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Award-winning children’s author, rep’d by Sallyanne Sweeney. 20+ books with S&S, LTP, OUP, Bloomsbury and Templar. Writer of Authorly Honest Substack linktr.ee/simonphilipauthor
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📚💰 Ever wondered how long it takes to earn out an advance? I dive into the details in my latest Substack post. If you're navigating publishing/curious about the numbers, this is for you. 👉 shorturl.at/UNb1H Share your thoughts — I’d love to hear them! #Publishing #Booksky #AuthorJourney

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We need great transparency around the topic of money in publishing, in my opinion. Anyone else agree? shorturl.at/0boEf

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#AuthorThread - when on sub, would a template rejection from pubs aid your mental health? My mindset & ability to focus on writing for new subs would be far better knowing EVERY pub had responded. I'm OK with ‘NO’ responses… but ‘NO RESPONSE’s hurt Thoughts? shorturl.at/yD1RQ

submitted 196 days ago • 0 comments

I really enjoyed answering Naomi and James's questions over on their brilliant Words and Pictures Substack. Do check it out if you haven't already!

submitted 199 days ago • 1 comment

Writing a Substack series called Approaching Agents, detailing my journey from 1st query to signing with mine. The latest post gives you my cover letters, synopses, rejections/offer & the 7 stories I sent! I hope it’ll be interesting for (& help) #aspiringauthors #querying 🤓 shorturl.at/sUjB7

submitted 202 days ago • 0 comments

A trio of terrific titles from #TemplarBooks today! Can’t wait to read #GraphicNovel #AnzuAndTheRealmOfDarkness by Mai K.Nguyen and picture books #YetisDontExist by @katethompson.bsky.social & @lorettaschauer.bsky.social and #TheCircularSquare by @simonphilipauthor.bsky.social & Neil Clark. 🥰

submitted 202 days ago • 2 comments

My daughter turns 1 on Thursday. She's been a source of inspiration since the off... (I'm pleased to report there's less vomit now. My wallet's still empty, though.) #poem

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This! This needs to be A PRIORITY.

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Would love to know your approaches to handling criticism & rejection - a fundamental part of a creative career! Do you sulk? Vent? Rage? Or go for a walk and (literally) take it all in your stride? I’ve shared MY approach here: shorturl.at/cDzi4 #authorlife

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I post a poem on Substack each Tuesday. They're normally silly and humorous. Today's is more heartfelt. My daughter turns one next week, and this one's about her arrival, written during the crazy first few months of parenthood - hence why I never got round to writing part 2 😅 shorturl.at/DjHyx

submitted 209 days ago • 1 comment

Libraries are THE BEST. I'm very lucky to have an amazing local library in Brighton - I use it all the time (pretty much daily with my little one - lots of room for crawling!)

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This is NOT clickbait - honest! So… IF YOU WANT TO SEE A VIDEO OF A CUTE CAT, READ THIS POST: shorturl.at/pVJmt (And if you want to find out about how many stories I've written, and my acquisition/rejection rate...)

submitted 213 days ago • 1 comment

Fine by me! Goodbye, Twitter/X/Maniacal Musk’s Cesspit of Doom. Hello, Bluesky 🤗

submitted 214 days ago • 3 comments