Gabrielle Kent
@gabriellekent.bsky.social
Writer - Knights and Bikes, Alfie Bloom. Co-creator of Rani Reports (as Gabrielle Shewhorak) and Tiffany Aching’s Guide to Being a Witch with @rhi.bsky.social. Former game developer/lecturer.
Agent- @Hannahlitagent.bsky.social
Agent- @Hannahlitagent.bsky.social
This week I'm visiting three Teesside schools with National Literacy Trust to talk about writing with a Halloween twist. Popped this in for teachers as old as me and just learnt that carving turnips wasn't just a poor 80s kid thing, it's an old Celt tradition to ward off evil spirits at Samhain!
November 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This week I'm visiting three Teesside schools with National Literacy Trust to talk about writing with a Halloween twist. Popped this in for teachers as old as me and just learnt that carving turnips wasn't just a poor 80s kid thing, it's an old Celt tradition to ward off evil spirits at Samhain!
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I’m running a short survey on how players experience horror games 👻 — what makes them tense, memorable, and terrifying 👀
I’d really appreciate your input fellow horror fans🩸(Pls share!)
👉 bit.ly/horror-survey
#IndieDev #GameDev #Horror #HorrorGames #PlayerFeedback #IndieGame #IndieGameDeveloper
I’d really appreciate your input fellow horror fans🩸(Pls share!)
👉 bit.ly/horror-survey
#IndieDev #GameDev #Horror #HorrorGames #PlayerFeedback #IndieGame #IndieGameDeveloper
October 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I’m running a short survey on how players experience horror games 👻 — what makes them tense, memorable, and terrifying 👀
I’d really appreciate your input fellow horror fans🩸(Pls share!)
👉 bit.ly/horror-survey
#IndieDev #GameDev #Horror #HorrorGames #PlayerFeedback #IndieGame #IndieGameDeveloper
I’d really appreciate your input fellow horror fans🩸(Pls share!)
👉 bit.ly/horror-survey
#IndieDev #GameDev #Horror #HorrorGames #PlayerFeedback #IndieGame #IndieGameDeveloper
Some summer born children are ready for school, but delaying our August born daughter’s reception start was the best thing we ever did.It took lots of research to get it approved, but all her teachers believe we did the right thing. Happy to chat to anyone considering it!https://tinyurl.com/ysv69msj
Parents of summer-born children face ‘unfair’ postcode lottery in school admissions
Some families who do not want their child to start primary school almost a year younger than some of their classmates
tinyurl.com
August 4, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Some summer born children are ready for school, but delaying our August born daughter’s reception start was the best thing we ever did.It took lots of research to get it approved, but all her teachers believe we did the right thing. Happy to chat to anyone considering it!https://tinyurl.com/ysv69msj
Whaaaat? I checked the WeTransfer terms for myself and this really is in there.
If you're in the publishing community and have been using WeTransfer to share work with publishers and others, but don't want your work exploited by AIs without compensation, YOU NEED TO STOP USING WETRANSFER!
#CopyrightAndAI
@societyofauthors.bsky.social
Source: wetransfer.com/explore/lega...
#CopyrightAndAI
@societyofauthors.bsky.social
Source: wetransfer.com/explore/lega...
July 15, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Whaaaat? I checked the WeTransfer terms for myself and this really is in there.
Launch day for Rani Reports on the Tropical Island Treasure by @asianastroboy.bsky.social and me! Endless thanks to our brilliant illustrator Navya Raju, editor Katie Jennings at @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social and agent @hslanews.bsky.social It is a very special book, dedicated to a very special woman
July 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Launch day for Rani Reports on the Tropical Island Treasure by @asianastroboy.bsky.social and me! Endless thanks to our brilliant illustrator Navya Raju, editor Katie Jennings at @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social and agent @hslanews.bsky.social It is a very special book, dedicated to a very special woman
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Classic tweet from a more innocent time
July 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Classic tweet from a more innocent time
Finally getting around to Yellowface by @rfkuang.bsky.social on audiobook. It is gooood. Enjoying the discomfort of being in the head of a petulant, self absorbed protagonist, who feels personally attacked by diversity. A particularly engaging read if you're an author or publisher! bit.ly/4k5fcb3
Yellowface
Authors Juniper Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to…
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June 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Finally getting around to Yellowface by @rfkuang.bsky.social on audiobook. It is gooood. Enjoying the discomfort of being in the head of a petulant, self absorbed protagonist, who feels personally attacked by diversity. A particularly engaging read if you're an author or publisher! bit.ly/4k5fcb3
Awesome 80’s themed co-op game now half price! And no, I am not at all biased!
Knights and Bikes is 50% off in the Steam Summer Sale. So if you're looking for a co-op story game to play with a friend, now is the perfect time.
You can play couch or online co-op or even play single player with an AI buddy.
store.steampowered.com/app/592480/K...
You can play couch or online co-op or even play single player with an AI buddy.
store.steampowered.com/app/592480/K...
Save 50% on Knights And Bikes on Steam
Saddle up for a bike-riding, frisbee-throwing, goose-petting, friendship-building, treasure-hunting, story-driven adventure for 1 or 2 players!
store.steampowered.com
June 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Awesome 80’s themed co-op game now half price! And no, I am not at all biased!
The great north author tour is underway! Come meet us across the north east and Yorkshire! Times in pic and alt text!
Lisette Auton
Jack Jackman
Siobhan McDermott
James Harris
Annaliese Avery
Gabrielle Kent /Shewhorak
Marie Basting
Mike Edwards
Alex Foulkes
Jason Rohan
Bethany Walker
Tom Vaughan
Lisette Auton
Jack Jackman
Siobhan McDermott
James Harris
Annaliese Avery
Gabrielle Kent /Shewhorak
Marie Basting
Mike Edwards
Alex Foulkes
Jason Rohan
Bethany Walker
Tom Vaughan
June 21, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The great north author tour is underway! Come meet us across the north east and Yorkshire! Times in pic and alt text!
Lisette Auton
Jack Jackman
Siobhan McDermott
James Harris
Annaliese Avery
Gabrielle Kent /Shewhorak
Marie Basting
Mike Edwards
Alex Foulkes
Jason Rohan
Bethany Walker
Tom Vaughan
Lisette Auton
Jack Jackman
Siobhan McDermott
James Harris
Annaliese Avery
Gabrielle Kent /Shewhorak
Marie Basting
Mike Edwards
Alex Foulkes
Jason Rohan
Bethany Walker
Tom Vaughan
I can hugely recommend drawing with Rob for all ages!
Morning! New #DrawWithRob episode drops in one hour... ✏️ 🍔
June 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I can hugely recommend drawing with Rob for all ages!
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This sounds like a bit but I’m being serious: kids using chat gpt for their homework are denying themselves the invaluable experience of learning how to bullshit their way through a problem. You drink some caffeine the night before and figure it the fuck out. That’s a skill. You need it in life.
June 18, 2025 at 7:30 AM
This sounds like a bit but I’m being serious: kids using chat gpt for their homework are denying themselves the invaluable experience of learning how to bullshit their way through a problem. You drink some caffeine the night before and figure it the fuck out. That’s a skill. You need it in life.
So this sits above my writing desk – one of my favourite Paul Kidby pieces from Tiffany Aching's Guide to being a Witch, gifted by @terryandrob.bsky.social. After a year and a half of looking at it, I've only just realised that it's not a giclee, it's the bloody original art!
June 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
So this sits above my writing desk – one of my favourite Paul Kidby pieces from Tiffany Aching's Guide to being a Witch, gifted by @terryandrob.bsky.social. After a year and a half of looking at it, I've only just realised that it's not a giclee, it's the bloody original art!
I love Norwegians and how massively popular Discworld is in Norway, but this, by @nerdforge.bsky.social ... this is another level! www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAdn...
I Built a 14,000 Page Rotating Book
YouTube video by Nerdforge
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June 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I love Norwegians and how massively popular Discworld is in Norway, but this, by @nerdforge.bsky.social ... this is another level! www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAdn...
A procrastination of authors is touring Northern bookshops on Saturday 21st June, times below! Shops may have advance copies of Rani Reports on the Tropical Island Treasure, and I'm MORE than happy to sign copies of Tiffany Aching's Guide to Being a Witch and generally geek out over Discworld!
June 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A procrastination of authors is touring Northern bookshops on Saturday 21st June, times below! Shops may have advance copies of Rani Reports on the Tropical Island Treasure, and I'm MORE than happy to sign copies of Tiffany Aching's Guide to Being a Witch and generally geek out over Discworld!
Yup⤵️ Many earn far less and celebs skew stats. From what I'm hearing at the moment for middle grade, many folks are typically getting 3-6k advance, which is split into three payments which can span years, and from which agents are paid 15%. This is why there are so few full-time authors.
What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?
The average author income is about seven grand a year.
The average author income is about seven grand a year.
What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?
It is good and proper in a well-kept library to dispose of books.
It is good and proper in a well-kept library to dispose of books.
June 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Yup⤵️ Many earn far less and celebs skew stats. From what I'm hearing at the moment for middle grade, many folks are typically getting 3-6k advance, which is split into three payments which can span years, and from which agents are paid 15%. This is why there are so few full-time authors.
ADHD medication day one…. I am staying on task and finishing one thought before having another!
June 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
ADHD medication day one…. I am staying on task and finishing one thought before having another!
I have a joke about Chronos, but I have to get the timing right
I have a joke about Icarus but it never lands very well
cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer)
@comicprintinguk.bsky.social
· Jun 13
I have a joke about Sisyphus, but it’s a bit repetitive.
June 13, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I have a joke about Chronos, but I have to get the timing right
Today I'm delivering newswriting workshops for Stephenson Way Primary School in Newton Aycliffe Library. I was delighted to discover that the incredible Knife Angel is in town, right outside the library!
June 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Today I'm delivering newswriting workshops for Stephenson Way Primary School in Newton Aycliffe Library. I was delighted to discover that the incredible Knife Angel is in town, right outside the library!
This is true. Those authors who get huge advances HAVE to sell well for the publisher to justify it and recoup costs, so massive amounts of marketing spend and effort go to those books. Books with less publisher confidence/subsequent spend obviously won’t do as well. It’s a self fulfilling prophecy.
There was great piece in a recent edition of The Author (not online) about all this, with stories of authors being disillusioned, and the best advice was “get the biggest advance you can” because a) it’s actual money for you and b) it will correlate with effort publisher puts into selling your book
June 5, 2025 at 6:51 AM
This is true. Those authors who get huge advances HAVE to sell well for the publisher to justify it and recoup costs, so massive amounts of marketing spend and effort go to those books. Books with less publisher confidence/subsequent spend obviously won’t do as well. It’s a self fulfilling prophecy.
Excited to show off Navya Raju's cover of #3 in our junior journalist series, Rani Reports on the Tropical Island Treasure. Set on Mauritius and full of facts about pirates, cryptography, colonialism +geological & evolutionary wonders. Preorders gratefully received!🙏 www.amazon.co.uk/Rani-Reports...
May 30, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Excited to show off Navya Raju's cover of #3 in our junior journalist series, Rani Reports on the Tropical Island Treasure. Set on Mauritius and full of facts about pirates, cryptography, colonialism +geological & evolutionary wonders. Preorders gratefully received!🙏 www.amazon.co.uk/Rani-Reports...
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It’s possible that, while discussing Gender on the Discworld (episode available on YouTube: youtu.be/OXJYfghjUDA?... ) as well as the usual places, we occasionally wondered off topic.
Donate to the Good Law Project’s trans rights fundraiser here: goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
Donate to the Good Law Project’s trans rights fundraiser here: goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
May 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It’s possible that, while discussing Gender on the Discworld (episode available on YouTube: youtu.be/OXJYfghjUDA?... ) as well as the usual places, we occasionally wondered off topic.
Donate to the Good Law Project’s trans rights fundraiser here: goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
Donate to the Good Law Project’s trans rights fundraiser here: goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
The other teacher I thanked in the book was Mr Hughes. A wonderful, creative teacher I had in Junior 3. Last week I was speaking at Aycliffe library so visited my old school to donate my books. They posted a pic on fb and his daughter-in-law got in touch! I get to meet and thank him 40 years later!
In Rani Reports end pages we thanked teachers who inspired our writing. I'd always wanted to thank my 6th form teacher in person so posted on a fb group for old staff & students. Guys, he lived 30 seconds away for 20yrs and had just passed away. RIP Mr Early, the ripples you made are still spreading
a man in a suit stands in front of a chalkboard in a classroom
ALT: a man in a suit stands in front of a chalkboard in a classroom
media.tenor.com
May 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The other teacher I thanked in the book was Mr Hughes. A wonderful, creative teacher I had in Junior 3. Last week I was speaking at Aycliffe library so visited my old school to donate my books. They posted a pic on fb and his daughter-in-law got in touch! I get to meet and thank him 40 years later!
In Rani Reports end pages we thanked teachers who inspired our writing. I'd always wanted to thank my 6th form teacher in person so posted on a fb group for old staff & students. Guys, he lived 30 seconds away for 20yrs and had just passed away. RIP Mr Early, the ripples you made are still spreading
a man in a suit stands in front of a chalkboard in a classroom
ALT: a man in a suit stands in front of a chalkboard in a classroom
media.tenor.com
May 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
In Rani Reports end pages we thanked teachers who inspired our writing. I'd always wanted to thank my 6th form teacher in person so posted on a fb group for old staff & students. Guys, he lived 30 seconds away for 20yrs and had just passed away. RIP Mr Early, the ripples you made are still spreading
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The DC shooter's neighbor was perfectly on message. Solidarity, sir.
May 23, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The DC shooter's neighbor was perfectly on message. Solidarity, sir.
Whaaat! Oh, this ticks ALL my boxes! theempirestripsback.com/london/
The Empire Strips Back in London: A Burlesque Parody
You can now see The Empire Strips Back in London! Get tickets to this Star Wars parody and enjoy a night of burlesque with sexy stormtroopers.
theempirestripsback.com
May 21, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Whaaat! Oh, this ticks ALL my boxes! theempirestripsback.com/london/