**2025 Writing Stats** Total words written: 299,712 Breakdown: Non-fiction: 48,398 Fiction: 251,314 Original fic: 25,825 Fanfiction: 225,489 Challenges & streaks: Spooktober: 29,384 words Longest writing streak: 11 consecutive days Roll on 2026... #amwriting #writingwrapped2025

@alexdavis1981.bsky.social Booked my festival pass for the annual UK Ghost Story Festival in Derby. Usual problem of trying to decide which talks to go too, as I haven't managed to clone myself yet! 🙃 Roll on February! #ukghoststory #festival #Derby

I have signed up for the excursionist writing pledge at @gywo.bsky.social for 2026. That's a habit pledge to write 180 days in 2026. I managed to meet that pledge both this year, and last year. It really does help to keep on writing, and the spreadsheet is a thing of beauty. #amwriting #GYWO

Check out the amazing stories in the @horrortree.com Christmas issue, including my own - The Longest Night. #amwriting #horror #winter #Christmas

Dystopian settings, if done right, are some of the most compelling in fiction. Here are 12 phenomenal dystopian TV shows everyone should watch.

So as I understand it this means: We're taking away all your support and services, & we won't let anyone from overseas come in & help support you either. And people thought the Tories were cruel. How did we end up returning to a Victorian government? Where rich people ruled to line their pockets?

Amazon is making money off AI copies of books - and putting the onus on authors to prove they’ve been plagiarised. Honestly, just stop buying books from Amazon. Get them from an actual bookshop or order them from a reputable book supplier like bookshop.org www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

8 December 1980, John Lennon was brutally murdered on the steps of the Dakota Building. I remember it like it was yesterday, mainly because it was the first time I'd ever seen my parents cry. Remembering him today brings my parents back to life. Rest in peace, John #johnlennon #thebeatles

Today’s announcement from Girlguiding to reverse their previous trans-inclusive policy will come as painful news for many families. We know GirlGuiding has worked for years to include trans girls and to offer them the same opportunities as their peers. #ForAllGirls

"In the ashes of war... Europe pulled together to create collaborative bodies designed to prevent a repeat of the horrors of Nazi Germany. One such body was the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)."

I venture forth not with fear and trepidation today, but bravely holding my head high with my earbuds in whenever I go shopping..... Should I fall I shall prepare a place for those who follow and will see you in Whamhalla. #Whamageddon2025

Check out my latest drabble - The Hollow Folk, at Trembling With Fear. Also, make sure you check out the other amazing stories in the same issue. #horror ##amwriting #drabbles

Check out my Unholy Trinity of drabbles - Bloodline Evergreen, over at The Horror Tree. #amwriting #horror #drabbles

Today is Trans Day of Remembrance, remembering those who have lost their lives to hatred and discrimination. #TDOR2025 #TDOR #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransLivesMatter

Details of other vigils and events across the country are listed in this thread #TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames

The stones are not only in constant conversation with each other, but with the land itself. We approach and catch them in the act of chatting. Just for a moment we feel we are intruding, feel we have broken an intimate spell. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday

Emofest at Manchester Academy. Full circle. One of our first dates, too many years to remember, was to see the first iteration of Panic! At The Disco. Good times. #EmoFest #ManchesterAcademy

Winter is coming...

Today will be a writing day. And, of course, trying some more quality Croatian wine - which may help the writing process 😀 🙂 #amwriting #Croatianwine

Dubrovnik. Very nice sparkling Croatian rose with a little snack. I am very much enjoying the wine here. #Croatia #Dubrovnik #Croatianwine

View from our hotel room last night. Simply gorgeous. Off to Dubrovnik Old Town later. Kings Landing, here we come! #Croatia #Holiday #GOT

What is it about hotel corridors... #spooky #horrormovie

#TremblingWithFear takes off with Rhys Swainston introducing us to Smilog w/drabbles by Nicolette M Ward ( @shadowsbetween.bsky.social ), Lesley Hart Gunn, & RJ Meldrum! horrortree.com/trembling-wi... #TremblingWithFear#Fiction #Free #FreeFiction #TWF #amreading #AmWriting #WritersLife #bookworm #IndieWriter

I've just posted my 7th story for #fandomgiftbasket, and I'm off to post my 3rd Spooktober fic. 31 fics in 31 different fandoms in 31 days - I must be mad!! November will definitely be original fic writing month. 😃 #am writing #Spooktober #fandom

When I was a young boy, my father Took me into the city to see a marching band He said, "Son, when you grow up would you be The savior of the broken, the beaten and the damned? On 2nd attempt, scored tickets for My Chemical Romance in London. Roll on July 2026 #LongLiveTheBlackParadeTour #MCR

Blessed Be at Mabon #Mabon #pagan #AutumnEquinox

Help Build an Office for Sacred Hoop Magazine. Nick Wood has worked tirelessly for over 40 years, supporting the shamanic community and is one of our elders. The office is now in the process of being built, but no donation is too small. gofund.me/9c6b7b901 #fundraiser #shamanism #SacredHoop

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. I’m in Leeds with Baton of Hope, campaigning to raise awareness of suicide and prevent further deaths. I’m walking to promote Alice’s story and the particular risks facing trans people. I haven’t been fundraising but Peter has. If you’ve any spare pennies…

Check out the amazing creepy stories published today by the @horrortree.com, including my drabble - Burning Knowledge. #am writing #drabbles #horror

Dear Home Bargains, why? Why? Halloween decorations on one side of the store. On the other side - Christmas decorations. Seriously, what the actual fuck. It's still August! #Christmas #Halloween #shopping

On my way back to Manchester. Currently at Euston station. I'm so glad I don't live in London anymore. Pleasant weekend, quite a lot of wine, and I have managed to write a 5k story, which is fairly creepy. Now, I just need to decide what the hell to do with it! 😄 #am writing #headingNorth

Vineyard and brewery tour today. Apparently, 140 vineyards in Sussex! First stop - Bluebird Vineyard. Had a lovely sparkling Ruby- Merlot grape. #vineyards #wine #holiday #beer

2nd vineyard - Highweald. Lovely Brut Reserve and Brut Rose. It's getting warmer, and we have Red Kites over the vines. Having a lovely chilled day. #vineyard #wine #Sussex #Holiday

Denniker Farm Shop and restaurant. Very pleasant lunch and a nice loca hazyl ale from the 360 brewery. 2nd vineyard of the day next - High Wield. #Sussex #beer #holiday #vineyard

I'm heading off for another weekend away. Brighton this time. Plenty of writing time on the trains, which will be nice. My breakfast at Carlucchios Manchester Piccadilly Station. Yes, it's early for a Bellini, but I need that to cope with over 2 hours on Avanti. #writing #trains #cocktails

Prestwich Pride cocktail created for me at Panama Hattys in Prestwich. My favourite writing bar. Vodka raspberry liquor, water melon, and guava. It's not as sweet as it sounds. Next stop - writing. Should be interesting! #PrestwichPride #LGBTQ+ #Pride #writing

trans knights stickers are now back in stock! 💙🤍🌸⚔️ nooskaart.etsy.com/listing/4299...

Goodnight from Evie Strand, not sure why she is so disappointed to discover a club called Dracula’s Castle is monstrous for all the wrong reasons. Goodnight from Peggy Croxton, wondering if there’s a hidden numerology behind the games at the Egyptian Bingo Hall. Goodnight from Hookland.

I've been to Indie Pride Con in Manchester today. It was great to meet so many interesting authors and discover some tropes I was not aware of, like reverse harem. I have a large bag of swag, bought some books, and am settling down to read Fang'd by @vingeorgeauthor.bsky.social. #IndiePrideCon

It's still my favourite vampire movie of all time. #TheLostBoys #vampires

I am doing the pledge habit this year with @gywo.bsky.social. Mine is the excursionist, which is to write 180 days in one year. I'm already over my target for the year so far. If it carries on, I expect to hit 180 by the end of Oct. I've also written 154k words so far, which is nuts! #writing #GYWO

Had a fun day out today at the seaside with my GF's other GF. Yes, we get on! We went to Margate, had a swim in the Walpole tidal lido, before heading to the Shell Grotto - www.shellgrotto.co.uk Finished with playing the 2p machines in the amusement arcade. Fun day out. #Margate #ShellGrotto

Survivors of coercive control are being criminalised in England, research finds

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ #transrightsarehumanrights

Out of touch is an understatement… news.sky.com/story/this-i...

I'm in Canterbury for a week of cat-sitting for my girlfriend's old demented pusscat, as she's headed abroad for 2 weeks. It's will be a week of treating myself to nice breakfasts, cocktails, and writing - original and fanfic. 2000 words of fanfic managed today. Original tomorrow. #amwriting

Farewell to the Prince of Darkness. RIPOZZY www.aol.co.uk/ozzy-osbourn...

It's about time. #orgreave

Pre-Stray Kids concert cocktails. #SKZ #cocktails

6 creepy as fuck drabbles written. 2 original. 4 fanfic drabble sequence. I'm stopping now to eat my Pain au Chocolat and drink my g&t. ETA into London - 25 minutes, then meeting up with gf and writing bff at the German Gymnasium for some lunch before heading to our Airbnb. #London #SKZ #writing