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Jay Davison @JayDAuthor

Northern Irish Author 'The Knight Thief' (2nd Place, Faber Action! Prize) - coming in 2027 Repped by @HellieOgden at @WMEBooksUK #kidlit #writingcommunity Northern Ireland, United Kingd Joined March 2022
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Jay Davison @JayDAuthor

2 weeks ago

Love advice like this!

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James A Lyons @JALwrites

2 weeks ago

Love advice like this!

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Rachel Burrows @RobinRB17

2 months ago

Such an amazing collection of poems about bereavement. @dreambeastpoems - well done and thank you. For Amani and Zayn. ❤️

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Mark Bird (DreamBeastPoems) The Klangaroo Out Now! @dreambeastpoems

2 months ago

Such an amazing collection of poems about bereavement. @dreambeastpoems - well done and thank you. For Amani and Zayn. ❤️

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Jay Davison @JayDAuthor

3 months ago

Spent a bit of time last night and this morning trying to refine the overarching narrative of several books in a series. What software do people use & recommend for this?! #amwriting #WritingCommunity #WritingAdvice #WritingTips #WritingProcess

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Vicky Weber - OPEN to Queries @vickyweberbooks

3 months ago

Writing a book is 10% typing and 90% lying awake at night thinking about that one scene that just won’t cooperate. #writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying

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Alyssa Matesic @AlyssaMatesic

3 months ago

This is the single easiest way to become a better storyteller? Consume all the stories you can. Read books, articles, and short stories. Watch TV shows, films, and plays. Listen to narrative podcasts and audiobooks. Here's why 🧵

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Jay Davison @JayDAuthor

3 months ago

MG writing journey so far: Step 1: Write a book Step 2: Accidentally come 2nd in the Faber Action! Prize Step 3: Somehow get repped by the brilliant @HellieOgden at WME Step 4: try to act cool about Steps 1-3 now for Step 5: Surviving parenthood whilst editing! #KidLit #AmWriting

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Jay Davison @JayDAuthor

3 months ago

My kids wanted to put on a 'show' this afternoon. Usually this involves 20 minutes of 'rehersals' before playing music, singing & dancing. I should have realised the 'rehersals' were too quiet. The show was an indoor slip'n'slide, with soap & water on the floor. Its towel time

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Jay Davison @JayDAuthor

3 months ago

Me: “We’ve got loads of time before football training, let’s pop into the café beside the pitch.” My kids: “Cool, we’ll eat these sausages atom by atom.” So now we've missed the class and my kids literally stopped eating the second it was too late to go. Wonderful.

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Faber Children's @FaberChildrens

5 months ago

Last night, we announced the winners of the Action! Prize on the Faber stand at Bologna. Congratulations to Theo Malings, who landed first place for her sensational YA sci-fi fantasy thriller, The Red Twilight 🏆 Read more here: faber.co.uk/journal/faber-…

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Writing Day Workshops (Writers Conferences) @writingdaywksp

7 months ago

So, you've finished a manuscript and you're keen to make sure it's polished before you proceed to the next step on your writing journey. What to do next? Here are 6 suggested steps for self-editing your first draft (as usual, by @keslupo):

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Jay Davison @JayDAuthor

8 months ago

At the beginning of 2024, I set myself the challenge of trying to write a longer form story. 365 days and 102475 words later (almost double my targeted word count)... #writing #kitlit #mg #firstdraft

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