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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Gordon and Cain trying to hold on to happy memories and realising they're millions of years old and don't have any happy memories beyond being with their partner. #talesfromcraftymanor #writingcommunity #booksky #authorsky

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Gordon: getting tortured Cain: I said I hate music but here's every 80s-90s music track I can think of whilst I'm depressed #talesfromcraftymanor #writingcommunity #authorsky #booksky

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Trying to insert some happiness into my wip somehow, challenge: impossible

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Does anyone have any recommendations for hobbies/things to do away from writing whilst I'm recharging my muse? #writingcommunity #muse #creativewriting

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I love it when bots repeatedly ask you if your wip is edited, like you're not a self-published author who does everything themselves #writingcommunity #talesfromcraftymanor #booksky

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Gordon: Regrets, I’ve had a few, but then again, I’ve lived millions of years and we’d need like seventeen different religious books to even touch most of them. #talesfromcraftymanor #booksky #writingcommunity

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Zosia just referred to a room filled with blood that has flooded the area, as an abyss of iron #talesfromcraftymanor #writingcommunity

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Being a writer is seeing your work and going "I can make this so much darker" like it's a personal challenge of mine #talesfromcraftymanor #writingcommunity #booksky

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Every now and again my brain will drop 1 crumb of a fancy word to use and im like "okay what's this word mean again" XD Word of the day: dregs #writingcommunity #writing #creativewriting

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I had some thoughts today, thanks to family friends visiting #talesfromcraftymanor #writingcommunity

I think it's really eye-opening for me, the amount of people in real life, including family, that have walked up to me and asked me why I haven't put my real name on my book, they ask me who Athena Shepard is, and I'm just there like "Have ya'll never thought or heard about using fake names/ names you prefer to go by??" how is that such a wild concept for some people?

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Hello everyone, hows things going? I'm slowly working on book 5 of TFCM. #talesfromcraftymanor #writingcommunity #booksky

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I'm officially at the age where I need things I'm working on, or reading ect, propped up beyond eye level because my back fucking hurts

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I don't know why but Cain has started dropping a lot of song references in his chapters in book 5 and I don't know where it's coming from XD #talesfromcraftymanor #writing #writingcommunity

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Does anyone have any ideas for creative projects I could do writing wise, as a break from my novels? I find when I'm not writing or doing diamond painting, my mood just drops and I feel depressed and I'm just sitting here like "wtf is wrong with me?" #writingcommunity #writing #creativewriting

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I could potentially start book 5 of my TFCM series in the next few days If I wanted to, and i wanna know where this energy has come from. 4 books in a year is way more than I've ever done before #talesfromcraftymanor #writingcommunity #booksky #writing #creativewriting

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I'm still unsure whether to outline my wips when I ignore the outline most of the time anyway xD #writing #writingcommunity #booksky #talesfromcraftymanor

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I keep being torn between doing bullet points of plot points for each novel, which im doing, and also doing a full on outline, when most of the time when I'm writing, I end up ignoring the outline anyway and letting the characters and everything else take over and now I dont know what to do XD

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Taking a few days off from writing the ending of book 4 to plan the next couple of books in TFCM. Can't show you my laptop screen for spoiler purposes xD DONT LOOK AT MY GLASSES XD #talesfromcraftymanor #author #writingcommunity #writing #booksky

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Nearing the end of book 4 written this year for TFCM and now I'm just like "I've done so much this year" and my family are just like "if you've got the energy, keep going." #writingcommunity #author #talesfromcraftymanor #booksky

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

When a character you should have killed in your outline for the novel, is still alive somehow and you're still writing the wip but you're nearing the end #writing #creativewriting #writingcommunity #amwriting #talesfromcraftymanor

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I wanted to thank you guys for the support with my series, and I appreciate you all Shoutout to @beverlyjohnson87.bsky.social for being such a trooper, asking questions all the time. #talesfromcraftymanor #writingcommunity #booksky #amwriting

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Cain, book 4 of TFCM: Why am I refusing to fight a Vampire cult clan when I have a knife/dagger, I'm a God, and I can fucking transform into a behemoth? #talesfromcraftymanor #writingcommunity #author #booksky #amwriting

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Equally frustrated in advertising my books and myself when all the replies i seem to get are bots and scammers who are "beta readers" or "publishers" of some kind

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Been contacting authors all over social media trying to get to know people and their wips. Hi I'm Athena Shepard!

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Do you want to read about Gods teaming up with Vampires and Humans to stop a Demon Prince from destroying the universe? Here's book 1 of Tales From Crafty Manor. Paperback out midnight 8th September www.amazon.com/dp/B0HBGYGK42 #writing #booksky #talesfromcraftymanor #writingcommunity #fantasybooks

amazon.com

In The Space Between (Tales From Crafty Manor Book 1)

Amazon.com: In The Space Between (Tales From Crafty Manor Book 1) eBook : Shepard, Athena : Kindle Store

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

@skarabraeauthor.bsky.social as proof I'm reading it :D Super excited. Never read anything like this before

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Cake for celebration of the book release on 8th September! #talesfromcraftymanor

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

amazon.com

In The Space Between (Tales From Crafty Manor Book 1)

Amazon.com: In The Space Between (Tales From Crafty Manor Book 1) eBook : Shepard, Athena : Kindle Store

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

25 chapters in my wip after some heavy editing, im at 55.6k so far in the wip, so like my average wordcount per chapter gotta be at least 2k Book 4 is going great #talesfromcraftymanor #writing #writingcommunity #author

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Here's an excerpt from In The Space Between, out on 8th September on Amazon! #talesfromcraftymanor #booksky #writingcommunity #book #ukauthor #writing

I picture battlefields young and old, and fresh. I picture scars that won’t heal right. The wounded soldiers and the chaos of death and the ferrying of souls to wherever they need to go.

I picture the children. Oh, the children.

I think of countless children who may be travelling across the world with their parents, or stuck in a hard place, fending for themselves.

Then slam him mentally with the truth on just how brutal truth and beliefs can be and what you can do with that power and how far people will go.

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Word count as of right now. Trying my best to go slow so I don't burn myself out because i wrote 50k in a month XD #writingcommunity #talesfromcraftymanor #writing

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The thing about writing time loops is trying to balance is so you know what's going on (the reader) but the characters are only just figuring things out #writingcommunity #talesfromcraftymanor #author #writing #booksky

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Reorganised my desk space to make it craft ready xD

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I just added a line in book 4 that alludes back to book 1 of TFCM and I'm cackling because I feel like a witch when I do that. #talesfromcraftymanor #author #booksky #writingcommunity

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I got approached by someone who wanted to promote my book... shortly found out its a common scam and when I called them out, this happened... #writingcommunity #booksky #benjarvis

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Me before going to bed: Okay let me write an opening paragraph for this new chapter so I have something to work with when I get up tomorrow #amwriting #writing #writingcommunity #booksky #originalworks

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I have a question that just occurred to me that made me think of Twilight a little bit, when Vampires run can they control if its Vampire speed or human speed? #vampires #amwriting #questionoftheday

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I tried expanding most of my chapters as best as I could, with a few short chapters as necessary. Now I'm back where I was before the editing and I'm like 4,500 words richer than where I was a few days ago when I was like at 45k XD #amwriting #talesfromcraftymanor #writing #writingcommunity

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I've hit 48k on my re-edit of everything in book 4 so far of TFCM. I have like two chapters to go and i'm basing my wordgoals for each chapter at 2-3k each, and when that's done I can continue writing the rest of the book! #talesfromcraftymanor #booksky #writingcommunity #amwriting #writing

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

How's everyone doing this fine day? Its 7:50pm and I'm slowly going through my wip and adding more to it

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Athena Shepard @manorofshepard.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Gonna try and sleep. Goodnight folks

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