I mean, does this mean I'm blogging again?

Yeah, it really sucks when other people steal your work, doesn’t it?

Here’s what going to get me through February, woohoo!

I can’t recommend the weird, almost body-horror gruesomeness of this episode on mincemeat enough, but my biggest takeaway is that Fanny Craddock appears to have perfected an aesthetic that can only be described as “Samurai Thatcher”. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Seen at our local Waterstones today - apparently all thrillers/crime with a Walthamstow connection?? #hotbed

Good news! Please share! The Society of Authors (@societyofauthors.bsky.social) have put out an official statement calling on celebrities, publishers & agents to properly acknowledge, promote & recompense the expert professional authors (“ghostwriters“ & “co-creators”) behind “celebrity fiction”. 1/

Autism and other neurodivergent traits can be socially oroblematic. Being able to explain that your divergent response and behaviour has a cause can defuse tension and offence from people who read the situation as rudeness etc. These weasels appropriating it harms the real community.

I’m only a failure by human standards. if I was a children’s book badger in an apron I’d be like “whoa this house is massive, and I own so many cheeses and jams.”

Check it out 👇🏽

Small happy dance here after chaotic morning because I get to see @meemalee.bsky.social today 💃

#kidlit authors are going to reign supreme, because they’ve done their time in the fiery crucible of school visits

“How’d the world die? A pack of no-talent tech grifters created a digital artbarf machine to spew endless artbarf and each time the machine threw up it drank more water, destroyed more resources. Nobody wanted it but they did it anyway! Eat your roach paste.” www.thebookseller.com/news/new-pub...

shorturl.at/YA2bR Do I think these tech bros care about reading? I do not. Do these tech bros have $16m? They do. Do I think incredible work could be done if even a 20th of that sum were invested in marketing *the act of reading* as an essential wellbeing and self improvement tool. I know it. 💔

Head is a cathedral of bees today.

This is really useful!

Stories that stay with you...Joan Aiken's best brought back in this beautiful new edition from @manderleypress.bsky.social Find it here: www.joanaiken.com/books/tales-...

Remember that libraries are proof that not every goddamned thing needs to be “for profit.”

I keep musing that this app is feeling a bit like early days of “the other place” but back then I was a food blogger and now I’m making three meals for two kids. #NotTheSame

My six favourite European Mr Men character names... 6. Mr Muddle in Spain = Don Confuso 5. Mr Topsy-Turvy in Germany = Herr Kuddelmuddel 4. Mr Bounce in France = Monsieur Bing 3. Mr Dizzy in Portugal = Senhor Bobo 2. Mr Greedy in Sweden = Gubben Glufs Glufs 1. Mr Bump in Norway = Herr Dumpidump

When the #gothic fiction starts to properly take over… (Writer’s Diary from @urbanwriters)

Mushrooms turn dead wood into food and medicine which is better than anything any tech start up has ever done

The teeny weeny mushrooms 🍄 on the hot water bottle!!!

It’s a man running away. Until it’s a dog.

Hibernation with crafting - the dream!

WOOOOHOOOO LET’S MONDAY!!! Too much?

Exactly what I’m here for:

Fun medieval fact! The term 'Reply Guy' actually takes its name from Guy de Réplaille, a 12th-century abbot known for his prolific but inconsequential letters to multiple noblewomen

Ooh this is super useful!

@traceymathias.bsky.social how are you, lovely?

This feels like such a wise approach. Starve them of oxygen. Focus on the people I want to hear from.

We don’t have to repeat the mistakes of Twitter by following these outrage farmers when they come here. We can all just agree that these people universally suck and go about our lives without them in it. We don’t have to share “this person who sucks said another thing that sucks.” We can have peace!

Bloody lovely swim today with the @mammaswim crew.

Life is short. Write that novel. Paint that painting. Try new recipes. Learn black magic. Go into the forest at night. Summon a demon. Earn that demon's trust. Become best friends with it. Brag to everyone else about your new cool demon best friend. Knit that sweater.

Oh and will also be lurking over at @bookdoubling.bsky.social - send me allllll the neurodivergent whizzy brained writers…

Set this account up a v long time ago when it seemed to be just early adopters (and thanks to one of them for the invite, me) and now I come back and you’re all here!! This doesn’t bode well for my self-imposed SM ban.

When “Did ye hear who died” went online (genuinely find it fascinating)

New Book Post is the best post. Congratulations AY Chao!

Now Australia and Peppa Pig. Wtf?

In Bristol for Crimefest (yay) with Eurovision on the telly and it feels like the streams are crossing, current time with my teenage years. (Also: Australia?!)

God it feels weird to be vaguely optimistic about social media again. Meanwhile, a lovely rainy day in London to hide away from all the regal bullshit.