Verena Key My Fractured Nations stories are heavily inspired by what I think are serious problems in the real world. To quote Steven William Hannah's excellent review:

'TMSORC raises a lot of questions about human nature and tyranny, and is not afraid to answer them honestly and earnestly.'

'The Case of the Fiendish Nudger' was a personal favourite, & 'The Case of the Devil's Key' is a fantastic sequel that builds on what I loved, hitting even higher heights than the first book!' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Steven William Hannah

PERFECT FOR #HALLOWEEN !👇
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B4KD6RDY

#Booktwt

Its a 'bus sprays a tsunami of puddle water all over me before I do 5 hours in a gym' kinda day

Just admitted defeat and took my soggy shoes and socks off, and have donned the emergency joggers reserved for people who rip their shorts mid-squat

Hows your Saturday 🤣

What's that one trope you absolutely love to see?

I'm a huge sucker for 'the villain ends up sacrificing themselves in an act of redemption that saves the hero'

and

'all the people the hero helped show up to help them at the end'

It just gets me 😁

#writingq

What's that word you can never spell correctly, and what strange coping mechanism have you developed to get it right.

I cant spell MANOEUVRE unless I say 'manoo' like 'canoe'
In my head, it has to be Manoo.
Dunno who he is.
Maybe il put him in a story.

Its been a wild week, butI finally have some time today to sit and read with a big mug of tea, a blanket, and powerful autumnal vibes flooding in through the window.

Whats everyone reading/writing today?

I am so very excited to read this 😁

Huge thanks to Jacqui Davis for the advanced copy, expect a review soon!

I'm quite sure we don't have a Weekly Scribe this week as the account has gone quiet.
That means we're looking for someone to take over for a week from Sunday 16th October... any willing victims? I mean, volunteers!!
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity

I very highly recommend all of Mandrake Pan's work

I like being transparent with this stuff, so here's this month so far (and 945 page reads)
Iv been quiet on twitter so its gotta be those amazon ads I reckon.

5 are Icebreaker, and theres 3 sales for both of the sequels, which is just wonderful 😊

Big love to my readers ❤

Every writer is honour bound to choose a coffee shop and become a regular, or so I am led to believe. Mine uses normal tea mugs, plays electronic ambience and sells/smells of fresh loaves. Its perfect.

Tell me about your chosen coffee shop! 😊 #writingq #WritingCommunity

October so far has brought 7 sales and 850 page reads. Pretty happy with that!

How is everybodys Octobers going? I feel like I should be leaning into the spooky vibes given Icebreaker's horror elements but I'm so focused on getting The First Rule out!

New writers finding the #WritingCommunity , writerslifts, follow for follow, pin for pin etc? I've done the exact same things myself.
What I learned was that quality beats quantity, and meeting other great writers and networking is by far the best thing about it, so dont be shy 😊

Writers: quit looking for straitjackets. Prologues, epilogues, POV, tense, punctuation, capitalization, characterization, dialogue, it's all up to you. That's why you chose this gig, right? Freedom? Whatever you need to do to tell your story, do it.