Fighting the fear & sending out to agents
So I have finally finished my manuscript and, after several read throughs a few last minute changes at sentence level and switching two chapters around, I have taken the plunge to send out to agents. Way back in May when I was at Gladstone's Library I…
The scammer is on the phone to you.
Their accomplice is on the phone to your bank, pretending to be you.
Your bank sends you the notification.
You accept, and scammers proceed to drain your account.
Full write up: shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/05...
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Can YOU write a story in 75 words? Paragraph Planet has been publishing one #story on its home page every day since 2008, so now's YOUR chance to get involved paragraphplanet.com/submission.php #writingcommunity
This is for you #curae entrants
I’ve got my lists back from @michaellangan.bsky.social @seaninhughes.bsky.social @tenpennydreams.bsky.social & Elissa Soave. I’ve read all the hundreds of entries and next week the shortlist will be drafted - announced 1st May. I am so proud of you all ❤️
New blog about my first event as Emerging Author HT to Dea Parkin & @jasonthriller.bsky.soc @thecwa.bsky.social
Great talks and advice from Katherine Armstrong, Stephanie Glencross, Roger Price, Kate Bendelow, @annacaig.bsky.social, @alisonmorton.bsky.social and congratulations to @lindamather.bsky
WRITERS: Please help me spread the word about the @bmthwritingfest.bsky.social which kicks off in TWO WEEKS! My session Writing Rituals is on Sunday 27th April and I'd love to see lots of you there! ✍
Book your tickets 🎟 here:
www.bournemouthwritingfestival.co.uk
North Sea Poets is live! We offer online masterclasses, webinars, workshops for poets everywhere (novice or adept) and readers, because poems sing in the dark times. Hope you'll join us. Pls see website. Do share.
northseapoets.com 🌊
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Fabulous book 👏👏👏
Look what's arrived.
The paperback of:
Ghost Mountain by @ronanhession.bsky.social Hession.
Kevin Barry - 'Ghost Mountain confirms Rónán Hession as a most vivid and original voice in fiction.'
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📢Calling creatives from:
- Bristol, Bath, Swindon, Gloucester area
- Yorkshire
- Tyne & Tees
- Cambridgeshire
- East Midlands
Passionate about protecting your work from AI? Work scraped to train AI? Happy to be interviewed? Contact ewoodmeade@societyofauthors.org.
The #Curae was created by @bookwormvaught.bsky.social to give full time carers creative writing opportunities. Take a look 🙏
gofund.me/074eee36
Let’s talk about money.💷💰 Here’s a clip of @mazevansauthor.bsky.social and me discussing the harsh financial realities most authors face. The truth isn’t always pretty, but it’s important. Listen to the full conversation wherever you get your podcasts🎙️ - links in bio #booksky
Check out this fantastic #free #CrimeFiction event at Leigh Library @WiganLibraries this Saturday 29 March at 10 am. I'll be on a panel with the criminally good authors @lizmistry.bsky.social Malcolm Hollingdrake and Joseph Knox, hosted by the fabulous Samantha Brownley
Hope to see you there!
Here’s a poster for ‘Talking Rubbish’ a short film I co-wrote. It heads to #folkestone film festival tomorrow. #writingcommunity #shortfilm #amwriting
From the creator of Paragraph Planet….
Just found out two things; that my audiobook is out on loan with Borrowbox until late autumn and that the first 15 minutes of it is available on YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSU8...
By the way, you know that tanker accident in the North Sea this week? The tanker was carrying jet fuel for US airbases. The cargo ship that ran into it was Russian. Things are getting feisty. I did warn you about Russia.
📢 Announcing our new submissions guidelines for…
📚publishers
📞agencies
🏆and competitions
Our aim is to make the submissions process as smooth as possible and encourage respect, support, openness and professionalism at all times.
#LBF25
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Marvellous! 👏👏👏
Isn't this wonderful!
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#BritishBookAwards
Harrogate International Festivals are again offering their brilliant Jane Gregory Busaries for avid fans of crime fiction from under-represented backgrounds inc minority ethnic groups, disabilities, LGBTQIA+. Apply by 18 April.
Full details here: harrogateinternationalfestivals.com/news/the-jan...
I'm booked up for March but still have slots available for April if you're looking for affordable feedback on your writing - it will mark the start of Year 5 of Elspells Writing Feedback, which feels rather special!
www.elspells.com
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New blog about taking part in a writing project called Circe’s Island. One of the few times I have strayed from crime writing to poetry 😬 pamjplumb.wordpress.com/2025/03/11/c...
We're publishing the Paperback of
GHOST MOUNTAIN by @ronanhession.bsky.social
On April 22nd - 9781915693259
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I'm delighted to be sending The Best of Everything out into the world on April 10th. If you would like to preorder I will put the link in the comments.
Thank you!
Come one, come all! If you support restoring the Creative Writing A Level in England, please fill out this form, and please share!
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Tickets available now from baytales.com/shop-2/
