Katy Cruden-Archer
@ldnkatyarcher.bsky.social
Managing Editor @ Hodder Fiction. Joint winner of the greatest head-to-head in Pointless history. LL Curtis Brown First Novel Prize. Words in @frazzledlit.bsky.social. She/her.
I wrote a love letter to desk editors for The Bookseller 💕💕💕 www.thebookseller.com/comment/a-lo...
A love letter to desk editors
Desk editors are not optional. They’re at the heart of good publishing.
www.thebookseller.com
July 29, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I wrote a love letter to desk editors for The Bookseller 💕💕💕 www.thebookseller.com/comment/a-lo...
A 2024 roundup:
- £850 won on a pub quiz
- 400km run
- 86k words of a redrafted novel (that still needs a lot of work!)
- 2 published short stories
- 1 paid writing job secured for 2025
- 1 new Managing Editor job
- AND A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE 🌳
- £850 won on a pub quiz
- 400km run
- 86k words of a redrafted novel (that still needs a lot of work!)
- 2 published short stories
- 1 paid writing job secured for 2025
- 1 new Managing Editor job
- AND A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE 🌳
December 27, 2024 at 11:18 AM
A 2024 roundup:
- £850 won on a pub quiz
- 400km run
- 86k words of a redrafted novel (that still needs a lot of work!)
- 2 published short stories
- 1 paid writing job secured for 2025
- 1 new Managing Editor job
- AND A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE 🌳
- £850 won on a pub quiz
- 400km run
- 86k words of a redrafted novel (that still needs a lot of work!)
- 2 published short stories
- 1 paid writing job secured for 2025
- 1 new Managing Editor job
- AND A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE 🌳
Reposted by Katy Cruden-Archer
Day 10—lords a-leaping—of #12DaysofKindness is a 2-parter! Firstly, awesome writer @micahcastle.com is offering a single winner the chance to have up to 10k of their words edited! Wow!
Remember to like AND repost this skeet to enter! The winner will be chosen at random tomorrow at 5pm
Remember to like AND repost this skeet to enter! The winner will be chosen at random tomorrow at 5pm
December 10, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Day 10—lords a-leaping—of #12DaysofKindness is a 2-parter! Firstly, awesome writer @micahcastle.com is offering a single winner the chance to have up to 10k of their words edited! Wow!
Remember to like AND repost this skeet to enter! The winner will be chosen at random tomorrow at 5pm
Remember to like AND repost this skeet to enter! The winner will be chosen at random tomorrow at 5pm
Not at all surprised that the Eras Tour Book has multiple errors and poor picture quality. It’s almost as if publishing a full-colour book requires expertise?
a woman is smiling and saying `` who woulda thought ? ''
ALT: a woman is smiling and saying `` who woulda thought ? ''
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2024 at 9:27 AM
Not at all surprised that the Eras Tour Book has multiple errors and poor picture quality. It’s almost as if publishing a full-colour book requires expertise?
A few years ago @crudengold.bsky.social and I went on Pointless and won the greatest head-to-head in Pointless history. It’s still up there as one of my greatest achievements
November 22, 2024 at 9:22 PM
A few years ago @crudengold.bsky.social and I went on Pointless and won the greatest head-to-head in Pointless history. It’s still up there as one of my greatest achievements
If you want to read something short and not-so-sweet, I wrote The Egg Timer (based on a true story, if you can believe it) a few months ago. It was published by @frazzledlit.bsky.social www.frazzledlit.com/p/the-egg-ti...
The Egg Timer
A short story by Katy Archer
www.frazzledlit.com
November 16, 2024 at 4:59 PM
If you want to read something short and not-so-sweet, I wrote The Egg Timer (based on a true story, if you can believe it) a few months ago. It was published by @frazzledlit.bsky.social www.frazzledlit.com/p/the-egg-ti...