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Cate Haynes
@catehaynes.bsky.social
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UK writer rep by Becky Bagnell @lindsaylit.bsky.social , magical/fantasy MG, YA thrillers, loves folklore and cake @WriteMentor CNA winner 2023, @writingawards SL ‘22, @scbwi-BI, speech therapist, ADHD Mum, 1st class cat butler, 2nd class archer
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Happy New Year everyone 🎆🥂🍾
A short poem by me, Cate Haynes, which reads; May the returning sun light up the new year May you have fun creating things you’re proud of May you make new friends and cherish time spent with old ones May you find magic and love and wonder every day May you thrive
December 31, 2024 at 10:28 AM
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My wip didn’t make a comp shortlist this week, but I woke-up today able to feel proud of having longlisted in the first place

Then I saw this quote on another platform and remembered that we writers are pretty cool folk

#Writing #ThisWritingLife
Donna Tartt quotation about how writing can change its readers from the inside
January 21, 2024 at 11:05 AM
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A little #SaturdayPoem
Screen shot of poem “dancing for beginners”
December 9, 2023 at 10:08 AM
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Guess I’m moving to Denmark, then!
A screenshot of a road, apparently in the middle of nowhere in Denmark. It’s surrounded by countryside and looks rather peaceful
November 16, 2023 at 10:05 AM
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My signed copy of @brittonbookgeek.bsky.social awesome “Shot In The Dark” + bonus bag of sweets has received Tor’s approval (and mine!)
A handsome grey cat sits next to a bag of jelly trees, on a golden armchair, sniffing a copy of Shot in the Dark; Anna Britton’s police procedural novel. You should read it; it’s ace! The same handsome grey cat keeps careful watch over the book and sweets
November 3, 2023 at 1:27 PM
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I’m not doing #NaNoWriMo this year, but I’ll be cheering on everyone who is.
#AmEditing not #AmWriting
A photo of a chocolate-brown cat and a velvety-grey cat cuddling on the sofa. They both look very comfy and happy
November 2, 2023 at 5:19 PM
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Part of a visual essay on why we need libraries written for The Guardian; words by Neil Gaiman, illustration by Chris Riddell.
An illustration of an old man who looks rather like a wise Gandalf. Above his head is written some text, which reads: Fiction builds empathy. Fiction is something you build up from 26 letters and a handful of punctuation marks. And you, and you alone, using your imagination, create a world and people it and look out through other eyes. You’re being someone else, and when you return to your own world, you’re going to be slightly changed
October 29, 2023 at 9:45 AM
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Misch is beautiful. They leave such a huge hole behind them. This is my red boy, Bos, who I lost last year aged 18 🌈🐾
October 27, 2023 at 9:56 AM
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October 26, 2023 at 3:51 PM
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October 26, 2023 at 3:50 PM
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Dipping a toe in the bookish bluesky waters. It’s nice here, innit?
Currently trying to wrangle my YA thriller-romantasy into some kind of book-shaped thing

#WingingIt

Cat photos, because you’ve earned them
October 26, 2023 at 3:37 PM