uhoh! Which one?? 😬
Award-winning author. Earth bender. Full-time goblin mode. Agent: Juliet Mushens. Partner of Peter Newman. From London, enjoying Bristol. The Copper Cat Trilogy|The Winnowing Flame Trilogy|The Talon Duology ~The Sleepless UK 22/5/25, US 30/9/25
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uhoh! Which one?? 😬
Something to pin, I think- a sampling of some of my favorite recent(ish) work! I'm a character designer, except for when I'm an illustrator, which is all the times I'm not a teacher, and the rest of the time I'm...asleep ✨
oh nice!
Thrilled to see The Sleepless listed as one of the possible YA blockbusters of the year 🤩 bookriot.com/blockbuster-...
Unfortunately it's too late, I've already portrayed myself as the cool dog stealing sausages and you as the humidity riddled furious kitten.
aaaah I wish we were getting more Mindhunter! Such an incredible show.
It's true, The Copper Promise ebook is on offer this month (probably available places other than Amazon, too)
we're in the BER months now, i.e. the best time of the year
🤘🤘🤘🤘
That’s the SPIRIT (geddit)
SEPTEMBER! 🙌 Bring out your jumpers, it's the beginning of spoopy season (I will be ignoring the fact that it's still pretty warm, okay)
blessing your timeline with a bit of Donald O'Connor
It's almost time again #GBBO
putting things on my to-do list as fast as I'm taking them off this morning >_>
Uk peeps - worth checking this out
ah yes, our one constant
my confusion, all day yesterday
being a full time writer is 97% being confused about what day it is.
I should be allowed to be in charge of a blow torch more often
I restricted myself to one (1) ‘forging the one ring’ joke 😅
Thank you! I was really surprised they came out so well 😊
I spent yesterday at the Folk House in Bristol doing a silversmithing workshop - loads of fun! I made two rings, which I am very pleased with (I MADE THOSE LITTLE SILVER BALLS WITH A BLOW TORCH 🤘🤘🤘)
love that book!
vintage-tigre:Dinosaur Comes to Town illustrated by Art Seiden, 1963 via https://queenoliviastredfern.tumblr.com/post/791973210233126912
Oh wow, I had a review for The Sleepless that described it as having 'echoes of The Last Unicorn' 🤩 Having your work compared to one of your very favourite books is an especially lovely feeling
I love that The Sleepless is included in this goodreads list of hotly anticipated romance and romantasy books 😍 www.goodreads.com/blog/show/29...
this is a joke by the way, before people get weird about it
it would also take dinosaurs to make me like little kids
in britain the anchorites of asda dwell by the sacred stones, solemnly intoning the words “that’s asda price”, and performing the necessary ritual (the double bum slap) three times a day to bring about the great rolling back when we will all be redeemed
This is very wise. The only reason you should be falling over on your wedding day is because you are plastered 😎
Love them
Mayon Cliff Choughs - by Cornish artist and illustrator, Matt Johnson More of this artist's fabulous work, here: mattillustration.bigcartel.com/products #birds #birdart #art #Cornwall
aw I love that he wrote a kid's book!
that's because it's super smart - it'll always be relevant
oh wow! I'm glad it's still fun to read in that case. The Silver Tide was one of those rare books where I thoroughly enjoyed every bit of the writing 😆
for some reason I feel like Douglas Adams would approve of the book circulating in less than straight forward ways
listen, everyone knows the only way to get into SF is reading a battered copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy stolen from an old people's home. Or is that just me?
Enjoying a pint and a re-read of @sennydreadful.bsky.social Jen Williams !
Aww nice! Hope you enjoy 😊
that will be in there!
I have decided that the writing soundtrack for this book is just Daft Punk. All Daft Punk, all of the time.
all of the above
yeah I don't know exactly how it eventually leads to profit, but it must work often enough it's worth doing, I guess?
I'm guessing those are weird bots, but I also occasionally get ones from self pubbed authors saying things like: 'Dear no name, let's connect!! Here's a link to all my books!! Great to meet you!! To be clear I have no idea who you are or what you write!!!' What is the point of this
getting so many spam emails along the lines of: 'Hi! Your books look really exciting! What are they called? How many? Are you on goodreads?' Obviously they are nonsense but why would you email an author without knowing what books they write? Supposedly you have my name? Google it, bish.
ha, yes, this is true. To have the energy of an extrovert!
I had two (2!) fun video calls today and now I am wiped, zonked, done in.
My first official BBC Doctor Who story is out today! WHAT STILL REMAINS is a Seventh Doctor and Ace adventure, and is read by Ace herself, @sophiealdred.bsky.social Available as a physical CD or as digital audio from your favourite retailer. Links at the link! www.penguin.co.uk/books/464137...
Out in the UK now, out in the US in September 😁
drawing a map before 9am, hashtag fantasy author life
Imagine our joy on discovering you can rename things in Sunderfolk
not quite yet, I suspect - things have been signed but nothing has been announced yet 👀
just need to remember how you, uh, write books again...
hehe, you might have a little wait yet! 😊
Oh this is sad. Each Peach Pear Plum still brings me enormous joy - when I worked in a bookshop I'd pause to reread it all the time www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Right, the sequel to The Sleepless is back off to lovely editor - so new month, time to start a new book!
how to instantly make yourself incredibly unpopular girl, we want to go HOME
pet 😭😭😭
got a new phone, transferring data, now regretting my 'never delete a photo ever' life style
I did!! My little homage to him 😁
READERS! Would you like 25% off THE IRON ROAD? Get in on a whopping discount as part of the Waterstones July pre-order promotion. Use the code SUMMER25 at checkout to save bucks on cracking books, like this one www.waterstones.com/book/the-iro...
You don't know how much joy this gives me. All fantasy books should include maps, whether they are continents or cities or anything! @sennydreadful.bsky.social
ahhh yes, it is such a beautiful thing! The artist did an amazing job. Here, for larks, is the original sketch I did 😁
Morning, creatures of the bluesky lagoon. We have a late night/early morning situation here so progress today will be slow.
aaaah I am wel jel!
my pen of choice in secondary school!
ah Cult Pens have really come for me with the latest newsletter. The terrible, irresistible urge to own a Berol handwriting pen again and pretend I'm in primary school, or a Pilot V5...
draw a fish and rate a fish!!
I just verified my age by watching a VHS tape of old Bugs Bunny cartoons my dad taped off the telly for me
it does not matter how good you make your game’s block/parry system; I will not use it. My defense is “punch more.” I cannot be taught
true, very rude of me. Good luck building that football team.
mash hands against keyboard, hope for the best
my greatest achievement
always happy to see Rylan!
do not, I repeat, do not trust this method
it's never happened before, and will never happen again
just wanted to make everyone aware, I just spelt 'rhythm' correctly on the first attempt.
This is a great article with many photos of Kathleen Ryan's spectacular rotting-fruit sculptures. I think when i first found out about her, i spent most of a whole day looking up her work
oooooh cool! Yes I loved DA2
there with bells on
Sparkling, hugely enjoyable profile based on months of reporting by the great @willoyd.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
spoiler: crimson assassin does not suit me
Old forgotten lipsticks I have only used twice, know that your time will come* *the time when my regular lipstick runs out and I haven't got time to shop and I briefly decide that Crimson Assassin does suit me after all
we have talked about playing a goblin bard in DnD who plays the kazoo...
In a stunning moment of erotic fervour, calculator demands BOOBS.
I have been earwormed by Live it Up by Mental as Anything, but it's @returnofthepete.bsky.social's version: 'Hey girl with the clown face, come up to my place, we'll wear big shoes'
Hiya!! ♡ This August me and a bunch of friends will be hosting an art challenge called August Adventures 2025 with a prompt list we came up with. We're really excited to share this prompt list with you all, and hope you'll have fun participating ♡ LET'S MAKE ART TOGETHER!!! More information on IG!
oh it is! Sorry, I was not paying attention when I posted but yes, that is the actual name. It's really great, a lot like a ttrpg, very cute.
gawd, yeah I remember all the ridiculousness around the cartoon. People are very tiresome sometimes. Your art is gorgeous though!
We did a portion of the Wallace and Gromit trail around Bristol - my fave was probably 90s skateboarding Norbot. Look at those neon colours!
GIMME
I can tell you that Smashy Bear is great fun
We have been obsessively playing Sunderlands, which is a gorgeous little game. Pete loving it because it involves strategy, me loving it cos I can play a lil lizard that says ‘brrp’
Watching one of Tony Hawk's interviews and they brought up his Halloween costumes and I'm dying at his Larry David one
Here’s a comic I drew when I was 19.
I am wel jel of this mug, obviously
betrayal!