apparently it is #NonFictionNovember and i write non-fiction kids books so that seemed like a good excuse to share the EIGHTEEN books i have written over the past eight years. look at them all. #KidsBooksFriday #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

The time has come🥳Mentee applications are now open until November 21st! Interested parties should head over to www.roundtablementor.com/apply and feel free to DM for any questions! We can't WAIT to dive into your submissions!!!! ❤️

It’s also Round Table Mentor AMA day! All the mentors will be taking questions on their socials, and thru the main RTM channels. Feel free to give a shout if you have any queries! ✨

Today’s the day! Have a question about the program, application process, or our mentors? Ask it below! #writingmentorship #roundtablementor #writingcommunity

It's day one of WriteHive's mentor AMA! You can check out my mentor bio at the link below for more information. #HiveMentor #WriteHive writehive.org/writehive-me...

SO thrilled to be a WriteHive mentor for another year! Yes, you're counting right - I'm a part of 2 mentorship programs this year! Double the fun, y'all! My MSWL is, as ever, very loose. This is so that you don't self-reject, and so that you don't pigeon-hole yourself into not applying. Just do it!

In the immortal words of Caduceus Clay.... help, it's again ✨ Surprise! I'm going to be a part of TWO mentorship programs this year! I've loved working with WriteHive both in the conference and as a past mentor, and I couldn't be happier to be here once again. Mentor MSWLs on the website!

One of my conservative family members self-published a book about being a pastor, and the whole family is going NUTS about having “an author in the fam” while I’m over here, a godless heathen, clearly not an author 🤪

Three more days—count ’em! Mentees, are you ready?

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My current WIP is for all the Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny apologists, and the Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny apologists ONLY.

Thank you! Hey everyone, am an indigenous trans artist in the global south, in perpetual housing insecurity; also permanently disabled with nerve damage that impacts my movement. Id absolutely love if you guys could like my work, or buy a print or send me a tip 🌼 (comments)

Being an artist

Like, yes, I know that I have like four deadlines bearing down on me from all directions, but I'm also very sick and very pitiful and I think that means I should be allowed to replay all the Dragon Age games from the beginning starting right now

In honor of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we would like to share our workshop at @writehive.bsky.social ‘s annual writing conference about how Writing to Heal helped us in surviving and coping with our trauma and how you can use it to help you. 

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WOOHOOOO! I'm so excited to be joining the Round Table Mentor team this year. MSWLs will go up shortly. We're going to have a blast, y'all!

damn. hoping it at least signifies something

Listen. I never do this. But I can't resist the urge. I just. Just. 👀

Why would I use chatGPT when I can just add “reddit” at the end of my question and get a post from like 2008 that specifically answers my question

It's been so nice to actually take my time with this WIP, rather than blacking out and drafting it in a month, only to be so burnt out by the experience that I can't form full sentences after the fact. Funny how that works!

The day that I can write Dragon Age IP is the day none of you ever hear from me again. I will go so deep into my hyperfixation black hole that I will come out the other side IN Thedas. Please and ma serannas, y'all.

Thank you so much for getting THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD to (and past, since making this graphic) 100 adds on Goodreads! And without a cover, no less. No small feat! TSHID is my aquatic cosmic horror, coming 14 July, 2026, from @orbitbooks.bsky.social in the US and UK! Pre-order and add today! 🌊🖤✨

I had a dream last night that I wrote my Old West 'Beowulf' retelling, but my favorite high school lit teacher read it, marked it up like an essay, and sent it back to me. And then his notes went viral - not the book. The notes. A win for the Mr. Clinton that lives in my imagination, I guess?

🚨 THIS ISN’T MOVING - we have 29 hours to help trapped siblings and their mom 🚨 This is life or death for @akramabdelwahed.bsky.social & his family. The situation is unreal in Gaza City. They need to escape south. Every 5 matters, I promise. It’s better than zero. 813/3000 by Wednesday

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 💖 @anthologies4change.bsky.social BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS was made to showcase queer feminine rage in all its forms. We're looking for fictional stories of any genre that are messy, mean, and beautiful. If this sounds like your thing, consider submitting your work. More Info⬇️

Thank you so much for getting THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD to (and past, since making this graphic) 100 adds on Goodreads! And without a cover, no less. No small feat! TSHID is my aquatic cosmic horror, coming 14 July, 2026, from @orbitbooks.bsky.social in the US and UK! Pre-order and add today! 🌊🖤✨

This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.

I have a piece in EROS & THANATOS — get it while it’s hot!

All good things must come to end! While we’re sad to see them go, our anthology era introduced us to some amazing authors and stories and for that we are forever grateful! TheCrowShoppe.com

I’m reopening to queries today! I’m still looking for adult fiction, queer romance and romcoms, commercial and upmarket SFF and horror, and anything genre-blend-y set on a spaceship. Link to my query form below! #MSWL querytracker.net/query/ClaraC...

First editor to let me write my sapphic Orpheus x Eurydice space horror book gets to come hang out with my cat as much as they want btw!!!

I wish all my querying friends a very "find an agent who will continually reassure you that she's not mad at you for writing a book that's too long" because I have that and it's the only thing keeping me afloat while I draft.

layla @lili-kh.bsky.social is a 4th year dental student in gaza. her university has been bombed and bulldozed, but she is still determined to complete her education. please share and help her continue learning and safeguarding her future! thank you! 💖🍉 #freepalestine chuffed.org/project/layl...

Out of the deadline cave like a champ 💪🏼

Sometimes a wet noodle boyfailure Tremere is something that can be so personal... #vtm

I think people really underestimate the power of creating absolute brainrot with no intention of ever sharing it. TTRPG characters, OCs from media you like, etc. Brainrot for the sake of it is amazing for recharging. Like how could writing about my paladin gal kissing people NOT light my brain up?

Forever obsessed with this art of Caro, from THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD (July 2026, Orbit UK/US), as done by @/litepla over on Insta! They really rose to the “basically the only light source in the book is an emergency flare” challenge and ran with it. Sweet Caro has never looked spookier! #booksky

THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD is available for pre-order in the UK! 🖤🌊👁️ When a group of academics are trapped in a sea cave, they must reckon with the eldritch horrors within as they are forced to atone for their greatest sins - or die. Coming July 2026 from @orbitbooks.bsky.social. US order links soon!

✨COVER REVEAL✨ My debut science fantasy, THE DEMON STAR, will be out next July from @dawbooks.bsky.social artist is Kieran Yanner, who could not have done a better job of capturing the vibe and setting of this book!

The way we completely changed the fate of literal written antagonist in the Curse of Strahd module Izek Strazni - with the power of LOVE! and FRIENDSHIP! and cutting off demon arms! After three years, it's only right that we finally have art of our best redeemed boy - thank you, Therese!! ❤️

Hey, I have had a largely great experience at Worldcon, but the #Hugos owe @wordsiren.bsky.social an apology for forgetting to include her in the announced Lodestar nominees during the award ceremony. Kamilah deserved celebration, not this blatant disrespect.

Is 4:30pm too early to have a glass of wine in a bubble bath while reading an ARC I've been wanting to start for weeks? Asking for a friend.

I drew this on my lunch break your excuses are fucking pathetic

THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD is live on Goodreads! Head on over to the link in my bio (or copy and paste the one I’ll slap down below) to add THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD to your TBR, and to keep up with all upcoming updates, giveaways, and general shenanigans. 🌊 www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD is live on Goodreads! Head on over to the link in my bio (or copy and paste the one I’ll slap down below) to add THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD to your TBR, and to keep up with all upcoming updates, giveaways, and general shenanigans. 🌊 www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

Just a reminder to all book and publishing friends: if you’re not actively speaking out about the genocide in Palestine, you ARE taking a side. Silence is complicity. Seeing ‘both sides’ when one side has murdered over 61,000 people since 2023, is complicity. Hope that helps clear it up. 🇵🇸