Out today, @UnderbellyPress Issue 4, featuring my short story, 'Second-hand goods.' I'm delighted to be in the magazine's milestone first anniversary issue. Huge congratulations to Lucy and the team - thanks for allowing me to rub shoulders with so many fantastic contributors!

Second-hand Goods by @jpcerthum.bsky.social 'And, in that instant, I see how we’re all nothing but lumps of raw flesh wrapped around organs and bones. I hadn’t been sure about what we were doing, but understanding we’re all made the same way helps settle my doubts.'

Delighted to have a story find a home with @underbellypress.bsky.social. Feels like the perfect fit for it, too. 🎉

Sharing this partly so I can find the link again easily, and partly because it gives me a chance to say I WAS THERE. I count myself very lucky to have been in the right place at the right time.

Thank you to everyone who has signed the petition which now stands at 40,000+! You can #DoTheWriteThing & stop #MetaBookThieves by adding your signature here ✒️ authr.uk/sp40

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You can now read extracts of some of the novels shortlisted in the Farnham First Five Pages competition - including mine. farnhamliteraryfestival.co.uk/competitions/

Amazed to have come third in Farnham Literary Festival's 'Farnham's First Five Pages' competition. Congratulations to everyone shortlisted, especially Caroline Davies (2nd) and Andrew Okey (1st), and a big thank you to Farnham Literary Festival for a lovely evening. #amwriting #inshock

Longlists are nice, but shortlists are better! Thrilled to have made it through to the final ten. 🎉

Tomorrow’s the last day for #curae entries - we close on the stroke of midnight - and I’ll be writing tomorrow with some observations and some thank yous ❤️

Very pleased to be on the Farnham Literary Festival's 'First Five Pages' competition longlist today. 🎉🥳 farnhamliteraryfestival.co.uk/competitions/

thecuraeprize.uk Hello all Not long until the second #Curae prize opens. This is for YOU writer-carers and all the info you need is on the site! You have until March 1st to enter your work and the prizes are wonderful #carers #writingcommunity

Wonderful Christmastime - 19th December 2024, O2 London. #PaulMcCartney #GotBack #PaulMcCartneyGotBack #WonderfulChristmastime

Here we go! #PaulMcCartney #GotBack2024

Post you from a different era. Richmond Park, 1974ish

Today only: enter to win #10queries feedback from a professional editor! #RevPit #writers #amquerying #WritingCommunity www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display...?

Delighted to have a 75-word flash up on Paragraph Planet (@paragraphplanet.bsky.social) today. #amwriting #flashfiction

Best Mother's Day present in years. #Ringo #Beatles

I'm featured in this month's Writing Magazine talking about my Path To Publication for #TheNamingOfMoths #ShortStory collection. #writingcommunity #AmWriting

Quietly celebrating reaching the end of Draft Two. #amwriting #writingcommunity

I MAY have got a little carried away (and / or, I thought it was Friday already)... ... but ENTRIES ARE NOW OPEN! 100 words Free to enter Deadline = 2nd Jan Rolling judging £100 in prizes #FlashFiction #WritingComp www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...

The Orphans on the Train is launched in paperback today - see my guest Interview with Gill Thompson: tonyriches.blogspot.com/2023/10/gues... #BookLaunch #Booksky 💙📚

So delighted to share my surreal baby/jellyfish flash up today on @flashfrog.bsky.social ! A dream pub for me! Be sure to admire the wonderful artwork by Lindsey Morrison Grant while you’re there🪼💕

One of my favourites! ⬇️

So pleased this account has found its way into The Nice Place. Always guaranteed to brighten my day.

Spotted in Steyning village today (with thanks to @wendyclarke.bsky.social) outside The Steyning Bookshop. I'm officially a poster! This is advertising my event on 22nd Nov, 7.30pm - tickets £5 from the bookshop /website. Hope to see some local Sussex readers there.

Happy Book Birthday, Tracy!

Huge thanks to the lovely Gill Thompson for the copy of her latest novel, The Orphans on the Train. I'm delighted to have played a small part in the writing of such a wonderfully moving story. #TheOrphansOnTheTrain #HistoricalFiction #histfic #WW2 #amreading

Just seen that the Kindle edition of my good friend Gill Thompson's latest novel, The Orphans on the Train, is currently on offer at 99p. What a bargain! #historicalfiction #histfic #Iamreading

When Now and Then was first announced, I was kind of 🫣 about the idea. After watching this, though, I am most definitely feeling 🥰🥰 and can't wait to hear it in full tomorrow. #TheBeatles #NowandThen

That's my Christmas sorted then. (Not that I'll be waiting until Christmas to get it, obviously.) #NowandThen #TheBeatles

The Beatles have announced expanded reissues of the 1962-1966 and 1967-1970 compilations, plus Now And Then, “the last Beatles record”. Now And Then will be released as a double a-side single on 3 November 2023, with a new ‘true stereo’ remix of Love Me Do. www.beatlesbible.com/2023/10/26/b...

Finally! 🤞🤞🤞 #TheBeatles #NowAndThen

We're thrilled to let you know that the submissions window for Flash Fiction February 2024 opens tomorrow. We look forward to reading your #microfiction #flashfiction

Okay, to help everyone make their BlueSky what they want it to be, here's a thread about feeds. What they are, how to find them, how to add them, how to pin them, what feeds to follow if you're a #writer, and how you can make your own 🥸 1/16

Have now also made a Submission Calls feed using the hashtags #SubmissionCall and #WritingComp: To follow the feed, click the link, then see where it says "Add to my feeds" / "add" at the top. Click the heart & the pin icons. Should then appear in your list of feeds.

Writers! Do you have a masterpiece handy? ... For the next month, we're open to submissions from women writers. For more information, head here: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/submissions (We'll be very grateful if you could share widely!)

Congratulations to everyone who made the shortlist.

Waiting for the show to begin. Think the last time I saw the Bootleg Beatles was at a convention, probably late 80s/early 90s.

My October newsletter is full of freebies for the writing community - example story lists, a character creator template, a story planner, a geeky submissions tracker spreadsheet... Hopefully some useful stuff for you all. PS - very grateful for re-posts to spread the word! #Flashfiction #writers

I'm using my first Bluesky post (hello everyone!) to plug Tracy Fell's wonderful forthcoming short story collection, The Naming of Moths.