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Character Profile: Dr Frederick Littledown
My first game of Liminal
Arkham Horror – a living card game
Advice numbered thrice (that will help you write)
The Bigger the Book the Harder They Read

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Woah! My poem ‘Animal Confusion’ has been publ

Woah! My poem ‘Animal Confusion’ has been published in the spring edition of the Caterpillar magazine!

It’s a very silly poem for a beautiful looking magazine and I’m really proud to be part of it!

#poem #childrenswriter #writersofinstagram #published #poetry #childrenspoetry

I was inspired during a walk yesterday where I saw

I was inspired during a walk yesterday where I saw a seagull swoop down and snatch an abandoned sandwich from someone’s garden. This little phrase followed me all the way home.

If I’m honest, I find seagulls quite terrifying, but I know they are just trying to find food like the rest of us.

Talking about food, I wonder what I have in the fridge...

#seagulls #poem #kidlit #childrenswriter #doodle #writer #writersofinstagram

My AMAZINGLY TALENTED wife, Julie, doodled our cha

My AMAZINGLY TALENTED wife, Julie, doodled our characters as we played #dnd last night!

Meet Cora, my halfling barbarian (who does a LOT of eye rolling) and Glory, her tiefling cleric (who is VERY ENTHUSIASTIC)!

She really caught our characters in the moment and made imagining their shenanigans that much easier!

#dndcharacter #dndcharacterart #ttrpg #dnd5e

Had so much fun playing Dr Frederick Littledown la

Had so much fun playing Dr Frederick Littledown last night in a game of #Liminal I decided to do some (admittedly terrible) #cosplay of him!

Frederick is a parabiologist who wants to figure out what it is that makes supernatural entities tick! Never without his trusty tablet, you’ll find him regularly drinking tea and hiding at the back of the group because he isn’t a very good fighter...

#character #ttrpg #rpg

I’ll be playing a game of Liminal at a conventio

I’ll be playing a game of Liminal at a convention called ‘Tales from Dreaming Spires’ this weekend.

It’s a paranormal investigation #rpg game and I’m really excited to give it a go.

Until then, I am just going to drool at the beautiful art work inside the core book and dream about the parabiologist I’ll be playing on Saturday...

#liminal #ttrpg #roleplayinggames #tabletopgaming

I’ve been playing a lot of Arkham Horror: The Ca

I’ve been playing a lot of Arkham Horror: The Card Game recently.

I love a game with a good story, and this one definitely let’s my imagination run wild. I’ve never played a ‘living card game’ before and this was a lot of fun.

Read more about it on my blog!

#blogging #boardgames #boardgamesofinstagram #writer #writersofinstagram #arkhamhorrorthecardgame

Want to learn how to play #dungeonsanddragons? Do

Want to learn how to play #dungeonsanddragons? Do you crave adventure? Action? Do you like to make silly voices or pretend you ears are pointy? You can do all of that in the game AND MORE!

My friends @theloreforge are running beginner sessions - a character creation session and a 4-hour adventure all for only £5!

Also, I can guarantee the adventure is ace (and very silly) because I wrote it 😄

#dnd #dnd5e #dndcharacter #ttrpg #roleplaying

I’m often overwhelmed by ideas that I struggle t

I’m often overwhelmed by ideas that I struggle to focus on one. It has got worse over lockdown, but I’m trying to improve.

Do you have the same thing?

You can read the full post on my blog, link in bio.

#blog #blogging #writer #writing #writersofinstagram #lockdown

#Writing got a bit too real today. #writersofinst

#Writing got a bit too real today.

#writersofinstagram #writer

... where did it all go wrong? #dnd #dungeonsandd

... where did it all go wrong?

#dnd #dungeonsanddragons #writer #ttrpg #writersofinstagram

The story’s not over! My butterfly poem is in t

The story’s not over!

My butterfly poem is in this beautiful book, alongside 55 other poems about endangered species.

Proud to be a part of it. Thank you @26characters_ !

#wildlife #poem #poetry #writersofinstagram #writer #endangeredspecies

Something I need to keep telling myself. #motivat

Something I need to keep telling myself.

#motivation #writer #artist #wellbeing

Having a sleepy hippo sort of day. #doodle #hippo

Having a sleepy hippo sort of day.

#doodle #hippo #sleepy

An amazing gift from Julie: A TRACKER OF AWESOME!

An amazing gift from Julie: A TRACKER OF AWESOME!

No doubt the next few months will be brimming with awesome thanks to this little guy! 😎😎😎

#tracker #productivity #book

Ah. I’ve found out the problem with my new half-

Ah. I’ve found out the problem with my new half-a-notebook. I wonder where the rest of my story went!

#notebook #writer #writing #writersofinstagram #kidlit #childrenswriter

Scott Pilgrim the game is back! After 10 years! I

Scott Pilgrim the game is back! After 10 years! I am so happy!

Guess what I will be playing AND re-reading tomorrow!

#game #switch #scottpilgrimvstheworld #scottpilgrim

Today’s writing: a new interactive fiction game!

Today’s writing: a new interactive fiction game!

I wonder what cat tastes like.

#if #interactivefiction #game #cat #writer #writing #WIP

Book 3 of TRAPPED is out today! Prepare for the fi

Book 3 of TRAPPED is out today! Prepare for the final book of the trilogy, an exciting conclusion, a dramatic finale, a final flourish!

Will they finally manage to bring down LiveReal once and for all? Will Jason ever get to play Knights of Zembalore again?

Who knows!

...I do because I wrote it.

Get it from Amazon today! @katrinakahler

#newbook #childrensbooks #funny #author #kidlit #book #writer

Living my best life right now. #princess #tea #mu

Living my best life right now.

#princess #tea #mug

Waking up this morning, I felt like a little bunny

Waking up this morning, I felt like a little bunny sticking their head out of their burrow. Is it safe? Is the danger over? Where are the nearest carrots? 🥕 *twitchy nose*

This year, no matter what happens, I want to be kind and supportive. I also plan to bake and eat a lot of cake. 🍰 #priorities

#newyear #bunny #2021 #childrenswriter

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