Doing my one office (WFH)/non fieldwork day per week today and wondering how I ever managed this all week and how I will ever manage it again when I inevitably have to leave this job hot damn

How your email finds me.

Me finishing a story: you know what I'm kinda of proud of that, that's okay you know Me revising a story: this is a steaming pile of dog shite why did I ever think this was acceptable to send out And round and round we go

I saw a dog in a lion ruff on the beach yesterday and that brought me great joy

I know I said I hate short form videos, but I am making an exception for this cinema.

Started a new job, mostly outdoors, with the most training I have ever had to do for a job on the back of a pretty bad mental health episode and I am so tired my brain is trying to escape through my eyes. Safe to say no writing has been done

Thank you for contacting the void. How may we direct your scream?

Don't enter this. You'll lose all rights to your story. Period. Competitions like this need to be called out, so they learn their good reputation shouldn't be used to steal the bread from writers' mouths. And that we're not all clueless rubes waiting to be taken advantage of.

Have two weeks between ending my old job and starting my new one which was gonna be great writing time then came down with the winter bug to beat all winter bugs and now have to sleep sitting up to avoid coughing up my insides. Weirdly enough not feeling inspired

Hard to know what to say watching the recent news from the US from the UK except that in the midst of truly horrifying cruelty and hatred I've seen so many stories of people coming together to fight for each other and care for their communities and that is incredible

New writing routine is: wake up a bit early to write, struggle to wake up, open computer and stare at scrivener, run out of time and have to get ready for work 😂 gah

Every time I have a long train journey I think I'll get loads of writing done and then inevitably don't because it's cramped and there are people near me which apparently turns off my creative mind entirely but I did manage 4 handwritten pages in an 8 hour journey. Unsure if that's a win

This is the ass of a killer bella

SCAM ALERT – IMPORTANT The cat has already been fed.

I've managed roughly four sentences of writing and three submissions this week and got a couple of rejections which have felt particularly rough on top of a week of ✨anxiety✨. Petition to restart the year in Feb?

Any hot tips for re-sparking creativity after a patch of anxiety or depression? Stick em below because I'm guessing it's not just me that struggles to pull myself back to a creative headspace #writer #sff #mentalhealth

In a world where hate-filled freaks never stop shrieking it's easy to forget that normal people are like this. And it's so wonderful.

There's only a few tickets left for this! Come drink cider and hear about magic and witchcraft with yours truly 😊 🍎 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-histor...

First two reads of the year (both half finished): The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by Malka Older on audiobook. This series has been such a nice easy, comforting one for me and is perfect in the little mental health blip I'm having and has been getting me through the last week.

Why do people get so hyped about starting new things in January. It’s the middle of the cold season. Go hibernate.

I said I finished a story all proud of myself and my dad thought I had finished my novel and got excited and I had to tell him I have not in fact finished that which kinda cut the finished story high short BUT I finished something I think shoes growth so time to get rejected some more!

Oooof

I got to read an early iteration of this story and immediately knew it was something special. Another one by my powerhouse of a friend Anna Clark. Go read it you won't regret it. #newstory #shortstory #sff

What we loved about: “Alfred and the Court of the Giant Cormoran” by E.J. Wilde is a lovely story about friendship and healing, with some cool magic thrown in too. Bio: @ejwilde.bsky.social (she/her) is a speculative fiction writer from Cornwall

A love letter to public libraries: I'm in a new town waiting for my girlfriend to finish work. I have three bags I need to finish work too. The public library here is beautiful and has a community area and computer area both in solid use and loads of books and a free coffee machine ❤️ more of this!

I would have said nothing tanks your ability to write like the looming end of a six month contract and the depressing cycle of applications and rejections and then I added antidepressant withdrawals (brain zaps, parathesia and mood swings anyone?) to the mix 😂

FYI for writers using Gmail to go to settings and turn off smart features to prevent them using your emails and attachments for AI training

Please give me an unironic list of things that have gotten better over the last ten years because I’m spiraling. I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.

So say we all!

Not a single part of my journey today has gone right lol. By the time I eventually get home it will have taken me approximately 14 hours to get from mid Wales to Cornwall. Thank you traffic and the British railways

Any time Tories start blaming Labour for the wretched state of *insert topic of the day*, it's crucial we recall who got us here with 14 years of cuts and privatisation, wrecking public services and social support systems. (Many other valid reasons to criticise the current government are available)

Where do you guys go for sff reviews? Both shorts and novels #sff #sciencefiction #fantasy #booksky #reading

Oooo, this one rings a bell for those of us still looking for ourselves. Be careful, it may leave you cackling at the end. Wonderful piece by @annaclark.bsky.social in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/article/no-l... #speculative #flashfiction #shortstory #specfic

My wonderful friend @annaclark.bsky.social smashed it out of the park again. Go have a fun quick read about a personality vacuum: www.flashfictiononline.com/article/no-l... #shortfiction #flashfiction #shortstory #fantasy #sff #fantasyfiction

Every TERF is like 'birds and bees, it's easy, folks' and (almost) every scientist actually working on questions of sex is like 'oof guys, what can I tell you, I have been working on this question for 52 years, and frankly, I know less and less every year' theconversation.com/world-athlet...

Screaming into an echo chamber I know but I beg people to remember the value of human thought, creativity, and connection, and deep and slow analysis. This has inherent value. Even if gen AI could effectively replace these (it can't right now) it SHOULDN'T. For me that that's almost more important

Just came across this and my God yes. I'm slowly getting back into exercise after ME and weights are my favourite. I'm not super strong yet but God I love it. I want to be STRONG and I am aiming to cultivate the attitude Delilah has here (although I'm not there yet, I will be)

Zuckerberg farted out some nonsense today, and since most media outlets refuse to report critically any time a tech CEO offers them some a pseudoserious press release, I've decided to do it for them. sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/7/30/how-to-read-an-ai-press-release

Looking for book recs contemporary fantasy (or similar types of sci-fi or even horror) that's preferably not uber sexist and not heavy on the 'I'm such a sarcastic badass voice'. Romance is fine but I'm not looking specifically for romance. Not YA #bookrecommendations #fantasy #contemporaryfantasy

One of my mum's swimming friends in her 70s absolutely rocks her bikini for her daily swims (year round, waves or no waves). I, a much younger human, consider her a badass icon and think she looks fabulous. Every time I see an older woman defy this bullshit it warms my heart and gives me hope

As someone actually trained in behavioural psychology—unlike most MPs—I can tell you: financial precarity doesn’t “incentivise” sick people to work. It breaks them. Stress worsens health. Fear doesn’t create productivity. It creates collapse. #TakingThePIP

Cowabunga Dude! 🤙 #tmnt

Just accidentally deleted my old post about this while trying to re-share (don't post tired folks) so here it is again in case anyone wants to take a look. I have a story in this lovely magazine about grief, faeries and friendship and it's in some fab company. #shortstory #fantasy #sff

I’m like 3 minor inconveniences away from throwing my phone in a lake and becoming a folklore creature

7 years later and I still whisper, “We’re disabled, Daniel, not werewolves” to myself like a sacred mantra whenever I see a non-disabled person discover ableism like it’s the latest hipster indie band.

Both thrilled to realize I've written almost 90,000 words on my novel draft and horrified to realize how little of my plot I've got through in those words. Send help #writer #amwriting #writersky #fantasywriter

Caribbean Reef Octopus 🐙 made from clay and paint 🎨 #Art #ArtYear #ArtGallery #BSNM #Sculpture #Octopus 🦑🐡

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