Just my imagination. Running away with me. Author of lit fic. Foodie. Cat momma. (Not necessarily in that order.) WATER BABY (Quercus) available where books are sold only you have to ask a bookseller cos mid-list titles can't be found on the shelves!😆 🙊
To celebrate 2,000 BlueSky followers, I'm going to do a little giveaway. Repost and follow and I'll pick one lucky person at random to win a 12-month Gift Subscription at Bert's Books worth OVER £100. You have until noon on Sunday 17th November
a man wearing a floral sweater says " and good luck with that "ALT: a man wearing a floral sweater says " and good luck with that "media.tenor.com
Lovelies, you can currently save £8 on the My Other Husband ebook! Yes, my 18th novel is 99p for all of January. Even if you have a copy, trust me, you’re gonna want to read it in the next couple of weeks because 🤐🤐🤐 Can’t tell you what, just yet, but you’ll love it. www.amazon.co.uk/My-Other-Hus...
Finally. 🥰⛈️ Got my author copies of LIKE THUNDER and have finally held this book in my hands. This novel has had such a looooong journey, omg. Due out November 28. nnedi.com/books/
Writing out all the bad stuff like @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com said in his Masterclass. Seriously, the best advice on writing. I quit a million times in my life bc I didn't think I was good enough. He said you're not, keep going then you will be. Thanks, Neil.
Congratulations to DAW author @wtalabi.bsky.social, whose short story "A Dream of Electric Mothers" was awarded the 2023 Sidewise Award for Best Short Form Alternate History. The story is included in Wole's February 2024 collection: CONVERGENCE PROBLEMS. astrapublishinghouse.com/creator/wole...
Hey friends! Best Microfiction @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social is open for 2024 submissions! bestmicrofiction.com?fbclid=IwAR2..., #flashfiction, #writingcommunity
Best MicrofictionThe Best Microfiction anthology series provides recognition for outstanding literary stories of 400 words or fewer.bestmicrofiction.com
Bringing this back to remind everyone of the importance of both punctuation and line breaks...
#WriterBeware: Another fake agency doing the solicitation thing: Collins Literary Guild. Web domain just 54 days old, multiple ludicrously false claims of repped books, and a roster of AI "literary agents" w/ bios cribbed from Sanford Greenburger Associates collinslitguild.com
Collins Literary GuildThe Collins Literary Guild functions as a specialized firm, providing a comprehensive array of representation services to authors who are at various stages of their publishing journey.collinslitguild.com
I think one of the worst quirks of online spaces is the idea that if someone doesn't post about something, they don't care about it. It encourages performative posting often makes things worse. I care a lot. I just don't want to add another poorly-informed voice. I'm reading & thinking.