Simon Harding

if your audience never found you,
if the silence felt personal-it wasn’t.
Hold that thought.
Join now: https://zealous.co/fableration/opportunity/the-fableration-world-short-story-competition/

If you care about where creator economics actually goes next, this is the post to read.

👉 https://fableration.com/news/my-top-7-creator-economy-predictions-for-2026

Let’s set our sights on 2026 with clarity, not confusion.

Great post on what 2026 holds in store for creators. If Lisa's predictions hold true then we're all in for a ripper of a year.

"If your words moved someone—made them feel understood, or less alone, or just gave them a reason to stay up a little later—you’ve already achieved what most writers dream of. You’ve reached someone. That matters."
#WeSeeYou #Writers

Julia’s on the train.
Book in her hands. Invisible.
She’s written ten novels. You won’t have read any of them.
Every writer knows this feeling.
Unseen. Unread. Unpaid.
Julia, #WeSeeYou
🔗 fableration.com
#BringYourHundred

70,000 hand-crafted words might be your soul on paper.
But they don’t pay the mortgage.
The publishing economy is broken. Here’s what we’re doing about it. 
📖 Read: The Economics of Silence
👉 https://fableration.com/news/the-economics-of-silence
#BringYourHundred #WeSeeYou #Fableration

Confession:
Most of us have a half-finished story somewhere.
This is your sign to return to it or start anew.
And honestly why wouldn’t you?

1,000–5,000 words. Set in the future.
2 BTC in prizes. Free entry.
🔗 https://zealous.co/fableration/opportunity/the-fableration-world-short-story-competition/

"If your words moved someone—made them feel understood, or less alone, or just gave them a reason to stay up a little later—you’ve already achieved what most writers dream of. You’ve reached someone. That matters."
#WeSeeYou #Writers

If good writing rises to the top, why doesn't yours?

AI should free us from the grunt work — not the greatness.

Who wants a future where AI writes novels while authors scrub toilets?

The next chapter in AI should be written and governed by authors and publishers.

📜 Read The Charge of the Rights Brigade → fableration.com/news/the-cha...

Why do I keep writing when it feels like nobody reads my work?
Because if I stop, my stories disappear.

#Fableration #writer #writingcommunity #reader #readerscommunity

Our CEO @simonharding.bsky.social walked into the world’s largest publishing event — and realised he was the canary in the coalmine.

We're building Fableration to fix the brokenomics of publishing.

🪶 Read the full piece ↓
fableration.com/news/the-can...

Here's my first experience of the Frankfurt Book Fair. It's not what you might expect!
#writers
@fableration.bsky.social
fableration.com/news/the-can...

Here's my first experience of the Frankfurt Book Fair. It's not what you might expect!
#writers
@fableration.bsky.social
fableration.com/news/the-can...

Why don't you enter our short story competition? The prize pool is a whopper
@fableration.bsky.social

Honestly, if you're a writer you really should give this a go.
@sfwa.bsky.social @writersguildgb.bsky.social
Help me spread the word!

Honestly, if you're a writer you really should give this a go.
@sfwa.bsky.social @writersguildgb.bsky.social
Help me spread the word!

Done - look forward to finding a way forward together!

Save Meanjin – Show Your Support Meanjin should never have had to fight for survival. After more than 80 years, it’s closing — not because it wasn’t loved, but because the economics of publishing are broken. Fableration has been in c...

We’ve reached out to MUP to explore what might be possible.
We can’t do this alone.
Saving Meanjin will only happen if readers, writers and anyone else who cares step up to say:
Meanjin still matters.
📩 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Save Meanjin – Show Your Support Meanjin should never have had to fight for survival. After more than 80 years, it’s closing — not because it wasn’t loved, but because the economics of publishing are broken. Fableration has been in c...

10 days ago, we decided we wanted to step in and help Meanjin. Since then, we've been in contact with Melbourne University Press and we are now waiting on some direction from their board.

In the meantime, you can help by answering these questions:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Shout out to @savemeanjin.bsky.social - Fableration is trying to do something to help Meanjin and I'm sure we aren't the only ones. If we all pull together hopefully we can make something happen.

Hey M.I. I love your comments - authors shouldn't have to work this hard to promote their work!

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Have you thought about entering it into the Worlds' Richest Short Story Competition? It's free .... zealous.co/fableration/...

Good luck!

Welcome! Fellow newbie to BlueSky here and veteran of a similar journey! What's the one thing you'd change about the path to market?

Thanks for sharing @authorsguild.org it's an interesting read. Tamar hits on publishing's Catch 22: if you follow the genre guidelines, you compromise your creativity. If you don't, you compromise your path to market.

Well done Mark - as someone who also found writing late, I love that you've found success.

Great article Jonny. My take is that AI is just a tool - it's who is guiding it that's the problem. At Fableration we see a future were AI supports and is controlled by creatives.

Here's the @fableration.bsky.social vision of how AI can support - not replace writers. Is it one you can get behind? Would love to know your thoughts.

Well let it fester away - it certainly has the bones of a good story!