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Welsh author crafting witchy romantic fantasy to stir the soul. Book 4 arrives in 2025. I talk about finding the courage to write, learning the cello in my fifth decade, my love of plants and nature, and why animals are my favourite people. ✨
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Everyone’s a critic. But what if the critic is a close, much-loved friend? And what if the target of their disdain is your first, precious manuscript? #author #writingcommunity #booksky

My Ethereal World eBooks are just £0.99 (or equivalent) So if you've been meaning to stock up, now's your chance!! Available everywhere. There's free shipping from my website too when you buy more than one paperback. Big love! #kindledeals #99pbooks #booksale #fantasybooks #ELwilliamsauthor

I bloody LOVE writing. That is all. 😁 #Writing #author #booksky

What began as research for my next book became an unexpected act of rewilding myself. #writing #booksky

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How to piss of Donald Trump. Who? Boom! 😂

🤯 You know you should exercise more, but you don’t. 🤯 You want to write more, but you don’t. 🤯 You know you should market your books, but… yeah, same. I’ve figured out a few sneaky ways to work around myself, because resistance is real, and willpower is seriously overrated. #BOOKSKY #writing #books

Something magical happened when I: ✨ stopped waiting to feel like a writer ✨ pulled out of the‘you are a writer’ race ✨ accepted that everyone is good enough to try—including me. elwilliamsauthor.substack.com/p/how-i-stop... #booksky #writing #writingcommunity

Sometimes we're up. Sometimes we're down. And why I believe that's a good thing. #booksky #writingcommunity #author open.substack.com/pub/elwillia...

I just finished editing book four! It's 99,763 words. Phew! Now for a rest before I dive back in. #booksky #author #fantasybooks

Today we walked to a local craft fair, bought a few gifts to support local makers and then borrowed books from the library. Sometimes resistance comes in the shape of small acts - but it still matters!

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Monday I showed up to an exercise class 15 mins late. Today, a beauty appointment a week early. This is SO not me. Any thoughts on what the Universe might be trying to tell me?

Look what my amazing stepdaughter painted for my birthday! And there’s space for book four 🥰🙏🏻 #booksky #writingcommunity

I reread the novel I began writing 15 years ago & published in 2020. I get why readers called it eerily predictive, but the writing was on the wall for a long time, wasn't it? #booksky #writingcommunity #resistance elwilliamsauthor.substack.com/p/a-reader-c...

My days are bookended by visits from the robin. The first to arrive at the window feeder to claim a pre-dawn breakfast, & the only bird to take their supper here too. I rarely see them, but I nearly always get a song. What a gift. 🥰 #writer #author #booksky

Took our granddog to Waterstones today. His first trip to a bookshop. He was very excited! Oh wait, that was me! 😂🥰 #booksky

Happy Valentine’s Day, lovelies. 💛 Love isn’t just for partners or ourselves—it’s for the Earth too. We are nature. So when we talk about self-love, let’s include love for the planet and all who call it home. Love grows when we share it—let’s spread it far and wide. 🌿💫🧡 #ValentinesDay #EarthLove

Eek! Just booked my editor for book four!!!! 😬😬😬

100% yes! #booksky

This popped up in my memories today. I was so moved by Amanda Gorman's beautiful poem that I made this graphic & then my lovely stepdaugher framed it for me as a gift. It feels like a good time to remember it. #booksky #staypositive

Struggling to write? I was too. But the answer was easier than I imagined. #booksky #writing #author elwilliamsauthor.substack.com/p/how-i-made...

Today is a great day to support banned books!😊📚☺️ #Booksky #Libraries #Books

This! 🥰

Good morning #booksky Please tell me one good thing that’s going to happen today in your world. I’ll start. I’ve got my first IRL meeting with my coach. Think I’ll I’m going to buy some cakes on the way to say thank you. 😊 In a big mad world, the little things matter more. #positivity

Thanks to the lovely Eric on the Shopify helpdesk, I fixed my website. 😊 I then spent a couple of hours uploading new cover art to various platforms 🥱 before doing a ‘shop for the apocalypse’ supermarket trip 😬 & then playing my cello (badly!) Tmrw will be a good day though. Night #Booksky 🥰

So, today I will be spending hours on an online help chat trying to undo whatever I did to mess up my Shopify store last night 🙈 I was so proud too! Make way! Tech genius coming through 😂 #author #booksky

This! 🥰

Oops. I sat at my desk at 05.30 …& now it’s 19.47. But, I did build a website for my husband, write a blog and design, build & publish my #writers coaching proposition. Do I have a problem? I have enjoyed myself… 😬 #booksky

When I started my author journey, I made a rule: no politics, no religion. But silence, in times like these, feels indecent. Worse, it feels complicit. I found comfort in a quote this week & I wanted to share it. (2 min read) elwilliamsauthor.substack.com/p/living-sca... #booksky #fear #comfort

My first author event of 2025 and I was beyond excited as my table was IN THE LIBRARY! (traders are usually in the room next door) I had so many fabulous conversations with visitors & I almost sold out of The Magic Keepers! Thank you #BourneEnd #booksky #author #authorlife

Car packed ✅ Magic Keeper earrings in ✅ Snacks ✅ The Bourne End Community Market, with >70 local makers (& me!) is happening today from 10am - 2pm. Wakeman Road, Bourne End, Berkshire, SL8 5SX, UK. Hope to see you there! #booksky #author #authorlife #authorevents

Okay, I am officially a lightweight. As we're celebrating Stu's award nomination, I cracked open the last special edition can of my Ethereal beer. And, predictably, I'm already tipsy! And I've only drunk half the can! 🙈 😂 And please excuse the no make-up, crazy hair look! #booksky #authormerch

OMG! I am so excited! My brilliant husband has been shortlisted for a ‘most inspirational mentor’ award by the UK Government’s Help to Grow programme!!!

The world has lost its mind, but today I smiled because the bluetits are back at the feeder on my office window. I can’t change the world, but I can feed a hungry bird and that’s a start. #booksky #nature

i like being an artist because i have a lot of stupid ideas. then i can turn them into reality and inflict them on everyone else

I’m off to the dentist soon. 😬 I hate going at the best of times but since my dentist retired, this is a completely new practice. Big girl knickers needed! Wish me luck! 🙊