living with a doppelganger #writing #books stephenfitzsimons.com/2025/10/01/d...

what’s the betting that priority courses doesn’t include any arts based courses? totally ignoring the arts contribution to gdp. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

although a step in the right direction, they don’t recognise that not all schools have the space to accommodate a library. packing schools with as many children as possible had a consequence. want a library installed? which class of kids are you getting rid of? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

quiet sunday

quiet sunday

quiet sunday

quiet Sunday

well fuck

The Parcel Yard Kings Cross Station (not international) Beer: 6/10 Toilets: 8/10 A brand spanking new bar in the station so the toilets are top notch. The beer is the usual Fuller’s range it being a Fuller’s pub. #peeandapint #beer #pub #london

Typical, isn’t it? You wait 14 years for a Labour Government and then none come along all at once.

im very disappointed in the Labour government. coming from an ex-teacher these are very biting and harsh words.

The Professor silently watched as a man approached the fabled Bang Bus. As the man opened the door, moans of the tormented spirits could be heard and said man was said to have been spirited away. A few weeks later the man reappeared, their face hollow as if his soul had left his corporal form.

Worrywart is getting into the quieter mid-section of its Kickstarter campaign, so if you want to be The One to make my day, now is a great time to back! www.kickstarter.com/projects/nic...

I guarantee an AI-generated CEO could (and will soon) say this for *much, much* cheaper than Wright.

37, final answer.

hi folks. left the planet for a couple of weeks. anything happen?

so as the hours draw to a close. and the light dims. and you’ve had a glass of wine. and your partner has gone out for the night. don’t worry. don’t worry as you take a glance to the left. and notice. just briefly. that shadow in the corner of your eye. at the edges. almost unformed.

Remember, kids: A real big goal of "AI" is to entirely sever capital from labor, and no, there will be no universal basic income, you can all just starve and die, thanks www.axios.com/2025/08/26/a...

Need a book? Bookseller Crow excellent indie bookshop proprietor Jonathan is gravely ill and they need all the business they can get. booksellercrow.co.uk They’re on bookshop.org too.

ai was invented to suggest 7 varieties of tomato for a recipe that doesn’t exist

just watched the doc gimme danger. iggy was when i discovered music for me.

Hey Bluesky, could you help me spread the word about my Patreon? Signing on as a patron is probably the best way to help keep me afloat as a fabric artist, writer and human being. www.patreon.com/jeremycreature

odd thing today: getting an email from someone claiming to be a writer but actually used a bio about me. about my writing. the spoken word event I used to host. then ended by asking if they could do something with my book group (I don’t have a book group). I just had to reply ‘interested.’

when chatgpt offer’s ‘original work’ in your style you know your work has been stolen.

so as the hours draw to a close. and the light dims. and you’ve had a glass of wine. and your partner has gone out for the night. don’t worry. don’t worry as you take a glance to the left. and notice. just briefly. that shadow in the corner of your eye. at the edges. almost unformed.

why do we write? let’s be honest now. did we embark on this venture in the belief that we would write the next greatest english novel? create a new genre? i did. i had high hopes. but years and reality and the world seeped in. i got to know me. the world. anxiety. doubt. the belief left.

sorry about this one. just fed up. we were discussing last night who is to blame for the low writers’ wages. and we came to the conclusion it was a combination. politics. the decision to get rid of the net book agreement and the proper funding of publishing.

just to say: writing is predominately very middle class and the wealthy. why you ask? writing courses costing £300-£400 min. creative MAs? £9000 per year. writing conferences £500 min self publishing? all services at least £400 to start and you wonder

want to support a novel getting off the ground? first draft is done and getting very good responses. now onto next stage. if you can support. i would be very grateful. ko-fi.com/stephenfitzs...

waiting on beta readers. haven’t written in a week. guilty break.

my no.2 child likes to cook. they watch youtube videos about recipes. late at night they scuttle down to the kitchen and cook. the oven breathing. but my god. the devastation.

i want the bee magazine to thrive and be a success. thebeemagazine.com we need working class representation of writing. but if all the articles are about how hard it is to be working class or paint grim working class experiences. they will lose me. i enjoyed my childhood.

an god cast the demons down. their wings fell away. and they grew fur where skin once was. and deformed. a tail. their vision longed for the night. but they were still were worshipped. foolish man gathered them in. and they promptly sicked a fur ball on the carpet.

writing is a radical act. it can not be left to AI. to generalise. smooth the edges. to chip away the corners that sting and bite. writing is made to make you think. to be thinkers. to question. challenge. explore. if writing demands nothing of you then your world is lost. reduced to the biege.

myself and nymeria (cat 2) have come to an agreement. i worship her and give her a lot of attention. she will give my face kisses or more likely ignore me.

agents & publishers are often asked by would be authors how to get a book published & i’ve worked it out: *serve them a meal *present them a newly formed rose * retrieve the crystal eye of horus *align the planets and gather the tears of unicorns *take the breath of a newborn & cast it on the moon

we interrupt your viewing for this important message: we are now your overlords. give up now. bring us wine and catnip. you have been warned. the claws are sharp. #cat

if you’re in london and at a lost this thursday, why not consider coming to spoken word at @allgoodbookshop.co.uk great line up. a evening of creative chaos and juices. ebb and flow. i’m reading something as the norm. what? probably decide thursday. #writing #spokenword

someone on insta/tiktok. an author. was saying how things are getting that writers are now having to market themselves as part of the book package. that we are in danger of being a product. that our persona. life. being. will become scrutinised and evaluated. do you agree? #writers

Giveaway The Crooked Medium's Guide to Murder Repost this! "A spooky tale where little is as it seems. Forgery, false accusations, secret identities. Are old crimes coming home to roost? To solve a baffling murder, Mrs Ashton must look both sides of the grave" #booksky #reading #Victorian #books

My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books

new post to end an era. #writing #life stephenfitzsimons.com/2025/08/24/e...

Hi. There were a couple of people that reached out about drawing commissions. But then I lost access to my blue sky DMs. So please see this & say Hi again

Oh. this has b-movie horror all over it.

if you’ve followed me here you will know I have a cat called Kaos. I have even included him in Prosepoem and musings on here. last week he died. i miss my lap buddy. my late night writing buddy. he was a stray that adopted us. a real personality. chaotic. it was his nature.

I would probably wish dementors on jkr but i think they’re already there

AI is that drunk friend in a bar who proclaims loudly and confidently New York is the capital of Argentina

i’m late to this one but seems my early poetry work ‘Screaming In A Vacuum Jar’ was scraped for AI i was joking the other day that my work was of so little value it hadn’t been scraped. i was wrong. #aitheft #ai #books

Ascension. This is both haunting and fascinating! 'How Wings Are Attached to the Back of Angels' by Craig Welch (1996) via Eyecandy Archive. #beautifulbizarre #contemporaryart #animation #angel #skeleton #darksurrealism #surrealart #artcollectors #artmagazine #artinspo #art