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gabriellekent.bsky.social
Writer - Knights and Bikes, Alfie Bloom. Co-creator of Rani Reports (as Gabrielle Shewhorak) and Tiffany Aching’s Guide to Being a Witch with @rhi.bsky.social. Former game developer/lecturer. Agent- @Hannahlitagent.bsky.social
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This sounds like a bit but I’m being serious: kids using chat gpt for their homework are denying themselves the invaluable experience of learning how to bullshit their way through a problem. You drink some caffeine the night before and figure it the fuck out. That’s a skill. You need it in life.

submitted 2 days ago • 164 comments

So this sits above my writing desk – one of my favourite Paul Kidby pieces from Tiffany Aching's Guide to being a Witch, gifted by @terryandrob.bsky.social. After a year and a half of looking at it, I've only just realised that it's not a giclee, it's the bloody original art!

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I love Norwegians and how massively popular Discworld is in Norway, but this, by @nerdforge.bsky.social ... this is another level! www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAdn...

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A procrastination of authors is touring Northern bookshops on Saturday 21st June, times below! Shops may have advance copies of Rani Reports on the Tropical Island Treasure, and I'm MORE than happy to sign copies of Tiffany Aching's Guide to Being a Witch and generally geek out over Discworld!

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Yup⤵️ Many earn far less and celebs skew stats. From what I'm hearing at the moment for middle grade, many folks are typically getting 3-6k advance, which is split into three payments which can span years, and from which agents are paid 15%. This is why there are so few full-time authors.

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ADHD medication day one…. I am staying on task and finishing one thought before having another!

submitted 5 days ago • 7 comments

I have a joke about Chronos, but I have to get the timing right

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

Today I'm delivering newswriting workshops for Stephenson Way Primary School in Newton Aycliffe Library. I was delighted to discover that the incredible Knife Angel is in town, right outside the library!

submitted 14 days ago • 3 comments

This is true. Those authors who get huge advances HAVE to sell well for the publisher to justify it and recoup costs, so massive amounts of marketing spend and effort go to those books. Books with less publisher confidence/subsequent spend obviously won’t do as well. It’s a self fulfilling prophecy.

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

Excited to show off Navya Raju's cover of #3 in our junior journalist series, Rani Reports on the Tropical Island Treasure. Set on Mauritius and full of facts about pirates, cryptography, colonialism +geological & evolutionary wonders. Preorders gratefully received!🙏 www.amazon.co.uk/Rani-Reports...

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It’s possible that, while discussing Gender on the Discworld (episode available on YouTube: youtu.be/OXJYfghjUDA?... ) as well as the usual places, we occasionally wondered off topic. Donate to the Good Law Project’s trans rights fundraiser here: goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

The other teacher I thanked in the book was Mr Hughes. A wonderful, creative teacher I had in Junior 3. Last week I was speaking at Aycliffe library so visited my old school to donate my books. They posted a pic on fb and his daughter-in-law got in touch! I get to meet and thank him 40 years later!

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In Rani Reports end pages we thanked teachers who inspired our writing. I'd always wanted to thank my 6th form teacher in person so posted on a fb group for old staff & students. Guys, he lived 30 seconds away for 20yrs and had just passed away. RIP Mr Early, the ripples you made are still spreading

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

The DC shooter's neighbor was perfectly on message. Solidarity, sir.

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Whaaat! Oh, this ticks ALL my boxes! theempirestripsback.com/london/

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This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?

submitted 30 days ago • 794 comments

Two Scousers working on the road as I walked back from dropping the girleen off at school. Scouser 1 "E' acts like an eagle that got bitten by a f***ing werewolf" I am no longer a writer. My imagination has been dealt a career ending injury.

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Goth nature is my favourite nature.

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