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joannechocolat.bsky.social
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Fake literary agency alert: Pitch Ready Literary Agency prliterary.com It's slicker than usual but scam-sign is there: no sales/client list, web domain less than 2 weeks old, stock & AI images of "agents" & testimonials, "team directory" w/ names mostly stolen from Writers House

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This is me, today, in a muddy field in Herefordshire, surrounded by juvenile rose bushes. None of them are flowering yet, but I hope they will be when I launch the new rose at the Chelsea Flower Show…

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Thanks to support from the trans community and its allies we are now advertising for a full time equalities solicitor. Trans people know they are at the thin end of fascism. If you're a lawyer, here's how you help them fight back. goodlawproject.org/vacancy/seni...

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#KIDLIT folks! In case you've somehow missed this, the shortlist for the Children's and YA Jhalak Prize was announced today

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Up with the lark this morning to visit a garden nursery in Hereford. Why? Because I am naming a rose after the protagonist of VIANNE, and I’m going to see how she’s getting along…

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And this morning the Shed is an arbour, all tangled with red roses…

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Regal Squeaky.

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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 126: If you're feeling jaded, try a change. Write longhand instead of on a PC, or on your phone instead of your laptop. Move your desk. Work in a different place or at a different time of day. Change your font. Write something new. Fool your brain into making a reset.

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And this morning the Shed is a clipper, bound for the islands of silks and spices…

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My VIANNE tour dates: I'm afraid the Hay event is already sold out, but I'm still adding dates all the time...

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I’m offering up 3 signed copies of Tiffany Aching’s Guide to Being a Witch (co-written with @gabriellekent.bsky.social) in an auction raising money for trans rights in the UK and SA. You can bid for them here. www.32auctions.com/organization...

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So in the midst of the chaos and joy of Eastercon, @ngjeannette.bsky.social and I have set up a charity auction: Genre Creators for Trans rights in the UK and South Africa as a small personal response to what's happening in the world. You can bid on cool things here www.32auctions.com/genrefortrans

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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 167: The weather in fiction is a lot more than just providing atmosphere. It determines what your characters wear, how they negotiate their world, how they feel, how they behave. Consider how it affects the light; the sounds and sensations; even the plot. It matters.

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Women aren't allowed to be as good as men and that's all there is to it

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And this morning the Shed is a fire pit, flanked with ancient standing stones, on a deserted part of a moor alive with myths and stories…

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Race IS a social construct, but what does that actually mean? In the wake of Trump’s scientifically illiterate statements on race, I have written a handy explainer. www.bbc.com/future/artic...

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Golden time.

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So it's been a bit of a binbag of a week... BUT "Fight Like A Girl 2", feminist anthology featuring three trans authors, is a finalist in the @bsfa.bsky.social Awards announced this evening, and I'm delighted for all my authors. You deserve this, all of you ♡ wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/anth...

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Parkrun isn’t competitive! Parkrun involves no changing rooms! Anyone can do parkrun! What the actual fuck are these people on about

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