@penavey.bsky.social
#author and #illustrator of #middlegrade and #chapter books. Educator of SEND teens. Kindness is my currency. penavey.com
Both my children go by different names than their birth names and I'm 💯 cool with that.
11.02.2026 18:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our Second Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 26, 2026. 🎉🎉🎉
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more: manuscriptwishlist.com/2025/01/the-...
Today I've been working on some illustrations to accompany my STEM middle-grade manuscript. Here's one of my protagonist - school refuser and inventor, Pip. #creativity #STEM #illustration
01.02.2026 14:15 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A snowdrop peeks through leaf litter.
First sign of springtime
Emerges meek, head bent low
Spirits lift, heart sings.
Great opportunity 👍
06.11.2025 19:44 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A window display of a book called Project Human and information about a 'meet the author' event.
My latest novel is in bookshops now 🤩
07.09.2025 20:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thank you :)
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google map of the world with lots of pins in it where each pin represents and independent bookshop
For those that like to shop from in Independent Bookshop, here's an ever growing directory.
There are 29 individual directory pages, thousands of bookshops listed, and five bookshop interviews
#IndieBookshop #BookSky 💙📚
www.indiebookshops.com
Excited to announce our 3rd annual MGHub Off-Social-Media pitching event for all ages of kidlit: PB / CB / MG / YA Click to learn more… #mglit #kidlit #pitch
03.03.2025 15:34 — 👍 82 🔁 40 💬 4 📌 13Thank you Carol :)
19.05.2025 18:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I'm thrilled to announce that my upper-middle grade novel PROJECT HUMAN will be published by UpLit Press in September! You can pre-order on Amazon or by clicking this link:
books2read.com/project-human
#CoverReveal #middlegradebooks #STEM #android #adventure
It's #kidlitartpostcard day! Here's a sample of a few illustrations I've been working on :)
01.05.2025 10:22 — 👍 16 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writingcraft tips and #bookmarketing links is up. Is It Good Literature?
buff.ly/nnJbFYc
#writingcommunity
Please consider bidding on one of the awesome lots available #TransRightAreHumanRights
24.04.2025 11:10 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
If you'd like to do something to help fight the horrifying supreme court ruling, I'm auctioning an original, bespoke Loki doodle as part of a genre creators' fundraiser for trans rights. Your wish is my command. I'll even draw loki as a horse. Bid here. www.32auctions.com/organization... #KidLitUK
24.04.2025 07:21 — 👍 80 🔁 58 💬 2 📌 1
The cover of 'On Tyranny' by Timothy Snyder
Just finished reading Timothy Snyder's ON TYRANNY (the graphic novel version, illustrated by Nora Krug). Deeply thought provoking - and worrying - especially in light of what's happening in US politics right now. #recommended #graphicnovel
13.04.2025 16:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Update: The House just passed the Republican voter suppression measure that threatens voting access for millions of Americans, including 69 million women whose married names don't match their birth certificates.
Make sure your senators know you expect them to stand against it.
Last Thursday was World Book Day and I spent the morning at Marshland High School leading a poetry workshop for a group of talented Yr 7 students. #Poetry #WorldBookDay #AuthorVisit
www.marshlandhigh.co.uk/news/?pid=17...
www.bbc.co.uk/writers/oppo... #writing #opportunity
09.03.2025 09:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It's not too late to enter #50PreciousWords
www.penavey.com/post/50preci...
If you've done much research into the "art" of the query letter, you may have noticed many (often conflicting) recommendations. However, if you look at some successful query samples, you’ll find many of them break a “rule” or two.
A thread 🧵🪓
#writingcommunity #amquerying
👇
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Garden gnome riding a pig.
Gnorman the pig riding gnome approves.
20.01.2025 22:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0He's angling for a percentage on my next book deal 🐾
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Mortimer helps me write (whether I like it or not!)
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I created a map of monotropic experiences with @stimpunks.org
Where are you on the map? Where do you want to go next?
Are you stuck or feeling lost?
Any places missing you'd like added?
autisticrealms.com/map-of-monot...
Keep following for updates on a new community project starting soon!
A group of bulbous brown fungi.
A group of Pokémon called Diglets.
Spotted these cool guys whilst pottering in my garden the other day. I think they may be glistening ink caps but hubby disagreed and thought they were Diglets 😂 D'you know, he might be right! #fungi #pokemon
31.12.2024 11:02 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A black cat curled up asleep showing off his fangs.
Here's Mortimer displaying his teefs 🐈⬛🐾 #catsofbluesky
30.12.2024 11:44 — 👍 15 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Various reference photo poses of someone holding a bottle, showing difficult to draw angles
Various reference photo poses of someone gesturing with their hand palm up, showing difficult to draw angles
Various reference photo poses of someone holding forks and spoons as one would use to eat, showing difficult to draw angles
Various reference photo poses of hands of all different poses showing difficult to draw angles, like holding a door frame or grasping a ball or doing up a zipper or just resting on a table
Retweet to save an artist's life
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