Stephanie King 🌈❄ IS NO LONGER HERE.
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Freelance editor for children's fiction & YA, and @Megaphonewrite, amplifying diverse voices in children's lit. Tamil/Essex mix. She/her. Find me on BlueSky
London, scribblingsuit.com
Joined September 2011
It's been fun on here (mostly), but it's time to go. Find me at scribbling_suit at the one with all the pics and the blue place, or at https://t.co/jQDqQfFN8f.
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~ Working with writers to deliver their best ~ ~ Providing publishers with editorial support ~ ~ Dreaming big with creators ~
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Applications open for the @MegaphoneWrite mentoring scheme for writers of colour wishing to write a full-length novel for children or teenagers. YOU HAVE UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH!
We're open for applications to mentoring at https://t.co/Lwu9BPPF0g until 31/08/23 - ❗️UPDATE: Some are having trouble applying due to being asked to sign in to Google/ forced to use a gmail. I am updating the form to avoid this issue, please try again in a couple of days❗️
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KLAXON!! Applications for the Megaphone Write mentoring scheme for people of colour writing for children or teenagers is open NOW!! You have until the end of August - full details and tips here: https://t.co/Zn7OlEt0Qd
We have added a new page with some resources for prospective applicants, to help you get to know us and decide whether to apply.
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KLAXON!! Applications for the Megaphone Write mentoring scheme for people of colour writing for children or teenagers is open NOW!! You have until the end of August - full details and tips here: https://t.co/Zn7OlEt0Qd
We have added a new page with some resources for prospective applicants, to help you get to know us and decide whether to apply.
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ICYMI: Congratulations to @NP_author, a wonderfully intuitive, inventive writer who I have loved talking books and writing with @MegaphoneWrite. Middle grade readers are in for an exciting treat! #DreamHunters
"She paints a rich, gorgeous world where dreams and nightmares can be manipulated" @simonkids_UK has acquired Dream Hunters, a magical middle-grade adventure series by debut author Nazima Pathan (@NP_author) Read here: https://t.co/Pjy4e66igi
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Happiest of book birthdays to @PJCanningauthor and the nail-biting third book in the 21% Monster series, SERPENT STRIKE. Action-packed, inventive and with characters you really care about, it's addictive reading. Congratulations!
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I'm so excited that @scribblingsuit & I will be running another mentoring scheme! We'll be launching formally any day now but wanted to get the news out about our generous funding from @ace_midlands National Lottery grants & @ALCS_UK & THANK YOU to all our individual supporters!
📢Great news! 📢 We've been awarded funding from @ace_midlands to offer 8 places on a mentoring scheme for POC writing for children. We will open to applications very soon so follow us here and see the website https://t.co/Lwu9BPPF0g for full details. (1/2)
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So she’s written this, had it edited, sub’d, proofread, typeset & art ed’d. And been paid, as have they. Then at weekend will likely read, see a play, watch something filmed by a crew of people like my son, or use work of copywriters/designers etc to visit/hol somewhere. Twat.
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Happiest of Book Birthdays to award-winning @SarahHaggerHolt! Just Like Everybody Else is a compelling, moving and uplifting story about self-acceptance, coming out, family and surrogacy. It'll make you cry, but it'll also make you feel hopeful. I love this book.
🏳️🌈It's my book birthday today! 5th time now, and just as exciting and nerve-wracking as ever. JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE is now available from https://t.co/ZLbUz4jXMM & https://t.co/Gfvz0kePBK & everywhere else!
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This is how to kick off #PrideMonth2023!
As today marks the start of #PrideMonth, we've picked Just Like Everyone Else by @SarahHaggerHolt as our #BookOfTheDay! Find out why this coming-of-age story, publishing in a week's time, has gained not one but two 5-star reviews: https://t.co/TLAEUBfFrs
@Usborne #edutwitter
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One time I was texting my agent (long may she thrive), worrying about whether my work was good enough to be picked up by any editor on our sub list, & she said something I want y’all to internalize: “We’re not going to compare ourselves to professionally edited, pubbed authors.”
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Help! How do we get subtitles for #Eurovision on iPlayer? There isn't the option to turn them on as instructed on the BBC website. @BBCiPlayer
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Another publishing thing that is always worth talking about is how when a book fails commercially it is universally framed as the author’s failure and hung on them and their career/future and pretty much never framed as the publisher failed to do their job marketing the book.
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If you do one lovely thing for yourself this weekend, treat your heart to @glintinhereye’s beautiful, funny and warm debut book - a story so true and direct and moving it will speak to children and adults alike. Huge congratulations @glintinhereye ☀️
My debut middle grade book My Name is Sunshine Simpson publishes TODAY! It's brilliantly illustrated by Fuuji Takashi and Emily Bornoff. Huge thanks to my wonderful agent @cmlwilson and to my amazing publisher @Usborne for helping to make my lifelong dream come true! ☀️🥳
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Such a gorgeous, uplifting and FUNNY story about love, friendship and shooting a zombie film! Happy Book Birthday to the brilliant @WHusseyAuthor xx
Today is my Book Birthday!!! So happy that Jesse’s story is out there in the world! This rom-zom-com is my most personal book yet, with our main character undergoing major open-heart surgery (as I did in 2019) and finding love (as I did last year!) #BrokenHeartsandZombieParts
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I want to say a few words about what I think is THE most important issue in the current writers' strike:
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I'm not saying this is the ONLY reason I went freelance but...
"We’re trying to welcome people into this industry, but then we’re working them into the ground" @julietpickering says big publishers should hire more people so they can support authors the way they deserve: https://t.co/I3MGWd3j9p
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It's back! Today we announce the return of our summer workshops for authors of colour, together with @STWevents, @MegaphoneWrite & Renegade Books– a new adult commercial imprint at @dialoguebooks. This year, speakers include @Joannechocolat, @CharlotteVass17 & @tanyabyrne 1/5 🧵
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Absolutely! This support is going to make a HUGE difference to everyone in @MegaphoneWrite. THANK YOU @ALCS_UK.
Our warmest thanks to @ALCS_UK for their support! @scribblingsuit and @LeilaR are excited to be moving forward with the next scheme - more news as soon as we can bring it! @ace_midlands
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