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@storywrangler.bsky.social
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Cook, therapist, personal assistant, life coach, finance manager, cleaner…. No, wait, that’s just being a parent. Writer, nerd, part-time gamer.

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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 30/08/2025
hi, cis folks! this is present day reality for UK trans folks. it’s outrageous someone should have to have taken this journey to live as themselves, participate in society, & be with who they love. hi, cis americans! this is a future trans americans see that starts with “we need to compromise.”
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storywrangler.bsky.social @storywrangler.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Me thinking of all the other businesses big and small who recognise that gender is a spectrum and ask for self-identification accordingly, and then this bullshit. 🙄 It ain’t hard to allow people to exist.
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Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Today is the day authors are learning how many of their publishers straight up blew off registering copyright and I feel like that deserves a class action suit of its own if it costs everyone their settlement money from the Anthropic suit... 😒🤬
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storywrangler.bsky.social @storywrangler.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Ticketmaster can go fuck itself. Queues for two hours for #MCR tickets, only to be booted out because the website was processing orders faster than I could click. Hope the devs get thrush.
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Curse of the Libby Dead @captainlibatron.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
KENT PEOPLE: the Household Support Fund has just opened with first-come-first-served £90 food vouchers for people struggling with bills. Please repost or pass on to anyone you think might need it news.kent.gov.uk/articles/foo...
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Food voucher support scheme opens for the summer
If you or someone you know is struggling to pay the bills, help could be available from the Household Support Fund (HSF) through Kent County Council (KCC).
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storywrangler.bsky.social @storywrangler.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Babe, I’ve been doing that since 1988. #KeepCliftonvilleWeird
A road disappears around the the corner, tall Georgian houses on one side, the sea on another. In the foreground is the pavement, with two triangular roadworks signs and a lamp post. On the lamp post is a sign that says you are now entering Cliftonville. Below the text it says hashtag keep cliftonville weird
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Emily Randall-Jones @erandalljones.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
A publishing shout out - I'm running a panel for @write-mentor.bsky.social WOWCON about navigating the publishing industry as a neurodivergent person and I'd love to hear from ND-ers on the other side of the table; namely agents/publishers/etc. Please DM if you're interested!
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Matt 'Wib' Ward @wib.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
So if kids can't look at screens then are you going to invest in public spaces where they can exist away from their parents? I'm assuming no.
News story reading: "Two-hour screen time limit and curfews for children being considered by government
The technology secretary tells Sky News he will make announcement on "compulsive" screen time, as a survey shows teenagers are spending hours a day scrolling."
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AskAubry 🦝 🐆 @ask-aubry.com · 17/07/2025
Universal advice for everyone, never be friends with someone who cheats. If they are willing to deceive their partner, they are not above deceiving you.
r/AmltheAsshole u/pharmapharma 5h

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AlTA for lying to my best friend's girlfriend to cover up his emotional cheating... only to end up being collateral damage in their breakup?

So I (M27) live in a shared flat with my best friend (also M27). He's been dating this incredible girl (F26) for about a year - smart, funny, brings wine and snacks when she visits, 10/10 overall.

Then, out of nowhere, my genius of a flatmate starts catching feelings for someone else. Nothing physical happened (yet), but emotionally? Oh, he was deep in it. He comes to me all confused like "Bro, what do I do?" and I tell him straight:

"She's the best you've had in years, and you'd be an idiot to throw that away for a crush."

He nods. He agrees. Says he won't do anything dumb. Fast forward a couple weeks: his girlfriend's Spidey-sense kicks in. She calls me asking if something's off. I panic. I lie.

"Nah, he's just stressed about work. Everything's fine." Then I immediately call him like, "Dude, she knowAnd here's the kicker: she grills me in front of him, like I'm the villain in this love triangle.

"You LIED to me to protect him."

She storms out an hour later after more shouting, leaves her stuff behind. A day later she asks my girlfriend (MVP in all this) to pick up her things. My flatmate decides to pack the bag himself.

Big mistake. Drumroll please.....

She opens the bag and it's like Pandora's box of dumbassery: earrings, a tong, and old t-shirt, some random bracelet. None of it hers except the earrings. LMFAO. All apparently from the other girl(s?) my flatmate was "not really" seeing.

So now she thinks he 100% cheated, packed up his side chick's stuff, and handed it to her as a parting gift. She calls my girlfriend in tears. My girlfriend's pissed. I'm pissed. We're all pissed.

My flatmate? Still confused.

Reddit, what do I do? I'm stuck living with this idiot. His ex

hates me more than she hates him. My girlfriend's questioning my judgment. And all I did was try to help
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 08/07/2025
You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳
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storywrangler.bsky.social @storywrangler.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
My kid’s teacher used this as an example of an elevated sentence: “He lay motionless, writhing in agony.” Me & the kid: well which was it? The kid was incensed that it was being held up as a good example. #education #teacher #SATS
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Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 02/07/2025
Not Another Wardrobe: Why Portal Fantasy Is a Tough Sell It’s a super common entry point into a fantasy novel: the protagonist steps through a portal or is somehow transported into another world. darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/p... #writingcommunity #amwriting #amwritingfantasy
Illustration of a boy who has just passed through a portal
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Melissa Welliver - TO THE DEATH available to pre-order NOW! @melliver.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
It's the most magical time of the year - tax time! Here are the % of income streams for my writing in the last financial year: ALCS - 0.41% PLR - 0.23% Appearance Fees - 1.42% Editing Fees - 5.35% Mentoring - 25.96% Advances - 34.04% Writementor Day Job - 32.59% More below 🧵1/4
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Blake E. Reid @chup.blakereid.org · 25/06/2025
Judge Chhabria knew that his opinion in Kadrey v. Meta would be publicly consumed and misunderstood, so he wrote a GIANT CAVEAT ABOUT THE LIMITED SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HOLDING THAT EVERYONE REALLY SHOULD READ BEFORE ISSUING HOT TAKES. It's very short and I'm not even going to summarize it. Read it!
The upshot is that in many circumstances it will be illegal to copy copyright-protected
works to train generative AI models without permission. Which means that the companies, to
avoid liability for copyright infringement, will generally need to pay copyright holders for the
right to use their materials.
But that brings us to this particular case. The above discussion is based in significant part
on this Court’s general understanding of generative AI models and their capabilities. Courts can’t
decide cases based on general understandings. They must decide cases based on the evidence
presented by the parties.Given the state of the record, the Court has no choice but to grant summary judgment to
Meta on the plaintiffs’ claim that the company violated copyright law by training its models with
their books. But in the grand scheme of things, the consequences of this ruling are limited. This
is not a class action, so the ruling only affects the rights of these thirteen authors—not the
countless others whose works Meta used to train its models. And, as should now be clear, this
ruling does not stand for the proposition that Meta’s use of copyrighted materials to train its
language models is lawful. It stands only for the proposition that these plaintiffs made the wrong
arguments and failed to develop a record in support of the right one.
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Speaking as a Londoner: Congrats, New York on your (hopefully) new muslim mayor. But also commiserations on the absolute S-tier flood of baseless racist shite you're going to get bombarded with from your family outside the city from now on. Ask us how we know.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
PROVOKE AND PUBLICISE Tomorrow in the Houses of Parliament the transphobes will attempt a “Provoke & Publicise” action. Provoke and Publicise was originally developed as a tactic by racist segregationists in US states like Alabama & Oklahoma to try and stop the civil rights movement there… 1/7
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Tracy King @tracyking.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Hello! I am working on a project with the Royal Institution about the Christmas Lectures, and would love to talk to people who grew up watching them on TV, or now watch them with their own kids (or, ideally, both). Please share 🤗
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storywrangler.bsky.social @storywrangler.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
It’s 25° out, yet I’m sitting in the office covered in goosebumps, trying to decide if I can deal with amount of shit I’ll get from everyone if I get my pashmina out.
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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
I will be causing Loki chaos and entertaining children this sunday at 4pm in Barnes, Kitson Hall. Come and help me lower the tone of a west london literary festival! #KidLitUK Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/checkout-ext...
A photo of me branded for Barnes Children's Literature Festival, with Grimwood art by Nadia Shireen.
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storywrangler.bsky.social @storywrangler.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Just made myself lol cuz I mistyped “counter”. I’m such a child.
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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
UNBOUND AUTHORS: The administrators are scheduling a second creditor meeting to address concerns brought forward over director conduct. If you would like to attend, YOU MUST FILL OUT THE ADMINISTRATORS PROOF OF DEBT FORM (it’s simple and not scary). DM me with your emIl to be forwarded it
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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Yael van der Wouden, who won last night’s @womensprize.bsky.social for Fiction, said she was intersex in her speech and had only got the right treatment because of “every trans person who’s fought for healthcare.” Say it again: Transphobia. Hurts. Everyone.
Quote from Yael van der Wouden: “…every single trans person who’s fought for healthcare, who changed the system, the law, societal standards, themselves, I stand on their shoulders.”
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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
I'm a dad bringing up a family on their own. I have leaned this: hobbies are dominated by men because women are just too busy. If men did their fair share they'd be too busy to meet up and argue over whatever bullshit passion they have.
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storywrangler.bsky.social @storywrangler.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
My eldest is watching #Lockwood&Co for the first time. Takes one look at Lockwood and murmurs “oh my god” in pure, unadulterated pre-teen longing. I really think the whole dressing-the-cut scene may end her.
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storywrangler.bsky.social @storywrangler.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Right, trying to acquire a new pair of jeans, and honestly it’s giving me an existential crisis. Why do I need ten metres of denim for one pair of jeans? They look like they’re wearing me!
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Holding the Line @sparkes66.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
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Harri @hfrayling.com · 06/06/2025
If you are a disabled developer, professional or creator who wants to go to Develop this year, please apply for this! If your imposter syndrome says no - apply anyway. If you think you'll be an outsider (you won't, there's loads of us disabled folks gonna be there) - apply anyway. YOU GOT THIS!
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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 05/06/2025
Prize now open for: Stories of joy and resilience in the face of daily challenges Narratives of resistance, activism, and fighting against ableism in all its forms, Personal stories of triumph, solidarity, and empowerment within disabled communities Details in link. Please share :)
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JKP Writing Prize
Jessica Kingsley Publishers is the leading publisher of books on autism, social work, arts therapies and related subjects, publishing for both professionals and the general reader.
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The Emma Press @theemmapress.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Amazing news! 🎉 We've been chosen as the first ever recipient of the David Tebbutt Internship Fund to support people from under-represented backgrounds to build a career in publishing! This paid internship will last 6 months! Find out more & apply by 30 June:  buff.ly/sqNAkm1
Image of a blue rucksack with a green and red Emma Press patch. The Emma Press logo and Creative Access logo are featured in the top right and bottom left respectively. Text on the image reads: The Emma Press, 2025 recipient of the David Tebbutt Internship Fund.
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storywrangler.bsky.social @storywrangler.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
When the feedback from your mentor hits your inbox and you want to read it RIGHT NOW but you have to be a grown up and do ALL THE THINGS before you can sit down to read it 😫
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Gentle reminder to anyone who needs it today: The more you use technology to replace the things you used to do for for yourself, the less you will be able to do them. That goes for writing, walking, thinking, communicating, making things, and all the things humans used to be pretty good at.
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Emma Thane of Cawdor @redwellyfeats.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
I would like to recommend this guidance on phoenix companies and recommend that authors make a complaint to the Insolvency Service about the director. www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Phoenix companies and the role of the Insolvency Service
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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Oh and: it appears Sharma is pivoting to AI (see receipts at end of quoted thread above) so when you contact Boundless to inform them they no longer have rights to your book, also EXPLICITLY tell them they cannot use your copyrighted work in any AI training or generatiom
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
As an aside: DO NOT ORDER THE PAPERBACK. I notice they’re still saying it’ll be published by Unbound. It won’t. I got my rights back and will be finding a new home for it soon. If you’ve preordered, ask for a refund. amzn.eu/d/6l5Nfvy
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Be Funny or Die: How comedy works and why it matters: Amazon.co.uk: Morris, Joel: 9781789652093: Books
Buy Be Funny or Die: How comedy works and why it matters by Morris, Joel (ISBN: 9781789652093) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
📢 Calling all authors writing about Black Women's History 📢 Applications are now open for our Series Incubator! Finalists will have the opportunity to receive feedback on their WIP from series editors & other interlocutors in their field. Learn more and apply 👇 uncpress.org/black-womens...
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David Green @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
I'm about to hit 5k followers. So how about a give away? Like and repost this, and I'll enter everyone who does into a draw to win a full set of my British Fantasy Award nominated Empire of Ruin series! Good luck - I'll do the draw this Friday afternoon :)
Empire of Ruin series - In Solitude's Shadow, Path of War, Beyond Sundered Seas, At Eternity's Gates.
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storywrangler.bsky.social @storywrangler.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
OhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygod The eldest is watching the original Twister. What if she doesn’t love it as much as me? What if she thinks it’s just meh?
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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
I work for Scottish Book Trust and we’re running a survey for parents/teachers/kids book enthusiasts about how they find books for kids. I’d be enormously grateful if anyone can spare 5-10 mins to share their thoughts. #KidLitUK forms.office.com/e/EdVhWA0T0n
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Kristie Choi @kristiechoi.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
#mswl reminder: I am still on the hunt for standout trans/genderqueer voices, particularly in YA but also MG, from speculative to gorgeously written coming-of-age. My partner is trans/nb, I’m genderfluid, and I will never stop championing genderqueer authors
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Lucy Lapinska / LD Lapinski 💛🤍💜🖤 @ldlapinski.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
MCM Comic Con starts today!! Here is my schedule for tomorrow…
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Shanna "Read Black Fantasy" Miles @srmilesauthor.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Want to read more Black fantasy, horror and science fiction? I have a list of over 250 books for kids and adults. Get your summer reading list going! #summerreading #booksky #blackbooksky bookshop.org/wishlists/3a...
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storywrangler.bsky.social @storywrangler.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Um… the eldest is reading my latest chapter and y’all… she’s giving me editorial feedback. She’s 10. (And what she’s giving me is valid)
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storywrangler.bsky.social @storywrangler.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
My niece’s nightstand. @melliver.bsky.social’s book I bought her in lieu of an Easter egg, and @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social’s book was bought buy her mum* I’m so proud. *I took her to the launch where my not so inner nerd was horrifyingly present
On a dusky blue nightstand two books are piled. One is Melissa Wellivers book My Love Life and The Apocalypse; the other is Elle McNichol’s book Some Like It Cold. 
Beside the book is a pair of reading glasses sitting neatly in a tray, and behind it all a digital alarm clock.
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Dapo Adeola @dapsdraws.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Also, since I started out, I’ve noticed the disdain that other areas of publishing have for children’s literature. It irks the f**k out of me tbh. Where do you think your readers come from?? Children’s books need to be treated with the same gravitas as any “adult” book.
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Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
How queer is your sci-fi? 🏳️‍🌈👽 We are delighted to be joined by Lucy Lapinska, Oliver Langmead, & Cailean Steed for a discussion of the ways they each bring queerness to their SFF writing! www.waterstones.com/events/pride...
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Melissa Welliver - TO THE DEATH available to pre-order NOW! @melliver.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Are you an author with a finished manuscript, struggling to hook an agent’s attention? I am a published author offering editing services with 100+ happy clients. This summer I am offering 15% off ALL my services with code TOTHEDEATH - just quote when you email! melissawelliver.com/editorial-se...
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Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 14/05/2025
Using BACKSTORY to its full potential, a thread 🧵 In our experience as dev editors, backstory often "goes wrong" in three ways: too much, too soon, and without necessity. We believe that anything can be done well, but here are some guidelines to follow. #writingcommunity
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Dapo Adeola @dapsdraws.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
For anyone interested, Puffin books UK have a children’s Graphic Novel arm. 🙂 It’s really new and it’s running a competition for new and aspiring graphic novel creators. Hit the link below for more info. ☺️ www.penguin.co.uk/discover/chi...
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The Puffin Graphic Novel Competition
The Puffin Graphic Novel Competition aims to seek out, nurture and publish new graphic novel creators from communities under-represented on the nation’s bookshelves.
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