Absolutely delighted to announce: My anxious firstborn book boy is a FINALIST in the BBNYA 2025 and I couldn't be more delighted! Thank you *so much* to those who read and voted for Cam and his story, and huge congratulations to everyone else who made the finals.

As of August 28, 2025, Shadow Spark Publishing and author Rosalind Dando have officially parted ways. I wish nothing but the best for Shadow Spark Publishing and look forward to their future creative endeavours.

First review to make me get a bit tearful - I'm so proud of this book and can't wait for her to get out into the world. Ten days to go! Preorder the ebook here: books2read.com/u/bpodKk Preorder the signed paperback here: ko-fi.com/rosdando/shop (UK only, I'm afraid, due to the tariffs situation)

What the Sea Brings is HERE! It’s my #bookbirthday! You can now buy (and read!!) my cozy fantasy with colorful nuns, kids with huge hearts, and a dash of mermaids. Available now where all books are sold 🥳 books2read.com/whattheseabrings

Behold the adorable cuteness of Alice and Loman, as drawn by @bmwillows.bsky.social - I absolutely love this piece! She has captured their energy and chaotic friendship brilliantly. You can read how their story starts in A Gift of Words, and how it develops in A Gift of Wild (due on 25th August) 😁

*taps mic* Is this thing still on?

Do you like character stickers? Asking for a friend. (the friend is me - I am trying to decide whether to spend money or not)

It's such an honour to be in the semi-finals - huge thanks to all the readers and judges who voted for A Gift of Words to progress to the next stage, and those organising everything. And well done and congratulations to all the authors!

Congratulations to Even If We're Broken by @amweald.com You are through to round 2 of #BBNYA2025!!

I'm a semi-finalist! *excited squeaking noises*

Watch this space!! Semi finalists for BBNYA 2025 being announced tomorrow!! 😬

Book of my book babies in one pretty graphic! (A couple of wee tweaks to Wild before she's good to go, but I love seeing them like this 🧡)

We are here! Check out the beautiful cover for the second book in the Gifts Trilogy - featuring Alice and one of my favourite ravens. 20 days to go until the preorders for the ebook go live, and 50 days until you can get your hands on a paperback for all your autumn reading needs. *excited noises*

We are here! Check out the beautiful cover for the second book in the Gifts Trilogy - featuring Alice and one of my favourite ravens. 20 days to go until the preorders for the ebook go live, and 50 days until you can get your hands on a paperback for all your autumn reading needs. *excited noises*

Less than a week to go until the full cover reveal, and I am starting to get excited about this one. Look at all the awesome things in this book! Can't believe I get to shout about my best #ADHD girl, Alice :D #middlegrade

Less than a week to go until the full cover reveal, and I am starting to get excited about this one. Look at all the awesome things in this book! Can't believe I get to shout about my best #ADHD girl, Alice :D #middlegrade

Woot! Cover reveal for book two in the Gifts Trilogy - dropping on the 5th July! A Gift of Wild is an upper MG / lower YA contemporary fantasy novel with found family, grumpy ravens, neurodivergent representation, and a sprinkling of Norse mythology.

Woot! Cover reveal for book two in the Gifts Trilogy - dropping on the 5th July! A Gift of Wild is an upper MG / lower YA contemporary fantasy novel with found family, grumpy ravens, neurodivergent representation, and a sprinkling of Norse mythology.

Putting together the graphics for the cover reveal (5th July!) and actually starting to get excited about this again. Just over two months to go until Alice's story is set free on the world...

Book promo for Palestine! I've donated in support of the Palestinian people and will continue to do so.

Just finished listening to Foundryside and boy was that a ride! I wish I could remember the video I saw recommending it, because I'd go back and thank that person. Absolute cracker of a story with superb characters and world building.

✨ NEW RELEASE ✨ 📚 400+ pages 🥀 urban fantasy 🌃 set in washington state 🔥 slow burn 🤍 romance and angst 🗡️ demons and vampires 🔖 universal link: mybook.to/D3rL5 💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-wish-and... 📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23... [ 🪐📚🌈 ] [ 📚💙 ]

You have to read and instantly recall a number (to type or write, no other distractions). What's the longest number of digits you can recall without difficulty?

5:40 on Monday morning, and I'm psyching myself up for work again after the half term break. I'm a big grumpy cloud of don't wanna.

Here we go again...

Am happy to try this agent thing one more time, but given the trashfire of the Big Five right now, I'm looking for something smaller. Any personal recommendations? I can Google, but I'd like to hear from authors. #middlegrade #ya

Had a lovely evening playing card games with family, chatting about all sorts of things and putting the world to rights. Perfect end to a busy and productive week - seems a shame to go back to work on Monday! Future Ros will be horrified by the late night, though. Sorry to her 😂😜

I am in search of small / medium publishers with distribution channels in the UK who might be interested in a contemporary fantasy upper MG / lower YA stand-alone novel. (MC is 14, plot is mostly family-orientated, hence the possibility to pitch either side of the MG/YA line) 1/2

Slept like a log last night - ten hours - with a weirdly specific dream of winning £396,814. Sadly, upon waking at 8am (lie-in!), I remembered I had not won this life-changing sum of cash. Damn.

Reposting this to catch different time zones!

Announcement! I am open to applications for ARC readers and street team for book two (A GIFT OF WILD), an upper #middlegrade contemporary fantasy due to be published in August. If you are interested and would also like an ebook copy of book one, let me know in the form. forms.gle/irWhtZshtEta...

Waaah all my social media is basically 💀 and I cannot figure out how to get any interaction with anyone 😭 I have exciting things afoot but nobody sees anything.

Okay, how frickin' cute are my favourite family from Midsummer Secrets?! I absolutely adore this artwork by @avisraveni.bsky.social and I am quite a bit in love with the dad, Owen. (He has the crappiest ex and is a total cinnamon roll darling)

Okay, how frickin' cute are my favourite family from Midsummer Secrets?! I absolutely adore this artwork by @avisraveni.bsky.social and I am quite a bit in love with the dad, Owen. (He has the crappiest ex and is a total cinnamon roll darling)

Dear world, I am extremely tired and would like another bank holiday now so I can recover from the last one. TYVM

I have seen the line art of Huginn, Brynn, and Theo from book two, and they are perfect 😁 Brynn is adorable, and you can practically see the chip on Theo's shoulder. I love them all and can't wait to share!

Okay, so my little chibi Alice is too cute and I need to do more of these lil babies.

First time! So happy to be a part of this - have been watching previous years with great interest.

Accidentally fell into the wrong side of the internet on Threads, and wow have I had fun blocking the abusive AI idiots on there. They really don't like their worldview being questioned, do they?

SG1 episode Meridian gets me every damn time, even though I know exactly what happens. *sniffs*

Interesting prompt on Threads made me go back and find previous artwork. Somewhat staggered by how much progress I've made at something I barely have enough time for, but it's reassuring to see the difference between these two images.

A slightly belated one from yesterday's #WIPSnips - this time, from A Gift of Wild (which comes out in August this year from @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social). Can't wait to introduce everyone to Alice's brother, Theo... and his monumentally bad decision-making skills.

This afternoon has been spent posting about my first book and editing the second, and it's been delightful to spend a whole afternoon in the company of my chaos kids and encouraging other folks to read about them. Link here: books2read.com/u/bp1lMq And here is some nonAI artwork I drew of them:

Not all kids have the easiest time at school, and Avery's definitely had her own struggles. But it's still a place she enjoyed on balance, and she's had to leave it all behind for an unknown length of time. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #YA

STG my AuDHD brain just cannot deal with uploading files for BBNYA! Like, spotting errors? Can do that a mile off. Spot a stray apostrophe with my eyes closed. Uploading the correct file with the correct naming convention by following the guidelines? NOPE. Third time's the charm, I guess...

www.goodreads.com/book/show/23... One of my online writing group did a thing! If upper YA paranormal romance is up your alley, then please check out The Doppelganger. I've already done a couple of pieces of artwork for this one, and it's super exciting to see it so close to release.

#booksky #bookcomics

A very elderly gentleman just referred to me as a 'girl' without any derogatory implications, and at 42 and feeling exhausted and ancient, that honestly made my morning. He also is the reason I didn't lose one of my pieces of shopping because I dropped it outside Hobbycraft. ❤️

When we first meet Goblin in Midsummer Secrets. He is half my beloved and much-missed Ash and part my bestie's gone-too-early Siamese, and entirely his own self. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #YAFantasy #YAWriter

As someone who once had difficulty telling the difference between reality and what my brain decided was more interesting, Avery is extremely me-coded in this book. She's one of the reasons it's so close to my heart. #WIPSnips #WriteSky