Craig Shackleton

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Apologies if you've seen me announce this elsewhere, but I was waiting for the press release to go up to mention it here. My novel Assassin's Creed: The Resurrection Plot (the sequel to The Magus Conspiracy) is a finalist for the Scribe award! My first nomination for tie-in work. Thanks, judges!

The 2024 Scribe Award Nominees – International Association of Media Tie-In Writersiamtw.org

One of my yard friends. The picture is blurry because it was taken through the screen of my dining room window.

Happy 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch to all who celebrate!

I received this as a gift today. I've been thinking about getting it for quite a while, then got to play around with @brandoncrilly.bsky.social 's copy last week and put it on my wishlist. I look forward to seeing if I can integrate it with the story structure system I use!

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Today is the 80th anniversary of this New Yorker cover by Rea Irvin, portraying the D-Day invasion in the style of the Bayeux Tapestry. Bayeux was the first town to be liberated (although the tapestry was, to the surprise of many, not there anymore; that story is the subject of my next novel.) 1/5

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I want all of this Green Bone Saga merch, but especially the Twice Lucky tshirt: maraudersmarket.com/collections/...

Green Bone Sagamaraudersmarket.com Officially licensed merchandise from Fonda Lee.

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The majority of people flatly do not understand — and would be honestly shocked by! — how little money most publicly known writers make

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We have new free flash fiction on our website - The Look of Seconds by Melissa Ren is grounded sci-fi with wit, charm and a virtual coffee bar. wyldblood.com

In exciting news, today was also not the Friday that I finally hear back!

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And it's official - CITADEL, my sequel to CATALYST, is coming your way in October 2025 🦑🦑🦑 I've been having a blast sending Mavrin, Eyasu, Deyeri, and Aulina on their next adventure, and can't wait for you to meet the new faces along for the ride 👀 Stay up to date on sneak peeks via my newsletter!

TA DA! 🥳 We have a title! We're very excited to bring you the second book in the Aspects of Aelda world - CITADEL by @brandoncrilly.bsky.social - October 2025!

I am now home from the writing retreat. I had an amazing time and got a ton of work done. Massive thanks to @mariebilodeau.bsky.social for facilitating this and being such great company!

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we are in a simulation www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

Giant phallus-shaped iceberg floating in Conception Bay surprises residents of Dildo, Canadawww.livescience.com A phallus-shaped iceberg hovered off the coast of Dildo, Newfoundland in Conception Bay before collapsing.

My wordcount has been creeping up slowly, as I've mostly been revising, but I just passed 75K words. I needed to post immediately, because I'll probably delete a bunch of them in the next few minutes.

I saw this in my feed and thought, "I need to show this to @kateheartfield.com ." Then I realized I was only seeing it because she'd reposted it.

For those teaching, researching, or interested in visualizing Greek myth, there is an invaluable new interactive map & database of Greek mythic persons, objects, & places called MANTO. The raw linked open data alone is stunning but the maps are also fantastic [1/4] manto.unh.edu/viewer.p/60/...

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What a great hecking read, GET IT!

Barnes&Noble’s featured cafe book is from @clpolk.com this month!

I've been revising the midpoint chapters of my current novel and today rereading one of them made me burst into tears, get ready to cry over my thieves and murderers.

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Oh hey y’all guess what I have a new book coming out in March 2025 & you can pre-order it if you want! You can do so from anywhere, I recommend your local indie, but meanwhile here’s Macmillan’s link us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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Okay, writing retreats are officially part of my process going forward. Spent the weekend at Arnprior's Galilee Centre and wrote over 12k in 48 hours 👀😱 Shout-out to @mariebilodeau.bsky.social @lydiamhawke.bsky.social @kateheartfield.com @craigshackleton.com for being awesome retreat buddies!

Equally true in Canada.

Best piece of political commentary I have seen today

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Best piece of political commentary I have seen today

Unfortunately FPTP is like The One Ring of UK politics: whoever wins does a Boromir/Isildur and thinks "Maybe we shouldn't destroy it, maybe we should use its terrible power for good?"

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Writers! It's the weekend... or almost! Quick reminder: Rejection - DOES NOT MEAN - you are a bad writer! Whether from an agent or a mag editor or someone else. Keep pushing. Make each piece better than the last. Stay in this! ❤️‍🔥YOU GOT THIS!❤️‍🔥

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Medievalists, avert your eyes.

Come join me!

There's still time to sign up for a full day, the weekend, or the wholllleee week! Here's the full schedule, to further entice you. 💖🎉

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There's still time to sign up for a full day, the weekend, or the wholllleee week! Here's the full schedule, to further entice you. 💖🎉

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The keynote address, we hear, is going to be a masterpiece. Seriously though this will be an amazing time!!

There's still time to sign up for a full day, the weekend, or the wholllleee week! Here's the full schedule, to further entice you. 💖🎉

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My next novel, The Tapestry of Time, it is now available to reviewers on Netgalley, so please do request it! It's about four clairvoyant sisters fighting Nazis. Inspired by the real attempt by Heinrich Himmler to get his hands on the Bayeux Tapestry in August 1944. www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

The Tapestry of Timewww.netgalley.com NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

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Still time to climb aboard this crazy dream train go on a writing retreat with @mariebilodeau.bsky.social, @brandoncrilly.bsky.social, @kateheartfield.com, and @lydiamhawke.bsky.social! Create words! Hone your craft! Dance with faeries probably!

TO (writing) ADVENTURE! ✨💖💃 Join the fun!

Join me for a last-minute adventure! — Marie Bilodeauwww.mariebilodeau.com Although this adventure will (probably) not have camels or Russian engineers, it is also rather last-minute, as it all begins on Friday, July 5.

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This is like if Hieronymus Bosch paintings came to life and turned into a book, it's super cool.

Hey cool -- my novel The Chatelaine is on sale for $2.99. A very weird medieval story about a hellmouth and a woman who is too tired to be afraid of it. Won the Aurora, shortlisted for the Crawford and Locus first novel. Other cool books on sale too! www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...

The Chatelaine ebook by Kate Heartfield - Rakuten Kobowww.kobo.com Read "The Chatelaine" by Kate Heartfield available from Rakuten Kobo. Winner of the Aurora Award for Best Novel Hell is empty and all the devils are here. The Chatelaine has come. The year i...