Bothersome Words
@bothersomewords.bsky.social
Editor, writing mentor and coach as Bothersome Words.
Agent at Large with Alex Adsett Literary. Spec fic, crime, romance. Sometimes open to queries.
TL;DR: Words. Cats. Occasional peeves.
https://linktr.ee/BothersomeWords
Agent at Large with Alex Adsett Literary. Spec fic, crime, romance. Sometimes open to queries.
TL;DR: Words. Cats. Occasional peeves.
https://linktr.ee/BothersomeWords
Never mind crumpets and Percy Pig, when is someone going to start importing Hula Hoops on a regular, easily accessible basis?
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Coles finally confirms $6 cult British snack is coming in days: 'Giving millions of Aussies a chance' — Yahoo Lifestyle Australia
British expats in Australia will no doubt go wild over this.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Never mind crumpets and Percy Pig, when is someone going to start importing Hula Hoops on a regular, easily accessible basis?
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My fellow indoctrinated left-handers, do any of you find you sometimes forget which hand you use for stuff?
Frequently I’ll pick up a gadget in the kitchen and have a mental blank and both ways feel wrong. 😑
Frequently I’ll pick up a gadget in the kitchen and have a mental blank and both ways feel wrong. 😑
Hands Loop GIF
ALT: Hands Loop GIF
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November 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
My fellow indoctrinated left-handers, do any of you find you sometimes forget which hand you use for stuff?
Frequently I’ll pick up a gadget in the kitchen and have a mental blank and both ways feel wrong. 😑
Frequently I’ll pick up a gadget in the kitchen and have a mental blank and both ways feel wrong. 😑
WHY is my phone email reminding me of a job deadline from July LAST year? I am worried enough about CURRENT deadlines. 😩
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
WHY is my phone email reminding me of a job deadline from July LAST year? I am worried enough about CURRENT deadlines. 😩
Confused about publishing?
Not sure what to do with your manuscript next?
Wondering how and to whom you should pitch or submit your manuscript?
Curious about self-publishing?
I’m an editor and literary agent - maybe I can help. Book a 1hr chat and ask me anything: tidycal.com/bothersomewo...
Not sure what to do with your manuscript next?
Wondering how and to whom you should pitch or submit your manuscript?
Curious about self-publishing?
I’m an editor and literary agent - maybe I can help. Book a 1hr chat and ask me anything: tidycal.com/bothersomewo...
October 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I would be a rubbish Cinderella for many reasons, not least of which is that having lost one slipper, I’ve now misplaced its pair as well.
a picture of a vase of flowers is on a wall next to a sign that says es pn
ALT: a picture of a vase of flowers is on a wall next to a sign that says es pn
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October 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I would be a rubbish Cinderella for many reasons, not least of which is that having lost one slipper, I’ve now misplaced its pair as well.
It has taken me MONTHS since the Great Email Disaster to track down various folders and emails. Still not complete.
Spent some time yesterday re-setting up email rules to try and get things back in order.
Friends, I have… regrets.
Spent some time yesterday re-setting up email rules to try and get things back in order.
Friends, I have… regrets.
a woman is crying while holding a napkin in front of a box with the letter i on it
ALT: a woman is crying while holding a napkin in front of a box with the letter i on it
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August 29, 2025 at 6:03 AM
It has taken me MONTHS since the Great Email Disaster to track down various folders and emails. Still not complete.
Spent some time yesterday re-setting up email rules to try and get things back in order.
Friends, I have… regrets.
Spent some time yesterday re-setting up email rules to try and get things back in order.
Friends, I have… regrets.
Bloops, is it just me and my admittedly shocking eyesight, or is the font on Amazon Prime (TV) impossible to read?
I’m having to either guess or Google based on titles coz I can’t for the life of me read the blurbs.
I’m having to either guess or Google based on titles coz I can’t for the life of me read the blurbs.
a bald man wearing a plaid shirt is making a face
ALT: a bald man wearing a plaid shirt is making a face
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August 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Bloops, is it just me and my admittedly shocking eyesight, or is the font on Amazon Prime (TV) impossible to read?
I’m having to either guess or Google based on titles coz I can’t for the life of me read the blurbs.
I’m having to either guess or Google based on titles coz I can’t for the life of me read the blurbs.
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Confused about publishing?
Not sure what to do with your manuscript next?
Wondering how and to whom you should pitch or submit your manuscript?
Curious about self-publishing?
I’m an editor and literary agent - maybe I can help. Book a 1hr chat and ask me anything: tidycal.com/bothersomewo...
Not sure what to do with your manuscript next?
Wondering how and to whom you should pitch or submit your manuscript?
Curious about self-publishing?
I’m an editor and literary agent - maybe I can help. Book a 1hr chat and ask me anything: tidycal.com/bothersomewo...
July 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Confused about publishing?
Not sure what to do with your manuscript next?
Wondering how and to whom you should pitch or submit your manuscript?
Curious about self-publishing?
I’m an editor and literary agent - maybe I can help. Book a 1hr chat and ask me anything: tidycal.com/bothersomewo...
Not sure what to do with your manuscript next?
Wondering how and to whom you should pitch or submit your manuscript?
Curious about self-publishing?
I’m an editor and literary agent - maybe I can help. Book a 1hr chat and ask me anything: tidycal.com/bothersomewo...
Confused about publishing?
Not sure what to do with your manuscript next?
Wondering how and to whom you should pitch or submit your manuscript?
Curious about self-publishing?
I’m an editor and literary agent - maybe I can help. Book a 1hr chat and ask me anything: tidycal.com/bothersomewo...
Not sure what to do with your manuscript next?
Wondering how and to whom you should pitch or submit your manuscript?
Curious about self-publishing?
I’m an editor and literary agent - maybe I can help. Book a 1hr chat and ask me anything: tidycal.com/bothersomewo...
July 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Confused about publishing?
Not sure what to do with your manuscript next?
Wondering how and to whom you should pitch or submit your manuscript?
Curious about self-publishing?
I’m an editor and literary agent - maybe I can help. Book a 1hr chat and ask me anything: tidycal.com/bothersomewo...
Not sure what to do with your manuscript next?
Wondering how and to whom you should pitch or submit your manuscript?
Curious about self-publishing?
I’m an editor and literary agent - maybe I can help. Book a 1hr chat and ask me anything: tidycal.com/bothersomewo...
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Good folk of Melbourne: come holler at me at Readings Carlton! 👇
Melbourne friends: I miss you!
Come see me at Readings Carlton on June 10th, 6pm.
I'll be chatting to Radio National's Paul Barclay about my new book with @scribepub.bsky.social, IMMORTAL GESTURES.
It's free, but you do need to book: www.readings.com.au/events/damon...
Come see me at Readings Carlton on June 10th, 6pm.
I'll be chatting to Radio National's Paul Barclay about my new book with @scribepub.bsky.social, IMMORTAL GESTURES.
It's free, but you do need to book: www.readings.com.au/events/damon...
Damon Young in conversation
Join award-winning philosopher Damon Young as he sheds light on thirteen curious gestures. Our gestures do not simply point to our thoughts, they are our thoughts made flesh. They can be instinctive...
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May 28, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Good folk of Melbourne: come holler at me at Readings Carlton! 👇
Can anyone recommend trustworthy, miracle-working IT expert who works in the Sydney area?
OneDrive and Outlook got into a secret relationship behind my back and after I made them get divorced everything completely broke and every single one of my emails from the past 20years has run away from home.
OneDrive and Outlook got into a secret relationship behind my back and after I made them get divorced everything completely broke and every single one of my emails from the past 20years has run away from home.
May 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Can anyone recommend trustworthy, miracle-working IT expert who works in the Sydney area?
OneDrive and Outlook got into a secret relationship behind my back and after I made them get divorced everything completely broke and every single one of my emails from the past 20years has run away from home.
OneDrive and Outlook got into a secret relationship behind my back and after I made them get divorced everything completely broke and every single one of my emails from the past 20years has run away from home.
Just a heads-up to anyone waiting for things from me:
1. I am deep in the throes of vertigo, which means not much work or reading is getting done.
2. My email has died and at the moment I have lost every single email and calendar item I have ever sent or received or set up.
Please bear with me
1. I am deep in the throes of vertigo, which means not much work or reading is getting done.
2. My email has died and at the moment I have lost every single email and calendar item I have ever sent or received or set up.
Please bear with me
May 14, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Just a heads-up to anyone waiting for things from me:
1. I am deep in the throes of vertigo, which means not much work or reading is getting done.
2. My email has died and at the moment I have lost every single email and calendar item I have ever sent or received or set up.
Please bear with me
1. I am deep in the throes of vertigo, which means not much work or reading is getting done.
2. My email has died and at the moment I have lost every single email and calendar item I have ever sent or received or set up.
Please bear with me
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Winner of the Aurealis Awards for Best Fantasy Novel 2024, Thoroughly Disenchanted is a cosy romantic fantasy about four friends, a magical country manor and a weekend away that has lasted a century.
Available in bookstores now or online: www.harpercollins.com.au/978146076604...
Available in bookstores now or online: www.harpercollins.com.au/978146076604...
May 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Winner of the Aurealis Awards for Best Fantasy Novel 2024, Thoroughly Disenchanted is a cosy romantic fantasy about four friends, a magical country manor and a weekend away that has lasted a century.
Available in bookstores now or online: www.harpercollins.com.au/978146076604...
Available in bookstores now or online: www.harpercollins.com.au/978146076604...
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Beyond grateful to see I'm closing in on 10,000 followers. Amazing! Thank you all. How about a giveaway to help me get there? If you dig what I do, please repost this to help me spread the word about my work. I'll pick one random share for a signed copy of their book of choice once I pass 10k. 🖤
May 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Beyond grateful to see I'm closing in on 10,000 followers. Amazing! Thank you all. How about a giveaway to help me get there? If you dig what I do, please repost this to help me spread the word about my work. I'll pick one random share for a signed copy of their book of choice once I pass 10k. 🖤
Congratulations to AAL’s very own @alexandraalmond.bsky.social for winning an Aurealis Award for Thoroughly Disenchanted! ❤️
May 4, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Congratulations to AAL’s very own @alexandraalmond.bsky.social for winning an Aurealis Award for Thoroughly Disenchanted! ❤️
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I am absolutely stoked that Thoroughly Disenchanted won the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel 😊
Thanks to all involved at @aurealisawards.bsky.social , to my agent @bothersomewords.bsky.social, and the team at HC including @shannonkelly.bsky.social
#booksky #romancelandia #aurealisawards
Thanks to all involved at @aurealisawards.bsky.social , to my agent @bothersomewords.bsky.social, and the team at HC including @shannonkelly.bsky.social
#booksky #romancelandia #aurealisawards
Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Aurealis Awards, presented at an online ceremony this afternoon!
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#AurealisAwards
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#AurealisAwards
May 4, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I am absolutely stoked that Thoroughly Disenchanted won the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel 😊
Thanks to all involved at @aurealisawards.bsky.social , to my agent @bothersomewords.bsky.social, and the team at HC including @shannonkelly.bsky.social
#booksky #romancelandia #aurealisawards
Thanks to all involved at @aurealisawards.bsky.social , to my agent @bothersomewords.bsky.social, and the team at HC including @shannonkelly.bsky.social
#booksky #romancelandia #aurealisawards
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I’m wearing a Batman T-shirt here, but the Caped Crusader actually doesn’t feature in this book.
You do get Star Trek, ballet, Black Sabbath, Gundam, and so much more.
You do get Star Trek, ballet, Black Sabbath, Gundam, and so much more.
Hello, world. I have this new book. I’m not pretty, but my book is.
April 23, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I’m wearing a Batman T-shirt here, but the Caped Crusader actually doesn’t feature in this book.
You do get Star Trek, ballet, Black Sabbath, Gundam, and so much more.
You do get Star Trek, ballet, Black Sabbath, Gundam, and so much more.
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So, umm, Thoroughly Disenchanted is shortlisted for best fantasy novel in the Aurealis Awards. 😮🫢😊
shorturl.at/X4o09
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2024 Aurealis Awards Shortlist Announcement
Now in its 30th year, the 2024 Aurealis Awards, Australia’s premier speculative fiction award, attracted more than 830 entries across 15 categories, including 34 nominations in the tri-annual…
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April 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
So, umm, Thoroughly Disenchanted is shortlisted for best fantasy novel in the Aurealis Awards. 😮🫢😊
shorturl.at/X4o09
shorturl.at/X4o09
Congratulations to all the shortlistees for the 2024 Aurealis Awards! Special shout-out to Alex Adsett Literary’s very own @alexandraalmond.bsky.social, whose debut novel, Thoroughly Disenchanted, is in stellar company on the fantasy novel list ❤️
aurealisawards.org/2025/04/15/2...
aurealisawards.org/2025/04/15/2...
2024 Aurealis Awards Shortlist Announcement
Now in its 30th year, the 2024 Aurealis Awards, Australia’s premier speculative fiction award, attracted more than 830 entries across 15 categories, including 34 nominations in the tri-annual…
aurealisawards.org
April 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Congratulations to all the shortlistees for the 2024 Aurealis Awards! Special shout-out to Alex Adsett Literary’s very own @alexandraalmond.bsky.social, whose debut novel, Thoroughly Disenchanted, is in stellar company on the fantasy novel list ❤️
aurealisawards.org/2025/04/15/2...
aurealisawards.org/2025/04/15/2...
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Lovely to wake up to this: a copy of IMMORTAL GESTURES, just bought from @hatchards.bsky.social at St Pancras.
I can’t be in the UK right now, but my book can travel.
(📷 : Brendan Colley)
I can’t be in the UK right now, but my book can travel.
(📷 : Brendan Colley)
April 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Lovely to wake up to this: a copy of IMMORTAL GESTURES, just bought from @hatchards.bsky.social at St Pancras.
I can’t be in the UK right now, but my book can travel.
(📷 : Brendan Colley)
I can’t be in the UK right now, but my book can travel.
(📷 : Brendan Colley)
I just got one of those “<Person> has accepted this meeting invitation” emails… only I misread it as “<Person> has accepted this situation” and frankly that feels more apt.
Also shoutout to <Person>. Acceptance is the hardest step.
Also shoutout to <Person>. Acceptance is the hardest step.
April 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I just got one of those “<Person> has accepted this meeting invitation” emails… only I misread it as “<Person> has accepted this situation” and frankly that feels more apt.
Also shoutout to <Person>. Acceptance is the hardest step.
Also shoutout to <Person>. Acceptance is the hardest step.
“Brought” is to “bring” as “bought” is to “ka-ching”. #writingtips
bugs bunny is holding a stack of money in his hands
ALT: bugs bunny is holding a stack of money in his hands
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April 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
“Brought” is to “bring” as “bought” is to “ka-ching”. #writingtips
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*chef's kiss*
April 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
*chef's kiss*
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Here's a good article from The Guardian Australia on the AI book stealing situation. Love the quote from Holden Sheppard! Livid is exactly the word I used too. 💙📚
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘No consent’: Australian authors ‘livid’ that Meta may have used their books to train AI
A searchable database showed titles from former prime ministers Malcolm Turnbull and John Howard, as well as journalist Tracey Spicer
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March 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Here's a good article from The Guardian Australia on the AI book stealing situation. Love the quote from Holden Sheppard! Livid is exactly the word I used too. 💙📚
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Abigail Nathan will be doing one-on-one assessment sessions at this year’s CYA Conference. With experience as an editor and literary agent, she will be providing feedback on a range of genres, including commercial fiction, crime, fantasy, YA, middle grade, & more.
www.cyaconference.com/assessments
www.cyaconference.com/assessments
March 22, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Abigail Nathan will be doing one-on-one assessment sessions at this year’s CYA Conference. With experience as an editor and literary agent, she will be providing feedback on a range of genres, including commercial fiction, crime, fantasy, YA, middle grade, & more.
www.cyaconference.com/assessments
www.cyaconference.com/assessments