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Super Knuckles! A panel from Archie's 'Sonic The Hedgehog' comic #141.

A young boy looking out at a city landscape in from a tall building in London

A young boy taking a photo of a giant Christmas tree

Took the coolest kid to the Shard on the weekend for his last Christmas trip before he goes back to school!

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I really need Americans to understand their history. The US is a force of terror globally. Many, many millions of people dislike your country because of its violent, parasitic, imperialist campaigns. I'm seeing far too many Americans say "Blame MAGA/Republicans/White people" and it's v annoying.

In case you missed it the San Andreas Series now has 4 full length novels and 2 shorts! There's a lot to get tucked into! Each book stands alone, just FYI.
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😍 beautiful!

I hope so. It's gone way beyond a legal "grey area" now.

A Sign of Affection Manga Heads Toward Climax Manga launched in 2019; anime adaptation debuted in 2024

Suu Morishita stated in a New Year's greeting message on Thursday the A Sign of Affection manga is heading toward its climax.

Three panel cartoon by Tina Menzel A cat sitting on a table next to a big sign that says 2025 Cat looks down at 2025 Cat pushes 2025 off the table

Oh this is nice. Social media without publishing chatter. Now I can enjoy my regularly scheduled weeb content.

Chasing Trends — Jackson P. Brown I have a bit of a strange writing method in that I write according to my moods. It means that I only commit to starting a novel once I’ve spent hours or days obsessing over one image or idea, and then...

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Thanks so much!

Thank you!!

I know I'm late to the party, but this is STILL AVAILABLE, and it's STUNNING, so obviously I've just bought a copy, and you should too.

Waterstones preorder campaign. Use code OCTOBER25 at checkout. Photo of paperback cover of THE REAPER.

Surprise paperback reveal!!!

And if you pre-order it online TODAY, you can get it for 25% off! Offer closes midnight FRIDAY. Exclusive to Waterstones.

Use code OCTOBER25 at checkout!
#booksky

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WATERSTONES PREORDER CAMPAIGN!

Eager readers, I have a special surprise for you! If you preorder FIRSTBORN OF THE SUN through @waterstones, we’ll send you some gifts☀️ Head to the form in my bio to share your proof of purchase🧡

Highly recommend this piece to writers, publishing people and anyone interested in how books are made (and why they're rejected).

Absolutely proving my point that it's hard to find Black British (and other minority) authors, here's an article by one of the writers @jackpbrown.bsky.social I didn't find when scouring the internet for Black Brit fantasy 🙃
Discoverability is a big part of becoming successful.
#booksky #books

my debut urban fantasy, THE REAPER has been out for one week!

Reminder you can get this lovely special edition from The Broken Binding:

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My article in The Bookseller 🥳

This is a terrible account. Just mean and unprofessional for no reason.

Thanks so much 😊

Black writers face tougher challenges maintaining their career if their debut garners soft sales. These mantras veteran authors give to newer ones, of ‘not worrying’ if a debut book doesn’t take off because ‘most people don’t become bestsellers until their seventh, eighth, ninth book!’ are unhelpful to the Black authors who get dropped by their publishers after the first book – of a series!

Here’s a few things I did over the past 4 months or so: Studied the successful campaigns of bestselling books to see what I could affordably do. Apparently, character artwork helped Rebecca Yarros entice would-be readers for her series. My art posts have since received higher engagement on Instagram than my others. Ran 2 giveaways with other debut authors (both of whom have more followers than me and are US-based, which increased visibility).

Started posting on Threads a lot more, as it has a very supportive, very active Black reader community that has been absolutely fantastic to me and got my Goodreads adds to over 400 in just two days. It also led to a podcast booking with a Black British writer and blogger. Pitched the book to an indie bookshop to do a pre-order campaign, and commissioned artwork and bookplates as gifts for the pre-orders.

Pitched the book to a major special editions company. Details are currently being finalised so I won’t announce their name yet, but it looks like I’ll have my dream of a Reaper sprayed edge! And they’ve made a huge order! Pitched the book to an indie book box subscription service. As above, details are being finalised so I won’t announce their name.

I wrote about the madness of trad publishing and how I regained a little bit of control from the process.

www.jacksonpbrown.com/writing-blog...

Thank you!!

Yes, Charlaine Harris likes my book 🤣

COVER REVEAL FOR YOUR NEXT FAVOURITE URBAN FANTASY 🎉

The Grim Reaper (reimagined as an African assassin born with a killing curse) teams up with a Jamaican empath to solve crimes in London.

Art by the one and only Raymond Sebastien.

Pre-order here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/455385...

Well here's one! bsky.app/profile/most... (thanks @leonieroberts.bsky.social for flagging!) #KidLitUK

Possibly one of the worst things I've read in a good while. Absolutely horrendous.

I think it's just as important to indict Palmer here. Gaiman's face may be on it (and he's a fucking monster), but she kept putting new chickens in the coop. The messages shared imply both of them were grooming, love bombing and gaslighting these women, who were kept in poverty by design.

Pov: you wrote an urban fantasy which reimagines the grime reaper as a polite, tea-drinking supernatural assassin from central Africa who meets a West Indian empath in London and they team up to solve magical crimes whilst also maintaining the secrecy of London's hidden underground city.

Happy debut year to THE REAPER. It comes out in 6 months!!