THE NESTING ROOM (Maverick, 2027) UK. Queer author of weird, whimsical and unsettling YA/MG. Hot beverage enthusiast. Silly costume enjoyer (cosplay and larp). WriteMentor Mentee 2021. They/She. Rep: Caroline Wakeman Literary Agency. sjmontgomery.co.ukhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjmontgomery.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjmontgomery.bsky.social/post/3mun3hwyzvk2bI keep forgetting to buy tteokbokki and now here I am, wishing I was eating tteokbokki and yet I am tteokbokkiless.03 Sep 2026 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:v2f2l3jfmlbwdkzifbm4ms5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mun3hwyzvk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjmontgomery.bsky.social/post/3muffebedv22nCoyote vs. Acme was a real tonic. Go see it, it'll make you smile.31 Aug 2026 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:v2f2l3jfmlbwdkzifbm4ms5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3muffebedv22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjmontgomery.bsky.social/post/3muff5wravk2nI need you all to make The Nesting Room a rip-roaring success okay because I've got a fun scene for the sequel so strong in my head that if I don't get to write it I'll vibrate myself into dust.31 Aug 2026 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:v2f2l3jfmlbwdkzifbm4ms5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3muff5wravk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjmontgomery.bsky.social/post/3mt4ubxsnb22uMy first newsletter! It's a little insight into where we're currently at with The Nesting Room and what the weird limbo-like middle stage of a publishing journey looks like. I wish my real life desk looked like this picture: sjmontgomery.co.uk/News/ #kidlituk #youngteenauthor #debutauthor15 Aug 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:v2f2l3jfmlbwdkzifbm4ms5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4ubxsnb22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjmontgomery.bsky.social/post/3msxrci6k7k2uUPDATE! The Nesting Room is now scheduled for publication March 2027! Nothing to worry about, just a change that works better for us all to align with print deadlines, and it means we've had more time to pour into dev edits and get this book in it's best possible shape. Exciting! #2027debuts13 Aug 2026 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:v2f2l3jfmlbwdkzifbm4ms5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxrci6k7k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjmontgomery.bsky.social/post/3msdlremhnk2tUpdate! Still hot, busy and in the hole. Help. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Aug 2026 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:v2f2l3jfmlbwdkzifbm4ms5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdlremhnk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/sjmontgomery.bsky.social/post/3mqc53znlnk2bI change my hair so often that 8 months later my headshots are already out of date. It's fine I'm clearly just too cool and sexy to be captured in a permanent manner.10 Jul 2026 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:v2f2l3jfmlbwdkzifbm4ms5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqc53znlnk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjmontgomery.bsky.social/post/3mqc3ot565s2oRearing my head to say hello I am: - Hot - Busy - In my editing and revisions hole - Still alive More book news updates coming soon I promise. FAREWELL.10 Jul 2026 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:v2f2l3jfmlbwdkzifbm4ms5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqc3ot565s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/sjmontgomery.bsky.social/post/3mnzgqdd5pk2fThrow me your finest, freshest tips for when you're handling dev/structural edits? Sometimes I find it very hard to think about the bigger picture when all I can see on my screen is 1 page at a time but printing out the whole flippin thing isn't an option at the moment I think my printer would cry11 Jun 2026 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:v2f2l3jfmlbwdkzifbm4ms5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnzgqdd5pk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjmontgomery.bsky.social/post/3mielbgkgek2hIt's a beautiful day to watch The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019) again.31 Mar 2026 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:v2f2l3jfmlbwdkzifbm4ms5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mielbgkgek2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjmontgomery.bsky.social/post/3mht5stc5ok2mNO female character makes me crazy crazy like Karen Page. I'm nuts about her. THAT'S my poor little meow meow.24 Mar 2026 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:v2f2l3jfmlbwdkzifbm4ms5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mht5stc5ok2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjmontgomery.bsky.social/post/3mhegy3wdjc2wI've been quiet because 1) The end of dev edits and pub feedback is in sight 👀 2) ONE PIECE LIVE ACTION SEASON 2!!! NOTHING IN MY HEAD BUT THESE SILLY ASS PIRATES18 Mar 2026 21:35 +0000at://did:plc:v2f2l3jfmlbwdkzifbm4ms5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhegy3wdjc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/sjmontgomery.bsky.social/post/3mguwhneczs2v10,000 words of dev edits done between December and today. I need a medal, a nap, and a cocktail.12 Mar 2026 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:v2f2l3jfmlbwdkzifbm4ms5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mguwhneczs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjmontgomery.bsky.social/post/3mg3ofuhia22pDay 4 of sinus cold with no sign of relief: huaaoourrghghh.02 Mar 2026 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:v2f2l3jfmlbwdkzifbm4ms5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3ofuhia22phttps://bsky.app/profile/sjmontgomery.bsky.social/post/3mfwlqihers2mI hate to say it, I truly do, but in a live action of The Last Unicorn, Timothee Chalamet would make the perfect Schmendrick.28 Feb 2026 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:v2f2l3jfmlbwdkzifbm4ms5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfwlqihers2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjmontgomery.bsky.social/post/3mfu2ide5ds2tNothing like a bit of Dectectorists to make me wish I was sitting in a field in mild weather drinking weak sweet coffee out of a flask.27 Feb 2026 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:v2f2l3jfmlbwdkzifbm4ms5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfu2ide5ds2thttps://bsky.app/profile/sjmontgomery.bsky.social/post/3mftk7ycoh22jI was supposed to be taking myself out for a little writing day retreat at Gladstones today but I woke up full of snot 😭 sofa writing/rotting it is.27 Feb 2026 10:53 +0000at://did:plc:v2f2l3jfmlbwdkzifbm4ms5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mftk7ycoh22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjmontgomery.bsky.social/post/3mfs4kcq3xk2iSo many editors specifically have "no animal stories/animal protagonists" on their lists which is so sad for me specifically 😭 what's that all about. You don't want mouse? with sword? angry feminist mouse with sword and her gay frog prince best friend?? #UKKidLit26 Feb 2026 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:v2f2l3jfmlbwdkzifbm4ms5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfs4kcq3xk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/sjmontgomery.bsky.social/post/3mfhwdt3kls2nWatched the first 2 episodes of Small Prophets and it's exactly the kind of thing I wanted to make in uni. It really reminds me of a script I wrote that I'm gonna have to dig out and revisit.22 Feb 2026 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:v2f2l3jfmlbwdkzifbm4ms5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfhwdt3kls2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjmontgomery.bsky.social/post/3mfenvbgefs2jSuddenly remembered this for no reason and had to scroll back to find it and now I'm laughing again. Good morning, double ADHD peas. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Feb 2026 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:v2f2l3jfmlbwdkzifbm4ms5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfenvbgefs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjmontgomery.bsky.social/post/3mf2xyxio4c2bQuick question for other writers: when does rest come?? Oh God when do we rest???? Thanks in advance!17 Feb 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:v2f2l3jfmlbwdkzifbm4ms5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf2xyxio4c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjmontgomery.bsky.social/post/3metgzt3we22nWas there ANYTHING more smug than the kids on the playground who wrongly insisted the lyrics were "I'm blue, if I was green I would die"???14 Feb 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:v2f2l3jfmlbwdkzifbm4ms5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3metgzt3we22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjmontgomery.bsky.social/post/3me7dkvphj224I've been so busy working away at The Nesting Room but today I've been thinking about my other book on sub Lilymouse and how much I love it. It's so special and timely I am shaking it at acquiring editors like a bag of dreamies. Pspsps, you want feminist Redwall for modern audiences with LGBTQ rep?06 Feb 2026 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:v2f2l3jfmlbwdkzifbm4ms5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3me7dkvphj224https://bsky.app/profile/sjmontgomery.bsky.social/post/3meotwt7rss26My One Piece journey has been unconventional (read a few manga as a kid > dropped it > didn't care for years > watched the live action and LOVED IT > started watching the anime) and this thing will really have you saying the most dumb stereotypical shid like "oh man just wait til you get to water 7"12 Feb 2026 20:38 +0000at://did:plc:v2f2l3jfmlbwdkzifbm4ms5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3meotwt7rss26https://bsky.app/profile/sjmontgomery.bsky.social/post/3melsqkrtnk2lI am so wildly flabbergasted that EVERY advert for any AI tool comes with the onscreen text "sequences shortened, results may be inaccurate, not currently available in this format". They're fully stating that it's a lie and their product doesn't work as advertised!!! Surely this is not legal.11 Feb 2026 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:v2f2l3jfmlbwdkzifbm4ms5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3melsqkrtnk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/sjmontgomery.bsky.social/post/3meenyo6pbs2jI'm not very good at drawing, but I've never let that stop me; aka, it's #hourlycomicsday!08 Feb 2026 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:v2f2l3jfmlbwdkzifbm4ms5y/app.bsky.feed.post/3meenyo6pbs2j