Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Happy new year all! So glad to see my books brought joy to people last year! Let’s hope they bring more joy to different people this year. reactormag.com/a-few-things...reactormag.comA Few Things That Brought Us Nerdy Joy in 2025 - ReactorNo matter how rotten the year is, we will still find joy in it 040
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Just watched A Muppet Christmas Carol and in the credits seen the job title of Muppet milliner. I think that might be the best thing I’ve learned all year: that there’s someone employed specially to make hats for Muppets.media.tenor.coma black and white photo of a cartoon character wearing a top hatALT: a black and white photo of a cartoon character wearing a top hat 140
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 19/12/2025There’s nothing more magical than a few quiet minutes at the end of the day just sitting and looking at your Christmas tree in a dark room. My hubby now just leaves the lights on for me but switches off the overhead so I can relish it 😍 050
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 18/11/2025My cats would very much like the outside wet to be gone now please.☔️media.tenor.coma close up of a cat 's face with water coming out of its eyes .ALT: a close up of a cat 's face with water coming out of its eyes . 130
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 10/11/2025If you buy yourself some mince pies as a treat, and they turn out to be grim and chemically, how permissible is it to buy some more mince pies and eat another one? And if you’re on Weight Watchers, do you *really* need to track that first mince pie when it was such a mistake…? 🤔 100
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 07/11/2025If you enjoyed The Fireborne Blade and what more lady knights, here is a great selection of upcoming books for you to look out for! 😍 www.pastemagazine.com/books/fantas...pastemagazine.comChoose Your Own Reading Adventure This Lady Knight SeasonThe hottest trend in fantasy right now? Women with swords. Here are several of our must-read new books with lady knight protagonists. 040
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Oh no! Well, then I’m doubly pleased I piqued your interest! 010
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Oh wonderful! You picked up on the Beowulf language! All my dragons speak in kennings, and book 2 is filled with them. I mostly made up my own but I did steal *one* from Beowulf. So chuffed that you noticed! Thank you for your kind words. (Also, I think “a delicious snack of a book” is fab!) 110
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Ooh! I don’t think I’ve come across that book before. I’ll have to look out for it 110
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Mince pie. It’s September. It’s allowed. 😉 040
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Wow. It’s one heck of a typo when you try to type “family” and autocorrect changes it to “Tajikistan”. Evidence it’s been a looooong day 020
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Only another couple of days before The Bloodless Princes leaves the buy one get one at 50% offer on Books A Million. Still lacking for holiday reading? This is the deal for you! www.booksamillion.com/p/Bloodless-...booksamillion.comThe Bloodless Princes: Charlotte Bond: 9781250290779The Bloodless Princes: Charlotte Bond: 9781250290779: Hardcover: Fantasy - Dragons & Mythical Creatures 031
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Using AI means you’re not really a writer, you’re a purveyor of takeaways. You’re someone who dishes up a product, claims it’s theirs, but couldn’t reproduce it from scratch to save your life. Sure, you can make a living out of it if you churn them out, but you haven’t grown or achieved anything. 020
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Using AI means you don’t have to edit over and over. You don’t have to face your weak spots relating to character or plot. You never learn how to describe a sunset or sex or a magical sword in numerous different ways so that you don’t repeat yourself across books. 100
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 04/07/2025You might phone for takeaways many, many times and dish up lots of delicious meals. But if anyone ever gave you the ingredients and said “Make a curry,” you couldn’t do it. Same with AI-assisted writers. The process of writing is to master something, to learn a skill. Using AI means you never learn. 100
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 04/07/2025I think I’ve sussed how I feel about using AI to write books. It’s like ordering a takeaway curry then serving it up to family and friends as a curry you made. It’s delicious, you provided it, and everybody has food. All great. But you can’t call yourself a chef. 100
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 03/07/2025So, if you're reading this, be sure to get your daily dose of bunnies. You never know when it'll suddenly delight you. 010
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 03/07/2025I logged on today after a little while absent so I could post a book post, and realised I'd completely forgotten I'd followed @dailybunnies.bsky.social. And I was like [confused]: "There's loads of bunnies in my feed." And then I was like [delighted]: "There's loads of bunnies in my feed!" 130
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 03/07/2025www.booksamillion.com/p/Bloodless-... BAM have my second novella on "Buy one get one 50% off!" So if you liked the first one and fancy checking out the second, why not throw it in your basket with another book? You can never have too many books... Offer ends 27 July so don't delay!booksamillion.comThe Bloodless Princes: Charlotte Bond: 9781250290779The Bloodless Princes: Charlotte Bond: 9781250290779: Hardcover: Fantasy - Dragons & Mythical Creatures 033
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Oh my goodness what an amazing summary! Thank you. I’m so pleased you picked up on the fallacy of secondary legends. It was a fascinating process to write the same story from the point of view of two different species. 010
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Thank you! So honoured to be included! 🥰 010
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Thank you! Alas, I had to miss the voting results to get an early night but recorded them and watched them with breakfast this morning. And migraines always feel better after sleep. 010
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Well, that was good fun. As ever, the commentary by Graham Norton just made #Eurovision so silly and enjoyable. Off to cast my vote! 000
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 17/05/202526. Albania - I see what Graham means about the male performer but I still quite like it. Different to the others. A nice one to finish on. 000
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 17/05/202525. San Marino - full of energy but doesn’t quite hit the spot for me when it comes to visuals. Those singers’ masks are just unpleasant. Would totally dance to this song in a club though. 000
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 17/05/202524. France - thanks, Graham Norton for the image! Can’t unsee it. Good singer but can’t say the song is doing anything for me. 010
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 17/05/202523. Sweden - holy crap! This might knock Iceland off my top spot. Catchy. Brilliant set piece. It almost felt like a deliberate parody of a Eurovision song. Love it. Not only will I be listening to this tomorrow, I will be looking up the video online. Inspired. 000
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Nope. Found my winning song: Made in Switzerland. That’s hilariously wonderful! 000
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 17/05/202522. Denmark - another derobing countdown! But love the outfit underneath. Another song I’ll probably listen to tomorrow. Quite some pipes on her! And what boots! 000
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 17/05/202521. Portugal - they seem to be channelling the Beatles! I like this song, it feels different to those that have come before. 010
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 17/05/202520. Malta - I liked the bits where she’s singing but those techno bits aren’t my thing. The set is bonkers though! The whole family had a countdown as to when that giant yellow dress was coming off… 000
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 17/05/202519. Switzerland - a really beautiful song but I see what Graham means about it not being a great set piece if you’re actually there compared to watching it on a screen. Still, her performance is lovely. 000
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 17/05/202518. Armenia - the song is pretty cool, a nice change of pace from all the other songs. Would listen to again. Not sure about the mud! 000
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 17/05/202517. Greece - simple yet effective. Loved the dress. Good power ballad. Will be listening to that tomorrow 000
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 17/05/202516. Germany - more cat drama meant I missed it entirely 🤦🏻♀️ 000
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 17/05/202515. Poland - nicely performed, good light show, and I liked the long notes, but a bit meh. 000
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 17/05/202514. Italy - that is… some piano! Loving the subtitles - I wish more songs had them. 000
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 17/05/202513. Finland - catchy song and what an outfit! 000
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 17/05/202512. Netherlands - sounded good but I had to dash outside to break up a cat fight 🤦🏻♀️ 000
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 17/05/202511. Latvia - what amazing costumes! I’m not sure what to make of the song - has hints of Mike Oldfield to it. Very musically interesting. Definitely looking it up later. 000
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 17/05/202510. Iceland - I love everything about this song except the glasses. Why hide such sparkly eye makeup. I’m totally going to be humming this pop sea shanty tomorrow. This is my absolute favourite and there’ll have to be something really special to knock this off my top spot 000
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 17/05/20259. Austria - bloody hell! What a voice! 😍 And some pretty stunning set pieces. Not sure about it descending into techno though 010
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 17/05/20258. U.K. - interesting harmonies and fab costumes! 000
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 17/05/2025A migraine prevented me from getting to the shops for Eurovision-themed snacks so we’ve had to resort to scone, jam and cream - so I guess we’re supporting the U.K. then! 😆 100
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Loving the host just bursting into song! 😍 000
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 17/05/20257. Ukraine - the light show by the backing dancers is mesmeric! Love the drummer’s cape, and it’s a musically interesting song sigh different styles interwoven through it. 000
Charlotte Bond @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social · 17/05/20256. Spain - loved that outfit illusion at the start. Song is pretty cool too - probably my favourite so far for the catchy chorus. (How are her boobs staying in that sparkly corset?!) 000
