Strongly considering going to bed at 8pm. Please just imagine I told you something inspiring that made you want to buy my book or add it on goodreads. I'm so done for the week. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #books #FridayFeeling

Author milestone unlocked: first scam email trying to sell me reviewers! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Eeee physical copies of my book are out in the world! Currently getting lots of pictures from friends of my book on their countertop/in their favourite armchair etc. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #2025Debuts

Hey #booksky, do you need something cosy and escapist? 'Crying Out for Magic' features: - much tea - many library scenes - two cinnamon roll sunshines - reasons to believe in magic and good people Out now. #2025Debuts #fantasy

Went to an evening poetry event. One of the seating options was deckchairs. I knew that was dangerous but I enjoyed my evening of poems with a little accidental nap in the middle and I stand by that choice.

Hey, #WritingCommunity, time for a weekend check in... I'm going to start beta reading the wonderful @alethearlyons.bsky.social's latest book (so lucky to get sneak peeks!) and try to sort out my Flights of Foundry stuff. Maybe a bit of editing. How about you?

I talked to a non-writing person about the process and amount of rejection involved in getting published today, and they looked gratifyingly horrified. #WritingCommunity

#WritingCommunity, what's on your weekend to do list? Mine is mostly launch party prep (Crying Out for Magic, out Sept 2nd!!!) which is super exciting! Looking forward to getting back to the writing part of writing too, hoping I can do edits on my WIP soon.

My dedication to using the same starting word was finally rewarded today. #Wordle 1,531 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I shouted and startled my commute buddies.

Dang it, I started a romcom book and I can see exactly how it's all going to blow up in their faces for the third act break up but now I CARE so I both want to read it to see them be happy but also don't want to read it cos they're going to get all hurt first. This is how I relax. #AmReading

You can't quite go see the movie yet, but in just over 2 weeks you'll be able to read the book, as this meet cute between a naive mage and an awkward fantasy nerd will be hitting shelves! #PosterPit #P #YA #F #LGBTQ

When people-pleaser Jay gains guardianship of a curious tree spirit, she must find the joy in being human. But if Jay can't confront the lies and insecurities eroding her oldest friendship, she risks teaching the birch that life is about hiding who you really are. #PosterPit #Q #YA #F

University choices are terrifying, expensive, and threatening to pull besties Jay and Ash apart. If his toxic new bf doesn’t manage it first. Time to befriend a tree and take up crafts. Cos these are problems that will go away if you ignore them... right? #QueerPit #YA #F #COA Ace and bi rep.

When people-pleaser Jay gains guardianship of a curious tree spirit, she must find the joy in being human. But if Jay can't confront the lies and insecurities eroding her oldest friendship, she risks teaching the birch that life is about hiding who you really are #QueerPit #YA #F #COA Ace + bi rep

Who needs a post scheduling tool when you can just chuck up two posts before going to bed and probably be up before the end of the event the next day? Me. I need it. I would so very love for bluesky to add it or for buffer not to have me on an endless 'verify you're human' loop.

A gentle story about rediscovering yourself, with: 💜 Tired asexual and chaotic bi #own rep 😱 Big life choices 🌳 Trees with opinions 💔 Friendship break up 🫂 Friends > relationships (especially toxic ones) 🧶 Stop glamorising the grind and do crafts #QueerPit #YA #F #COA

Update: I was actually quite productive! Did some work on launch/promo stuff for book that's out in SEPTEMBER!!! And stepped away from that never ending rabbit hole to also do some drafting/editing on something else. Some of that was while hanging with writerly friends. It's been a good day :)

Kinda want to be productive and do Many Writerly Things. Kinda want to just lay in a heap. #WritingCommunity

First day back at school yesterday. The staff meeting always kicks off with asking if anyone has things to celebrate (engagements, babies, new cat etc) so I got to announce that my novel is being published, and got cheered by a whole room of people. That felt pretty darn good. #WritingCommunity

Eeeeee it's one month until my book is out in the world! Preorders and goodread adds are lovely, but I'd also really value people screaming excitedly with me and posting celebratory gifs! #WritingCommunity #2025Debuts #Fantasy #Romantasy #LGBT

My book qlub considered doing trans Harry Potter fanfiction for next month, but in the end settled on disability rep as a belated celebration of #DisabilityPride month. So, hit me with your recs for queer, disabled own voices. #BookSky #AmReading #WritingCommunity

Squeaking in and doing my monthly goals on the last day of July. Thank goodness I woke up at 4am, I guess? #AmWriting #WriteSky

Are you even a real author* if you haven't been rejected by goodreads when trying to claim your profile? (*yes, obviously, because there are multiple ways to be a "real author" but also seriously wtf). #AmWritng #Writesky #WritingCommunity

My legs ache from hiking. My book is at the exciting bit but I have to read on laptop because my ereader is broken. The view from my holiday let is stunning. This is all spelling out 'reading on the sofa day,' right? #Amreading #booksky

Love spotting favourite books in the wild. Indie bookstores in New Zealand have the good sense to be stocking @simonjamesgreen.bsky.social

Every night, while you sleep, the typo fairies come and sprinkle more errors into your corrected manuscript. It's the only explanation I have that makes sense. #AmEditing #WritingCommunity

First read of the holiday done. I don't mind giving mixed reviews to dead people who can't get upset about it. Felt clunky, but it's good to find rep from other eras, just like it's good to read outside your own culture.

Got my holiday reading loaded! Featuring @earlronove.bsky.social @poopraven.bsky.social Spot the odd one out that is me trying to finish a book qlub book. Have you read any of these? What's on your holiday reading list? #amreading

Demelza, a world-weary witch, and Uliana, an even more exhausted vampyre, work together to send wayward demons, ghosts and otherworldly creatures back to where they came from. But some jobs are more difficult than others. 🔖 story: mybook.to/RXIIkD 💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/on-demon-wra...

Morning task, reading through the edit notes on a short story from people who loved it and totally got it, and included lots of squeeing and compliments between their suggestions 😍

I love my book qlub because there's no judgement if you didn't read it and just want to hang out, enjoy the company and the snacks. I usually do read them, but just couldn't get into this one. Sure am gonna love hearing what everyone else thought about it while eating crisps though.

Eeeee, just sent my book out to people who aren't existing friends so aren't biased towards me and my writing. Big step! #WritingCommunity

This is how my book found its home, and it’s going to be a real thing I can hold come September. I highly recommend checking out and participating in #SmallPitch

Hey, #WritingCommunity, one of our own needs a hand... t.co/3ixjuWyMj2 You can also support by buying her excellent zombie horror romance comedy. Who doesn't like decapitation and snarky banter? books2read.com/u/mV1V1J #Horror #AmReading

Sleep last night was a bit like my current WIP... The beginning was clunky and disjointed, but it came together in the second half. Gotta love when life imitates art 😴 #WritingCommunity

Literally all my betas: There could be more interiority My extremely reticent MC: I really don't see how my thoughts and feelings are anyone else's business. Me: This is why your loud mouth side character bestie ended up with a sequel. #WritingCommunity

Tried reading in the park. Too hot. Now editing in the aircon. Bleugh unto summer.

Volunteered to write an article. Had a deadline. Met that deadline.

@alethearlyons.bsky.social and @phdancersteapot.bsky.social, one or two come to mind, yeah....

TIL How to do a real deep dive into the bowels of my laptop for when the autorecover doesn't automatically open 😬 Ironically, it was to look for some scribblings I made on lost things. The moral of this story is don't be like me. But will I learn from it? #WritingCommunity

Happy #Pride month. Check out all the queer books Space Wizard is publishing soon, including mine! They released their campaign video, and guess who's the thumbnail? But during a transition shot, so I have blended into my flag. So queer, I am become the rainbow. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_Am...

Today in wholesome af, someone brought their mom* to my writing workshop, cos she's visiting from out of town and he wanted to show her all the important things in his life here 🥹 (*yes I'm British, but she is American and thus a 'mom'). #WritingCommunity

Feeling a whole lot better about the placeholder name of James Maincharacter right now.

Sound on! A few sneak peeks at my first ever author interview, hosted by my publisher. You can watch the full interview at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjuy... #2025Debuts #writingcommunity #fantasy #tea

New level of author awkwardness unlocked: asking for cover quotes. Yikes. At least agents invited us to slide into their inboxes #WritingCommunity, help a small press author out? Tag someone who'd blurb YA with 🌀Portals 📉Magic energy crisis 🫖 tea and libraries 🏳️‍🌈Wholesome #LGBT romance #2025Debuts

You're not going to meet your soulmate on a dating app. You're going to meet him by jumping through a portal into a world with really bad tea. He's going to be sweet and full of book recommendations, but you only understand half of what he's saying.

It's Thursday for me! So I can drop the full cover art! I am IN LOVE with this incredible work by Jess Montz. It's wild that they could draw what was inside my head. Cover with title will be in a promo interview with my publisher dropping soon. 🔗 ⬇️ when available #2025Debuts #WritingCommunity

Eeeee. Definitely encourage people to do this. #SmallPitch is how I got my publishing offer.

Is it a productive writing evening or a fall asleep by 8pm kind of evening? We shall see... #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Space Wizard have announced the first set of books in their 2025-26 publishing year.... and guess who that includes? As the backerkit page is now online, I can officially declare myself a #2025Debut and a #SmallPit success story. Follow the campaign here: tinyurl.com/52k3pubw