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Matilda Sevón
@tuulimatilda.bsky.social
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Writer who seems to prefer thinking and talking about the craft to typing actual words. Co-founder of @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social. SCBWI member. Finnish living in Brussels.
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I want to give a special thanks to Bente, whose talent for extracting belly rubs from writers is truly remarkable 😊❤️
April 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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I survived 2024 with my sanity, not quite intact but hanging in there 😅. At least now I know there isn't much 2025 can throw at me that I can't take. I only wish I could go into the new year with my Loki beside me. Will miss him always 💔. Happy New Year to everyone! Let's hope it is a kind one!
Photo of German shepherd dog staring wistfully into the camera.
December 31, 2024 at 9:51 PM
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Autumn greets winter. 🍂❄️
Photo of the tops of two trees against a blue sky. The tree on the left has orange leaves while the one on the right is bare.
December 1, 2024 at 3:26 PM
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Spark by @sarahbethdurst.bsky.social is a great middle grade read for shy and quiet kids. It's about finding the courage to speak up about what is right. And there is a great relationship between a girl and her dragon! ❤️
Highly recommended! 📚👍
#MGlit
A picture of a book cover with the title Spark at the top, featuring a dragon, a girl and lots of lightning. The cover is unfortunately slightly discoloured on the edge turning the picture blue instead of purple. The name of the author Sarah Beth Durst is at the bottom.
November 30, 2024 at 12:28 PM
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Had a lovely time at the SCBWI Benelux retreat this weekend. It was inspiring to listen to writers talk about their ideas and seeing illustrators create amazing art. Going on retreats might be my favourite part of being a writer. Can I become a professional retreater? 😅
#writer #kidlit
An open notebook and pen by a window showing snowy ground.
November 24, 2024 at 6:49 PM
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It's been a hectic couple of weeks. So I'm happy I've escaped it all for the SCBWI Benelux retreat in Spa (yes, it's where spas originated, in case you were wondering). Writing, wellness and walks in the woods. And of course best of all, exchanging with other children's writers 😊 ❄️📝

#SCBWI #KidLit
Snowy view from my hotel window.
November 22, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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Here I am innocently re-reading Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi, thinking that a funny, whimsical middle-grade fantasy is just what I need to escape this dystopian reality, when I'm rudely reminded of our current predicament... A demon though? That would explain things 🤔
A picture from a page from Aru Shah and the End of Time underlining the words "
November 18, 2024 at 8:42 PM
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Loved Kiki Kallira Conquers a Curse by Sangu Mandanna, the 2nd book about Kiki, who suffers from anxiety and is the hero of a fantasy story. I wish I could have read these as a kid when I used fantasy books as an escape. I might have realised I suffered from anxiety 20 years earlier... #kidlit 📚👍
A photo of the cover of Kiki Kallira Conquers a Curse, featuring a girl running through water with her fist raised grasping a pen. Behind her is a crow and two boys, one of them in a wheelchair.
August 13, 2024 at 11:19 AM
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While waiting for feedback from a beta reader for my middle grade WIP, I'm jotting down ideas about the protagonist for another MG fantasy, this one inspired by Finnish mythology. And thought I'd show off my summery Moomin notebook 😊.

#Writing #Moomin
August 11, 2024 at 12:23 PM
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Slightly surprising quote for a sugar packet. Would have expected something sweet or cheerful. This means something like "Anyone is powerful enough to do evil" according to G translate. Wasn't expecting evil to feature with my afternoon tea.
#quote #spain #holiday
A packet of sugar with the words "Para hacer el mal cualquiera es poderoso, Fray Luis de León" next to a cup of milky tea.
August 3, 2024 at 12:40 PM
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What is everyone's favourite beach read genre? Mine is crime fiction. Just finished The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths, the first Dr Ruth Calloway mystery. Good mystery with great characters, set in a haunting landscape. Will continue with this series! 💙📚 #booksky #summerreading #crimefiction
A sunhat, sunglasses next to the book The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths. The cover shows a desolate landscape with a river passing a house.
August 2, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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Finally read the Wayfarer series by Becky Chambers. Great character driven sci-fi . And I can see why they call it hopepunk. I wish one day humans would learn to communicate with and accept other cultures as well as these aliens do.

#booksky #scifi #hopepunk
A pile of four books fanned out. From the top: A long way to a small angry planet, A closed and common orbit, Record of a spaceborn few, The galaxy and the ground within.
August 1, 2024 at 11:07 AM
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Loki might be 11 and a half but he still loves playing with a stick. This is his "throw the stick already!" face. Hypnotising him with a stick is also a good way to get him to look in the direction of the camera 😅🐕 #dog.
A sable German Shepherd standing on grass, staring intently at the camera.
May 11, 2024 at 1:33 PM
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Spell Sweeper by @leefodi.bsky.social is my favourite book so far this year, and I've read some great ones! But none of them could compete with the idea of a spell sweeper, the strong humourous character voice, or the theme. And I could not put it down! Would love another book about Cara! #kidlit 📚👍
Book cover with drawing of red headed girl holding a broom in the center and behind her a boy with a broom, a three-tailed white fox and a girl looking furtively over her shoulder. Text at the top reads "Magic is messy" and at the bottom is the title "Spell Sweeper" and author name "Lee Edward Födi."
April 25, 2024 at 9:35 AM
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Year's first breakfast on the terrace! ☀️🌱 😊 If the contents of the bowl look unappetising they really aren't. Oats with banana and chia seeds is yummy! 😋
Open book next to a bowl of oats and banana and a mug of tea. Some blurry greenery in the background.
April 6, 2024 at 8:45 AM
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About 30 years ago I had this strange book idea about a word collector with a shelf full of words inside bottles. Today I finally finished the first draft 🥹. It took me a while. Of course the first draft is just one small step on a long writing journey... 😅 #middlegrade #writing
March 31, 2024 at 12:52 PM
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Sitting in the garden reading while Loki chills on the grass. Spring is finally here! 🌱 🌷🪻☀️ PS. The book is Artezans: the forgotten magic by L.D. Lapinski and it's great so far! #middlegrade #mglit #kidlit #dog
Somewhat blurred open book and behind it a German Shepherd lying in the grass, looking to the right.
March 9, 2024 at 12:43 PM
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Loki gave himself a Christmas present. He found some poor child's lost Peppa pig ball in the woods this morning and claimed it as his own. Now this 11-year old wants to play with it all day long 😅❤️. #Christmas #dogsofbluesky
Greying German Shepherd holding a pink and blue plastic ball with a Christmas tree in the background.
December 25, 2023 at 2:47 PM
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Merry Christmas! Hopefully everyone has piles of books under the tree! 📚🎄. I'm enjoying the day by rereading the Dark is Rising for the first time since childhood ❤️.
Cover of The Dark is Rising featuring a drawing black cloaked rider on a snowy road surrounded by green trunks of trees. Behind the book branches of a Christmas tree is visible with a snowman decoration on the right.
December 25, 2023 at 1:53 PM
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Good morning 🌟🎄🕯️
December 24, 2023 at 7:19 AM
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Welcome to Dead Town Raven McKay by @eibhliscarcione.bsky.social is a creepy and atmospheric middle grade mystery, about a girl in a town shared by the living and the dead. The beautiful writing perfectly captures the surreal atmosphere of this strange and captivating story. 📚👍#Middlegrade #MGlit
Cover of Welcome to Dead Town Raven McKay with the main character in the middle wearing feathered hat surrounded by a decorative border featuring ships and a house, with two ravens on either side.
October 31, 2023 at 4:39 PM
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Happy Halloween everyone! 🎃Who is being haunted by those empty pages waiting for your words? 👻📖 #writing #writers
A picture of bats and gravestones against spooky woods with the text: Happy Halloween! May your unfinished writing haunt you!
October 31, 2023 at 11:51 AM
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Highly recommend It Found Us by @lindsayncurrie.bsky.social. A spooky middle grade ghost story, complete with a graveyard setting and a very creepy ghost, but also a well developed and tense mystery, all driven by the actions of a group of relatable characters. #middlegrade 📚👍
The cover of the book, with It Found Us written in white on the background of a dark blue sky with lightning. Against a background of graves and elephants stands a childlike ghost in ragged clothing with holes for eyes and a stitched up mouth, lit up by the glow of a lantern it holds in its hands. The name of the author, Lindsey Currie is written at the bottom of the page. The cover looks very creepy.
October 28, 2023 at 11:03 AM
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If you love atmospheric and fantastical middle grade adventures, and have inexplicably not read any Eerie-on-Sea mysteries by @thomastaylor.bsky.social, do read them! With an eerie coastal setting, complete with monsters and quirky characters, they are the perfect cosy autumn read. #MiddleGrade 📚👍
The five Eerie-on-Sea books in a fanned out pile, with Malamander at the top, followed by Gargantis, Shadowghast, Festergrimm and Mermedusa at the bottom.
October 23, 2023 at 2:55 PM
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Finally received my order for spooky season! 🎃 Eerie-on-sea books by @thomastaylor.bsky.social, the Graveyard book by @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com, It found us by @lindsayncurrie.bsky.social, Welcome to Dead Town Raven McKay by @eibhliscarcione.bsky.social and the first Aveline Jones. #Middlegrade 👻
A pile of books. From the top: Mermedusa by Thomas Taylor, Festergrimm by Thomas Taylor, The Haunting of Aveline Jones, It found us by Lindsay Currie, Welcome to Dead Town Raven McKay by Eibhlis Carcione and the Graveyard book by Neil Gaiman.
October 16, 2023 at 3:54 PM