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Committing crimes to paper 📝 @writementor mentee 23, NID Hon Mention 22, Yeovil Children’s Book SL 22, Room 204, DYCP, Stafford Litfest winner 20
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9yo here would love this 😊
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Bec! I had this in November. I agonised thinking ignore shiny ideas, finish the thing. But this idea seemed very shiny. So I wrote it - finished a first draft last night! I don’t know yet if it’s the right decision, but it would’ve tormented me if I hadn’t. I say trust your instincts which one to do
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So much! Winter-me and spring-me are on different stages of an evolutionary chart 😂
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I’m good thanks, how about you? Hope you and yours are well and enjoying a deserved celebration (or a nap - sometimes that’s as prized for me now I’ll be honest 😂) x
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Exciting news! I look forward to reading it 🤗
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😂 can only hear Reece Shearsmith singing this now
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Oof
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I've got some UK children's book publishers, reviewers and literary agents here, Darren: go.bsky.app/kRfNFe
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That looks like an excellent advent calendar!
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Fancy putting your head where he wanted to fly, Steve! 😂
They say being pooped on by a bird is lucky, so maybe in some strange way being scalp-scraped by raven talons will bring good fortune..? Here’s hoping.
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This word is currently also my middle name 😂
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Bluesky is the best of the old place 🕊️ I’m really not missing the bile and the bots 😂 💜
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Also, if we’re not allowed to hibernate when clearly we’re meant to, can’t we at least be allowed to wear PJs 24/7 in winter?
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Liking in solidarity. Wishing you a swift transition to PJs and chill time Natali!
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Booked!
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This idea is lovely! 🥰
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The Runaways by Ruth Thomas. I loved this book so much! And anything by Nina Bawden.
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Not sure what my sneaky little hobbitses were up to in this pic. Not feeling as reverent as me?
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Treebeard & the Ents featured in The Two Towers, later, but… I like to believe the local rumour they were inspired by this oak.
In 1917, recovering here after the Somme, Tolkien penned The Fall of Gondolin - one of his first set in middle earth - on the back of a sheet of military marching music.
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Ah, same. I think I’m more Proust’s mum than I am Proust in this scenario 😂
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*clinks soup mug* 🍵
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Congratulations Lucas, what brilliant news!! I’m really looking forward to reading your novel.