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3 weeks ago

Journey to Publication: Designing the book There are two things that you, dear reader, must understand to make sense of my journey to publication. The first is that I am not publishing my book, but instead setting up superforest to publish …

Ever wanted to know about the process of designing a book? @elhark.bsky.social has you covered, as we at superforest prepare to publish Little Bird!

#booksky #indie #indiepublishing #publishing #superforest #elhark #littlebird #sibylwylt #books #design #writesky #writecommunity

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1 month ago

My First book I made a book. I don’t mean that I wrote a book. I made a book. Wrote the story and edited with the help from others. Did the illustrations and design work myself. Then, finally, printed it a…

Writing it just wasn’t enough for @elhark.bsky.social. Little Bird is now very real and in our hands. Hopefully it will be in your hands someday soon too.

#littlebird #sibylwylt #elhark #indiewriter #indiepublisher #indie #booksky #diy #superforest

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1 month ago

Journey to Publication: Making the book The first step to publishing a book is to write a book. Fortunately for me, I have in fact written a book. So step one was done before I even started this journey. Excellent. Gold star for me. Earl…

Writing is easy…editing…ooph. But probably the most important step on the way to publishing, right @elhark.bsky.social?

#littlebird #superforest #elhark #booksky #writing #publishing #indieauthor #editing

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1 month ago

New Series: The Journey of publishing When I started the process of trying to get published I didn’t know how mind-numbly dull it would be. I thought it would be a lot of work and it was. There was a lot of research to look for a…

Preparing to publish @elhark.bsky.social? Let's go! #superforest #littelbird #sibylwylt #publishing #booksky #selfpublishing #amwriting #Writingcommunity #writers #writesky

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2 months ago

Coming up in 2026 Happy New Year. I know I am a bit late, but it is still the first half of January, so close enough. This will be a shorter post mostly updating and outlining what’s planned for the coming yea…

Happy New Year from @elhark.bsky.social!

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3 months ago

Teaming up with Game Space We are excited to announce we have been accepted into the Levelling-Up programme run by Game Space! Levelling-Up is a five month mentorship for early game start ups, supported by UK Government. In …

Excited to announce we have been accepted into the Levelling-Up programme run by Game Space, hosted by @sgmilne.bsky.social! Keep an eye out for more updates soon!

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3 months ago

Young Raven: Update #5 Thing are very much not going as planned. Just over halfway through the month and I have well and truly fallen off the bandwagon, an outcome that was not only predictable, but felt nigh inevitable.…

Best laid plans…but we keep at it, right @elhark.bsky.social?

#writevember #writingcommunity #writesky #booksky #indie #elhark #superforest #youngraven

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4 months ago

Young Raven: Update #4 One week into November and I have managed to write just over 7,000 words for my Young Raven manuscript. That means I’ve earned myself a day off, which I can use to write and post this little …

Words are written, which is half the battle. Keep it up @elhark.bsky.social!

#writevember #writingcommunity #writesky #booksky #indie #elhark #superforest #youngraven

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4 months ago

Young Raven: Update #3 November is here. The spooky season has come to an end, while pumpkin spice everything continues to linger, and Christmas looms on the horizon, flooding the world with innumerable fairy lights. For…

Write, write, write. @elhark.bsky.social

#writevember #writingcommunity #writesky #booksky #indie #elhark #superforest #youngraven

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4 months ago

Young Raven: Update # 2 It isn’t that I don’t want to write Young Raven. I really do want to write it, and to share all of the thrilling details of staring at a word processor for hours at a time while debatin…

Onboarding an audience without them knowing…well now you know. Sorry about that @elhark.bsky.social

#indie #booksky #books #sequels #onboarding #writing #fantasy #youngraven #littlebird #elhark #superforest

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5 months ago

Young Raven: Update #1 First update on Young Raven by E.L. Hark

Consistency is everything, right @elhark.bsky.social?

#youngraven #littlebird #sibylwylt #elhark #superforest #booksky #books #indiebooks #writing #indie #sequels #worldbuilding

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5 months ago

Young Raven: A New Essay Series Little Bird is finished, now for Young Raven.

And so the Young Raven learns to fly. @elhark.bsky.social

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5 months ago

Books Little Bird – Book 1 in the Life and Death of Sibyl Wylt Series Status: Looking for publishers Book Excerpt Autumn 787 Chapter 1 I shouldn’t have worn Mam’s jacket. If the Senate Exam wasn’t …

Chapter 1 of @elhark.bsky.social's Little Bird is now available for free on our website. Enjoy!

#littlebird #elhark #indiebook #booksky #indiewriter #writing #writer #indie #books #free #superforest

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6 months ago

Rejection Update I am going to be taking a break from reviewing my rejection letters. It isn’t because I’ve stopped receiving them, I’m currently sitting at nine rejections, or that I am giving up…

It isn’t me, it’s you. @elhark.bsky.social‘s update on rejection reviews.

#indie #publishing #booksky #indieauthor #superforest #rejection

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7 months ago

The Apprenticeship: Dialogue Dialogue was the bane of my existence while writing my manuscript. In theory, dialogue should have been easy to write. I have, on more than a few occasions, taken part in a conversation. I even gre…

‘Hello? Is this thing on?’ It is all about dialogue with @elhark.bsky.social today!

#superforest #elhark #onwritingseries #writing #booksky #dialogue #writingcraft #indiewriter

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7 months ago

Budding Inspiration: Le Guin My father is very much a fan of classic, old school science fiction, which is how I first heard about Ursual K. Le Guin. She came up because Left Hand of Darkness is one of my father’s favourite no…

Today @elhark.bsky.social goes on adventure with Le Guin. Come join her on the next stop in the Storyteller Series.

#superforest #indiewriter #indieauthor #inspiration #booksky #books #leguin #storyteller #storytellerseries #elhark

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7 months ago

Reject Milestone #1 Five rejections feels like a milestone. It doesn’t feel like a good milestone, but noteworthy none the less. I don’t know how many of these I’ll do, but I did want to take a momen…

Join @elhark.bsky.social in reflecting on the rejection journey so far.

#superforest #booksky #writing #indiewriter #indie #rejection #rejectionseries #milestone

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7 months ago

The Apprenticeship: Worldbuilding Becoming an apprentice writer meant finding answers to the personal questions surrounding why I wanted to write and what I wanted to write. Being an apprentice meant learning the technical skills n…

Delve into the basics of worldbuilding with @elhark.bsky.social in her On Writing Series.

#superforest #worldbuilding #onwritingseries #booksky #indiewriter #writing #indie #writer

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7 months ago

Rejection #5 Not the fastest rejection but a close second. I received this one in under 12 hours. That’s impressive. Not impressive enough to take the record, but still noteworthy. Dear [Mrs Hark],Thank y…

High five! It is rejection five. Enjoy!

#booksky #indieauthor #writing #publishing #superforest #rejectionseries #rejection #books

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7 months ago

Budding Inspiration: The Star Wars It’s an unfortunate truth that life often doesn’t make for a neat story. If this was a work of fiction about a storyteller finding their voice then everything would happen in a neat ord…

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, @elhark.bsky.social watched Star Wars. Come read how it inspired her her journey to becoming a storyteller.

#starwars #elhark #storytellerseries #superforest #booksky #indiewriter

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7 months ago

Rejection #4 A new record. Coming in at under two hours, which is absolutely impressive. I do not know if this record can be beat. Dear [Mrs Hark],Thank you for the opportunity to read LITTLE BIRD, which I have…

Rejection number four hot off the press. Check it out!

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7 months ago

Becoming an Apprentice Becoming a novice writer was relatively easy. Becoming an apprentice was a little harder. There was a steep learning curve that I ran head first into. Repeatedly. For me, the shift from being a nov…

It is time to become an apprentice in @elhark.bsky.social’s latest post about her journey to becoming a writer. Check it out!

#booksky #indieauthor #indie #superforest #onwriting #onwritierseries #books #writer

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7 months ago

Gateway Inspiration While Naruto would have a long-term impact on me personally, and sowed the seeds of interest in storytelling, it wasn’t a source of inspiration for my creative works. As I’ve mentioned, I was a lat…

Join @elhark.bsky.social as she explores the inspirations that shaped her as a storyteller. Part 2: Gateway Inspiration. Enjoy!

#writing #onwriting #booksky #indiewriter #superforest #writers #inspirationseries

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8 months ago

Becoming A Novice Being a writer wasn’t a childhood dream of mine. In part because reading and writing didn’t come easily to me. I was a late bloomer when it came to reading and have struggled with writing for most …

Join E.L. Hark on a journey about becoming a writer in her first On Writing series. First up: A Novice.

#writing #onwriting #booksky #indiewriter #superforest #writers

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8 months ago

Two New Series Update A little while ago I started a series for reviewing the rejection letters that I receive from agents. It’s a way for me to process these rejections as well as give people a peek behind the curtain …

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Be on the look out for two new series coming your way, On Writing & Storytelling, for a behind the scenes look at Mrs Hark's writing journey and process. #indieauthor #superforest #indiebooks #indiewriter #books #writing

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8 months ago

Reviewing my Rejections Hello, I’m E. L. Hark, or Mrs Hark. Those of you that took part in the beta for Little Bird are already familiar with me. For those of you who are not, I’m the author of a manuscript ca…

We are starting a new series, Reviewing my Rejections by our writer E.L. Hark. The first two in the series are now available. Check them out!!

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10 months ago

Introducing Superforest Books: Launching Our First Novel! Discover the launch of superforest books and our first project, 'Little Bird'! Join us on this exciting literary adventure.

We’re making a book, with more to come! And games! New and old media collide 🤯

Read more below! Thanks as always <3
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