The fourth #AuthorInterview in our @womenwritersnet.bsky.social series takes place on Thur 23 Oct. Can’t wait to interview @brethertonwords.bsky.social about her new novel, The Fire In Their Eyes! Come and join us - you are welcome to ask the author your questions! @breakthroughbook.bsky.social

We don't have a mask rule because we're "afraid". You can't imagine the courage it takes to protect ourselves--when MSM and public dialogue don't just disdain but actively vilify us for protecting ourselves in! public! Ugh!

My top suggestions of books to read this World Bread Day... - The Focaccia in the Rye - Yeast of Eden - Flours for Algernon - The Lion, the Witch and the Warburtons - Pannetonement - The Naan in the High Castle - Leaven Las Vegas - Pitta Rabbit

I sold some copies of these at the Southam Book Fair, one of them to a primary teacher, and I'm so pleased that Dexter will get some more readers! I worry about the part where the goblins stick prisoners on the walls of their tunnel, but I wrote it for my Y5 and 6! #UKKidLit #SpookyBooks #Halloween

A recent flash fiction competition shortlist of 10 had only one written in the past tense. I know it's a very subjective opinion, but I can't not hear something both pretentious and childish when I read the present tense in fiction.

Well I did it. It's a great little book fair, though this year i wasn't shortlisted for their flash fiction. The venue would be excellent if not for the utter lack of #ventilation! Kept my #ffp3 on all day. Still managed to chat to authors and visitors! #authorsinmasks

I'll be at Southam Book Fest, Sun 12/10 and yes I'll be #masked again! I don't want to. I'm not anxious. I have to remember the science to maintain my resolve. It doesn't help sales; people don't understand I'm the person definitely not infecting anyone. #Covid levels high; local hospital is full.

Name a book that doesn't fit neatly into any one #genre

Self-publishing transparency post: I make the most on an Amazon paperback. I make the 2nd-most on an ebook from itch. I make the 3rd-most on an ebook from anywhere else. I make the least when you order a paperback through a bookstore. tbc there’s no judgment on readers here; just facts ✌️

HMS King George V on arctic duty in WW2. Churchill called the convoy route to Murmansk in the Soviet arctic the “worst journey on earth,” with good reason. U-boats, air attack, surface raiders and of course the cold. My novel 'The Wolves in Winter' is set here. #Arctic #WW2 #RoyalNavy

I'll be at Southam Book Fest, Sun 12/10 and yes I'll be #masked again! I don't want to. I'm not anxious. I have to remember the science to maintain my resolve. It doesn't help sales; people don't understand I'm the person definitely not infecting anyone. #Covid levels high; local hospital is full.

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I would like everyone involved with books—reviewers, librarians, booksellers, readers—to read this article and understand that what you’re being served is incredibly skewed by capitalism. There’s a pernicious idea that publishing is a meritocracy. It hasn’t been in a long time, if ever.

Reading is great and wonderful. Watching video content is also great and wonderful! For some people, like my intellectually disabled kids, it’s a lot more accessible and it’s amazing what they learn from what they watch. Vocabulary, science, human relationships, you name it.

At the #southwarwickshireliteraryfestival. @southwarkslitfest.bsky.social everything going smoothly. #mask worn for insurance, though IAQ not actually bad. It hasn't gone above 600ppm.

August 30 #WIPsnips – “nose” In this snip from my #WIP “Surface Tension,” a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art is on the agenda. Gregory’s taken with El Greco’s “Vision of St John” while Jenny ponders whether Christ exited this earthly realm in a more undignified manner than she'd thought.

“Where’s the rest of the crew?” The four of them looked at one another, counting noses and/or noseless faces, then looked back at me. I pictured the crew that served with my parents in the military. “Navigator? Engineer? Medical officer? Cook and bottle washer?” -The Cosmic Turkey #WIPSnips

#WIPSnips for 8/30: Nose This issue isn’t what Tim’s mom is hiding from him, it’s what’s being hidden from her….and that’s all I’m telling you. 😝 #WriteSky #YAFantasy #QueerWriters

She stood like that, quite still, hood draped just below her nose, for a comedic beat, then craned her neck back to peek at Ludo through what little gap she could find with a silly, self-amused grin. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Repping #WIPSnips at #DragonCon today!

#WipSnips #BlackSky #bookSky Yvette sat cross-legged at her desk, her boots kicked off, reading glasses perched on her #nose. This was my favorite version of her—guard down, comfortable in her own space. open.substack.com/pub/authordl...

#WIPSnips Nose. Our hero assesses the injuries on a fallen lad, but notices something abnormal about his breathing... Text in the alt. TW/CW

"Ice took a reluctant step forward, stopping six feet away and wrinkling her nose as the acrid odour intensified." #WIPSnips I'm suprised by the number of occurrences of #nose in my WIP!

Written (or writing) a book, and wondering where to publish? My new guide to self publishing platforms is for you! Made this available on Monday. Compares the different options, and the advantages/disadvantages of each. Plus hints and tips. Only £7 - get your copy at: ko-fi.com/s/0227bef820

Hello! With so much to choose from the #westmidlands is a hive of activity! From @writingwestmids.bsky.social to @jerichowriters.bsky.social & u can't go wrong with #writing mentor extraordinare #author @shelleywilson.bsky.social Plus #leamingtonspa 's best and only lit fest is getting closer! 😻

Step into a gorgeous 19th-century building and spend the day on one of these oh-so comfy sofas networking with talented authors in #Leamingtonspa. Saturday 20/09 for workshops talks 121 sessions and books signed by the author! @franhill123.bsky.social @markedwardsauthor.bsky.social #swlitfest

We're chuffed to bits to have #authors Janet Gover & Alison May at the festival this year discussing how to #write collaboratively. We just know it will be a delightful and insightful! Join us at The Fold Leamington 20/09/25 Tickets from just £22 through our website #writingcommunity #leamingtonspa

Astrale Part I ✨❤️ arnaudkeller.com/product-cate... #astrale #AmbientMusic #SpiritualVibes #IndieComposer

Good #mentalhealth has never been so important, and none so than for our children. If you write for #children then why not come along to Kay Brophy's workshop Finding your way through emotions, where she will be offering a How To session on supporting #childrensmentalhealth thu creative writing🖋️

It's good to know that the third and final book in the #IceCooper trilogy is coming soon! If you think you might like YA character-driven fiction, grounded in reality but with a supernatural edge, I recommend reading the first two now! Available in various places! Links at www.jabowler.co.uk

UPDATE! 🌹🎉 I realize not many people have access to much right now, so I put the eBook version of Beyond The Mark down to the lowest I could on Amazon, which is $0.99 Hope this helps it become more accessible, I'd rather continue the story than make money, so I hope you enjoy! #Fantasy #Author

Well I've been a bit quiet on here for a while but it's good to post that I've just done the first draft of the third book in the #IceCooper trilogy! Hooray! Lots of editing to do now. Then covers. #amwriting #booksky #writers #indieauthors.

If you ever worry that your plot devices are a little thin, just watch one of the Mission Impossible films.

This is absolutely terrible news. With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately. h/t @merz.bsky.social

"You read books, eh?" A 1949 red scare Herblock cartoon about pressures on teachers that hits hard once again.

I've booked tickets for South Warwickshire Literary Festival 2025 at The Fold on Saturday 20th September 2025 www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/EDJEKK...

Sometimes you will see people at author events wearing #ffp3 or #n95 masks. This is mostly because they recognise that SarsCov2 is airborne and still circulating widely. And that any Covid infection could be the one that leads to #LongCovid #LongCovidAwarenessDay

Calling all #flash #fiction #writers ! Subs now open and every penny goes to #support our little #festival Make us #laugh #make us #cry make us feel something inbetween but whatever you do, get it to us by March 28th! And look - totes cheapo to enter!! #swlitfest #writingcompetition #flashfiction

Thanks go to #stratford observer #newspaper for highlighting our #writingcompetition. Every post helps! They’re not on here yet but hopefully our message will get through! 😄 @stratforduponavon.bsky.social @magicalley.bsky.social @stratforddc.bsky.social 🙏🤗

This is beautiful. "So, shall I whisper to you – of colours on a winter’s day, of the songs and light within?"

Yay! I've just discovered that my editor has gone freelance again after being tied up with a company for a couple of years. Good editors are hard to find. My experience with someone else was very poor. I had to ask specific questions to cover what should have been covered in the original edit.

How to cope with an increasingly turbulent world? Currently, I'm cuddling with Mabel & avoiding reality entirely.

“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record. They run them bc people react to them the most. If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change. It’s not easy and takes constant practice!

The word for December 2 is "lift" #amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #authors #writesky #writingprompts #IceCooper

Ooh. I have to catch up. Synonym? The #WIPSnips word for December 1st is "collect" #amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #authors #WriteSky #writingprompts #IceCooper

#WIPSnips #spite #amwriting #fantasy #wip