Hey #kidlit fam! Check out my interview on Picture Book Builders today with... MYSELF! 😂(yes, I do like to talk THAT much!) Sharing my upcoming Passover book, AFIKOMAN, WHERE'D YOU GO? + a #giveaway! Here's the link: tinyurl.com/3vvwkypz @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social #NoaKelner
Banner describing the MGHub pitch party schedule. This includes the critique group sessions (sign-up deadline: March 20; pitch: March 25 - April 7; query: April 8 - April 21; synopsis: April 22 - May 5; first page: May 6 - May 19; and submission package: May 20 - June 2). It also includes the pitch party, from June 3 - June 9, and the agent showcase, from June 10 - June 16.
MGHub's pitch party is back! Last year 50 agents and editors joined us. 66% of our 282 authors received at least one request.
All #kidlit genres are accepted! Plus, you can join a critique group to polish your materials!
Full details and links to sign-up are on our site: mghubpitch.com
This Samhain The Scottish International Storytelling Festival is in full swing and I am delighted to be hosting all our lovely tellers at the Guid Crack, Waverley Bar. This Friday 31st, 730 pm, unticketed - donations into the hat!
A beautiful red cocker spaniel next to two books: The Musicians Promise Series by Rachel Le Mesurier
Happy World Book Day, everyone!
Lily would like you to know that I released a shiny new book this week: The Cost of Rubies. She has read it and wants you to know it's very good. In fact, she would type up a great 5* review singing its praises, except that she doesn't have opposable thumbs.
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A 'cremulator' is involved, apparently. The Terminator film series is not a patch on The Cremulator film series in my head: 'You'll be dust.'
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Lady Boss is in her #laurel era, earning her first #semifinalist from @athenafilmfest.bsky.social and I couldn’t be happier! Shout out to @juliameltzer.bsky.social for helping me trim Lady Boss into shape!
💋smooches 💋
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Writers and creators with privilege, want to use it to support the marginalized/oppressed creatives in your communities?
Our "Are You My Ally?" webinar offers guidance for respectfully supporting others through your actions and your art.
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The killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota, and the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort put me in mind of The House in the Dark written by Tarjei Vesaas during the Nazi Occupation of Norway…
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YESSSSSSSSS
What 25 years of horror publishing looks like. All contains stories by me. Only thing missing is Glass Coffin Girls, and my daughter is borrowing that one
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Check it out! The audiobook of Cancer Eats the Heart is on Spotify now! If you have premium, you can listen to it for free. It's narrated by yours truly
#horror #audiobook #disabled #vampires #booksky
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It's gonna be a beaut. 🥂
Ladies and Gentlemen, Saros #2 has arrived! It was such an honor to work with Cavan and all these talented authors to bring you this awesome (and did we mention free?) collection of drink-themed speculative fiction!
Enjoy 🥂
Steep a cup of tea and sit for a while with "You Cannot Help but Bloom" by @speculativekane.bsky.social. Consider, what (and who) makes you feel lighter, greener, freer? Reach out with the tendrils of your heart and let it blossom.
Slow Horses x Life on Mars
🔫 High-stakes thriller
🔫 Time travel twist
🔫 Stale beer espionage
🔫 Weird Science
🔫 Cold War subterfuge
🔫 Working class hero
🔫 Hunter to hunted
🔫 Antagonist from the future
🔫 Enemy turned ally
🔫 Proles vs privilege
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We are thrilled to announce our edition of First Mage on the Moon by Cameron Johnston in collaboration with Angry Robot 🌕
Image of 10 book covers, available for just $25 of science fiction, fantasy and horror from around the world. It's a steal!
Hate Amazon? Support independent voices! Delighted to launch the 2025 World SF Bundle from @storybundle.bsky.social today! 10 books, $25, with charity partner @locusmag.bsky.social!
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Execute Plan 303.
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So excited to be participating in this panel on female-led fantasy with the brilliant @annabelcwrites.bsky.social and @toribovalino.bsky.social in Toppings, Edinburgh on the 26th of September! Come see us chat about women with warrior hearts 💜
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This looks like fab event - if you're in Edinburgh, head to Toppings Sept 26 and listen to @annabelcwrites.bsky.social, @gen-dimova.bsky.social and V. L. Bovalino chat about writing epic fantasy with female leads:
www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinb...
A cover illustrated by James Fenner. A woman with long red hair and padded clothing sits on the ground, petting the head of a smiling serpentine dragon. But the dragon has more than one head! On the left, a second giant dragon head emerges, frowning, looking at her while wearing a monocle. On the right, a third giant dragon head emerges, jaws wide, screaming in anger. The text is teal, contrasting sharply against the red and maroon of the creatures. The text on the cover reads "THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS. JOHN WISWELL, author of the Nebula and Locus Award-winning SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN."
Unveiling the cover for THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS!
Garrodigh is a curmudgeonly three-headed dragon who pretends to be tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon-riding academy. Unfortunately, the rider he's assigned to is... a lot.
Coming Summer 2026 from DAW (US) and Arcadia (UK)!
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Heyo! On Tuesday, 11/4 join me and *the* @hanalee.bsky.social at Books Inc. for THE KING MUST DIE’s book launch!
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think I'm going to re-read Foul Days (The Witch's Compendium of Monsters #1) by @gen-dimova.bsky.social
such a great duology and is set during these days of winter. Slavic folklore and an East Bloc vibe, a witch fights monsters loose in the walled off city of Belograd during the unblessed days
Love Lethal Death Divine is on NetGalley!
You can request it today!
Great news for UK readers! Waterstones has selected THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS for their 25% off pre-order sale! Just use the code FEB26 at check-out to get the best price of the year on my dragon.
All three of Garrodigh's heads can't wait to meet you.
Cover design for "The Curse of Steel" (2020). An angry-looking warrior woman, carrying a drawn sword, walks through a set of open doors. Behind her is a green landscape under a cloudy sky.
This was originally going to be part of a series, but sales were terrible and I got plot-blocked about halfway through Book Two. So it never went anywhere.
Still want to do something useful with the worldbuilding and the characters, though.
Here's a taste: the book cover I designed for it. (2/3)
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