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This weekend, I have written 652 words and slept for 36 hours straight 🫠 #MustHaveNeededIt

Just FYI, the technical term for this is “sploot”

Wow. Love this. This makes total sense to me!

My #RecentRead* #TheForestOfMissingGirls by #NichelleGiraldes *books I’ve really liked/loved

Please do donate if you possibly can, to support the incredible documentary #DanceOfIdentity. I know money is incredibly tight for most of us right now, but this film is one of the most powerful trans narratives I’ve ever seen and 💯 needs to be out there🙏 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/dance-of-i...

Read more books 😎 And.. #fdt

I did it *today*! Next scene written, 833 words. I think they are very, very bad words, but at least they exist on the page, and at least now I can have a nap. So there.

Reader, I did not do part a) “tomorrow“. Or today. I’m hoping to manage it *this* tomorrow. #BeenABitTired

Things are heating up for #LeedsWritingFestival in September, with new Book Doctors added to the line-up! I'll be there, talking about Villains, bwah hah hah! 📆Sat 5th Sept, 8:45– 5:50 🏁Leeds Trinity University, LS18 5HD 💰Tickets from £106 Full details & sign up: www.writersofthenorth.co.uk/events

I managed part b) I’ll do part a) tomorrow 😅

Advice from a small mouse. ‘If you are having a tough day and worrying, take a cuppa and sit outside a while and see the good things happening. Spring came, the birds are singing, the flowers say hello. Take a deep breath and plan for some kind action if needed’

A new interesting mix of short poems published in the wonderful @postcommunitynews.bsky.social with 45,000 copies around ​Stockport, Manchester, Salford, Trafford, Cheshire East and Bolton! Huge thanks to all the writers Have a great weekend #postnewspapers #poetrycorner #StockportPost

Okay, tomorrow is another writing day for me, yay! Plan is to a) write the next scene of my WIP (work in progress) b) make some very small editorial tweaks to my other WIP. Part of this work will be happening in the local pub with my local writing buddy 😊😊

Delighted to see this (especially as Dr Q is in my parents’ constituency!) Iris Duane (she/her) & Dr Q Manivannan (they/them) become first trans+ MSPs ❤️❤️❤️ “I am standing here as your MSP with care—a politics of care expands what is possible for everyone left behind, pushed out or never invited in.”

Me, in my head, on a good day.

Wrote some more of my other book today. Only 633 words, but I’m chugging forwards, and that feels good.

IF I FITS, I SITS!!!

So delighted to have a poem in Issue Three of the Bournemouth Journal, it features compelling poetry, stories, eye-artwork and a film script Congratulations to Gracie Jones, Hannah Hancock-Smith and Lorretta Balogun. thebournemouthjournal.com/issue-3/?fbc... @bmthwritingfest.bsky.social

Not too late—TOMORROW NIGHT! Fantastic evening of entertainment and fundraising for @transhistoryweek.com. Full detail details and links to tickets below! www.outsavvy.com/event/34852/...

These are all of the foods that I like that are available as emojis.🍎🍐🍋🍋‍🟩🍌🍉🍇🍓🫐🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥝🍅🥑🥦🥒🌶️🫑🌽🫒🧄🧅🥔🍠🥖🧀🥚🥞🧇🍟🍕🥪🌮🥗🫕🥫🍝🍜🥧🧁🍰🎂🍮🍫🍿🥜🥛🫖🍺🍹🍾

Nice Looking Woman Bit-Cringe Proposal

If folk do want to respond to this, it’s super easy and you can just select to respond to that one section. Just done it—took 5 minutes. Consultation here: digitalidconsultation.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/t/haveyoursa... #DigitalID

My #RecentRead* #IndependenceDay by #RichardFord *books I’ve really liked/loved

When you write a novel, you have to know so much stuff. Today I totally messed up. I wrote about how my characters owned a farm that was 8 acres in size. This is ridiculous. A normal farm is like 200 acres. WELL I DON’T KNOW I NEVER STUDIED GEOGRAPHY!

A little bit of bolognese in my life, A little bit of pesto on the side, A little puttanesca here I am, A little bit of this goes in the pan.

Rare footage of the #RainbowBridge our beloved pets crossover when they pass away 🥲🥲🥲

Just got asked for my fax number. Feeling so retro rn.

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Congratulations!!

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Okay, read the entire manuscript through again today and made a further few small tweaks. Only took me five hours. 🫠🫠🫠 Tomorrow I’ll transcribe those edits back onto the manuscript, and then I should finally be done! (For now.) Then I’ll send it back to my agent and it’s her problem for awhile 😆😆😆

Guys. I’m really sick of editing. “My bed looks lovely—dark and deep But I have editing to keep* And miles to go before I sleep And miles to go before I sleep.” *doing PS the first time I ever came across this Robert Frost poem was in a #SweetValleyHigh book, so there.

Call for input: #TransHealth 🙏🙏🙏 This consultation will shape future research priorities & open up new opportunities for ring-fenced NIHR funding. It’s funded by Gendered Intelligence and with over 800 responses, NHSE are starting to take notice —the more responses the greater the chance for impact.

My #RecentRead* #TheWitchInTheWell by @camillabruce.bsky.social *books I’ve really liked/loved

Hi folks, If you (or someone you know) is a clinician, researcher, or academic working in gender care, paediatrics, or related fields of healthcare, medicine, and science, please get in touch (DM). Might need your help with something re 🏳️‍⚧️ healthcare for our young folk. Thank you 🙏

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Yes. Please don’t do this to me.

I feel like I’ve been trying to articulate what’s been wrong my whole life, and this person just nailed it for me

Please do take part in this research if you are interested in able. Version of the flyer and alt text in the posts linked below in this thread

IT'S GONNA BE MAAAAAY The #WIPSnips word for May 1st is "chosen" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 3: You don't need an MA in Creative Writing to write. You don't need special software to write. You don't need online services to write. All you need is a notepad, a pen and the willingness to take time, make mistakes and learn.

I’VE MADE IT TO THE END!!! 🥳🥳🥳 All I have to do now is read the whole damn thing through again 🫠🫠🫠🫠 I’m hoping to do that on Sunday, and then be ready to send it back to my lovely agent on Monday. Right now though, I’m gonna go to lie outside in the sun!

Please do share, and write if you can 🙏🙏🙏

Today’s Horror Book Review! www.uncomfortablydark.com/post/04-28-2...

Whenever Ellie and I have been out and we are driving home, we cup our hands to our mouths and shout “hold on, Mimi, we’re coming!!” Obviously, she can’t hear us, but of course she can hear us 😊