Author: Marianne Pickles

Writer | Educator | Human
  • The Ides of July 2026

    Something to believe in… Greetings Picklesversians! It’s the 15th of July and the Ides are upon us once again, so it’s time for my monthly message. Here’s what I’ve got for you today: 🎉 New covers! 📔 Those Not Recovered – status update  🐨 Reality is gone 🏴‍☠️ Recommendations Let’s dive in! 🌊 🎉 New covers! They’re finally here! 🥳 We started the process of getting new covers back in October…

  • The Ides of June 2026

    I am a fish I am a fish (I am a boat) Greetings Picklesversians! It’s the 13th of June and the Ides are upon us once again, so it’s time for my monthly message. Here’s what I’ve got for you today: Let’s dive in! 🌊 🎉 Some exciting news I learned last week that Artificial Selection has reached the semi-finals of the SPSFC#5 competition! That means…

  • The Ides of May 2026

    Geekfully thinksome 🧠 Greetings Picklesversians! It’s the 15th of May and the Ides are upon us once again, so it’s time for my monthly message. Here’s what I’ve got for you today: 📊 Progress report – Those Not Recovered 📚 Jam and bootlaces 🫜 Recommendations 🤖 A May Benism Let’s dive in! 🌊 📊 Progress report – Those Not Recovered I suspect all authors could be plotted on…

  • The Ides of April 2026

    Mummified makers and an unexpected sloth Greetings Picklesversians! It’s the 13th of April and the Ides are upon us once again, so it’s time for my monthly message. Here’s what I’ve got for you today: 📊 Delicious data 📚 Those Not Recovered update 🪲 Writers circa 1980 🐙 Recommendations 🤖 An April Benism Let’s dive in! 🌊 📊 Delicious data Thanks so much to everyone who completed last…

  • The Ides of March 2026

    🫖 An ambiguous teapot Greetings Picklesversians! 😱 BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH!!!  Ahhh, I’ve been waiting all year to say that…  But now that I have, I can’t help feeling that a soothsayer’s warning is hardly likely to soothe our frayed nerves at the present moment (although, Ben tells me that the words sooth and soothe do share the same etymological root – the Old English word sōþ, meaning true, real, or genuine. Whodathunk?). That…

  • The Ides of February 2026

    Love in the time of zombies 💘🧟 Greetings Picklesversians! It’s the 13th of February and the Ides are upon us once again, so it’s time for my monthly message. Here’s what I’ve got for you today: 📚 A bookish cover-up 💘 Love in the time of zombies 🤖 A February Benism Let’s dive in! 🌊 📚 A bookish cover-up I’m having so much fun writing Those Not Recovered, and…

  • The Ides of January 2026

    A shady milkman and a feline alias… Greetings Picklesversians! It’s the 13th of January and 2026 is in full swing. The Ides are once again upon us, so it’s time for my monthly message. Here’s what I’ve got for you today: 🎧 Hear ye, hear ye! 🥛 A shifty milkman 🤖 A January Benism Let’s dive in! 🌊 🎧 Hear ye, hear ye! An exciting announcement…

  • The Ides of December 2025

    Greetings Picklesversians! It’s the 13th of December, so the Ides are upon us, and it’s time for my monthly message. I hope you’ve been decking the halls with clumps of embroidered flowers because it’s only twelve days until Walker Day! 🧡🩶 Here’s what I’ve got for you today: 👩‍💻 Behind the scenes 🐓 Recommendations 🤖 A December Benism Let’s dive in! 🌊 👩‍💻 Behind the scenes I’ve…

  • The Ides of November 2025

    Greetings Picklesversians! It’s the 13th of November, so the Ides are upon us, and it’s time for my monthly message. Here’s what I’ve got for you today:  📚 Author interview 😎 Recommendations 🤖 A November Benism Let’s dive in! 🌊 📚 Author interview Back in September, at the World of Books Sustainable Story Award event, I had the pleasure of meeting fellow shortlisted…

  • The Ides of October 2025

    Greetings Picklesversians! It’s the 15th of October, so the Ides are upon us, and it’s time for my monthly message – just a short one today as I’m away visiting family, but I’ve included some throwback bonus content to make up for it. Here’s what I’ve got for you: 📚 Time Hack – print edition! 👩‍💻 Behind the scenes 🐈 A…