"Your wish is granted" on January 11th. I'm ready to be frazzled. Are you?

Very excited to be part of this issue - and reading all the other stories and pieces. Thanks again, @frazzledlit.bsky.social

My very first published CNF will be coming out in this issue. Very much looking forward to reading all the work! Watch out for it January 11th!

Here's the back cover for Issue 4 of Frazzled Lit @frazzledlit.bsky.social with the full list of our amazing contributors. Issue 4 lands on Sunday, January 11th, and it is going to be MEGA!

The wonderful writer and all round lovely person @jmcm.bsky.social needs to raise money for a new laptop - she gives so generously to the writing community in Ireland, please support her with a small donation or by sharing ❤️ gofund.me/365b21652

Front cover of Issue 4 of Frazzled Lit @frazzledlit.bsky.social. We'll be launching the issue in nine days time, on the morning of January 11th, and boy, is it going to be a great issue! Back cover coming tomorrow!

Our last Frazzled Lit @frazzledlit.bsky.social post for this year is a roundup of some of our favourite craft pieces from 2025! Warning: this post may contain robots! www.frazzledlit.com/p/getting-cr...

Got my very first Goodreads review for In the Desert (out 3-3-26) and it's a beauty. Many thanks to @jmcm.bsky.social !

Before we take a couple of days off to celebrate Christmas, Laura @lozzawriting.bsky.social and I want to spread some seasonal cheer with a festive @frazzledlit.bsky.social post. Featuring new poetry from Emily Cullen and Laura, and a flash fiction from me. www.frazzledlit.com/p/festive-fr...

So honoured to find myself on @frazzledlit.bsky.social 's Audio Roundup 2025! Many thanks to @jmcm.bsky.social and @lozzawriting.bsky.social for this! www.frazzledlit.com/p/the-frazzl...

At Frazzled Lit @frazzledlit.bsky.social, we’re celebrating the end of our second successful year in acoustic style, by posting twelve of our favourite readings from Issues 1-3. Go, listen, and give your ears a treat! www.frazzledlit.com/p/the-frazzl...

What a delightful early xmas present to be #9 on the great editors list of the Chill Subs Best Litmag Awards. Thanks to Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social for running this and @jmcm.bsky.social for running this thing with me!

Wow! Frazzled Lit, Laura and I, made it to No. 9 in the Chill Subs Great Editor(s) - Best Lit Mags Award 2025! We are so grateful to everyone who voted for us, and believes in what we're doing - thank you! www.chillsubs.com/lists/great-...

In today's Frazzled Lit @frazzledlit.bsky.social craft post, I briefly muse about style, failure, and developing our own unique writing style. www.frazzledlit.com/p/youve-got-...

I’m excited to announce that I’ll have a flash piece published in the upcoming issue of @frazzledlit.bsky.social. Thanks @jmcm.bsky.social for believing in it and for the lovely acceptance. I can’t wait to read the issue!

Today is the last day to vote in the @chillsubs Best Lit Mags Award 2025. I wouldn't dream of telling you who you should vote for, but @frazzledlit.bsky.social would be a super choice! It takes around 5 seconds to cast your vote, so go on, do it already! www.frazzledlit.com/p/you-guys-l...

Teamwork, that's what me and Laura have. Frazzled Lit works because we work so well together. Dream team, @lozzawriting.bsky.social, that's what we are!

Absolutely thrilled that my very 1st piece of CNF has been accepted by the good folk at @frazzledlit.bsky.social & will be published in Jan 2026. I've been so embroiled with noveling and editing that I had no short work published in all of 2025. Looking forward to sharing this piece with you all!

Delighted to have 3 pieces (flash fiction/short story/CNF) coming soon in @frazzledlit.bsky.social Issue 4. Thank you @jmcm.bsky.social 🥰

This morning, I'll be sending out all responses to submissions for Issue 4 of @frazzledlit.bsky.social Frazzled Lit. Of necessity, there'll be rejections, but please don't be disheartened if you receive one. Read my article about rejections at the link below. www.frazzledlit.com/p/however-on...

This is a gentle reminder to cast your vote in the Chill Subs Best Lit Mags 2025 poll. And hey, it'd be sweet if you voted for @frazzledlit.bsky.social Frazzled Lit! www.frazzledlit.com/p/you-guys-l...

We'll be sending out all responses to submissions for Issue 4 of Frazzled Lit @frazzledlit.bsky.social on Saturday 6th December. And yes, it will be me pushing the Big Red Button, same as usual!

In today's rather frank Frazzled Lit @frazzledlit.bsky.social post, I consider the importance of taking risks with our work, and writing about what makes us uncomfortable. www.frazzledlit.com/p/lets-talk-...

You dont have to vote for us, but we'd love it if you did! @kerrybyrne.bsky.social @paulwritespoems.bsky.social @poetval.bsky.social @louloumach.bsky.social @jmcm.bsky.social

In today's Frazzled Lit @frazzledlit.bsky.social post, I reflect on what for me feels like a major turning point in my literary career. And it all happened in Doolin! www.frazzledlit.com/p/i-fell-in-...

I have an interesting new post up on Into The Workshop, in which I attempt to arrive at a definition of story. www.intotheworkshop.com/p/once-upon-...

Me performing and acting as MC, one of three, at our Open Mic night at the @unioflimerick.bsky.social Creative Writing Winter School in Doolin this week! What an incredible experience!

I have a new post up on Into The Workshop, about the role faith might play in the novel Angel Fall! www.intotheworkshop.com/p/a-matter-o...

I'm over the moon to announce that my novellete Athena's Shadow will be published by Tir Literary Magazine @tirmag.org in early 2026, along with an audio version of it! I love this story and couldn't be happier to see it getting out into the world in this form!

Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain 🌧️☂️☂️🌧️🌧️☔️

In today's Frazzled Lit @frazzledlit.bsky.social craft post, I get all spiritual about my neurofunky brain! www.frazzledlit.com/p/resistance...

Jennifer’s articles are very practical and insightful. It’s always good in a busy life to stop and think.

In this morning's @frazzledlitmag craft post, I ponder this writing life, its joys and complications, and the value of community. www.frazzledlit.com/p/busy-busy-...

We're nearly down to the wire for submissions of short stories, CNF, flash and poetry for Issue 4 of @frazzledlit.bsky.social. Closes at midnight GMT tomorrow, so get those pieces in! www.frazzledlit.com/p/come-on-in...

Another craft post from Jennifer. @jmcm.bsky.social. Some more useful free advice from this supportive EIC.

In this week's Frazzled Lit @frazzledlit.bsky.social craft post, I consider meaning-making, who makes it and why it's important. www.frazzledlit.com/p/listen-up-...

Continuing on from my last post on Into The Workshop, I look at the meaning of angels in Scar's strange world, and the legend of the fall. www.intotheworkshop.com/p/a-time-of-...

We’re super excited about Jennifer’s story, and can’t wait to keep reading! Submissions are open through Dec 7; submit your work and join the excellent innovative fiction we’ve begun to receive for this contest. All entries get a digital issue and a month of @chillsubs.bsky.social membership!

I'm delighted that one of my all-time favourite stories has made the shortlist for the 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration, run by those lovely people over at L'Esprit Literary Review @lespritlit.bsky.social. Couldn't be happier!

I've spent the last 2 days catching up on the wonderful CNF pieces we've received for Issue 4 of @frazzledlit.bsky.social. It's truly an honour to bear witness to so many personal stories of struggle and crisis, so I want you to know that we SEE and APPRECIATE you, and are grateful for your trust ❤️‍🔥

Our readers and EICs are really loving the work you are sending us! Keep the words coming till 31st October! @kerrybyrne.bsky.social @paulwritespoems.bsky.social @louloumach.bsky.social @valpoet.bsky.social @jmcm.bsky.social @lozzawriting.bsky.social www.frazzledlit.com/p/meet-the-t...

My new project, INTO THE WORKSHOP, is live this morning! Check out the first post at the link below, and please subscribe to keep up with the latest developments! www.intotheworkshop.com/p/in-the-beg...

Some CNF advice from our @jmcm.bsky.social , @frazzledlit.bsky.social Well worth a read if you're planning to submit to us before the end of the month!

In today's post from @frazzledlit.bsky.social, I talk about what we look for in creative non-fiction submissions. We are open for FREE submissions of CNF, short stories, flash fiction and poetry until the end of the month! www.frazzledlit.com/p/the-true-c...

Writer @jmcm.bsky.social gives such generous support to the writing community in Ireland, through Frazzled Lit & the creative community sessions she organises - please consider supporting her in raising the funds she needs for a learning opportunity gofund.me/6663f9001

I could use your help with my fundraiser on GoFundMe, to help me get to the University of Limerick Creative Writing Winter School this November. Please share, support, or donate – every small action counts. gofund.me/cfd271c79

I did a wee video message to celebrate the first anniversary of the publication of Issue 1 of @frazzledlit.bsky.social! Check it out at: www.frazzledlit.com/p/we-are-one...

In our next post about what we look for in submissions to @frazzledlit.bsky.social, I consider the elements of good flash fiction, with reference to the wise words of @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social! www.frazzledlit.com/p/zap-me-baby

Submissions to Issue 4 of @frazzledlit.bsky.social are now OPEN for the whole of October! www.frazzledlit.com/p/come-on-in...

I'm delighted to announce the @frazzledlit.bsky.social nominations for #BOTN 2026! It's a real honour to get to choose these pieces, so a big THANK YOU to all of our contributors! www.frazzledlit.com/p/best-of-th...