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Fighting the fear & sending out to agents

So I have finally finished my manuscript and, after several read throughs a few last minute changes at sentence level and switching two chapters around, I have taken the plunge to send out to agents. Way back in May when I was at Gladstone's Library I…

Bank scammers using genuine push notifications to trick their victims You receive a call on your phone. The polite call centre worker on the line asks for you by name, and gives the name of your bank. They say they're calling from your bank's fraud department. "Yeah, r...

The scammer is on the phone to you.
Their accomplice is on the phone to your bank, pretending to be you.
Your bank sends you the notification.
You accept, and scammers proceed to drain your account.

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Can YOU write a story in 75 words? Paragraph Planet has been publishing one #story on its home page every day since 2008, so now's YOUR chance to get involved paragraphplanet.com/submission.php #writingcommunity

This is for you #curae entrants
I’ve got my lists back from @michaellangan.bsky.social @seaninhughes.bsky.social @tenpennydreams.bsky.social & Elissa Soave. I’ve read all the hundreds of entries and next week the shortlist will be drafted - announced 1st May. I am so proud of you all ❤️

New blog about my first event as Emerging Author HT to Dea Parkin & @jasonthriller.bsky.soc @thecwa.bsky.social
Great talks and advice from Katherine Armstrong, Stephanie Glencross, Roger Price, Kate Bendelow, @annacaig.bsky.social, @alisonmorton.bsky.social and congratulations to @lindamather.bsky

WRITERS: Please help me spread the word about the @bmthwritingfest.bsky.social which kicks off in TWO WEEKS! My session Writing Rituals is on Sunday 27th April and I'd love to see lots of you there! ✍

Book your tickets 🎟 here:

www.bournemouthwritingfestival.co.uk

Image announcing the launch of North Sea Poets Features a sunset photo of a beach, a logo with blue waves, and the names of poets Kathleen Jamie, Niall Campbell, Karen Solie, Don Paterson, John Glenday, Lisa Brockwell, and Lesley Harrison.

North Sea Poets is live! We offer online masterclasses, webinars, workshops for poets everywhere (novice or adept) and readers, because poems sing in the dark times. Hope you'll join us. Pls see website. Do share.
northseapoets.com 🌊

@northseapoets.bsky.social

Fabulous book 👏👏👏

Look what's arrived.

The paperback of:

Ghost Mountain by @ronanhession.bsky.social Hession.

Kevin Barry - 'Ghost Mountain confirms Rónán Hession as a most vivid and original voice in fiction.'

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📢Calling creatives from:
- Bristol, Bath, Swindon, Gloucester area
- Yorkshire
- Tyne & Tees
- Cambridgeshire
- East Midlands
Passionate about protecting your work from AI? Work scraped to train AI? Happy to be interviewed? Contact ewoodmeade@societyofauthors.org.

Donate to Dr Anna Vaught: Curae Writing Bursaries for unpaid carers, organised by Anna Vaught Hello everyone, I am Anna (aka Dr Anna Vaught - and you may kno… Anna Vaught needs your support for Dr Anna Vaught: Curae Writing Bursaries for unpaid carers

The #Curae was created by @bookwormvaught.bsky.social to give full time carers creative writing opportunities. Take a look 🙏

gofund.me/074eee36

Let’s talk about money.💷💰 Here’s a clip of @mazevansauthor.bsky.social and me discussing the harsh financial realities most authors face. The truth isn’t always pretty, but it’s important. Listen to the full conversation wherever you get your podcasts🎙️ - links in bio #booksky

Check out this fantastic #free #CrimeFiction event at Leigh Library @WiganLibraries this Saturday 29 March at 10 am. I'll be on a panel with the criminally good authors @lizmistry.bsky.social Malcolm Hollingdrake and Joseph Knox, hosted by the fabulous Samantha Brownley

Hope to see you there!

Here’s a poster for ‘Talking Rubbish’ a short film I co-wrote. It heads to #folkestone film festival tomorrow. #writingcommunity #shortfilm #amwriting

From the creator of Paragraph Planet….

Just found out two things; that my audiobook is out on loan with Borrowbox until late autumn and that the first 15 minutes of it is available on YouTube.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSU8...

By the way, you know that tanker accident in the North Sea this week? The tanker was carrying jet fuel for US airbases. The cargo ship that ran into it was Russian. Things are getting feisty. I did warn you about Russia.

📢 Announcing our new submissions guidelines for…

📚publishers

📞agencies

🏆and competitions

Our aim is to make the submissions process as smooth as possible and encourage respect, support, openness and professionalism at all times.

#LBF25
societyofauthors.org/2025/03/12/s...

Marvellous! 👏👏👏

Isn't this wonderful!

@thebookseller.com
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@bookcornerhx.bsky.social

#BritishBookAwards

Harrogate International Festivals are again offering their brilliant Jane Gregory Busaries for avid fans of crime fiction from under-represented backgrounds inc minority ethnic groups, disabilities, LGBTQIA+. Apply by 18 April.

Full details here: harrogateinternationalfestivals.com/news/the-jan...

I'm booked up for March but still have slots available for April if you're looking for affordable feedback on your writing - it will mark the start of Year 5 of Elspells Writing Feedback, which feels rather special!

www.elspells.com

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Circe’s Island Project & Performance Lizzie Lovejoy – poet and illustrator Ann Cuthbert -poet Amy Langdown – poet Audrey Cook – poet Ann Cuthbert and BSL interpreter Sue On Sunday 9th March I was delighted to be part…

New blog about taking part in a writing project called Circe’s Island. One of the few times I have strayed from crime writing to poetry 😬 pamjplumb.wordpress.com/2025/03/11/c...

We're publishing the Paperback of

GHOST MOUNTAIN by @ronanhession.bsky.social

On April 22nd - 9781915693259

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I'm delighted to be sending The Best of Everything out into the world on April 10th. If you would like to preorder I will put the link in the comments.
Thank you!

Let's Bring Back the Creative Writing A Level! If you support bringing back the Creative Writing A Level, please complete the form. Any questions, please contact Dr Carrie Etter at carrie.etter@bristol.ac.uk. Let's go!

Come one, come all! If you support restoring the Creative Writing A Level in England, please fill out this form, and please share!

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Tickets available now from baytales.com/shop-2/