Mich Kenney
@michkenneybooks.bsky.social
Barefoot dreamer. Also author YA BOOK OF FIRE trilogy @hqstories & THE FAIRFAX SISTERS SERIES out now @onemorechapterhc Rep’d @northbanktalent
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Mich Kenney
@michkenneybooks.bsky.social
· Jan 16
It’s paperback publication day for The Mismatch of the Season so to celebrate here’s a few of your gorgeous posts! 💫 HUGE thanks for the support, it really is SO appreciated!! 🥰 instagram.com/reel/DE4I6gwoU…
plan: write for the morning
reality: spend 3 hours naming a minor character’s dog
reality: spend 3 hours naming a minor character’s dog
November 29, 2025 at 9:07 AM
plan: write for the morning
reality: spend 3 hours naming a minor character’s dog
reality: spend 3 hours naming a minor character’s dog
permanently offended by how long it takes to write a book
November 28, 2025 at 7:29 AM
permanently offended by how long it takes to write a book
So brilliant to see the feral crew finding a new home in Ukraine 2026! Can’t wait to share cover art @fabula_vydavnytstvo! 🔥 #BookofFire #CityofDust #StormofAsh 🔥
November 27, 2025 at 7:27 AM
So brilliant to see the feral crew finding a new home in Ukraine 2026! Can’t wait to share cover art @fabula_vydavnytstvo! 🔥 #BookofFire #CityofDust #StormofAsh 🔥
every time I say drafting is the most difficult part of writing, editing enters the room and laughs
November 27, 2025 at 7:24 AM
every time I say drafting is the most difficult part of writing, editing enters the room and laughs
when you know there is actual magic in this world because you can open a book and find yourself somewhere else entirely
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
when you know there is actual magic in this world because you can open a book and find yourself somewhere else entirely
Monday research✨
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Monday research✨
Reposted by Mich Kenney
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
when all you want is to inherit a large and mysterious fortune in order to buy all the books, but you get a monday instead
November 24, 2025 at 6:40 AM
when all you want is to inherit a large and mysterious fortune in order to buy all the books, but you get a monday instead
Friday research✨
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Friday research✨
November river✨
November 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
November river✨
when you like books wrapped in brown paper, the faint drum of November rain, deep pockets, quaint bookshops and the soft crunch of leaves underfoot
November 21, 2025 at 7:26 AM
when you like books wrapped in brown paper, the faint drum of November rain, deep pockets, quaint bookshops and the soft crunch of leaves underfoot
Thursday research✨
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Thursday research✨
Reposted by Mich Kenney
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 555:
Don't use descriptions of weather as backdrop or set dressing. Write how it affects the way your characters interact with their world: how it changes their clothes, their behaviour, their mood, their perception of sounds, colours, light. Make it count.
Don't use descriptions of weather as backdrop or set dressing. Write how it affects the way your characters interact with their world: how it changes their clothes, their behaviour, their mood, their perception of sounds, colours, light. Make it count.
November 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 555:
Don't use descriptions of weather as backdrop or set dressing. Write how it affects the way your characters interact with their world: how it changes their clothes, their behaviour, their mood, their perception of sounds, colours, light. Make it count.
Don't use descriptions of weather as backdrop or set dressing. Write how it affects the way your characters interact with their world: how it changes their clothes, their behaviour, their mood, their perception of sounds, colours, light. Make it count.
writing advice: write the book you want to read
writer after 9795 edits: I no longer want to read it
writer after 9795 edits: I no longer want to read it
November 19, 2025 at 7:31 AM
writing advice: write the book you want to read
writer after 9795 edits: I no longer want to read it
writer after 9795 edits: I no longer want to read it
Mid-Josephine proof-read and researching period dress styles for key scenes has to be one of my favourite parts of writing the #FairfaxSisters series!⚔️🪭 What part of writing do you most enjoy?
#ThePropositionoftheSeason is coming Feb’26 ✨
#ThePropositionoftheSeason is coming Feb’26 ✨
November 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Mid-Josephine proof-read and researching period dress styles for key scenes has to be one of my favourite parts of writing the #FairfaxSisters series!⚔️🪭 What part of writing do you most enjoy?
#ThePropositionoftheSeason is coming Feb’26 ✨
#ThePropositionoftheSeason is coming Feb’26 ✨
when you love cinnamon spice. falling leaves, books in brown paper, cosy jumpers and the faint patter of raindrops as you read
November 17, 2025 at 7:30 AM
when you love cinnamon spice. falling leaves, books in brown paper, cosy jumpers and the faint patter of raindrops as you read
Possibly my best shelfie ever and one for the #writinggoals pin-board! 🤩
Huge thanks @EastGateBookshop for this fabulous pic of my feisty
Fairfaxes with some of my all time favourites - weekend made!
Josephine's story is coming
February 2026... 📚✨
Huge thanks @EastGateBookshop for this fabulous pic of my feisty
Fairfaxes with some of my all time favourites - weekend made!
Josephine's story is coming
February 2026... 📚✨
November 16, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Possibly my best shelfie ever and one for the #writinggoals pin-board! 🤩
Huge thanks @EastGateBookshop for this fabulous pic of my feisty
Fairfaxes with some of my all time favourites - weekend made!
Josephine's story is coming
February 2026... 📚✨
Huge thanks @EastGateBookshop for this fabulous pic of my feisty
Fairfaxes with some of my all time favourites - weekend made!
Josephine's story is coming
February 2026... 📚✨
writer: *buys pretty notebook
also writer: well this is clearly too pretty to use so I shall stare at it forever instead
also writer: well this is clearly too pretty to use so I shall stare at it forever instead
November 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
writer: *buys pretty notebook
also writer: well this is clearly too pretty to use so I shall stare at it forever instead
also writer: well this is clearly too pretty to use so I shall stare at it forever instead
when you see an ‘I love you most ardently’ from Mr Darcy and raise it with ‘give me an occupation, Miss Dashwood, or I shall run mad’ from Colonel Brandon
November 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
when you see an ‘I love you most ardently’ from Mr Darcy and raise it with ‘give me an occupation, Miss Dashwood, or I shall run mad’ from Colonel Brandon
The Mismatch of the Season in brilliant
@raspberrybooks company here tysm @takeshobo_EN! And both Mismatch and Scandal are available to read for free over on KU atm 🤩💫
@raspberrybooks company here tysm @takeshobo_EN! And both Mismatch and Scandal are available to read for free over on KU atm 🤩💫
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 AM
The Mismatch of the Season in brilliant
@raspberrybooks company here tysm @takeshobo_EN! And both Mismatch and Scandal are available to read for free over on KU atm 🤩💫
@raspberrybooks company here tysm @takeshobo_EN! And both Mismatch and Scandal are available to read for free over on KU atm 🤩💫
Reposted by Mich Kenney
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 430: Read. Read widely. Read what you love, and what you don't. Read what you know, and what you don't yet know. The wider your reading, the better your chance of avoiding the limitations of being influenced by only one author, one genre, one culture, one time.
November 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 430: Read. Read widely. Read what you love, and what you don't. Read what you know, and what you don't yet know. The wider your reading, the better your chance of avoiding the limitations of being influenced by only one author, one genre, one culture, one time.
the charm of a handwritten note in a world full of emails
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
the charm of a handwritten note in a world full of emails
you know you’re a november bookworm when you like quaint old bookshops, gardens after rain, cosy jumpers, thunderstorms and all kinds of tea
November 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
you know you’re a november bookworm when you like quaint old bookshops, gardens after rain, cosy jumpers, thunderstorms and all kinds of tea
Very happy to introduce Miss Josephine Fairfax and Lord Alistair Huntingly! 📚💫
I’ve just returned copy-edits for The Proposition of the Season, aka Jospehine’s story, and used this new moodboard a lot while drafting and editing. It captures Jo’s world…
instagram.com/p/DQyiy3_DNg4/…
I’ve just returned copy-edits for The Proposition of the Season, aka Jospehine’s story, and used this new moodboard a lot while drafting and editing. It captures Jo’s world…
instagram.com/p/DQyiy3_DNg4/…
November 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Very happy to introduce Miss Josephine Fairfax and Lord Alistair Huntingly! 📚💫
I’ve just returned copy-edits for The Proposition of the Season, aka Jospehine’s story, and used this new moodboard a lot while drafting and editing. It captures Jo’s world…
instagram.com/p/DQyiy3_DNg4/…
I’ve just returned copy-edits for The Proposition of the Season, aka Jospehine’s story, and used this new moodboard a lot while drafting and editing. It captures Jo’s world…
instagram.com/p/DQyiy3_DNg4/…