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T.A. Wilderspin
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☀️ Day Shift • Communions & Design 💻
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Theatre nerd & self-certified “cool mum”
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Any oven-based instruction that says ‘turn halfway through cooking’

no it didn’t

#adhd
June 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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The turn of the season is the best time to practice the art of noticing, as we are naturally attuned to changes in our environment. 🌱

I like to notice the little things, and scribble my thoughts away for when future me needs some help with her scene setting.
#amwriting
June 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Calling this my Ab Fab era 😎
June 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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A new report from the APPG on Poverty & Inequality warns of devastating consequences for Disabled people if the Government proceeds with its proposed disability benefit cuts. 🚨

Read the report🔗 tinyurl.com/sj43hpt5
#TakingThePIP
Graphic: “The proposed cuts to disability benefits in the Green Paper will deepen poverty and worsen inequality for disabled people." The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Poverty and Inequality reports the findings from its inquiry into the disproportionate impact of poverty an inequality on Disabled people. Campaign for Disability Justice.
June 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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!!! This email from Boundless Publishing (successor to in-liquidation crowdfunded publisher Unbound) disclaiming responsibility for Unbound’s debt & labeling owed royalties “goodwill payments” (whole thread is worth reading)
alexdecampi.bsky.social Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · May 30
I’ve read Russian novels shorter than this goddamn email
Boundless Publishing Group Update: Dear All, I appreciate your patience with this seemingly impersonal email, but it is important that we get this information out to you in the most efficient manner. As you know, Unbound went into administration. Boundless Publishing Group is a new company, with new investors and management, which acquired the business of Unbound. Boundless has no legal obligation to pay any of the debts of Unbound; indeed, that is the effect of Unbound going into administration. However, Boundless Publishing Group’s management and new investors intend to preserve as much as possible the legacy of Unbound while building a stable and sustainable publishing house. As part of that intention, the new company set out a voluntary plan to honour historic obligations by making goodwill payments to authors and suppliers whose royalties and invoices remained unpaid under Unbound. The first such payment has been made. Payments due in the April 2025 statements are also counted as historic payments, as they relate to sales made prior to the inception of Boundless Publishing Group. In the meantime, the new investors have not received (nor are they seeking) any cash return, and I have been working for free. However, under the current conditions, the capital raised from new investors to launch Boundless Publishing Group is only sufficient to cover royalties generated from the date of Boundless’s formation. Therefore, until the company is on firmer financial footing, it will be unable to make further goodwill payments on historic royalties owed by Unbound. This decision, while incredibly difficult, reflects the reality of the company’s cash position. We simply do not have the cash at the moment to make further historic goodwill payments. What cash we have is focused on paying the salaries of our employees, ensuring our current committed publishing program is a success, and ensuring all royalties arising from the inception of this new company are paid on time. Our supportive investors are both fully committed to the long-term survival of the business and are behind the work we publish. They have focused Boundless Publishing Group on preserving its current operations and improving cash flow so it can continue publishing, rebuild trust, and return to addressing historic royalty payments from Unbound. We are acutely aware of the disappointment this causes for authors and partners, and for the delayed timing of this message as we were trying until the last minute to avoid this outcome. We do not take these delays lightly. This is not a matter of choice, but of survival. If Boundless is unable to operate and goes into liquidation, then no further payments at all—historic or current—will be possible; all existing cash will go to the liquidator, and all future sources of cash will be turned off, and all of your patience, the investors’ new capital, and all of senior management’s uncompensated time will have been for naught. John Mitchinson, Boundless Publishing Group’s Publisher, has resigned from the Board and will step down. He will not be drawing any funds from the company. As some of you may know, the company I founded, Neem Tree Press, was acquired by Unbound at the end of September 2024. I did not receive any cash for the sale. In fact, I put in a significant amount of new cash into Unbound at the time of the acquisition. I was appointed CEO of the new Boundless Publishing Group in March this year with the aim of stabilising the company. This is not an easy task when dealing with still existing historical issues. We have moved away from the old Unbound operational model, that did not work, to a more traditional publishing model; we are putting together a more efficient team; we are forming new boards of directors and advisors; and I am engaged in an additional round of fundraising. In fact, the only way that we could make even the first set of payments under the payment plan was because our current investors were willing to fund the newly formed company. I cannot emphasise enough that we can pay you the goodwill payments covering Unbound’s historic liabilities only if Boundless Publishing Group survives and thrives. The first step on this path was to bring in new investors, including Ronjon Nag, who has joined the Board. Ronjon is an inventor, teacher, entrepreneur and turnaround expert. He is an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University teaching AI, Genetics, Ethics, Longevity Science and Venture Capital. Boundless is also forming an Advisory Board consisting of publishing industry veterans and other turnaround experts to advise us through this time. I will continue to not take a salary from the company until it is on a solid footing, nor will Ronjon or any new director be taking remuneration—all so as to preserve the company’s cash position and ensure the best possible future for the company and to make voluntary goodwill payments over time. In the meantime, I ask for your patience with our staff who are not responsible for this situation. Unfortunately, I can’t answer immediately when you are likely to be paid, but if you should have other questions or concerns, please do respond to this email and I or my colleagues will do our best to get back to you.
May 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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So, this Unbound/Boundless fiasco. I was going to be polite about it, but after this morning’s email: no
May 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Describing the money you owe authors because you sold their books as 'historic goodwill payments' is nauseating and dishonest verbiage.
thebookseller.com The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · May 30
Authors published by the crowdfunding publisher Unbound will not receive historic royalty payments for sales of their books, unless Boundless, the new publisher founded following Unbound going into administration, "survives and thrives" 👇 #BookSky
Unbound authors will not receive unpaid royalty payments until new publisher Boundless 'is cash stable'
www.thebookseller.com
May 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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My synopsis, admiring my effort.

#amwriting #writingcommunity
a man in a suit sits in a chair eating cotton candy
ALT: a man in a suit sits in a chair eating cotton candy
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May 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Oh the sun’s out, let me put my washing out real quick.

*five minutes later*

FUCK ME IT’S HAILING
March 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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I need a new notebook. Should I

A) Select one of the many pristine, untouched notebooks in my collection?

B) Mine dopamine by buying a new one?

🤔
March 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Learning to accommodate yourself in a world that never accommodated you…or even taught you the word existed…is just an insane process to go through.
March 5, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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I have decided that staring witlessly at my Word doc. for half an hour counts as writing today. #amwriting
March 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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My 18m old just went and fetched my phone for me when I asked. An epic new chapter has begun 🤣
February 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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My first journalling sesh since moving house and I have no idea where my colouring pencils are, or if I’ve even unpacked them.
😭
February 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Reminding myself that I did indeed write 700 new words tonight…even though I deleted about 1,000 so my wordcount looks worse than before 😭 #amwriting
February 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Oh, come on!
In the Mother’s Day section? Really?
February 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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1,200 words written tonight 🙌🏻
Been a while since I’ve managed to lean into the 🌊 flow 🌊 It’s a welcome feeling ❤️ #amwriting
February 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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How long into drafting is it socially acceptable to start making my moody aesthetic collages?
I want to make 12. Now.

#booksky #amwriting
February 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Returning to my trainwreck WIP after months of neglect 🙈
#amwriting #writingcommunity
stitch from disney 's lilo and stitch is standing on a wooden floor eating pizza .
ALT: stitch from disney 's lilo and stitch is standing on a wooden floor eating pizza .
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February 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Clover
Illustration of a woman surrounded by clover in a shaped terrarium thingy. She's wearing a tanktop, headband, glasses, wristwatch and cardigan. There are some shamrocks and clover flowers mixed in. Drawn in Affinity photo + Paint tool sai by gdbeeart, 2025
February 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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*sigh* I’m getting so worn out by new ebook releases going for £10+. I’m all for authors making their money but… £10 for an ebook??
February 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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This evening’s writing vibe is late-90s Russian-Japanese jazz, apparently. Not mad at it, just not sure how we ended up here. 🎷
#amwriting
February 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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I get a bit sad when I want to work on my projects but can’t. My time is not my own, but my brain hasn’t really caught up.
But I’m working on this project. He’s the best reminder that slow progress is still progress. He’s hitting his milestones in his own time, & so will I 🥰
#writingcommunity
February 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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I think I’ve realised today that by learning to live in peaceful harmony with my to-do list, no longer aiming to “finish it” whatever that means, I may have unlocked a whole new level of adulthood 😂 #ADHD
February 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Ending the night on 12,751 words. Considering all this evening’s interruptions, I’ve made good progress! #amwriting
February 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM