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notanotheranthology.bsky.social @notanotheranth.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It's the last few days of our Kickstarter. Don't miss out on these amazing rewards! The merch bundle is just £5, so you don't have to pledge a lot to help us and grab yourself some amazing art by @ruesparks.bsky.social Please note - these are mock ups and not the final products. Link in comments.

Text and graphics on a pastel rainbow background. The text says Last Few Days. Our Kickstarter ends in just a few days. Don't miss out on these rewards. There is then a screenshot of the Not/Feeling Better Kickstarter page with a banner saying "Ending Soon"

Text and images on a pastel rainbow background. The text says Art by Rue Sparks, available as, and then there is a print bundle, a merch bundle, and a tote bag bundle with mock ups showing Rue's art on them.

Text and images on a pastel rainbow background. The text says Books - Not just the new anthology. There are then images of Not/Feeling Better with a mock up cover, the Kickstarter exclusive of Not/Coming Out, and Remains by Lou Willingham and The Inadequacy of Words by Amanda Shortman as Poetry Add-Ons

Text and an illustration of a person in a wheelchair with fist held high and a megaphone in their other hand. The text says Can we hit £1k. Help us meet our stretch goals! We're already fully funded but every pound we raise over this amount helps us reach our stretch goals of providing more free copies and hosting a launch party. Pledge today. link in bio.

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notanotheranthology.bsky.social @notanotheranth.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Email your submission to us (no name in the document file please!) by AUGUST 29TH. All the details you need are on our website (link in bio!) but if you have any questions please message us! LET'S DO THIS 🥳 #Anthology #IndieAuthor #BookSky💙📚 notanotheranthology.wordpress.com/submissions/

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Submissions

Submissions for Not/Feeling Better will be open from July 25th 2026 through to and including August 29th 2026. Requirements: up to 5000 words prompted by the title: Not/Feeling Better any genre, bu…

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notanotheranthology.bsky.social @notanotheranth.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN! Highlights: - prompt: Not/Feeling Better - word limit: 5000 - genre: any, but suitable for distribution to schools - form: any! Poetry, short fiction, memoir

Graphics and text on a pastel rainbow background. There is a character in a wheelchair, with fist in the air and holding a megaphone in the other hand. They are wearing a purple tshirt, red skirt, and purple shoes. Next to them is a Kickstarter badge that says "100% funded". The text above and below the graphics say:

Submissions are NOW open- find full details on how to submit at our website. There's still time to pledge to support our kickstarter

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notanotheranthology.bsky.social @notanotheranth.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Get a copy of this in these reward tiers: - Both Books - £30 - Not/Feeling Better & Not/Coming Out - Everything Bundle - £60 - stickers, bookmarks, art prints, tote bag, Not/Feeling Better ebook & paperback, and Not/Coming Out paperback - Add On - £15 - add to any reward tier Link in comments.

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Rue Sparks (They/Them) @ruesparks.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

The Not/Feeling Better anthology is close to my heart as someone whose struggled with chronic illness for years, especially after developing a Chiari malformation about four years back that had me down for the count for a long time. I loved working on these, and look forward to doing more!

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notanotheranthology.bsky.social @notanotheranth.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

We're thrilled to have teamed up with the incredible @ruesparks.bsky.social, a disabled author, artist, and advocate, to bring you these amazing designs. The pop art inspired pieces will feature in the Not/Feeling Better merch bundle, prints bundle, tote bag, and everything bundle. Pledge today! ⬇️

A pastel rainbow background with an oval illustrated portrait of Rue Sparks, who has short hair and wears glasses. The illustration is in a pop art style with the face detailed in various yellow shades and a black background. There is black text above and below the illustration that says "meet the artist - Rue Sparks - they/them - swipe to see their artwork

Two images next to each other. Both have a pastel rainbow background with a pop art inspired illustration on them. The first is of a weekly pill box. It has a paste; yellow background and the pill box is in pastel rainbow colours. The second is of a yellow hearing aid on a purple background. There is text above and below the illustration that says "Available in various rewards on Kickstarter - keep swiping"

Two images next to each other. Both have a pastel rainbow background with a pop art inspired illustration on them. The first is of a walking cane. It has a pastel blue background and the cane is pink. The second is of a pair of blue glasses on an orange background. There is text above and below the illustration that says "Available in various rewards on Kickstarter - keep swiping"

Two images next to each other. Both have a pastel rainbow background with a pop art inspired illustration on them. The first is hand wearing finger splints around the middle finger joints. It has a pastel green background and the hand is pink and the splints are yellow. The second is of a yellow and green manual wheelchair with large back wheels and push handles on the back on a pink background. There is text above and below the illustration that says "Available in various rewards on Kickstarter - pledge today"

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notanotheranthology.bsky.social @notanotheranth.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

OUR KICKSTARTER IS NOW LIVE!! We're so excited to launch in Disability Pride Month, as it's all about creating an anthology full of disabled and chronically ill voices. Please help us make this anthology possible, by pledging and/or sharing. #BookSky 💙📚 www.kickstarter.com/projects/naa...

A rainbow pastel background with a screenshot of the Not/Feeling Better Anthology Kickstarter page, which has the following blurb - "our second charity anthology features pieces about kife with chronic illnesses and disabilities!"

There is a banner showing it has just launched and text that says Kickstarter is now live, pledge today.

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notanotheranthology.bsky.social @notanotheranth.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

As a nice little incentive, each time you tag someone you'll be entered into a free giveaway for an exclusive copy of our first anthology, Not/Coming Out. You have a week to get tagging! Been tagged? Say hi!

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notanotheranthology.bsky.social @notanotheranth.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Tag anyone who you think might be interested in Not/Feeling Better and our future projects! Budding writers? Experienced authors? Book lovers searching for a cool indie anthology? We want to be friends! 📚

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notanotheranthology.bsky.social @notanotheranth.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

GIVEAWAY! We want to grow our community ahead of the launch of our Kickstarter because we want as many people as possible to have the opportunity to submit their writing to us. And we need your help!

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notanotheranthology.bsky.social @notanotheranth.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Have you started working on your submission for Not/Feeling Better yet? 👀 Here's a brief overview of our submission guidelines to help you!

Submission guidelines
Short fiction, poetry, essays
Up to 5k words
Multiple poems accepted
Any genre (non-explicit)*
Attach doc without author name
Include content warnings
*We plan to distribute free copies to schools and community groups, so need to be mindful of younger readers

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notanotheranthology.bsky.social @notanotheranth.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

We thought we'd share the timeline we've set ourselves. We'll launch the Kickstarter soon, and once it's fully funded we'll open for submissions. Autumn will be spent reading them all and choosing the final pieces. And then the Winter will be spent getting ready for publication next Spring!

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Not/Feeling Better Timeline

Summer 2026 - Kickstarter runs and open to submissions

Autumn 2026 - finalise successful submissions

Winter 2026 - anthology construction & promotion

Spring 2027 - distribute Kickstarter rewards and publish anthology

Please remember that all 3 editors are disabled and/or chronically ill, so the occasional delay may occur.

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notanotheranthology.bsky.social @notanotheranth.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

MEET THE EDITORS! Lou (she/they): author, proofreader, funeral worker Amanda (she/her): writer, blooger, book lover Kenzie (she/her): writer, reviewed, anthology editor It's the same team as before and we're so excited to work with our next group of writers! Will you be submitting writing to us?

Meet the editors
Lou Willingham
She/they
Author, proofreader, funeral worker
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Meet the editors
Amanda shortman
She/her
Writer, blogger, book lover
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Meet the editors
Kenzie Millar
She/her
Writer, reviewer, anthology editor
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notanotheranthology.bsky.social @notanotheranth.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Do you wanna see our faces? 👀 ⬇️ EDITOR REVEAL ⬇️

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notanotheranthology.bsky.social @notanotheranth.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

You can now sign up to be notified when our Kickstarter is launched. We'll be announcing rewards in due course, but we can let you in on a secret now 🤫 There'll be merch with artwork from an amazing disabled artist, and a second chance to get something from our first anthology 👀 Link in comments.

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notanotheranthology.bsky.social @notanotheranth.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Introducing: NOT/FEELING BETTER To be honest, we're fed up of people being surprised that we haven't been miraculously cured. No, we're not feeling better. But, on some days, we are. This is life as a person with disabilities. It's exhausting. But it's real and it's important.

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our next charity anthology will be called:
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we can't wait to work on it with you!

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notanotheranthology.bsky.social @notanotheranth.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

This is our final bit of teasing before we share the title/prompt for our next anthology! - The number of dashes indicate the number of letters (7, 6) - The theme is something we're certain our community will care about (all three of us experience/live with it) Post your guesses in the comments! 👀

Pastel rainbow background with black text that says Guess the title of our next project - leave your guesses in the comments. There is a hangman style game, with 3 words. The first word is already filled in as "not". The second word has 7 letters and the 3rd word has 6 letters.

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notanotheranthology.bsky.social @notanotheranth.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

THIS IS YOUR OFFICIAL WARNING: we're doing another anthology! Follow our socials this week for the title/prompt announcement 🥳 #booksky

A pastel rainbow background with black title text which says "coming soon" above an illustration of a blank book with a green cover and text which says "our second charity anthology". In front of the book is an illustration of a woman with brown skin sitting in a wheelchair and holding a megaphone with her other hand as a fist raised in the air.

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notanotheranthology.bsky.social @notanotheranth.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Ta-daa! Our beautiful new logo is here! Time to reintroduce ourselves... We're Not/Another Anthology and we published Not/Coming Out. We're so proud of the community we created with our first project that we're going to do it again! Stay tuned 👀

Not Another Anthology
ta da!
An illustration of a green bookmark with a ribbon flowing from it, nestled amongst three flowers (yellow, pink and orange). Text on the bookmark reads Not/Another Anthology.
Beneath the illustration is more black text: Stay tuned for news of our next project

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notanotheranthology.bsky.social @notanotheranth.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Hi everyone! We're back and we're excited to celebrate pride with you all 🥳 All profits from the sale of NOT/COMING OUT are donated to akt, the LGBT+ homelessness charity, so now is a really good time to grab a copy.

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notanotheranthology.bsky.social @notanotheranth.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

We are excited to share that Not/Coming Out is taking part in the Indie Visible charity event on 30th & 31st March. Pop the date in your diary, because it's going to be a great chance to fill up your e-reader with lots of free and discounted books!

Black text on a pastel rainbow background that says: Free eBook! Not/Coming Out is part of the Indie Visible charity events - 30th & 31st March. IndieVisibleEvents.Com. There is an image of an e-reader with the book Not/Coming Out on it, which has a black cover with a white line illustration of a wardrobe/closet which is closed and has a jacket hanging off the top and a teddy bear on the floor in front of it.

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Amanda Shortman - she/her @aspiraldance.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Let's share our favourite books with trans chacters and written by trans authors, so we can all find our next reads. I'll share mine in the comments. #BookSky #TransRightsAreHumanRights

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notanotheranthology.bsky.social @notanotheranth.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Not/Coming Out is a charity anthology of stories, poems, and memoir on the theme of coming out - or not. All royalties from sales are donated to akt, the UK's LGBT+ homelessness charity. 📚💙 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ relinks.me/B0CXHMNM3N

Not/coming out a charity anthology
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Text in a pink box which reads "ask royalties are donated to akt"

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Ske-Lou-Ton 💀 @louwrites.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Transphobia is violent. Separating us based on our apparent biology is oppression and I hope you all join me in vocalising support for trans women. I will be a huge problem and that's a promise 🏳️‍⚧️

I tell you because my weak flat skinny hairy body will never fit your woman you should be defending me (didn’t you always claim to defend me?) but I get the feeling you view me as a threat am I a blade? am I a huge problem? what is it about me that terrifies you?

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Amanda Shortman - she/her @aspiraldance.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Our trans friends & family need us. We have to step up our game. I've put together a few resources to help you take action, including links to petitions, free images to use on social media, and a call to be loud right now. #TransRightsAreHumanRights www.aspiraldance.com/resources-to...

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Resources to help Trans Allies take action

Trans people are being attacked around the world right now, and it is about time trans allies stepped up and took action. Here are some resources to help.

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notanotheranthology.bsky.social @notanotheranth.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Oh bother! Could we send you an ebook version? 💜

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

my book link, in case anyone fancies checking out my books on my birthday hehehe 😉💖🎁🍰🎂🎉 linktr.ee/rjcrunden

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notanotheranthology.bsky.social @notanotheranth.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Yay! Thank you for the rec 🥳 We'd love to send you this giveaway copy! Send your postal name and address to us as a private message and we'll get it sent out to you 🏳️‍🌈

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notanotheranthology.bsky.social @notanotheranth.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Thank you for sharing and for letting us know! 🌈

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notanotheranthology.bsky.social @notanotheranth.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

📚 GIVEAWAY 📚 To celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month here in the UK we're giving away a free copy of our Kickstarter Exclusive Edition! Share = 1 entry Comment your favourite queer read = 1 entry Closes Sunday 9th February UK only (due to shipping)

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notanotheranthology.bsky.social @notanotheranth.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

If you'd like to help us reach £400, you can find this anthology of queer "not/coming out" stories right here! relinks.me/B0CXHMNM3N

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notanotheranthology.bsky.social @notanotheranth.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

*taps mic* Is this thing on? Hi! After a very busy Christmas and new year, we're here to share the excellent news that Not/Coming Out has raised £348 for Akt!

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Not/coming out a charity anthology
We've raised £348.86 for Akt!

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Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.online · 18/12/2024

Drum roll please... My top reads of 2024, with books from @louwrites.bsky.social, @erynmcconnell.bsky.social, @daniel-lorn.bsky.social, Patrick Scattergood & Golda Evans, Amy Marsden, @notcomingout.bsky.social, and @alanakdrex.bsky.social Fantastic work all! mgmasoncreative.com/2024/12/18/m...

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My Top Reads of the Year – 2024

It was hard, but I narrowed down my top reads of 2023 to seven brilliant books.

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notanotheranthology.bsky.social @notanotheranth.bsky.social · 27/07/2024

New blog post to celebrate 2 months of Not/Coming Out, including: - how much we've raised for akt - new places you can buy a copy - where the Kickstarter pay-it-forward copies are going - our current giveaway notcomingoutanthology.wordpress.com/2024/07/27/t...

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notanotheranthology.bsky.social @notanotheranth.bsky.social · 17/07/2024

Please do tag us in your photos of Not/Coming Out! We're so excited to see this anthology reach its readers 🥰

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notanotheranthology.bsky.social @notanotheranth.bsky.social · 15/07/2024

All of our Kickstarter rewards have been sent out now (unless you haven't given us your postal address - please double check!) and it's been absolutely amazing to see the scale of your support. Thank you for making this project possible. We're all so proud to have done this 🌈

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