Don't apologise! Congratulations 🎉 that's brilliant. Well done 👍

Not any I'd recommend. But @amysparkes.bsky.social runs many courses from PB to MG.
www.storygodmother.co.uk

Really excited to be on the Long list! Thanks so much @writingawards.bsky.social

Well done to everyone who entered.
#kidsbooksuk

The Pros of Prose We’ve all enjoyed sharing a rhyming picture book at various stages of our lives, from Julia Donaldson’s iconic The Gruffalo with beautiful scansion to Catherine Emmett’s waltzing …

There are many positives to writing picture books in prose, free from the shackles of scansion and meter. Discover how well-crafted prose can create captivating picture books that publishers can sell at home and abroad.
kate-walker.co.uk/2024/12/09/t...

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Yule amazing-ness! So magical 🤩. A must read!

I'm so honoured that @annalieseavery.bsky.social has included me with the wonderful @cathleenlkelly.bsky.social in her amazing The Wycherlies! Make the most of Yule by treating yourself to a pre order!

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Oh Wicked is SO good! Cynthia Erivo is amazing! So immensely talented! Even her freckles are micro braids were gorgeous. But her singing is so so spectacular! Watch it!
#wicked #cynthiaerivo

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You can see posts from your actual friends, which doesn't happen on many other platforms.

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I've not seen #wicked movie yet but just the soundtrack version of Defying Gravity is so beautiful. Cynthia Erivo's vocals are utterly amazing. Combined with Arianna Grande it's fantastic. What talented singers. In awe.

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It's so weird I have to read it! I'll DM you my email address.

Thanks so much to everyone who entered. I really enjoyed seeing your books represented in GIF form. The book I've selected is by @tomlancaster.bsky.social because his GIF is so weird it made me laugh!
Tom, I'll DM you my email address and look forward to discovering more about this strange mammal!

Ha ha! What is that creature. This GIF is so funny.

Hi, I haven't chosen one yet. Is your book about bedtime?

Thanks very much 😊

Sounds exciting 🐕

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@lucymacwrites.bsky.social

Thank you. That's kind.

Yes.

I agree. You were really great and made your points effectively.

This book is not out yet but do preorder. It is wonderful. Drawing the reader right from the beginning. I loved it @annalieseavery.bsky.social is brilliant #thewycherleys #yafiction #ukkidslit

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Feeling ropey. Brain so foggy it's like the moors in Wuthering Heights. Hope it clears before my planned writing day tomorrow.
#writingcommunity

Or go on a Zoom writing sprint with a friend so you keep each other accountable. You can't come back after the 50mins saying you did nothing. It makes you get started.

I don't have a Mac. It is quite awful, but so it's helpful. Apparently you can export to PDF and the Adobe read aloud is slightly better. If I read aloud myself my mind automatically says what should be on the page whether it is typed like that or not.

I use the Word read aloud function. It picks up the typos and if it makes your work sound interesting in it's robotic drone, you know you are onto a winner.

I love this! Both of you, your drawings are so fascinating.

Please let me know if you are writing a PB, CB or MG too. Thanks.

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To celebrate the writing community here, I'm offering a free critique to unagented children's writers. I was helped by kind @amysparkes.bsky.social who mentored me. Like, share & follow with a gif that represents your ms. I'll crit a PB or chapter one of CB or MG. #kidsbooks
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MG is liberating. Congratulations. And please finish it. You'll feel a sense of achievement. And you might rewrite it, edit and polish it for submission too.

Gorgeous 😍

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On every platform there are odd men who follow, who I don't know and have no shared interests with. If you are part of the writing/ publishing community, hi, good to see you. Let's share book talk. But if you're just looking for women please jog on.