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It’s officially BARKING’s launch month! I’m so excited to get the beautiful @averyhillpublishing edition into the world. To mark this milestone here is the very 1st spread I designed when creating the book & finally (after a long process) knew I’d found the style I had been seeking.

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When you're almost out of wine the leftover Christmas Baileys starts to look attractive. Anglo-Saxon proverb.

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RING-A-ROOKS, Sioban Coppinger, 1998.

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Dinosaur stickers are the SH*T. Daddy's face, however, unnecessary. #girldad

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I've decided that I'm going to keep a stack of notebooks under my table at book signings. The next person who says "I could write a book", I'm going to throw one at them and scream "WRITE IT THEN". I could be more helpful but that's not my vibe 🤣

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I don't do this very often but since it's #BlueMonday... Down Days is an international bestselling book on living with depression and anxiety. Written in real time while suffering from a nervous breakdown, Down Days isn't a self help book, but a real and raw account. Links in bio.

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Forty this year! Cthulhu help me 🤣 How old will you be this year? Repost with a pic.

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How old is will you be this year? Repost with a pic Thirty-five in November

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I'm coming across increasing numbers of rude people, lately.

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Fragility and grandeur, intertwined -- a teeny tiny mushroom, cradled by a moss-covered gentle giant. Ah. 💚🍄🌲

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Christmas dinner is just Sunday dinner on a different day (apart from when it isn't). There, I said it.

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Got my first feedback on draft 2 of Shuck last night and it was absolutely bang on. Huge thanks to @Nimue_B. This is why you have trusted beta readers, folks! 😁

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How much space should you give funghi?

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Draft 2 of Shuck is finally done! The ending is waaaay better, there's deeper character stuff, the subplots are tidier. If this is still shit then I've done everything I can do other than hit DELETE ALL 🤣

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The Teletubbies have a car. It has four steering wheels so eqch moron can contribute to their speeding demise. Sol the baby will witness the carnage and eclipse in horror.

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Can't even get through a 3 minute meditation for my anxiety this morning. It's going to be a long, tiring day.

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I got papped in York yesterday. Strangest moment of my life but this lady came over and asked if I was That Author and if she could have a photo... ... ... ..what the hell!?

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I'm grateful that I'm not the protagonist. I've begrudgingly accepted that I'm not the antagonist. But I'll be damned if anyone will take away my role as the antagonist's minor inconvenience in an early chapter. I'm gonna go nick some jumped up little Chosen One's Jaffa Cakes.

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I just want to be a Jack-o'-lantern headed cryptid that dances in the night as a warning to unwary travellers. What's the career trajectory for that? #goals

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My debut A Blend of Magic is up for auction to support #childreninreadauction. There are some fantastic books there including those by @themillyjohnson.bsky.social and @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com With Christmas coming, have a browse and help others too. Win win www.jumblebee.co.uk/childreninre...

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TFW you think you found a potential publisher and then check their sub guidelines... They don't do novellas. Damndamndoubledamn.

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Watching Stargate S.2 ep.17 "Holiday": I just realised that one of the high tech alien devices they find is mostly a cheap side table that I used to have in my house. This doesn't break immersion at all. It makes this episode EVEN BETTER! #stargate #SG1 #scifi

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I think it's fair to say that David Bowie was the Linchpin of Reality and that's why everything's gone to shit since he died.

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Hey. Remember hymns on hand-written acetates?

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Treating myself to an Earl-y morning cuppa from Monster Mash teas. A cup of Dorian Grey in my skull cap...I mean cup! #tea #tealover #gothicstyle

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My first event in a while! I'll be at HumberSFF's Hulloween festival next weekend! I'll only be there on the Saturday but the event runs from Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd. Check out thair Facebook page for more info including all the other authors who'll be attending.

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If a cyclops does it, is it always a wink?

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I'm looking for quirky places near you for book singings! After years of convention, I'm ready to shake it up a bit. Help me find a quirky little shop, cafe, or bookshop near you and I'll come visit! Drop your suggestions in the comments or tag your favs! #author #bookstagram #reading

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Hi everyone! I just put a collection together on my Patreon (link in bio) to put all my completed projects in one place. It has: Emi Oshibana Complex Salt and Silver Book 1 Shuck (first draft) Where Shadows Run (poetry) Down Days Poetry And it's only a quid (sorry for the sales pitch).

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I've got my ticket booked! I can't wait.

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Dear superstitionists, the first episode of our podcast is here! 🧂🪞🐈‍⬛ Listen to an interview with co-founder Superstition Sam and her short story The Purple Cloak read by Joanna Swan. This episode is presented and produced by @kerria.bsky.social spotify.link/JOgnZRzAiDb We'll share the good luck!

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Hi everyone! I'm Craig, an international bestselling author from Doncaster, UK. I'm a bit of a genre hopper but I always lean towards the dark and Gothic. Regular themes are mental health, flawed characters, and my motto is: Real people. Impossible worlds. (Link in bio for more info)

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Oooh. This has an old school Twitter vibe doesn't it? I like it!

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