Anne Lyle

Fantasy author, history geek and fountain pen addict. Find my books at

[Anne Lyle @mirovant]

Is it just me, or does Europe look like a sleeping dragon from this angle?

[Lara Maiklem FSA - The London Mudlark @LondonMudlark]

Happy Halloween Mudlarks! I got the shock of my life when I saw this glass eye a while back, like Old Father Thames himself staring back at me from the mud. Read more about the history of glass eyes on my FB and Insta pages today #londonmudlark #mudlark #mudlarking #halloween2019

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Kicking my NaNoWriMo prep into high gear this week with some spoopy stationery! First up, an Erin Condren Deluxe Monthly Planner, which runs November 2019 - October 2020 and has lots of lined pages in the… https://t.co/MAggiCBNmQ

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Little grey cat in little grey nest #catsofinstagram @ Cambridge, Cambridgeshire https://t.co/FOcKKnEQwo

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Swanky hotel room with river view is swanky #fantasycon #writinglife @ Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel https://t.co/pLJKL1zOok

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Got myself a comfy single table seat on the Edinburgh train! #fantasycon @ Peterborough https://t.co/1QVsfHM9J4

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Got my weekend set up in my #HB90 planner by Sarra Cannon - I’m off to #fantasycon in Glasgow! #writinglife @BtGS_pod

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This video wins YouTube!

#17thcentury #historicalcostume

[Rachel Aaron/Bach 🌻 @Rachel_Aaron]

As a fan of both haul videos and grisly history, this is my new favorite thing.

"CLOTHING HAUL + TRY ON but it's 1680 and you're a servant"
https://t.co/M5JfnO4Mrv

"New stuff from my mistress since she died of plague"

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I don’t think this is what #Inktober is supposed to be about!

(I was shaking a bottle of glittery ink and hadn’t screwed the cap on properly last time)

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If you love obscure historical facts, you should definitely follow Surprised Eel Historian aka @greenleejw

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Spent my early morning going through beta-reader’s markup, alternately implementing proofreading corrections and having warm fuzzies over the squee 😊

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TFW the plot for your next novel, which has been eluding you for weeks, suddenly starts to fall into place - aided by a random article you found through Twitter and had forgotten about until now #amwriting #epicfantasy

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One of the characters in my new book sports a gilded prosthetic eye at one point - just goes to show there’s nothing new under the sun

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@PrinceJvstin @julieacrisp @KA_Doore @samhawkewrites @dedbutdrmng @shaunduke @tordotcom That’s a good one, since it doesn’t restrict you to kingdoms or medieval settings

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@julieacrisp @KA_Doore @samhawkewrites @dedbutdrmng Apologies for awful grammar in last tweet - should have re-read it after altering it! #badwriternobiscuit

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@samhawkewrites Yeah, I know how that goes! My trilogy came out at 9-10 month intervals - not really surprising it’s taken me so long to recover!

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Just finished City of Lies by @samhawkewrites - highly recommended if you like twisty political intrigue in non-sexist, non-homophobic fantasy settings. Also botany. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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@samhawkewrites And now I have to wait over a year for the next one 😞 (though I know full well how long it takes to write a complex fantasy novel, so I quite understand). Still, gives me time to work on my TBR pile! 📚

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*draws line under awkward online exchange*

So, what’s everyone up to? I’m getting into Story Grid right now, as a way to kickstart a new draft as well as analyse a completed one. The podcast is pretty good, if a bit rambly at times, and I have the book arriving tomorrow 🤞