Garden author, (children's) novelist in waiting. Guernsey LitFest Administrator. SoA Sustainability Committee. All things nature, books and chocolate. Iolo the dog's plus one. Views own. www.hollyfarrellbooks.com She/herhttps://bsky.app/profile/holly-farrell.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/holly-farrell.bsky.social/post/3lncwuzdwt22nAre you scared by AI? I am, and not just because I'm worried it's coming for my job as a writer. This was intriguing listening: https://open.spotify.com/episode/36K8VMpF9ljTS4WBuQoJwM?si=V5y57Fe2RBKzjod-VVMNzw21 Apr 2025 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:o7cledqzkfagyyp76ovgxosu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lncwuzdwt22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/holly-farrell.bsky.social/post/3lnbijufrws2kMy home-based writing retreat (family leaves, I stay home) is almost done. Two pitches and one Lit Fest interview drafted, one manuscript finished. Feeling good!20 Apr 2025 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:o7cledqzkfagyyp76ovgxosu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnbijufrws2khttps://bsky.app/profile/holly-farrell.bsky.social/post/3ll52z4xwi22aOK 500 words before school pick up - let's go!24 Mar 2025 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:o7cledqzkfagyyp76ovgxosu/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll52z4xwi22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/holly-farrell.bsky.social/post/3lkvuziqxgs2nThis was not the sort of crime writing I wanted to get into. #author21 Mar 2025 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:o7cledqzkfagyyp76ovgxosu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkvuziqxgs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/holly-farrell.bsky.social/post/3lkupfad5rk2zTypical. The time I think 'I'll wake up too early anyway, I may as well get up and write', I actually get some sleep.21 Mar 2025 07:38 +0000at://did:plc:o7cledqzkfagyyp76ovgxosu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkupfad5rk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/holly-farrell.bsky.social/post/3lkt6iy77322sLots of Guernsey LitFest work this week, so falling behind on word counts/writing time. On the other hand, perimenopausal insomnia so thinking tomorrow I'll get #upwiththelark and write. Who's with me?!20 Mar 2025 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:o7cledqzkfagyyp76ovgxosu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkt6iy77322shttps://bsky.app/profile/holly-farrell.bsky.social/post/3lkkvndyunk25Big week this week, finishing first draft of the new thing. #kidlit #writing Postcard from The Lost Spells by Rob MacFarlane and Jackie Morris.17 Mar 2025 10:03 +0000at://did:plc:o7cledqzkfagyyp76ovgxosu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkkvndyunk25https://bsky.app/profile/holly-farrell.bsky.social/post/3lkdjuncapc2jI slept none, not at all, and am about to embark on my wip. This could get interesting. #writing #author #perimenopause https://media.tenor.com/AaTFLMnjqVwAAAAC/westwing-popcorn.gif?hh=247&ww=49814 Mar 2025 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:o7cledqzkfagyyp76ovgxosu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkdjuncapc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/holly-farrell.bsky.social/post/3ljubkhugms2gGoing into Saturday like... WIP is sailing along, let's do this!08 Mar 2025 10:05 +0000at://did:plc:o7cledqzkfagyyp76ovgxosu/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljubkhugms2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/holly-farrell.bsky.social/post/3ljabezylz22oBeavers! This is good news. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/28/beavers-released-english-waterways-government-licence?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other28 Feb 2025 11:09 +0000at://did:plc:o7cledqzkfagyyp76ovgxosu/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljabezylz22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/holly-farrell.bsky.social/post/3lj6577kh2c2zWant to make publishing more sustainable? There's a campaign for that! Read all about it: https://open.substack.com/pub/mudandink/p/how-green-are-books?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1bt2wq27 Feb 2025 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:o7cledqzkfagyyp76ovgxosu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj6577kh2c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/holly-farrell.bsky.social/post/3lguxdj3its26"Getting my waterproof trousers out for the first time in ages." [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jan 2025 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:o7cledqzkfagyyp76ovgxosu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lguxdj3its26https://bsky.app/profile/holly-farrell.bsky.social/post/3lgfg4tsqrs2fGorgeous shepherd's warning this morning. No sign of the shepherd though, unfortunately.23 Jan 2025 08:01 +0000at://did:plc:o7cledqzkfagyyp76ovgxosu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgfg4tsqrs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/holly-farrell.bsky.social/post/3lfrs25icsk2xWriters! How do you go about having more than one project on at a time? Do you A. Allocate them different days of the week? B. Do a bit on each every day? C. A third way? #Booksky #KidlitUK15 Jan 2025 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:o7cledqzkfagyyp76ovgxosu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfrs25icsk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/holly-farrell.bsky.social/post/3lfmyevbyg22tAnd Robin Hood. Oliver Rackham is amusingly scathing as I recall, but plant blindness is so sad. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jan 2025 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:o7cledqzkfagyyp76ovgxosu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfmyevbyg22thttps://bsky.app/profile/holly-farrell.bsky.social/post/3lfmybuj7qc2tGot an email asking me to be on TV. Promote your book to millions they said. This is bogus I said*. *to myself, didn't actually reply. #writer #author13 Jan 2025 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:o7cledqzkfagyyp76ovgxosu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfmybuj7qc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/holly-farrell.bsky.social/post/3lfa63cp5xs2tIt's a hot water bottle up the jumper and chai tea kinda day. https://media.tenor.com/vX0sM_SADUEAAAAC/chilly-lvhwinter22.gif?hh=498&ww=49808 Jan 2025 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:o7cledqzkfagyyp76ovgxosu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfa63cp5xs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/holly-farrell.bsky.social/post/3ld6typykps2u@frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social for PM anyone? [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Dec 2024 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:o7cledqzkfagyyp76ovgxosu/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld6typykps2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/holly-farrell.bsky.social/post/3ld46owx36s2nThis is worth reading. I used to read with year 3 children at school - inevitably we'd be doing nonfiction for the less developed readers because of the dearth of good, short, fiction for their age. Not that nonfiction is bad, it's great, but they also wanted good, short stories. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Dec 2024 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:o7cledqzkfagyyp76ovgxosu/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld46owx36s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/holly-farrell.bsky.social/post/3ld3xoigiqs2nMonopoly - yes or no? I'm with Liam, hero of @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social 's wonderful book, Cosmic!12 Dec 2024 09:33 +0000at://did:plc:o7cledqzkfagyyp76ovgxosu/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld3xoigiqs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/holly-farrell.bsky.social/post/3lczod7tiu22gGuernsey Lit Fest - helping bringing poetry to your commute! Wonderful poems entered every year, proud to be a part of it. Entries for 2025, judged by Imtiaz Dharker, open now! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Dec 2024 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:o7cledqzkfagyyp76ovgxosu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lczod7tiu22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/holly-farrell.bsky.social/post/3lczo54rzcs2gBut it won't include the fact he never paid his milk bill. My gran lived up the road from him, and the milkman (who had no idea who Mr Moore was) used to complain to her about it all the time... [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Dec 2024 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:o7cledqzkfagyyp76ovgxosu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lczo54rzcs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/holly-farrell.bsky.social/post/3lcx2ycw7722vFestive cheer from @litagent.bsky.social ! I will be putting this one in a cracker, thank you! [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Dec 2024 10:49 +0000at://did:plc:o7cledqzkfagyyp76ovgxosu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcx2ycw7722vhttps://bsky.app/profile/holly-farrell.bsky.social/post/3lcd53qvlz22lHey look! Claire Allen, director of the Guernsey Literary Festival (my boss!) is here - @claireallengsy.bsky.social02 Dec 2024 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:o7cledqzkfagyyp76ovgxosu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcd53qvlz22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/holly-farrell.bsky.social/post/3lbyr5u32s22yLove this. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Nov 2024 09:33 +0000at://did:plc:o7cledqzkfagyyp76ovgxosu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbyr5u32s22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/holly-farrell.bsky.social/post/3lbwwtqkiec2vSo BlueSky, what's the # for sitting on tenterhooks while your ms goes out to agents? #amquerying #author #eek #writing #kidlit27 Nov 2024 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:o7cledqzkfagyyp76ovgxosu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbwwtqkiec2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/holly-farrell.bsky.social/post/3lbws3hlw4c2vHear hear! [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Nov 2024 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:o7cledqzkfagyyp76ovgxosu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbws3hlw4c2v