Geoff King

@geoffo

Omniscribe, wood carver, tree whisperer, quiet revolutionary. Scottish Highlands. Seeking lit agent for crossover fantasy and literary novella www.geoffkingwriter.co.uk

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Geoff King@geoffo· 1d

I've just made a couple of new pairs of small of earrings and added them to the website www.woodlandtreasures.co.uk/shop/earrings/

Small tree earrings hand carved from English walnut
18 mm x 20 mm, on sterling silver posts with scrolls

Small Celtic triquetra earrings hand carved from English box wood
20 mm x 15 mm, on sterling silver posts with scrolls

Geoff King@geoffo· 9d

Hello Sunday #writers

Middle aged, half Roma, half white man with scruffy grey hair and beard with a finger to his temple and a thoughtful expression

Geoff King@geoffo· 20d

Is protest terrorism? Is opposing genocide terrorism? Police arresting dangerous grandmothers continues... Keep signing petitions - here's one: tiny.cc/egj7101 #protest #peace #freespeech

A woman in late middle age, crouching and handcuffed, next to a sign saying "I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action" and surrounded by police

Geoff King@geoffo· 28d

"emotion, not event, creates a dynamic response in the mind of the reader. The artist's job is to sink a taproot in the reader's brain that will grow downward and find a path to the reader's soul and experience, so that some new emotional inflorescence will grow out of it" Barbara Kingsolver #writer

Barbara Kingsolver - late middle aged woman smiling and wearing spectacles

Geoff King@geoffo· Jun 24

I’d rather talk to you at 4:44 am in the morning than talk at your funeral. Nothing worse than losing a friend because they didn’t think they had anyone to talk to. Phones are on, the doors always open, fires can be lit and coffee can be poured. Support each other. #mentalhealth #talk #friends

Bright blue garden flowers with a bumble bee feeding in one

Geoff King@geoffo· Jun 20

View from my face. Stonehaven harbour. #sunny #ale #writerslife

A small boat afloat in Stonehaven harbour with cliffs in the background

Several small boats afloat in Stonehaven harbour, with a scattering of small buoys and a jetty in the distance with cars parked along it

Geoff King@geoffo· Jun 18

Cat-sitting-cum-writing-retreat in Stonehaven. Nobby must be a sci-fi muse cat; his vibes are definitely getting through. Much progress is being made on this space-based novel and it feels good 🙂 🚀 🪐 #writing #sci-fi #cat

Black cat sitting upright on a chair with half-closed eyes

Geoff King@geoffo· Jun 14

Cat sitting in Stonehaven for a few days, not quite two hours after my arrival the police turned up - a local passerby had reported a suspicious character! Do I look that dodgy...?

Geoff King@geoffo· Jun 11

This one looks a nicer option

Geoff King@geoffo· Jun 5

Hello, Groot!

Geoff King@geoffo· May 1

My helper, Groot

Geoff King@geoffo· Apr 13

A wee break from #writing to make this: dragon pendant hand carved from boxwood and set with genuine hand polished, beach collected Whitby jet. 87 mm x 46 mm, on adjustable organic hemp cord www.woodlandtreasures.co.uk/product/drag... #woodcarving #dragon #necklace

Oriental style dragon pendant hand carved from boxwood and set with polished jet

Geoff King@geoffo· Mar 19

In between the #writing is the carving of wooden #jewellery www.woodlandtreasures.co.uk

“Beetleback” necklace hand carved from walnut and yew and set with three pieces of hand shaped fair-trade lapis lazuli
54 mm x 30 mm on adjustable organic hemp cord
https://www.woodlandtreasures.co.uk/product/beetleback-necklace-in-walnut-yew-and-lapis/

Amulet hand carved from storm-felled Scottish hawthorn set with Scottish green marble
48 mm x 27 mm on adjustable organic hemp cord
https://www.woodlandtreasures.co.uk/product/amulet-in-hawthorn-and-marble/

“Mother Nurture” goddess necklace hand carved from home grown hazel and set with turquoise/bronze stone
48 mm x 20 mm on adjustable organic hemp cord
https://www.woodlandtreasures.co.uk/product/mother-nurture-goddess-necklace-in-hazel-and-turquoise/

Rowan leaf brooch hand carved in storm-felled Scottish rowan
64 mm x 38 mm on sterling silver pin with ball catch
https://www.woodlandtreasures.co.uk/product/rowan-leaf-brooch/

Geoff King@geoffo· Mar 18

The thing about writing a novella mostly set in the late #70s and early #80s is I can't help politicising the characters. My there was so much Thatcherite shit going down none of us could keep quiet #rockagainstracism #falklands #antinazileague #reggae #punk #writing

Geoff King@geoffo· Feb 27

Freshly carved earrings - by a single craftsman - no outsourcing, all designed and made with love and respect in the Highlands of Scotland by me from rescued offcuts. Photos not to scale. www.woodlandtreasures.co.uk

Curling Locks earrings hand carved from English walnut
49 mm x 20 mm, on hand made Sterling silver hooks

Goddess earrings hand carved from yew,
30 mm x 11 mm, on Sterling silver posts

Oak leaf earrings hand carved from 4000 year old Scottish bog oak
31 mm x 18 mm, on hand made sterling silver safety hooks

Celtic triquetra earrings hand carved from box wood
20 mm x 16 mm, on sterling silver posts

Geoff King@geoffo· Feb 14

Coppicing in our wee woodland on a frosty blue sky day #writerslife #woodland #smallholding

Hazel catkins in the sun with twigs and blue sky in the background.

Geoff King@geoffo· Feb 6

And these

Moon Gazing Hare necklace hand carved from box wood
32 mm diameter, on adjustable braided organic hemp cord
https://www.woodlandtreasures.co.uk/product/moon-gazing-hare-necklace-in-box-wood/

Tree of Life necklace hand carved from English walnut
34 mm diameter, on adjustable braided organic hemp cord
https://www.woodlandtreasures.co.uk/product/tree-of-life-necklace-in-walnut/

Geoff King@geoffo· Feb 6

This week I was #writing #sci-fi , last week I made these #jewellery #woodcarving www.woodlandtreasures.co.uk

Circle necklace hand carved from 4000 year old Somerset bog oak and set with Baltic amber
34 mm x 42 mm, on adjustable braided organic hemp cord
https://www.woodlandtreasures.co.uk/product/bog-oak-and-amber-necklace/

Amber cluster pendant hand carved from 4000 year old Somerset bog oak and set with four pieces of Baltic amber
58 mm x 76 mm, on adjustable braided organic hemp cord
https://www.woodlandtreasures.co.uk/product/amber-cluster-pendant-in-bog-oak-and-amber/

Oval Tree of Life brooch hand carved from 4000 year old Scottish bog oak and set with Scottish Marble
60 mm x 40mm, fitted with sterling silver pin and roller catch
https://www.woodlandtreasures.co.uk/product/oval-tree-of-life-brooch-in-bog-oak-and-marble/

Goddess necklace hand carved from yew
20 mm x 60 mm, on adjustable braided organic hemp cord
https://www.woodlandtreasures.co.uk/product/goddess-necklace-in-yew/

Geoff King@geoffo· Feb 5

I don't mind a cat in the room when I'm writing. It can sleep on the chair, or on my lap, but when it headbutts me, walks across the keyboard, tries to lick the crumbs from my plate, puts its head into my cup and yowls to be let out only to want in again a minute later...well, my patience wears thin

Geoff King@geoffo· Feb 4

My review of 'The Roma - A Travelling History' by @madelinepotter.bsky.social has just been published here: bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/02/03/t... Read the review, read the book. #Roma #writing #bookreview #nonfiction

The cover of the book, The Roma - A Travelling History, by Madeline Potter, showing three women and two men dancing in front of a crowd.

Geoff King@geoffo· Feb 2

Hello back from Freya and Groot 🐈 🐈

Geoff King@geoffo· Jan 5

One of the advantages of being a #writer and working from home, is that being snowed in makes little difference (apart from the distraction and the temptation to go and play...) #snow

A bicycle leaning on a caravan in deep snow

A bench covered in snow against a house wall

Geoff King@geoffo· Dec 31

If you are not yet published, may 2026 be the year in which you get that great book deal. Good luck! Art by Malcolm Horton #writers #writingcommunity #author

A beautiful painting of a dolphin leaping with a mountainous island and a sunset in the background - by Malcolm Horton

Geoff King@geoffo· Dec 24

Kittens! Get well soon.

Three fluffy kittens curled up together on a blanket

Geoff King@geoffo· Dec 19

'In an electronic technology, cultural changes occur more rapidly than value systems can accommodate them, and in the resulting confusion technology itself becomes a surrogate religion.' Tom Robbins, Another Roadside Attraction, 1971. Yep. #quote #technology #writer

A photo of Tom Robbins book, Another Roadside Attraction, on which the image is a collage of people, mushrooms, a building with eyes, nose and a giant moustache, a giant hot dog and a butterfly.

Geoff King@geoffo· Dec 4

I've just discovered I share a birthday with Django Reinhardt (not today). I don't attach any significance to it, just a fun fact. #Roma #writerslife

Django Reinhardt playing guitar with a cigarette in his mouth

Geoff King@geoffo· Dec 1

My prose poem 'The Forest at Night' on this week's page of Earth Pathways Diary @earthpathways.bsky.social , with the wonderful artwork of Sue Wookey. Buy your 2026 edition now :) #writing #poem #diary

Poem on a yellow moon above a painting of a badger in the woods

Geoff King@geoffo· Nov 27

Shed was a deity in ancient Egypt :-)

Heiroglyph of Shed, Egyptian deity, vanquishing snake and crocodile

Geoff King@geoffo· Nov 10

Just two of the many new pieces of hand carved wooden jewellery I have just put on my website. All individually hand carved by me in the Highlands of Scotland. www.woodlandtreasures.co.uk #carving #jewellery #woodwork #writer

Hand carved wooden Heart, Waves, Moon necklace - a heart shape in yew, waves in olive wood and a rainbow moonstone

Oval shaped tree necklace in yew with intricately carved tree shape over a Scottish green marble stone

Geoff King@geoffo· Nov 1

My review of The Lost Elms by Mandy Haggith is in the latest issue of Permaculture Magazine #writing #reviews #trees www.permaculture.co.uk