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Simon Harding

@simonharding.bsky.social
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Author of Ancient Tide and Enduring Tide. Novelist, children’s author, pun collector and rhyme tinkerer. Now leading Fableration: a new chapter in publishing.

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Fableration ✍️ Words Create Worlds @fableration.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
if your audience never found you, if the silence felt personal-it wasn’t. Hold that thought. Join now: zealous.co/fableration/opportunity/…
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Fableration ✍️ Words Create Worlds @fableration.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
If you care about where creator economics actually goes next, this is the post to read. 👉 fableration.com/news/my-top-7-creat… Let’s set our sights on 2026 with clarity, not confusion.
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Simon Harding @simonharding.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Great post on what 2026 holds in store for creators. If Lisa's predictions hold true then we're all in for a ripper of a year.
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Simon Harding @simonharding.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
"If your words moved someone—made them feel understood, or less alone, or just gave them a reason to stay up a little later—you’ve already achieved what most writers dream of. You’ve reached someone. That matters." #WeSeeYou #Writers
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Fableration ✍️ Words Create Worlds @fableration.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Julia’s on the train. Book in her hands. Invisible. She’s written ten novels. You won’t have read any of them. Every writer knows this feeling. Unseen. Unread. Unpaid. Julia, #WeSeeYou 🔗 fableration.com #BringYourHundred
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Fableration ✍️ Words Create Worlds @fableration.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
70,000 hand-crafted words might be your soul on paper. But they don’t pay the mortgage. The publishing economy is broken. Here’s what we’re doing about it.  📖 Read: The Economics of Silence 👉 fableration.com/news/the-economics-… #BringYourHundred #WeSeeYou #Fableration
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Fableration ✍️ Words Create Worlds @fableration.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Confession: Most of us have a half-finished story somewhere. This is your sign to return to it or start anew. And honestly why wouldn’t you? 1,000–5,000 words. Set in the future. 2 BTC in prizes. Free entry. 🔗 zealous.co/fableration/opportunity/…
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Simon Harding @simonharding.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
"If your words moved someone—made them feel understood, or less alone, or just gave them a reason to stay up a little later—you’ve already achieved what most writers dream of. You’ve reached someone. That matters." #WeSeeYou #Writers
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Fableration ✍️ Words Create Worlds @fableration.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
If good writing rises to the top, why doesn't yours?
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Fableration ✍️ Words Create Worlds @fableration.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
AI should free us from the grunt work — not the greatness. Who wants a future where AI writes novels while authors scrub toilets? The next chapter in AI should be written and governed by authors and publishers. 📜 Read The Charge of the Rights Brigade → fableration.com/news/the-cha...
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Fableration
A fairer publishing model. Fableration helps writers earn, readers discover, and publishers thrive — beyond the algorithm, beyond Amazon.
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Fableration ✍️ Words Create Worlds @fableration.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Why do I keep writing when it feels like nobody reads my work? Because if I stop, my stories disappear. #Fableration #writer #writingcommunity #reader #readerscommunity
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Fableration ✍️ Words Create Worlds @fableration.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Our CEO @simonharding.bsky.social walked into the world’s largest publishing event — and realised he was the canary in the coalmine. We're building Fableration to fix the brokenomics of publishing. 🪶 Read the full piece ↓ fableration.com/news/the-can...
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Fableration
A fairer publishing model. Fableration helps writers earn, readers discover, and publishers thrive — beyond the algorithm, beyond Amazon.
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Simon Harding @simonharding.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Here's my first experience of the Frankfurt Book Fair. It's not what you might expect! #writers @fableration.bsky.social fableration.com/news/the-can...
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Fableration
A fairer publishing model. Fableration helps writers earn, readers discover, and publishers thrive — beyond the algorithm, beyond Amazon.
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Simon Harding @simonharding.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Here's my first experience of the Frankfurt Book Fair. It's not what you might expect! #writers @fableration.bsky.social fableration.com/news/the-can...
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Fableration
A fairer publishing model. Fableration helps writers earn, readers discover, and publishers thrive — beyond the algorithm, beyond Amazon.
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Simon Harding @simonharding.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Why don't you enter our short story competition? The prize pool is a whopper @fableration.bsky.social
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Simon Harding @simonharding.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Honestly, if you're a writer you really should give this a go. @sfwa.bsky.social @writersguildgb.bsky.social Help me spread the word!
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Simon Harding @simonharding.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Honestly, if you're a writer you really should give this a go. @sfwa.bsky.social @writersguildgb.bsky.social Help me spread the word!
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Simon Harding @simonharding.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Done - look forward to finding a way forward together!
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Fableration ✍️ Words Create Worlds @fableration.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
We’ve reached out to MUP to explore what might be possible. We can’t do this alone. Saving Meanjin will only happen if readers, writers and anyone else who cares step up to say: Meanjin still matters. 📩 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Save Meanjin – Show Your Support
Meanjin should never have had to fight for survival. After more than 80 years, it’s closing — not because it wasn’t loved, but because the economics of publishing are broken. Fableration has been in c...
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Fableration ✍️ Words Create Worlds @fableration.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
10 days ago, we decided we wanted to step in and help Meanjin. Since then, we've been in contact with Melbourne University Press and we are now waiting on some direction from their board. In the meantime, you can help by answering these questions: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Save Meanjin – Show Your Support
Meanjin should never have had to fight for survival. After more than 80 years, it’s closing — not because it wasn’t loved, but because the economics of publishing are broken. Fableration has been in c...
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Simon Harding @simonharding.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Shout out to @savemeanjin.bsky.social - Fableration is trying to do something to help Meanjin and I'm sure we aren't the only ones. If we all pull together hopefully we can make something happen.
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Simon Harding @simonharding.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Hey M.I. I love your comments - authors shouldn't have to work this hard to promote their work!
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Simon Harding @simonharding.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Have you thought about entering it into the Worlds' Richest Short Story Competition? It's free .... zealous.co/fableration/...
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Banish chaos, supercharge submissions. Accept entries, judge and vote on our intuitive, seamless platform.
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Simon Harding @simonharding.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Good luck!
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Simon Harding @simonharding.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Welcome! Fellow newbie to BlueSky here and veteran of a similar journey! What's the one thing you'd change about the path to market?
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Simon Harding @simonharding.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Thanks for sharing @authorsguild.org it's an interesting read. Tamar hits on publishing's Catch 22: if you follow the genre guidelines, you compromise your creativity. If you don't, you compromise your path to market.
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Simon Harding @simonharding.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Well done Mark - as someone who also found writing late, I love that you've found success.
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Simon Harding @simonharding.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Great article Jonny. My take is that AI is just a tool - it's who is guiding it that's the problem. At Fableration we see a future were AI supports and is controlled by creatives.
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Simon Harding @simonharding.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Here's the @fableration.bsky.social vision of how AI can support - not replace writers. Is it one you can get behind? Would love to know your thoughts.
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Simon Harding @simonharding.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Well let it fester away - it certainly has the bones of a good story!
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Simon Harding @simonharding.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Thanks for sharing @brucerosenstein.bsky.social that's an interesting Q&A - I think we all have moments when we realised we needed to write. Mine was while my dad was in hospital. What was yours?
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Simon Harding @simonharding.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Sounds interesting @evviejo.bsky.social - I'm a big fan of dual timelines. Have you thought about what genre that would fit in? When I brought mine to market they landed in Fantasy - but that's such a big catch all.
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Simon Harding @simonharding.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Bringing a book to market is an incredible feeling - except for the last 7 years I've felt the constant need to rewrite it. 🫣 Am I alone?
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