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Paula Gilfillan @paulagilfillan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Fourth Sister Of Eskrigg has a new home with Crow & Cross Keys literary journal who said, ‘We love poems that feel otherworldly while being linked to real places. This was a delight.’ If you'd like to read, write and roam my poem, please visit my murmur-ating blog below. #murmuringwritewithyou

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Murmur-ations

Here's a blog about my life. A Mum who has recently moved from city to country, from England to Scotland and from people to sheep.

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Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What is the book that found you when you needed it most? #writingcommunity #booksky

Writing on a torn page of notebook paper taped to a wall: “Books have a way of finding you when you need them.” ― Roy Peter Clark, Murder Your Darlings.

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Paula Gilfillan @paulagilfillan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I'm delighted that Crow & Cross Keys has reprinted my poem, The Fourth Sister Of Eskrigg, in their webzine. It was inspired by the oak trees at #eskriggnaturereserve and how nature ultimately takes the old, to make new. Thanks to #LockerbieWriters for supporting me in the development of this poem.

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Paula Gilfillan @paulagilfillan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

With the third draft of my dystopian novel out to beta readers, I missed writing my blog, but I wanted it to change. What began as a blog about me and my daughter merged into the highs and lows of creative writing. DeckWriting will become Murmur-ations: a blog about reading, writing and roaming.

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Oliver Gerlach @olliegerlach.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I am doing financially Quite Badly at the moment! If anyone would like to hire me to write for them, now would be a VERY good time! Drop me an email! Olivergerlach596(@)googlemail(.)com

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Paula Gilfillan @paulagilfillan.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

With the rise in publishing and author impersonation scams, the website below has some great advice. If you're a member of the Society of Authors, they also have a scams guidance note in which this website is hyperlinked too. #WriterBeware

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Writer Beware

Shining a small, bright light in a wilderness of writing scams

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Paula Gilfillan @paulagilfillan.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

@clairerwade.bsky.social can you please add me to the ADCI author pack? Do I need to send any further information to you? Many thanks.

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Paula Gilfillan @paulagilfillan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Subvert And Be More Rick: how Rick Astley's desire to subvert his fashion taste, is a lesson for our own creative writing. If you're thinking what the hell, read more in my blog (link below). Cheers me dear. #deckyswritewithyou #RickAstley

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Subvert And Be More Rick

Here's a blog about my life. A Mum who has recently moved from city to country, from England to Scotland and from people to sheep.

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Emma Baird @emmabaird.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Marvellous...

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SHADOW OF MADNESS out now! @dvbishop.com · 20/01/2026

My first historical thriller CITY OF VENGEANCE just hit 1250 reviews & ratings - and it's only 99p on Kindle UK right now! www.amazon.co.uk/City-Vengean... @panmacmillan.bsky.social @jennybrownagency.bsky.social

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Paula Gilfillan @paulagilfillan.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Kingfisher has you guessing until a creepy as hell 'all is lost moment' that will have you sizing up rose bushes in the local park ... And there's the vultures too! Don't let Disney and Westerns give you the wrong impression about vultures - they are truly awesome. #deckyswritewithyou #tkingfisher

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Paula Gilfillan's review of A House with Good Bones

4/5: I was very excited to find this novel in Lighthouse Books in Edinburgh because I've been scrabbling around trying to find UK print copies of Kingfisher's work for AGES. And it even had a cover qu...

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Paula Gilfillan @paulagilfillan.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

'Growing up, I was a secret horror fiction fan, stashing them between my poetry library book loans long before I started wearing black.' Tempted to read more about life from city to country, England to Scotland? Read on McDuff at the link below. #deckyswritewithyou #HorrorWriting

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Be Bold, Be Honest

Here's a blog about my life. A Mum who has recently moved from city to country, from England to Scotland and from people to sheep.

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Paula Gilfillan @paulagilfillan.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

DeckyWriting Blog: Eustress Yourself. 'So, I’ve only gone and got an MA, and with a distinction. And like a feather in a puddle of mud, it’s still sinking in.' Read more in the link to my blog below.

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Eustress Yourself

Here's a blog about my life. A Mum who has recently moved from city to country, from England to Scotland and from people to sheep.

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AnnBloxwich @annbloxwich.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Here is the line-up for the upcoming #MoffatCrimeFest on 4th October. I'm looking forward to seeing some of you there! 😁

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Paula Gilfillan @paulagilfillan.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

'Female tropes are shoved out of the way, like clearing snow from a pathway with a shovel, and male tropes are ditched as if they were a rider on a bucking horse. If you love historical women's fiction with grit and creeping dread - then get this on your TBR shelf.' #deckyswritewithyou #stefpenney

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Paula Gilfillan's review of The Tenderness of Wolves

4/5: I loved this book so much, I read it twice. Female tropes are shoved out of the way, like clearing snow from a pathway with a shovel, and male tropes are ditched as if they were a rider on a buck...

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SHADOW OF MADNESS out now! @dvbishop.com · 21/06/2025

My new historical thriller CARNIVAL OF LIES is on a table beside Stephen King’s latest @waterstones in The Gyle! The stack is all signed now. (My shirt matching the cover is pure coincidence btw) @panmacmillan.bsky.social @jennybrownagency.bsky.social

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Paula Gilfillan @paulagilfillan.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

What present have you been given that was as endearing as the person who gave it to you? Read more at my blog: Toilet Seat Covers #deckyswritewithyou deckywritingsheepslife.blogspot.com/2025/06/toil...

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Toilet Seat Covers

Here's a blog about my life. A Mum who has recently moved from city to country, from England to Scotland and from people to sheep.

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Paula Gilfillan @paulagilfillan.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Book Review: The Girl With All The Gifts. 'So lets get down to the food choice for this book - a curry. Sweet, spicy and utterly fulfilling. I will also say, this is the second time I've read this book, and like a good spag bol, the reheated version is always tastier.' #deckyswritewithyou #mrcarey

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Paula Gilfillan's review of The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1)

4/5: So, if you've read any of my book reviews before, you've probably guessed that I'm, along with my cat, food centric. When I worked as a school librarian, I found food was a good analogy for rel...

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AnnBloxwich @annbloxwich.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

I'm thrilled to announce that the audiobook of #WhatGoesAround featuring #DIAlexPeachey and narrated by Scott Fleming is now available at @audible_com 😁 #SelfPublished #AuthorLife

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Paula Gilfillan @paulagilfillan.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Nuggets Of The Real Stuff: 'You never know when frisky seagulls, a turd left in a pair of pyjamas and a nun in a hurry will lead you to writing award winning poetry.' #deckyswritewithyou Read more at my blog below - thanks for reading my witterings!

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It's A Sheep's Life ... Baa

Here's a blog about my life. A Mum who has recently moved from city to country, from England to Scotland and from people to sheep.

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Paula Gilfillan @paulagilfillan.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Book review: The New Hunger by Issac Marion. 'Marion is also perfect at realism: there are no frills or magical escapes for his characters - their fight for survival is messy, unpredictable and ... with no last minute rescue.' #deckyswritewithyou #issacmarion www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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Paula Gilfillan's review of The New Hunger (Warm Bodies, #0.5)

5/5: Oh ... my ... goodness. Like a Kleenex tissue (other tissue makes are available), this small but might strong prequel to Warm Bodies, wiped my eager sweaty palms clean. I greedily consumed it whi...

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Paula Gilfillan @paulagilfillan.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

What Does A Typical Scientist Look Like? 'I still remember my daughter's school friends asking me if I really was a scientist, and when I asked them what one looked like, they described funny grey hair, a lab coat ... and a man.' #deckyswritewithyou #thescousescientist Read more in my blog below.

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What Does A Typical Scientist Look Like?

Here's a blog about my life. A Mum who has recently moved from city to country, from England to Scotland and from people to sheep.

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Jane Friedman @janefriedman.com · 12/02/2025

As someone else in the industry said, this is going to be a wild ride, folks.

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SHADOW OF MADNESS out now! @dvbishop.com · 01/02/2025

Honoured to best the first author appearing at Glasgow's newly renovated Ibrox Public Library on Thursday 13th February 2025 - free event starts 6pm, tickets at the link! www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/a-di... @panmacmillan.bsky.social

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A Divine Fury: D V Bishop — Glasgow Life

A Divine Fury: D V Bishop

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Paula Gilfillan @paulagilfillan.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

This book is like a great Scottish BBQ pack you get at the supermarket: filled with the staples of link sausages, bacon and burgers, but then maybe a random pepper and black pudding thrown in. #deckyswritewithyou #goodreads #joannacorrance www.goodreads.com/book/show/75...

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The Gingerbread Men

Eric abandons his fiancé, Eleanor, at the Edinburgh Chr…

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Ginger Coffee Creams of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 11/01/2025

Here me out. The guys from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia are the children of The Goodies.

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Paula Gilfillan @paulagilfillan.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Procrasticamera: 'My camera sat in my drawer for 22 years ... and so, it became a coffin without being buried, a safe with a lost combination key and a depository box that no one dare open.' #deckyswritewithyou #olympuscamera Read more at my blog: deckywritingsheepslife.blogspot.com/2025/01/proc...

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Procrasticamera

Here's a blog about my life. A Mum who has recently moved from city to country, from England to Scotland and from people to sheep.

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Horror Facts @horrorfacts.com · 08/01/2025

🎥 The sound of the shark in "Jaws" 🐟🔊 was created by rubbing a violin bow over a piano string, giving us one of the most iconic #horror sounds ever! 🎻🎹 #HorrorFacts #Jaws

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Horror Facts @horrorfacts.com · 08/01/2025

🔪 "Halloween" 🎃 was shot in just 21 days, and the mask Michael Myers wears? It was actually a repainted Captain Kirk mask! 🖍️👨‍🚀 #HorrorFacts #Halloween #HorrorMovies #MichaelMyers

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SHADOW OF MADNESS out now! @dvbishop.com · 04/01/2025

Saw my first paperback edition of A DIVINE FURY today! Signed copies now available @waterstones.bsky.social West End in Edinburgh. @panmacmillan.bsky.social

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Tananarive Due - The Reformatory @tananarivedue.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

This explains so much.

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Paula Gilfillan @paulagilfillan.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

More Christmas Elf than Grinch: 'Christmas seems to come earlier each year and then sweeps in at the last minute like a velveteen cloak smelling of cinnamon, roast potatoes and … pine toilet cleaner. #deckyswritewithyou Read more at: deckywritingsheepslife.blogspot.com/2024/12/more...

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More Christmas Elf than Grinch

Here's a blog about my life. A Mum who has recently moved from city to country, from England to Scotland and from people to sheep.

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SHADOW OF MADNESS out now! @dvbishop.com · 15/12/2024

The RITUAL OF FIRE hardback is £3.54 on Amazon UK today - just ask why, I've no idea! www.amazon.co.uk/Ritual-Fire-...

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SHADOW OF MADNESS out now! @dvbishop.com · 07/12/2024

Chuffed to see A DIVINE FURY mentioned as one of the best crime novels of 2024 by Jeremy Black at The Critic! thecritic.co.uk/murders-of-2... @panmacmillan.bsky.social

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Joanna Corrance @joannacorrance.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

My novel is in Iceland!

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Ginger Coffee Creams of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 30/11/2024

It's St Andrews day so why not use the last few hours to buy a book from some Scottish horror authors How about @williemeikle.bsky.social @joannacorrance.bsky.social @francinetoon.bsky.social @davidsoderberg.bsky.social Can't go wrong here. Add your favourite Scottish horror author below

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