#5amwritersclub is hard when your heating is broken but the cat says get up so I guess I'm getting up. #writing #writer #catlife

Hangovers are so much more fun to write than endure, lucky I have had so many. They say write what you know...I'm not sure they meant this 😂 #5amwritersclub #writer #writing #booksky

And I'm back in the #5amwritersclub, now to write... #writer #writing #booksky

Copenhagen is gorgeous, I may have written an entire book in my head. Let's hope it sticks. #writing #writer #copenhagen

I've been quiet over Christmas because I've been in a food coma reading books. Today I drag myself off the sofa and take myself off to Copenhagen to start 2026 somewhere cold and fresh and full of inspiration. #writing #writer #booksky

Exercise is so you can eat a sausage and bacon roll immediately afterwards, right? This is basically second breakfast since I was up at 5am writing. #livingthedream #writinglife #writer #5amwritersclub

My writing group have decided to share our WIP drafts on Christmas eve, secret Santa style...so, I kinda have to get this draft wrestled into submission before then. If only it wasn't the time of year when I say yes to every offer of drinks, dinner and distraction. #5amwritersclub #writing #writer

I'm writing to the music of my cat wailing...which definitely helps. #5amwritersclub #writing #writer #catlife

The toy mouse is dead. After audaciously dangling on a string, the rescue cat fought it all night, with valiance rarely seen. When it escaped its string, she chased it. Casualties of this great battle were the house plants and my sleep, but rest assured, the toy is dead, and in the bin. #catlife

Me: Are we typing really fast and writing loads of brilliant words? Brain: No, we're hitting the keyboard, hoping it produces a masterpiece. Me: Great, great...how's that working for us? Brain: Not as well as I'd hoped. Me: Oh well, there's always tomorrow. #writinglife #writer #writing

I overslept, my cat overlord didn't wake me with a mouse. She's fired. #5amwritersclub #almost #writing #writer

In exchange for getting out of the bed, so the rescue cat could claim it, she brought me her toy mouse, so I think I got a good deal. I was 30 minutes late for #5amwritersclub so she's just keeping me punctual. #writingwithcats #writer #writinglife

I did it! I finished the 2nd draft of my WIP3, four years after I finished the first one. It's definitely in need of a structural edit but it feels so good right now to have built the foundation that a strong story will now grow from. #writing #writer #5amwritersclub

I think I can finish this draft this weekend...what an exciting concept. Then I can go back to the beginning and rewrite it all. Yay! Writing! #5amwritersclub #writing #writer

It's a slow morning, the thoughts are there but the translation tool, from imagination to words, is tired. That's ok, these woods are a pleasant place to linger. I think it's safe to say I'm writing the calm before the storm. #writer #writing #5amwritersclub

In writing news, I'm now rewarding myself for each target hit by hanging out with the rescue cat. In cat news, she's really enjoying me hitting my targets. Lots of purrs. #writing #writer #catlady #5amwritersclub

I rescued a cat last night, she'd been born on a farm that was simply overrun with cats. She's very scared and hiding right now, but I woke up to find footprints on my writing chair, so I think we will be ok. Pictures to follow... once she's brave enough to leave her bed #writer #writing #catlady

Yesterday I learned that the New Moon is a good time to let go of the things that don't serve us...so, how do I stop procrastinating by posting on Bluesky? Every morning, I post to avoid writing. I'm not superstitious, I just went to yoga! #writer #writing #5amwritersclub

I really love these #5amwritersclub, there's something special about writing in the dark for an hour, looking out and it's still pitch black. #writer #writing #booksky

Rain is falling in the dark outside. I have candles lit and my pool of light. What a cosy morning for some writing. #5amwritersclub #writing #writer

At this time of year my procrastination becomes waiting to see if we've had our first frost. So, you'll often find me pressed up to the window because these things are important...much more important than word count and finishing this draft. Anyway, no frost today. #5amwritersclub #writer #writing

I'd had a great weekend writing, but was struggling to see where to go next and realised, if I just went back and changed everything I'd written over the last few days, it would be better. Still, it's progress. Wrong turns happen. There is no map. #writing #writer #5amwritersclub

I love those moments when a plot falls into place, and you suddenly see all the pieces previously written and those still to come, fit into a picture you didn't know you were creating. #writing #5amwritersclub #writer

I wrote 64 words, then thought 'yeah, time for a break'...now I'm doom scrolling, and know if I don't pull myself free I'll fall into a rabbit hole to the centre of the earth and spend the day thinking 'those 64 words had better be good'. Anyway, morning #5amwritersclub #writing #writer #booksky

Which do you prefer of the two tag lines below? A. What happens after happily ever after? Or B. Happy Ever After Hurts. #5amwritersclub #writing #writesky #writer

I'm genuinely intrigued to find out what happens in my WIP3... It's the second draft, so you'd think I'd know. But, no. Not a clue. It's fascinating how I can tell myself a story and be surprised at every turn. #writing #writer #5amwritersclub

In training at work, it's quite important so I'm definitely not working out the family tree of my WIP's royal family. #writer #writing #WIP3 #5amwritersclub

Note to self: it helps if you write the words down, scrolling through YouTube won't get the book written. #writing #5amwritersclub #writesky

I'm back! I'm writing words, on a page, and they're not terrible. What a feeling!! #writing #writer #writesky #booksky #5amwritersclub

I had a genius idea. I finally knew how to move forward and then I woke up with a scratchy throat and cold. All I want to do is sleep, just as I finally know what to write. #5amwritersclub #writer #writing #writesky

What a glorious idea...secret Santa with books

Struggling back into a routine after a week away. Loving the dark mornings, but am trying to balance my need to sleep with the desire to write. #writing #balance #5amwritersclub

How are we supposed to sit with art? I just saw Wendy and Peter at the Barbican and I want to think about the depth of feeling I just experienced (yes, ok, I had some wine). Instead I have to travel across London and get a bus replacement service home. #theatresky #writer #writesky #winesky

Reading... #booksky #readsky #writer #toxicvampires

I've made a mistake: I looked back at my 2nd draft before I was finished, and now all I can think of are the changes I need to make. In other news, I'm on my way to London with the sun rising over Stratford upon Avon, lush. #writing #writer #booksky #writesky #5amwritersclub

I do love the turning of the year, spring and autumn are always so magical, every day looks different. Funny how we tune into this with books; I'm hungry for A Discovery of Witches, as I often am at this time of year. #writing #writer #writesky #booksky

One last edit...three words to send any writer delirious #youcandoit #5amwritersclub #writing #editing #booksky

This.

I'm finally enjoying the 80th read of my book...snuggled up, in the dark with a hazelnut flavoured coffee waiting for the sun to rise is clearly the right vibes for Fae shenanigans. #writer #writing #writesky #5amwritersclub

I'm forcing myself to read this book for the last time before going on submission. It's hard. I don't reread books and this must be the 80th time I'm reading the damn thing. It's good, don't get me wrong. Though I would say that; I wrote it. #writing #writer #booksky #i-know-the-ending

Eurgh, #writer #writing #rubbish-at-hashtags #always-forget-to-add-them-in #recommendations #writersky #booksky

I'm going to start a thread (my first) to share songs I love to write with; mostly to stop the constant spam of recs I send friends. Take a look if you're writing fantasy with a dark, and slightly sassy side.

I've made it to #5amwritersclub again; it's dark outside but cosy in my little puddle of lamplight, let's write! #writing #drafting #writesky

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#5amwritersclub I am here! I have a great scene that I'm typing up from a handwritten draft and it's moving the story along. What more can I ask for? Coffee? I have that too! *Sing it like Aerial* I've got everything. #toomuchcaffeine #writing #writer #writesky

Time for my villain era... Can't wait! @mrbsemporium.bsky.social another great choice from Hannah! #booksky #mrbssubscription #readsky

Distracting myself from writing, by reading about writing, which is still productive but requires less focus this #5amwritersclub #writing #writesky #booksky #readsky

My editing today seems to consist of adding in commas. Apparently, past me decided punctuation was for losers. Thanks, past me. Future me, take note. #writing #amwriting #editing #writersky #5amwritersclub

Just a few more hours of work, and then I get to enjoy an evening at the Birmingham Literary Festival watching Laura Bates discuss modern feminism and then a whole weekend of writing. #writesky #writer #booksky #amwriting

I'm here! I did it! #5amwritersclub I am here for you...now, what was I writing? #writer #writing #booksky #writesky