It has taken me MONTHS since the Great Email Disaster to track down various folders and emails. Still not complete. Spent some time yesterday re-setting up email rules to try and get things back in order. Friends, I have… regrets.

Bloops, is it just me and my admittedly shocking eyesight, or is the font on Amazon Prime (TV) impossible to read? I’m having to either guess or Google based on titles coz I can’t for the life of me read the blurbs.

Confused about publishing? Not sure what to do with your manuscript next? Wondering how and to whom you should pitch or submit your manuscript? Curious about self-publishing? I’m an editor and literary agent - maybe I can help. Book a 1hr chat and ask me anything: tidycal.com/bothersomewo...

Confused about publishing? Not sure what to do with your manuscript next? Wondering how and to whom you should pitch or submit your manuscript? Curious about self-publishing? I’m an editor and literary agent - maybe I can help. Book a 1hr chat and ask me anything: tidycal.com/bothersomewo...

Good folk of Melbourne: come holler at me at Readings Carlton! 👇

Can anyone recommend trustworthy, miracle-working IT expert who works in the Sydney area? OneDrive and Outlook got into a secret relationship behind my back and after I made them get divorced everything completely broke and every single one of my emails from the past 20years has run away from home.

Just a heads-up to anyone waiting for things from me: 1. I am deep in the throes of vertigo, which means not much work or reading is getting done. 2. My email has died and at the moment I have lost every single email and calendar item I have ever sent or received or set up. Please bear with me

Winner of the Aurealis Awards for Best Fantasy Novel 2024, Thoroughly Disenchanted is a cosy romantic fantasy about four friends, a magical country manor and a weekend away that has lasted a century. Available in bookstores now or online: www.harpercollins.com.au/978146076604...

Beyond grateful to see I'm closing in on 10,000 followers. Amazing! Thank you all. How about a giveaway to help me get there? If you dig what I do, please repost this to help me spread the word about my work. I'll pick one random share for a signed copy of their book of choice once I pass 10k. 🖤

Congratulations to AAL’s very own @alexandraalmond.bsky.social for winning an Aurealis Award for Thoroughly Disenchanted! ❤️

I am absolutely stoked that Thoroughly Disenchanted won the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel 😊 Thanks to all involved at @aurealisawards.bsky.social , to my agent @bothersomewords.bsky.social, and the team at HC including @shannonkelly.bsky.social #booksky #romancelandia #aurealisawards

I’m wearing a Batman T-shirt here, but the Caped Crusader actually doesn’t feature in this book. You do get Star Trek, ballet, Black Sabbath, Gundam, and so much more.

So, umm, Thoroughly Disenchanted is shortlisted for best fantasy novel in the Aurealis Awards. 😮🫢😊 shorturl.at/X4o09

Congratulations to all the shortlistees for the 2024 Aurealis Awards! Special shout-out to Alex Adsett Literary’s very own @alexandraalmond.bsky.social, whose debut novel, Thoroughly Disenchanted, is in stellar company on the fantasy novel list ❤️ aurealisawards.org/2025/04/15/2...

Lovely to wake up to this: a copy of IMMORTAL GESTURES, just bought from @hatchards.bsky.social at St Pancras. I can’t be in the UK right now, but my book can travel. (📷 : Brendan Colley)

I just got one of those “<Person> has accepted this meeting invitation” emails… only I misread it as “<Person> has accepted this situation” and frankly that feels more apt. Also shoutout to <Person>. Acceptance is the hardest step.

“Brought” is to “bring” as “bought” is to “ka-ching”. #writingtips

*chef's kiss*

Here's a good article from The Guardian Australia on the AI book stealing situation. Love the quote from Holden Sheppard! Livid is exactly the word I used too. 💙📚 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Abigail Nathan will be doing one-on-one assessment sessions at this year’s CYA Conference. With experience as an editor and literary agent, she will be providing feedback on a range of genres, including commercial fiction, crime, fantasy, YA, middle grade, & more. www.cyaconference.com/assessments

My guide to self-editing the first draft of your novel is an incredibly affordable way to get a polished second draft you'll be excited to send to publishers and agents. Just AU$9.99!

Finally got a new gate installed after our old one was destroyed by Sydney's January storms. Yay! Now I have to find a way to pay for it. Boo! Do you need your manuscript read or edited? I love to help authors fine-tune their manuscripts and I'm available from April. Get in touch: kyliemmason.com

It's been a long road, but I just signed a contract with UQP for the publication of my YA historical fiction, A Flash in the Dust!

Recently finished the first draft of your novel and not sure what to do next? Why not give self-editing your manuscript a go? I've created a simple guide that helps you identify areas you can improve in your next draft - get your copy here: #writing #editing #manuscript #novel

Thanks for a lovely review, Amelia and Newtown Review of Books ❤️

Loving the “new business festival event” aimed at freelancers and sole traders, promising to align with freelancers’ needs, unlike other business events that are “too corporate”. Promising. I guess that means they understand freelance budgets too? Just looked at the ticket prices. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Closing MIDNIGHT tonight! If you’re interested but you’ve been too busy (or procrastinating - no judgement) you have just over 4 hours to slide into my bookings…⏳

I am currently reading a not-for-work book and almost every single chapter breaks mid-scene and then the next picks up where it left off - continuing the conversation or whatever and it is SO JARRING.

🚨LAST DAY TO APPLY!🚨 The Bothersome Words Writing Clinic includes workshops, writing exercises, personal mentoring sessions and written feedback. It’s a safe, supportive creative space designed to help you finish your manuscript. Click link to apply: bothersomewords.com/services/wor...

Applications close TOMORROW!

Only 3 days left to apply! The Bothersome Words Writing Clinic includes workshops, writing exercises, personal mentoring sessions and written feedback. It’s a safe, supportive creative space designed to help you finish your manuscript. Click the link for more! bothersomewords.com/services/wor...

4 days left to apply….

FINAL week to apply for the Writing Clinic! Spend 8 weeks in a safe, supportive, creative space focused: * 6 weeks of workshops to help you work through your own manuscript * PLUS 2 weeks of focused writing * 1-hr mentoring call * manuscript feedback * and more! Bookings close Friday.

Just caught myself clicking my fingers at the Roomba to encourage it towards the sofa as if it were one of the cats. How’s YOUR Sunday?

Bookings for the Bothersome Words Writing Clinic are open NOW. Classes begin March 10 and space are limited. Learn more and apply here: bothersomewords.com/services/wor...

My first library talk at Warragul on Wednesday night. Lovely people with interesting questions; the time flew by.

Who wants to finish their novel and get it out in the world this year?

Who wants to finish their novel and get it out in the world this year?

“We are always here to assist you,” says the sign-off from the tech support person who has literally just finished an email explaining that they are NOT, in fact, here to assist me and I should go somewhere else (possibly Hell.) Even though it is their product. And their broken website.

As a professional editor and literary agent with over 20 years experience in the publishing industry, my number one goal has always been to help writers get the story in their head onto the page. The Writing Clinic is designed to help YOU with that process! bothersomewords.com/services/wor...

As a professional editor and literary agent with over 20 years experience in the publishing industry, my number one goal has always been to help writers get the story in their head onto the page. The Writing Clinic is designed to help YOU with that process! bothersomewords.com/services/wor...

Bookings for the Bothersome Words Writing Clinic are open NOW. Classes begin March 10 and space are limited. Learn more and apply here: bothersomewords.com/services/wor...

Saturday hangs… ❤️

Are you ready to make 2025 the year you finish your manuscript and get it out in the world? The 2025 Writing Clinic is now OPEN for bookings! Places are limited. Applications via link in bio.

Thanks for all the reposts, lovely Bloops. In this brave new world of a billion social media channels, I apologise in advance if you get inundated by repeat posts. Ask not what the algorithms can do for you, etc…

Are you ready to make 2025 the year you finish your manuscript and get it out in the world? The 2025 Writing Clinic is now OPEN for bookings! Places are limited. Applications via link in bio.

Reminder! Bookings for the Writing Clinic open TOMORRROW. Places will be limited. More details at link in bio or you can message me any time 😊