Rebekah Harley

Aspiring Children’s and Young Adult Author. MAWFYP graduate. 我學緊廣東話。chronic pain

[J. L. Simmonds @JLSimmonds_]

I’m SO excited to share that Run Away With Me has been acquired by Amina Youssef at Penguin Random House Children’s. It’s a dream come true to be working with such amazing people, and to have my book in such talented and safe hands!

[lilly (豆腐心) has a book deal!! ✨ @LillyLuWrites]

begging people to understand that sexual & romantic attraction are separate spectrums and that romances don’t need spice to be romantic! @ publishing, if you want diverse stories, know that the beats will be different 🌈

[The Passionfruit Review @Passionfruitlit]

Are you a poet?

Do you have a body?

If you answered 'yes' to both, we want to hear from you!

https://t.co/PjPsK6sDht

[Emma Finlayson-Palmer 🏳️‍🌈 She/Her @FinlaysonPalmer]

The next #ukteenchat will be on Monday 22nd May 8-9pm BST with the fabulous @tiafisher_, who will be chatting all about her YA verse novel, Crossing the Line. All welcome to come and join in the chat 🙂
#CrossingtheLine #versenovel #poetry #YA #kidlit #writerslife

[Hana Lee (not here) - see hanalee.bsky.social @K_Hana_Lee]

Hey, it's me again 👋 back to crunch some numbers for traditional publishing.

Over the weekend I decided to try to answer the following question with data:

Are trad pub adult SFF novels getting shorter?

🧵

[Victoria Scott | Author @Toryscott]

Reading and really enjoying Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus.
It's incredibly successful, and a great lesson for all authors because it directly challenges many of the things we have been taught in creative writing classes.
A short 🧵

[Natali Simmonds @NJSimmondsbooks]

2. How can we get young boys excited about reading and writing? There are SO many amazing male YA writers out there, yet it was the girls reading them. These boys were so enthusiastic about the novels they HAD read, but it was mainly Walliams their nan bought them in Sainsbury's.

[Rebekah Harley @Bekah_writes]

@FleurHitchcock @tiafisher_ @EmmaMatthewson1 Yes! Will send an email asap

[Rebekah Harley @Bekah_writes]

@GinaBlaxill Loving this thread. I’m writing my MA Writing for Young People article specifically about the lack of teen books for boys.

[Rebecca Franks @Becca_JF21]

Inspired by @frankcottrell_b and @redbreastedbird's excellent comments last December, I'm writing my MA research article (#MAWFYP, Bath Spa) on why criticism and reviews of children's books in the media matters. I'd love to hear why (and if) you think they are important?

[Emma Reynolds 🦇 @EmmaIllustrate]

Full video of everything I wanted to say here:
https://t.co/sh0PDdz7re

Don't let big tech use our unpaid human labour for their profit, at the expense of our real human jobs. We all need to call this out now - for all jobs.

[Emma Reynolds 🦇 @EmmaIllustrate]

Helloo just been on live radio @BBCLeeds to talk about AI. Here is everything I wanted to say. Thank you so much for having me on! I really appreciate it.

@Soc_of_Authors @theaoi @clpe1 @Booktrust @thebookseller

[ashia🕯️ @AshiaMonet]

I’ve typed and retyped this many times, but I genuinely want to find the right words (which feels odd, considering I don’t feel comfortable speaking genuinely on this account anymore)

But want to discuss how publishing is so, so hard on authors of color

[Rebekah Harley @Bekah_writes]

@alexanderchee @MissDahlELama Reversals! As in plot reversals. I remember one class everyone began talking about reversals and I had no clue what was going on - maybe not a beginner term though, but definitely one that threw me