GB Williams and Abi Barden
@gbwilliams.bsky.social
Author of Crime as GB, and steampunk as Abi. Cat lover, Lego fan, reader, blogger.
It’s easy to lose heart as a writer, but here’s something I hope may help
Don't get low because they did
You can sale [sic] through it.
gb582.substack.com
August 11, 2026 at 9:17 AM
It’s easy to lose heart as a writer, but here’s something I hope may help
Things not done today:
☹️ Breathing easily
☹️ Sleep
☹️ Anything productive
Things I am grateful for:
🙂 A full box of tissues
🙂 Family to take care of me
🙂 Freedom to be ill without having to work
Thank you World, you gave something I didn't need to prove I had everything I needed. I am grateful.
☹️ Breathing easily
☹️ Sleep
☹️ Anything productive
Things I am grateful for:
🙂 A full box of tissues
🙂 Family to take care of me
🙂 Freedom to be ill without having to work
Thank you World, you gave something I didn't need to prove I had everything I needed. I am grateful.
July 20, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Things not done today:
☹️ Breathing easily
☹️ Sleep
☹️ Anything productive
Things I am grateful for:
🙂 A full box of tissues
🙂 Family to take care of me
🙂 Freedom to be ill without having to work
Thank you World, you gave something I didn't need to prove I had everything I needed. I am grateful.
☹️ Breathing easily
☹️ Sleep
☹️ Anything productive
Things I am grateful for:
🙂 A full box of tissues
🙂 Family to take care of me
🙂 Freedom to be ill without having to work
Thank you World, you gave something I didn't need to prove I had everything I needed. I am grateful.
I've been waxing lyrical about Welsh place names. Come have a look.
Place Names and Meanings
Why I like Wales
gb582.substack.com
July 7, 2026 at 2:33 PM
I've been waxing lyrical about Welsh place names. Come have a look.
No one wants to meet the likes of Thomasina, but just in case you catch me naming her, here's a description of who she is.
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An Introduction No One Wants
Meet Thomasina
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June 27, 2026 at 1:03 PM
No one wants to meet the likes of Thomasina, but just in case you catch me naming her, here's a description of who she is.
open.substack.com/pub/gb582/p/...
open.substack.com/pub/gb582/p/...
Had a bit of fun today, gathering an A to Z list of book titles, and all in one genre.
A-Z of Writing
So today I was watching something on TikTok and it suggested making a list of book titles from A to Z, ignoring any leading ‘A’s or ‘The’s.
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June 12, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Had a bit of fun today, gathering an A to Z list of book titles, and all in one genre.
Just a thought, do try to get your facts right all the same...
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June 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Just a thought, do try to get your facts right all the same...
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A personal opinion piece on books that claim to be signed. See if you agree.
Signed Books
Are they really?
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May 23, 2026 at 7:05 PM
A personal opinion piece on books that claim to be signed. See if you agree.
Today I stepped foot on a cruise liner for the first time ever, along with Jack B Reaside. This evening's forecast is for a few laughs and some rough seas, thanks to Chris Brookmyer.
May 23, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Today I stepped foot on a cruise liner for the first time ever, along with Jack B Reaside. This evening's forecast is for a few laughs and some rough seas, thanks to Chris Brookmyer.
"Wrought in Fire" is out, and getting great reivews, 5* all the way so far. Thank you all for your support.
mybook.to/WroughtInFire
mybook.to/WroughtInFire
Wrought In Fire
Wrought In Fire [Barden, Abi] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Wrought In Fire
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April 23, 2026 at 2:37 PM
"Wrought in Fire" is out, and getting great reivews, 5* all the way so far. Thank you all for your support.
mybook.to/WroughtInFire
mybook.to/WroughtInFire
New scammer call alert.
Just had a call from 'BT' saying I'm due a £210 refund of overcharge, then he started asking questions so instead of responding, I asked him why he was calling me to tell me this. He put the phone down his end. Yeah that was a call from BT right?
Just had a call from 'BT' saying I'm due a £210 refund of overcharge, then he started asking questions so instead of responding, I asked him why he was calling me to tell me this. He put the phone down his end. Yeah that was a call from BT right?
February 4, 2026 at 5:08 PM
New scammer call alert.
Just had a call from 'BT' saying I'm due a £210 refund of overcharge, then he started asking questions so instead of responding, I asked him why he was calling me to tell me this. He put the phone down his end. Yeah that was a call from BT right?
Just had a call from 'BT' saying I'm due a £210 refund of overcharge, then he started asking questions so instead of responding, I asked him why he was calling me to tell me this. He put the phone down his end. Yeah that was a call from BT right?
All set up for the Pontypridd Christmas Book Fair. Representing both GB Williams and Abi Barden.
Fingers crossed for sales.
#writerslife
Fingers crossed for sales.
#writerslife
December 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
All set up for the Pontypridd Christmas Book Fair. Representing both GB Williams and Abi Barden.
Fingers crossed for sales.
#writerslife
Fingers crossed for sales.
#writerslife
Went out for a bracing birthday walk this afternoon. If you ever want to make a writers day, it's simple, give a nice review or buy yourself a copy of their book.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Went out for a bracing birthday walk this afternoon. If you ever want to make a writers day, it's simple, give a nice review or buy yourself a copy of their book.
It's out! A Journey of Disasters is now available in The Sands of Time. If you enjoy short stories, varied ways to look at things, if you remember David Sands at St Mary's (Chronicles by Jodi Taylor), you'll love this collection.
rushford.ltd/b/thesandsof... for paperback, ebook also available.
rushford.ltd/b/thesandsof... for paperback, ebook also available.
The Sands of Time Paperback
This is the paperback edition - we print in the UK, USA, Canada, and Australia.The SANDS OF TIME - A SHORT STORY COLLECTION with a foreword by JODI TAYLORChannelling the inventive spirit of David Sand...
rushford.ltd
November 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
It's out! A Journey of Disasters is now available in The Sands of Time. If you enjoy short stories, varied ways to look at things, if you remember David Sands at St Mary's (Chronicles by Jodi Taylor), you'll love this collection.
rushford.ltd/b/thesandsof... for paperback, ebook also available.
rushford.ltd/b/thesandsof... for paperback, ebook also available.
The Hanging Man Investigation is out now. Atkins and Palmer book 2, available in paperback and ebook.
And if you've read the Locked Trilogy, or Unlocked, you might even see a familiar face or two.
mybook.to/HangingManInv
And if you've read the Locked Trilogy, or Unlocked, you might even see a familiar face or two.
mybook.to/HangingManInv
November 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The Hanging Man Investigation is out now. Atkins and Palmer book 2, available in paperback and ebook.
And if you've read the Locked Trilogy, or Unlocked, you might even see a familiar face or two.
mybook.to/HangingManInv
And if you've read the Locked Trilogy, or Unlocked, you might even see a familiar face or two.
mybook.to/HangingManInv
Off to do a day of Christmas shopping before the Christmas shopping crowd becomes homicide inducing.
November 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Off to do a day of Christmas shopping before the Christmas shopping crowd becomes homicide inducing.
Are you a reader of Police Procedures? Want something with a different twist? Try Queen of Cups Murders. Welcome to weird Wales.
books.gailbwilliams.com/QueenOfCups
books.gailbwilliams.com/QueenOfCups
The Queen of Cups Murders
Crime | Psychic | Police Procedural | Action | Contemporary
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November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Are you a reader of Police Procedures? Want something with a different twist? Try Queen of Cups Murders. Welcome to weird Wales.
books.gailbwilliams.com/QueenOfCups
books.gailbwilliams.com/QueenOfCups
Wow! Look I made the top 100 in Psychic Suspense books. The Hanging Man Investigation is book two of the Atkins and Palmer Series.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DJ7Q6MXM
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DJ7Q6MXM
November 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Wow! Look I made the top 100 in Psychic Suspense books. The Hanging Man Investigation is book two of the Atkins and Palmer Series.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DJ7Q6MXM
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DJ7Q6MXM
Conversations with my editor, who definitely knows me too well.
October 31, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Conversations with my editor, who definitely knows me too well.
RIP Pearly.
Much loved and will be missed. Passed quietly in her sleep this morning.
2007-2025
Much loved and will be missed. Passed quietly in her sleep this morning.
2007-2025
October 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
RIP Pearly.
Much loved and will be missed. Passed quietly in her sleep this morning.
2007-2025
Much loved and will be missed. Passed quietly in her sleep this morning.
2007-2025
So, bad health day, so I decided to stop doomscrolling and read a real book, an actual physical book. I picked one, looked at it, saw the first page and my brain went. 'Oh God, there's a map. I can't cope with that.'
Now I'm just going to bed.
Now I'm just going to bed.
October 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
So, bad health day, so I decided to stop doomscrolling and read a real book, an actual physical book. I picked one, looked at it, saw the first page and my brain went. 'Oh God, there's a map. I can't cope with that.'
Now I'm just going to bed.
Now I'm just going to bed.
Reposted by GB Williams and Abi Barden
In Carmarthen next Saturday?
Enjoy crime fiction?
Then come along to Carmarthen Library at 2pm to enjoy a panel with Crime Cymru authors @alishawkinsauthor.bsky.social @gbwilliams.bsky.social and me.
Tickets are free on the Carmarthenshire Libraries website.
Enjoy crime fiction?
Then come along to Carmarthen Library at 2pm to enjoy a panel with Crime Cymru authors @alishawkinsauthor.bsky.social @gbwilliams.bsky.social and me.
Tickets are free on the Carmarthenshire Libraries website.
October 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
In Carmarthen next Saturday?
Enjoy crime fiction?
Then come along to Carmarthen Library at 2pm to enjoy a panel with Crime Cymru authors @alishawkinsauthor.bsky.social @gbwilliams.bsky.social and me.
Tickets are free on the Carmarthenshire Libraries website.
Enjoy crime fiction?
Then come along to Carmarthen Library at 2pm to enjoy a panel with Crime Cymru authors @alishawkinsauthor.bsky.social @gbwilliams.bsky.social and me.
Tickets are free on the Carmarthenshire Libraries website.
In London on Wedesday, I went to 5 Waterstones, including the flagship store, and I only brought one book. I also went to two Lego stores, including the flagship one, and I only spent £9.99 on a red panda for my daughter.
Am I getting old?
Am I getting old?
October 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
In London on Wedesday, I went to 5 Waterstones, including the flagship store, and I only brought one book. I also went to two Lego stores, including the flagship one, and I only spent £9.99 on a red panda for my daughter.
Am I getting old?
Am I getting old?
Gosh, started doom scrolling two hours ago, can't seem to stop.
Palmer and Atkins need help. Send motivation so I can write them, please.
Palmer and Atkins need help. Send motivation so I can write them, please.
October 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Gosh, started doom scrolling two hours ago, can't seem to stop.
Palmer and Atkins need help. Send motivation so I can write them, please.
Palmer and Atkins need help. Send motivation so I can write them, please.
Went to #TheRoebuck tonight. Lovely pub, we go there whenever we come to Richmond, but nearly had a heart attack at the round. A pint and a medium glass of wine £15.10!
Bigger surprise was that the wine was from Kent and it was absolutely lovely. Chapel Down I believe. Recommend pub and wine.
Bigger surprise was that the wine was from Kent and it was absolutely lovely. Chapel Down I believe. Recommend pub and wine.
October 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Went to #TheRoebuck tonight. Lovely pub, we go there whenever we come to Richmond, but nearly had a heart attack at the round. A pint and a medium glass of wine £15.10!
Bigger surprise was that the wine was from Kent and it was absolutely lovely. Chapel Down I believe. Recommend pub and wine.
Bigger surprise was that the wine was from Kent and it was absolutely lovely. Chapel Down I believe. Recommend pub and wine.