Amanda Rutter

"This trilogy is as close to perfect as books can get." @tkingfisher.com Pick up the complete CEMETERIES OF AMALO trilogy from @pennyvixen.bsky.social this #spookyseason ! After the events of THE GOBLIN EMPEROR, Witness for the Dead Thara Celehar returns to solve mysteries plaguing the Elflands...

Got bitten by a spider yesterday and my hand is currently double its usual side, but no sign of special powers yet. But I have drawn round the redness with a pen to marvel at how fast and far it is spreading!

Went to see Ghosts film tonight and it really is lovely. Well worth a cinema trip 😊

I was expecting to need to buy new clothes after such significant weight loss, but I did not expect my glasses to start sliding down my face because my cheeks are shrinking 😂

She is sulking. She flounces off if I stop stroking her and goes to her bed in a mood, but then stares at me until I fix the situation by summoning her back and promising constant pets 😆

If you keep up with the financial news too you’ll see that C-Suite employees of the big AI and AI adjacent companies have sold off billions of dollars of stock in their own companies in the last 6 months. The smart money’s cashing out of this pump and dump whilst they can before the rug pull

I am in that 'can't possibly put the heating on during the day, even though I do work at home' phase, so the dogs are on a rotation as to who sits closest to me to share body warmth 😆

An ENORMOUS congratulations to Pip Adam, this year's winner of the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for her novel AUDITION! 🚀🚀🚀 We couldn't be happier! Pip is a monumental talent and a force of good in the world. Huge thanks to the judges and everyone at @ursulakleguin.com ♥️ @pipadam.bsky.social

EARLY HALLOWEEN TREAT! Absolutely delighted to see Scream! get the “comic that fucks” distinction from @cuntersthompson.bsky.social 🫡 Get a little sneak peek at our house of horrors in this week’s podcast! 👻

We read straight men's thoughts about the queer fantasy novel, "Metal From Heaven," on our recent episode with @amalelmohtar.com. You can listen to the full episode now for free here or wherever you get your podcasts! www.patreon.com/WorkersLit/p...

Sure, "mistakenly". I believe you.

Horse people are probably still the worst. I think every person I've edited who has featured horses in their books has entirely regretted it by the end of the editorial process.

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Out next month in paperback, @rainewilson.bsky.social 's @clarkeaward.bsky.social finalist - THE SALT ORACLE! A genre-bending science fantasy with a locked-boat mystery in a world rife with digital ghosts and vengeful seas... Preorder: geni.us/TSOPB Attend the Kirkcaldy launch: geni.us/RaineKirkc

🚨EBOOK DEAL!🚨 'An absolute riot of a book' - REACTOR Calling all horror (and western!) fans, @alexgrecian.bsky.social 's RED RABBIT is discounted on Kindle AND it's an Apple Books Spooky Season monthly deal for the UK and Ireland, snap it up today for only £1.99/€2.49! Buy: buff.ly/tfXBQDK

I love Miranda Hart beyond all reason ❤️

Yikes! Games company for sale. Talent not included. One indifferent owner. Bad times for those affected.

Would you be able to help, @jamesbennett.bsky.social? 😊

I am fast coming up on two stone lost and no one talks about the expense of needing new cushions everywhere because your arse padding is rapidly being lost...

Monstrous, really, from an organisation that purportedly exists to support authors, and then back-stabs them by getting into bed with the technology built on their stolen words.

🚨ICYMI ACQUISITION!🚨 'Let justice be done, though the world burn.' We've snapped up @gautambhatia88.bsky.social 's @theignyteawards.bsky.social winning SF legal thriller THE FIFTH INFLECTION for the UK! UK/BC rights acquired by @alrutter.bsky.social February 2027. Preorder buff.ly/iV2Z5dy

I promise I am not using AI in any part of the process: not the reading (which is why it takes so long), not the rejection emails, not the cover copy or the taglines. The sense of pride I feel when I finally nail cover copy will not be taken from me, even if the process feels like blood from a stone

But... I don't know my preferences. I have picked up books at random that became my new favourites; I have ended up disliking books that I *should* love because they contain things I've liked before. This is just a wild take, because the very act of trying new and fresh stuff is learning your prefs!

Oh @solarisbooks.bsky.social 😊

Nationalise water immediately. My water bill has just gone up again, even though we're using the same or less water than before, and I need water to, y'know, live, so why the fuck am I being charged for the privilege? Oh yeah, so some wanker CEO can ensure he has enough for his new Mercedes...

Check it @solarisbooks.bsky.social 😊

🎂🎉Happy UK Book Birthday to Harley Laroux’s HER SOUL TO TAKE – the first instalment in her dark romance SOULS trilogy! It’s hotter than hell! 🔥Demonically hot dark romance 👿Fork-tongued Demon 🌶 LOADS of spice (heed the warnings!) 👹A ritualistic monster cult Buy now: buff.ly/fu9zh7A

Jeffrey Archer's death reminds me of the time he told a really boring story while a guest on Dame Edna's show. "Marvellous" said Edna after it petered out to its conclusion, "and I'm sure that'll make a wonderful anecdote someday".

Escher for autumn.

My goodness, Jeffrey Archer has died.

So, this year of our Lord 2026, the actual Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are in play, with War (everywhere now), Famine (due to environmental collapse), Death (inevitably following the other three) and now Pestilence...

I am delighted that I have signed The Fifth Inflection for the UK - this fantastically indefinable slice of legal speculative fiction is probably closest to The City and the City by China Mieville, but is flavoured with Gautam's unique and brilliant insight.

Next week, the first installment in @harleylaroux.bsky.social 's New York Times bestselling, deliciously dark, paranormal romance series - HER SOUL TO TAKE - arrives in the UK! Dark Academia meets extra spicy Demon Romance - it's hotter than hell! #booksky📚️🩵 Preorder: Book 1 buff.ly/LmnpHBL

Have to say, the rise in subscriptions and the price of them, accompanied by the horrific push of AI into everything, makes me want to go back to Nokia brick phones with no Internet and buying all my media in physical form.

Buy the book that makes me blush every time I talk about it at work 😂

I mean, apart from all the ethical issues and the environmental issues of AI, does anyone else now struggle to read promotional posters on Facebook for restaurants and events etc? They are crazy busy, with lots of images, and words everywhere, and I can't just glance at them to get sensible info.

One of my fave shots from the film

What a light last week in the forest near my house

Me returning home from a shop at Aldi #CelebrityTraitors

I have landed two covers this week - always so nerve-wracking, but so brilliant when your authors love what you've done. Can't wait to reveal our covers for Headspace by Jill Tew and Alastair Fall and the Restless Dead by Marianne Gordon 🥰

Ahhhh, I read some of this when it was on sub and absolutely loved it. It is a treat of a book and I will be picking up a copy 😁

As it's #WorldAnimalDay on Sunday, time for some #FridayFun with a compilation of covers with animals on! From your local wildlife, to creatures a touch more magical! Inc @premeemohamed.com @alexgrecian.bsky.social @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social @rainewilson.bsky.social @karinlow.bsky.social & more!

Was given a steroid injection on Tues to help with diagnosis of inflammation. I was told that if there was no inflammation, I might feel a small bump in wellness, but if there was, it would feel transformative. Today is the first day in five years I have been able to walk without any pain...