ok -I just got fed up and dropped my fourth pitch so I can wander off and do other things and not worry about forgetting to come back. BlueSky really needs to get scheduled posts into the mix.

WimpyKid X Goosebumps Living in the shadow of his chaos-gremlin older brother, an 11yo finds his voice when a fart-powered, body-snatching witch kidnaps his Abuela & threatens to curse their town into oblivion. #QuestPit #Q #MG #F #SomethingWickedThisWaySmells #CinematicNotSilly

A record-breaking fart awakens an immortal stink-feeding, body-snatching witch. Armed with courage, friendship & limited magic, an 11yo must save his Abuela and his town—before the curse becomes permanent/deadly. #QuestPit #Q #MG #F #CinematicNotSilly #SomethingWickedThisWaySmells

WimpyKid X Goosebumps Green gas coils through town. Barking spiders swarm. A stink-powered body-snatching witch kidnaps Abuela. Her 11yo grandson must stop the curse before Woodville rots from the inside out. #QuestPit #Q #MG #F #SomethingWickedThisWaySmells #CinematicNotSilly

Secretly planning to ditch my family for most of the day to read all the quest pitches, chat with existing twitter-friends, and meet new ones along the way. I love pitch events - the best of the writing community comes out to support each other.

When his chaos-gremlin older brother summons a fart-powered witch totheir town, 11yo Jacob must step out of the shadows to save his kidnapped Abuela & stop a curse that threatens to stink Woodville into oblivion. Barking spiders 😱 #QuestPit #Q #MG #F #SomethingWickedThisWayComes #CinematicNotSilly

FFXIV x TENSURA When luckless Mick agrees to be his best friend Eleanor's adventuring partner, he expects to keep her safe, not be turned into a divine dragon. Now he and Eleanor must face his mission to lead a war against the gods—but is destiny as inevitable as it seems? #BluePit #BluePit📖 #W #F

A fart goes too far. It summons a witch who feeds on stink. She's unleashed her arachnid army on the town, led by 8-legged toff, Lord Farnsworth. Now an 11yo & his friends must save his Abuela—and his town—from the world’s worst curse. #BluePit📖 #MG #F #Adventure #Q #SomethingWickedThisWaySmells

Green gas coils through town. Sentient barking spiders swarm. A stink-powered witch kidnaps a granny. 11yo Jacob must stop the curse before Woodville rots from the inside out. #BluePit📖 #MG #Q #F #Adventure #SomethingWickedThisWaySmells

WimpyKid x Goosebumps adventure. When his chaos-gremlin older brother summons the wrath of a fart-powered witch on their town, 11yo Jacob must step out of the shadows to save his kidnapped Abuela & stop a curse that threatens to stink Woodville into oblivion. #BluePit📖 #MG #Q #F #BarkingSpiders

Woohoo it’s BluePit day!

Unboxing Treasure Island! A faithful retelling by Sylvie Thornecroft - reading age 8-9, but keeps the gritty adventure. Ready for your Year 7s! #dyslexiafriendly #readinglevelneutral amzn.eu/d/4C66QG5

@drjaydrno.bsky.social holy sh*t - look who I found on bluesky after a long time of not seeing people described as turnips & fartbarges!!!! Hope you & your fam are doing well - all things considered in the AB hellscape.

#BluePitHype Day 2! The Curse of the Fart Witch - my pinned skeet...delighted to have some artwork for this season of pitch events.

#BluePitHype Day 1 - Introductions Hi! I'm Rae - I write where the mood takes me, whether it's MG/YA, or gothic horror for adults. I'm pitching MG-F/A "The Curse of Fart Witch" this season. I also own @dapplegreypress.bsky.social which specialises in #dyslexiafriendly books.

Ramping up for pitch season - I'm focussing exclusively on my MG Fantasy-Adventure, The Curse of the Fart Witch. #agentguide #MG #F #A #Q #AmQuerying The barking spiders are now characters (like Gremlins/Minions). Let me introduce you to Lord Farnsworth, Esq., the pompous toff.

#Rewritten Goosebumps meets Wimpy Kid in stinky, spooky, spider-infested showdown. A Fart Witch wants to possess Jacob’s Abuela. His brother’s armed with beans. They’ve 1 shot to save the town & Abuela—with flower potion & sibling chaos. #SayExcuseMe #MG #F #HA #QuestPit #Q

#Rewritten Goosebumps meets Wimpy Kid in stinky, spooky, spider-infested showdown. A Fart Witch wants to possess Jacob’s Abuela. His brother’s armed with beans. They’ve 1 shot to save the town & Abuela—with flower potion & sibling chaos. #SayExcuseMe #MG #F #PosterPit #Q

#Rewritten Narnia’s coming of age+cannon fire & female rage. The sea gives & takes. It took Dad—imprisoned. Then gave Mom back. Only now she’s a pirate in 1721. To save Dad, I’ll cross centuries, face traitors & become something I never expected:A Barrett. #YA #QuestPit #Q #HF #S

I need to spend more time on BlueSky...it's come a long way over the past months.

#Rewritten Goosebumps meets Wimpy Kid in stinky, spooky, spider-infested showdown. A Fart Witch wants to possess Jacob’s Abuela. His brother’s armed with beans. They’ve one shot to save the town & Abuela—with flower potion & sibling chaos. #SayExcuseMe #MG #F #HA #QuestPit #Q

#Rewritten Narnia’s coming of age+cannon fire & female rage. The sea gives & takes. It took Dad—imprisoned. Then gave Mom back. Only now she’s a pirate in 1721. To save Dad, I’ll cross centuries, face traitors & become something I never expected:A Barrett. #YA #QuestPit #Q #HF #S

#Rewritten If LemonySnicket & Cpt Underpants had a stinky lovechild. Saving the town from a Fart Witch? Normal. Saving your grandma from becoming the Fart Witch? Personal. Middle grade horror with stinks, sentient giant barking spiders & sibling chaos. #MG #Q #F #HA #QuestPit

#Rewritten Goosebumps meets Wimpy Kid. Hexes of Eternal Stench. Barking spiders. A Fart Witch bent on possessing Abuela. Only Jacob, his chaos-gremlin brother & their gang can save Woodville from destruction—with super-soakers, sibling mayhem & a well-timed fart. #MG #Q #F #HA #QuestPit

When 12yo Jack learns he's Keeper of the crumbling Skybridge-a magical link b/w Earth & Arcador, he must find 7 Starstones, battle living shadows & face his deepest fears—or lose both worlds & his missing mom forever. #MG #F #AgentGuide #LitAgents

Hubs set up our WiFi today - the network name…MI-6 Surveillance. We’re now waiting for the neighbourhood Facebook group to light up. 😈

I got a sliver of agent feedback and have rewritten the first 2 chapters of Skybridge. It feels so weird to front load the action instead of building and peeling away layers. But until I’m a household name with a loyal fan base, I guess I have to play along.

TLDR- on Twitter, I’ve shared some insight on the inherent error in AI detectors. Frankenstein - 30% AI I’ve proposed a science experiment where we get together and check the detectors on public domain books to understand the false + rate. This is more serious than I initially thought…

The Skybridge Key was half-ass written in 2020. It was only recently that one of my daughter’s friends read Chrysalis & asked me what else I wrote like that. I told her about Skybridge - she read a bit and loved it. So I cracked it open and refined it. I learned a LOT in 4 yrs.

I’ve just sent my first query for The Skybridge Key. I reviewed old query letters from 2019 for a different book and yikes. I wouldn’t have read my work either.

12yo Jack discovers he's the Keeper of the Skybridge—a magical link between worlds. To save both worlds, he must face shadows, solve ancient trials & recover 7 Starstones to heal the bridge before it collapses. #MG #2025Pit Comps-Amari+NightBros, KeeperofLostCities

When Jack(12) learns he's Keeper of the failing Skybridge linking Earth &Arcador, he must find 7 Starstones, battle shadows, a Leviathon, fiery stag & a giant moth and face his deepest fears—or lose both worlds & his missing mom 4ever. #MG #2025Pit

When 12yo Jack learns he's Keeper of the crumbling Skybridge-a magical link b/w worlds, he must find 7 Starstones, battle living shadows& face his deepest fears—or lose both worlds & his missing mom 4ever. #MG #Q #YouDeservepIt #TalkingRaven #SnarkyGuide Comps:Amari+NightBros, KeeperOfTheLostCities

Good morning and Happy Christmas - whether you celebrate the religious or secular Christmas, may your next few days be filled with all of those things which brings you joy.

So I see the “follow then unfollow” nonsense has started here. Regular following list curation required 🙄

Ugh. I had to stop myself from filling out application to greyhound rescue. I have a Saluki and two children. That’s enough dirty feet and poo to clean up.

My daughters had a sleepover a couple weeks ago - one of my girls came in with me, complaining that Archie took her spot when she got up to go wee. He thinks he’s one of the kids.

Gahhhh. 90 more minutes at work...then supper... I don't feel like editing, but I really must get started. I must avoid the temptation to write something new...

On reflection, I should have started writing fiction when I was in grad school. I had no idea the dopamine hit it gives - I would have saved so much money that was wasted in the search for dopamine. Who knew about neurodivergence back then. Nearly 30 yrs ago.

The more I use BlueSky, it feels like Jack’s taken the opportunity to re-engineer Twitter to avoid the things that weren’t great. In the world of software engineering, this is an enormous luxury - we usually don’t have the time to do foundational work because the user doesn’t see it.

UK/Ireland/Wales/Scotland check in. Who’s up and who’s gotten snow over night?

What is this bullshittery? This is not Canada, ffs.

Alex, with her boundless energy and a mind that races with curiosity, can't ignore the pull of a forbidden forest and the adventure that lies within… #TheChrysalisProject #MG #ADHDHeroes This is also shorter length MG - s

OK, everyone. I've used the Blue Sky extension to get all my twitter people, and the Porto extension to pull all of my Twitter history into Blue Sky. It doesn't get replies or quote tweets, but it works.

Thank you for sending my galleyproof @DappleGreyPress - I’ll do my final proof-read this week. 😍

GOONIES x DEMON DENTIST Join Jacob & his gang as they fight to save their town from ruin by a Fart Witch & her swarming barking spiders. Hold your nose & join the fun in a tale of siblings, friendships, courage & community. #UnlikelyHeroes #EnemiesToFriends #QuestPit #MG #HA #Q

Dad’s in POW camp. At least that’s what Bonney was told. But when she learns her family's legacy as time-traveling pirates, she must learn the ropes, navigate high seas & family secrets to rescue her father from the 🇬🇧 Navy before he’s hung. #Q #YA #ND #TT #HF #QuestPit

I just read my first chapter of Blackwood (first sloppy copy). The gothic prose is decadent, almost literary - I can tell I've been reading the classics lately. It's going to take me time to edit, but oh my. My dark, twisted heart is already in love with this manuscript. 🖤

I’m gonna say it, Twitter jail bedamned. Remember Chunk from Goonies? Elon looks like a middle-aged Chunk wearing a decaying Michael Myers mask.

I'm nearly done the first read through of Blackwood. There is much to fix/edit/tidy-up, but the words. The words. The WORDS! Note to self - make sure the head-hopping is clear in the next read through.