Yesterday was one of those days. I went to research an agent, discovered she wasn't right, checked out her colleagues and found a better fit. Then, I was so tired I wrote the whole query and sent it off to the original agent! So, apologies! #amquerying #mglit #writingcommunity

I'm so enormously grateful for all the love and support on here for #QuestPit, and especially for the support from a lot of you on the other side. I love that feeling of belonging, even though we're all spread out across the world. Thank you all so much. 🥰🥰🥰 #mglit #writerscommunity #amquerying

WHERE IS THE WAR? Upper MG / Lower YA The Skylarks’ War x Once Attie’s world collapses overnight when her mother dies in childbirth. With her father and brother fighting in France, she makes a choice no one expects…and one that will change her forever. #Q #MG #YA #HistFic #Adventure #QuestPit

THE WRONG SHAPE Freya doesn't necessarily want to be cool, but she really doesn't want to be a fully-fledged member of the Social Outcasts Club. But that's exactly what you get when you turn into a worm...and your mum makes you go to school. #questpit #MG #Q #F #MGlit

LUMI AND THE MANOR TREE MYSTERIES Dear Sleuthhound, There’s a mystery to solve, animals to rescue…and one cockatoo who definitely can’t be trusted with clues. LUMI AND THE MANOR TREE MYSTERIES 🌳 ✧ Lower MG cosy mystery (7–9) #questpit #MG #MGlit #amquerying #Q

It's such a good feeling to have the time and the energy to finish my most recent WIP today: The Wrong Shape, an MG Fantasy at 30-31k words. Now to get on with editing/polishing ready for querying. #mglit #kidlit #amquerying

It's incredibly late, but I am also very grateful to @kelleyeditorial.bsky.social and @hannaneier.bsky.social for their great feedback for #revpit and #10queries. I was lucky enough to get picked twice! If you are considering paying for a critique, I'd certainly check them out!

Just a huge thanks to all the kind likes and reposts for me in #posterpit yesterday. I loved all the posters and am now going to have to up my art game before the next one!

When Freya wakes up as a five-foot worm, she thinks she’s got problems. Then her mum makes her go to school. A 31,000-word MG comic fantasy about body image, acceptance and playing the violin when you don’t have arms. #mg #f #posterpit #q #mglit #amquerying

When Freya wakes up as a five-foot worm, she thinks she’s got problems. Then her mum makes her go to school. A 31,000-word MG comic fantasy about body image, acceptance and playing the violin when you don’t have arms. #mg #f #posterpit #q #mglit #amquerying

I think this is the most excited I've been in months. Maybe something, maybe nothing, but eeeeeeeeek! #amquerying #mglit #amwriting

Apparently Past Me entered the HarperCollins Author Academy… and Present Me has been waitlisted for 2026! I’ll take that 😄 It's lovely to have a bit of encouragement, something that says I'm on the right track! #amquerying ##yalit #amwriting #mglit

Applications for our Jennie Godfrey Novel-Writing Scholarship close this weekend! ⏰️ This scholarship will award one talented writer with limited financial means a place on our three-month online Writing Your Novel course. Apply now:

Exciting writing news: my YA WWI novel Where Is the War?, about a girl who disguises herself as a boy to enlist, has been selected for feedback from Hamline University’s MFAC faculty. Very grateful for fresh eyes while the manuscript is on submission. #amwriting #kidlit #amquerying #yalit

I think this counts as my best rejection of 2026! So grateful to this agent for their kindness. 🥰🥰🥰 #kidlit ##amquerying #yalit #mglit #amwriting

In a maelstrom of lies and distraction, writers become the last keepers of truth. Keep writing. It matters.

I've updated my wish list in preparation for the upcoming #MSWL Day! Stay tuned for details on 2/26/26!

📣 Entries have opened in the 11th consecutive year of the First Novel Prize. Head over to www.firstnovel.co.uk to check out what our judges are looking for and send us your best work #amwriting #amediting #amquerying #writingcompetition #fictionwriting #firstnovelprize

Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our Second Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 26, 2026. 🎉🎉🎉 Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying. Learn more: manuscriptwishlist.com/2025/01/the-...

#WriteCBC task from Anna Davis: I'd you to write a mini-scene or story which features a goodbye. It can be poignant, humorous, dark, exciting, strange or whatever you like. Your goodbye should be the end of something and also a beginning – make me want to read on!

tinyurl.com/wdwcontest4 Definitely giving this a go!

I wrote my first historical MG novel in November, after trying other genres. I know it's the right genre for me because I’m sad. Sad that, because I wrote it, I never get to read it for the first time. Has anyone else felt that way? #writingcommunity #amquerying #querytrenches

I've just entered two of my novels into #smallpitch. It's got to be worth a try to see whether an Indie press might like my weirder creations, but I'm not holding my breath. I'd particularly love Lumi to find a good home.

If you think you have something the publishers would like, I highly recommend participating! It's run by lovely folks and I actually got a book deal from last year's event.

I'm fully expecting this to change my life! 🤣 Or maybe just make it a little bit better. #amquerying #disabledwriters #writingcommunity

Thanks to everyone for your support in #BluePit! It helps us all feel seen, which is so important. 🥰🥰🥰 #amquerying

Thanks everyone for a fantastic #BluePit! We saw so many great pitches (around 1800!) today and wonderful support! Around 200 published works too! (Our #BluePit Published feed lasts 1 week, so go shopping while you can!) The next pitch event coming up is #SmallPitch! Learn more @smallpitch.org!

#BluePit #MG #AmQuerying #Q #HS #Dis #ND Where Is the War? Rural Wiltshire, 1915: When her mother dies in childbirth, 12 yr old Attie Larkham enlists, hoping to find her brother and father on the front lines. Can she beat the odds and keep her identity secret long enough to be reunited with them?

#BluePit📖#MG #WIP #His #DIS Under the Bridge Left beneath London Bridge at 6yo, disabled Bess survives with Homeless Harry until the Great Fire destroys her world. Now 11, with only her dog Arthur to help her, can she build a future from the ashes...or will she be just another forgotten victim?

#BluePit #MG #AmQuerying #Q #HS #Dis #ND Where Is the War? Rural Wiltshire, 1915: When her mother dies in childbirth, 12 yr old Attie Larkham enlists, hoping to find her brother and father on the front lines. Can she beat the odds and keep her identity secret long enough to be reunited with them?

#BluePit #MG #His #DIS #Q Where Is the War? Rural Wiltshire 1915: When 12 yr old Attie loses her mother in childbirth, she disguises herself as a boy to enlist and find her brother and father on the front lines. But can she survive and hide her identity long enough to be reunited with them?

Here is my mood board for my Dystopian NA novel I'm editing! #BluePitHype #WritingCommunity #BluePit #BookSky

Happy New Year #WritingCommunity! 🎊 It's time for #WriteCBC, share your writing goal for 2026. Tell us in the replies to this post and you might win a course worth £230! Enter by 10am Fri 9 Jan. Get some inspiration (and read T&Cs) here: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/blog/10-writ...

My rubbish health has stopped me writing for 4 weeks, but I managed half an hour today. Life is good when I can write something. I love the excitement of starting a new story! #mglit #disabledwriters #kidlit #amquerying

I've now submitted Where Is the War? to a number of carefully chosen agents who I admire & genuinely believe might connect with the story. There are one or two more I'd love to query in the New Year, once they reopen. Now, it's time to wait (which I hate!). #mglit #amquerying #kidlituk #amwriting

Anyone else out there twiddling thumbs and waiting for the Bath results? #mglit #kidlit #mglituk ##AmWriting

💫 Happy Bath Children's Novel Award 2025 Longlist Eve! 🗳️The votes are IN and we'll be posting a bumper selection of 50 YES comments from 19:00 GMT, including 💛7 Golden Votes, which have all been cast for different books. 🐈‍⬛Good luck everyone!

There's still time to enter our #CBCWinterStory25 writing competition on Instagram ☃️ Write a flash fiction story inspired by our prompts to be in with a chance of winning a free course! Find out more and enter by Mon 15 Dec:

Posting this for my own use: inhale / exhale.

Yay! I finally get to say I’ve finished my first MG historical novel, Where Is the War? 💥 Coincidentally, I discovered that the French training camp I sent my MC to was the place I used to take Year 7s & 8s on French trips, to help them understand WW1. Full circle moment. #amquerying #MGlit #HistFic

The Marlowe & Christie Novel Prize is open for entries until 5th January 2026. Submit the opening 3,000 words of your novel. £24 entry fee (early-bird fee of £19 available until 5th November). £1,200 top prize. Winners receive feedback from agents, editors and authors. www.marloweandchristie.com

This email definitely piles the pressure on: Thank you for entering the Bath Children's Novel Award 2025, we can't wait to read your work... A reminder to make sure your full manuscript is submission-ready by mid December, when the Junior Judges will start reading for the shortlist. #amquerying

Hark! What is that I hear? The delicate sound of agents clearing their inboxes for Christmas? Three rejections in one day is a little excessive, people! Anyone else getting that? #amquerying #mglit #disabledwriters

Still time to enter this! I just remembered in the nick of time. OK, not really remembered - it came up on my feed and I panicked, until I sent my application in today. #amwriting #disabledwriters #MGlit #NDwriters

Some stories just flow. My new MG historical feels like it’s writing itself and the words won't stop pouring onto the page. It is such pure joy and I am loving the experience!#wip #amquerying ##disabledwriters #AmWriting

If finding an agent is like dating, I feel like a total player today. I've got my ms (Lumi and the Manor Tree Mysteries) in with not one but THREE dream agents now. If any of them read this, you're definitely the one for me! 😘 #disabledwriters #MGlit #amquerying #diversevoices

That was fun! I've just sent off the first 3000 words of my first ever Historical novel (MG) to the HNS First Chapters competition 2026. I love the energy of trying new stuff! #MGlit #HistoricalFiction #amwriting #diversevoice #disabledwriters

Big News! @thebookerprizes.com has announced the launch of The Children’s Booker Prize 2027 — a new award celebrating exceptional fiction for readers aged 8–12. We’re thrilled to support this initiative to encourage young readers to discover stories that stay with them for life.

Cosy, early-MG mystery with two ND MCs, a cockatoo, and a talking (or is it?) umbrella. Together, they must solve the mystery of the disappearing pets, before the entire village turns against them. #MockPit #FiFiRevPit #amquerying #ownvoice

My ND brain went AWOL during #QuestPit. I read the posts then promptly forgot. AND I'm in the wrong time zone, so it was always going to be interesting. Here it is, fashionably late! #MG #OwnVoice #Dis #AmQuerying #disabledwriters #Q #MY