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the second wedding: Hong Kong edition

November 9, 2024October 18, 2025 nesskingsley

There were five outfits, four locations, three tea ceremonies, two bouquets, and one groom waiting for me.

Tagged ceremony, hong kong, marriage, salmonella, traditional wedding, travel, wedding, wedding dress, wedding planning, weddings7 Comments
coffee cup held up in front of train window
the writing diaries

ohhh it’s a SCI-FI | writing diaries #1

October 29, 2024October 24, 2024 nesskingsley

Reader, I turned my phone off and, for a dramatic flourish, hurled it across the room.

Tagged books, projects, scifi, vikings, wip, writer, writingLeave a comment
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ness talks books

indie publishing and what i wish i’d done differently

October 17, 2024October 16, 2024 nesskingsley

I'd hoped that my book would spread like a contagion through word of mouth and develop a cult following without trying to do a jot of marketing. No, I don't harbour delusions of grandeur. Pfft.

Tagged a most irregular prophecy, indie publishing, marketing, writing2 Comments
ness talks about life

summer doings & golden rings

September 19, 2024September 19, 2024 nesskingsley

getting married, moving, and a new library

Tagged life, marriage, reading, writing6 Comments
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slow down & visit a bookshop

April 28, 2024April 28, 2024 nesskingsley

It was, naturally, impossible to walk out of the bookshop without purchasing one or two or, possibly, three volumes. Which I did. Who am I but a leaf, drifting on the rivers of fate?

Tagged book-review, books, bookshop, bookshops, cromford, reading, Rebecca Yarros, Sarah j maas, scarthin books, trains, ursula k le guin6 Comments

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