Sunflowers: Writing the Bright Spirit of Summer - designed to boost your creativity and wellbeing! open.substack.com/pub/jennyale...

I thought, ‘If I don’t die in the back of this ambulance, I’m going to be old, and that means I need a plan - what do I want my old age to be?’ open.substack.com/.../the-inne....

Summer as a resource in ourselves that we can draw on throughout the dark times of the year - that's worth celebrating! jennyalexander1.substack.com/p/sun…

I've been substacking! jennyalexander1.substack.com/p/the-key-to...

I'm substacking! Three sections, newsletters, writing and being positively old (coming soon). You can subscribe or unsubscribe to all or any jennyalexander1.substack.com

The Penzance Litfest programme is out! Last year my workshop sold out very quickly and so did the one I wanted to go to - I missed my chance then, so this time I've straight away looked and booked! You snooze, you lose drive.google.com/file/d/1bhgT...

I have a substack! jennyalexander1.substack.com I was just looking to move my newsletter after 10 years in mailchimp, but it looks like there are a lot of potential developments

Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

My soul card - tap the energy of yours with a bit of memoir writing in session 3 of 'Writing the Tarot' jennyalexander.co.uk/writing_work...

@samillingworth.com @kirstenjack.bsky.social can you share?

It doesn't happen often but it's happening next month - and there are only three places still available! jennyalexander.co.uk/writing_work...

I loved my time as a write in residence @gladlib.bsky.social in February 2018, where I had a revelation about what I was doing and thinking about what would become #SomeOfUsJustFall as well as the poetry I intended to focus on there. Apply, apply apply! www.gladstoneslibrary.org/news/volume/...

Coming soon! April 24th -my new adult novel, with beautiful cover art and design by @owengent.bsky.social. When the ground shifts, where can one true thing be found? www.writersreviewpublishing.co.uk/our-books/th... #newbooks #newfiction #bookgroups #readinggroups #art #protest #purpose

Yes, yes. The joy of writing, it makes life bigger!

I have a newsletter. It comes out on the first of every month. Here's today's. It's got a cat. mailchi.mp/78daaa014279...

The Fool is the wonderful energy of beginning - see how he sets aside fear of the future he steps blithely into the unknown! You can harness that energy in yourself when you grab a place on my 'Writing the Tarot' course, starting soon jennyalexander.co.uk/writing_work...

Here’s a wishlist of what #literaryagents at Curtis Brown are looking for. Hope it is useful. #publishing #writerscommunity curtisbrown.co.uk/news/book-ag...

I love writing retreats but I never try to write anything! I'm there for the writers, the lovely creative atmosphere, but perfectly happy to enjoy the local area in the daytime when other people are at their desks

Big yes to this

Yes yes yes - Frank Cottrell Boyce doing a great job for children and children's reading

www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ar... Kindness is children's word of the year - it's one of my words of always www.amazon.co.uk/Dare-Care-Ch...

Please do keep sharing and telling people! Some beautiful work so far but numbers are much smaller than in 2022. #carers #writingcommunity 💙📚

TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS, PARENTS! If you're looking for a free bookish activity for your kids, here's a lesson-long virtual school visit I did with @booktrust.bsky.social, all about how I went from being a young reader to writing books like Varjak Paw & Tyger! #BookSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWHw...

Thank you #PLR and thank you to all the librarians out there - especially in the children’s section. What you’re doing is incredibly important in this time where money is tight for so many families. To be able to find books and read widely is crucial for children. #SupportLibraries

I'd like to thank anyone who ordered one of my books from their library too - I'm sure that's helped my PLR from self-published books to start catching up with my trad published ones this year

Buy ANY book 18-19 Jan, and you could win a £250 Bookshop.org digital gift card! Every sale supports independent bookshops ❤️ uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-a-...

There are just 13 days left to submit your story up to 4K for the Bristol Short Story Prize! All shortlisted authors are published in our PRINT anthology and invited to a celebration at Writers' Day at the University of Bristol on 7 June. Full details: bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

And also stories are the nature of our mind - just notice the processes of memory and decision-making - stories of the past endlessly developing, and story versions of the imagined future

I nearly cancelled my course about old people as protagonist, mentor and archetype because bookings were slow, but one of the participants has had the story she wrote accepted for publication and a second one's has been shortlisted in a Writing Magazine comp. I knew old people were interesting!

The lovely Annie Lyons popped by to sign her brand new paperback A Girls Guide to Winning the War, if you missed out on meeting her good self, we have signed stock, HURRAH!

I’ve just read it - always a good read! Highly recommend for other authors

Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉 Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying. Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...

I love this!

I'm now open for submissions at @tbpagency.bsky.social! I'm dying to see your exceptional crime, thriller, mystery, whodunnit, gothic and high-concept book club fiction: More on me: www.theblairpartnership.com/literary-age... Submissions guidance here: www.theblairpartnership.com/literary-sub...

And in personal news - it looks like I'm about to become a Londoner again after ten years in Shetland and forty more in far flung parts of Cornwall. I was wanting a change!

Stuck with your work-in-progress? Short of ideas? There's one place still up for grabs on my creative blockbusting workshop on the 25th jennyalexander.co.uk/writing_work...

Yes it’s time to start working towards leaving Meta. Yes it is not a business as usual situation. But please bear in mind you are scolding millions of artists, writers, musicians, creators, many of them queer, into boycotting their storefront overnight - with no viable alternative.

Shout-out to authors, I'll be sending out my next free newsletter tomorrow, it includes a summary of publishing trends, loads of links to latest book marketing thinking & writing craft, interesting articles and podcasts. Sign up here (& get free resources) theempoweredauthor.com/free-resources

I’m very happy to be able to share the news that I am the winner of the recent Metro poetry competition which means that my poem for my mother is now up at Longbenton Metro Station, near Newcastle. Big thanks to the organisers & congrats to Thea Smiley & Ana Bolton. #poetry #poetrycommunity #pz

@symbister.bsky.social Ah - this is how you post on someone's timeline! Hello, Alastair 👋