It is the first day of November— Throwback to this 2011 trailer I animated and composed for The Scorpio Races. (Notice the paint is still wet on a bunch of slides because I was so behind on a bunch of real deadlines while I was playing around with this).

I’ve spent the morning dancing about in my socks 💃 and (happy) weeping 😭, after finding out my novel made the longlist for this beauty of a prize! Top 30 out of 22k entries is 🤯😍🙏and means so so much! ❤️ Huge congrats to all the listees ❤️And massive thank yous to the fabulous folk at The Novelry ❤️🙏❤️

Shell shock. #grickledoodle #horror #sea #shell #vacation #cartoon #art #drawing #funny

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With one of the year's best and most successful movies centring around vampires, we've been discussing all things creatures in SFFH, folklore and myth this month. What we didn't bank on was the extreme outpouring of love for dragons... britishfantasysociety.org/the-best-cre...

My cartoon for this week’s Books pages in @theguardian.com

Catnip for bumbles! Globe artichokes in flower 💖 #Bumblebees #allotment #globeartichoke

Careful out there. #grickledoodle #lizards #triggered #cartoon #art #drawing #funny

This is Shadow and Ollie. Shadow can be seen here attempting to eat his brother. And based on Ollie's reaction, this is not the first time. 13/10 for both

Goodnight. #FrogForFriday 🖼️ Toot, Catherine G McElroy.

Summer vibes. #grickledoodle #kermit #grover #muppets #summer #cartoon #art #drawing #funny

Green chat. #grickledoodle #green #kermit #muppets #hulk #yoda #starwars #cartoon #art #drawing #funny

Summer nights. #grickledoodle #reading #horror #scary #cartoon #art #drawing #funny

'Saved by bats' postcards are back in my shop! joncarling.bigcartel.com

The lovely Sara Grant @authorsaragrant.bsky.social who was my creative writing tutor @ Goldsmiths university is running a workshop on editing your novel! Sara is extremely knowledgeable and I learned a lot from her. This is a great opportunity! #Writingcommunity #novel #Amwriting

Writing-to-editing ratio. I tracked my time when writing a 100-page MG novel. So far I’ve worked 220 hours on the book. Approximately 30% of that time was spent writing the 1st draft, but 70% was editing. The difference between a good novel & a publishable one is a rigorous revision process.

David Attenborough [whispering]: “The dual-finned Canadian land shark surfaces briefly, scouting the area for signs of potential prey.”

Lois Lane interviews Superman and world powers reject the Man of Steel in the emotional new trailer for James Gunn's Superman.

A National Lottery Project Grant from @artscouncilengland.bsky.social gave me the incredible opportunity to produce an original 160-page graphic novel and deliver free comic-making workshops for children aged 8 to 11 in Gloucester. #ACESupported Find out more: 👉 www.jonlock.com/arts-council

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Ryan Kiera Armstrong will star in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot.

BFS Online is excited to announce our next ‘After Dark’ event, Through Shadows: The Allure of Darkness. Thursday 8th May 2025, 9pm (BST). Ticket: tinyurl.com/shadall #BritishFantasySociety #DarkSFF #SFFBooks #ShadowDaddies #ShadowQueens #WritingCommunity #WritingPanel #BookSky

‘PRACTICAL MAGIC 2’ will be released in theaters on September 18, 2026. Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock will return.

Happy Star Wars Day. May the force be with you on May the 4th and also every day. #StarWarsDay #StarWars #MayThe4thBeWithYou

The Novelry, the online fiction writing school, will award £75,000 to one aspiring author based on the first three pages of a potential novel 👇 #BookSky

Goodnight. 🖼️ Riddaren Rider, John Bauer, 1914.

Monday plans: 🖼️ DD McInnes

News! Wee Free Men, Thief of Time and Monstrous Regiment are being adapted into graphic novels with Transworld and Puffin. I’m word wrangling on WFM, and Gary Chudleigh and Rachel Stott are adapting ToT. Exciting times! www.thebookseller.com/rights/terry...

Duffle having a jacket fitting. Duffle was commissioned by Lakes National Park and Lakes International Comic Festival a few years ago. He was part of a trail (I made 5 large pieces in total) and was based in the Windermere Jetty Museum

Mona Caron, contemporary Swiss-born artist, known for her large scale environmentally themed murals #WomensArt

Life size driftwood horse sculptures by UK sculptor Heather Jansch #WomensArt

Thank you to everyone who has signed our petition, 6,000+! Authors deserve to have a livelihood and compensation from their work, if you haven't signed do so now 👇

my HORRIFYING cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books

The British Fantasy Society is excited to announce our next event day, taking place on Saturday 5th April 2025, 10am to 6pm (BST). BFS Online: Worldbuilding Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfsworld

A map of procrastination' by contemporary UK illustrator, Gemma Correll #WomensArt #FridayFeeling

Welcome to WomensArtBlueSky! Thank you for following xx Art by Angela Smyth.

[animal shelter] “I see Mittens is back again?” “Yeah, third time now.” “Who dropped him off?” “Dunno, some dude with one arm.”

We are disappointed but not surprised that Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI systems. As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting. But what can authors do? Read here: societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...

my grandmother had the exact same house dress

'Pegasus', one of artist Helga Stentzel's fun clothesline animals #WomensArt #Monday

Irish artist Miriam Sweeney, Subversion 2012 #WomensArt Happy #StPatricksDay ☘

Fraer you are such a talented writer! So glad you are receiving the recognition you deserve! Sending huge hugs, lovely 🥰❤️🐴

My newest creation is Meredith, the fabric art ghost. I designed and hand-sewed her. Meredith enjoys devouring poisonous wildflowers and making her ectoplasm toxic. She tells people she's never seen the moon although this is a blatant lie. jeremycreature.etsy.com

My dark horse of a novel (YA crossover fantasy) is on this longlist! I’ve long admired this award, so it feels a bit surreal to see my name on it. Over 1900 submissions, and 21 on the longlist! Congratulations to everyone listed! 🥳 bathnovelaward.co.uk/the-bath-chi... @bathnovelaward.co.uk

✨Congratulations to our 21 longlistees, whose exceptional extracts shone out in our most competitive year to date #BCNA24

A dangerous nook

‘Reading is part of my identity’: the woman taking on Goodreads owner Amazon

Colours of the sea #Shetland

Panels & interview for BFS Online: Crafting Characters. This Saturday 10am to 6pm (UK). Ticket: tinyurl.com/craftingchar... BFS members, free. Non-members, £5.