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The Constellations

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An ancient clock. A city of legends. A fate written in the stars.

When Prague's famous astronomical clock falls silent, Atticus Palmer is summoned to repair it. Amid rumours of curses, political tensions, and strange happenings across the city, he soon discovers there is far more to the mystery than a broken timepiece โ€ฆ

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View fullsize Writing Prompt - ๐“ก๐“ธ๐“ถ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ฌ๐“ฎ: ๐ด ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘“๐‘–๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ž — ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐˜ฉ๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ก๐˜ฉ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐˜ฉ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘ก๐˜ฉ๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’. •••&bull
View fullsize Writing Prompt - ๐“’๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ช๐“ฌ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ป & ๐“ข๐“ธ๐“ฌ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐“ฝ๐”‚: ๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐˜ฉ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘’๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐˜ฉ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘ก๐˜ฉ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฅ. ๐‘Š๐˜ฉ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ? ••••&b
View fullsize It’s been a while since I’ve done a book review - I’ve spent so many months in a reading slump, but THE UNMAGICAL LIFE OF BRIAR JONES by @lexcanroar was exactly the lift I needed, probably because it’s not my usual reading cho
View fullsize Swipe to read! โžก๏ธ #AuthorLife #PublishingJourney #BehindTheBook #Bookstagram #WritingCommunity 1 - My debut hitting the Sunday Times No.1 bestseller list? Honestly, that was probably lightning in a bottle.โšก๏ธI’ll always have “bestselling
View fullsize Writing Prompt - ๐”Š๐”ฌ๐”ฑ๐”ฅ๐”ฆ๐” : ๐ท๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š, ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘๐‘˜๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐˜ฉ๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐˜ฉ๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐˜ฉ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘œ … ••••• Feel free to share what you do
View fullsize Went for a drive, found a monastery. It’s been a while since I posted an historic building, but today I came across - quite by accident - Valle Crucis Abbey nestled in Llangollen, managed by @cadwcymruwales. Oh, Henry VIII has a lot to answer
View fullsize ๐Ÿ“š Attention, UK Authors! I recently received an important email from @thesocietyofauthors, and I think these updates are too important not to share, especially because not every author is a member. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Swipe through to see the latest updates and wh
View fullsize Writing Prompt - ๐“œ๐”‚๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐”‚ & ๐“˜๐“ท๐“ฝ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ฐ๐“พ๐“ฎ: ๐ด ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘’ … ••••• Feel free to share what you do either in the comments, your own post or storie
View fullsize โœจ COVER REVEAL โœจ I know in the middle of high summer this feels rather out of place, but I am absolutely delighted to share the paperback cover for THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS which is out exactly two months today! โ„๏ธ๐Ÿฆข๐Ÿ Set in the snow-covered R
View fullsize Writing Prompt - ๐“ก๐“ธ๐“ถ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ฌ๐“ฎ: ๐‘‚๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’, ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘’, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘  … ••••• Feel free to share what you do either in the comments, your own post or stories - and do tag me!

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