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alexreeve.bsky.social
Award-losing author of the Leo Stanhope series of historical crime novels published by Bloomsbury. Rep’d by Carrie Plitt at Felicity Bryan Associates. Otherwise, an absent-minded Professor. Tries to be a good egg. Also enjoys a good egg. He/him.
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I haven't much to say and the world seems a bit grim, so … here's Bobbie. She doesn't care about that stuff as long as she gets to chill on the sofa.

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Pros and cons

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

I hear folks with big Twitter/X followings say they're reluctant to come to Bluesky because they'll have to start again. I get that. The problem is, those followers on X are either RW arseholes or the left-over zombie accounts of people who've come to Bluesky. Are they really worth staying for?

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

Thank you to the @societyofauthors.bsky.social & @samblakebooks.bsky.social for leading on this. Could we propose a code of practice for publishers to ensure transparency for stakeholders & customers, eg ghosts & illustrators must be named on the front cover? Smaller font perhaps, but present.

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

Other industries are required to give credit where it's due, eg movies and academia. Why not publishing?

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

This is good and correct. Well done to the SoA. societyofauthors.org/2024/12/09/c...

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

Ryan Mason will be searching out his ‘Interim Head Coach’ business cards right now.

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

I'm really serious about this. We should start a movement and embarrass celebs into being honest. If it's 'co-written' (i.e. ghosted), at least put that person's name on the cover too. The @societyofauthors.bsky.social should get much more involved. What do you think?

submitted 84 days ago • 6 comments

We need a campaign for real fiction. I have no problem with celebs who write books. I have no problem with ghosted memoirs, etc. But ghosted fiction novels with a celeb’s name on the cover are just plain wrong. It’s cynical, branded merch, nothing more.

submitted 84 days ago • 3 comments

Just got followed by Mark Twain and Gabriel García Márquez. They're keen to know how I'm doing. Honestly, it feels pretty sweet to be mixing in such prestigious company.

submitted 90 days ago • 4 comments

I'm being forced to watch A Very British Christmas by @shelleyharris.bsky.social. It's set in the present day, and the American star has just travelled from the airport to the quaint English town by steam train.

submitted 90 days ago • 2 comments

I've written an AI novel to disrupt the industry. It's completely original, of course. Here's the beginning. I hope you like it, but it doesn't matter if you don't as I'll be producing another one this afternoon and a couple more tomorrow. Maybe you'll like them better. Or my cookbook. Or my album.

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

Laura's a brilliant author and a lovely person. Well worth listening to this podcast, especially if you love a bit of gothic.

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

Fair point well made 😀

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