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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

So excited to be featured in Folk Features today, a #Norfolk & #Suffolk online Good News stories site 😊 folkfeatures.co.uk #goodnews #books #kidsbooks #historyforkids #womenshistory

Image is a screenshot of Folk Features home page, featuring me, with the title: Heidi & the Heroines of history. A photo of me holding my book, History's Heroines, and then the subtitle: Heidi Wirth is a self-published author who has just released a children's book History's Heroines.

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Hello & happy Solstice! Whew it's hot! Yes, I have to talk about the weather, I'm British 🤣 Hope everyone's having a wonderful Saturday.

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Great advice from Joanne Harris!

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

#Booksky 📚 💙 I am so excited! My book, History's Heroines, is now out! For ages 8 to adult, meet lesser known women & famous women from across the globe. With maps, illustrations, & interesting facts 😊

Image is made up of several images, of the front cover of my book with the title History's Heroines; the back cover; and images from inside of a map, a viking warrior woman, and 'Interesting Facts'. Across the middle is a banner that says: Out now! Available on Amazon.

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

AND it's out! History's Heroines is now available on Amazon *happy dance* I'm hoping it will also be available in #bookshops. So if you like #women #History from the ancient past to 1800s, this #bookforkids 8+ - adult is a perfect choice 😉 #booksky #Historysheroines

Image is a photo of a book, with the title History's Heroines. There are 3 women on the cover of different nationalities, standing on top of the world.

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

#Booksky 📚💙 My book is being released in just over a week! The impatience is mounting 😆 Coming 30.5.25 #indiebooks #indieauthor

Image is a photo of me, a female, standing in a garden surrounded by green hedges. I am wearing a black top, have red hair and glasses. In my hands I am holding a copy of my book, History's Heroines, which is for children ages 8+.

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Went to the our local #Norwich #Indiebookfair today, and met up with fellow local author Amy Orrell, who was thete with her debut #sci-fi book, Tomorrow Was Beautiful Once. Of course I bought a copy. Hope to be a trader here next year!

Image is a photo of two women standing together. I am on the left, with red hair, glasses and blue top. Amy is on the right with short blonde hair, a denim jacket and patterned dress. There is a sign behind Amy that is a poster of her book, Tomorrow Was Beautiful Once. In the background is a small group of people.

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Got my final FINAL proof today & it looks SO GOOD 😍 My #newrelease book for kids is COMING SOON! - 30.5.25. Meet History's Heroines- women from 4,000 years ago to the 1800s. Pirates, warriors, rebels, writers... and more. #women #history #kidsbooks #booksky 📚💙

Image is artwork from the book, and shows a woman with long brown hair, in a blue top, with her face turned behind her as she shoots a bow.

Image is a photo of the book, with the title History's Heroines. 3 women of different nationalities stand on tip of the world. The background is blue, with a building on the left and a ship on the right.

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Awesome book. The Assembly of the Severed Head is an imagining of how the old #Welsh (Celtic) stories came to be written down by 13th C monks. The stories of the #mabinogion are retold in the story, through the last surviving bard. Great #storytelling. Recommend 😊 #greatbooks #reading

Photo of a book cover, with the title: Assembly of the Severed Head.
The book has a dark background, and an orange vase shape in the centre.

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

YEAH! At a time when the arts are under massive pressure, my city opens its annual performing arts fest, starting with a free outdoor rock concert. Open to all, no auditions, just come & play or sing. And it didn't disappoint... & the crowd was insane, & supportive. Rock on! #arts #rock #music

Image is a photo of a crowd of people, some are a choir, and further back are guitarists.

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Hello to all the new followers who've landed here. Not sure where you've all come from, but welcome! About me: UK based. Introvert. Messy. Unfiltered. Love writing & reading. Love ancient history, myth, imagination. Don't love early mornings, injustice, intolerance. So... hi! 👋 😄

Photo is of me, red hair, purple glasses, smiling, no make up, in a Fluffy purple jumper.

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Donkeys! Because who doesn't need donkeys?! We have a fantastic animal sanctuary that I & family love to visit. Good for the soul 😊

Photo of 3 donkeys, small grey on the left, medium brown in the middle & large brown on the right. Look like a cute but uninterested band cover album!

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

My new book - for children 8+, History's heroines, is due for release at the end of this month. So excited - 2 years from writing to ready for publishing, can't wait to see it out in the world 🤩 #booksky #booksforkids #historyforkids #womenshistory

Image is a book cover with the title 'History's Heroines', and 3 women from different ethnicities stand on top of the world. In the background is a building on the left and a ship on the right. Underneath the women it says 'written by Heidi Wirth, illustrated by Corryn Webb'.

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

It's #indiepress day. Support indie presses, #indie authors and, of course, our wonderful local #indiebookshops that have so much to offer.

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Blessed Beltane ☀️ This book is stunning. Highly recommend x

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Current Read. An African History of Africa, by Zeinab Badawi. Highly recommend. Accessible, engaging, interesting... full of fascinating history. 😊

Image is a photo of the book, An African History of Africa. By Zeinab Badawi.

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

My proof copy arrived! Little bit happy 😂 #writer #writerslife

Image is a photo of me, a female, either reddish brown hair, dark glasses, and a mouth open in delighted excitement. I am holding an unopened book size package.

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Just ordered the proof copy of my upcoming kids book, & I'M SO EXCITED! 😄 Now have to wait patiently for it to arrive! #author #writer #newbook #comingsoon

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I have spent so long working on this book. All the research, the writing, the everything... and she is almost ready to fly! Getting #excited! #booksky 📚💙 #kidsbooks #comingsoon

Image is a black background, with a light at the top and light shining down on a book, with the title History's Heroines.
It says Coming Soon! on the left hand side. Below the book it says: Due for release - May 2025
www.alpheccabooks.com

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Currently tucking into this absolute gem of a book. The Cleopatras - The Forgotten Queens of Egypt, by the fantastic Lloyd Llewllyn-Jones. #books #reading #nonfiction #cleopatra #history

Image is a photo of a stunning book cover. Authors name is at the top: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones. Title: The Cleopatras: The forgotten Queens of Egypt. The book background is blue, with a patterned circle in the middle of the book, mostly gold, and an image of cleopatra (also gold) in the centre.

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Intro post! Hi from Norfolk, UK. I'm a writer & I self-publish. Always loved reading, faves are Fantasy & feminist myth retellings. I'm an introvert. I love ancient history, myth & travelling, & nature. I published my first book at 42, finally achieving my childhood dream. Never give up! 😊

Image is of me, a female in her 40s. I have reddish brown hair, shoulder length, glasses, and I am wearing a blue top and a smile!
Background is a sparsely green shrub with a wooden fence behind it.

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

I've written over 80,000 words on my next book! But I'm only about halfway through the story. This is going to be cut to hell in editing or it's going to be 2 books. This is my current #wip as my kids' book #Historysheroines edges closer to publication. #writing #writingcommunity #firstdraft

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

To counteract the heaviness, dark & grim of these times, we need to see the GOOD NEWS, the positive spaces, the communities working for & with each other. Let's counteract the dark with #support & #love #standtogether #hope

We need more positivity.
In these heavy heavy times, there seems to be positive spaces missing. Where are our tv programmes that offer positivity (not vacuous insanity)? Where are the spaces of communities supporting each other? Where's our GOOD NEWS stories? Let's counteract the dark with seeing SUPPORT &LOVE.
Show me where it's all at!

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

3 books, different genres. But one theme: #empowerment Non-fiction, kids' non-fiction (history, soon to be pub'd), & current #wip is adult fiction. I write what impassions me. #books #booksky #writingcommunity

Image shows 3 book covers. A Question of Reiki; History's Heroines; and a black square with a white question mark. At the top above the books are the words 'books by Heidi Wirth'. Underneath it says 'Alphecca Books'. www.alpheccabooks.co.uk

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Had a sad day yesterday. So took a walk at lunch today to get some #nature in. Earth, air, fire & water... #restorative. Always has a positive impact on my #mentalhealth. #onedayatatime

Image is a photo of me, a female, with dark glasses, turquoise scarf & grey coat. I'm standing next to a river, and a tree is behind me. I am smiling.

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

#fabulousfriday Not feeling so fabulous. It's felt a long week & I'm tired & grumpy. But seeing these potato floofs when I get home does make me smile!

Image is a photo of two cuddly Fluffy potato toys, one big and one smol, with little eyes & a smiley mouth.

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Caroline Lawrence @carolawrence.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Thrilled that @flaroh.bsky.social agreed to do a new "red-figure vase" inspired cover for my revamped telling of a story from Virgil's #Aeneid! Short, violent and tragic, this book is perfect for reluctant or busy teen readers, especially those studying Latin GCSE. www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I've been deep in Life Admin this week & writing, writing, #writing. Social media taken a back seat. But did manage a mini walk with some #nature which is always good therapy!

Image is a photo of a river, worh green plants growing on the left side. The river is famed by bare branches of willow draping down.

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Jane Johnson @janejohnsonbakrim.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

For book lovers who have recently come over here, an easy way to join the conversation is with a starter pack. I made 2 and am in the process of making a 3rd, so if you’re a UK-based publisher, agent, bookseller, writer or blogger follow and let me know. 2nd pack follows… 💙📚 go.bsky.app/MjnUSwF

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 09/02/2025

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 :)

curtisbrowncreative.co.uk

Breakthrough Scholarships | Curtis Brown Creative

Our scholarships provide regular funded places on our courses to talented writers facing barriers to entry.

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

I was going to go for a nice walk in the countryside today but decided it was too cold. Stayed home & wrote 5,0000 words of my #wip instead. #writing #writerslife #firstdraft

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

#Fabulousfriday What could be more fabulous than BOOKS! These beauties picked up today from my amazing local #indiebookstore @thebookhive. Both are to do with the #mabinogion, the Welsh myths & legends. Cannot wait to get stuck into these! 📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #books #welshmyths #supportlocal

Image is a photo of 2 books. On the left, The Assembly of the Severed Head, & on the right, The Mabinogion

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The Folklore Podcast @folklorepod.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

It's Friday afternoon, which means it's FOLKLORE FANART FRIDAY Today's picture is called 'Stormhound' and is by @pj-richards.bsky.social Follow this account and come here each Friday at 3pm for more folklore art by my followers. Do please share the wonderful art on, too and support the artist

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Love the evening sky, when it's changing twixt day & night. Nothing more #beautiful. #nature #eveningsky

Image is a photo of evening sky. Purple-pink, with a silhouette of bushes and plants in the foreground.

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Between everything else, I've found time to disappear down a #comparativemythology research rabbit hole! Fascinated by this subject. Myths are stories of our ancestors, reaching back through #history. Bought these rather old but hopefully fascinating books to dig into. Maybe a new #wip coming! 😂

Image is a photo of two books: The Concuse Guide to World Religions, and History of Mythology.

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

My children's book #HistorysHeroines is SO CLOSE to being finished I can almost taste it 😂 I am so looking forward to seeing this in actual print! #kidsbooks #comingsoon #booksky 📚 💙

Image is a blue background, wirh a book cover in the centre. The title us History's Heroines. 3 women of different nationalities stand atop a globe. Behind them is a building on the left and a ship on the right. Underneath the bookcover it says: For ages 8+ Coming soon!

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

45,000 words on my WIP. 100 pages word doc. This will be my first novel, so excited to be this far in, know exactly what's coming, & on a roll. BTW, this is the book AFTER my not-yet-but-so-close-to-publishing children's book, 'History's Heroines.' #writing #booksky #wip

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Radical publishing notion, right here: if your publishers are making a living from publishing and selling your books, then you, the author, should be making a living from writing them.

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Who's idea was this working for money thing?! I just want to spend my time #dreaming & #creating stories & #writing. I have soooooo many ideas, & not enough time to write them all!! #Ijustwanttowrite #toomanyideas #stories

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Reason #2 why I love #notebooks... A line NEVER gets deleted. Crossed out, yes, but once on paper, it stays. This means that at a later point in time, flicking through, I might decide THAT line, or paragraph, or dialogue, is not rubbish, or fits somewhere else. I love that! #writing #nomistakes

Image is a photo of an A4 Cream coloured notebook, with a biro pen laid on top.

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Been reading this & loving it. #Myth, #storytelling #culture & #history - Goddess with a Thousand Faces weaves it all beautifully. Especially liked info on Vodun - what the West calls Voodoo. Great read. #books #booksky 📚 💙

Image is a photo of a book cover with the title 'Goddess with a Thousand Faces', author Jasmine Elmer. Above the title is a face of a young woman with long flowing hair, and gold woven throughout.

Image is a photo of a page of text from the book, describing the practice of Vodun (known to many in the West as voodoo) and it's origins in West Africa.

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Jo Cummins @booksuperhero2.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

The perfect read ahead of #ChineseNewYear celebrations next week. The #GuardiansOfTheNewMoon series by #EricHuang is action-packed and perfect for readers who are developing in confidence. 🐀 illustrated by #PhùngNguyênQuang @littletigeruk.bsky.social

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Natania Barron ~ Fantasy Author @natania.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Always a joy to see Hwyfar and Anna finding their way to the right reader. ✨✨✨

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I still love #writing in notebooks for outlining ideas, research, plots, mindmaps. When I'm too tired to stare at a laptop screen, I can still write in a #notebook. There's something comforting about pen & paper 😊

Image is a photo of an A4 notebook, with writing notes on the page.

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Heidi W @heidiswriting.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

I really want a #book app version that's as cosy & comforting as the book magazine that used to come round at school! #bookapp #cosy

The background is a faded image of lots of books. The text reads: Does anyone remember being at school and the BOOK MAGAZINE CLUB came & we were REALLY EXCITED pouring through it to choose which books we wanted? AND there was a MYSTERY choice & how AMAZING was that?
SO Yeah we need an APP VERSION of that. We need a BOOK APP that's fun & friendly & cosy & you know... nice. Comforting.

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