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Heather Palmer

@heatherpalmer.bsky.social

DEATHBOUND is out on audible now! Represented by Robbie Guillory at Underline. www.heatherannepalmer.com

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Announcing the Scottish Christmas Book Fair!

* The perfect occasion for Christmas gift shopping

* All your favourite genres for adults & children

* Chat with Scotland’s indie publishers & meet their authors

See below for who'll be there!

www.publishingscotland.org/event/scotti...

30.10.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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AI can help authors beat writer’s block, says Bloomsbury chief Publisher last week reported jump in revenue in academic and professional arm thanks to AI licensing deal

What beats writers block is not treating your body like a factory. What beats writers block is healthcare. What beats writers block is gardening, & rest, & food, & companionship, & reading, & leisure, & anti-capitalismβ€”but of course that’s not a very profitable thing to write, & won’t sell LLMs.

27.10.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 385    πŸ” 142    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 10
ALCS

Writer pals! just a wee reminder to join ALCS if you haven't already, and to make sure they have details of your print publications by the end of november - 30/11 is the cut-off for the next royalty payments in March.

www.alcs.co.uk

26.10.2025 09:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry but it’s hard for me to care about the BBC’s risk of being defunded or whatever when frankly it’s been primarily used to normalise right wing rhetoric about immigrants, trans people, and others. πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈ

26.10.2025 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I am so excited for you all to read @rainewilson.bsky.social's THE SALT ORACLE - it's beautiful, tragic, haunting and filled with brilliant details - this is near future speculative fic of the fantastical.

Also TINY SPINE ORCA!

25.10.2025 05:33 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Best Audiobook: Young Adult Books Shortlist | The British Audio Awards The shortlist for the Best Audiobook: Young Adult Books category at The British Audio Awards - aka The Speakies - organised by The Bookseller and The Stage

In things that are cool, The Shape of Monsters is up for a Speakies award next month! Am I amused that it's listed as YA? Yes, but also teens read whatever they want.

www.thebookseller.com/british-audi...

21.10.2025 09:18 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations!!!! 😍

21.10.2025 09:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm super excited to chat about the manuscript's journey and working with agents at this fantastic conference in November!

18.10.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The incredible @cymerafestival.co.uk is on Sat Nov 22 in Edinburgh. It’s a celebration of sci-fi, fantasy and horror literature.

I’m part of this panel session about collaboration - working with other writers, artists, colourists and more.

Full event details: www.cymerafestival.co.uk

18.10.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You’ve got blood on your hands

Each and every one of you transphobic bastards have blood on your hands.

The politicians, the β€˜journalists,’ the β€˜academics,’ the β€˜concerned parents,’ the people with β€˜legitimate concerns.’

You all have fucking blood on your hands

16.10.2025 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's me! And a game I wrote in a cool book curated by @jedapearl.bsky.social with lots of fun folks! Come to the launch! Play a #game buy a #book! It's about the fantastic #NorthBridge #Edinburgh and its gone in a #TimeCapsule in the #Bridge!! #rpg #ttrpg #TimeTravel #AuldReekie

16.10.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Decision time: Tell Keir to #StopRosebank This is the moment we've been building towards: it's final decision time for the UK Government. Equinor is trying to get the new Rosebank oil field re-approved. It's up to us all to convince the Gover...

actionnetwork.org/forms/the-go...

15.10.2025 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Against a pale yellow background:

14 - 17 October. Online Only. Waterstones 25% off RRP on upcoming books. Preorder now with code OCTOBER25. Selected lines only, Terms and Conditions available on waterstones.com.

Below, 3D books for

THE ORB OF CAIRADO by Katherine Addison
THE GODS MUST BURN by T. R. Moore
THE MISHEARD WORLD by Aliya Whiteley
THE KINGDOM OF ALMONDS by Ariel Kaplan
THE MANY by Sylvain Neuvel
ASUNDER by Kerstin Hall
INTERGALACTIC FEAST by Lavanya Lakshminarayan

Against a pale yellow background: 14 - 17 October. Online Only. Waterstones 25% off RRP on upcoming books. Preorder now with code OCTOBER25. Selected lines only, Terms and Conditions available on waterstones.com. Below, 3D books for THE ORB OF CAIRADO by Katherine Addison THE GODS MUST BURN by T. R. Moore THE MISHEARD WORLD by Aliya Whiteley THE KINGDOM OF ALMONDS by Ariel Kaplan THE MANY by Sylvain Neuvel ASUNDER by Kerstin Hall INTERGALACTIC FEAST by Lavanya Lakshminarayan

🚨 ROLL UP! ROLL UP!🚨

It's a @waterstones.bsky.social preorder sale!

Until 17th Oct, you can grab 25% off a selection of our forthcoming Spring 2026 titles including: @kerstinhall.bsky.social @authortrmoore.bsky.social & the UK special limited run of THE ORB OF CAIRADO from @pennyvixen.bsky.social!

14.10.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Salt does great books, and keeping a strong indie scene alive is good for us all. Support them if you can!

13.10.2025 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Please Consider The Environment Before Printing This Email by Ross McCleary but if you must do so then please make sure to shred the pages after you’re done. If you must print this email then shred it, please, despite previous environmental concerns, burn the shreds in the Pr...

Got a new one out with @havehashad.com today!
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/ple...

13.10.2025 08:44 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
and an illustration of 3 characters surrounded by an orange autumnal tree and graves. One character is a cat clown doll floating above the right shoulder of a large buff man with a beard and overalls, then floating over the man's other shoulder is a slightly transparent cowboy with green hair and heavy scars.

and an illustration of 3 characters surrounded by an orange autumnal tree and graves. One character is a cat clown doll floating above the right shoulder of a large buff man with a beard and overalls, then floating over the man's other shoulder is a slightly transparent cowboy with green hair and heavy scars.

Gravehearts chapter 1 is now live on itch! πŸͺ¦πŸ’›

kroovv.itch.io/gravehearts

10.10.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1036    πŸ” 300    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 10

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

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This morning, an attack carried out by Israeli forces killed Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff member, Omar Hayek, and seriously injured four others. The attack took place on a street where our teams were waiting to take a bus to the MSF field hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza.  

All staff were wearing MSF vests, clearly identifying them as medical humanitarian workers.  
We express deep sorrow and outrage over the killing, which occurs less than two weeks after another MSF colleague, Hussein Alnajjar, was killed by the Israeli forces, in Deir Al Balah.  

Our thoughts are with Omar’s family and colleagues at this tragic time.β€―Omar, 42 years old, is the fourteenth MSF colleague to be killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023.

This morning, an attack carried out by Israeli forces killed MΓ©decins Sans FrontiΓ¨res (MSF) staff member, Omar Hayek, and seriously injured four others. The attack took place on a street where our teams were waiting to take a bus to the MSF field hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza. All staff were wearing MSF vests, clearly identifying them as medical humanitarian workers. We express deep sorrow and outrage over the killing, which occurs less than two weeks after another MSF colleague, Hussein Alnajjar, was killed by the Israeli forces, in Deir Al Balah. Our thoughts are with Omar’s family and colleagues at this tragic time.β€―Omar, 42 years old, is the fourteenth MSF colleague to be killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023.

MSF staff are universally understood to be engaged in an essentially sacred form of work. For a state to nonetheless continuously murder them is a testament to a truly unthinkable degree of depravity.

msf.org/msf-denounce...

04.10.2025 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1135    πŸ” 557    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 23

Glasgow Gender Clinic now has a waiting time of 224 years. The average across the UK is now 25 years.

This segregated system isn’t working and is wasting millions. The NHS has been told time and again - informed consent now.

04.10.2025 07:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2220    πŸ” 802    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 21

I have felt the rage!

03.10.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some days you write a scene which you know is going to make people so furious in a year and a half.

And you just have to wait for it.

03.10.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Public Consultation on Hampstead Heath Bathing Ponds | Commonplace

The Gender Critical have already inundated this survey with their disgusting views on banning trans people from using the ponds.

Would be a shame if we inundated with trans positive views on not banning trans people.

hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is/en-GB/propos...

01.10.2025 07:11 β€” πŸ‘ 283    πŸ” 219    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 27

🚨The UK Comics Creator Survey closes in a few days!

03.10.2025 08:45 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yes! YES! The tigerS are OUT!

Now the only thing left to do is decide…will you read Fate’s Bane first? Or The Sovereign?

I made a handy flowchart that can help you decide which if you aren’t sure!!!

30.09.2025 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 149    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 10

Starmer before the election: I want a politics that treads lighter on all our lives
Starmer after the election: I'm going to hurt one randomly selected group every month so you better not stop paying attention to the news for even a second in case you're next fucko!

30.09.2025 09:29 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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SEPTEMBER Poems of the Month This month’s selection gathers poems that move through address, memory, and observation. What binds them is the way images stand in for presence.

I got shortlisted for Verve's Poem of the Month! The Poem can be read here alongside the winner and other shortlistees! vervepoetry.substack.com/p/september-...

30.09.2025 09:56 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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We're thrilled to announce Gemma Creffield as the Keynote Speaker for this year's Writers' Conference πŸŽ‰

29.09.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Me standing in a field with my dog, smiling at the camera, one hand in my pocket. There are large trees behind me.

Me standing in a field with my dog, smiling at the camera, one hand in my pocket. There are large trees behind me.

πŸŽ‰ It's my birthday!! Please consider checking out my free webcomics visagecomic.com and inhibitcomic.com, or my shop evegwood.com/shop, or the publisher I run quindriepress.com! Or hire me, I'm looking for freelance lettering work evegwood.com/lettering πŸ’›

29.09.2025 09:33 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lorraine Wilson | Patreon Speculative fiction author, tea drinker, cat herder

Scary news A:
I've finally moved from Substack to Patreon (losing all my subscribers as a result 😱).
If you've ever enjoyed my articles please come subscribe - All my craft and publishing posts are always free because accessibility matters, so I'd love any boosts tooπŸ–€
patreon.com/LorraineWilson

27.09.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Sagas of the Shield Maiden Book Five The acclaimed Viking Western comic returns! Volumes #1-4 also available.

I just backed Sagas of the Shield Maiden Book Five by @asawheatley.bsky.social on Kickstarter.

Superb series. Check it outπŸ‘‡

www.kickstarter.com/projects/asa...

28.09.2025 12:12 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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