Congratulations Merril!

Good morning! It's great to be back to #PoemsAbout #Static. Thank you to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk .

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Cover design by me!

I'm enjoying working with Paul again - reading Paul's inspiring words, sharing ideas, the tactile pleasure of pencils, paper and watercolour paint, the connection, collaboration, and process are a lot of fun.

I highly recommend @janes-studio.bsky.social! Jane is a true professional and a delight to work with!

Jane's Poetry Press - 2027. Callout for 2 (or maybe 3) poets. I make poetry books for fun & to give poets a platform. I’m drawn to poets who have a friendly, supportive online presence and who actively encourage and uplift others in the poetry community. Being inclusive really matters to me.

SHINE got "intrepid" -- love that, folks! Let's go fearlessly into 2026 -- send in your work & share the love?! Tell your #poetry pals: #submissions are OPEN & FREE. Guidelines & more at: SHINEpoetry.com #shinepoetry #poetrycommunity #internationalcommunity

Very happy to share my cover design for Engineering Geomorphology by Gareth J. Hearn, published by Whittles, an imprint of @portopress.bsky.social An exacting project with only 75 revisions... engineered to be precise, rigorous, and rock-solid.🧐📐Proof that precision applies to book covers too!📏

I enjoyed formatting the #ebook of The Hidden Valley and Other Stories, written and illustrated by Ruth Campbell. The paperback is going to print today! 🥳 Congratulations Ruth! #bookdesign #MGFiction

Here’s ‘Still to Learn’ from my new poetry collection ‘This Joyful Interlude’, out now ✨ First published by @dreich.bsky.social Book links (or pm me for a print copy) UK amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FWKQBX77 US amazon.com/dp/B0FWKQBX77 CA amazon.ca/dp/B0FWKQBX77 AU amazon.com.au/dp/1068432330 #poetry

We’re at the Tollerton Christmas Cracker at The Air Hostess in Tollerton NG12 4EA on Friday 12th December 2025. 3.30pm to 7.30pm. We’ll have lots of greeting cards, prints, coasters and tshirts celebrating nature, wildlife and landscape. uphilldowndaleartmarkets.substack.com/p/tollerton-...

Just launched: Peter Hore’s authoritative biography of Admiral Sir Jock Slater, one of the Royal Navy’s most successful and longest-serving Cold War admirals. (A book I’m proud to have designed and typeset for Whittles, an imprint of @portopress.bsky.social ). portopress.com/products/978...

It's Monday, and I'm musing! This is my weekly post with a #Poem, #Photos, and commentary on the past week. merrildsmith.org/2025/12/08/o...

New release! Commercializing Fusion Energy - How Small Businesses are Transforming Big Science I enjoyed working with this stunning photograph to design this cover for Porto Press. portopress.com/products/978... #coverdesign

Before your book reaches its final, typeset form: 1. Write, get the draft out of your head and onto the page. 2. First edit. Tighten the plot, develop characters, fix the pacing. 3. Put it away for a few weeks (or months!) so you can return with fresh eyes. Ask trusted friends for early feedback...

SUBMISSION OPPORTUNITY. The Starbeck Orion is asking for #NotAdvent departure, disappearance, breakout, abandonment, withdrawal, exodus, retreat, evacuation, absence, Extinction Event. Closing date extended to 16th December. Here are contribution details: open.substack.com/pub/the880/p...

Catch the #Kindle countdown deal on Charybdis by @mydangblog.bsky.social running from 12/02/25 - don't miss it! www.amazon.com/dp/B0CW1MD9ZZ #gothic #horror #mystery

Get my latest novel, the dual timeline gothic mystery Charybdis, at a great price!

Remember when Amazon held a sale during Independent Bookstore Day in an effort to undercut indie bookstores? We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.

For today's Sunday poem, I wanted to share a piece from, "Tiger Lilly", my ekphrastic collaboration with @janecornwell.bsky.social .

Just an old hor—that’s me. Horologist, that is! Here’s my latest humour post! educationalmentorship.com/2025/11/30/h...

Catch the #Kindle countdown deal on Charybdis by @mydangblog.bsky.social running from 12/02/25 - don't miss it! www.amazon.com/dp/B0CW1MD9ZZ #gothic #horror #mystery

Stop Press - November 2025 purehaiku.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/s...

🐾Adventure, humour, friendship — all in one whisker-twitching mystery! 🕵️‍♀️✨A 1920s cat detective adventure! Erin Chumley & Mrs. Hudson race through London to solve a kitten-napping mystery.✨ tinyurl.com/j58pj3my #MGFiction #Kindle #Accessibility #amreading

It's Monday, and I'm musing! This is my weekly post of #Poetry, #Photos, and commentary about the past week. merrildsmith.org/2025/11/24/o...

✨ 99c #Kindle Deal! ✨ Dr. Gabriel Constans has 45+ years of experience helping people through grief and loss, across hospices, schools, hospitals, recovery centres & trauma programs. 🕊️If you or someone you love is navigating grief, this book offers gentle wisdom and true understanding.

Get your copy of my latest short story collection at a great price!

Poetry - art - creativity - creative process & inspiration... I loved this post by Resa McConaghy @resalis.bsky.social

@mydangblog.bsky.social blurs reality and fantasy as you wander echoing manor houses, deep forests, hidden rooms, antique markets… and maybe even cross paths with Mr. Death himself. ☠️✨ 🌙 Grab your 99¢ copy now and dive into the dark. #HorrorCommunity #DarkFiction #AmReading

Free entry! The @MacArtShow is on this weekend, 22-23 November (10 am - 4pm) at the Cornerstone Centre, Princes Street & online until 30th November. Every sale raises funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. Thanks to all the Macmillan Volunteers for their hard work. #artforagoodcause

I'm delighted to announce my 2nd full-length poetry collection This Joyful Interlude is out today! 5 poems from the book ✨ Purchase links: UK amazon.co.uk/dp/1068432330 US amazon.com/dp/1068432330 CA amazon.ca/dp/1068432330 DE amazon.de/dp/1068432330 www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6UG... #poetry 1/3

🎉 It’s Official Release Day! 🎉 This Joyful Interlude, by gifted poet Lawrence Moore. Lawrence’s poems invite us to reflect & find meaning in the in-between moments & the quiet spaces we often overlook. This Joyful Interlude is exactly that: a soft, musical pause in a noisy, discordant world.

Pasted against the nebulous backdrops of doubt and passing time, This Joyful Interlude assembles a delicate collage of hopes and romantic longings. Thank you to @janes-studio.bsky.social for all your hard work and brilliance. Thanks also to @steverinod.bsky.social for your lovely forward. 2/3

It's Monday, and I'm musing. This is my weekly post with a #poem, #photos, and commentary on the past week. merrildsmith.org/2025/11/17/s...

Thank you Jane! Only four days now till This Joyful Interlude's Launch Party! ✨❤️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/this-joyfu... #poems #poetry #poetrylovers #books #bookslovers #poetrycommunity

Join Lawrence Moore & I this Thursday 20 Nov on Zoom to celebrate the launch of his beautiful new poetry collection This Joyful Interlude. If you’d like to read 1–2 poems (about 5 mins), DM & I’ll add you to the running order. Link on Eventbrite. Hope to see you there! ✨ @lawrencemoore.bsky.social

Many thanks to Elizabeth Cussack for this wonderful review of The Breadcrumb Trail! It made my day! ❤️ Here are some book links (or you can pm me for a signed copy) UK: amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D6DNXHG4 US: amazon.com/dp/B0D6DNXHG4 CA: amazon.ca/dp/B0D6DNXHG4 #poems #poetry #booklovers #poetrylovers

I was so honored to learn my poem "Nor Should We" shortlisted for The Letter Review Prize! My heartfelt thanks to the selection committee. Read the winning poem here: letterreview.com/the-letter-r... #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poetry #shortlist

Highly recommend! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #ThisJoyfulInterlude by #LawrenceMoore #mustread

Today I'm counting blessings, not my steps or zone minutes... I'm excited for Lawrence's launch on Thursday 20th November, 7pm on Zoom, please join us for a relaxed, joyful evening of poetry 🥳✨ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1878254171...

Thank you so much Carmella, I hope you enjoyed Othernesses - I absolutely loved working with Paul on this - it is a very unique collection of sonnets like nothing I'd ever read before! 🐛🐜🐝🦋

Today I'm counting blessings, not my steps or zone minutes... I'm excited for Lawrence's launch on Thursday 20th November, 7pm on Zoom, please join us for a relaxed, joyful evening of poetry 🥳✨ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1878254171...

Please join us for the launch party Thursday, 20th November, 7 pm on Zoom! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1878254171... 🥳🥂

Look what has just arrived in the post! Such a beautiful, beautiful book! Looking forward to reading #ThisJoyfulInterlude by Lawrence Moore @lawrencemoore.bsky.social from Jane's Studio Press @janes-studio.bsky.social 🩷💐🩷

@merrildsmith.bsky.social fantastic collection Held Inside The Folds of a time is in The Book Bag today. Published by @janes-studio.bsky.social Plus all the regular shouts/news/opps and playlist @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social @eatthestorms.com

In Blood, In Living, We Go On merrildsmith.org/2025/11/03/i...

Please join us for the launch party Thursday, 20th November, 7 pm on Zoom! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1878254171... 🥳🥂

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