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miaflodchadney.bsky.social
Writer, former costume wrangler, aspiring dreamer🦋🕷️ Write Mentor Novel Award LL 2024
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Excited to announce our 3rd annual MGHub Off-Social-Media pitching event for all ages of kidlit: PB / CB / MG / YA Click to learn more… #mglit #kidlit #pitch

submitted 86 days ago • 3 comments

THE NEWS IS OUT! Beyond excited that my debut MG series has found the perfect home at HarperCollins Children’s, starting with HARI KUMAR: ULTIMATE SUPERSTAR (out Feb 2026). Can’t wait for you to meet this cheeky autistic ADHDer with BIG dreams! (And we made it into The Bookseller! 🎉)

submitted 120 days ago • 36 comments

Undiscovered Voices is BACK 🙌🥳🤩 We can't wait to kick off #UV26 and our hunt for fresh new voices in children's literature. Watch this space for news of our live online launch, judges, workshops and more 👀 #kidlit #writingcommunity #amwriting #writingforchildren

submitted 106 days ago • 2 comments

SQUISHY MUSHROOM SPORES 🍄 Found this beautiful puffball mushroom during a walk in the park.

submitted 123 days ago • 0 comments

Many years ago when I was an editor I went to my boss and asked why we were allowing ourselves to become so reliant on Amazon...I suggested that publishers could mutually invest in a central bookselling website where orders were sent direct to relevant hubs and the amount we'd save because...

submitted 125 days ago • 8 comments

Getting booked up for World Book Week (hooray!) - have a some slots left, so schools - if you're looking for a vibrant, interactive visit from an ND author then please DM. Ideally in Wilts/Bath/Bristol to fit around other schools but can go further afield if it works.

submitted 134 days ago • 0 comments

It's here! Thrilled to reveal 'The Scream of the Whistle' cover by the incredible Micaela Alcaino. It's May Eve, and the veil between worlds is thin. Join Ruby Darke on the ghost ride of her life... Out 5th June. Pre-order: shorturl.at/E5aXz shorturl.at/oLTwA

submitted 135 days ago • 16 comments

"Sorry, we can't make this technology that sucks and nobody wants and that uses enough power to blow up the moon unless we *also* steal people's shit to throw into our content woodchipper in order to produce mediocre digital particleboard out of the cumulative artbarf." futurism.com/the-byte/ope...

submitted 159 days ago • 229 comments

An act of kindness is seldom wasted. Something small to you could be an event ever remembered by someone else. These acts, large and small, make all of us better.

submitted 139 days ago • 24 comments

Next #ukteenchat will be Tues 14th Jan 8-9pm GMT with the fabulous @susanbrownrigg.bsky.social right here on Bluesky! Hope to see you for the new location 🙂 #MG #kidlit #writerslife #WrongTracks @uclanpublishing.bsky.social

submitted 141 days ago • 1 comment

Morning all. Photographer Martine Franck. Carnival, Skinningrove Club, North Yorkshire, England, 1978.

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submitted 188 days ago • 64 comments

To celebrate 2,000 BlueSky followers, I'm going to do a little giveaway. Repost and follow and I'll pick one lucky person at random to win a 12-month Gift Subscription at Bert's Books worth OVER £100. You have until noon on Sunday 17th November

submitted 197 days ago • 55 comments

Announcing #BluePit! The first BlueSky exclusive writing pitch event open to all genres! Much of the #WritingCommunity is migrating due to Twitter's new AI & block policy, so the time has come to bring pitch events with us. Agent participation is welcome & public feeds will be provided!

submitted 205 days ago • 71 comments

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Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.

submitted 196 days ago • 1070 comments