Caroline Hogg
@carolinehoggbooks.bsky.social
Author. Editor. Crafter.
www.carolinehoggauthor.co.uk
www.carolinehoggauthor.co.uk
Pinned
20 years ago, at around about this point in September, I got my first job in publishing. I was such a green little graduate and my bosses kindly looked past that and started teaching me everything. So here’s what I know about publishing 🧵
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How many editors does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Not sure about this wording: it could be read as meaning editors have sex in light bulbs! Also, do we really "screw in" UK light bulbs? Don't we tend to use bayonet caps? Rewrite and bring it back in your own time, OK?
Have you finished yet?
Not sure about this wording: it could be read as meaning editors have sex in light bulbs! Also, do we really "screw in" UK light bulbs? Don't we tend to use bayonet caps? Rewrite and bring it back in your own time, OK?
Have you finished yet?
June 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
How many editors does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Not sure about this wording: it could be read as meaning editors have sex in light bulbs! Also, do we really "screw in" UK light bulbs? Don't we tend to use bayonet caps? Rewrite and bring it back in your own time, OK?
Have you finished yet?
Not sure about this wording: it could be read as meaning editors have sex in light bulbs! Also, do we really "screw in" UK light bulbs? Don't we tend to use bayonet caps? Rewrite and bring it back in your own time, OK?
Have you finished yet?
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If you use AI to create your art, your story, your whatever, I immediately know you don’t care about making things — you only care about selling them.
June 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
If you use AI to create your art, your story, your whatever, I immediately know you don’t care about making things — you only care about selling them.
Waterstones Gower Street branch is a DELIGHT and HUGE and why did no one tell me?!
June 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Waterstones Gower Street branch is a DELIGHT and HUGE and why did no one tell me?!
Once again, a curse upon the people perpetuating the eleven plus system. Ok, bye!
June 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Once again, a curse upon the people perpetuating the eleven plus system. Ok, bye!
Apologies if you live in the Bucks area and you just heard me scream Are You Fing Kidding me twelve times as I got an email from school about a ‘rainbow’ tombola where we have to bring something orange and dress in that colour too. What in the fing what
June 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Apologies if you live in the Bucks area and you just heard me scream Are You Fing Kidding me twelve times as I got an email from school about a ‘rainbow’ tombola where we have to bring something orange and dress in that colour too. What in the fing what
Hey! The author-me has a website now and there’s a free short story when you sign up for my newsletter. A bit magical, a tiny bit spicy 🧙♀️🌶️ www.carolinehoggauthor.co.uk
Caroline Hogg
Welcome to the official website for rom com author Caroline Hogg!
www.carolinehoggauthor.co.uk
June 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Hey! The author-me has a website now and there’s a free short story when you sign up for my newsletter. A bit magical, a tiny bit spicy 🧙♀️🌶️ www.carolinehoggauthor.co.uk
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This statement from Jonathan Joss's husband is heart breaking.
No, headline writers, he wasn't "killed in an argument with a neighbor." He was *deliberately murdered* for being gay right after his dog was decapitated.
Bet the murderer calls himself a "Christian."
THIS is why Pride is important.
No, headline writers, he wasn't "killed in an argument with a neighbor." He was *deliberately murdered* for being gay right after his dog was decapitated.
Bet the murderer calls himself a "Christian."
THIS is why Pride is important.
June 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This statement from Jonathan Joss's husband is heart breaking.
No, headline writers, he wasn't "killed in an argument with a neighbor." He was *deliberately murdered* for being gay right after his dog was decapitated.
Bet the murderer calls himself a "Christian."
THIS is why Pride is important.
No, headline writers, he wasn't "killed in an argument with a neighbor." He was *deliberately murdered* for being gay right after his dog was decapitated.
Bet the murderer calls himself a "Christian."
THIS is why Pride is important.
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Bit worried about paid work again, so if anyone needs copy-editing, proofreading or even some writing over the weeks to come, email in bio. Cheers x
June 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Bit worried about paid work again, so if anyone needs copy-editing, proofreading or even some writing over the weeks to come, email in bio. Cheers x
Nigel Farage says abortion laws are “utterly ludicrous.”
MPs are watching.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
MPs are watching.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
Decriminalise abortion and make it a protected human right.
Women’s rights are under threat from the far right.
Nigel Farage just called our current abortion provisions “utterly ludicrous” – and others in power are paying attention.
A vote in Parliament could ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
June 2, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Nigel Farage says abortion laws are “utterly ludicrous.”
MPs are watching.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
MPs are watching.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
Well. I am feeling hugely overwhelmed at figuring out a timeline for my self-publishing strategy. For anyone in the same boat - I’ve worked in publishing for 20 years but doing it all alone is HARD
May 31, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Well. I am feeling hugely overwhelmed at figuring out a timeline for my self-publishing strategy. For anyone in the same boat - I’ve worked in publishing for 20 years but doing it all alone is HARD
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Want to see what @palindrometodd.bsky.social thinks of your #querypackage? Hannah loves commercial fiction, especially SFF, romantasy, romcoms, & high-concept thrillers! Strong characterisation and a unique twist will impress her. Book an #Agent121 for 10 June: www.iaminprint.co.uk #writing
May 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Want to see what @palindrometodd.bsky.social thinks of your #querypackage? Hannah loves commercial fiction, especially SFF, romantasy, romcoms, & high-concept thrillers! Strong characterisation and a unique twist will impress her. Book an #Agent121 for 10 June: www.iaminprint.co.uk #writing
I love Vinted - getting some bargains and also rehousing things I no longer wanted. But being asked to leave feedback on what someone was like as a buyer?! Can we all chill out a bit?!
May 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I love Vinted - getting some bargains and also rehousing things I no longer wanted. But being asked to leave feedback on what someone was like as a buyer?! Can we all chill out a bit?!
This. Very effective systems already exist if you want to quote a song, poem etc in your book - so how can these AI bozos claim it would all be too hard?!
Funny, every writer in the UK knows how it'd work. You'd ask @alcs.co.uk to organise it. Seeing as how it's EXACTLY WHAT THEY ALREADY DO.
This is such a remarkable thing to admit.
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May 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This. Very effective systems already exist if you want to quote a song, poem etc in your book - so how can these AI bozos claim it would all be too hard?!
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I have news! And I’ll be sharing it in my newsletter at the end of the month. You didn’t know I have a newsletter??
Sign up at www.pernillehughes.com and there’s a free short story for you xx
#booksky #romancebooks
Sign up at www.pernillehughes.com and there’s a free short story for you xx
#booksky #romancebooks
May 21, 2025 at 7:28 AM
I have news! And I’ll be sharing it in my newsletter at the end of the month. You didn’t know I have a newsletter??
Sign up at www.pernillehughes.com and there’s a free short story for you xx
#booksky #romancebooks
Sign up at www.pernillehughes.com and there’s a free short story for you xx
#booksky #romancebooks
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I'M GONNA KEEP ON DANCIN AT THE
May 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I'M GONNA KEEP ON DANCIN AT THE
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"Get ready to fall in love with Eadie Browne, the eponymous and eccentric heroine of this tender-hearted, steeped-in-nostalgia story about chosen family." I loved Freya North's latest (and also made me wish I'd made it to the Hacienda #iykyk) and it's currently 99p for Kindle amzn.to/3RSR1RO
The Unfinished Business of Eadie Browne: the brand new and unforgettable coming of age story
The Unfinished Business of Eadie Browne: the brand new and unforgettable coming of age story
amzn.to
May 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"Get ready to fall in love with Eadie Browne, the eponymous and eccentric heroine of this tender-hearted, steeped-in-nostalgia story about chosen family." I loved Freya North's latest (and also made me wish I'd made it to the Hacienda #iykyk) and it's currently 99p for Kindle amzn.to/3RSR1RO
I didn’t so much read this book as absorb it into my being forever. A million out of ten. Love.
Have you read #TheRavenScholar by Antonia Hodgson? You can hear my interview with Antonia today on the podcast. Link to listen: apple.co/3FVnUIv
#epicfantasy #fantasyfiction #crimefantasy #authorsofinsta #worldbuilding @hodderscape.bsky.social @katekeenan.bsky.social #booksky
#epicfantasy #fantasyfiction #crimefantasy #authorsofinsta #worldbuilding @hodderscape.bsky.social @katekeenan.bsky.social #booksky
April 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I didn’t so much read this book as absorb it into my being forever. A million out of ten. Love.
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I keep seeing people talking about how tough it is querying and I'm going to say something direct that may not sit well with some of you:
Querying is a dress rehearsal for publishing
The rejection, ghosting, stress, ambiguity, and disappointment continues at every stage. It's part of the job.
Querying is a dress rehearsal for publishing
The rejection, ghosting, stress, ambiguity, and disappointment continues at every stage. It's part of the job.
April 13, 2025 at 7:59 AM
I keep seeing people talking about how tough it is querying and I'm going to say something direct that may not sit well with some of you:
Querying is a dress rehearsal for publishing
The rejection, ghosting, stress, ambiguity, and disappointment continues at every stage. It's part of the job.
Querying is a dress rehearsal for publishing
The rejection, ghosting, stress, ambiguity, and disappointment continues at every stage. It's part of the job.
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Been down at Meta's UK HQ to join a protest by @societyofauthors.bsky.social about the theft of books for the purposes of AI. A multi-billion dollar company using books then not paying for them stinks & is in no-one's interests.
#DoTheWriteThing #MakeItFair #MetaBookThieves
#DoTheWriteThing #MakeItFair #MetaBookThieves
April 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Been down at Meta's UK HQ to join a protest by @societyofauthors.bsky.social about the theft of books for the purposes of AI. A multi-billion dollar company using books then not paying for them stinks & is in no-one's interests.
#DoTheWriteThing #MakeItFair #MetaBookThieves
#DoTheWriteThing #MakeItFair #MetaBookThieves
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Protest today at Meta’s HQ in Kings Cross. Meet in Granary Square from 1pm-ish. They’ve stolen the work of thousands of writers to train AI and now they need to #DoTheWriteThing
April 3, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Protest today at Meta’s HQ in Kings Cross. Meet in Granary Square from 1pm-ish. They’ve stolen the work of thousands of writers to train AI and now they need to #DoTheWriteThing
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Got my double sided placard ready for the @societyofauthors.bsky.social demo against #MetaBookThieves. Today, 1.30, Granary Square, King's Cross!
April 3, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Got my double sided placard ready for the @societyofauthors.bsky.social demo against #MetaBookThieves. Today, 1.30, Granary Square, King's Cross!
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For those attending the protest please see our “need to know” pdf on the event listing which contains practical health and safety information. 👇
Meta Protest – The Society of Authors
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April 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
For those attending the protest please see our “need to know” pdf on the event listing which contains practical health and safety information. 👇
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#metabookthieves #SoA
Date: Thursday, 3 April 2025, 1.30pm
Location: Meta’s London offices (11-22 Canal Reach, London N1C 4BE, King’s Cross).
Meet: Granary Square at 1.30pm. Once we have a critical mass, we will move to Meta’s offices.
Date: Thursday, 3 April 2025, 1.30pm
Location: Meta’s London offices (11-22 Canal Reach, London N1C 4BE, King’s Cross).
Meet: Granary Square at 1.30pm. Once we have a critical mass, we will move to Meta’s offices.
April 3, 2025 at 8:09 AM
#metabookthieves #SoA
Date: Thursday, 3 April 2025, 1.30pm
Location: Meta’s London offices (11-22 Canal Reach, London N1C 4BE, King’s Cross).
Meet: Granary Square at 1.30pm. Once we have a critical mass, we will move to Meta’s offices.
Date: Thursday, 3 April 2025, 1.30pm
Location: Meta’s London offices (11-22 Canal Reach, London N1C 4BE, King’s Cross).
Meet: Granary Square at 1.30pm. Once we have a critical mass, we will move to Meta’s offices.
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Oh this is good. @societyofauthors.bsky.social is organising a day of protest against Meta's wholesale theft of authors' work on Thursday.
Details and socmed assets at societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s...
Details and socmed assets at societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s...
April 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Oh this is good. @societyofauthors.bsky.social is organising a day of protest against Meta's wholesale theft of authors' work on Thursday.
Details and socmed assets at societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s...
Details and socmed assets at societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s...
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At the @societyofauthors.bsky.social we are speaking out strongly against this 'opt out' scheme, which places the burden on creators to monitor & notify. It would be like having to put notes on your wallet that say 'Robber, don't steal this'.
- They repeat the misleading claim that existing UK copyright law is uncertain (it isn’t)
- They suggest an opt-out scheme would give rights holders more control over how their works are used than they currently have (this is false; licensing is currently required by law...
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- They suggest an opt-out scheme would give rights holders more control over how their works are used than they currently have (this is false; licensing is currently required by law...
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April 2, 2025 at 6:58 AM
At the @societyofauthors.bsky.social we are speaking out strongly against this 'opt out' scheme, which places the burden on creators to monitor & notify. It would be like having to put notes on your wallet that say 'Robber, don't steal this'.