amc bradley
@amcbradley.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Author rep'd by Ismita Hussain. Dogs + gardens + chocolate = bliss. Environmental lawyer who believes in the rule of law (and knows what that actually means).
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amc bradley
@amcbradley.bsky.social
· May 18
Currently #onsub with a YA romance featuring:
- a reality TV show that should be real
- a rugby lad fighting panic attacks
- a stoma named Gretchen
- and Stella, who has to decide what Internet fame is truly worth
#editors #writingcommunity #amwriting #agented
- a reality TV show that should be real
- a rugby lad fighting panic attacks
- a stoma named Gretchen
- and Stella, who has to decide what Internet fame is truly worth
#editors #writingcommunity #amwriting #agented
Revisions progress! Killing my darlings this time means killing an entire POV character. I'm excited to see this new vision for Stella's story take shape. #amediting
October 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Revisions progress! Killing my darlings this time means killing an entire POV character. I'm excited to see this new vision for Stella's story take shape. #amediting
Today the girl next to me on the train asked "are you writing a book?!? What is it about?!?" Sharing in case anyone is wondering how I died. #amwriting #ambeingperceived
September 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Today the girl next to me on the train asked "are you writing a book?!? What is it about?!?" Sharing in case anyone is wondering how I died. #amwriting #ambeingperceived
My goal was to finish Unhinged Manuscript by the end of the summer and I'm so close! 87k words and probably 10k left to write to have a solid first draft. Can I do it???
#booksky #amwriting #writinglife
#booksky #amwriting #writinglife
kermit the frog is typing on a typewriter .
ALT: kermit the frog is typing on a typewriter .
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August 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
My goal was to finish Unhinged Manuscript by the end of the summer and I'm so close! 87k words and probably 10k left to write to have a solid first draft. Can I do it???
#booksky #amwriting #writinglife
#booksky #amwriting #writinglife
Looking for a distraction while on submission? Read my latest blog post! andreabradley.ca/2025/08/24/h...
How to stay distracted while you’re on submission
The sloth I plan to visit on my imaginary Costa Rica vacation Sure, you could write another novel, but then what’s going to distract you from writing that novel? You need hobbies. Things to really …
andreabradley.ca
August 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Looking for a distraction while on submission? Read my latest blog post! andreabradley.ca/2025/08/24/h...
Just a happy rock basking in the sun
August 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Just a happy rock basking in the sun
A year ago I decided to write something completely different ... and that's how I ended up with this unhinged book about a bi librarian going to Fairy with her changeling love and encountering gortaurs and bee gnomes and something out of a Miyazaki film called the Concrovian for no reason at all.
August 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
A year ago I decided to write something completely different ... and that's how I ended up with this unhinged book about a bi librarian going to Fairy with her changeling love and encountering gortaurs and bee gnomes and something out of a Miyazaki film called the Concrovian for no reason at all.
The face of a dog who knows how to get up on things but not how to get down.
July 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The face of a dog who knows how to get up on things but not how to get down.
80,029 / 80,000 goal! Woot woot! Now time to finish act 3 and then edit forever. #amwriting
July 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
80,029 / 80,000 goal! Woot woot! Now time to finish act 3 and then edit forever. #amwriting
Reached that stage in novel drafting where my main character is turning into me
July 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Reached that stage in novel drafting where my main character is turning into me
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Finally 30 familiars
July 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Finally 30 familiars
How old am I? Last night I went to a hotel rooftop for a friends bday, had a single non alcoholic cocktail, took a 2 hour train ride home, and slept 12 hours to recover. I'm that old.
July 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
How old am I? Last night I went to a hotel rooftop for a friends bday, had a single non alcoholic cocktail, took a 2 hour train ride home, and slept 12 hours to recover. I'm that old.
Some people want fuller lips or a smooth forehead. I'll take a functioning terminal ileum any day.
June 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Some people want fuller lips or a smooth forehead. I'll take a functioning terminal ileum any day.
There are few things more harrowing than forgetting you had beets for lunch.
June 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
There are few things more harrowing than forgetting you had beets for lunch.
Reached 70k on my #wip!!! It's messy and a good 20k from first draft stage, but I have a book length thing! #writingcommunity
June 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Reached 70k on my #wip!!! It's messy and a good 20k from first draft stage, but I have a book length thing! #writingcommunity
You know you have the barest bones of a story idea when you name the file 'middle grade contemporary rat thing' #amwriting
May 31, 2025 at 9:24 PM
You know you have the barest bones of a story idea when you name the file 'middle grade contemporary rat thing' #amwriting
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day Nine: Charlie Jane Anders (give me all the weird fiction)
#booksky #authorchallenge 💙📚
Day Nine: Charlie Jane Anders (give me all the weird fiction)
#booksky #authorchallenge 💙📚
May 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day Nine: Charlie Jane Anders (give me all the weird fiction)
#booksky #authorchallenge 💙📚
Day Nine: Charlie Jane Anders (give me all the weird fiction)
#booksky #authorchallenge 💙📚
So ... many ... bots ...
I've gained hundreds of new followers in the past week or so & have given up discerning bot from human. If you are a new human follower and want to connect about reading, writing, gardening, puppies, etc, please say hi!!
I've gained hundreds of new followers in the past week or so & have given up discerning bot from human. If you are a new human follower and want to connect about reading, writing, gardening, puppies, etc, please say hi!!
an elderly man is standing next to a robot that says the bots are taking over !
ALT: an elderly man is standing next to a robot that says the bots are taking over !
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May 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
So ... many ... bots ...
I've gained hundreds of new followers in the past week or so & have given up discerning bot from human. If you are a new human follower and want to connect about reading, writing, gardening, puppies, etc, please say hi!!
I've gained hundreds of new followers in the past week or so & have given up discerning bot from human. If you are a new human follower and want to connect about reading, writing, gardening, puppies, etc, please say hi!!
Aww my first book baby was Chimera, about a girl turned monstrous. It never made it into the world, but I've been thinking about her a lot lately. #writingcommunity
May 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Aww my first book baby was Chimera, about a girl turned monstrous. It never made it into the world, but I've been thinking about her a lot lately. #writingcommunity
My dialogue game is strong. It's the whole plot thing that throws me.
🔎#WritingLifeMonthly May Day 23✏️
Everything you write in your story serves a purpose, including the dialogue. Share something and tell us what it reveals or how it progresses a plot arc.
#WritingCommunity #AmEditing #AmWriting #WriteSky
Everything you write in your story serves a purpose, including the dialogue. Share something and tell us what it reveals or how it progresses a plot arc.
#WritingCommunity #AmEditing #AmWriting #WriteSky
May 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
My dialogue game is strong. It's the whole plot thing that throws me.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day Eight(ish): Ann Leckie (before there was Murderbot, there was Breq [but Murderbot's great too...])
#booksky #authorchallenge 💙📚
Day Eight(ish): Ann Leckie (before there was Murderbot, there was Breq [but Murderbot's great too...])
#booksky #authorchallenge 💙📚
May 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day Eight(ish): Ann Leckie (before there was Murderbot, there was Breq [but Murderbot's great too...])
#booksky #authorchallenge 💙📚
Day Eight(ish): Ann Leckie (before there was Murderbot, there was Breq [but Murderbot's great too...])
#booksky #authorchallenge 💙📚
Posting an author every day for twenty days is very hard. I am generally a much more chaotic social media user. So here's a picture of a tiny bee I saw on a wild strawberry flower to balance things out.
May 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Posting an author every day for twenty days is very hard. I am generally a much more chaotic social media user. So here's a picture of a tiny bee I saw on a wild strawberry flower to balance things out.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day Seven: Frances Hodgson Burnett (for inspiring young me & perhaps old me as well, to look for magic in neglected places)
#booksky #authorchallenge 💙📚
Day Seven: Frances Hodgson Burnett (for inspiring young me & perhaps old me as well, to look for magic in neglected places)
#booksky #authorchallenge 💙📚
May 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day Seven: Frances Hodgson Burnett (for inspiring young me & perhaps old me as well, to look for magic in neglected places)
#booksky #authorchallenge 💙📚
Day Seven: Frances Hodgson Burnett (for inspiring young me & perhaps old me as well, to look for magic in neglected places)
#booksky #authorchallenge 💙📚
Day 18 of #WIPPITStickyNoteQuestions. You can answer in the comments or quote. I can't wait to see all of your answers. Make sure to # us so we & everyone else can see them and have fun with it. 🥰📇✍️
Food4Thought: Do some research today. (You don't have to post)
Food4Thought: Do some research today. (You don't have to post)
May 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Currently #onsub with a YA romance featuring:
- a reality TV show that should be real
- a rugby lad fighting panic attacks
- a stoma named Gretchen
- and Stella, who has to decide what Internet fame is truly worth
#editors #writingcommunity #amwriting #agented
- a reality TV show that should be real
- a rugby lad fighting panic attacks
- a stoma named Gretchen
- and Stella, who has to decide what Internet fame is truly worth
#editors #writingcommunity #amwriting #agented
May 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Currently #onsub with a YA romance featuring:
- a reality TV show that should be real
- a rugby lad fighting panic attacks
- a stoma named Gretchen
- and Stella, who has to decide what Internet fame is truly worth
#editors #writingcommunity #amwriting #agented
- a reality TV show that should be real
- a rugby lad fighting panic attacks
- a stoma named Gretchen
- and Stella, who has to decide what Internet fame is truly worth
#editors #writingcommunity #amwriting #agented
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day Six: Lesley Nneka Arimah (another beautiful book of short stories - this is the collection that inspired me to return to short story writing)
#booksky #authorchallenge 💙📚
Day Six: Lesley Nneka Arimah (another beautiful book of short stories - this is the collection that inspired me to return to short story writing)
#booksky #authorchallenge 💙📚
May 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day Six: Lesley Nneka Arimah (another beautiful book of short stories - this is the collection that inspired me to return to short story writing)
#booksky #authorchallenge 💙📚
Day Six: Lesley Nneka Arimah (another beautiful book of short stories - this is the collection that inspired me to return to short story writing)
#booksky #authorchallenge 💙📚