Mary Wyrd (she/her)

@marywyrd.bsky.social

Creative Virtual Assistant & Author Assistant - www.marywyrd.com
All about the books. No GenAi.

Horror writer.

#AuthorAssistant
#HorrorWritersChat co-host
#TheShadowsThatWeCarry
#HauteHorrorCover
#BookPairing
#BacklistSaturday

No DMs, I'm British.

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You don’t have to do everything yourself. Let’s get that to-do list done! Together. From one-off project support to regular weekly/monthly support, Mary Wyrd can help you. Get your 100% human Creative Virtual Assistant and Author Assistant (no gen-ai) at www.marywyrd.com #AuthorSky #BookSky

Mary Wyrd promo 1: Custom support for book businesses! Creative Virtual Assistant. Six bullet points state: Social Media. Admin Support. Graphic Design. Web Copy. Brand Design. And more. www.marywyrd.com/services - Three circles with images from the Mary Wyrd portfolio. 1. Bluesky social media post promoting charity horror anthology, The Shadows The We Carry by #HorrorWritersChat 2. Graphic promoting three books with the phrase "IT'S WEIRD UP NORTH". 3. Brand design for #HorrorWritersChat showing fonts with the phrase Sphynx of Black Quartz, Judge My Vow.Mary Wyrd Promo 2: Author Assistant. Custom support for authors! Six bullet points: Website Graphics. Book blurbs. Cover Design. Blogs. Endpapers. And more. www.marywyrd.com/author-assistant - Three circles with images from the Mary Wyrd portfolio. 1. Website Graphics for a Regency fantasy mystery series. 2. Book cover for The Planar Pages Collection Two. 3. Endpapers for special edition hardbacks with gold detail and symbols relevant to the series.Mary Wyrd promo 3. Reviews for Mary Wyrd. Three reviews: 1. “Mary is fast, professional, and committed...to supporting human creativity and fully understood my desire to avoid platforming AI-generated work...” - Dianna Gunn, Founder of Weeknight Writers. 2. “Mary's "á la carte" task menu allowed me to get what I needed to find some relief in my day-to-day.” - Kayleigh Merritt, Editor and owner of In the Margins. 3. “I am absolutely delighted with everything Mary has delivered…and it's great to have her in my corner.” - D. Hale Rambo, Historical Fantasy Mystery Author. www.marywyrd.com/portfolioMary Wyrd promo 4. Behind the business of Mary Wyrd. List of bullet points under the heading Experience. Library Assistant. Administrative Assistant. Personal Assistant. Diary Manager. Book Club creator. Event coordinator. Graphic Designer. Copywriter. Book blogger. www.marywryd.com - Composite illustration of Mary Wyrd, a figure in a Victorian gown holding a yellow letter in gloved hands. She looks upwards with a crowned skull.
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Some book covers call to you from across a room.

Which book covers have grabbed your attention long enough for you to read the blurb or buy the book?

Here's one of mine.
ANNO DRACULA
by Kim Newman
@annodracula.bsky.social

It's vampires? Of course it's coming home with me - 16 y/o me.

💙📚 📚🩸

Purple hardback edition of Anno Dracula by Kim Newman. The central image is a redesigned coat of arms of the United Kingdom with a new moto: Sang sur mes dents. The lion and unicorn have fangs and bloody mouths. The quartered arms of the UK are surrounded by an open vampire mouth. There are bats, a vampire skull, and more blood. It's so cool.
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It's #BacklistSaturday, & with issue 5 of It's Just another day coming in 2027, I'll take this chance to bump my first 4 issues!
IJad picks up with Jake arriving home to a note on his door that thrusts he & his family into something of a drifter life.
It's a unique coming of age tale! bchcomix.com

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Apropos the day we're having... Read queer indie books. Read queer horror. Read everything a tech oligarch's proprietary algorithm would deem likely to offend white cishet conservatives.

Collage of 6 of Nefarious Bat's book covers: Anna Orridge's Phengaris, Drew Huff's The Exodontists, Brennan LaFaro's The Denizens, Shauna Mc Eleney's Awake In The Night, Disco Barrington's This Is How The World Ends, and Tradwife (by me) Text reads: Support Queer Indie Books
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One week left and we're at 52% of our goal! We've got ghosts, knights, vampires, werewolves, serial killers, gods, and monsters 🖤 Including my horror-romance novella FLESH AND BONE, a gothic western set in the Canadian Wild West where a monster hunts two (gay) cowboys across the Plains.

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In light of some magazines pulling scummy things on creators lately, I’m doing a little thread on short story rights. I don't want anybody getting taken advantage of. Also, if you're new, this stuff can be confusing!

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