AskAuntyScribbles

Want advice about that novel you've been trying to write for a decade? Or the inside scoop on what publishing is really like? Let Aunty help...

[AskAuntyScribbles @AskAyScribbles]

Hello my lovelies, Aunty Scribbles here. Pull up a chair, have a nice cuppa tea, and tell me your troubles. Too many exclamation marks? Too many raised eyebrows? Sick of editing? Jealous of all those other one out there whose debut went to auction? I have the answers. Just ask.

[AskAuntyScribbles @AskAyScribbles]

@monstroso Charlie, lovely to meet you at the Harrogate launch. Wish I'd known about this then. I'm good friends with Simon Gardner, son of John Gardner, who wrote many of the Bonds. This is fantastic news. Can't wait to read it.

[Helen S Fields @Helen_Fields]

My 17yo son asked if he could have a couple of mates over this evening. Just walked in to this 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[AskAuntyScribbles @AskAyScribbles]

@jane_gatsby If 'd I tried to have any of my 3 babies at home, my children (and I) would have died. Defer to the doctors before you cost a young woman her life.

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Grant an inquiry of the Ofsted inspection at Caversham Primary School - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/wJDG6wxUtX via @UKChange

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@GeorgeMonbiot Great article. I'm afraid conspiracy theory-based podcasts are what exercise videos were in the 1980s and what reality TV was in the 90s for celebrities who felt their light starting to dim. It's a sad indictment on how dizzyingly off-course their moral compass has gone.

[AskAuntyScribbles @AskAyScribbles]

'Shocking' ban of book about Holocaust survivor's granddaughter in DeSantis' Florida https://t.co/TuaWC87iY1 * if this is real, then Florida has just become China. Will they ban the internet next?*

[AskAuntyScribbles @AskAyScribbles]

Competition here for any Twitter #Bookclub members.

[Helen S Fields @Helen_Fields]

#BookClub #Competition for a chance to win one of two sets of 4 copies of #TheInstitution special edition hardback. All the information you need is on my author FB page. Take a look!#Readers #Books #CrimeFiction #Libraries @AvonBooksUK @HardmanSwainson https://t.co/fwomm3ANH3

[Helen S Fields @Helen_Fields]

To anyone within reach of #Chichester #WestSussex the @ChichesterFT has #PrideAndPrejudiceSortOf on from 21-25 Feb. I saw it in Bristol. It’s stunning. Funny, fresh, clever, quick, unique. I promise you’ll love it. HIGHLY recommended (And no, I’m not in it.)

[AskAuntyScribbles @AskAyScribbles]

Man walks into police station and drops off human remains — then leaves without any questions https://t.co/BoAmXX6D1d
*Great opening for a book*

[AskAuntyScribbles @AskAyScribbles]

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[Carly Reagon @carlyreagon]

New year. New writing goals. Need a fresh pair of eyes? Offering a critique of first three chapters (10k max) plus synopsis and cover letter (if you have one). Comment below and retweet if interested. Fiction only, sorry. Ends midnight 06.01.23. #WritingCommnunity

[AskAuntyScribbles @AskAyScribbles]

For those of you who #amquerying and who have a commercial fiction manuscript in good shape, this is worth its weight in gold. Phoebe is one of the most influential editors currently working in the UK, so go for it!

[Phoebe Morgan @Phoebe_A_Morgan]

Happy new year! To start things on a positive note, I’m offering one free critique of your first 10k words & synopsis of commercial fiction - to enter RT by midnight tomorrow (2/1/23) ✍️📚#WritingCommunity - pls share with anyone interested!

[AskAuntyScribbles @AskAyScribbles]

How lovely - thank you!

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@AuthorGoodwin Never happens. Your never feel like you're any good at it. There are odd moments of 'Oh wow, I made this' before the, 'I can't do this' kicks back in again.

[AskAuntyScribbles @AskAyScribbles]

@ahmpreston @ObsNewReview #TheInstitution by @Helen_Fields and #Exiles by @janeharperautho

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@rachel_fw Making even the smallest trauma something a child can forget and move on from is absolutely the best parenting in the world. Go you 😘

[Casey Kelleher ✍🏽 THE PERFECT GUEST 📚✨ @CaseyKelleher]

ONLY CHILD
They gave her everything, except the truth! ✨📚
To celebrate the release of ONLY CHILD I am giving away a signed paperback copy 📚✨ simply …
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[AskAuntyScribbles @AskAyScribbles]

If you don't want to lose a substantial amount of your working day, do not google "spider faces close up". That is all my wisdom for today.

[AskAuntyScribbles @AskAyScribbles]

@katemosse @MantleBooks @panmacmillan @TheSohoAgencyUK @LindenBooks @HistFest @BhamLitFest @AtkinsonPryce @EdinBookshop @Furtherfrom @howtoacademy @ChiCathedral @goodhousemag @clivedenlitfest Very much looking forward to having a read.

[AskAuntyScribbles @AskAyScribbles]

@katemosse @MantleBooks @panmacmillan @TheSohoAgencyUK @LindenBooks @HistFest @BhamLitFest @AtkinsonPryce @EdinBookshop @Furtherfrom @howtoacademy @ChiCathedral @goodhousemag @clivedenlitfest #WarriorQueens Harriet Tubman