Morning all! Another day with our lovely grandson but I'm hoping he'll have a nap this afternoon so we can watch Fery play. I love the Wimbledon fortnight. Are there times in your year when you'd willing give up writing to pursue another interest?

The first issue of @nervetowrite.bsky.social was featured in @clmporg.bsky.social's Disability Pride Reading List! I’m thrilled to have our inaugural issue recognized and to have an interview about our mission featured this month! www.clmp.org/news/member-...

Thank you, @trashcatlit.bsky.social! I'm so happy you and my story found each other. #WritingCommunity #ShortStories #BookSky

Working on a novel? This free online workshop looks good, 17:30 BST. Let us know if you end up trying it! prodigious-inventor-6525.kit.com/39df1923b6

This week I'm catching up on printed literary magazines including @mslexia.bsky.social. What are your recommendations? Online I've had great experiences both as a reader and writer with @trashcatlit.bsky.social, Funny Pearls and The Phare. #BookSky #WritingCommunity

For Edinburgh-area writers, here's a Flash Fiction workshop coming up in 3 weeks! How short and sharp can you make your stories? #WritingCommunity #FlashFiction #ShortStories #BookSky scotportrait.wufoo.com/forms/m174ws...

With the week coming to a close, how did your writing and other endeavours go? Any successes, of any magnitude, to share with us? #WritingCommunity

This magazine is awesome, and I managed to get published in it! Follow the link for my story, The Flora of the Dead: a Triptych about growing in dark and damp places.

Hello #WomenWriters and #WritingCommunity, this week it's @nastasyaparker.bsky.social hosting the channel from Gloucestershire, UK. It seems a busy time of year for us writers: festivals, competitions, summer publications. What's happening for you this week?

'inspiration is the subconscious mind responding to a purpose set by the conscious mind.' Bit of #MondayMotivation regarding how our conscious and subconscious work together in the writing process. #WritingCommunity #BookSky booksbywomen.org/writing-and-...

Q3 Most of these stories have women protagonists, and they're so incredibly diverse, with some hiding streaks of unpleasantness. How do you handle writing flawed characters? #WomenWritersNet #AuthorInterview @ainegreaney.bsky.social

Welcome to our #WomenWritersNet #AuthorInterview series. Today, we are chatting with @ainegreaney.bsky.social , author of the Cape Cod-based short story collection, Trespassers.

Q1 Hi, Aine. We're so pleased that you've joined us for a #WomenWritersNet #AuthorInterview tonight. To get started, can you tell us about yourself and your writing career to date? @ainegreaney.bsky.social

Q2 Trespassers, your latest book, is a volume of 11 short stories. How would you sum up their similarities, and were you aiming for an element of connectivity between all of them? #WomenWritersNet #AuthorInterview @ainegreaney.bsky.social

"How do you find the most suitable outfit, or market for your work? Is there an easy way that I don’t know about?", asks @nastasyaparker.bsky.social. Congratulations, Tia, on having your #shortstory accepted for publication!

The recent event at the Terranova bookshop in Lucerne was among those I’ve enjoyed the most, out of all my readings from 'That Summer in Puglia'. I’ve been reflecting on what made it so special for me. Here, some thoughts: valeriavescina.com/2026/06/25/t... #puglia #literature #fiction #switzerland

#WritingCommunity This evening, 6 pm BST, is our #AuthorInterview with @ainegreaney.bsky.social Her short story collection takes place largely on the beaches of Cape Cod, or in Ireland. What better way to cool off than plunging into a bit of craft discussion? Join in on #WomenWritersNet

Not feeling like waving an American flag this 4th of July? Same. Join us for THE ANTI-FASCIST WRITE-ATHON On Zoom or in person at BOLD Coffee & Books in Portland. Register today! bit.ly/AFWa Share this, and USE YOUR VOICE TO FIGHT FASCISM WHILE YOU STILL CAN!

Why must it be so hard to find the right dress for a very special event, and the right magazine for a slightly dark little tale? Maybe to make the success feel that much sweeter. Read about my misadventures, here: nastasyaparker.com/the-writing-... #WritingCommunity #WomenWriters

I'm so excited to have a story in this absolute gem of a magazine. You don't have to wait till July 1st, either. Past issues available on the website! #BookSky #WritingCommunity #ShortStories

Happy heatwave if your having one! Hit us up with your sunny day reading list! #WomenWritersNet #amreading We will start with @annehamilton.bsky.social #LettersFromElena - so you can run away to Cyprus with April.

Join us on Thursday 25th June 6pm BST for our next #AuthorInterview. We will be talking with @ainegreaney.bsky.social about her upcoming short story collection Trespassers.

Writing on the go can happen in many ways: A mini notebook and a pen or a voice to text app have traditionally been my go to; but I now I’ve discovered Bluetooth keyboards - thus turning my phone into a laptop! Do you have any high or low tech tips to keep writing away from your computer? #amwriting

Still spaces available to join @sandybennett-haber.bsky.social in Edinburgh tomorrow.

This is me @annehamilton.bsky.social signing off as this week's #WomenWritersNet host. Thanks for the #skychat, everyone. It's been another great week - with more to come! Stay tuned for our next #AuthorInterview with Áine Greaney

The time just flies during #WomenWritersNet #SkyChats! Thank you to everyone who came today and shared their insightful responses! Also, many thanks to my marvelous co-host, @nastasyaparker.bsky.social, and the @womenwritersnet.bsky.social team for putting today's chat together!

Q6 Which women writers inspired you to pursue this path? #WomenWritersNet

Q5 What writing/publishing-adjacent activities does your writing practice include? #WomenWritersNet

Q3 How does the reality of writing compare to your expectations? #WomenWritersNet

Welcome to Women Writers Chat! Please use the hashtag #WomenWritersNet in each of your posts so everyone can see your contributions.

Q1 Did you always plan to be a writer or did you switch to writing from another career/role? How did you make it happen? #WomenWritersNet

We'll ask questions labelled Q1, Q2. Please answer using A1, A2. Be sure to make friends and keep chatting afterwards! #WomenWritersNet

We're about 15 minutes away from another fun and informative #WomenWritersNet chat, with myself and amazing @nastasyaparker.bsky.social hosting! We're looking forward to hearing your thoughts on #Writing as a Second/Parallel Career. #WritersLife

Only 20 minutes to go till our @womenwritersnet.bsky.social #SkyChat about Writing as a Parallel or Second Career! Come join us! Meet and discuss with fellow #WomenWriters! #Writing Community #AmWriting #WomenWritersNet

It’s TODAY The #WomenWritersNet #SkyChat we’ve been waiting for! At 6 pm BST here on @womenwritersnet.bsky.social Topic: Writing as a Parallel or 2nd Career. Join us! @lilydunn.bsky.social @louiseduckling.bsky.social @luluallison.bsky.social @moschoenfeld.bsky.social @ncashmanfiction.bsky.social

Here it is: the final installment of our @breakthroughbook.bsky.social tag-team-tale project. It was fun to write one chapter each of Xandy’s story. substack.com/@breakthroug...

Huge congratulations to the brilliant writer (and my friend!) @marybutler321.bsky.social from #WomenWritersNet Mary has just got her first book deal and it's for a whopping three novels from @poolbeg.bsky.social Watch this space! Well done & well-deserved, Mary 😍

TOMORROW 6 pm BST/GMT: our @womenwritersnet.bsky.social #SkyChat on Writing as a Parallel or Second Career. Come and support fellow #WomenWriters! #writing #WritingTips #WritingCommunity #WomenWritersNet @joannahastings.bsky.social @jolloyds.bsky.social @kathleengjones.bsky.social

There's still time to consider a UK-based writing holiday this summer - look at www.swanwickwritersschool.org.uk Friendly. All-inclusive. Packed programme... #writingcommunity #writingretreats

Have you managed to organise a workable writing life #WomenWritersNet? Or are you grabbing minutes here and hours there? Join our #writerschat this Thursday at 6pm BST to talk about our writing careers

Come and join us next week for our monthly @womenwritersnet.bsky.social #skychat!

All I want for Pride is to finally have my Bigolas Dickolas moment and sell 25,000 books because of a viral post But really, I'll be happy with even one new person buying & reading my sapphic gothic horror novel

The Authors Guild are in partnership with an AI Licensing company. They're trying to funnel members to this company in the guise of 'earning more' from their books. But even if an author is paid for a 3 year licence, their books are in the meat grinder for good. There's no way to extract titles.

Here’s the fourth installment of the story that ten of us had such fun writing - one chapter each, and the one below happens to be the one from me… substack.com/@breakthroug... #booksky @breakthroughbook.bsky.social

We’re excited and proud to announce Not a Pipe Publishing will be at Portland Pride this July 18-19! Come see us at Booth 9. Can’t wait (or can’t make it to Portland)? Get WRITTEN WITH PRIDE or our other great books/poetry collections/merch at notapipestore.com

Happy #Caturday from Obie, who likes to live it up with bags for life. #WritingCommunity

And I have a website rozmorris.org #womenwritersnet

My newsletter tinyurl.com/rozmorriswri... - every month I share an essay or two about time, place and slow living, my adventures as a writer and editor, and as a trainer of a worried Irish horse. #womenwritersnet

Q6 Where can we find out more about you and your writing projects? @rozmorris.bsky.social #WomenWritersNet #AuthorInterview

Q5 You have published novels, memoirs and books about the writing craft. Which of these came first? @rozmorris.bsky.social #WomenWritersNet #AuthorInterview