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Ink Sweat & Tears
16 days ago
Welcome to National Poetry Day! Today we have four poets - Elena Brake, Eleanor Holmes, John Mole, Karen Downs-Barton - with different takes on this year's theme: Play.
inksweatandtears.co.uk/play-for-nat...
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#NationaPoetryDay
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Julia Webb
21 days ago
Just a reminder that the Cafe Writers International poetry competition is open. Our wonderful (sole) judge this year is Jessica Mookherjee. Top prize is ÂŁ1000
www.cafewriters.co.uk/home/poetry-...
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Poetry Competition | Cafe Writers
https://www.cafewriters.co.uk/home/poetry-competition/
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Emma Mitchell
about 1 month ago
My Etsy shop's now open for my 5 sets of greetings cards:spring,summer,autumn,nature/botanical collections & tiny posies.I post to the US now too I create each of my photos using recent neuroscientific research-looking at them shifts your brain away from fight or flight:
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2 months ago
Bath Novella In flash 2026 Award open for entries till Oct 31st. All 2025 Nifs up for sale on Amazon as well as ad hoc fiction
www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/08/nove...
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Novella-in-flash news!
Our 2026 Novella in Flash Award, judged by me, Jude Higgins, is now open for entries until 31st October 2025. Results out in January 2026. For novellas-in-flash in between 6000 and 18000 words. FirâŚ
https://www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/08/novella-in-flash-news/
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Amy Barnes
3 months ago
In May, I made a phone note: swarm of lavender bees. I carried the bees until Kathy Fish's summer immersive when "Lavender Bees, Dilly Dilly" was born đThank you to the
@themerseyreview.bsky.social
editors for seeing something in my purple micro fiction haze.
www.themerseyreview.com/issues/7/lav...
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Nuala O'Connor
2 months ago
đ New poem đ I have a new poem in the
#quare_eire
anthology. A prose poem about autism and awkwardness, two things that are forever to the forefront for me. Thanks to editor Dr Lauren Cassidy for selecting my piece.
@laurencassidy.bsky.social
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Matt Kendrick
3 months ago
**OPEN FOR BOOKINGS** My Autumn series of workshops includes: Story Shapes (7th Oct 7pm BST OR 11th Oct 9am BST) Emotional Depths (3rd Nov 7pm GMT) Funny Bones (2nd Dec 7pm GMT OR 6th Dec 9am GMT) Pay-what-you-can pricing. Details in thread below:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-workshops
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WBTL Live Workshops
https://www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-workshops
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Tom Freeman
3 months ago
Happy 15th anniversary of the peak achievement of literary criticism, to all who celebrate
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Kit de Waal
3 months ago
Amazing opportunity to win ÂŁ75,000 for your idea for a book. You get help to write it with a writing course and you only need 1500 words of your idea. Details in link. Please share :)
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Prize | The Novelry
Enter The Next Big Story prize at The Novelry for a chance to win $100,000 (ÂŁ75,000 U.K.). Eight shortlisted entrants will receive The Finished Novel Course. Opens May 1, 2025. Closes July 31, 2025. T...
https://www.thenovelry.com/prize
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Dr Jay Watts
3 months ago
As someone actually trained in behavioural psychologyâunlike most MPsâI can tell you: financial precarity doesnât âincentiviseâ sick people to work. It breaks them. Stress worsens health. Fear doesnât create productivity. It creates collapse.
#TakingThePIP
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Matt Kendrick
4 months ago
This is such a wonderful, creative piece with an unexpected shift in the middle. If you've not previously read this, definitely worth a minute of your time đ
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National Flash Fiction Day
4 months ago
The Write-In: The Write-In 2025: The Complete List
#nffd2025
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The Write-In 2025: The Complete List
2025 Prompts *  NFFD 2025 Prompt #1: Two Seasons *  NFFD 2025 Prompt #2: Hunting Season *  NFFD 2025 Prompt #3: Seasons of Love *  NFFD 2025 Prompt #4: Off Season *  NFFD 2025 Prompt #5: Open Season   2025 Responses * 'A Misunderstanding' by Liz Barclay * 'The Season of Balsam Flower Dyeing' by Heain Joung * 'Riches' by Emily Macdonald * 'If it Ain't Right, it Must Be Left' by Lisa H. Owens * 'Diary Entries from 2025' by Mina Otsuka * 'Seven-Foot Bicentenarian Yearns for his Ticker' by David Lewis * 'The Price of Bread' by Jane Claire Jackson * 'Mr September through December. Mr January to March' by Karen Walker * 'Finding Fire' by Alice Monro * 'Old Spice' by Rachel Burrows * 'Cocktails at the end of the world hotel' by Jack Morris * 'All The Warm Things' by Chloe Paige * 'From way back in 1970' by Karen Walker * 'One Resort, Two Seasons' by Jane Claire Jackson * 'Maze' by Abida Akram * 'Lonely No More' by Jean Feingold * 'A nimble light' by Mizuki Yamagen * 'Bright, Stubborn Things' by Cate McGowan * 'Big Game Hunter' by Scott MacLeod * 'Skin Flicks, Voted Best Tattoo Parlor in Town' by Debra A. Daniel * 'A pocketful of quiet' by Alice Monro * 'Scar Tissue' by Melissa Flores Anderson * 'Yes Yes Yes' by Sarah Freligh * 'Time flies' by Scott MacLeod * 'Dressed for the weather' by Melissa Flores Anderson * 'Two seasons' by Maria Sanger * 'The day of the cats' by Jules Goodlet-Rowley * 'All the way' by Jeremy Boyce * 'Isaac Newton saw an apple fall' by Jack Morris * 'Gower Street Bookshop closes at 9pm' by Judy Darley * 'Wisdom in a Teacup' by Faye Brinsmead * 'Papas and Beers' by Melissa Flores Anderson * 'A Hucksterâs How-To of Hustling Gulls' by Jude Potts * 'Skipped' by Bailey Scroggins * 'To The Person Who Kept My Amazon Package' by Suzanne Hicks * 'Sealed Envelopes' by Allison Renner * 'Not Based on a True Story' by Lucienne Cummings * 'Down and Up' by Michael Pettit * 'A Nimby Fails to Console Himself with Fake Flowers from Ikea' by D. X. Lewis * 'Scuppered' by Emily Macdonald * 'Purchase Partners with One Year Warranty' by Marzia Rahman * 'She Was No Wellspring of Ideas' by Sravanthi Challapalli * 'Cake Walk' by Scott MacLeod * 'Home' by Jackie Hales * 'Calida and Frigida' by Lucienne Cummings * 'Tis the season of not asking him his name' by Roopa Raveendra * 'Claude' by Cate McGowan * 'Fiat Lux' by Willow Woo * 'A Hunt Reaches a Climax' by Sravanthi Challapalli * 'The Last Poppy' by Jackie Hales * 'Rainbow Road' by Alice Monro * 'You, Change, Me' by Madeleine Armstrong * 'Protection' by Patricia Bender * 'The Fifth Son' by Birgit K. Gaiser * 'My Wife Saw Santa' by Mileva Anastasiadou * 'Unlevel Playing Field' by Jim Parisi * 'Bertâs Bus' by Joyce Bingham * 'One Day, I will Climb a Mountain' by Marzia Rahman * 'Offerings' by Karin Hedetniemi * 'The Mystery of the Missing Last Nerve' by Athena Law * 'Summer of T.V. Dinners for One' by Lisa H. Owens * 'Pressing Clouds' by Cate McGowan * 'Thirty seconds after you get on the train' by Philippa Bowe * 'Dust to Dust' by Emily MacDonald * 'Crystal Healing' by Julie Cunningham * 'Fred Number Three' by Bronwen Griffiths * 'Scattering' by Cate McGowan * 'Holding Harry' by Jane Claire Jackson * 'A Trace Of Her' by Abida Akram * 'Halloweâen Ball' by Birgit K. Gaiser * 'Itâs My Destiny' by Allison Renner * 'The Waterpark in Winter' by Jane Claire Jackson * âLaughter Between the Linesâ by Alice Monro * 'Perditus' by Lynda McMahon * 'Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)' by Chloe Paige * 'Captain Molasses' by Athena Law * 'Playing the Boy Scout Outside Aldi in 1975' by D. X. Lewis * 'Angel wings, boxed. As new.' by Jack Morris * 'The Empty Slot' by Ida Keogh * âMinus One and Beautifulâ by Alice Monro * 'Sheilaâs Mysterious Gap' by Jane Claire Jackson * 'What would you do?' by Madeleine Armstrong * 'When Agatha rediscovered her own love story' by D. X. Lewis * 'The Perfect Season' by Abida Akram * 'Fall and Spring Semesters' by Jean Feingold * 'Sudden Season Change' by Meshv Patel * 'Mrs Murdoch' by Madeleine Armstrong * 'Homing instinct' by Jeremy Boyce * 'Street art of a fox catching a bus at sunrise' by Ida Keogh * 'When They Walked Out One Winterâs Morning' by Lynda McMahon * 'Lost, Maybe Forever' by Jean Feingold * 'The Vixen' by Abida Akram * 'The Moon in June' by Madeleine Armstrong * 'The Deepest Part' by Cate McGowan * 'Joeyâs looking for a table' by Katie Willow * 'When Life Gives You Bitter Hellas Planitia Fruit...' by Lisa H. Owens * 'A Visit to St Nick' by Lucienne Cummings * 'Monsoon Season' by Abida Akram * 'Unknown Overdressed Man Discovered' by Jean Feingold * 'Letâs Pretend We Didnât See Each Other' by Gargi Mehra * 'Drive' by Michele Catalano * 'An intervention' by Birgit K. Gaiser * 'Resignation' by Chloe Cook * 'Four Years' by Allison Renner * 'Bianca is Happy All the Time' by Jean Feingold * 'Unclear Cache' by Scaramanga Silk * 'Never ignore a flashing light' by Alison Wassell * 'No one sings carols any more' by Chloe Cook * 'Seasons of sound and silence' by Sarah Oakes * 'Lost and Found' by Jack Morris * 'Amusement Parked' by John F King * 'Meditating about a Carp' by Anne Howkins * 'Lost' by Michele Catalano * 'Amanita Sapientia' by Birgit K. Gaiser * 'Got Lucky' by Michael Pettit * 'A Day In The Life' by Suzanne Hicks * 'Whatâs For Dinner?' by Lucienne Cummings * 'Time Killer' by Dimitra Fimi * 'On the Bench Nearest the Disabled Parking' by Rachel Burrows * 'Persephone in the Forest' by Birgit K. Gaiser * 'Fresh Canvas' by Lenny Eusebi * 'The Last Hunt Before Winter' by Noah McWilliam * 'Seasonal Defiance Reorder' by Adele Gallogly * 'Home for Christmas' by Allison Renner * 'Bitter and Sweet' by Suzanne Hicks * 'Teddy Bear Picnic' by Melissa Flores Anderson * 'The Gift of Gab' by Lisa H. Owens * 'Ria, Ria, Ria' by Vijayalakshmi Sridhar * 'Would You RatherâŚ?' by Scaramanga Silk * 'Manâs Best Friend' by Allison Renner * 'Long Gone, Living On' by Scaramanga Silk * 'Elapse' by Willow Woo * 'They Need to Clack' by Philippa Bowe * 'The News Anchor Read the News, but No One Watched it' by Marzia Rahman * 'Behind you!' by Jeremy Boyce * 'Shantay, You Stay' by Elisa Dominique Rivera * 'Missing Note: Wanted' by Kate Axeford * 'August' by Angela James * 'Check Mate' by Scott MacLeod * 'Suds for Duds' by Lenny Eusebi * 'P.E.' by Melissa Flores Anderson * 'Cleopatra' by Madeleine Armstrong  Â
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National Flash Fiction Day
4 months ago
I hope everyone enjoyed FlashFlood. The flashes will stay up there indefinitely & we will endeavour to produce a list of all this yearâs accepted stories to make finding things easier! Please read stories & share your favs!
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National Flash Fiction Day
4 months ago
FlashFlood starts at just after midnight BST. Watch this space!
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National Flash Fiction Day
4 months ago
National Flash Fiction Day is a week today! Watch this space!
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Jeanette Sheppard
5 months ago
Come and join in an inspiring and fun day. âŹď¸âŹď¸âŹď¸
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National Flash Fiction Day
5 months ago
Weâre very excited to reveal the cover and title for this yearâs anthology. Itâs available to pre-order on Kindle & from our bookshop. Many thanks to
@jeanettesheppard.bsky.social
for the image &
@sudhab.bsky.social
for the title:
www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/bo...
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littleramstudio
11 months ago
Now if all the 20 million BlueSky users will re post this post it would be utterly marvellous. The counter is ready to start, so off you all go! Handmade prints available here>
littleramstudio.etsy.com
*sits with expectations of lots of noughts next to post*
#art
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Kathryn Aldridge-Morris
6 months ago
đSHE'S HERE!!đ Hugely excited to reveal the beauticious cover of my debut collection COLD TOAST feat. the artwork of renowned 70s artist Tim Mara đĽ Out on 15th May! Preorders now available at
www.dahliapublishing.co.uk/product/cold...
#flashfiction
#shortstories
#popart
#printmaking
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SmokeLong Quarterly
6 months ago
Ingrid Jendrzejewski
@lunchontuesday.bsky.social
is back in the house on May 17th! And we can't wait. These sessions are always exhilarating. Bring your drafty drafts.
www.smokelong.com/product/high...
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Have you just written some new flash and donât know what to do next? Is there a story that wonât let you go but that never quite feels âthereâ? Do you keep submitting a piece you love that never quite...
https://www.smokelong.com/product/high-intensity-interval-training-for-flash-writers-all-new-editing-edition-2025/
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Audrey Niven
6 months ago
Chop chop people! Send us your <500 word stories and do some good with your writing at the same time! (Obvs do your
@natflashfictionday.bsky.social
Flash Flood subs first because they're our besties and they close tonight, but after you've done that, send your stories to us!)
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Sara Hills
6 months ago
And the floodgates are OPEN!! đđđ We're so excited to read your stories!! đ@natflashfictionday.bsky.social
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Stephanie Carty
6 months ago
Down the Red Rabbit Hole talking about sleep disorders, the brain and fictionâŚ
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6 months ago
Thereâs also a reading event Hosted by
@scooterwriter.bsky.social
&
@lunchontuesday.bsky.social
for flash fiction writers featured in this yearâs
@natflashfictionday.bsky.social
anthology & a creative visualisation session to inspire you with
@karjon.bsky.social
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6 months ago
We have panels too at the festival. Hereâs one on Novellas in Flash chaired by Michael Loveday with
@davidswann1.bsky.social
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@tomkinsdeb.bsky.social
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@laurabesley.bsky.social
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6 months ago
Weâve over 30 workshops to select from during the weekend. Hereâs a couple of early morning ones led by
@kazbarwrites.bsky.social
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@farhana-shahid.bsky.social
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6 months ago
Our festival package allows you to attend 7 workshops/panels during the weekend out of a choice of over 30. Hereâs a panel chaired by
@sharontelfer.bsky.social
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@sarahillswrites.bsky.social
@mariegethins.bsky.social
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@jamesmontgomery.bsky.social
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6 months ago
Festival Director
@judehwriter2.bsky.social
&
@natflashfictionday.bsky.social
co-director
@lunchontuesday.bsky.social
are each running workshops to inspire new stories at the festival 18-20 July in Bristol
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6 months ago
In each time slot at the
#flashfiction
festival there are 4 or 5 workshops or panels to choose from. This year,weâre welcoming back award winning writers & excellent teachers
@noranadj.bsky.social
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@devaneemily.bsky.social
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Wild Hunt Books
6 months ago
Pretty sickened by UK's Supreme Court 𤎠So I'm opening my submission inbox to unagented trans authors in the UK until the END OF APRIL. I'm not currently open to general subs BUT if you're a trans author writing folk horror, weird, experimental, mystery, literary/upmkt fiction, take a look below đ
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National Flash Fiction Day
6 months ago
Excited to announce that FlashFlood will open its doors on Sunday 20 April until Saturday 26 April. Flashes up to 300 words. Previously published accepted. Get writing, folks! More details here:
www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/fl...
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Stephanie Carty
7 months ago
99p on kindle for 5 days! My slightly creepy suspense novel about a girl who nobody knows exists
amzn.eu/d/81PMan9
A SAFE PLACE
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Frances Ryan
7 months ago
One more time for ministers at the back: itâs entirely possible to be a taxpayer and to receive benefits. As someone currently in the mid-tax band and on PIP, Iâm more than happy for my earnings to help people who canât work - and to pick up the state support Iâm entitled to.
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National Flash Fiction Day
7 months ago
Weâre thrilled to announce the results of our 2025 Microfiction Competition. Congratulations to all our winners and thank you to everyone who entered.
www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/news/
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Marie Gethins
8 months ago
Excited and honoured to be judging the next round of
@bathflashaward.bsky.social
Hereâs what Iâll be looking for
www.bathflashfictionaward.com/category/jud...
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8 months ago
Huge congratulations to the 20 authors shortlisted for our 29th Award! Winners announced by the end of this month.
www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/02/short-list-february-2025-award/#more-34440
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Short List, February 2025 Award
Huge congratulations to the twenty authors who have made our 29th Award short listAuthor names are yet to be announced, so while it is fine to share you are on the short list, please do not identifâŚ
https://www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/02/short-list-february-2025-award/#more-34440
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Stephanie Carty
9 months ago
Over the moon with this result and that my novella-in-flash will be published thanks to
@bathflashaward.bsky.social
and
@judehwriter2.bsky.social
. Congratulations to everyone named below, new novella-buddies đ
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Debra Daniel
9 months ago
This is a dream come true. Iâm over the moon. Thanks to
@bathflashaward.bsky.social
and
@judehiggins.bsky.social
. Congratulations to the other winners.
@fionamckay.bsky.social
@stephaniecarty.bsky.social
and Justine and BettyJoyce. Iâm humbled and delighted.
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Fiona McKay
9 months ago
đI beyond thrilled that my Novella in Flash, The Lives of the Dead is one of the winners
@bathflashaward.bsky.social
Congratulations to
@debdanthewriter.bsky.social
and
@stephaniecarty.bsky.social
đ Thanks to
@gearoidinc.bsky.social
and
@sarahillswrites.bsky.social
for reading â¤ď¸
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9 months ago
Congratulations to winners of our 2025 NIF Award 1st prize
@debdanthewriter.bsky.social
https:// Runners up
@fionamckay.bsky.social
&
@stephaniecarty.bsky.social
Plus highly commended Justine Sweeney & BettyJoyce Nash
www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/01/winners-novella-in-flash-award-2025/
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National Flash Fiction Day
9 months ago
Apologies, I previously posted the incorrect time of tomorrowâs workshop. It is at 7:30 pm GMT with artist and writer
@jeanettesheppard.bsky.social
There are only a couple of tickets left:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/national-f...
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National Flash Fiction Day: Ekphrastic Workshop
Join us for a fun online generative workshop with ekphrastic writing prompts....
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/national-flash-fiction-day-ekphrastic-workshop-tickets-1145464247399
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Sherry Morris đđşđŚđ
9 months ago
Looking forward to reading your micro-masterpieces! Send them in by 15 February.
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Ingrid Jendrzejewski
9 months ago
I'm running my Titles workshop this weekend, 6:30 pm GMT, Sat 18 Jan. If you're interested in crafting titles for creative writing of any sort, this is for you! I've been told it also works well as an idea-generation practice....
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Lions and Titles and Bears, Oh My! â Crafting the Perfect Title
This creative writing workshop provides a toolkit of strategies and techniques for crafting effective titles for your work.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lions-and-titles-and-bears-oh-my-crafting-the-perfect-title-tickets-1093481726279
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Jeanette Sheppard
9 months ago
@lunchontuesday.bsky.social
workshops are alway jam-packed and inspiring. ÂŁ12 really is a bargain! Thereâs also a video of the session if you canât attend, but you need to book a ticket.
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Stephanie Carty
9 months ago
My 7-week-old book! 12yo Cate has never left home but everything is about to unravel đŚâ⏠đł â¨
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DKJM6JD...
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Ingrid Jendrzejewski
11 months ago
I've had some requests to run my titles workshop online, so here it is! It's designed for anyone who struggles to come up with good titles for their creative writing. All people/genres welcome! Sat 18 Jan 2025, 6:30pm GMT (recorded if you can't make it)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lions-and-...
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Lions and Titles and Bears, Oh My! â Crafting the Perfect Title
This creative writing workshop provides a toolkit of strategies and techniques for crafting effective titles for your work.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lions-and-titles-and-bears-oh-my-crafting-the-perfect-title-tickets-1093481726279
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Damhnait Monaghan đ¨đŚđŽđŞ
9 months ago
Sounds great! Love Jeanetteâs art.
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Jeanette Sheppard
9 months ago
Come and join me for an hour on Thu 30 Jan at 1930, online. Iâd love to see you there!
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