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About Me<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ylva Tilda Lambrechts. Tildie Brechts, for short. Lifelong beginner of science fiction and fantasy writing projects. Newly committed to finishing more of them. <\/strong><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Also, curious. Slightly weird. Easily amused. Intrigued by new ideas. Flamboyantly introverted. Fascinated by science, as a frog might be fascinated by the concept of Klingon opera. Fount of useless information, but reliably short on relevant facts. Scatterbrained, sarcastic and very stubborn indeed. Enthusiastically Belgian, though not by birth. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

She, her. Mother not of dragons, but of a goofy dog and, until recently, a now much-missed grumpy cat. Avid reader. Fuelled by coffee, grounded by yoga (namaste, fellow mat flatteners). Unzenfully irritated by many, many things. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Is there anything else you might like to know? Have a look at the FAQs below or drop me a line.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fiendishly awkward questions<\/h3><\/div>

Nobody’s actually asked me anything yet, but if they ever do, here are some topics that may well come up… <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\tHey! Haven’t we met before? <\/span><\/div>

Hello! Good to see you again! How have you been? <\/p><\/div><\/div>

\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\tBut you weren’t writing fiction at the time.<\/span><\/div>

Oh, I was. Hardly anyone knew, though. And anyway, I rarely finished any of the stories I started.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\tAnd I don’t remember you being called Ylva Tilda Whatever-it-was.<\/span><\/div>

You wouldn’t. It’s not the name on my passport, but it’s the one I’m using for this. Nothing wrong with my birth name, but… well… 60 years. Time for a change, and I never much liked it anyway. Will you please keep my secret?<\/p><\/div><\/div>

\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\tWhy would an unpublished author have a website?<\/span><\/div>

Great question! I will soon start submitting and\/or putting stories online myself, so I thought this might be fun for anyone who does actually decide to look me up. And it turns out that trying to explain who I am and what I do has actually helped me focus (easily distracted, me).

Update \/ January 2026: I’m no longer entirely unpublished! I couldn’t get my head around the whole traditional or indie publishing thing, so decided to just set up a website and start a serial. The premise and characters for StoempSurprise<\/a> had been knocking around in my head for a while.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\tWhy are you unpublished when you could just put your stories online yourself? <\/span><\/div>

Another great question! The website was just step one of my master plan – which was to submit for a while and try to learn about indie publishing while I reeled from all of those rejection emails. Meanwhile, I’ve given up on that idea and started up a web serial<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\tWhere can I read your stories?<\/span><\/div>

Well, I’m unpublished, so sadly, just now, you can’t. But I have a few excerpts<\/a> and a link to my web serial up on the Writing page.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\tCan I have your famous recipe for chocolate mousse?<\/span><\/div>

Absolutely not.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\tWill you let me know when you do publish something?<\/span><\/div>

Gladly! Just now there are no more than three people interested (and that includes me), so I’m not keeping a mailing list. But drop me a line and I’ll make a note to send you a heads-up if and when.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Other worlds.
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