Angela Wooldridge
@angw.bsky.social
Writer of short stories and MG
#GoldenEggAcademy
#GoldenEggAcademy
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Most publishers (there are always exceptions) decide whether or not to buy a second book (or a third etc) based on how the previous book did. So when you pirate a book in most cases it’s less about the money you just stole from both author and publisher it’s about the future book you just killed.
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Most publishers (there are always exceptions) decide whether or not to buy a second book (or a third etc) based on how the previous book did. So when you pirate a book in most cases it’s less about the money you just stole from both author and publisher it’s about the future book you just killed.
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I'm planning to set up a food delivery business, but don't want to pay the people who make the food. If they won't give me free food, they'll kill my business.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I'm planning to set up a food delivery business, but don't want to pay the people who make the food. If they won't give me free food, they'll kill my business.
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ICYMI: Publishers are noting a shift in industry mindset around short stories as readers embrace shorter works, with a number feeling like “something is slowly shifting” and that “there’s a real excitement around stories again” 👇 #BookSky
Publishers say 'mindset around short stories shifting’ as readers embrace slim fiction
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August 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
ICYMI: Publishers are noting a shift in industry mindset around short stories as readers embrace shorter works, with a number feeling like “something is slowly shifting” and that “there’s a real excitement around stories again” 👇 #BookSky
Have just discovered that my lovely son has hacked my phone to turn ’wine’ into ‘Magical Chicken Nuggets of God’ whenever I type it into my phone.
I need Magical Chicken Nuggets of God to cope with this!
I need Magical Chicken Nuggets of God to cope with this!
August 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Have just discovered that my lovely son has hacked my phone to turn ’wine’ into ‘Magical Chicken Nuggets of God’ whenever I type it into my phone.
I need Magical Chicken Nuggets of God to cope with this!
I need Magical Chicken Nuggets of God to cope with this!
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First-prize-winning story now available to read on the Exeter Writers website www.exeterwriters.org.uk/2025/06/read.... Congratulations, Jillian Grant Shoichet!
Read the First Prize Winner 2025 - Salt by Jillian Grant Shoichet
News and updates from the Exeter Writers - authors in the South West of England.
www.exeterwriters.org.uk
June 9, 2025 at 7:15 AM
First-prize-winning story now available to read on the Exeter Writers website www.exeterwriters.org.uk/2025/06/read.... Congratulations, Jillian Grant Shoichet!
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www.exeterwriters.org.uk/2025/06/comp...
We have the winners! 🥳 This year's bumper crop of stories has finally been whittled down to a top three. Congratulations to our winners - three brilliant stories - and thank you to everyone else who entered. Our judges this year were spoilt for choice.
We have the winners! 🥳 This year's bumper crop of stories has finally been whittled down to a top three. Congratulations to our winners - three brilliant stories - and thank you to everyone else who entered. Our judges this year were spoilt for choice.
Competition Winners 2025
News and updates from the Exeter Writers - authors in the South West of England.
www.exeterwriters.org.uk
June 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM
www.exeterwriters.org.uk/2025/06/comp...
We have the winners! 🥳 This year's bumper crop of stories has finally been whittled down to a top three. Congratulations to our winners - three brilliant stories - and thank you to everyone else who entered. Our judges this year were spoilt for choice.
We have the winners! 🥳 This year's bumper crop of stories has finally been whittled down to a top three. Congratulations to our winners - three brilliant stories - and thank you to everyone else who entered. Our judges this year were spoilt for choice.
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On #NationalLibrarianDay, we're thanking all of the library staff who work so hard to support families in their communities.
We created #BookTrustStorytime to encourage families to visit the library - but it's wonderful librarians who bring it to life ❤️
We created #BookTrustStorytime to encourage families to visit the library - but it's wonderful librarians who bring it to life ❤️
April 16, 2025 at 6:45 AM
On #NationalLibrarianDay, we're thanking all of the library staff who work so hard to support families in their communities.
We created #BookTrustStorytime to encourage families to visit the library - but it's wonderful librarians who bring it to life ❤️
We created #BookTrustStorytime to encourage families to visit the library - but it's wonderful librarians who bring it to life ❤️
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After a discussion of bad publishing takes and misinformation on threads, I feel like moaning about bad takes isn't enough on my part...so. Publishing. I worked in it for 15 years, now a full time author. I now don't know what people don't know. Authors/wannabe publishers, what do you WANT to know?
April 3, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Huge rabbit hole about hippos.
I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
a statue of a hippopotamus with its mouth open and teeth showing .
Alt: A hippo being tossed a watermelon, which it crushes in its massive jaws.
media.tenor.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Huge rabbit hole about hippos.
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So, uh, got a call from my editor a little while ago…
SWORDHEART hit the New York Times Bestseller List.
…at number FIVE.
I just…I…my brain does not know what to do with itself.
SWORDHEART hit the New York Times Bestseller List.
…at number FIVE.
I just…I…my brain does not know what to do with itself.
March 6, 2025 at 12:24 AM
So, uh, got a call from my editor a little while ago…
SWORDHEART hit the New York Times Bestseller List.
…at number FIVE.
I just…I…my brain does not know what to do with itself.
SWORDHEART hit the New York Times Bestseller List.
…at number FIVE.
I just…I…my brain does not know what to do with itself.
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The submissions window for places on our annual talent development programme, #WordSpace, is now open.
Download the info pack to find out more, and apply by 31st January 2025.
literatureworks.org.uk/applications...
Download the info pack to find out more, and apply by 31st January 2025.
literatureworks.org.uk/applications...
December 1, 2024 at 11:10 AM
The submissions window for places on our annual talent development programme, #WordSpace, is now open.
Download the info pack to find out more, and apply by 31st January 2025.
literatureworks.org.uk/applications...
Download the info pack to find out more, and apply by 31st January 2025.
literatureworks.org.uk/applications...
There’s mostly just cheese and Christmas cake left in the kitchen now. But that covers most of the major food groups, right?
December 31, 2024 at 12:11 PM
There’s mostly just cheese and Christmas cake left in the kitchen now. But that covers most of the major food groups, right?
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The 2024 Exeter Novel Prize is open for submissions until January 1st. 📖📚
www.creativewritingmatters.co.uk
www.creativewritingmatters.co.uk
December 19, 2024 at 7:31 AM
The 2024 Exeter Novel Prize is open for submissions until January 1st. 📖📚
www.creativewritingmatters.co.uk
www.creativewritingmatters.co.uk
Jeez, I liked twitter but it’s just a bat-shit crazy dumpster fire isn’t it 😔
December 21, 2023 at 9:24 PM
Jeez, I liked twitter but it’s just a bat-shit crazy dumpster fire isn’t it 😔