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J A Bowler
@jabowler.bsky.social
UK based writer of children's and YA fiction and educational content. #Writing #WritingCommunity #amwriting #YA #IceCooperAndTheDeptonShadelings #TheImprobableAdventuresOfDexterDuckworth #Fiction #CliFi #ChildrensBooks

www.jabowler.co.uk
I sold some copies of these at the Southam Book Fair, one of them to a primary teacher, and I'm so pleased that Dexter will get some more readers! I worry about the part where the goblins stick prisoners on the walls of their tunnel, but I wrote it for my Y5 and 6! #UKKidLit #SpookyBooks #Halloween
October 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Well I did it. It's a great little book fair, though this year i wasn't shortlisted for their flash fiction. The venue would be excellent if not for the utter lack of #ventilation! Kept my #ffp3 on all day. Still managed to chat to authors and visitors! #authorsinmasks
October 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I'll be at Southam Book Fest, Sun 12/10 and yes I'll be #masked again! I don't want to. I'm not anxious. I have to remember the science to maintain my resolve. It doesn't help sales; people don't understand I'm the person definitely not infecting anyone. #Covid levels high; local hospital is full.
October 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
At the #southwarwickshireliteraryfestival. @southwarkslitfest.bsky.social everything going smoothly. #mask worn for insurance, though IAQ not actually bad. It hasn't gone above 600ppm.
September 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
It's good to know that the third and final book in the #IceCooper trilogy is coming soon! If you think you might like YA character-driven fiction, grounded in reality but with a supernatural edge, I recommend reading the first two now! Available in various places! Links at www.jabowler.co.uk
August 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
December 2, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Ooh. I have to catch up. Synonym?
The #WIPSnips word for December 1st is "collect"

#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #authors #WriteSky #writingprompts #IceCooper
December 2, 2024 at 6:25 PM
The #WIPSnips word for November 30th is "spite"
It's actually a word I need to use less!

#amwriting #writingcommunity #writingprompts #writers #authors #writesky #IceCooper
November 30, 2024 at 1:52 PM
The #WIPSnips word for November 28 is “gratitude”

#amwriting #writingcommunity #writingprompts #writesky #writers #authors #IceCooper
This passage needs work, but that's what a #WIP is, right?
November 28, 2024 at 3:55 PM
The #WIPSnips word for November 27 is "chemistry"
wonder if 'bond' will do and if this is the vibe. There is chemistry between my MCs too but it's awkward, as is obvious from the absence of one here.
#amwriting #writers #authors #writingcommunity #writesky #IceCooper
November 27, 2024 at 5:30 PM
The #WIPSnips word for November 24 is "gallon"

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I hope you can forgive the content of this snip. This is one of the few containers of anything in my WIP!
November 24, 2024 at 1:01 PM
The #WIPSnips word for November 22 is “accent”
Happy FriYAY
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November 22, 2024 at 4:11 PM
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November 20, 2024 at 3:28 PM
The #WIPSnips word for November 18 is "manufacture"

Vibes it is then...

#WriteSky #writingprompts #IceCooper
November 18, 2024 at 10:07 PM
November 17, 2024 at 1:36 PM
The #WIPSnips word for November 16 is “elapse”. Interesting the words I don't have in my WIP. Sometimes I feel I should. Will this do for the vibe? #Writesky #Writers #Writing #IceCooper
November 16, 2024 at 4:28 PM
The #WIPSnips word for November 15 is "gossip". It isn't used in the WIP so far, but this extract is close to the vibe. #writesky #writers #IceCooper
November 15, 2024 at 4:35 PM
The #WIPSnips word for November 14 is “trace”
#Writesky #Writing #Writers #IceCooper
November 14, 2024 at 2:45 PM
#NovemberWorldbuilders 13. towns/cities by the river/lake

The Avon runs straight through Depton where Ice encounters the shadelings previously only seen in her childhood dreams.
November 13, 2024 at 4:06 PM
#top has brought out some top extracts from #writesky authors.
The #WIPSnips word for November 13 is “top”
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writingprompts #writesky #authors #writers #IceCooper
November 13, 2024 at 3:49 PM
November 12, 2024 at 4:47 PM
The #WIPSnips word for November 10 is "favorite"
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #writesky #writingprompts #IceCooper

Oscar is probably Ice's favourite person.
November 10, 2024 at 9:46 PM
The #WIPsnips
word for November 9 is "landscape"
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #authors #writesky #writingprompts #IceCooper
I've really enjoyed reading the 'landscape' snips from other authors. They've been great. I was gratified to find the word in my WIP too!
November 9, 2024 at 5:23 PM