#Monday and an idea from Douglas Adams, via Dirk Gently. #WritingCommunity #mentalhealth

Day 13 of Summer Love, a romance in 15 days. With the retreat deadline at hand, neither can think of an ending to their final draft! Even more, to declare their need for one another, they must be completely unabashed. Can they do both? The #vss365 #prompt for July 13. 2026 is #unabashed.

Day 12 of Summer Love, a romance in 15 days. They didn’t come on this retreat to fall in love, but here they are. Is there a future together? At least, they know for now, in the presence of the other, there is magnetism they cannot deny. The #vss365 #prompt for July 12, 2026 is #magnetism.

Day 11 of Summer Love, a romance in 15 days. In each other’s arms, they are home. But they realize if they truly want to keep each other, they must embrace their imperfections, face their fear, and take a risk on love. But can they? The #vss365 #prompt for July 11, 2026 is #embrace.

And so, I hear you ask, what is the #Friday advice from Doctor Number 4? Good question, 'tis here: "It is a dangerous thing to reform anyone." Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan. #WritingCommunity #DrWho #UKTV

#vss365 #poetry #surrealism #WritersOfBluesky we all carry thorns while imagination sleeps memories are like petals falling to the late summer floor lingering to your promise of a #rose when the sun sets shadows become your eyes- I sneak in, and whisper something about love

Day 10 of Summer Love, a romance in 15 days. Realizing the retreat is nothing without each other, one of them offers the other a rose, and a sweet note. Love has returned, but how can they keep the beauty of it and avoid the thorns? The #vss365 #prompt for July 10, 2026 is #rose.

#vss365 #poetry #surrealism #mentalhealth ‪ #WritersOfBluesky in the heat, the beat, the moment monumental, horizontal, burning aching tensions, soft whispers tingling skin that writhes within #frolic in wonder, let each limb wander time is no longer the governor of our night

Day 9 of Summer Love, a romance in 15 days. Drifting! Assigned new critique partners, our lovely couple spends less time together. Invited to recreate and frolic with others at the retreat, they cannot stop thinking about each other. The #vss365 #prompt for July 9, 2026 is #frolic.

If you wish to understand others you must intensify your own individualism. Oscar Wilde, The Critic as an Artist. #Advice #OscarWilde #WritingCommunity #ThePrisoner

Day 8 of Summer Love, a romance in 15 days. Something happens to trigger doubt. It’s just a summer thing, they think. Their desire for self-protection tells them this love may not be worth the risk. In their hearts, there is defiance. The #vss365 #prompt for July 8, 2026 is #defiance.

Wednesday's advice features Judi Bowker as the sacrifice to The Kraken. (1981, Clash of the Titans) "I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never any use to oneself." Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband. #Wednesday #OscarWilde #80sfilms

Advice #Tuesday - Oscar Wilde's advice to a young person who had been told that he must begin at the bottom,: "No, begin at the top and sit upon it." (In Conversation) #Advice #Quote #WritingCommunity

Day 7 of Summer Love, a romance in 15 days. First kiss! 💋 Feeling more secure in each other’s presence, their hearts become more revealing. By the light of a campfire, they share secrets of their past and find deep intimacy. The #vss365 #prompt for July 7, 2026 is #revealing.

#vss365 #poetry #surrealism #mentalhealth ‪ #WritersOfBluesky glass tears from from my sky the rain burns, and sends shards of the moon through my skin; #tenderly I wipe away the ash and learn to live once more; in time, I’m breathing open wounds.

And another book done. A collection of #JamesBond shorts, I particularly liked The Property of a Lady. And you get a scrambled egg recipe... what's not to love!! #Booksky 💙📚

Never buy a thing you don't want merely because it is dear. (Oscar Wilde, In Conversation) That will upset the advertisers. #Advice #Monday #Artists

Day 6 of Summer Love, a romance in 15 days. Summer could last forever, as the light in their eyes can testify. Even critiquing each other’s drafts has become a joy. Beginning to fall in love, our couple treats each other sweetly and tenderly. The #vss365 #prompt for July 6, 2026 is #tenderly.

A shaft of light at the Royal Albert Hall #BluskyArt #saturday #theatre

#Booksky 📚💙 A reread of this excellent account of a possible future. Written in the 1950's, it's quite scary how current it is and how we sleep walk into government control.

#vss365 #poetry #surrealism #WritersOfBluesky like the glass sea pondering a storm or a fallen sky, waiting for the dawn beguiling words #stunning as your eyes and slender tones dripping from your voice- we walk, lost in the moon, soaking in rain feeling as if nothing can touch us again

Day 3 of Summer Love, a romance in 15 days. Writers at the retreat swim in the mountain lake! By day or by moonlight - you decide! The attraction is palpable. In laughter and play, our couple finds each other stunning! The #vss365 #prompt for July 3, 2026 is #stunning.

#Friday #Life When the Gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers. (Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband) #Quote #WritingCommunity #80s

#vss365 #poetry #surrealism #mentalhealth ‪ #WritersOfBluesky since the beginning life has been estranged wrapping my fingers around words, prevent them from changing the world I see your mind clinging to a truth it hurts, at the final #appraisal burn walls down, figure out the next chapter

Day 2 of Summer Love, a romance in 15 days. The meet-cute! Our darling couple has met at the writers retreat! Eye contact sparks something beautiful. There is the initial appraisal of each other. And it is oh so good. ❤️ The #vss365 #prompt for July 2, 2026 is #appraisal.

#Thursday The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast. (Oscar Wilde, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime) #Quote #WritingCommunity #Life #Noir

#vss365 #poetry #surrealism #mentalhealth ‪ #WritersOfBluesky I belong in and out of this world at times, we merge, our dimensions tangle and life becomes illumination, days become years become whole lifetimes; and yet the end arrives in seconds. Always with #apprehension we say goodbye

Welcome to Day 1 of Summer Love, a romance in 15 days. Before our couple meets, they are frightened of getting hurt. Past wounds have created apprehension to love. Maybe going away on a writers retreat will be just the cure. The #vss365 #prompt for July 1 2026 is #apprehension.

Life is much to important a thing to ever talk seriously about it. (Oscar Wilde, Vera, or The Nihilists) #Life #WritingCommunity #Quote #OscarWilde #Wednesday

When one is in the town one amuses one's self. When one is in the country one amuses other people. (Oscar Wilde - The Importance of Being Earnest) #Quote #WritingCommunity #Tuesday #Avengers

Greetings #vss365 writers and readers. Honored to be your host from July 1st to July 15th. Prompts will drop 5AM GMT / 1AM EDT. Huge thanks to the man, the myth, and the legend @MikeRey192014.bsky.social for his stellar prompts and amazing effort as host. July brings the heat and a little romance! ❤️

Now watching, to celebrate its 39th anniversary. #jamesbond #films #movies #thelivingdaylights

One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead. (In Conversation) #OscarWilde #Monday #Life

#Filmsky 🎥 Foot still in ice. A good excuse for watching old classics. #Filmnoir

I can’t stop thinking about this poem from the Widow’s Bay finale 😭

I am in pain, stuck on a sofa, leg up in the air, ankle strapped to ice. This is my next four hours. #Filmsky 🎥📽️

#vss365 #poetry #surrealism #mentalhealth ‪ #WritersOfBluesky lying awake breathing into darkness waiting for the shadow to fade and seeing the #villain of time betraying me once more gifting me another day of lifeless existence pause the alarm shocks the world

Love is an Illusion. (Oscar Wilde) Waiting to be made real. (Me) #OscarWilde #Friday #Quote

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry. (In conversation) #OscarWilde #Thursday #Quote

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It is said that passion makes one think in a circle. (The Picture of Dorian Gray) Love is all around. #OscarWilde #Wednesday #Quote

#vss365 #poetry #surrealism #gameoflife‪ #WritersOfBluesky in the game of life we learn to love first, like music to see others in the lightest flame never to #pull away from the gravity of kindness. Love is all; it should never be taken by fools, and destroyed by narcissistic brain-farts

It's a noun! It's a verb! It's minty fresh! It's the #vss365 #prompt for today, Wednesday, June 24. It's #pull.

A kiss may ruin a human life. (A Woman of No Importance) How true that has been in my life #OscarWilde #Tuesday #Quote

#vss365 #poetry #surrealism #WritersOfBluesky Once we were talking about this, and that, and how you make me feel so beautiful and loved. A precious gem... Until, I was #defenestrated by you, taken for a flight and landed with aplomb like a bomb, into pillows.

Good Monday morning on this June 22! I'm just throwing this out there; but the #vss365 #prompt for today is #defenstrate. Looking forward to seeing what you all toss out there!

#Monday #OscarWilde #Quote #love I am not at all romantic. I am not old enough. I leave romance to my seniors. (An Ideal Husband)

This is brilliant.... #BookSky

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