Gail Doggett

To be honest, it might have come from the Clock app but I'll defend it to my death. Gimme all the sleep.

The *dream*! Sometimes I’m in bed before the kids 😆

I mean, does this mean I'm blogging again?

I read somewhere that the 'you need 8 hours of sleep' idea came from studies done on men, which also determined that women need 10. They kept that quiet...

Yeah, it really sucks when other people steal your work, doesn’t it?

It’s true, am a huge fan of @diftk.bsky.social because it’s all good people (and leadership!) 😊 Also thinking about community building for ADHD writers and very much wanting to avoid Meta

I’ve never heard of it and it sounds amazing!

Here’s what going to get me through February, woohoo!

Ah, I now have a vague memory we were on holiday. Awww teeny tiny Weemalee!

Was I there @meemalee.bsky.social?(damn you brain fog)

Yes my mind was blown when I somehow connected you and J

Jeez @meemalee.bsky.social sure they’d hardly notice us if we snuck in at the back

I suspect you knew Pete before I did, @petefrasermusic.bsky.social I first remember you coming to our place when P was pregnant

I’m pretty sure six degrees of @petefrasermusic.bsky.social is a thing

Fanny Craddock: Samurai Thatcher

I can’t recommend the weird, almost body-horror gruesomeness of this episode on mincemeat enough, but my biggest takeaway is that Fanny Craddock appears to have perfected an aesthetic that can only be described as “Samurai Thatcher”.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Happy birthday!

More protein helps me, along with batch cooking for the freezer when I can manage it. Protein breakfast. 2l of water a day. Weekly “menu” for kids to avoid decision fatigue.

Ooh thanks!

Piles of books outside a bookshop - Karla’s Choice by Nick Harkaway, Death of a Bookseller by Alice Slater, The Witness by Alexandra Wilson

Seen at our local Waterstones today - apparently all thrillers/crime with a Walthamstow connection?? #hotbed

Call to acknowledge all writers behind celebrity books - The Society of Authors The Society of Authors is calling for celebrities, publishers and agents to acknowledge the writers behind celebrity books, particularly for children

Good news! Please share!
The Society of Authors (@societyofauthors.bsky.social) have put out an official statement calling on celebrities, publishers & agents to properly acknowledge, promote & recompense the expert professional authors (“ghostwriters“ & “co-creators”) behind “celebrity fiction”.
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I’m sorry Kavey, this sounds rubbish. Have a recommendation for private if you decide to go that way.

Autism and other neurodivergent traits can be socially oroblematic. Being able to explain that your divergent response and behaviour has a cause can defuse tension and offence from people who read the situation as rudeness etc. These weasels appropriating it harms the real community.

I’m only a failure by human standards. if I was a children’s book badger in an apron I’d be like “whoa this house is massive, and I own so many cheeses and jams.”

Haven’t seen Conclave yet but Wicked is extremely entertaining!

Check it out 👇🏽

Small happy dance here after chaotic morning because I get to see @meemalee.bsky.social today 💃

In hindsight, the scissors are possibly a step too far 😂

I don’t mind cold so much (swim outdoors in UK winter etc) but once the temperature starts to rise, I basically melt. Sweaty, brain fogged mess, completely disregulated, foul tempered. I loathe summer.

#kidlit authors are going to reign supreme, because they’ve done their time in the fiery crucible of school visits