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Unrepenting book pusher & Howard Ashman fangirl. Writer. Chocolate connoisseur. She/her. Views own. https://karenbultiauw.com/
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Happy book birthday to @hazelhitchins.bsky.social and Babs & Aggie: The Good, The Bad and The Vegan. It’s been a joy to work on Hazel’s campaign and to see early reviews coming in that confirm the fact that I’m not just biased and yes she’s a damned good writer! 1/3

When a woman of “a certain age” is actually a centuries old and fearsome witch (and she’s got a friend with her own brand of no-nonsense)… feathers are about to get ruffled! Babs & Aggie is out TOMORROW! https://hazelhitchins.co.uk/babs&aggie

For todays #BookMarketing thoughts: In marketing we often talk about Know➡️Like➡️Trust It’s the basic journey a person needs to go through before being confident to purchase. Let’s translate this to books/authors! 1/?

The consultation closes in two days. I've been putting it off because I've been snowed under with things, but I did it just now. Using the ALCS guide to indicate the important questions, I did it in about half an hour. If you're a writer, you should really find that half an hour and soon.

This week's Thursday snippet is, of course, from Wooing the Witch Queen, out in the UK today! stephanieburgis.com/books/wooing-the-witch-queen #romancelandia

I am so excited to share the cover for #Witchlight by Susan Dennard 😍😍😍😍😍 📚 Out on November 4th (US) and November 6th (UK) Stunning cover design by Cliff Nielsen

After struggling with writing craft books for a while I basically raced through KM Weiland’s Structuring Your Novel. It clicked: all of a sudden so many of the concepts I’d kinda taken in but not understood fully were 💯 clear. Moral of the story? Find the craft method that works for you #AmWriting

Brainstorming pen names for the romantasy and why is everything I come up with perfect for contemporary romcoms? 😂😂😂 Brain - this is an Edwardian witchy romantasy!!!!!!

Looking to add more character development to your portfolio? Check out my new Character Workshop (Note: this is a paid post) You can subscribe to my weekly de-briefs for free - posted every Friday!

Maybe you keep forgetting to use alt-text in your images and kicking yourself for it. Well there's an option here that can help you!

Today it’s back to writing stories where women have choices and men who forcibly take what doesn’t belong to them are brought to justice. (And donating to organisations supporting causes I believe in - sending cwtches to you all)

What do you mean the battery on my 10 year old kindle is starting to go? 😭😭😭😭😭

I had such a lush time at the event with Sue Lynn Tan (and Cari Thomas) at @waterstones.bsky.social Cardiff last night. I can’t wait to dive into Immortal 😍 #bookevent

Unsolicited writing advice, no. #55234567: You don’t have to write for a living to be a writer. You don’t have to be a great writer to be a writer. You don’t have to write full time to be a writer. All you have to do is write.

Hey friends! Today is the day that I send my brand new Plan Your Promo workshop out into the world. And it’s FREE. Yes, that’s not a typo. For 24 hours only, when you go to bookmas.co, you’ll be able to sign up, get your discount code, and be on your merry way to stress-free promo planning.

The Tella editing gods are not being flattering today... 😅 Anyone else recently realised they look TERRIFYING while blinking?!

Remember that ai consultation the Uk government was doing. Well, it’s deadline hasn’t passed (if you’re wondering if they’ll pay it any attention) www.gov.uk/government/c...

Being able to pre-order this book I’ve read and loved by my bestie Shanna is the best thing. Is it March 4th yet?!! And yeah you should all preorder here: books2read.com/UndertheDark...

Speaking some of my creative goals into being for 2025: 💫 edit autumn witchy romantasy + send to crit partners 💫 continue querying TGTB 💫 plan out winter witchy romantasy 💫 draft a new book (don't know yet if that'll be the witchy romantasy 2 yet) 💫 read & study four writing craft books

Finished watching Frieren tonight and it was such a good series. Really looking forward to a second season hopefully soon. Having a 1st episode evening now to trial Haikyu!, Fullmetal Alchemist and Spy Family. #anime

The black hole after finishing draft 1 of the witchy romantasy is wild. I probably need to take a rest but having been in such a great writing flow for the past months I really want to stay in it but no idea what to work on. I feel like my brain has been sucked dry of ideas. Any advice/tips anyone?

Finishing my wrap up newsletter to round of 2024 - it's been quite the year and I'm looking forward to what 2025 will bring. If you'd like to receive my (very sporadic) musings about marketing and writing, you can sign up right here: karenbultiauw.com

The first draft of the witchy romantasy is DONE! 39 Chapters and 93k in the end so plenty of material to edit and tighten up in the next draft. I’m so happy and relieved and proud and a bit emotional. Celebrating with some chocolate Yule log and a baileys later tonight 🥳 #AmWriting

Hand drafting the start of chapter 38 last night I didn’t quite make it to the middle of chapter as I didn’t want to draft 🌶️ while watching Russell Crowe gore some guys with my mother in law and her partner in the room… 😂 #AmWriting

A quick reminder: for just 2 more days, you can scoop up my cozy-spooky rom-com Good Neighbors and 9 (!!) other cozy fantasy novels as part of this @storybundle.bsky.social: storybundle.com/fantasy Enjoy! #romancelandia