# book genre (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover book genre. Page: Feed: --- ## [Good vibes only, for once](https://shadowsonwater.uk/2026/08/01/good-vibes-only-for-once/) _2026-08-01 · Lorraine Wilson · Shadows on Water_ Yesterday I wrote a draft of a post about hustling to build an author career – what that looks like depending on your skillsets and capacity, and what it looks like for me, your resident spoonie. I’ll still post it as I think it’s a useful conversation about the work that goes into trying to \[…\] ## [Reviews, authors and minding our own business](https://shadowsonwater.uk/2026/06/06/reviews-authors-and-minding-our-own-business/) _2026-06-06 · Lorraine Wilson · Shadows on Water_ Folks! I am back from holiday and writing this on a post-hospital rest day but I promise, as per my last post, that by the time this goes out in a couple of weeks I will be firmly back into drafting. Or you have my permission to come kick my arse. A wee subscriber update: \[…\] ## [Research, and other forms of procrastination](https://shadowsonwater.uk/2026/05/02/research-and-other-forms-of-procrastination/) _2026-05-02 · Lorraine Wilson · Shadows on Water_ Today’s procrastination comes in the form of this post! But what is good non-writing craft work/thinking time/well refilling, and what is procrastination? The difference feels blurry at the moment. First a writing update: Well, this section feels redundant given the post subject, but for what it’s worth – I finished another short story last week, \[…\] ## [Why are we still infantilising women in fiction?](https://shadowsonwater.uk/2026/02/14/why-are-we-still-infantilising-women-in-fiction/) _2026-02-14 · Lorraine Wilson · Shadows on Water_ I know, I know, that’s a horribly click-bait article header, isn’t it? Bear with me? First, a writing update. As I am still waiting to hear on the three projects out on sub, and had a moderately event-full January, I haven’t done much writing so far this year. As I wrote about last time, I’ve \[…\] ## [Story prompts for short fic January (and maybe February, who knows)](https://shadowsonwater.uk/2026/01/17/story-prompts-for-short-fic-january-and-maybe-february-who-knows/) _2026-01-17 · Lorraine Wilson · Shadows on Water_ Welcome to 2026! Yes, I know we’re over half way through but family life has been busy so I’m only just getting back into the swing of things now, with a slightly panicked feeling that this month is being swallowed up so fast! As I think I mentioned in… a previous post somewhere, I’m taking \[…\] ## [Holiday book recommendations – gifts, reading and feeding the tbr pile](https://shadowsonwater.uk/2025/12/11/holiday-book-recommendations-gifts-reading-and-feeding-the-tbr-pile/) _2025-12-11 · Lorraine Wilson · Shadows on Water_ Happy omg there’s only two weeks to Christmas to all who celebrate! Those of you who’ve been with me for a while will know I don’t like doing ‘Best of’ or ‘Top reads’ type lists because they’re so subjective and I don’t really want to rank my favs from my friends, heroines and peers. What \[…\] ## [Book launches – survival, celebration and chocolate](https://shadowsonwater.uk/2025/11/15/book-launches-survival-celebration-and-chocolate/) _2025-11-15 · Lorraine Wilson · Shadows on Water_ Hello fellow creatures. I usually write a ‘the story behind the book’ post around publication day, but I feel like I’ve chatted a lot about The Salt Oracle over the last year either here or on my mothballed Substack, both in free and in paid posts. So what else around book publication time might be \[…\] ## [The books behind the book – diving into the stories & history that inspired The Salt Oracle](https://shadowsonwater.uk/2025/10/25/the-books-behind-the-book-diving-into-the-stories-history-that-inspired-the-salt-oracle/) _2025-10-25 · Lorraine Wilson · Shadows on Water_ Updates from the writing cave: Since I last posted here, I have finished the first draft of the strange and challenging parallel world book that I began over the summer. I’ve done a quick first pass tidy up of it and have now shelved it to work on other things while it thinks about what \[…\] ## [This is a new low (publishing version)](https://shadowsonwater.uk/2025/09/27/this-is-a-new-low-publishing-version/) _2025-09-27 · Lorraine Wilson · Shadows on Water_ \[Edit: I wrote this post a few weeks back but delayed publishing because of the move from Substack to Patreon. A few things have changed, namely going on sub with Birds and feeling hopeful about that. But I think it’s still important to share this article as it was when I wrote it, so… ta \[…\] ## [Retro Grid Dungeon Crawler (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/i8PuzctpAFBd) _2025-09-27 · **Sponsored**_ Retro grid movement with first-person combat, loot and skill-tree progression. ## [Dystopias, reality, and getting crabbit about labels](https://shadowsonwater.uk/2025/08/08/dystopias-reality-and-getting-crabbit-about-labels/) _2025-08-08 · Lorraine Wilson · Shadows on Water_ So a wee while ago I was asked a question at an event that very nearly launched me into a TED talk of an answer. We were out of time so I had to restrain myself, but I figured it would make a good article in which no-one is waving frantically at me from the \[…\]