Simon Harding
@simonharding.bsky.social
Author of Ancient Tide and Enduring Tide. Novelist, children’s author, pun collector and rhyme tinkerer.
Now leading Fableration: a new chapter in publishing.
Now leading Fableration: a new chapter in publishing.
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"If your words moved someone—made them feel understood, or less alone, or just gave them a reason to stay up a little later—you’ve already achieved what most writers dream of. You’ve reached someone. That matters."
#WeSeeYou #Writers
#WeSeeYou #Writers
Today, we write a letter to Julia.
She’s a writer, and she feels invisible.
We want her to know that we see her.
Maybe you know a Julia. Maybe you are her.
🔗 fableration.com/news/invisib...
#InvisibleWriter #WeSeeYou #BringYourHundred
She’s a writer, and she feels invisible.
We want her to know that we see her.
Maybe you know a Julia. Maybe you are her.
🔗 fableration.com/news/invisib...
#InvisibleWriter #WeSeeYou #BringYourHundred
December 2, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Julia’s on the train.
Book in her hands. Invisible.
She’s written ten novels. You won’t have read any of them.
Every writer knows this feeling.
Unseen. Unread. Unpaid.
Julia, #WeSeeYou
🔗 fableration.com
#BringYourHundred
Book in her hands. Invisible.
She’s written ten novels. You won’t have read any of them.
Every writer knows this feeling.
Unseen. Unread. Unpaid.
Julia, #WeSeeYou
🔗 fableration.com
#BringYourHundred
December 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Julia’s on the train.
Book in her hands. Invisible.
She’s written ten novels. You won’t have read any of them.
Every writer knows this feeling.
Unseen. Unread. Unpaid.
Julia, #WeSeeYou
🔗 fableration.com
#BringYourHundred
Book in her hands. Invisible.
She’s written ten novels. You won’t have read any of them.
Every writer knows this feeling.
Unseen. Unread. Unpaid.
Julia, #WeSeeYou
🔗 fableration.com
#BringYourHundred
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70,000 hand-crafted words might be your soul on paper.
But they don’t pay the mortgage.
The publishing economy is broken. Here’s what we’re doing about it.
📖 Read: The Economics of Silence
👉 https://fableration.com/news/the-economics-of-silence
#BringYourHundred #WeSeeYou #Fableration
But they don’t pay the mortgage.
The publishing economy is broken. Here’s what we’re doing about it.
📖 Read: The Economics of Silence
👉 https://fableration.com/news/the-economics-of-silence
#BringYourHundred #WeSeeYou #Fableration
December 3, 2025 at 8:56 AM
70,000 hand-crafted words might be your soul on paper.
But they don’t pay the mortgage.
The publishing economy is broken. Here’s what we’re doing about it.
📖 Read: The Economics of Silence
👉 https://fableration.com/news/the-economics-of-silence
#BringYourHundred #WeSeeYou #Fableration
But they don’t pay the mortgage.
The publishing economy is broken. Here’s what we’re doing about it.
📖 Read: The Economics of Silence
👉 https://fableration.com/news/the-economics-of-silence
#BringYourHundred #WeSeeYou #Fableration
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Confession:
Most of us have a half-finished story somewhere.
This is your sign to return to it or start anew.
And honestly why wouldn’t you?
1,000–5,000 words. Set in the future.
2 BTC in prizes. Free entry.
🔗 https://zealous.co/fableration/opportunity/the-fableration-world-short-story-competition/
Most of us have a half-finished story somewhere.
This is your sign to return to it or start anew.
And honestly why wouldn’t you?
1,000–5,000 words. Set in the future.
2 BTC in prizes. Free entry.
🔗 https://zealous.co/fableration/opportunity/the-fableration-world-short-story-competition/
December 2, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Confession:
Most of us have a half-finished story somewhere.
This is your sign to return to it or start anew.
And honestly why wouldn’t you?
1,000–5,000 words. Set in the future.
2 BTC in prizes. Free entry.
🔗 https://zealous.co/fableration/opportunity/the-fableration-world-short-story-competition/
Most of us have a half-finished story somewhere.
This is your sign to return to it or start anew.
And honestly why wouldn’t you?
1,000–5,000 words. Set in the future.
2 BTC in prizes. Free entry.
🔗 https://zealous.co/fableration/opportunity/the-fableration-world-short-story-competition/
"If your words moved someone—made them feel understood, or less alone, or just gave them a reason to stay up a little later—you’ve already achieved what most writers dream of. You’ve reached someone. That matters."
#WeSeeYou #Writers
#WeSeeYou #Writers
Today, we write a letter to Julia.
She’s a writer, and she feels invisible.
We want her to know that we see her.
Maybe you know a Julia. Maybe you are her.
🔗 fableration.com/news/invisib...
#InvisibleWriter #WeSeeYou #BringYourHundred
She’s a writer, and she feels invisible.
We want her to know that we see her.
Maybe you know a Julia. Maybe you are her.
🔗 fableration.com/news/invisib...
#InvisibleWriter #WeSeeYou #BringYourHundred
December 2, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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If good writing rises to the top, why doesn't yours?
November 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
If good writing rises to the top, why doesn't yours?
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AI should free us from the grunt work — not the greatness.
Who wants a future where AI writes novels while authors scrub toilets?
The next chapter in AI should be written and governed by authors and publishers.
📜 Read The Charge of the Rights Brigade → fableration.com/news/the-cha...
Who wants a future where AI writes novels while authors scrub toilets?
The next chapter in AI should be written and governed by authors and publishers.
📜 Read The Charge of the Rights Brigade → fableration.com/news/the-cha...
Fableration
A fairer publishing model. Fableration helps writers earn, readers discover, and publishers thrive — beyond the algorithm, beyond Amazon.
fableration.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
AI should free us from the grunt work — not the greatness.
Who wants a future where AI writes novels while authors scrub toilets?
The next chapter in AI should be written and governed by authors and publishers.
📜 Read The Charge of the Rights Brigade → fableration.com/news/the-cha...
Who wants a future where AI writes novels while authors scrub toilets?
The next chapter in AI should be written and governed by authors and publishers.
📜 Read The Charge of the Rights Brigade → fableration.com/news/the-cha...
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Why do I keep writing when it feels like nobody reads my work?
Because if I stop, my stories disappear.
#Fableration #writer #writingcommunity #reader #readerscommunity
Because if I stop, my stories disappear.
#Fableration #writer #writingcommunity #reader #readerscommunity
November 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Why do I keep writing when it feels like nobody reads my work?
Because if I stop, my stories disappear.
#Fableration #writer #writingcommunity #reader #readerscommunity
Because if I stop, my stories disappear.
#Fableration #writer #writingcommunity #reader #readerscommunity
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Our CEO @simonharding.bsky.social walked into the world’s largest publishing event — and realised he was the canary in the coalmine.
We're building Fableration to fix the brokenomics of publishing.
🪶 Read the full piece ↓
fableration.com/news/the-can...
We're building Fableration to fix the brokenomics of publishing.
🪶 Read the full piece ↓
fableration.com/news/the-can...
Fableration
A fairer publishing model. Fableration helps writers earn, readers discover, and publishers thrive — beyond the algorithm, beyond Amazon.
fableration.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Our CEO @simonharding.bsky.social walked into the world’s largest publishing event — and realised he was the canary in the coalmine.
We're building Fableration to fix the brokenomics of publishing.
🪶 Read the full piece ↓
fableration.com/news/the-can...
We're building Fableration to fix the brokenomics of publishing.
🪶 Read the full piece ↓
fableration.com/news/the-can...
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Here's my first experience of the Frankfurt Book Fair. It's not what you might expect!
#writers
@fableration.bsky.social
fableration.com/news/the-can...
#writers
@fableration.bsky.social
fableration.com/news/the-can...
Fableration
A fairer publishing model. Fableration helps writers earn, readers discover, and publishers thrive — beyond the algorithm, beyond Amazon.
fableration.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Here's my first experience of the Frankfurt Book Fair. It's not what you might expect!
#writers
@fableration.bsky.social
fableration.com/news/the-can...
#writers
@fableration.bsky.social
fableration.com/news/the-can...
Here's my first experience of the Frankfurt Book Fair. It's not what you might expect!
#writers
@fableration.bsky.social
fableration.com/news/the-can...
#writers
@fableration.bsky.social
fableration.com/news/the-can...
Fableration
A fairer publishing model. Fableration helps writers earn, readers discover, and publishers thrive — beyond the algorithm, beyond Amazon.
fableration.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Here's my first experience of the Frankfurt Book Fair. It's not what you might expect!
#writers
@fableration.bsky.social
fableration.com/news/the-can...
#writers
@fableration.bsky.social
fableration.com/news/the-can...
Why don't you enter our short story competition? The prize pool is a whopper
@fableration.bsky.social
@fableration.bsky.social
A short story of mine will be going out to my local in-person writing group tomorrow in preparation for our quarterly meeting, so they can provide feedback, and I'm getting anxious about it 😬
This one is much closer to my heart than the previous one I submitted.
#writing #writingcommunity #writersky
This one is much closer to my heart than the previous one I submitted.
#writing #writingcommunity #writersky
October 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Why don't you enter our short story competition? The prize pool is a whopper
@fableration.bsky.social
@fableration.bsky.social
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Honestly, if you're a writer you really should give this a go.
@sfwa.bsky.social @writersguildgb.bsky.social
Help me spread the word!
@sfwa.bsky.social @writersguildgb.bsky.social
Help me spread the word!
You've got 25 more days to enter the world's richest short story competition.
With a prize pool of over US$100,000 and no entry fee, you really should be giving it a go!
t.co/flthO72ux3
With a prize pool of over US$100,000 and no entry fee, you really should be giving it a go!
t.co/flthO72ux3
October 6, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Honestly, if you're a writer you really should give this a go.
@sfwa.bsky.social @writersguildgb.bsky.social
Help me spread the word!
@sfwa.bsky.social @writersguildgb.bsky.social
Help me spread the word!
Honestly, if you're a writer you really should give this a go.
@sfwa.bsky.social @writersguildgb.bsky.social
Help me spread the word!
@sfwa.bsky.social @writersguildgb.bsky.social
Help me spread the word!
You've got 25 more days to enter the world's richest short story competition.
With a prize pool of over US$100,000 and no entry fee, you really should be giving it a go!
t.co/flthO72ux3
With a prize pool of over US$100,000 and no entry fee, you really should be giving it a go!
t.co/flthO72ux3
October 6, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Honestly, if you're a writer you really should give this a go.
@sfwa.bsky.social @writersguildgb.bsky.social
Help me spread the word!
@sfwa.bsky.social @writersguildgb.bsky.social
Help me spread the word!
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We’ve reached out to MUP to explore what might be possible.
We can’t do this alone.
Saving Meanjin will only happen if readers, writers and anyone else who cares step up to say:
Meanjin still matters.
📩 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We can’t do this alone.
Saving Meanjin will only happen if readers, writers and anyone else who cares step up to say:
Meanjin still matters.
📩 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Save Meanjin – Show Your Support
Meanjin should never have had to fight for survival.
After more than 80 years, it’s closing — not because it wasn’t loved, but because the economics of publishing are broken.
Fableration has been in c...
docs.google.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
We’ve reached out to MUP to explore what might be possible.
We can’t do this alone.
Saving Meanjin will only happen if readers, writers and anyone else who cares step up to say:
Meanjin still matters.
📩 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We can’t do this alone.
Saving Meanjin will only happen if readers, writers and anyone else who cares step up to say:
Meanjin still matters.
📩 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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10 days ago, we decided we wanted to step in and help Meanjin. Since then, we've been in contact with Melbourne University Press and we are now waiting on some direction from their board.
In the meantime, you can help by answering these questions:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
In the meantime, you can help by answering these questions:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Save Meanjin – Show Your Support
Meanjin should never have had to fight for survival.
After more than 80 years, it’s closing — not because it wasn’t loved, but because the economics of publishing are broken.
Fableration has been in c...
docs.google.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:27 AM
10 days ago, we decided we wanted to step in and help Meanjin. Since then, we've been in contact with Melbourne University Press and we are now waiting on some direction from their board.
In the meantime, you can help by answering these questions:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
In the meantime, you can help by answering these questions:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Shout out to @savemeanjin.bsky.social - Fableration is trying to do something to help Meanjin and I'm sure we aren't the only ones. If we all pull together hopefully we can make something happen.
10 days ago, we decided we wanted to step in and help Meanjin. Since then, we've been in contact with Melbourne University Press and we are now waiting on some direction from their board.
In the meantime, you can help by answering these questions:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
In the meantime, you can help by answering these questions:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Save Meanjin – Show Your Support
Meanjin should never have had to fight for survival.
After more than 80 years, it’s closing — not because it wasn’t loved, but because the economics of publishing are broken.
Fableration has been in c...
docs.google.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Shout out to @savemeanjin.bsky.social - Fableration is trying to do something to help Meanjin and I'm sure we aren't the only ones. If we all pull together hopefully we can make something happen.
Thanks for sharing @authorsguild.org it's an interesting read. Tamar hits on publishing's Catch 22: if you follow the genre guidelines, you compromise your creativity. If you don't, you compromise your path to market.
"If an expert tells you they have the right way to write a book—regardless of the genre or topic—only take their advice if it feels right to you."
Author Tamar Hurwitz-Fleming with some tips on drawing on inspiration that helps make your writing unique.
www.writersdigest.com/ditch-the-ru...
Author Tamar Hurwitz-Fleming with some tips on drawing on inspiration that helps make your writing unique.
www.writersdigest.com/ditch-the-ru...
Ditch the Rules—5 Tips for Writing What Inspires You
Award-winning author Tamar Hurwitz-Fleming shares five tips for writing what inspires you and makes your writing unique.
www.writersdigest.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Thanks for sharing @authorsguild.org it's an interesting read. Tamar hits on publishing's Catch 22: if you follow the genre guidelines, you compromise your creativity. If you don't, you compromise your path to market.
Here's the @fableration.bsky.social vision of how AI can support - not replace writers. Is it one you can get behind? Would love to know your thoughts.
AI should free us from the grunt work — not the greatness.
Who wants a future where AI writes novels while authors scrub toilets?
The next chapter in AI should be written and governed by authors and publishers.
📜 Read The Charge of the Rights Brigade → fableration.com/news/the-cha...
Who wants a future where AI writes novels while authors scrub toilets?
The next chapter in AI should be written and governed by authors and publishers.
📜 Read The Charge of the Rights Brigade → fableration.com/news/the-cha...
Fableration
A fairer publishing model. Fableration helps writers earn, readers discover, and publishers thrive — beyond the algorithm, beyond Amazon.
fableration.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Here's the @fableration.bsky.social vision of how AI can support - not replace writers. Is it one you can get behind? Would love to know your thoughts.
Bringing a book to market is an incredible feeling - except for the last 7 years I've felt the constant need to rewrite it. 🫣
Am I alone?
Am I alone?
October 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Bringing a book to market is an incredible feeling - except for the last 7 years I've felt the constant need to rewrite it. 🫣
Am I alone?
Am I alone?