T C Crawford
@tccrawford.bsky.social
Writer of MG fiction, GEA Member, Part time gardener and piano teacher (not at the same time) and mum of two wonderful sons and a slightly crazy cat.
Bring on the cheese 🎄🤩🧀🧀🧀
Every year around this time I post this comic up on the Find Chaffy Facebook page. I wait until other viral sites start posting it, then do it officially myself. It’s become a bit of a weird and lovely tradition for a lot of people, and it’s so nice 🫡
December 23, 2024 at 8:12 AM
Bring on the cheese 🎄🤩🧀🧀🧀
Good luck everyone!
🎊Happy Bath Children's longlist eve!
🕖The votes are IN and we'll be posting a bumper selection of YES votes from 19:00 GMT, along with any golden votes. 🐈⬛Good luck to all!
🕖The votes are IN and we'll be posting a bumper selection of YES votes from 19:00 GMT, along with any golden votes. 🐈⬛Good luck to all!
a close up of a golden ticket with the words golden ticket on it
ALT: a close up of a golden ticket with the words golden ticket on it
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December 19, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Good luck everyone!
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If we care about the future of our children - we need a library & a librarian in every single school, to help every single child find the books that will make them lifelong readers! Libraries & librarians create the readers of the future! #libraries #librarians #literacy
(Art: Chris Riddell)
(Art: Chris Riddell)
December 15, 2024 at 6:36 PM
If we care about the future of our children - we need a library & a librarian in every single school, to help every single child find the books that will make them lifelong readers! Libraries & librarians create the readers of the future! #libraries #librarians #literacy
(Art: Chris Riddell)
(Art: Chris Riddell)
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It’s the moment our entrants have been waiting for - the longlist announcement! 🥳🍾 Congratulations to everyone who entered. It’s been a pleasure and a privilege to read your writing.
See our website for details. www.searchlightawards.co.uk/news/
See our website for details. www.searchlightawards.co.uk/news/
December 12, 2024 at 11:04 AM
It’s the moment our entrants have been waiting for - the longlist announcement! 🥳🍾 Congratulations to everyone who entered. It’s been a pleasure and a privilege to read your writing.
See our website for details. www.searchlightawards.co.uk/news/
See our website for details. www.searchlightawards.co.uk/news/
Don't forget this deadline.. I just pressed send on my entry 🤞
🎈CLOSING TOMORROW SAT 30 NOV🎈
The Bath Children's Novel Award is a £5,000 prize for manuscripts in every genre and for any reader age
🧸Children's novels✔️ 🎒YA✔️
🍎Picture book texts✔️🍄Chapter books✔️
Open to unagented writers everywhere with full details at bathnovelaward.co.uk/childrens-no...
The Bath Children's Novel Award is a £5,000 prize for manuscripts in every genre and for any reader age
🧸Children's novels✔️ 🎒YA✔️
🍎Picture book texts✔️🍄Chapter books✔️
Open to unagented writers everywhere with full details at bathnovelaward.co.uk/childrens-no...
November 29, 2024 at 8:53 AM
Don't forget this deadline.. I just pressed send on my entry 🤞
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🥁2024's most popular words in titles entered for the #BathChildrensNovelAward
November 29, 2024 at 8:23 AM
🥁2024's most popular words in titles entered for the #BathChildrensNovelAward
Too true 😂😂😂
When a writer says they've outlined their story, what they really mean is they've envisioned 3-4 cool scenes they now need to somehow tie together into a plot
November 22, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Too true 😂😂😂
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Tomorrow, 10am! Join me live for some donut-themed comics-drawing absolute NONSENSE! 🍩
A HELPFUL REMINDER that you can join me for a Phoenix Digital Workshop this Saturday where we will be learning how to draw donuts - so many donuts! - and maybe, just maybe, helping bring the Donut Squad back from their exile in a strange limbo beyond reality? 🤞 thephoenixcomic.co.uk/event/?event...
November 22, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Tomorrow, 10am! Join me live for some donut-themed comics-drawing absolute NONSENSE! 🍩
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When you ask people about the books that changed their lives, they almost always mention a children's book. They're the books that make us readers, shape us at the deepest levels, and stay with us FOREVER. That's why I think children's books are the most important books of all! #kidlit #books
November 21, 2024 at 7:56 PM
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Faber has a new children's literature award for unpublished manuscripts #UKKidLit #UKKidLitNews www.faber.co.uk/journal/fabe...
Faber launches Action! Prize | Journal, News | Faber
Faber launches the Action! Prize in direct response to research from the National Literacy Trust that reveals children’s reading enjoyment is at its lowest level in almost two decades, and that the pr...
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November 20, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Faber has a new children's literature award for unpublished manuscripts #UKKidLit #UKKidLitNews www.faber.co.uk/journal/fabe...
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To celebrate the writing community here, I'm offering a free critique to unagented children's writers. I was helped by kind @amysparkes.bsky.social who mentored me. Like, share & follow with a gif that represents your ms. I'll crit a PB or chapter one of CB or MG. #kidsbooks
kate-walker.co.uk/about/
kate-walker.co.uk/about/
a penguin is reading a comics magazine on a chimney
ALT: a penguin is reading a comics magazine on a chimney
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November 17, 2024 at 9:43 PM
To celebrate the writing community here, I'm offering a free critique to unagented children's writers. I was helped by kind @amysparkes.bsky.social who mentored me. Like, share & follow with a gif that represents your ms. I'll crit a PB or chapter one of CB or MG. #kidsbooks
kate-walker.co.uk/about/
kate-walker.co.uk/about/
Great tips on writing the perfect hook!
Nearly forgot today's #SimmondsWritingTips
Yesterday I was asked if I could talk about writing the 'hook' for a book. I would LOVE to talk about hooks because (thanks to my marketing background) I am passionate about combining a commercial mindset with creativity.
Let's start with what a hook is...
a cartoon of patrick star with hooks around his neck and the words i 'm hooked below him
ALT: a cartoon of patrick star with hooks around his neck and the words i 'm hooked below him
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November 18, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Great tips on writing the perfect hook!
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BOOK GIVEAWAY!!! I'm not on social media a lot right now, working very hard on my new book, trying to get it done in less than 9 years this time! In the meantime, I'm giving away signed copies of all my books so far. Repost & follow to enter, & say which one you'd like - closes Dec 14! #KidLitUK
November 17, 2024 at 9:34 PM
BOOK GIVEAWAY!!! I'm not on social media a lot right now, working very hard on my new book, trying to get it done in less than 9 years this time! In the meantime, I'm giving away signed copies of all my books so far. Repost & follow to enter, & say which one you'd like - closes Dec 14! #KidLitUK
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Posting this here cos it's from the only tweet I ever bookmarked, and I'd like to be able to find it quickly now that's gone. Also because, as a writer, it kind of knocks me out.
November 17, 2024 at 3:01 PM
Posting this here cos it's from the only tweet I ever bookmarked, and I'd like to be able to find it quickly now that's gone. Also because, as a writer, it kind of knocks me out.