Cathy Johnson

@writercornish.bsky.social Happy Book birthday for book two in the Unicorns in Uniforms series, Tracy 🥳🥳😍

Wel deserved. Congratulations, Clare 👏🥳

YouTube video by Scottish Friendly Children's Book Tour Marcus Sedgwick - Perfect Plotting

Late to the thread but I slavishly copy my hero, the late great Marcus Sedgwick, as described here m.youtube.com/watch?v=hzPR...

Have you signed up for the #UV26 masterclasses yet?

Sign up by 31 May for chance to win The Ultimate Guide to Editing Your Novel by @authorsaragrant.bsky.social or Pitch Your Book by @sheilamaverbuch.bsky.social

Find out more and book your spot: tinyurl.com/4tjm6m9r

@scbwi-bi.bsky.social #UV26

Editing Your Entry masterclass with UV co-founder @authorsaragrant.bsky.social 💡

Practical tips to help you improve your novel opening

Thu 12 June, 7.30pm

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** Sign up by 31 May for a chance to win Sara's new book on editing **

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'Pitch Your Novel' Masterclass with @sheilamaverbuch.bsky.social 👀

What? Learn how to craft your 250-word synopsis and a compelling 35-word pitch.
Who? Author/ coach Sheila M. Averbuch
When? Thu 5 June, 7.30pm
How? Sign up at tinyurl.com/4tjm6m9r

#UV26 @scbwi-bi.bsky.social

Pic: Rob McDougall

Absolutely love this book, which I’ve been using for years. Recommend it to so many of my writing friends!

Booking is LIVE for the #UV26 online launch event on 22 May!

It's FREE but you need to book a place👇
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Don't miss the chance to hear what our judges are looking for 👀

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@scbwi-bi.bsky.social @louiestowell.bsky.social

#KidLit

Been writing today 😁😇

Thank you, Clare 🙏❤️

Of course it was!

Thank you, Mrs Rod😁🙏❤️

Thank you, Louie! 🙏😁

It’s official. Finally have my #MAWFYP from Bath Spa after illness struggles delayed its completion. Huge thanks 🙏🙏🙏 to the course director Alexia Casale, who was also my manuscript tutor, for all her support!And, a Happy Book Birthday to her for yesterday’s publication of Not that Kind of Hero🥳

View beyond laptop screen of misty green hills with rows of tea bushes.

My mini writing retreat on holiday on a tea estate, in my husband’s home country of Sri Lanka, while the rest of the family hike the Pekoe Trail

Tell AI Companies They Do Not Have the Right to Use Your Work I just sent a letter telling AI companies they do not not have the right to use my work. Use the Authors Guild's letter template to send your own.

If your books are among the 7.5 million pirated works on #LibGen, the resource #Meta has been using to train their #AI, you can at least send Meta a letter (using the @authorsguild.bsky.social's handy template) to state that they are violating your copyright.
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Sheila is *brilliant* at breaking down what is needed for a professional pitch. An unmissable workshop for anyone querying agents!

@suehcunningham.bsky.social I’m loving #CloudNine. Pooch is feeling neglected!

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#SchoolVisits #PublishingCentreofExcellence

Unmissable #NYALitFest back 19th July

2524 Myth: Prose and Verse with Kevin Crossley Holland and Catherine Fisher, Guest Reader Dimitra Fimi - Moniack Mhor A course exploring Norse and Celtic myth, with a sprinkling of Arthurian legend, and the ways of weaving them into modern tales, novels and poems.

Thanks for posting. Very helpful points. Of relevance, Moniack Mhor is running a fascinating course in the summer www.moniackmhor.org.uk/courses/2524...

#redsquirrel ventures out for lunch #uksnow #lakedistrict

Rogue SAS 🥳😅

This one is my favourite 😍

Done, although I’m afraid it was the ebook as I’m overseas at the moment. So important to publish books like this. My historical children’s fiction WIP has a 14 year old boy as MC and I’ve struggled to find comparison titles.

So here’s the update. The billionaire owner of the Guardian preparing to get rid of a core part of the news org + 100 journalists.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.

Thank you for this, so useful to hear 🙏

Excellent thread on publishing. I needed to hear so much of this.

Thanks for including me, Sarah🙏

Good morning #UKKidlit #KidlitUK gang - reminder to use those tags to appear in the UK Kidlit feed. Apologies for the slightly naff word kidlit. But it's the briefest way of saying it.