Rick Allden
@rickallden.bsky.social
Writer but often wronger | From Coventry, in Caerphilly | MA creative writing | BBC Writersroom Voices 19/21 | Shortlisted: Wales Writer in Res, BBC Drama, BBC Comedy, Traverse | Loves Coco Pops. No. Ha. No, no, no. LOVES them. | PUSB www.rickallden.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
🎇#QuestPit 🎇
#MG #AmQuerying #Fantasy
Labyrinth X Narnia
To find her parents, Emily enters the world they vanished into - only to discover a princess who wants her friendship forever…and is prepared to erase every reason for Emily to leave
#AgentsGuide #AgentGuide
#MG #AmQuerying #Fantasy
Labyrinth X Narnia
To find her parents, Emily enters the world they vanished into - only to discover a princess who wants her friendship forever…and is prepared to erase every reason for Emily to leave
#AgentsGuide #AgentGuide
November 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
🎇#QuestPit 🎇
#MG #AmQuerying #Fantasy
Labyrinth X Narnia
To find her parents, Emily enters the world they vanished into - only to discover a princess who wants her friendship forever…and is prepared to erase every reason for Emily to leave
#AgentsGuide #AgentGuide
#MG #AmQuerying #Fantasy
Labyrinth X Narnia
To find her parents, Emily enters the world they vanished into - only to discover a princess who wants her friendship forever…and is prepared to erase every reason for Emily to leave
#AgentsGuide #AgentGuide
Alright then - for any #revpit #writingcommunity that may be interested. I've assumed this is mine (and it rings true if not!) - so I've tried to improve my query letter following this advice! The old, pre-edited is on the left (and if it's not I'll delete and repost!) - the other is on the right.
October 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Alright then - for any #revpit #writingcommunity that may be interested. I've assumed this is mine (and it rings true if not!) - so I've tried to improve my query letter following this advice! The old, pre-edited is on the left (and if it's not I'll delete and repost!) - the other is on the right.
October 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
TW: Grief
No idea if this is any good - no-one's read it - but, as it's October, I've written a VERY short ghosty/grief thing. Do please share/tell me if it is any good - 'thirsty' I think the kids call it 😀
#AmWriting #AmQuerying #WritingCommunity
No idea if this is any good - no-one's read it - but, as it's October, I've written a VERY short ghosty/grief thing. Do please share/tell me if it is any good - 'thirsty' I think the kids call it 😀
#AmWriting #AmQuerying #WritingCommunity
October 16, 2025 at 8:34 AM
TW: Grief
No idea if this is any good - no-one's read it - but, as it's October, I've written a VERY short ghosty/grief thing. Do please share/tell me if it is any good - 'thirsty' I think the kids call it 😀
#AmWriting #AmQuerying #WritingCommunity
No idea if this is any good - no-one's read it - but, as it's October, I've written a VERY short ghosty/grief thing. Do please share/tell me if it is any good - 'thirsty' I think the kids call it 😀
#AmWriting #AmQuerying #WritingCommunity
Hi! My new #AgentsGuide for Moontide, my #MG Adventure Mystery (that I assure you has nothing to do with my Goonies love…)
41k words AND a hamster in a hat 🐹
🤫Secret societies
💰Smugglers
🏴☠️Pirate lore
🗡️Kidnap
🫂Found Family
#amquerying #writingcommunity #AgentGuide #LitAgent
41k words AND a hamster in a hat 🐹
🤫Secret societies
💰Smugglers
🏴☠️Pirate lore
🗡️Kidnap
🫂Found Family
#amquerying #writingcommunity #AgentGuide #LitAgent
October 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Hi! My new #AgentsGuide for Moontide, my #MG Adventure Mystery (that I assure you has nothing to do with my Goonies love…)
41k words AND a hamster in a hat 🐹
🤫Secret societies
💰Smugglers
🏴☠️Pirate lore
🗡️Kidnap
🫂Found Family
#amquerying #writingcommunity #AgentGuide #LitAgent
41k words AND a hamster in a hat 🐹
🤫Secret societies
💰Smugglers
🏴☠️Pirate lore
🗡️Kidnap
🫂Found Family
#amquerying #writingcommunity #AgentGuide #LitAgent
Hiya!
A new #AgentGuide for the MG fantasy adventure I wrote for my daughter
🎠Weird fair
🤫Secret societies
👶Kids outwitting adults
🪠Mole with plunger hat
🫂Found Family
All feedback welcomed! Nice messages will be printed & stuck to fridge
#amquerying #MG #agentsguide #litagent
A new #AgentGuide for the MG fantasy adventure I wrote for my daughter
🎠Weird fair
🤫Secret societies
👶Kids outwitting adults
🪠Mole with plunger hat
🫂Found Family
All feedback welcomed! Nice messages will be printed & stuck to fridge
#amquerying #MG #agentsguide #litagent
October 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Hiya!
A new #AgentGuide for the MG fantasy adventure I wrote for my daughter
🎠Weird fair
🤫Secret societies
👶Kids outwitting adults
🪠Mole with plunger hat
🫂Found Family
All feedback welcomed! Nice messages will be printed & stuck to fridge
#amquerying #MG #agentsguide #litagent
A new #AgentGuide for the MG fantasy adventure I wrote for my daughter
🎠Weird fair
🤫Secret societies
👶Kids outwitting adults
🪠Mole with plunger hat
🫂Found Family
All feedback welcomed! Nice messages will be printed & stuck to fridge
#amquerying #MG #agentsguide #litagent
Full request turned into a rejection, BUT, I have to say, it’s given me a MASSIVE boost 😀
#amquerying #writerscommunity
#amquerying #writerscommunity
September 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Full request turned into a rejection, BUT, I have to say, it’s given me a MASSIVE boost 😀
#amquerying #writerscommunity
#amquerying #writerscommunity
Jumping on the #AgentsGuide train - woo woooo!
This is for my MG Adventure Mystery (that I assure you has nothing to do with my Goonies love…)
🤫Secret societies
💰Smugglers
🏴☠️Pirate lore
🗡️Kidnap
🫂Found Family
#amquerying #writingcommunity
This is for my MG Adventure Mystery (that I assure you has nothing to do with my Goonies love…)
🤫Secret societies
💰Smugglers
🏴☠️Pirate lore
🗡️Kidnap
🫂Found Family
#amquerying #writingcommunity
September 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Jumping on the #AgentsGuide train - woo woooo!
This is for my MG Adventure Mystery (that I assure you has nothing to do with my Goonies love…)
🤫Secret societies
💰Smugglers
🏴☠️Pirate lore
🗡️Kidnap
🫂Found Family
#amquerying #writingcommunity
This is for my MG Adventure Mystery (that I assure you has nothing to do with my Goonies love…)
🤫Secret societies
💰Smugglers
🏴☠️Pirate lore
🗡️Kidnap
🫂Found Family
#amquerying #writingcommunity
Right then - started an #amwriting blog on my website - because I CHOOSE TO LIVE 20 YEARS BEHIND EVERYONE ELSE.
Just in case anyone is interested in the writing stuff.
www.rickallden.com/post/writing...
Just in case anyone is interested in the writing stuff.
www.rickallden.com/post/writing...
July 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Right then - started an #amwriting blog on my website - because I CHOOSE TO LIVE 20 YEARS BEHIND EVERYONE ELSE.
Just in case anyone is interested in the writing stuff.
www.rickallden.com/post/writing...
Just in case anyone is interested in the writing stuff.
www.rickallden.com/post/writing...
Boom! Done! Off round the agents now - drop me a message if you fancy a read 😀
Blurb below #amwriting
Blurb below #amwriting
July 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Boom! Done! Off round the agents now - drop me a message if you fancy a read 😀
Blurb below #amwriting
Blurb below #amwriting
Have written a play - fatherhood, mental health and such - but funny, hopefully,
too.
#FathersDay and all that so sharing a bit. Couple of swears , mind but he is drunk.
Looking to film, cast, release etc soon
too.
#FathersDay and all that so sharing a bit. Couple of swears , mind but he is drunk.
Looking to film, cast, release etc soon
June 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Have written a play - fatherhood, mental health and such - but funny, hopefully,
too.
#FathersDay and all that so sharing a bit. Couple of swears , mind but he is drunk.
Looking to film, cast, release etc soon
too.
#FathersDay and all that so sharing a bit. Couple of swears , mind but he is drunk.
Looking to film, cast, release etc soon
Written a book - undoubtedly going to spend 17 fruitless years trying to get it published BUT if I put little snippets about like this, maybe make some plasticine toys and get OpenAI to write a review or two, it can seem like a real thing #amwriting
March 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Written a book - undoubtedly going to spend 17 fruitless years trying to get it published BUT if I put little snippets about like this, maybe make some plasticine toys and get OpenAI to write a review or two, it can seem like a real thing #amwriting
Very much my “with” and “without” coffee faces
March 7, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Very much my “with” and “without” coffee faces
Have obviously hit the age
But
Absolute game CHANGER
But
Absolute game CHANGER
February 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Have obviously hit the age
But
Absolute game CHANGER
But
Absolute game CHANGER
Got Discovery+ free with Sky
Dipped a toe
Incredible!
Dipped a toe
Incredible!
February 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Got Discovery+ free with Sky
Dipped a toe
Incredible!
Dipped a toe
Incredible!
Probably a bit classless & not the done thing, but every time I have a bit of a writing block or a sense of futility, I go to my folder of positive feedback screenshots for a bit of a boost.
This one was a biggie - dropped my phone when I saw it 😀
#scriptsky #scriptskyuk
This one was a biggie - dropped my phone when I saw it 😀
#scriptsky #scriptskyuk
December 8, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Probably a bit classless & not the done thing, but every time I have a bit of a writing block or a sense of futility, I go to my folder of positive feedback screenshots for a bit of a boost.
This one was a biggie - dropped my phone when I saw it 😀
#scriptsky #scriptskyuk
This one was a biggie - dropped my phone when I saw it 😀
#scriptsky #scriptskyuk
Coventry, the 1970s.
Hey, at least they were getting fresh air and not spending all day playing computer games…
Hey, at least they were getting fresh air and not spending all day playing computer games…
November 30, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Coventry, the 1970s.
Hey, at least they were getting fresh air and not spending all day playing computer games…
Hey, at least they were getting fresh air and not spending all day playing computer games…
Starting the weekend by updating my bucket list
November 29, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Starting the weekend by updating my bucket list
Yessssss.
Ross Kemp on Dickens
Ross Kemp on Dickens
November 29, 2024 at 11:52 AM
Yessssss.
Ross Kemp on Dickens
Ross Kemp on Dickens
If you’ve an audible credit, or are thinking of a trial, or have another way of getting it - I can’t think of anything I can recommend more in the build up to Christmas.
There may be things as funny, but never heard funnier 😀
There may be things as funny, but never heard funnier 😀
November 29, 2024 at 10:44 AM
If you’ve an audible credit, or are thinking of a trial, or have another way of getting it - I can’t think of anything I can recommend more in the build up to Christmas.
There may be things as funny, but never heard funnier 😀
There may be things as funny, but never heard funnier 😀
ANYTHING is possible
November 27, 2024 at 9:24 AM
ANYTHING is possible
Sorry darling, WHO is wasting their Friday night?
November 22, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Sorry darling, WHO is wasting their Friday night?