Aspiring children’s writer, maker of cute language learning comics, curry lover and red panda fan. 🏳️‍🌈 Lived in Japan for 10+ years, now dreaming of living in the same country as my wife. Hobbies include drawing, hiking, video games, BJD and Lego.https://bsky.app/profile/pipmurphy.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/pipmurphy.bsky.social/post/3mnwrcvzahs2hWhen life gives you unfun medical procedures and rejections … give yourself a beautiful new writing notepad. And a pat on the head.10 Jun 2026 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:a7vknmwxj5sdr3hrlfdngpse/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnwrcvzahs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/pipmurphy.bsky.social/post/3mnefztek3s2nLast summer my YA story Mal got shortlisted in the I Am Writing SCI-FI / FANTASY competition! (Which I should have posted earlier 😅) There were a lot of entries so it was a really nice surprise to see my book’s name on there! @iaminprint.bsky.social @losbennett.bsky.social03 Jun 2026 05:50 +0000at://did:plc:a7vknmwxj5sdr3hrlfdngpse/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnefztek3s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/pipmurphy.bsky.social/post/3mmeveckxmk2pI’m all hyped up to see the Mandalorian and Grogu film so I doodled Grogu with Blue Stuff. Second time using #arrtx acrylic markers. #arrtxmarkers #grogu #themandalorianandgrogu #themandalorianfanart21 May 2026 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:a7vknmwxj5sdr3hrlfdngpse/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmeveckxmk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/pipmurphy.bsky.social/post/3mlj2rkntes2yNot long to go until Book 8 of Christie and Agatha’s adventures - A Curious Catastrophe - is out on 14th May! Support your local bookshops by ordering a copy from them! And support your local cats with lots of strokes and chin tickles. #kidlituk #christieandagatha #charliechaplin10 May 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:a7vknmwxj5sdr3hrlfdngpse/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlj2rkntes2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/pipmurphy.bsky.social/post/3mkxrn5cot22zFor small-time authors, finding your book in a bookshop is a bit of a miracle - doubly so in another language! So I was over the moon to find Christie & Agatha’s first adventure in Hugendubel! Vielen dank an dtv, Karolin Viseneber & Hugendubel! And remember, German kids are always Kinder.03 May 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:a7vknmwxj5sdr3hrlfdngpse/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxrn5cot22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/pipmurphy.bsky.social/post/3mkuk2sax5c2nBelated birthday drawing for my wonderful friend Gabi. 😁 Based on selfie from a trip to see her in Stockholm years ago! ❄️ I don’t think I used coloured pencils since school! 🤣 #stockholm #stockholm_art #happybirthday #prismacolors #winterdrawing02 May 2026 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:a7vknmwxj5sdr3hrlfdngpse/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkuk2sax5c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/pipmurphy.bsky.social/post/3mkdfx6h6ps2zGot myself a kitty ghost writer. Let’s see how it goes! #writercommunity #writerhumor #kidlit #CatHumor #catlovers25 Apr 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:a7vknmwxj5sdr3hrlfdngpse/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdfx6h6ps2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/pipmurphy.bsky.social/post/3mjp2mkg7q22cHappy publication day for the Polish edition of Book 6 of Christie and Agatha’s Detective Agency: To Halt a Heist! Or in Polish: Agencja detektywistyczna Christie i Agaty. Tom 6. Jak powstrzymać wielki skok? #wydawnictwotandem #ChristieandAgatha #PipMurphy17 Apr 2026 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:a7vknmwxj5sdr3hrlfdngpse/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjp2mkg7q22chttps://bsky.app/profile/pipmurphy.bsky.social/post/3missdbhris23幸手市 (Satte city) in Saitama prefecture is a great place to see sakura / cherry blossoms because they grow next to the nanohana, and who doesn’t love that vivid yellow mixed with the delicate pinky white? Also, Satte can be read as happy/lucky hand, which is just fun.06 Apr 2026 08:01 +0000at://did:plc:a7vknmwxj5sdr3hrlfdngpse/app.bsky.feed.post/3missdbhris23https://bsky.app/profile/pipmurphy.bsky.social/post/3miqlsaxd5s2zHappy Easter! I hope you’re all able to have a nice break. Are you up to anything fun? Me? Just off to do a little research… #drwho #drwhofandom #doctorwho05 Apr 2026 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:a7vknmwxj5sdr3hrlfdngpse/app.bsky.feed.post/3miqlsaxd5s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/pipmurphy.bsky.social/post/3miot7yjp5k2uWhen your word count is more ominous than your actual project. 😜 #startingnewbook04 Apr 2026 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:a7vknmwxj5sdr3hrlfdngpse/app.bsky.feed.post/3miot7yjp5k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/pipmurphy.bsky.social/post/3mihkjf72wk22Don’t you just hate it when your favourite glasses shrink in the wash?01 Apr 2026 20:42 +0000at://did:plc:a7vknmwxj5sdr3hrlfdngpse/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihkjf72wk22https://bsky.app/profile/pipmurphy.bsky.social/post/3mftvklhcks2mGoing through security, my backpack was flagged for extra checks. Staff: Could you please open the main section? Me: Sure. (Thinking: it’s probably my doll that looks sus.) Staff: No, wait, actually not this section. The back one. Me: Oh, okay. Staff: …Notepads. Are these ALL notepads? Me: Er, yes.🫣27 Feb 2026 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:a7vknmwxj5sdr3hrlfdngpse/app.bsky.feed.post/3mftvklhcks2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/pipmurphy.bsky.social/post/3mfmxgdt5q226Another reference sheet for my comedy comic, Assassins Want to Learn English, Too! / 暗殺者も英語を習いたい: Fiction. #awtlet #フィクション #referencesheet #charactersheet #characterdesign24 Feb 2026 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:a7vknmwxj5sdr3hrlfdngpse/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfmxgdt5q226https://bsky.app/profile/pipmurphy.bsky.social/post/3mfkayfpm7k2qUrban sketching in Port Sunlight. It was a warm day for February and I enjoyed standing next to the balcony, warming the back of my legs in the sunshine. Just went straight into laying down Posca colour without any pencil or fineliner sketching first but had fun with it.23 Feb 2026 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:a7vknmwxj5sdr3hrlfdngpse/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfkayfpm7k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/pipmurphy.bsky.social/post/3mfhli2thk22wI went to an urban sketching meeting for the first time last month! Still solo drawing but everyone got together again at the end (see last pic) to look at each other’s sketches, which was fun. 😊 Location: Hoylake, Wirral Media: Platinum 3776 pen, (later) Van Gogh watercolours22 Feb 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:a7vknmwxj5sdr3hrlfdngpse/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfhli2thk22whttps://bsky.app/profile/pipmurphy.bsky.social/post/3mf365grtqs26Until 20th February, you can preorder Christie and Agatha’s next adventure, A Curious Catastrophe, at @waterstones.bsky.social with 25% off using the code FEB26. 😻 It will be released 14th May-not too long to wait to read about the twins and Auguste’s latest escapade on Charlie Chaplin’s film set!17 Feb 2026 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:a7vknmwxj5sdr3hrlfdngpse/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf365grtqs26https://bsky.app/profile/pipmurphy.bsky.social/post/3meoczyeous2rA6 bedtime doodle, dreaming of my current book. I didn’t actually think the white pencil had come out at all until I saw it in daylight. 😅 Do any other authors fantasise about book covers?? #amwri̇ti̇ng #kidlit #kidlitart #orkney #puffin12 Feb 2026 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:a7vknmwxj5sdr3hrlfdngpse/app.bsky.feed.post/3meoczyeous2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/pipmurphy.bsky.social/post/3meizozf2222u#ReadItForward This February, if you order children’s books through @bookshop.org, 10% of every sale will go to @booktrust.org.uk & @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social, helping to fund early years reading support for disadvantaged & vulnerable families across the UK.10 Feb 2026 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:a7vknmwxj5sdr3hrlfdngpse/app.bsky.feed.post/3meizozf2222uhttps://bsky.app/profile/pipmurphy.bsky.social/post/3megvgv3oz22zI made some new reference sheets for my comedy comic, Assassins Want to Learn English, Too! / 暗殺者も英語を習いたい. So first up, here’s our shy, klutzy assassin protagonist, Chinatsu Mori. She’s generally top-notch at her job, but because English is tough, she’s been having some trouble at work recently.09 Feb 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:a7vknmwxj5sdr3hrlfdngpse/app.bsky.feed.post/3megvgv3oz22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/pipmurphy.bsky.social/post/3meerzgf2c22jLittle watercolour I did last year, based on a photo I took of a boat in Hoylake, Wirral. Pigma Micron fineliners, Van Gogh watercolours and white Posca pen. #hoylake #urbansketcherswirral08 Feb 2026 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:a7vknmwxj5sdr3hrlfdngpse/app.bsky.feed.post/3meerzgf2c22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/pipmurphy.bsky.social/post/3me7ilu2njc2hThe fifth Christie and Agatha book is released in Polish today by @wydawnictwo.tandem : Agencja detektywistyczna Christie i Agaty. Geniusz w Zielonym Ekspresie #wydawnictwotandem #ChristieandAgatha #PipMurphy06 Feb 2026 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:a7vknmwxj5sdr3hrlfdngpse/app.bsky.feed.post/3me7ilu2njc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/pipmurphy.bsky.social/post/3me5d55shf22tNostalgia/reminiscing ahoy! (Spoiler: lots of Paranormasight event photos!) I was bouncing around today after seeing the Nintendo Direct trailer for the new Paranormasight game that’s coming out in a few weeks. The original is one of my favourite games of all time. #パラノマサイト #paranormasight05 Feb 2026 21:22 +0000at://did:plc:a7vknmwxj5sdr3hrlfdngpse/app.bsky.feed.post/3me5d55shf22thttps://bsky.app/profile/pipmurphy.bsky.social/post/3m6uutgc3hc22Is that the face of someone who just finished the first draft of their new MG novel involving Orcadian myths, Fin Folk, sus not-puffins and a lot of tablet? I think it is!30 Nov 2025 21:39 +0000at://did:plc:a7vknmwxj5sdr3hrlfdngpse/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6uutgc3hc22https://bsky.app/profile/pipmurphy.bsky.social/post/3m5ezyxndfs2jAssassins Want to Learn English, Too / 暗殺者も英語を習いたい LESSON 1: Noodle harassment / ヌーハラ #awtlet #暗殺者も英語を習いたい #森血夏 #chinatsumori11 Nov 2025 21:04 +0000at://did:plc:a7vknmwxj5sdr3hrlfdngpse/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ezyxndfs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/pipmurphy.bsky.social/post/3m55by6voqk2hJust finished writing chapter 18…and chapter 21. 👀 Chapters 19 and 20 are sitting there looking at me and wondering what happened to the rest of their words… Does anyone else do this??08 Nov 2025 19:05 +0000at://did:plc:a7vknmwxj5sdr3hrlfdngpse/app.bsky.feed.post/3m55by6voqk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/pipmurphy.bsky.social/post/3m4jcx4hzec2aHere’s a (free!) spooky short story I wrote, if anyone’s feeling like a period chill this evening… https://pipmurphy.com/thedoppelganger31 Oct 2025 20:29 +0000at://did:plc:a7vknmwxj5sdr3hrlfdngpse/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4jcx4hzec2a