Mary Wyrd (she/her)

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Creative Virtual Assistant & Author Assistant All about the books. No GenAi. Horror writer. #HorrorWritersChat co-host #TheShadowsThatWeCarry promo #BookPairing recs #WriterTips (unhinged) DMs don't work here.

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Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd· 11h

If you're never sure what to post, it's time to create a social media strategy! Save time and generate ideas quickly with these three subjects. Find examples of how to come up with post ideas (without gen-ai) over on my blog: www.marywyrd.com/blog/three-s... #AuthorSky #WriterSky #AuthorAssistant

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd· 18h

#BookPairing theme: Wife. Learn the history of the wife (in Western culture), then find out how it can all go very wrong with A HISTORY OF THE WIFE by Marilyn Yalom HUNGERSTONE by Kat Dunn #BookSky #nonfiction #HorrorSky

#BookPairing with two book covers. Left: non-fiction - A History of the Wife by Marilyn Yalom. Cover painting of a man placing a ring on the finger of a woman. Right: fiction - Hungerstone a novel by Kat Dunn. Cover painting of a woman in a white gown lying on a bed asleep, her head is near the edge of the bed and her right hand touches the floor. It's a copy of the painting The Nightmare by Henry Fuseli but without the horse or incubus.

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd· 1d

Suffering from social media burnout? Still need to promote your book? Here are three ways to promote a book without social media. Find more examples on my blog: www.marywyrd.com/blog/how-to-... #AuthorSky #BookSky #AuthorAssistant

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd· 1d

Good day to you! I’ve got three books on the go so far: JONATHAN STRANGE & MR NORRELL by Susanna Clarke ENCHANTING THE FAE QUEEN by Stephanie Burgis THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF TIDYING UP by Marie Kondo (non-fiction) Fae magic all week ✨ #BookSky

Book, burgundy edition with a flying white raven. The international bestseller. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke. “A fabulous book…dazzling…highly original and compelling.” - Sunday Times

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd· 3d

Zombies, vampires, and "coming back wrong" = resurrection horror. Have you read these stories recommended by #HorrorWritersChat attendees? If you write horror and love sharing your fave horrors, join us on Bluesky every Wednesday for four themed questions and a promo opportunity. #HorrorSky

#HorrorWritersChat favourite resurrection horror stories (info taken from posted answers to Q1 on 17 June 2026) - A bullet point list: Cabal - Clive Barker. The Monkey’s Paw - W. W. Jacobs. Second Chances - Stephen Graham Jones. Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice. Pet Sematary - Stephen King. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley. Night of the Living Dead Chola - V Castro. Hodge - Elinor Mordaunt. I Am Legend - Richard Matheson. Carmilla - Joseph Sheridan le Fanu. Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield. Dracula - Bram Stoker. Write horror and want to take part in the chat? Join us on Wednesdays at 7 pm BST (UK) - Background image of a skull on a pile of books with candles behind them.

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd· 3d

Authors, which of your older books need more love? Show us! Share your backlist, with a comment OR quote post. Add the hashtag #BacklistSaturday Add a link to your books. [Add alt text to images] #BookSky #AuthorSky #IndieAuthor #ReaderSky

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd· 4d

Thanks, Gabino! 🖤 #FridayReads - discover new-to-you horror writers with twenty short stories that tackle THE SHADOWS THAT WE CARRY ebook & paperback: amzn.eu/d/098CFL12 #TheShadowsThatWeCarry

Book promotion graphic. A Charity #HorrorWritersChat Anthology: THE SHADOWS THAT WE CARRY. Twenty tales from members of Horror Writers Chat. Five Stars: "like sitting down to watch Twilight Zone episodes" Amazon Review. Four Stars: "a delightfully spooky anthology...wonderfully macabre." Amazon Review. Proceeds will be donated to Macmillan Cancer Support in memory of author MG Mason (Matt Mason), creator of #HorrorWritersChat - Image of an ereader with the cover of THE SHADOWS THAT WE KEEP - a black book cover, illustrated with a large campfire burning with yellow and red flames. A smiling face, eyes closed, lives within the flames.
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Book cover designed by Daniel Lorn.
Book from Black Cat Reading via William Beck.
Book promo by Mary Wyrd.

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd· 6d

Thanks for joining us for #HorrorWritersChat and sharing your histories. Once you’ve answered the questions and interacted, share your promo with #HorrorWritersChat IN THE COMMENTS on this post. This is now your past. Join us again in the future for fresh horror chat! 🖤

That’s it for this week. After you’ve answered the questions and interacted with other posts, it’s promo time!
Comment on this post with your self-promotion and use the hashtag #HorrorWritersChat - To help increase visibility, please LIKE, REPOST, and COMMENT on the other promos.
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Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd· 6d

Make horror history with a new setting. Q4: #HorrorWritersChat - Choose an existing horror IP or horror creation and add it to an historical period different from its origin. Share your idea. ---- Outro in 10 mins

Question Four. Choose an existing horror IP or creation and add it to an historical period different from its origin. Share your idea. Example: Predator plus 1719 Northern Great Plains became Prey (2022)

Quote post your answer and include the hashtag #HorrorWritersChat - NO links or covers! Save your self promo for the outro (after answering the questions). Please LIKE, SHARE, and COMMENT on other posts.

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Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd· 6d

Making it personal. Q3: #HorrorWritersChat - In what ways has your own history (past) impacted or inspired your horror writing? Examples: giving a character your childhood trauma, reimagining an experience with a different ending.

Question Three. In what ways has your own history (past) impacted or inspired your horror writing? Examples: giving a character your childhood trauma, reimagining an experience with a different ending.

Quote post your answer and include the hashtag #HorrorWritersChat - NO links or covers! Save your self promo for the outro (after answering the questions). Please LIKE, SHARE, and COMMENT on other posts.

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Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd· 6d

Even fictional characters have a past. Q2: #HorrorWritersChat - How much history, how much of a past, do you give your horror characters? Share an example.

Question Two. How much history, how much of a past, do you give your horror characters? Share an example.

Quote post your answer and include the hashtag #HorrorWritersChat - NO links or covers! Save your self promo for the outro (after answering the questions). Please LIKE, SHARE, and COMMENT on other posts.

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Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd· 6d

Welcome to Horror Writers Chat. It’s time to explore the past. Q1: #HorrorWritersChat - Introduce yourself, the horror you write, and share up to three historical horror fiction stories you’ve enjoyed. (Horror set in the past.)

Question One. Introduce yourself, the horror you write, and share up to three historical horror fiction stories you’ve enjoyed.
Quote post your answer and include the hashtag #HorrorWritersChat - NO links or covers! Save your self promo for the outro (after answering the questions). Please LIKE, SHARE, and COMMENT on other posts.

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Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd· 8d

Write horror? Want to talk about it? Join the #HorrorWritersChat community on Wednesdays Next meeting: Wednesday 5th August at 2 pm (EDT - USA) / 7 pm (BST - UK) All horror writers from any time zone are welcome! Guess the theme from the image and get a virtual cookie. #AmWriting #HorrorSky

Write Horror? Join us for four questions with chat and a promo opportunity. Wednesday 5th August, 7 pm BST (UK) / 2 pm EDT (USA). Questions will be posted by Co-Host Mary Wyrd. Search for the hashtag #HorrorWritersChat.

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Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd· 10d

Have you played any of these horror games? These recommendations came from #HorrorWritersChat attendees. If you write horror, join us on Bluesky every Wednesday for four themed questions/prompts and a promo opportunity.

#HorrorWritersChat favourite horror video games (info taken from posted answers to Q1 on 8 July 2026) - A list in two columns: R.E.P.O. Clive Barker’s Undying. Mouthwashing. Fear and Hunger. Illbleed. Resident Evil. Silent Hill. Doom. Night in the Woods. Call of Cthulhu. Slay the Princess. Doki Doki Literature Club. Dead Space. Castlevania. Project Zomboid. Dredge. Bloodborne. Amber. Fatal Frame. Alan Wake. Day of the Tentacle. Alien: Isolation. Little Nightmares. Write horror and want to take part in the chat? Join us on Wednesdays at 7 pm BST (UK) - Background image of a shadowy figure pressing their hands against your screen.

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd· 11d

Thank you, Gabino! Horror fans, add twenty new stories to your TBR and discover some new-to-you horror writers with THE SHADOWS THAT WE CARRY An anthology themed on "adult campfire stories" ebook & paperback: amzn.eu/d/098CFL12 paperback (UK only): ko-fi.com/s/c24c7af3a0 #TheShadowsThatWeCarry

Book promo graphic. THE SHADOWS THAT WE CARRY. A Charity #HorrorWritersChat Anthology. There follows a list of the twenty short stories in the book and their authors:
1. Empty Seats by Jacob Marsh. 2. The Second Shining Orb by Lawrence Harding. 3. Dark Horse by L.B. Shimaira. 4. White Lights, Red Lights by Tom Coombe. 5. The Static Man by Rami Ungar. 6. It’s Not Very Scary Story by Mir Rainbird. 7. Always By Your Side by Eric Nash. 8. Element of Surprise by Samantha J. Bryant. 9. Where It Consumes You by Oli Jacobs. 10. Consequence by Gree. 11. Apartment of the Damned by Theodore Snapdragon. 12. The Root by Autumn Rain. 13. Bonfire by Christine Cunningham. 14. The Revealing Ringtone by Bruce Buchanan. 15. The Bricked-Up Archway by Anna Orridge. 16. A Mob of Teens by J. Neira. 17. Car Crash by Anna Verner. 18. At Night, the Woods Are Screaming by Alexander Hay. 19. The Deal by William Beck. 20. #HorrorWritersChat Night by Louise Conway. Background - closeup of the book illustration - a smiling face, eyes closed, lives within the red and yellow flames.
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Illustration by Daniel Lorn.
Graphic promo by Mary Wyrd.

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd· 11d

You don’t have to do everything yourself. Let’s get that to-do list done! Together. From one-off project support to regular weekly/monthly support, Mary Wyrd can help you. Get your 100% human Creative Virtual Assistant and Author Assistant (no gen-ai) at www.marywyrd.com #AuthorSky #BookSky

Mary Wyrd Promo 2: Author Assistant. Custom support for authors! Six bullet points: Website Graphics. Book blurbs. Cover Design. Blogs. Endpapers. And more. www.marywyrd.com/author-assistant - Three circles with images from the Mary Wyrd portfolio. 1. Website Graphics for a Regency fantasy mystery series. 2. Book cover for The Planar Pages Collection Two. 3. Endpapers for special edition hardbacks with gold detail and symbols relevant to the series.

Mary Wyrd promo 3. Reviews for Mary Wyrd. Three reviews: 1. “Mary is fast, professional, and committed...to supporting human creativity and fully understood my desire to avoid platforming AI-generated work...” - Dianna Gunn, Founder of Weeknight Writers. 2. “Mary's "á la carte" task menu allowed me to get what I needed to find some relief in my day-to-day.” - Kayleigh Merritt, Editor and owner of In the Margins. 3. “I am absolutely delighted with everything Mary has delivered…and it's great to have her in my corner.” - D. Hale Rambo, Historical Fantasy Mystery Author. www.marywyrd.com/portfolio

Mary Wyrd promo 4. Behind the business of Mary Wyrd. List of bullet points under the heading Experience. Library Assistant. Administrative Assistant. Personal Assistant. Diary Manager. Book Club creator. Event coordinator. Graphic Designer. Copywriter. Book blogger. www.marywryd.com - Composite illustration of Mary Wyrd, a figure in a Victorian gown holding a yellow letter in gloved hands. She looks upwards with a crowned skull.

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd· 12d

It's true. I don't make the rules 🤷 #WriterTips #AuthorSky #IndieAuthor #amwriting

Writer Tips graphic. You don't have to write every day. But you do have to write. Sorry, but you signed up for this. #WriterTips - Background photograph of a lined notebook and pen.

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd· 13d

#HorrorWritersChat We're trending again 🖤😊

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Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd· 14d

#BookPairing theme: Governess. Learn the history of the governess, then find out how it can all go very wrong with OTHER PEOPLE'S DAUGHTERS The Lives and Times of the Governess by Ruth Brandon VICTORIAN PSYCHO by Virginia Feito #BookSky #nonfiction #HorrorSky

#BookPairing with two book covers. Left: non-fiction - Other People's Daughters: The Lives and Times of the Governess by Ruth Brandon. Cover illustrated with a painting of a young woman in a red dress holding a large child in their arms. Right: fiction - Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito. Cover illustrated with the painting of a woman, shown from nose to chest, wearing a light Victorian gown splattered with blood.

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd· 17d

Authors, which of your books need more love? Share your older books, your backlist, with a comment OR quote post. Add the hashtag #BacklistSaturday Add a link to your books. [All images need alt text] #BookSky #AuthorSky #IndieAuthor #ReaderSky

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd· 28d

mods are asleep post skeletons

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Digital multimedia illustration by Mary Wyrd.

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd· Jul 8

ROLL CREDITS Thank you for joining us for Horror Writers Chat! Once you’ve answered the questions and interacted, share your promo with the hashtag #HorrorWritersChat IN THE COMMENTS on this post. Take time to look at the other promos too. Play again next week. Different host, same community.

That’s it for this week. Roll Credits. After you’ve answered the questions and interacted with other posts, it’s promo time! COMMENT on this post with your self-promotion and use the hashtag #HorrorWritersChat - To help increase visibility, please LIKE, REPOST, QUOTE POST and COMMENT on the other promos.
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Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd· Jul 8

REPLAY Q4: #HorrorWritersChat - A jump scare, a plot twist or a villain reveal will only surprise a reader once. What is it about your horror writing that would persuade a reader to reread it? Examples: - World-building - Genre Easter Eggs - Engaging journeys --- Outro in 10 mins

Question Four. Replay. A jump scare, a plot twist or a villain reveal will only surprise a reader once. What is it about your horror writing that would persuade a reader to reread it?
Quote post your answer and include the hashtag #HorrorWritersChat - NO links or covers! Save your self promo for the outro (after answering the questions). Please LIKE, SHARE, and COMMENT on other posts.
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Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd· Jul 8

GLITCH - Writing Prompt Q3: #HorrorWritersChat - You’re trapped in a horror video game. Write the moment you realise which game you’re stuck in. Show what gave it away without naming the game.

Question Three. Writing Prompt. You’re trapped in a horror video game. Write the moment you realise which game you’re stuck in. Show what gave the game away without naming the game.
Quote post your answer and include the hashtag #HorrorWritersChat - NO links or covers! Save your self promo for the outro (after answering the questions). Please LIKE, SHARE, and COMMENT on other posts.
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Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd· Jul 8

A NOVEL GAME Q2: #HorrorWritersChat - Choose one and share the details. Would you: (a) Write a novel based on an existing horror video game OR (b) Transform one of your horror stories into a video game/computer game. > which story/game? > why? > what would you do?

Question Two. A Novel Game. Choose one and share the details. A) Write a novel based on an existing horror game OR B) Transform one of your horror stories into a video/computer game.
Quote post your answer and include the hashtag #HorrorWritersChat - NO links or covers! Save your self-promo for the outro (after answering the questions). Please LIKE, SHARE, and COMMENT on other posts.
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Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd· Jul 8

TITLE SCREEN Welcome to #HorrorWritersChat This week, the theme is horror Video Games / Computer Games. Q1: Who are you? What horror do you write? What is your favourite horror video game/computer game?

Question One. Title Screen. Who are you? What horror do you write? What is your favourite horror video game/computer game?
Quote post your answer and include the hashtag #HorrorWritersChat - NO links or covers! Save your self promo for the outro (after answering the questions). Please LIKE, SHARE, and COMMENT on other posts.
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Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd· Jul 8

Horror writer? LFG? (Looking For Group) Join #HorrorWritersChat 1 hour 4 horror writing questions/prompts chat + promo F2P (Free To Play) Wednesday 8th July at 2 pm (EDT) / 7 pm (BST) Make sure you’re not AFK (Away From Keyboard) Comment what you think the theme is. #AmWriting #HorrorSky

Do you write horror? Join us for four questions with chat and a promo opportunity. Wednesday 8th July 7pm BST (UK) / 2pm EDT (USA)
Questions will be posted by co-host Mary Wyrd
Search for the hashtag #HorrorWritersChat
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Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd· Jun 28

What are you reading?

Book cover. Kappa by Ryunosuke Akutagawa. Translated by Allison Markham-Powell and Lisa Hosmann-Kuroda. Image of a Kappa, a humanoid fellow with large yellow eyes, a beak and scaly green skin. They have blue water in the bowl of their head which is tilted forward as they hug a large cucumber.

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd· Jun 28

Love horror? Behold! THE SHADOWS THAT WE CARRY A charity horror anthology featuring 20 stories from members of Horror Writers Chat. Find a new favourite horror writer AND give to charity. ebook & paperback: amzn.eu/d/098CFL12 paperback (UK): ko-fi.com/s/c24c7af3a0 #TheShadowsThatWeCarry 💙📚 🩸📚

Book promo graphic. The monsters that follow us into adulthood become THE SHADOWS THAT WE CARRY. ebook and paperback. A Charity #HorrorWritersChat Anthology. Proceeds will be donated to the charity Macmillan Cancer Support in memory of author MG Mason (Matt Mason), creator of #HorrorWritersChat - Background image: a closeup of the book illustration, a smiling face, eyes closed, lives within red and yellow flames.
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Illustration by Daniel Lorn.
Graphic promo by Mary Wyrd.

Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd· Jun 23

Proud of my local library services (UK) not self-censoring and, not only creating Pride displays, recommending books to read through the app. 💙📚 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Here’s a few: