With which to build the town. 000
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 12/01/2024Today will now be largely driven by that strange specific joy that comes from seeing, for barely two minutes, someone who you love, and miss, and wish you could see more of. 000
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 01/01/2024The healthy* part of the family has gone out to visit friends. Which was a terrible plan, because they’ve left Youngest Child and I alone, with the holiday leftovers and — thanks to a sporadic high temperature — absolutely no common sense. 110
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 01/01/2024I have sold no books at all, all year. This is a terrible state of affairs and must be corrected as soon as possible. 110
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 27/12/2023I am exceedingly grateful that this flu-bug waited till all the birthdays were out of the way before it descended. And also that I had trays of party food left, so I don’t have to try to cook. Now if it could just be equally considerate in going away again, that would be lovely 000
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 25/12/2023A merry Christmas to those of you who celebrate it, and a peaceful day to those who don’t. (And then there’s me, battling with a birthday cake, and warding off “Merry Christmas”s with a tennis racquet) 000
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 24/12/2023While I remember, a short PSA: Some people like to rip the paper from their presents. Others try to keep the paper intact (perhaps to reuse, perhaps they just enjoy it). In either case the *only* thing that matters is the enjoyment of the person doing the unwrapping. 000
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 24/12/2023I have done the first of the Three Stupid Things I traditionally do at this time every year. (Admittedly a walk, a hot bath, and curry aren’t particularly stupid things, as a rule, but in the wrong circumstances, well… happy birthday for tomorrow, Eldest Daughter) 000
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 21/12/2023My yearly Winter Holiday present is up on my website now, titled (with apologies to Dylan Thomas) A Child's Solstice On The Island. You don't have to have read The Vicar Man to understand it -- though some things may make more sense if you have. www.ameliacrowley.com/post/wrapt-a... 022
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 21/12/2023Not intended as a sacrifice, the Gavle Goat is still routinely burned to the ground. This year, though, the straw it was made from contained a large amount of seeds, with the result that it instead met its doom at the hands* of a flock of jackdaws and one confused but very determined duck *beaks. 110
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 17/12/2023Friday to Sunday in pictures (tomorrow we restore “normality”) 1/2 210
Reposted by @ameliacrowley.bsky.socialNghi Vo @nghivo.bsky.social · 16/12/2023At some point, you're going to get a job offer that you can't accept. No time, not your skillset, whatever, you're a bad fit. The best thing you can do in this situation is to say "I'm not the person you're looking for, but I bet I know who is." It's fun to be the guy who knows a guy! 650776
Reposted by @ameliacrowley.bsky.socialDylan Meconis @dylanmeconis.bsky.social · 15/12/2023Seeing a lot of discourse RE: younger millennials bemoaning that they're Old and Cringe now and I just want to reach out and reassure today's youth that the best strategy for remaining relevant in a fast-paced world is to simply NEVER be even faintly cool or on-trend, at all, ever 942735539
Reposted by @ameliacrowley.bsky.socialSara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 13/12/2023Dear GOD people don’t ask a writer how their sales are going. Unless you’ve seen them on the NYT bestseller list, that’s a declaration of war. 36614
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 11/12/2023Eldest Daughter informs me that, (since they start in November -- if we're *lucky*) Christmas adverts, music in shops, etc have no effect on her whatever. What does put her in a festive mood? Julia Donaldson adverts on the BBC. 000
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 08/12/2023Looks up synonyms of "Glorious" Internet: "Amazeballs" Well, yes, that would be perfect, except that this is *historical* fantasy so I think I'd better not. 000
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 07/12/2023Rest in peace Benjamin Zephaniah. 011
Reposted by @ameliacrowley.bsky.socialDoug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 07/12/2023It's incredible how accurately Shel Silverstein predicted AI decades ago 3452881557
ameliacrowley.bsky.social @ameliacrowley.bsky.social · 06/12/2023The problem with trying to clean dirt off a key while you are typing, is that if you aren't careful you end up inserting a random letters into the middle of your text. I just spent a minute trying to scrape something off the "O" and now it looks as if my manuscript is haunted. 000
