Louise McLaughlin author she / her
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📚💙 Scottish fantasy author of D-Notice series- Cassie discovers saving the world with Glaswegian retired gods is a tough gig. FREE BOOK links Deviation: Wandering gods https://BookHip.com/HBMLCLS Darkness https://BookHip.com/XNZJLNF
I’ve written a piece about cats and their role in our language (inspired by my own cat who resolutely sat on my keyboard throughout). susiedent.substack.com/p/the-cats-p...
The cat’s pyjamas
And other tales of feline excellence
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An authors job is to use 26 letters of the alphabet to make readers hallucinate. How cool is that? I mean seriously coooollll. 📚💙
Annual reminder: if you want to know the real story of Bonfire Night, here's a free book - well ok it might be totally the made-up version by me, where three Gods meddle in some London goings-on. I'm looking at you, Seth. But it is completely free. Anyhoo enjoy. 💙📚 dl.bookfunnel.com/47mq311pxa
A fantasy tale of three god's influence on history.
This is the prequel to Discovery - by Louise McLaughlin.Seth, the Egyptian god of chaos, has been wandering the world for centuries, accompanied by his companions, Linn, the god of wealth, and Eros, t...
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Aaaannnd another great thing about Scotland... we broke AI. Actual screenshot from an AI chat. Forget hackers, forget foreign aggitators, forget world bankers, controlling AI We broke AI with our patter, and AI is now one of us. Bwahhhhh (evil Glasgow laugh) #glasgow #patter #aigonepurementalman
For all survivors, today justice was done. To the 6 survivors of this beast, I support you. This week the tide has turned. Light will overcome all evil. BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm... Russell Brand found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault - BBC News
Russell Brand found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault
Brand - who faced seven charges in total - is told to expect a prison sentence "of some length". He also faces more rape allegations, it can now be reported.
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Aaand another great thing about Glasgow. No one wants to host the games. With no budget, no time we can put on a show and make money doing it. Now imagine what we could do if we ran the world.
John Swinney@johnswinney.bsky.social · last wk.I'm hugely proud of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games and everyone who helped make it happen - rescuing the Games at a fraction of the usual cost. Today's report showing the £117m boost to our economy confirms what Glasgow, and Scotland, can do.
So a reviewer has described my book as "it shouldn't work but it does". Something else that was described like that, Tripple fried egg and chili chutney sandwich. Eat it before the bread melts. I think its such a good description of my books.... infact it might be describing my brain. 💙📚 #booksky
Aaand another great thing about Scotland ... Samhain. An excuse to dook for apples, and carve a turnip. Traditions that i haven't heard of: "nut burning" where couples burn their nuts...well each to their own. Happy Samhain everyone. 🎃👻 Samhainn and Scots share.google/8Bpil5owsTXg...
Samhainn and the Scottish traditions of Hallowe'en - Historic Environment Scotland Blog
Discover some of the traditional ways Hallowe'en, or Samhainn, has been celebrated in Scotland.
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No! No! No! It cannot be so. I always thought he had a twinkle of micheviousness in his eye. The light has dimmed. The Q collective has taken him to the next dimension. BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq... Legendary Star Trek actor Sir Patrick Stewart dies aged 86 - BBC News
Legendary Star Trek actor Sir Patrick Stewart dies aged 86
The award-winning actor died yesterday at his home in Los Angeles, according to a statement shared on his social media.
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Aaaand another great thing about Scotland.... it's freezing. Necessity = invention so in 2010 Glasgow Housing created a house cutting bills by 90%. 16 years later where is it? In yesterday's budget we had a fart of an attempt at reducing energy costs. Glasgow House share.google/5u4T77unypzN...
Glasgow House Prototype: PRP Architects home - Glasgow Architecture
The Glasgow House Prototype design by PRP Architects - city residential building, energy-efficient property Scotland: Scottish home prototype
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Aaaand another great thing about Scotland ... simplicity, simplicity, simplicity. An underground system that takes you round town. Round...circle...done! Now pub! I'm toying with the idea of adding maps to my books and pinpointing where the witches and gods are...
So i have thoughts.... With Barclays announcing 5,000 redundancies because AI is the future....are you sure about that? It funny sky news used the Finnish Government image. Or should that be Finish Government? Resilience for business is built on humans not AI. news.sky.com/share/13602117
PHP latest: Wider wave of attacks feared as 'critical' flaw in code hits websites worldwide
Government and business websites have been taken down worldwide after a critical cyber-security update was issued over vulnerabilities in the PHP code that underpins much of the internet. Follow the l...
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Is it if you look at the sky and your face gets wet its raining? Something tells me, this might be sky news trying to fill their articles. news.sky.com/share/13040934
Meteorologist reveals trick for predicting weather just by looking at sky - and old wives' tale that's true | Money blog
Each Monday, we speak to someone from a different profession to discover what it's really like. This week, we speak to Kathryn Chalk, operational meteorologist at the Met Office. Follow below for this...
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Lake District sunset. Gorgeous.
A lego sculpture of cindarella in legoland. The sign says "My shoes are made of glass". Then the next word is obscured by leaves. I think the missing word is "impractical"
Aaaannd another great thing about Scotland. This time the women of Glasgow. "Don't protect the women, we can fight. We don't need your fascist shite." In protest against fascists trying to say they are being racist pigs to protect women... are ye, aye? Don't dare use us to justify your bile.
Ireland against Fascism@irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 4w agoChants of 'Don't protect the women, we can fight. We don't need your fascist shite' rang out in Glasgow tonight. As anti-fascists, women's rights groups and trade unionists protested against 'patriot platform' and their supporters pushing their racist agenda in the city. Things you love to see ✊
Scotland proudly stands in solidarity with Ukraine. My statement on today’s reports 👇
I'm such a nerd I actually used to do this with my own books as a child. Either that or I was a deeply untrusting child, and I knew a paperwork trail was essential.
Rae Radford@raeradford.bsky.social · last mo.Can someone buy me this for Christmas, please? 🎄📖 #BookSky
A.I. stopped learning. I get so many spam emails at least 10 a day, and I've came to the conclusion A.I has stopped learning. The emails are all structured the same way, they are so obvious. Makes it easier to avoid spammers. Seems as if A.I. has been embraced by the lazy criminal humans.
People! Cymera festival is on soon. Go along. Buy a book. Be nice to writers. Enjoy a day in Edinburgh's pubs #cymera #Edinburgh #scifi #fantasy
Aaand another great thing about Scotland... honouring Nelson Mandela who said, "Peace is not just the absence of conflict; peace is the creation of an environment where all can flourish, regardless of race, colour, creed, religion, gender, class, caste, or any other social markers of difference."
The National@scotnational.bsky.social · last mo.A statue of Nelson Mandela has been unveiled in Glasgow city centre, nearly 40 years after the city renamed a street in his honour 🙌 In a fitting tribute to the revolutionary and former President of South Africa, the sculpture now stands on a plinth of South African granite on Nelson Mandela Place
Celebrity traitors last night, my son was confused why we had to wait for each episode. I explained it was live telly and not on demand. He looked at me as if it was the apocalypse. Anyhoo I thought Richard E Grant was very Scottish... glorious in defeat. Miranda Marples is on the case #traitors
Autumn is upon us; it's raining outside. Why not settle down with a cup of tea and have a lovely weekend with a wee cosy Fantasy book sale? Dive in and enjoy. #cozy #fantasybooksky #booksky 💙 📚️ cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org/all-the-book...
It's Dolly Day 9/25. For all those who celebrate... and you should! Here's a butterfly from a Scottish Council. Put a butterfly in your window and read a book. As my gran said education is the way out of poverty... books are a route to freedom. Happy Dolly Day
Scottish places in my books. Findo Gask is a tiny village, with Roman ruins. It's associated with the family of jacobite Laurence Oliphant. During WWII used by Polish Army. And there black truffles in the woods. My Findo is a goblin gangster lawyer who runs illegal trade using ley lines.
It's released into the wild. Fly my pretty fly. Debut at #12 British Contemporary Literature and it's only been a few hours woohoo!🥳 amzn.to/4hJrLuI #unagented #indieauthor #sff #booksky 💙📚#bookreviewers #fantasybook #christmasbook
I went for an autumn walk. It was lovely.
You know you're old when your young haunts become a bloody heritage trail! 😆 🤣 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New heritage trail remembers Glasgow's legendary nightclubs
Archaos, the Arches and the Tunnel all feature in the Lost Nightclubs walking tour.
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First two books in the D-Notice series for only 0.99. 🥳 The first one is free; the second is only 0.99 pre-sale. Offer ends 23rd Sept amzn.to/3VB0eTB #freebooks #bargainbooks #newreleaseforless #newrelease #fantasybook #sff #booksky #cozy #bookclub #bookclubs #bookreview #freebies #booktock 📚 💙
