Next level birdwatching. [📹 wildlifetestic] Original post

at a desk, I forget how words work. then at the grocery store, I write a story on my phone in the bakery aisle & edit it in the produce section. why am I like this

New publisher listing for: nachtljocht (Fiction; pays). #WritingCommunity

Happy Birthday Daphne du Maurier, 1907, London. The author of 20 novels, she is best known for her classic REBECCA (1938), and for her short storyTHE BIRDS (1952), both made into indelible films by Alfred Hitchcock.

Not exactly the Galapagos

In case you are interested: Submission open May 25 to June 2. Just sayin. www.matchbooklitmag.com/guidelines

Shoulder Pads

I love when music makes me feel no matter what the feeling may be

A very shy maned wolf stopping for a visit at a monastery in Brazil for a bite to eat provided by monks. Because of their super long legs, they walk more like giraffes than typical canines. Maned wolves pose no threat to humans 🦊

‘Each writer brings to the table, if she will let herself, something that no one else in the history of time has ever had.’ - Anna Quindlen writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity

sconehenge?

A reminder that this is why we make fun of The Odyssey. The book would not exist if Odysseus was not such a complete chaos goblin who was busy causing problems for himself by arguing with Gods and being a shit navigator. There is no way to make an extremely serious movie out of this material.

Good morning, #5amwritersclub. Fly high.

I love that bit in American TV shows in the 2000s where you’re getting really invested and it’s getting genuinely good and interesting now and then you get a few baffling episodes of diabolical fucking dogshit in a row and realise you just got to the writer’s strike

🌌✨Happy #StarWarsDay #Maythe4th Be With You

This painting is Farm Garden with Sunflowers, created by the Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt around 1907.

This.

A Brentford fox last night, off on full moon business. I have not yet caught a glimpse of the griffin, but I can feel her energy.

It's time!

McCormick Introduces New Transdermal Gravy Patch

Today, April 30, there are also just 10 days left to enter the SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2026. First prize $2,500. Up to 1,000 words. 🎵🎸🎶

#booksky #books #Kindleunlimited #thriller #suspense #romance #novels #geopolitical #mythological #darkromance #women #contemporary #fiction #fantasy #crime #amazon #sifi #sff #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #author #readers #indie

“One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now.” Annie Dillard, born on this day in 1945

nice messy draft you got there. would be a shame if you revised too much & robbed it of its joie de vivre

13 days! We’re nearly at the final countdown. The Smokey 2026 has only a little more time to run. Send us your best ❤️

Love it

Amy Hempel is joining us this summer for A SmokeLong Summer. And you (two) can too! www.smokelong.com/a-smokelong-...

Sorry, I laughed

Online writing course open to anyone in the world. 'Finding the Fun in Flash Fiction' with experienced writer and facilitator Patrick Holloway. The course starts on May 4 and runs on Monday mornings. irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/find...

Haha

The plot thickens

"Our goal is an environment of decency, quality and mutual respect for all human beings and all other creatures—an environment without ugliness, without poverty, without discrimination, without hunger and without war." Gaylord Nelson, Earth Day founder

The myth of the tortured artist is bullshit. You don't have to burn yourself out in the service of your writing. Art is FUN. Creativity is JOYFUL. Stories are vibrant and full of life and humanity and so should you be. Here's how writershq.co.uk/the-writers-...

academia trying to regulate the use of ai

we extended subs thru sunday! go go go!

Submissions open April 1st. Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Before submitting, please review our submissions guidelines at the link below: buff.ly/EZi2qpJ #writingcommunity #writersky #amwriting

56 years ago today: Relief at Mission Control as Apollo 13 astronauts return safely to Earth. 🧪🔭

Look everybody(over 60) it’s never too late!!!!!⏰

Not sure about the new Star Wars.

Edinburgh Royal Botanic Garden :) #moody #urbanphotography #photography #edinburgh #scotland

Britain is home to almost half of the world’s bluebells, found in ancient or semi-natural woodlands, flowering in April and May. 'Bluebell woods' by contemporary UK painter Susan Entwistle #WomensArt

My story, "Dolls and Action Figures" was published by Brilliant Flash Fiction! Huge thanks to them!

I wantttttt 🤤

“Always be a poet, even in prose.” Charles Baudelaire, born on this day in 1821

We are open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines. We're looking fwd to reading your words...

Scurvy grass (Cochlearia officinalis) blooming on the Cliffs of Moher. County Clare, Ireland. Cormacscoast.com walking tours

tail o' the pup, los angeles, california, 1981

🇪🇺🇺🇦 EU Ambassador to Ukraine Katarina Mathernova:   💬 “I love forests. I'm used to finding mushrooms or the first spring flowers there. This time I found a large piece of a Shahed drone. This is how war changes a country. This is the reality in Ukraine today.”

Results of our 2026 Writing Contest! brilliantflashfiction.com/2026/04/07/2...