How many editors does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Not sure about this wording: it could be read as meaning editors have sex in light bulbs! Also, do we really "screw in" UK light bulbs? Don't we tend to use bayonet caps? Rewrite and bring it back in your own time, OK?
Have you finished yet?
If you use AI to create your art, your story, your whatever, I immediately know you don’t care about making things — you only care about selling them.
Waterstones Gower Street branch is a DELIGHT and HUGE and why did no one tell me?!
Once again, a curse upon the people perpetuating the eleven plus system. Ok, bye!
I mean… insane
Apologies if you live in the Bucks area and you just heard me scream Are You Fing Kidding me twelve times as I got an email from school about a ‘rainbow’ tombola where we have to bring something orange and dress in that colour too. What in the fing what
Got lost in there once while 8 months pregnant and dying for a wee. Terrifying.
Hey! The author-me has a website now and there’s a free short story when you sign up for my newsletter. A bit magical, a tiny bit spicy 🧙♀️🌶️ www.carolinehoggauthor.co.uk
This statement from Jonathan Joss's husband is heart breaking.
No, headline writers, he wasn't "killed in an argument with a neighbor." He was *deliberately murdered* for being gay right after his dog was decapitated.
Bet the murderer calls himself a "Christian."
THIS is why Pride is important.
Bit worried about paid work again, so if anyone needs copy-editing, proofreading or even some writing over the weeks to come, email in bio. Cheers x
Nigel Farage says abortion laws are “utterly ludicrous.”
MPs are watching.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
Well. I am feeling hugely overwhelmed at figuring out a timeline for my self-publishing strategy. For anyone in the same boat - I’ve worked in publishing for 20 years but doing it all alone is HARD
Want to see what @palindrometodd.bsky.social thinks of your #querypackage? Hannah loves commercial fiction, especially SFF, romantasy, romcoms, & high-concept thrillers! Strong characterisation and a unique twist will impress her. Book an #Agent121 for 10 June: www.iaminprint.co.uk #writing
I love Vinted - getting some bargains and also rehousing things I no longer wanted. But being asked to leave feedback on what someone was like as a buyer?! Can we all chill out a bit?!
This. Very effective systems already exist if you want to quote a song, poem etc in your book - so how can these AI bozos claim it would all be too hard?!
Image shows cover for Fia McQueen’s Great Escape
I have news! And I’ll be sharing it in my newsletter at the end of the month. You didn’t know I have a newsletter??
Sign up at www.pernillehughes.com and there’s a free short story for you xx
#booksky #romancebooks
Don’t feel guilt about this - a response, even if short, is always preferable to tumbleweeds. In my author identity, I spent almost a year on sub recently and the ghosting was the worst bit. So if you’re replying you’re doing an excellent job
Laura Loomer tweet: WOKE MARXIST POPE
I'M GONNA KEEP ON DANCIN AT THE
"Get ready to fall in love with Eadie Browne, the eponymous and eccentric heroine of this tender-hearted, steeped-in-nostalgia story about chosen family." I loved Freya North's latest (and also made me wish I'd made it to the Hacienda #iykyk) and it's currently 99p for Kindle amzn.to/3RSR1RO
I was blown away!
I didn’t so much read this book as absorb it into my being forever. A million out of ten. Love.
I keep seeing people talking about how tough it is querying and I'm going to say something direct that may not sit well with some of you:
Querying is a dress rehearsal for publishing
The rejection, ghosting, stress, ambiguity, and disappointment continues at every stage. It's part of the job.
A sign that says "want my books? PAY ME. The End."
A sign that days "I'd write a better sign but you'd just steal it"
A sign that says "Get the Zuck off our books"
A sign that says "Meta book thieves"
Been down at Meta's UK HQ to join a protest by @societyofauthors.bsky.social about the theft of books for the purposes of AI. A multi-billion dollar company using books then not paying for them stinks & is in no-one's interests.
#DoTheWriteThing #MakeItFair #MetaBookThieves
Protest today at Meta’s HQ in Kings Cross. Meet in Granary Square from 1pm-ish. They’ve stolen the work of thousands of writers to train AI and now they need to #DoTheWriteThing
Protest sign reading "Piracy is so Meta" with Meta written as the company logo
Protest sign reading "I'd write a better sign but you'd just steal it"
Got my double sided placard ready for the @societyofauthors.bsky.social demo against #MetaBookThieves. Today, 1.30, Granary Square, King's Cross!
For those attending the protest please see our “need to know” pdf on the event listing which contains practical health and safety information. 👇
#metabookthieves #SoA
Date: Thursday, 3 April 2025, 1.30pm
Location: Meta’s London offices (11-22 Canal Reach, London N1C 4BE, King’s Cross).
Meet: Granary Square at 1.30pm. Once we have a critical mass, we will move to Meta’s offices.
Society of Authors flyer with image of protesting crowd. Text reads "Stop thief! Meta must #DoTheWriteThing
Oh this is good. @societyofauthors.bsky.social is organising a day of protest against Meta's wholesale theft of authors' work on Thursday.
Details and socmed assets at societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s...
At the @societyofauthors.bsky.social we are speaking out strongly against this 'opt out' scheme, which places the burden on creators to monitor & notify. It would be like having to put notes on your wallet that say 'Robber, don't steal this'.
You can make a change 📢 Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training by signing this open letter ✒️ authr.uk/sp40 #MakeitFair #MetaBookThieves #DoTheWriteThing
