Dearest Gentle #Author,
Just a note to remind you that #LondonBookFair is upon us and appears to be the talk of the ton. You may feel left behind or unimportant. Be kind to yourself, Dear One, and remember that your words have worth. Leave the Book Fair Bobbins in your wake and be MAGNIFICENT!
Almost 10,000 authors have come together to publish an empty book protesting the theft of books by tech companies to train AI models.
Titled Don’t Steal This Book, it is empty of text except the names of the authors involved.. 🧵
Oh my goodness! Hope the driver is okay and that you get to where you're going.
Thank you for the squee! xx
Posting my favourite photo ever because I've just seen something amazing that I can't talk about yet, but need to SQUEE about it! ☺️💕
#WriterLife
I've never been so happy to watch a door opening accompanied by birdsong... 😲
Tonight! 8pm UK time! Join me live for this week's Fab Night In Chatty Thing at MirandaDickinsonAuthor on FB for writer chat, three gorgeous Books of the Week recommendations and lots more.
Watch live or on video after the broadcast. See you there and pass it on!
#AuthorLive
#BookShow
"Waaah! That's not fair! WE are the stealy thieves, not THEM!"
My heart bleeds for the poor, wickluwl IP-thieving tech billionaires, it really doesn't.
Turns out copyright theft hurts. Who knew? 🤷🏻♀️
#AIThieves
Looks lovely! Also, your plan worked (preordered!) 🌸
Ah, brilliant!
Social media manager of Bedford Borough Council, take a bow.
This reply is truly a thing of beauty! ☺️
That's if they ever see our posts again, Jan, I mean this is Bluesky after all... 🤷🏻♀️
Absolutely. I'm just concerned they're expecting rage and fury and get... me?
I think I've been added to a 'political activist' starter pack. I'm getting a lot of follows from accounts posting solely about politics, specifically in US.
I post about books and daft stuff here, keeping my feed light in the face of *everything else*.
I just don't want anyone to be disappointed!
Livin’ the dream! ☺️
These are beautiful! 😍
I would like Fortbot to build me a fort. I think maybe we all need one right now... ☺️
Follow @smolrobots.bsky.social for daily bits of joy!
#LittleMomentsOfLovely
Ah, the weekende -- tyme to R.O.C.K. !
R = inefficentlye approachinge housholde taskes
O = readinge the saddest poetrye imaginable
C = tellinge the catte he ys a lovelye litel guy
K = lookinge solemnlye at the trees yn a parke while sippinge red zinger tea out of a thermos
Brilliant! 😂
So glad this AI-written book promo scam company loved my book - ahem - "BOOK"!
Loving this email all the way to the very exclusive and highly prized Block & Report Spam button... ☺️
Avoid Bookbeetel, lovely authors.
📚💙
417) Blessyoubot. Says "bless you!" when you sneeze. Despite this being its only task, is still always surprised when it happens. #SmallRobotsRemastered
It's exhausting...
Jim is the hero we all need... 🧡
I found a petition to ban smart glasses in public spaces that needs a bit of a boost, if anyone else feels strongly about this: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Brick wall? What brick wall? ☺️ It's brilliant to see you writing what you love and readers proving the naysayers wrong. Long may it continue!
A sunset walk around the very snowy Tiny Garden. Our Stripey Shed still looking resplendent, but Bing the swimming bunny didn’t fare so well… (swipe to see…)
📸 by Miranda Dickinson (c)2026
#UKSnow
Cheers, Andrew! You too.
They always miss out the Midlands in these things. Clearly can't handle the magic....
Storm Goretti brought us ten inches of snow overnight, the most we've had here for a long time. Thankfully, we have power, so we're hunkering down with blankets, hot drinks and books for the foreseeable. Be careful out there, lovelies! ❄️
#UKSnow #StormGoretti
Congratulations! It's number one in books in our house right now, if that counts... ☺️
