Philippa East (Author)

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Today, I managed to read through almost half of my manuscript again on my Kindle.
I have to admit, I’m really getting sick of this story, which means it must be nearly time to send it to my agent 😆
There’s always a point where you just can’t see the wood for the trees anymore…
Then it’s to get help.

Just to say, I LOVED this book. Like #RosemarysBaby meets haunted house. Thank you, @stephenking.bsky.social for recommending this in #DanseMacabre.

Just to say, I LOVED this book. Like #RosemarysBaby meets haunted house. Thank you, @stephenking.bsky.social for recommending this in #DanseMacabre.

My #RecentRead*
#TheHouseNextDoor by #AnneRiversSiddons

*books I’ve really liked/loved

Me! I’ll be there representing @nionwomen.bsky.social! Come join 🩵🩶💛💗

Hello! 🐾🐾🐾

Yes!!

Last week's book fair was fantastic! It was wonderful to see so many people there.
If you are an author, publisher, poet, etc who would like to take part in our next Book Fair, which is our 2026 Pride Fair, you can book your table here!

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#TheWinnerTakesItAll by ABBA

Ooo, this looks fantastic!
Online week-long writing festival for autistic writers with #BeyondTheSpectrum.
Monday 23rd—Sunday 28th March.
Full details here: beyondthespectrum.uk/product/onli...

#Caturday!

Yes, I agree completely. We’re working on it 👍👍👍

Beautiful.
@nionwomen.bsky.social 👆

Thank you, my friend. I know you understand the pain.

VERY GOOD QUESTION.
Yet another area where intersex people still don’t have rights and protections.

That’s reassuring, but they don’t mention that in the letter.
It just says you’re protected from transphobic hate crime so it doesn’t matter if the “sex“ definition excludes you 🤦🏻‍♀️
Like they can only think of trans people as “trans” & can’t wrap their heads around trans folk having a gender as well!

Do you know whether trans people would at least be able to bring charges of a sex-based hate crime on the basis of “perceived sex“?

This completely denies trans women could experience misogynistic hate crime
ie be hated crimed not because she’s trans but because she is a woman!
The perpetrators might have no clue she’s trans.
Are police going to turn round and say, no you haven’t experienced a hate crime because you’re “a man“?

I’ve made it! I’ve transcribed all the edits onto the manuscript on my laptop, and no, I did not manage it all in one sitting (it took two).

But…
I’m not finished yet! (Remember, the editing never ends.)

Next step is to send the MS to my Kindle to read through the whole thing AGAIN 😅😅😅

Thanks so much, Joanna - got your message and have emailed you back from my home account.

Is it gonna be the trams all over again?😬😬😬

Done 👍

Yes, I have DMed them both🤗🤗🤗

Thank you for this. We also have very serious concerns about this evidence review. I work for a trans organisation who are digging into this. Would I be able to speak to you in more detail, in your role as a psychologist involved in previous research?

Yes, thank you. That’s really useful. And as far as I can tell, they will simply have done a literature review based on the instructions they were given by NHSE which is where the problem really lies.
Saying that, @nikavia.bsky.social has already found one major fuck up: bsky.app/profile/nika...

Many thanks for coming back to me! That’s very helpful. We will continue to reach out to those with more relevant expertise, but it’s really useful that even from your point of view this raises red flags.. 🙏🙏🙏

Yes, absolutely and Erin’s article is fantastic. I should’ve been clearer! We’re contacting research experts and academics who would be interested in signing an open letter expressing concerns about the methodology used in this review. Anyone with expertise in clinical research could sign.🙏

Thank you for this post, Arseny. We have very serious concerns about this evidence review, precisely because of the anomalies you have highlighted. I work for a trans organisation who are digging into this. Would I be able to speak to you in more detail, in your role as a research / data expert?