Abie Longstaff
@abielongstaff.bsky.social
Children's author of picture books, chapter books and Middle Grade. On Board of Society of Authors, Chair of the Children's Writers and illustrators Group. Posts are my own.
Thank YOU! It was brilliant, and so inspiring.
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Thank YOU! It was brilliant, and so inspiring.
Cue lots of publishers frantically aging new texts up or down in a mass panic 🤣🤣
October 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Cue lots of publishers frantically aging new texts up or down in a mass panic 🤣🤣
These age ranges are already v nebulous and often market-driven/market-imposed. If you look at the shelf of books for 5-8 year olds the difference between texts can be vast.
October 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
These age ranges are already v nebulous and often market-driven/market-imposed. If you look at the shelf of books for 5-8 year olds the difference between texts can be vast.
October 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I build stories the ‘wrong’ way tinyurl.com/3snzcc8m
This wouldn’t happen to a bigger author tinyurl.com/s9j4wjyw
Help! Someone has the same book as my work-in-progress tinyurl.com/24umtnv2
I can’t be arsed tinyurl.com/yy8bd86e
I haven’t been invited tinyurl.com/49syk4fb
This wouldn’t happen to a bigger author tinyurl.com/s9j4wjyw
Help! Someone has the same book as my work-in-progress tinyurl.com/24umtnv2
I can’t be arsed tinyurl.com/yy8bd86e
I haven’t been invited tinyurl.com/49syk4fb
October 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I build stories the ‘wrong’ way tinyurl.com/3snzcc8m
This wouldn’t happen to a bigger author tinyurl.com/s9j4wjyw
Help! Someone has the same book as my work-in-progress tinyurl.com/24umtnv2
I can’t be arsed tinyurl.com/yy8bd86e
I haven’t been invited tinyurl.com/49syk4fb
This wouldn’t happen to a bigger author tinyurl.com/s9j4wjyw
Help! Someone has the same book as my work-in-progress tinyurl.com/24umtnv2
I can’t be arsed tinyurl.com/yy8bd86e
I haven’t been invited tinyurl.com/49syk4fb
Legal Eagles *swoon*
September 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Legal Eagles *swoon*