Leonie M.Smith Strawbridge
@turquoisefloyd.bsky.social
- Neurodivergent. She/her.
- Writes SF & a little light Horror
- One of life's great pedestrians, sometimes has the Elephant of Surprise in tow
- Daiquiri drinker
- Occasionally mistaken for an Australian
- https://linktr.ee/leoniemsmithstrawbridge
- Writes SF & a little light Horror
- One of life's great pedestrians, sometimes has the Elephant of Surprise in tow
- Daiquiri drinker
- Occasionally mistaken for an Australian
- https://linktr.ee/leoniemsmithstrawbridge
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Fair Wind To A Steel Breeze eBook : Smith, Leonie M.: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
Fair Wind To A Steel Breeze eBook : Smith, Leonie M.: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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Break out the fireworks and champagne: IT'S HERE! Fair Wind To A Steel Breeze is up and available on Amazon! Or I'll sell a reasonably priced PDF or ePub to you direct if you're not into feeding the Amazon beast. Bezos-east. Bezeast. Something. *shrug* amzn.eu/d/h5WDKUh
Repost with your home river.
I lived near the Suffolk Stour until I was 34, and have lived near the Cambridgeshire section of the Great Ouse (pictured) ever since. Always a joy to walk beside both.
I lived near the Suffolk Stour until I was 34, and have lived near the Cambridgeshire section of the Great Ouse (pictured) ever since. Always a joy to walk beside both.
September 10, 2026 at 6:57 AM
Repost with your home river.
I lived near the Suffolk Stour until I was 34, and have lived near the Cambridgeshire section of the Great Ouse (pictured) ever since. Always a joy to walk beside both.
I lived near the Suffolk Stour until I was 34, and have lived near the Cambridgeshire section of the Great Ouse (pictured) ever since. Always a joy to walk beside both.
Heads up Ely people: the new Ely-I magazine will be dropping through your letterbox this week. I have two pieces in this issue: on page 20, a short article about the eel themed painted rock installation at the country park, and an abridged version of Autumn Fever inside the back cover!
September 7, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Heads up Ely people: the new Ely-I magazine will be dropping through your letterbox this week. I have two pieces in this issue: on page 20, a short article about the eel themed painted rock installation at the country park, and an abridged version of Autumn Fever inside the back cover!
This is German Chancellor Friedrich Merz giving a press conference, paused on our TV just now. I'm not surprised he looks depressed with the result of the Saxony-Anhalt election. So many people have forgotten the lessons of 20th century history.
September 7, 2026 at 12:33 PM
This is German Chancellor Friedrich Merz giving a press conference, paused on our TV just now. I'm not surprised he looks depressed with the result of the Saxony-Anhalt election. So many people have forgotten the lessons of 20th century history.
September 4, 2026 at 9:32 AM
@janettekeenetaylor.bsky.social M and I have been watching (and enjoying) Mark Gatiss' period crime series Bookish, this week. Have you seen it?
September 2, 2026 at 9:49 PM
@janettekeenetaylor.bsky.social M and I have been watching (and enjoying) Mark Gatiss' period crime series Bookish, this week. Have you seen it?
@mamajanetti.bsky.social M and I have been watching (and enjoying) Mark Gatiss' period crime series Bookish, this week. Have you seen it?
August 30, 2026 at 9:52 PM
@mamajanetti.bsky.social M and I have been watching (and enjoying) Mark Gatiss' period crime series Bookish, this week. Have you seen it?
I'd given up on believing I'd produce a piece of fiction before the year is out, but out of nowhere came a cracking idea and I'm making good progress with it. Something entirely unlike my previous stuff.
I'll keep you informed!
I'll keep you informed!
Muppets Muppet Show: Miss Piggy & Link Hogthrob
Alt: Muppets Muppet Show: Miss Piggy & Link Hogthrob in Pigs In Space!
static.klipy.com
August 28, 2026 at 10:35 PM
I'd given up on believing I'd produce a piece of fiction before the year is out, but out of nowhere came a cracking idea and I'm making good progress with it. Something entirely unlike my previous stuff.
I'll keep you informed!
I'll keep you informed!
Everyone should be more Dolly. She was such an incredible example to us all, and the world is a darker, sadder place without her. RIP.
August 26, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Everyone should be more Dolly. She was such an incredible example to us all, and the world is a darker, sadder place without her. RIP.
There's something so powerful about Glen Hansard's track Bird of Sorrow that makes me want to weep hysterically. I can't right now, but maybe I'll find a window in my schedule for bawling, later.
August 22, 2026 at 6:53 AM
There's something so powerful about Glen Hansard's track Bird of Sorrow that makes me want to weep hysterically. I can't right now, but maybe I'll find a window in my schedule for bawling, later.
[NEW POST] Doctor! Doctor! I got a fever that you ain’t got a cure for, though a bowl of apple crumble and ice cream might ease my symptoms… turquoisefloyd.substack.com/p/turquoise-...
August 20, 2026 at 12:48 PM
[NEW POST] Doctor! Doctor! I got a fever that you ain’t got a cure for, though a bowl of apple crumble and ice cream might ease my symptoms… turquoisefloyd.substack.com/p/turquoise-...
Reposted by Leonie M.Smith Strawbridge
That sound reminds me of the annoying noise that Jim Carrey does in Dumb and Dumber. BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Millions sent wildfire emergency phone alert warning against "any activity that could start a fire" - follow live - BBC News
Millions sent wildfire emergency phone alert warning against "any activity that could start a fire" - follow live - BBC News
Millions sent wildfire emergency phone alert warning against "any activity that could start a fire" - follow live
It comes as crews continue to battle multiple blazes in the West Midlands - PM Andy Burnham earlier warned the country is like a "tinderbox".
www.bbc.co.uk
August 14, 2026 at 6:26 PM
That sound reminds me of the annoying noise that Jim Carrey does in Dumb and Dumber. BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Millions sent wildfire emergency phone alert warning against "any activity that could start a fire" - follow live - BBC News
Millions sent wildfire emergency phone alert warning against "any activity that could start a fire" - follow live - BBC News
But on the positive side:
August 14, 2026 at 8:37 AM
But on the positive side:
And alas, now it's true.
This is currently incorrect. The polls for the Clacton-on-Sea by election have only just opened! He'll probably sadly still win back his seat but I'm hoping Count Binface puts a significant dent in his majority. And then he's got that parliamentary investigation waiting for him to return.
August 14, 2026 at 6:40 AM
And alas, now it's true.
Also, last night we loitered on the Paradise Field to get a view of the partial (from here) eclipse. We had the special glasses so could actually look with our own eyes, which makes a lot of difference! My neighbour's 3 yr old was more interested in getting back to his bedtime story 😂
August 13, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Also, last night we loitered on the Paradise Field to get a view of the partial (from here) eclipse. We had the special glasses so could actually look with our own eyes, which makes a lot of difference! My neighbour's 3 yr old was more interested in getting back to his bedtime story 😂
Occasionally I get the pens out and have a little draw. Mostly cartoon characters. This time I did Count Binface, in recognition of his crusade for Clacton. It's far from perfect, which proves that it isn't an AI creation 😁
August 13, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Occasionally I get the pens out and have a little draw. Mostly cartoon characters. This time I did Count Binface, in recognition of his crusade for Clacton. It's far from perfect, which proves that it isn't an AI creation 😁
This is currently incorrect. The polls for the Clacton-on-Sea by election have only just opened! He'll probably sadly still win back his seat but I'm hoping Count Binface puts a significant dent in his majority. And then he's got that parliamentary investigation waiting for him to return.
August 13, 2026 at 6:50 AM
This is currently incorrect. The polls for the Clacton-on-Sea by election have only just opened! He'll probably sadly still win back his seat but I'm hoping Count Binface puts a significant dent in his majority. And then he's got that parliamentary investigation waiting for him to return.
Reposted by Leonie M.Smith Strawbridge
So, I have written a blog piece on what happened when I found a story on my laptop that I don't remember writing or having published.
I'd be very happy to hear what people think as I don't often write pieces like this.
ashleystokes.net/my-cujo/
I'd be very happy to hear what people think as I don't often write pieces like this.
ashleystokes.net/my-cujo/
August 10, 2026 at 12:19 PM
So, I have written a blog piece on what happened when I found a story on my laptop that I don't remember writing or having published.
I'd be very happy to hear what people think as I don't often write pieces like this.
ashleystokes.net/my-cujo/
I'd be very happy to hear what people think as I don't often write pieces like this.
ashleystokes.net/my-cujo/
Reposted by Leonie M.Smith Strawbridge
Norwich writers, I am now running a Monday night general creative writing workshop starting September 7th seeing as my Tuesday group is full.
If you have work in progress or an idea you want to develop, message me. Places are filling up, too.
www.unthankschool.com/product/crea...
If you have work in progress or an idea you want to develop, message me. Places are filling up, too.
www.unthankschool.com/product/crea...
Creative Writing Workshop
Next session runs 14th April to 16th June 2026
10-week creative writing workshop
Weekly 2-hour class (Monday night for life-writing and memoir, or Tuesday night for fiction) in the Golden Triangl...
www.unthankschool.com
August 5, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Norwich writers, I am now running a Monday night general creative writing workshop starting September 7th seeing as my Tuesday group is full.
If you have work in progress or an idea you want to develop, message me. Places are filling up, too.
www.unthankschool.com/product/crea...
If you have work in progress or an idea you want to develop, message me. Places are filling up, too.
www.unthankschool.com/product/crea...
It's a nice place, dude; why do you want to trash it? Oh wait, it's money, isn't it? It's always money.
Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
August 4, 2026 at 6:52 AM
It's a nice place, dude; why do you want to trash it? Oh wait, it's money, isn't it? It's always money.
Doesn't it sound like a lovely way to travel?
open.substack.com/pub/turquois...
open.substack.com/pub/turquois...
August 2, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Doesn't it sound like a lovely way to travel?
open.substack.com/pub/turquois...
open.substack.com/pub/turquois...
A different tone of Turquoise. More of a deep teal, a little sombre, mellowing in an autumnal light. And a pox on those wretched pumps!
open.substack.com/pub/turquois...
open.substack.com/pub/turquois...
July 31, 2026 at 3:56 PM
A different tone of Turquoise. More of a deep teal, a little sombre, mellowing in an autumnal light. And a pox on those wretched pumps!
open.substack.com/pub/turquois...
open.substack.com/pub/turquois...
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif
Hard mode: No Star Strek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Champion mode: a film you saw more than 6 times *in the theatre*.
Hard mode: No Star Strek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Champion mode: a film you saw more than 6 times *in the theatre*.
July 31, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif
Hard mode: No Star Strek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Champion mode: a film you saw more than 6 times *in the theatre*.
Hard mode: No Star Strek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Champion mode: a film you saw more than 6 times *in the theatre*.
