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28 • Writer • Reader • 🏳️🌈 (he/him)
Manchester
Represented by Lydia Silver (DA Children's)
Manchester
Represented by Lydia Silver (DA Children's)
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@ajreads22.bsky.social
· Jan 22
I HAVE A LITERARY AGENT!!!! I'm so, so excited to announce that I've signed with the incredible Lydia Silver at Darley Anderson Children's. I'm one step closer for my stories to get out there - and I can't wait for you to read them! 🎉📚
I HAVE A LITERARY AGENT!!!! I'm so, so excited to announce that I've signed with the incredible Lydia Silver at Darley Anderson Children's. I'm one step closer for my stories to get out there - and I can't wait for you to read them! 🎉📚
January 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I HAVE A LITERARY AGENT!!!! I'm so, so excited to announce that I've signed with the incredible Lydia Silver at Darley Anderson Children's. I'm one step closer for my stories to get out there - and I can't wait for you to read them! 🎉📚
Just opened a Nature Valley bar. Am basically drowning in crumbs. This might be the end of me.
January 15, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Just opened a Nature Valley bar. Am basically drowning in crumbs. This might be the end of me.
Feeling like Scott Pilgrim waiting for his Amazon delivery straight after ordering it with the email I just sent. I know I won't get a reply for a little while, but that won't stop me constantly refreshing my inbox. Just in case, you know... 🤞🏻 #amquerying
a cartoon of a boy sitting on the floor in front of a tv
ALT: a cartoon of a boy sitting on the floor in front of a tv
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January 14, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Feeling like Scott Pilgrim waiting for his Amazon delivery straight after ordering it with the email I just sent. I know I won't get a reply for a little while, but that won't stop me constantly refreshing my inbox. Just in case, you know... 🤞🏻 #amquerying
who is your celebrity "birthday twin" (born same day as you)? answer with pic or gif only.
January 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
who is your celebrity "birthday twin" (born same day as you)? answer with pic or gif only.
I feel like my brain chemistry has been rewired after watching the Wicked movie last night. My feelings about the show remain the same (pretty mediocre, unfortunately) but the film... Unbelievable. I finally feel like I 'get it' 💚🩷
a woman in a pink dress is standing next to a green witch
ALT: a woman in a pink dress is standing next to a green witch
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January 13, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I feel like my brain chemistry has been rewired after watching the Wicked movie last night. My feelings about the show remain the same (pretty mediocre, unfortunately) but the film... Unbelievable. I finally feel like I 'get it' 💚🩷
Living the editing lifestyle with a white hot chocolate. I've never been prouder of anything I've written and I can't wait for it to hopefully see the light of day. Dark academia, untrustworthy friendships, mysterious therapy programmes, and horrifying truths... Yeah, I like this one 😊
January 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Living the editing lifestyle with a white hot chocolate. I've never been prouder of anything I've written and I can't wait for it to hopefully see the light of day. Dark academia, untrustworthy friendships, mysterious therapy programmes, and horrifying truths... Yeah, I like this one 😊
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THE BOY I LOVE lands 2 weeks today!
Preorders open from your fave indie bookshop or the links here — linktr.ee/williamhusse...
Preorders open from your fave indie bookshop or the links here — linktr.ee/williamhusse...
January 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
THE BOY I LOVE lands 2 weeks today!
Preorders open from your fave indie bookshop or the links here — linktr.ee/williamhusse...
Preorders open from your fave indie bookshop or the links here — linktr.ee/williamhusse...
Two of my favourite readss of the last few years. Like 'The Last of Us' but with chaotic gays instead of zombies, twisted cults, and movie references for days. I love, love, LOVE these books! @erikjbrown.bsky.social
Do you love romance and genre fiction? You might like my duology about two teens surviving the apocalypse, falling in love, trying to survive, and figuring out how to stay in love with the new world threatening to change who they are. Buy them wherever you buy books!
January 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Two of my favourite readss of the last few years. Like 'The Last of Us' but with chaotic gays instead of zombies, twisted cults, and movie references for days. I love, love, LOVE these books! @erikjbrown.bsky.social
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My fifteenth book comes out this year, yet still, every time I write another, I’m convinced I’ve completely forgotten how to do it. Every time.
But my motto: real writers don’t write, they write anyway.
But my motto: real writers don’t write, they write anyway.
January 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
My fifteenth book comes out this year, yet still, every time I write another, I’m convinced I’ve completely forgotten how to do it. Every time.
But my motto: real writers don’t write, they write anyway.
But my motto: real writers don’t write, they write anyway.
I'm trying to make the gym a regular part of my routine, and I think true crime podcasts are the solution to boredom! Give me some recommendations, because I'm almost done with Kill List (which has been terrifying, chilling, thought-provoking, and addictive!) and I need my next fix! 😊
January 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I'm trying to make the gym a regular part of my routine, and I think true crime podcasts are the solution to boredom! Give me some recommendations, because I'm almost done with Kill List (which has been terrifying, chilling, thought-provoking, and addictive!) and I need my next fix! 😊
For my queer YA thriller, I've 'cast' my characters for the first time and come on, look at this lot! I can be proud of a film that'll never be made, right?
- Andrew Scott as an evil headmaster
- Sian Brooke or Keira Knightley as a twisted psychiatrist
- Sarah Lancashire as the narrators mum
- Andrew Scott as an evil headmaster
- Sian Brooke or Keira Knightley as a twisted psychiatrist
- Sarah Lancashire as the narrators mum
January 7, 2025 at 8:40 AM
For my queer YA thriller, I've 'cast' my characters for the first time and come on, look at this lot! I can be proud of a film that'll never be made, right?
- Andrew Scott as an evil headmaster
- Sian Brooke or Keira Knightley as a twisted psychiatrist
- Sarah Lancashire as the narrators mum
- Andrew Scott as an evil headmaster
- Sian Brooke or Keira Knightley as a twisted psychiatrist
- Sarah Lancashire as the narrators mum
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Fav Ghibli film?
My Neighbour Totoro 😍
My Neighbour Totoro 😍
January 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Fav Ghibli film?
My Neighbour Totoro 😍
My Neighbour Totoro 😍
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Hard to describe the actual pain of seeing an organisation that stuck their neck out for JAMIE now platforming a notorious transphobe. We’re not even a full week into January and this is how we’re rolling?
January 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Hard to describe the actual pain of seeing an organisation that stuck their neck out for JAMIE now platforming a notorious transphobe. We’re not even a full week into January and this is how we’re rolling?
Psyching myself up to repeat the same three stock phrases about how my Christmas was now that I'm back at work 🏋🏻
a cartoon bear is lifting a barbell with a headband that says cm on it
ALT: a cartoon bear is lifting a barbell with a headband that says cm on it
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January 6, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Psyching myself up to repeat the same three stock phrases about how my Christmas was now that I'm back at work 🏋🏻
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‘Nothing you write is as bad as writing nothing.’
- Damian Barr.
#writingadvice #booksky #GetWriting #TheTwoRoberts
- Damian Barr.
#writingadvice #booksky #GetWriting #TheTwoRoberts
January 6, 2025 at 7:49 AM
‘Nothing you write is as bad as writing nothing.’
- Damian Barr.
#writingadvice #booksky #GetWriting #TheTwoRoberts
- Damian Barr.
#writingadvice #booksky #GetWriting #TheTwoRoberts
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Writing a book is like doing an invisible jigsaw puzzle, with 60,000 pieces, and no picture.
January 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Writing a book is like doing an invisible jigsaw puzzle, with 60,000 pieces, and no picture.
Three episodes into Squid Game 2 and it has completely dispelled every concern I had about whether a second series was needed. As tense and thrilling as the original, but with enough shocks and surprises to keep it fresh. Very much on board with wherever this goes! 🐙 #SquidGame2
January 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Three episodes into Squid Game 2 and it has completely dispelled every concern I had about whether a second series was needed. As tense and thrilling as the original, but with enough shocks and surprises to keep it fresh. Very much on board with wherever this goes! 🐙 #SquidGame2
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Bit late to the party, but here are some my favourite books read in 2024 (not all of these were released last year and they’re in no particular order).
A list of book titles and authors can be found in the alt text and can be purchased here - www.proud-geek.co.uk
A list of book titles and authors can be found in the alt text and can be purchased here - www.proud-geek.co.uk
January 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Bit late to the party, but here are some my favourite books read in 2024 (not all of these were released last year and they’re in no particular order).
A list of book titles and authors can be found in the alt text and can be purchased here - www.proud-geek.co.uk
A list of book titles and authors can be found in the alt text and can be purchased here - www.proud-geek.co.uk
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If I had to recommend 3 things to writers (at all levels), I would start with these 3 (with options for adding more):
1. Be persistent.
2. Be curious about the world, people, history, everything. Expand your horizons. Curiosity is your soil, your ocean, your rock, your air.
3. Never stop learning.
1. Be persistent.
2. Be curious about the world, people, history, everything. Expand your horizons. Curiosity is your soil, your ocean, your rock, your air.
3. Never stop learning.
January 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
If I had to recommend 3 things to writers (at all levels), I would start with these 3 (with options for adding more):
1. Be persistent.
2. Be curious about the world, people, history, everything. Expand your horizons. Curiosity is your soil, your ocean, your rock, your air.
3. Never stop learning.
1. Be persistent.
2. Be curious about the world, people, history, everything. Expand your horizons. Curiosity is your soil, your ocean, your rock, your air.
3. Never stop learning.
And this is where you shall find me for the remainder of the afternoon 😊
January 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
And this is where you shall find me for the remainder of the afternoon 😊
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I wrote a blog for @waterstones.bsky.social about all the mistakes I made combining fantasy and murder mystery. You can read it here!
www.waterstones.com/blog/frances...
www.waterstones.com/blog/frances...
Frances White on Writing a Fantasy Murder Mystery | Waterstones.com Blog | Waterstones
The author of our Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of the Month talks about the inspration behind Voyage of the Damned.
www.waterstones.com
January 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I wrote a blog for @waterstones.bsky.social about all the mistakes I made combining fantasy and murder mystery. You can read it here!
www.waterstones.com/blog/frances...
www.waterstones.com/blog/frances...
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A book is brand new every time someone reads it for the first time. There's no such thing as coming late to any story.
January 4, 2025 at 11:09 AM
A book is brand new every time someone reads it for the first time. There's no such thing as coming late to any story.
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So Over This by David Fenne 📚👍🏼
https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/childrens-book-reviews/so-over-this/
#kidlit
So Over This is a fantastic combination of real-life relationships and political issues, blended with imaginative preterhuman powers and the social dilemmas that accompan..
https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/childrens-book-reviews/so-over-this/
#kidlit
So Over This is a fantastic combination of real-life relationships and political issues, blended with imaginative preterhuman powers and the social dilemmas that accompan..
So Over This by David Fenne
So Over This is a fantastic combination of real-life relationships and political issues, blended with imaginative preterhuman powers.
schoolreadinglist.co.uk
January 4, 2025 at 10:51 AM
So Over This by David Fenne 📚👍🏼
https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/childrens-book-reviews/so-over-this/
#kidlit
So Over This is a fantastic combination of real-life relationships and political issues, blended with imaginative preterhuman powers and the social dilemmas that accompan..
https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/childrens-book-reviews/so-over-this/
#kidlit
So Over This is a fantastic combination of real-life relationships and political issues, blended with imaginative preterhuman powers and the social dilemmas that accompan..
I think I'm going to do a thread (are they called that here?) of all the films I've watched this year... Yes, I know I could post these on Letterboxd but I like conversations rather than typing into the void.
Anyway! Onwards! 🎥 🎬
Anyway! Onwards! 🎥 🎬
January 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I think I'm going to do a thread (are they called that here?) of all the films I've watched this year... Yes, I know I could post these on Letterboxd but I like conversations rather than typing into the void.
Anyway! Onwards! 🎥 🎬
Anyway! Onwards! 🎥 🎬