Dilemma: Been invited out by friends to a bar to watch the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 game tonight… do I: A) Politely decline because kick-off is 23:00! & now that I’m over 40 is way past bed time! B) Accept both invite & ugly truth that now I’m over 40, any event past 11pm will require an afternoon nap!! 😬

and that’s that…well…all the artists performed anyway!! 70 years. SEVENTY!! - and we’re still here!! Now for another 5 hours of voting!! #eurovision

Romania clearly has no time for easy names or easy concepts… ‘Choke Me’!? - no words really…she’s awkwardly dressed in something that suggests she raided a high-fashion dystopia..and the lyrics and theme… well…just no comment! 😬

This can only be described as a Viking Freddie Mercury rave! What a way to bring the contest to a close! Ya Ya YA repeated at increasingly unhinged volume while bouncing around stage with pure joy of a man who’s consumed far too much aquavit!!? This could be a fave of the night! #eurovision #norway

Ok… I’m biased…but: The lasers are perfect….The vocals are perfect….the lighting perfect. I still think Felicia looks like she was assembled in a lab specifically for Eurovision…but I’m here for it!!! #eurovision #sweden

Lithuania arriving in what appears to be the wardrobe from a mid-budget sci-fi film!! 😬 ….Extraordinary…& Baffling. That is all. 🤔 #eurovision #lithuania

Oj - First live mic’d instrument in like 30 years….and sounding awesome! Bookies fave for a reason…Finland came to win! #eurovision

Moldova has given some of the most joyfully chaotic entries in Eurovision history - & this year does not disappoint!! Deux points from me on sheer spectacle alone!! #eurovision #moldova

Let me get this right….Post-Brexit UK is representing itself at a European song contest by performing in German on machines built from the skips outside Maplin…this is either deeply satirical or a complete coincidence!!? You decide! #eurovision

Bulgaria is BACK! - and they have absolutely not spent the time away being sensible! This performance is…how do I put it… there’s no other word - Unhinged - but, in the best possible way.! I kinda love it! #eurovision #bulgaria

AIDAN looks like the kind of person who would help you move apartments and also bring good wine - clearly the definition of a Maltese cowboy! 🤠#bella #eurovision #malta

The late, great Sir Terry Wogan famously advised never to touch a drink before Song 9 at Eurovision! So here’s to you Sir Terry! Kraj Mene, indeed. 🏰🧛‍♂️ #Eurovision2026 #Vienna #SongNine #Wogan

Australia continues its refusal to acknowledge that it’s not in Europe by sending Delta Goodrem… a true Aussie national treasure in my eyes! (& yes, I had a major celeb crush on her since Neighbours!) - No scooter needed….Just Delta & a shit load of #Swarovski - that’s all that’s needed! #eurovision

Now it’s Eurovision!!! - rides a scooter on stage , a 3-story prop, only to then be chased by video game characters!! #Greece spends 10 months a year in mild economic anxiety and then 2 weeks a year absolutely nailing this contest! Respect! #eurovision #greece

I don’t care what anything says… this makes me happy every year!! Bring on the madness! #eurovision #eurovisionsomgcontest

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“A reckless child mistakes silence for conspiracy. She would reveal what we laid to rest for a essential purpose, and call it ‘freedom’! Order and peace is older than her voice, and it under my rule it must outlast her.” #VillainVoices #CampRevPit #CRPDryads

Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Good morning, #CampRevPit! 🏕️ Today, we give your villains a moment in the spotlight. What would they say your story is about? Pitch it from your villain's perspective. #VillainVoices

Morning (Europe time anyway) all #CampRevPit #CRPDryads campers. I’ve been on mute these last couple of days of camp as been on a business trip…. But here’s me now briefly introducing myself and hope to be more engaged in the coming days… 1/3

This is a fantastic initiative from #revpit. I’ve signed up! - Really looking forward to meeting more fellow writers and sharing feedback! 🏕️ #CampRevPit

Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Last day to sign up for #CampRevpit! 🏕️ Join us for any combination (or why not ALL) Camp activities via the sign-up form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Well, #revpit and #revpitwaiting pretty much done it seems. I MAY have spotted my MS in 1 #10queries but not sure… Question is… now what? More self editing in hope I’m heading in right direction? Keep querying? (I’ve only queried 12 so far…) or abandon & write something new…. Decisions decisions…

#RevPitWaiting Working from phone today so this is best I can do… Mood board of CHILD OF ICE - Glacial, bone-white, geothermal, volcanic. A frozen world where gods are worshipped in ice temples…but beneath the surface, something ancient is failing... The truth always runs hotter than faith.

Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · 5mo ago

#RevPitWaiting for Thursday, March 19: Give us your vibes, aesthetics, gifs for your #revpit MS. Do you have a book trailer? Don’t forget ALT text! ✍️

#RevPitWaiting Meet Kaija… a Bone-Whisperer apprentice whose first solo ritual goes terribly wrong. She’s brave but full of doubt, fiercely loyal, and about to discover that everything her people believe in is not all as they say it is. Her journey for the truth costs her almost everything!

Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · 5mo ago

#RevPitWaiting for Wednesday, March 18: Single POV? Dual? Multi? Introduce #RevPit to your main characters! 👯‍♂️

#RevPitWaiting CHILD OF ICE is a YA fantasy set in Ísarnheimur, a frozen Norse/Arctic-inspired world. When apprentice Bone-Whisperer Kaija discovers the Gods they worship may not be all they are led to believe, she must choose between ‘comforting faith’ and ‘dangerous truth.’

#RevPitWaiting Hi all! 👋 Alex here - a British writer based in Stockholm. By day I ghostwrite for executives; by night (or early morning!), I write YA fantasy inspired by Nordic and Sami cultures I’ve been immersed in for the last 7 years. Currently querying my first YA novel ‘Child of Ice’.

Ok #RevPit - do your worst! 🤣 Now submitted and the waiting, self-doubt begins! 🤣 For some reason I feel more nervous about this than Agent querying! Good luck everyone!

Also… #revpit - please can you remove a character / word limit on the form answers!!? I want to wax lyrical about why I love Kaija so much… I wrote a small dissertation / love letter and then realised I was over word limit! I’m now dev editing an answer to a question on the RevPit form! 🤣

Can I ask any #Revpit experts - the first 5 pages…does that include the ‘title page’ - or should you not include a title page? 🤨 (This is what I mean by ‘overthinking’!)🤣

How are people getting your #revpit submissions in already? Why can’t y’all be normal and procrastinate, tweak, second guess and self-doubt for the entire submission window and submit in the last 30 minutes!? 🤣

On the same day of #RevPit , I’ve also soft launched my new Indy Publishing House, ‘Tideshift Publishing’. Submissions will open in due course. Uniquely only accepting #cli-fi and climate change focussed Non-Fiction. A separate imprint will focus on non-cli-fi Children’s and YA fiction.

Its #RevPit day! Just about got all material together I think. Still constantly questioning if my pages are ‘good enough’ - but what’s new! This years submission is 1,000,000,000% better & more polished than last years, so I’m more fired up than ever! #fantasylit #litfiction #yafiction