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Rick Allden @rickallden.bsky.social · 2d

Fair!

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Rick Allden @rickallden.bsky.social · 2d

Crikey - rogue apostrophe from supposed writer!

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Rick Allden @rickallden.bsky.social · 2d

That absolutely does! Thanks very much - it’s first known reader!!

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Rick Allden @rickallden.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Rick Allden @rickallden.bsky.social · 7d

Crikey - A bird sh…evacuated on me yesterday, drawn for #Revpit #10queries today.

Guess it IS lucky.

Yay!

a duck is running down a road with the words `` lucky duck '' written on it .

ALT: a duck is running down a road with the words `` lucky duck '' written on it .

media.tenor.com

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Rick Allden @rickallden.bsky.social · 7d

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

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Rick Allden @rickallden.bsky.social · 10d

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

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Rick Allden @rickallden.bsky.social · 23d

Full request turned into a rejection, BUT, I have to say, it’s given me a MASSIVE boost 😀

#amquerying #writerscommunity

Part of an agent’s response to my manuscript - “I would definitely be interested in seeing this again in the future. I highly considered it.”

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Rick Allden @rickallden.bsky.social · Sep 11

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

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Rick Allden @rickallden.bsky.social · Aug 26

Crikey - first time I’ve queried a book - thought I’d just have people at the door - but nooo - there’s comps, trying to convey personality in a pitch, trying to HAVE a personality & then somehow, from somewhere, I need to find time to buy a cat.

#amquerying #writerscommunity

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Rick Allden @rickallden.bsky.social · Jul 23

That’s lovely, isn’t it?!

Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · Jul 23

'Rainy Window View of Trafalgar Square, London' by Harriet Lawless
harrietlawlessartist.com

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Rick Allden @rickallden.bsky.social · Jul 22

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...

Laptop at night, with a teddy in the coffee cup

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Rick Allden @rickallden.bsky.social · Jul 15

As modern-day villains circle and hidden tunnels whisper of old truths, Ben must decide how far he’ll go to protect the past - and what kind of legacy he wants to leave behind.

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Rick Allden @rickallden.bsky.social · Jul 15

When twelve-year-old Ben Blakeley is dragged to a crumbling Welsh seaside town for the summer, he expects utter boredom. What he finds instead is a secret-smuggling pub, a gang of local kids, and a
centuries-old mystery tied to a legendary outlaw who might just share his name.

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Rick Allden @rickallden.bsky.social · Jul 15

Boom! Done! Off round the agents now - drop me a message if you fancy a read 😀

Blurb below #amwriting

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Rick Allden @rickallden.bsky.social · Jun 29

Have added a couple more of the Welsh to this. Probably bigger packs out there now but gimme a shout if you want an add.

go.bsky.app/Hd6LsNA

Rick Allden @rickallden.bsky.social · Jun 15

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

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Rick Allden @rickallden.bsky.social · May 29

Sold!!

Lego set showing a reduction from £191.99 to £190.07

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Rick Allden @rickallden.bsky.social · May 7

It’s here!

Front cover of my book, The Midnight Carousel

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Rick Allden @rickallden.bsky.social · Mar 30

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

Excerpt from an unpublished book - by me

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Rick Allden @rickallden.bsky.social · Mar 27

WEIRD reading a first book back - some bits are rubbish and need scrubbing, and some bits give you a little nudge & whisper “this might just be alright y’know”.

Rick Allden @rickallden.bsky.social · Mar 24

Finished my first children’s book! Yay!

Did it for my daughter - doubt it’ll get published so I’m getting a copy professionally bound for her.

I’m going to be using Bookprinting UK - their comms have been great so far - have any #amwriting folk here used them?

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Rick Allden @rickallden.bsky.social · Mar 24

Bob Mortimer fans - episode two of Last One Laughing has some PRIME BM bits

Rick Allden @rickallden.bsky.social · Mar 24

Ah lovely, thank you!

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Rick Allden @rickallden.bsky.social · Mar 24

Finished my first children’s book! Yay!

Did it for my daughter - doubt it’ll get published so I’m getting a copy professionally bound for her.

I’m going to be using Bookprinting UK - their comms have been great so far - have any #amwriting folk here used them?

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Rick Allden @rickallden.bsky.social · Mar 10

Loved the book - had no idea there was a documentary! Thanks!