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Chalk Scribblers @chalkscribblers.bsky.social · 1d

See you on Friday!

Chalk Scribblers @chalkscribblers.bsky.social · 1d

Only two days before US-based literary agent Sheyla Knigge @sknigge.bsky.social joins us to comment on pitches and answer questions. Join us online this Friday if you have one of those pitches or questions. Cover charge £5.
#amwriting #amquerying

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Chalk Scribblers meet the agent: Sheyla Knigge

A talk, pitching session and Q&A with Sheyla Knigge, a literary agent at the US-based HighLine Literary Collective.

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Chalk Scribblers @chalkscribblers.bsky.social · 9d

Would you like to pick the brain of a US-based literary agent? Join us online on Fri 17th Oct when Sheyla Knigge @sknigge.bsky.social of HighLine Literary brings the brain and you bring the pitches and questions. Cover charge £5.
#amquerying #writingcommunity

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Chalk Scribblers meet the agent: Sheyla Knigge

A talk, pitching session and Q&A with Sheyla Knigge, a literary agent at the US-based HighLine Literary Collective.

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Chalk Scribblers @chalkscribblers.bsky.social · 18d

Would you like to hear the tricks of the trade from a literary agent, including what she thinks of your pitch? If that's you, join us online 7pm this Wed when we host Samar Hammam of Rocking Chair Books. £5 cover charge.
#writingcommunity #amquerying

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Chalk Scribblers meet the agent: Samar Hammam

A talk, Q&A and pitching session with literary agent Samar Hammam of Rocking Chair Books.

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Chalk Scribblers @chalkscribblers.bsky.social · Sep 15

A couple of days to go before we meet Will Evans of the Dallas-based independent publisher Deep Vellum @deepvellum.bsky.social. Join us online for free to find out what they’re all about.
#writingcommunity #getpublished #amwriting

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Chalk Scribblers meet the publisher: Deep Vellum

An evening with Will Evans, founder and CEO of Dallas-based independent publisher Deep Vellum.

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Chalk Scribblers @chalkscribblers.bsky.social · Sep 11

Would anyone like to know how Will Evans made Deep Vellum @deepvellum.bsky.social a centre for independent publishing? Join us online for free next Wed when Will joins us from Dallas:
#writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying

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Chalk Scribblers meet the publisher: Deep Vellum

An evening with Will Evans, founder and CEO of Dallas-based independent publisher Deep Vellum.

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Chalk Scribblers @chalkscribblers.bsky.social · Sep 3

Not long to go before we welcome Ian Whates to tell us all about NewCon press in particular and what writers need to know about independent publishing more generally. Join us online for free at 7pm (UK time).
#writingcommunity #getpublished #amwriting

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Chalk Scribblers meet the publisher: NewCon Press

A talk and Q&A with Ian Whates, founder and director of NewCon Press and award-winning science fiction author.

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Chalk Scribblers @chalkscribblers.bsky.social · Sep 2

Would you like to hear some insights from one of Britain's leading independent publishers? Join us online for free at 7pn (UK time) tomorrow when Ian Whates of NewCon Press will share them with us.
#writingcommunity #amwriting

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Chalk Scribblers meet the publisher: NewCon Press

A talk and Q&A with Ian Whates, founder and director of NewCon Press and award-winning science fiction author.

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Chalk Scribblers @chalkscribblers.bsky.social · Aug 20

Just over an hour and a half to go before we meet Elizabeth and Carmen from Jaded Ibis @jadedibispress.bsky.social. Join us online for free to find out what they're all about.
#writerscommunity #amwriting #getpublished

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Chalk Scribblers meet the publisher: Jaded Ibis

A evening with Carmen Peters and Elizabeth Earley, published authors and staff members at independent publisher Jaded Ibis.

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Chalk Scribblers @chalkscribblers.bsky.social · Aug 18

Two days to go before Carmen Peters and Elizabeth Earley of Jaded Ibis @jadedibispress.bsky.social share their experience as both authors and publishers in the world of independent publishing.

Join us online for free 7pm (UK time) this Wed.
#writingcommunity

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Chalk Scribblers meet the publisher: Jaded Ibis

A evening with Carmen Peters and Elizabeth Earley, published authors and staff members at independent publisher Jaded Ibis.

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Chalk Scribblers @chalkscribblers.bsky.social · Aug 8

Two authors who run an indy press keen on social justice walk into our virtual bar. Not a joke.

The publisher is Jaded Ibis @jadedibispress.bsky.social and it's going to happen at 7pm (UK time) on Wed 20th Aug. Free to join.
#writingcommunity #amwriting

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Chalk Scribblers meet the publisher: Jaded Ibis

A evening with Carmen Peters and Elizabeth Earley, published authors and staff members at independent publisher Jaded Ibis.

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Chalk Scribblers @chalkscribblers.bsky.social · Jul 16

Only a fee hours to go before Peadar Ó Guilín @thecallya.bsky.social talks about his YA novels full of really, really nasty sidhe. Join us online for free.
#writingcommunity #WritersLife #YAfantasy

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Chalk Scribblers meet the author: Peadar Ó Guilín, Wed, Jul 16, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup

Peadar Ó Guilín is an Irish author of short and long-form fiction. The first of his five YA novels, *The Inferior*, was published in 2007 and the most recent, *The Invasion

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Chalk Scribblers @chalkscribblers.bsky.social · Jul 13

A very hot summer is when the sidhe slide out from under their rocks. Join us online for free this Wed when novelist Peadar Ó Guilín @thecallya.bsky.social tells us how he writes about them.
#writingcommuunity
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Chalk Scribblers meet the author: Peadar Ó Guilín, Wed, Jul 16, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup

Peadar Ó Guilín is an Irish author of short and long-form fiction. The first of his five YA novels, *The Inferior*, was published in 2007 and the most recent, *The Invasion

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Chalk Scribblers @chalkscribblers.bsky.social · Jul 1

We still have a few places left for tomorrow's talk, pitch session and Q&A with literary agent Nicky Lovick of WGM Atlantic. Join us at 7pm UK time. £5 cover charge:
#writingcommunity #ampitching

Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1393067896...
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Chalk Scribblers meet the agent: Nicky Lovick

An evening with literary agent Nicky Lovick who will tell us about her work, answer questions and comment on verbal pitches.

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Chalk Scribblers @chalkscribblers.bsky.social · Jun 26

Do you have a book in search of an agent? Would you like an agent's feedback on your 2min pitch? Join us online on Wed 2nd Jul, 7pm UK time, to meet Nicky Lovick of WGM Atlantic. £5 cover charge:
#writingcommunity #ampitching

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Chalk Scribblers meet the agent: Nicky Lovick

An evening with literary agent Nicky Lovick who will tell us about her work, answer questions and comment on verbal pitches.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Chalk Scribblers @chalkscribblers.bsky.social · Jun 18

I'm sure we'll find a lot more than 200 words to say about those first 200.

Lee Avlund @bluestgiraffe.bsky.social · Jun 18

Join me at Chalk Scribblers Workshop: The First 200 Words meetu.ps/e/P7Y6D/tksw...

Chalk Scribblers Workshop: The First 200 Words, Wed, Jun 18, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup

Start your story with action, they say. Start with a hook, they say. Grab the reader’s attention from the beginning, they say. Whoever they are, they’re a lot less likel

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Chalk Scribblers @chalkscribblers.bsky.social · Jun 4

Just a couple more hours to go before Neil Clarke arrives to tell us how he made Clarkesworld ‪@clarkesworldmagazine.com
into one of the world's premier short fiction venues. Join us online for free to learn his secrets.
#writingcommunity #amwriting

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Chalk Scribblers meet the publisher: Neil Clarke

An evening with Neil Clarke, editor of the Clarkesworld and Forever magazines and numerous anthologies.

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Chalk Scribblers @chalkscribblers.bsky.social · Jun 1

Our next speaker will be Neil Clarke of Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com, who talk about two decades editing one of the top short fiction venues around plus a few anthologies. Join us online this Wed for free.
#writingcommunity #amwriting #getpublished

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Chalk Scribblers meet the publisher: Neil Clarke

An evening with Neil Clarke, editor of the Clarkesworld and Forever magazines and numerous anthologies.

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Chalk Scribblers @chalkscribblers.bsky.social · May 28

A little over 2h to go before Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social reveals the secrets of the Wizard's Tower @wtpress.bsky.social. Or at least, the indy publisher that's operating up there. Join us online for free if you'd like to know them.
#writing

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Chalk Scribblers meet the publisher: Wizard’s Tower

An evening with Cheryl Morgan of Wizard's Tower Press.

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Chalk Scribblers @chalkscribblers.bsky.social · May 27

We're all looking forward to it. And now we'll feel obliged to be lovely.

Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · May 26

Oh look, I'm getting interviewed online:
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An Online Event | Cheryl's Mewsings

The lovely people from the Chalk Scribblers writing group have invited me to an online event this coming Wednesday evening (UK time). You don't have to be a member of the group, and it is free to attend. So, if you would like to hear me burble on about Wizard's Tower, you can get a

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Chalk Scribblers @chalkscribblers.bsky.social · May 24

Ever wondered what books a wizard publishes in a tower? Join us for free online when bookwizard Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social tells us about Wizard's Tower @wtpress.bsky.social Press.

#WritingCommunity #AmWriting

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Chalk Scribblers meet the publisher: Wizard’s Tower

An evening with Cheryl Morgan of Wizard's Tower Press.

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Manda Benson @doctormandabenson.bsky.social · May 11

I'm honoured that @laylasabourian.bsky.social and her family found the book helpful! Challenging unhelpful stereotypes in fiction of how foster families and absent biological parents are portrayed was important to me right from when I began this series.
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Pilgrennon's Beacon

What Do Albert Einstein and Manda Benson Have in Common?

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Donna Scott @wishusdonna.bsky.social · May 8