Your weekend is not weird enough without Brainstoryum! Another show full of laughs, chin-stroking oddness, writing tips & publishing opportunities. Find a link to listen on your favourite podcast platform, or have a read of the transcription, here: annatizard.com/brainstoryum #writingcommunity

Phew! After some really frustrating technical probs during the week with my audio editing software, I FINALLY managed to get tomorrow's Brainstoryum episode sorted and ready for release. Such a relief! I am dancing like Mr Bean.

@seananmcguire.bsky.social Just read "Best in Show" in the Were- anthology, and you had me cackling. Thanks for brightening a dull lunchtime! 🥰

Nectar Sampling your honey, nectar sweetened from your overflowing cup, lips moistened on each drop tantalising tasted a treat, a torment, an addiction. Wanting more.

Happy birthday Shakespeare, on St George's Day 🙏🍾

This is wild! Can’t quite believe it :)

Writers - the Socks of Destiny need you! Can YOU come up with a story idea or scene (up to 250 words) based on: "the blood-curdling detective"?🤔 This randomised word combo is from the latest Brainstoryum. This #writingprompt is for anyone who'd like a read-out & a shout-out on the next show. 🤗✍️

Writers - the Socks of Destiny need you! Can YOU come up with a story idea or scene (up to 250 words) based on: "the blood-curdling detective"?🤔 This randomised word combo is from the latest Brainstoryum. This #writingprompt is for anyone who'd like a read-out & a shout-out on the next show. 🤗✍️

Excited to share with you tomorrow's Brainstoryum show! There's personal, #writinglife stuff, urban fantasy, weird story brainstorms using a 12-sided dice, and AMAZING short fiction from @rickandwrite.bsky.social E. Dennison, P. Benfield, the mysterious "HL" and @quantumfairy.bsky.social 🤗🫖✍️

Menopausal murderers bumping off bad guys. And Audrey.

To me, beds are just envelopes that mail you to your dreams.

It's nearly here! Don't miss the 103rd episode of Brainstoryum tomorrow. (Bookmark this! ⬇️) It's got #writingtips, uncontrollable chuckling, word games, publishing opportunities AND: Great writing from @kyleleewriter.bsky.social Adir E Golan, @quantumfairy.bsky.social & Elena Dennison Join in!

Calling all short story writers! On the Brainstoryum podcast I bring you: * a surrealist word game that generates prompts using YOUR word suggestions * writing tips & publishing opportunities! * Laughs, thoughts, tea drinking Then I roll a 12-sided dice to go deeper⬇️ annatizard.com/brainstoryum

ladies and gentlemen, and everyone in between after 18 months and 17,000 words we proudly present the 49th publication from the award winning food blogger: “thepoetofcuisine” “digital cicero” thepoetofcuisine.wordpress.com/2026/03/17/d...

#Author of dozens of titles in #scifi and #fantasy, work praised by literary profs and PhDs in science, by fans and reviewers around the world. Live in WA State, when not writing can usually be found on any one of a dozen northwest mountains. #sciencefiction #writer www.davidrbeshears.com

Anyone here enjoy writing fight scenes? Ever thrown in some comedy, or weird objects as weaponry? I want to hear from you. 👋 #writingcommmunity

Time for a writing prompt! Can you write a story, poem or idea (max 250 words) based on: "the powerful kitsune (fox spirit)" ? Let me read out & shout-out your creativity on the next Brainstoryum show. Bringing you laughter, prompts & publishing opportunities. 🥰✍️ Comment below or use profile 🔗

I want to hear from short story writers & poets! On the Brainstoryum podcast I bring you: * the surrealist game of Exquisite Corpse to create writing prompts based on YOUR word suggestions. Then I roll the dice to go deeper👀⬇️ * Laughs, tea drinking, writing tips & publishing opportunities!

#Please_don't_do_that,_it's_disgusting. I know dogs don't always do that with lusting, and for you it's just um, hygenic adjusting. But not here. Go to your bed for your justing. (Didn't want to put this one on my wall, it's disgusting.)

had we the choice we may have stayed stardust not even the sorrows nor shadows darkening the corners of mouths we dwell here inside the hours breathing before dawn for we are weary of hate and fear #micropoetry #poet #poetry #writerslife

What's your late winter look? 1. gloomy sweater witch 2. wistful library ghost 3. Muppet of ill repute 4. frazzled mossy shape

What’s on your mind? 1. Eastercon 2. Starry tiaras 3. Farting goblins 4. Unknown cities I keep dreaming about.

Happy Sunday #PoetsOfDoom It is my turn to set the challenge this week 😈 A short while ago the brilliant @brianbilston.bsky.social posted a list of first lines for poems he never wrote. I want all of you talented peeps out there to pick one (or more) and finish it any way you like.

It's here! Ep #102: Reasons Why Stories Get Rejected & Tips for Getting Them Published. Incls the usual: * amazing flash fiction * 3 rounds of Exquisite Corpse * Laughs, tea drinking & publishing opportunities! Play. Discover. Be discovered. Join the Brainstoryum! www.annatizard.com/brainstoryum

I want to hear from short story writers everywhere! On the Brainstoryum podcast I bring you: * the surrealist game of Exquisite Corpse to create writing prompts based on YOUR word suggestions. Then I roll the dice to go deeper👀⬇️ * Laughs, tea drinking, writing tips & publishing opportunities!

I’m a rhymer, a limerick drafter, A chronic light-poetry crafter. I’ve been labeled a “card,” And called “daft,” but not “bard.” What’s my target? Grins, giggles, and laughter. #DailyHaikuPrompt #Laughter #Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Poems #Writing

#AmpersandAfterDark /:\ Challenge 08 for March 11, 2026 Your piece may not use adverbs. #writingprompt #poetryprompt #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #writing #skywriters #blueskypoets

In 2026 I am all about sharing the wonder, connecting with other writers through my Brainstoryum podcast, and the wild, weird writing prompt game of Exquisite Corpse. Join me in this crazy journey called #writing, get tips, updates, shout-outs and more! Find out more about what I do: ⬇️

What's new in the Brainstoryum #podcast & what do YOU think? * Short story publishing call-outs * New webpage (coming soon!) to showcase YOUR stories * New categories of interpretation for the 2nd round of story brainstorms, delving deeper into the randomised #writing prompts👀⬇️

Technically, this is not free verse. Oops. :) Bare mattress, cracked pane Overdue notices in heat Hunger posing as romance Exile packaged for tourists Meaning warped by money Ink before steady pay Accident never, choice this is Nomad heart in the street #freeversefebruary #poetry #bohemian

Good grief, today was UNBELIEVABLY TEDIOUS. Anyone else?? The highlight of my day: misreading "sustainability goals" as "sustainability goats". 😆🤔 My brain desperately reaching for something more interesting... What does a sustainability goat look like, anyway?

What better way to begin this weekend then with our Writing Better Beginnings panel? Thanks to @hannafordjenny.bsky.social, @philspeculates.bsky.social, @alethearlyons.bsky.social and @annatizard.bsky.social! #writingcommunity #writingadvice #writerslife #writingcraft youtu.be/VCNa34-3-c8

Right, it is time for a new #writing prompt - if you would like your writing to be featured on the next (101st!) Brainstoryum show! Can you imagine a story (max 250 words) on: "the mirrored ifrit"? Either comment or use my "submit" page (see profile for 🔗) Full shout-out included. 🤗✍️

I love writing prompts, so I decided to create one that fits my style. Presenting #AmpersandAfterDark. Expect phrases, ideas, directions, even things not to do. New challenges drop Sundays & Wednesdays at 6am Pacific Time. #writingprompt #poetryprompt #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #writing

#AmpersandAfterDark /:\ Challenge 001 for Feb 15, 2026 Your piece must include two dogs and one parrot. The parrot must be a menace. #prompt #writingprompt #poetryprompt #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

The Big Indie Weekend runs between 20th and 22nd February - panels and live chats, plus daily giveaways and the launch of our Patreon. #writingcommunity #indieauthors #readingcommunity @hannafordjenny.bsky.social @alethearlyons.bsky.social @annatizard.bsky.social @philspeculates.bsky.social

layering textures significance into light seemingly lucid #haiku #upintheair ✈️ 🎭

As the Brainstoryum podcast for writers hits its 100th show, a big thank you to everyone who listens, shares and collaborates with me on this weird and wonderful journey we call inspiration. 🙏🥰✍️ annatizard.com/brainstoryum

I need to know... What's your favourite monster in fiction? Me: The Hollowgasts in The Peculiar Children series give me the heebie jeebies. (Didn't care for the movie, fairly obsessed with the books.) You? #WritingCommunity #Reading

Which one? Which one? #writingcommunity #podcast

I can't believe it was an item on BBC Radio 4 this evening that the sun came out "for a few minutes" in Aberdeen today. 🫢🤪 I mean, seriously? True, many of us Brits have forgotten what sunlight looks like by now, but they make it sound like yhe Scots haven't had any daylight since 2021.

At work, I'm corresponding with a company who keeps using a grocer's apostrophe (sets my teeth on edge!). They've now just mistyped "altercation" instead of "alteration". Steady on! 🫢😆

The next Big Indie Weekend takes place 20th to 22nd February on Spotlight Indie. Here's a rundown of the panel line up for day one: Friday 20th February #writingcommunity #writingcraft #indieauthors #authorevent #writersevent

ICYMI Fictive Dream is open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines... fictivedream.com/submission-g...

My enemy lives in the attic, his clogs a constant static I hide in my fancy’s basement, letting music rise and flow to blur the echo of the mind’s “I told you so.” #FreeVerseFebruary #enemy #writing #writingcommunity @daveashleypoet.bsky.social

wistful for lost love craving the many lost lives life never refunds love #Emoetry #Wistful #Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry

Right, folks! 24 hours left to be part of this. Write, folks! 😁✍️⚡️ #writingcommunity #vss

Whoop whoop! Getting ready for some real story magic as @madp03t.bsky.social writes for the next Brainstoryum...🥰✍️ (Which is the 100the episode, btw! 🤯) #vss #writing