'It’s no secret that older women writers tend to be overlooked...' Bernardine Evaristo awards the first Pioneer prize for British female writers over 60 to Maureen Duffy 🎉 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

Big thanks to Melissa and Kristin at @epistemiclit.bsky.social for including me in their nostalgia issue; to @sfreligh.bsky.social and her awesome Class of Jan 24 for prompting and nurturing it; and @raecowie.bsky.social & @norami.bsky.social for helping it over the line.

#WriteCBC task from @rowancoleman.bsky.social: One way to imbue authenticity into a character is to discover their secrets. What memento do they keep in their beside drawer? Write a scene involving this memento. What subtle secret does this reveal? What does this tell you about the character?

It's time for the September #WriteCBC guest reveal 🥁 Next month's writing tip and task comes from @rowancoleman.bsky.social, tutor of our upcoming Writing Romantic & Commercial Fiction course! Join us next Thursday! Find out more: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/blog/writecb...

For drama and history lovers ... Into Thy Hands at Studio C #EdFringe this week, explores the complex relationship between Mary Queen of Scots, her husband Lord Darnley, and her best friend David Rizzio. Grab tickets while you can ... #ScottishHistory #Edinburgh #EdinburghFringe #NewDrama

✨SCOTLANDSFEST 2025✨ 👤 Barbara Henderson 📍St Columba's by the Castle, Edinburgh 📆 13 August ⏰ 1:30pm 🎟 buff.ly/6I1iYyY #EdinburghWhatsOn #ScotlandsFest25 #Fringe #EdinburghFringe

Big thanks to ‪@freeflashfiction.bsky.social for running this brilliant competition, to ‬judge @sagreene1.bsky.social for choosing my story, and to @raecowie.bsky.social, @norami.bsky.social, and the word sculptors of A Smokelong Summer Flash Group 4 for for their help with it.

'Friendship is a powerful force in fiction – and its potential to help writers bring protagonists fully to life on the page – and indeed to be a driver of story, is often underestimated' 🌻 Our founder Anna Davis shares ways in which your character’s friendships can help move your story forward:

So pleased to see this out there, thank you ‪@bnadeauwriter.bsky.social‬ at MoonLit Getaway. Thanks also to @raecowie.bsky.social, @norami.bsky.social & @yalanchang.bsky.social for their help with it.

Love Forms by Claire Adam is a heart-breaking tale set against the beauty and dangers of Trinidad & Tobago. Descriptions of island life – lush countryside, healing power of the ocean, increasing violence – are done with a light touch that draws the reader in #LoveForms #ClaireAdam #faberbooks

#WriteCBC task from @abigailj.bsky.social: Secrets are a great way to add intrigue and drama to your story. Write a mini-scene in which a character discovers that someone they know well has been keeping a secret from them. How do they deal with this discovery?

So pleased to appear in @fictivedream.bsky.social today, long a dream journal of mine. Thanks to @raecowie.bsky.social, @finnegag.bsky.social and @yalanchang.bsky.social for their help with this one.

Thrilled to be featuring your tiny gem, Chris. Thank you for sending it our way @chriscottom.bsky.social‬ @raecowie.bsky.social @finnegag.bsky.social @yalanchang.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday

Loved doing this!!

So pleased to be part of the beautifully produced Raw Lit - Issue 6. Thank you to @norami.bsky.social and @raecowie.bsky.social for their help with my story.

Ta-da! It's Publication Day for THE LEAP YEAR PROPOSAL! When Ellie, Jess and Anouska go to a mutual friend's hen weekend on a Scottish island, they get rather more than they bargained for... #romcom #sisterhood #romance #friendship #secrets #kindleunlimited books2read.com/u/3kj7AG

HUGE thanks to @portybelle.bsky.social for a wonderful, shiny 5STAR review. Love, love, love short story readers! (Haddo Reimagined, inspired by Aberdeenshire's beautiful Haddo Country Park. Photographs by Susan Orr) 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 #ShortStories #BookReview #Aberdeenshire #Scotland #WritingCommunity

What are you reading this weekend? I'm LOVING The Queen Of Dirt Island by #DonalRyan ... #WeekendReading #JanuaryReads