Skyfleet: March of the Mutabugs by @strangelymagic.bsky.social I Am Wolf/Raven by @alastairc.com Ghosts of Mars by @stuartwhitewm.bsky.social Toby and the Silver Blood Witches series by @sallywrites.bsky.social The Mystery of the Colour Thief by Ewa Jozefkowicz

Does anyone get their own books printed offset in bulk? And if so, who you use? Looking for ideas beyond the likes of Clays and BookVault who both look fine but would work with a smaller, local printer who had the capacity or even a bigger one. Looking for a thousand or so books.

£2 PAPERBACK! If you want a MG Sc-Fi adventure for the younger readers in your life, the Ghosts of Mars paperback is currently only £2 on Amazon! Literally never been cheaper for a physical book! amzn.eu/d/348S5f5

Writers, if you ever feel bad about querying your book, and getting rejections, just remember I once put down my genre as male.

The sweetest 2 words to type! I’ve spent this weekend away from home to finish this book and I’m so pleased I’m finally there - it’s taken a long time and it’s been the hardest book to write and finish (maybe because it’s a sequel?) but it’s done! 🙌 Now the dreaded editing and rewrites! 😭

My latest entry on the A-Z of self-publishing from my perspective: G is for Goodreads, by @StuartWhiteWM open.substack.com/pub/stuartwh...

And the trilogy is complete! Congratulations @sallywrites.bsky.social what an achievement! 🎉

Ghosts of Mars is only £3! for the paperback - they must have some excess stock or something that they're trying to clear out, so now's a good time to buy! (PS I still get the same royalties as a £7.99 sale, so it's only the Zon missing out!)

The @write-mentor.bsky.social #newsletter today is full of exciting #writing opportunities. But FW by @stuartwhitewm.bsky.social 'When the Well Runs Dry' resonated most. Last week was busy with family & needed rest. This morn I'm unusually lacking in inspiration. open.substack.com/pub/writemen...

The Friday Featured Spotlight has ALL the posts from the #BBNYA2024 Finalist Blog Tours for #TheNameless by @stuartwhitewm.bsky.social & #CurseofSouls by @ormakal.bsky.social. Go check it out! #scifi #dystopian #fantasy #romance #lgbtgia+ #Booksky 💙📚 @bbnya.bsky.social @thewritereads.bsky.social

Name something accomplished. My novella’s out on pre-order! That’s more my publisher than me, but y’know. Tagging (if they fancy it) @marisanoelle.bsky.social @sallywrites.bsky.social @markeccleston.bsky.social @stuartwhitewm.bsky.social @transgirlsurf.bsky.social (who has reason to celebrate)

My (almost-nearly done!) #bookreview for #BBNYA2024 16th Place Finalist #TheNameless by @stuartwhitewm.bsky.social is up on the blog. Go check it out! #scifi #dystopian #youngadult #Booksky #bookbloggers 💙📚 🪐📚 @bbnya.bsky.social @thewritereads.bsky.social @foliosociety.bsky.social

Today I am shining the book spotlight on The Nameless by #author @stuartwhitewm.bsky.social as part of the blog tour. @thewritereads.bsky.social

Today I am joining the Write Reads blog tour for The Nameless by Stuart White suelbavey.wordpress.com/2025/02/07/t... @stuartwhitewm.bsky.social @bbnya.bsky.social @thewritereads.bsky.social

www.goodreads.com/review/show/... - BOOK TOUR REVIEW - The Nameless - Stuart White. @stuartwhitewm.bsky.social @thewritereads.bsky.social @bbnya.bsky.social #yafiction #dystopian #bbnyafinalist2024

Today's my stop on @thewritereads.bsky.social #BlogTour for #BBNYA2024 16th place finalist #TheNameless a #ya #dystopian by @stuartwhitewm.bsky.social @bbnya.bsky.social Check out a #BookSpotlight on blog today! Review still to come. https://buff.ly/3WNL23c #bookblogger #books #BBNYA

✨BBNYA 2024 FINALIST TOUR✨ Today is my #excerpt stop on the #blogtour for @bbnya.bsky.social #BBNYA2024 finalist #TheNameless by @stuartwhitewm.bsky.social, which came 16th in the competition!📚💙 @thewritereads.bsky.social Check it out: forbookssake.home.blog/2025/02/04/b...

Sharing an older review today as part of the current @thewritereads.bsky.social #BlogTour for the superb YA dystopian story ‘The Nameless’ by @stuartwhitewm.bsky.social , which was a well deserved finalist in @bbnya.bsky.social 2024 awards. #BBNYA2024 #BBNYA 📚💙 bethsbookcase.org/2023/10/24/t...

POV: Ever so occasionally you write a right peach of a page and you wonder where that came from and why the other 249 pages are nowhere near as good! That’s tonight’s vibe.

We have seen a huge number of people moving social media platforms recently. We may have a (partial) solution to all of your social media worries. Check out our newsletter (link below) tomorrow morning for more! open.substack.com/pub/writemen...

@stuartwhitewm.bsky.social Excited to read this!

Our first newsletter of the year is out today - have you read it yet? Inside, we've got our January & February Hub calendar, news about our Novel & Picture Book Awards, and a Final Word from founder @stuartwhitewm.bsky.social Subscribe for free ➡️ writementor.substack.com

Always love to unbox physical copies of my books! Makes it even more real to hold them after they’ve existed only in digital form for so long! 🎉

Happy Publication Day to me! And Happy New Year to everyone else! I decided to do a 'silent launch' for this book, but now it's launched, I hope people will begin to buy it and enjoy it! Think Frostblood or like a dark, older version of Frozen!

You can't let outcomes dictate the wisdom of your decisions. Sometimes you make the right call but it still doesn't go your way. Just knock it off as experience and double down. Failure is an important part of progression and you can never improve unless you're willing to fall.

The scene I wrote today was set in space - actual space - and sometimes when writing fiction we can become a bit complacent about awe and wonder of such things - but a timely reminder from @emmaread.bsky.social made me write about today it in a childlike, awed way and it was magical!

I was, in fact, like a kid on xmas morning! So excited to work on something new…I'm sure loads of you can relate!

So that's a wrap on my next book, which will publish next month. You know the best bit about this stage is knowing tomorrow I can wake up and work on something else - I can WRITE again after lots of editing these last 6 weeks! I'll be like a kid on Christmas morning...

Finally finished the endless edit on my newest novel! 🙌 Thanks to @keslupo.bsky.social for so many great insights and suggestions which have taken this long to implement but have made it so much stronger! One more read through and then out to ARC readers! 🎉

It is friday! Therefore it is time for the weekly good news thread! What's your good news from the week? What's made you smile? What's brought some light into your life?

This year’s @theclpe.bsky.social #ReflectingRealities report is out today and it’s a must read for anyone in publishing. Sad to see that after much progress over the last few years, there’s a significant decrease in representation in children’s books. Publishers really need to stay engaged on this.

One of my favourite books of 2025! The debut of @lui-land.bsky.social LAND OF THE LAST WILDCAT and it has a wonderful main character called PUFFIN. You have to meet her! Out in May with @panmacmillan.bsky.social www.panmacmillan.com/authors/lui-...

Fixed the headline. Patrick Ness is absolutely right. Until books for children and YA are included in notable lists, we think they should be referred to as lists for adults/grown-ups. Children's books are notable too and deserve to stand alongside others on round ups. #KidLitUk

#KidlitUK The latest Reflecting Realities report from @theclpe.bsky.social is here. 'Reflecting' should be the key word here for every one of us in the #publishing industry

Sad but unsurprising to see that the 7th CLPE #ReflectingRealities report shows a significant drop in racially minoritised characters in UK children’s books in 2023. Making books truly representative requires long-term commitment, investment and deep structural change. clpe.org.uk/research/clp...

To all querying authors, PLEASE don’t get paralysed trying to write a perfect synopsis/covering email. These help, but speaking as an agent, it’s the manuscript itself that’s all-important. Querying can be nerve-wracking, so please don’t stress over the details. We are all human! 😊 #kidlit #kidlituk

Nothing to see here, just a scientist discovering a new plant and naming it after DARTH VADER. Strong Millennium Falcon vibes at Wakehurst Millennium Seedbank @kewgardens.bsky.social @markhamillofficial.bsky.social #StarWars #Wakehurst #KewGardens

Ghosts of Mars is £3 again - perfect Christmas present for the space-lover in your family or for kids with type 1 diabetes looking for positive representation! 🚀 t.co/MlfjJWYXUd

What one thought gets your bum on the writing chair?

📗COVER REVEAL📗 SO excited to share the cover for the third book in my trilogy. I'm once again blown away by how Sarah Jane Docker turns my vision & scrappy notes into a thing of beauty. We really hope you like it! Publishing on 26th March '25. Blurb & pre orders in next posts👇 #kidlituk

Hi hi! I'm Sharna. I write books and games about murder, mystery and art. You might know High Rise Mystery (2019) but I promise my other books are just as good (if not better). Here's a few of them:

The remarkable thing about writers is not their talent, or their imagination or their storytelling... It's their perseverance. Their ability to cling on, like a sole lichen on the side of a weather-beaten cliff, taking punishment daily, until one day the sun comes out and find them still there.

This feels like a bit like starting secondary school… Sure you know people from your primary school, but there’s a whole new level of peer anxiety and an urge (which I’m resisting) to impress all these new people and fit in! I suppose we just need to be ourselves and know our people will find us!

A good way to get started quickly is to go to the starter packs and let BlueSky choose a list of people to follow for you, if you don't have the time to curate lists closely! go.bsky.app/Ucg9hy8

Hello! Reposting a thread of starter packs to help anyone spending their Sunday trying to find UK children’s book people. Most are being updated so if you checked them before, you may find new additions. #kidlitUK These two are (mainly) UK children's authors go.bsky.app/GLnmxCv go.bsky.app/3hvsJPY

Hey folks, so grandpa white here has just found out about starter packs and looking to make up one for kidlit authors, agents and publishing folks - will you reply below with what you are and I’ll start making one up! 🙌 Also, if anyone has already done a list, could you add me pls, TYSM! ❤️

Having spent the last week on an island in rock pools, it’s nice to sit down at my desk this morning and write! Good luck to everyone who’s working on their own wonderful worlds today!❤️

Hello! I'm doing FREE virtual event for teachers, educators, librarians ...about the magic of wordless picture books! Please share while I work out how to use Blue Sky 😅📚 🗓️ DATE: 26th November 2024 ⏰ TIME: 7:00 PM @readingrocks.bsky.social wherereadingrocks.com/event/beyond...

I used to do this in the early days of twitter so, before this place becomes feral...got any questions about children's publishing/writing? I won't have all the answers but I worked in publishing for 15 years before going full time as an author, here for all your demystification needs. #Kidlituk

I’ve not posted here for a while but OMG just opened the app and I seem to have missed a lot! 🤯 Is this where all the writers are at?