Reposted by Gail DoggettAlex North @alexnorth.co.uk · 29/01/2025Yeah, it really sucks when other people steal your work, doesn’t it? 0339
Reposted by Gail DoggettJoel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 22/12/2024I can’t recommend the weird, almost body-horror gruesomeness of this episode on mincemeat enough, but my biggest takeaway is that Fanny Craddock appears to have perfected an aesthetic that can only be described as “Samurai Thatcher”. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... 1101284208
Gail Doggett @gail.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Seen at our local Waterstones today - apparently all thrillers/crime with a Walthamstow connection?? #hotbed 150
Reposted by Gail DoggettPhilippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Good news! Please share! The Society of Authors (@societyofauthors.bsky.social) have put out an official statement calling on celebrities, publishers & agents to properly acknowledge, promote & recompense the expert professional authors (“ghostwriters“ & “co-creators”) behind “celebrity fiction”. 1/societyofauthors.orgCall to acknowledge all writers behind celebrity books - The Society of AuthorsThe Society of Authors is calling for celebrities, publishers and agents to acknowledge the writers behind celebrity books, particularly for children 1031467
Reposted by Gail DoggettAdrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Autism and other neurodivergent traits can be socially oroblematic. Being able to explain that your divergent response and behaviour has a cause can defuse tension and offence from people who read the situation as rudeness etc. These weasels appropriating it harms the real community. 719214
Reposted by Gail Doggettditchpony @ditchpony.bsky.social · 05/12/2024I’m only a failure by human standards. if I was a children’s book badger in an apron I’d be like “whoa this house is massive, and I own so many cheeses and jams.” 252887762
Gail Doggett @gail.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Small happy dance here after chaotic morning because I get to see @meemalee.bsky.social today 💃 120
Gail Doggett @gail.bsky.social · 25/11/2024#kidlit authors are going to reign supreme, because they’ve done their time in the fiery crucible of school visits 030
Reposted by Gail DoggettChuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 25/11/2024“How’d the world die? A pack of no-talent tech grifters created a digital artbarf machine to spew endless artbarf and each time the machine threw up it drank more water, destroyed more resources. Nobody wanted it but they did it anyway! Eat your roach paste.” www.thebookseller.com/news/new-pub...thebookseller.comNew publisher Spines aims to 'disrupt' industry by using AI to publish 8,000 books in 2025 aloneA new publisher has claimed it aims to “disrupt” the books industry by publishing 8,000 books in 2025 alone using artificial intelligence. 1562385718
Reposted by Gail DoggettJodie Hodges @jodiehodges.bsky.social · 25/11/2024shorturl.at/YA2bR Do I think these tech bros care about reading? I do not. Do these tech bros have $16m? They do. Do I think incredible work could be done if even a 20th of that sum were invested in marketing *the act of reading* as an essential wellbeing and self improvement tool. I know it. 💔thebookseller.comNew publisher Spines aims to 'disrupt' industry by using AI to publish 8,000 books in 2025 aloneA new publisher has claimed it aims to “disrupt” the books industry by publishing 8,000 books in 2025 alone using artificial intelligence. 22810
Reposted by Gail DoggettLizzaAiken @lizzaaiken.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Stories that stay with you...Joan Aiken's best brought back in this beautiful new edition from @manderleypress.bsky.social Find it here: www.joanaiken.com/books/tales-...joanaiken.comTales of London Town 052
Reposted by Gail DoggettBad Atheist @badatheist.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Remember that libraries are proof that not every goddamned thing needs to be “for profit.” 387372854653
Gail Doggett @gail.bsky.social · 19/11/2024I keep musing that this app is feeling a bit like early days of “the other place” but back then I was a food blogger and now I’m making three meals for two kids. #NotTheSame 020
Reposted by Gail DoggettAdam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 18/11/2024My six favourite European Mr Men character names... 6. Mr Muddle in Spain = Don Confuso 5. Mr Topsy-Turvy in Germany = Herr Kuddelmuddel 4. Mr Bounce in France = Monsieur Bing 3. Mr Dizzy in Portugal = Senhor Bobo 2. Mr Greedy in Sweden = Gubben Glufs Glufs 1. Mr Bump in Norway = Herr Dumpidump 892697782
Gail Doggett @gail.bsky.social · 18/11/2024When the #gothic fiction starts to properly take over… (Writer’s Diary from @urbanwriters) 093
Reposted by Gail Doggettlukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 31/01/2024Mushrooms turn dead wood into food and medicine which is better than anything any tech start up has ever done 6453181268
Gail Doggett @gail.bsky.social · 18/11/2024The teeny weeny mushrooms 🍄 on the hot water bottle!!! 030
Reposted by Gail DoggettS J Watson @sjwatson.bsky.social · 18/11/2024It’s a man running away. Until it’s a dog. 1529581
Gail Doggett @gail.bsky.social · 17/11/2024This feels like such a wise approach. Starve them of oxygen. Focus on the people I want to hear from. 011
Reposted by Gail DoggettErin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 16/11/2024We don’t have to repeat the mistakes of Twitter by following these outrage farmers when they come here. We can all just agree that these people universally suck and go about our lives without them in it. We don’t have to share “this person who sucks said another thing that sucks.” We can have peace! 181302294
Reposted by Gail DoggettRoxi Horror 💀🌸 @roxiqt.com · 15/11/2024Life is short. Write that novel. Paint that painting. Try new recipes. Learn black magic. Go into the forest at night. Summon a demon. Earn that demon's trust. Become best friends with it. Brag to everyone else about your new cool demon best friend. Knit that sweater. 566330606023
Gail Doggett @gail.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Oh and will also be lurking over at @bookdoubling.bsky.social - send me allllll the neurodivergent whizzy brained writers… 000
Gail Doggett @gail.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Set this account up a v long time ago when it seemed to be just early adopters (and thanks to one of them for the invite, me) and now I come back and you’re all here!! This doesn’t bode well for my self-imposed SM ban. 110
Gail Doggett @gail.bsky.social · 16/11/2024When “Did ye hear who died” went online (genuinely find it fascinating) 100
Gail Doggett @gail.bsky.social · 23/05/2023New Book Post is the best post. Congratulations AY Chao! 000
Gail Doggett @gail.bsky.social · 11/05/2023In Bristol for Crimefest (yay) with Eurovision on the telly and it feels like the streams are crossing, current time with my teenage years. (Also: Australia?!) 000
Gail Doggett @gail.bsky.social · 06/05/2023God it feels weird to be vaguely optimistic about social media again. Meanwhile, a lovely rainy day in London to hide away from all the regal bullshit. 020
