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chalkscribblers.bsky.social
Online writers' group with weekly critique sessions, speaker events with moral support and sympathy if required.
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Counting down to this evening’s panel discussion of Green Stories Project @greenstories.bsky.social authors and editors. Join us online for free at 7pm UK time. #writingcommunity #shortstory www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1275289137...

How can fiction show us a better world? This Wed, we’ll talk about how Green Stories @greenstories.bsky.social UK project did it with an editor and two authors of their latest abthology. #WritingCommunity www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1275289137...

One more day until we talk about the future of environmental engineering and @greenstories.bsky.social with Sonia Heaven of U Southampton. Join us online for free at 7pm tomorrow. #science #netzero #writingcommunity www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1255932922...

Would you like an expert's view on how microbes can make a better future? Join us online for free this Wed and environmental engineer Sonia Heaven of U Southampton and @greenstories.bsky.social will tell us: #Sustainability #Climate #WritingCommunity www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1255932922...

Are you a writer? Do you want to know what an agent thinks of what you write? Then join us online Wed 5th Mar for a talk, pitch and Q&A with Emily MacDonald of 42MP. £5 cover charge. #amquerying #WritingCommunity #amwriting www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1233044020...

Last call for an online evening with graphic novellist Darryl Cunningham @acmedarryl.bsky.social, who has been commenting on the events that got the world to where we are for the last couple of decades. Starting in 50min. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1214761687...

How to tell the story of the modern world through graphic novels? No one knows better than Darryl Cunningham @acmedarryl.bsky.social. Tomorrow evening, he’ll be talking about it online. Anyone out there like to join the conversation? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1214761687...

Darryl Cunningham @acmedarryl.bsky.social has been making graphic novels about the people and events who shape the modern world for the last 15 years. Join us online on Wed 19th Feb when he tells us how it's done. Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1214761687...

Would you like to spend this evening immersed in the world of air and nothingness @aanpress.bsky.social where Todd Sanders @lackriver.bsky.social makes magic with indy publishing? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1112464755...

Quick update on the Wed online session with Todd Sanders @lackriver.bsky.social of AAN Press @aanpress.bsky.social now that Eventbrite is (sort of) working. Sign up at: Meetup: meetup.com/chalk-scribb... Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/1112464755...

Todd Sanders of AAN Press will be kicking off this year's eveny programme at 7pm this Wed. Join us free online. Meetup: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb... Will post the Eventbrite link when Eventbrite hit their site with the right spanner and let me back in.

Happy New Year to all the writers out there! Our Scribblers managed 20 publications between eight members in 2024 so let's see if we can do even better in 2025.

How do you win an award with a self-pubbed historical mystery? Join us online next Wed when Genevieve Morrissey tells us how she did it with Marriage and Hanging . That's the title, not the technique. Meetup: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb... Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1045509696...

Anyone out there stuck on the lit agent query hamster wheel? Join us online later today when Sheyla Knigge of US-based HighLine will demystify it. £3 cover charge. Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1025668671... Meetup: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb...

Quick shout to everyone on the agent query treadwheel: next Wed, we’ll be hosting Sheyla Knigge @sknigge.bsky.social of HighLine for a talk, pitching session and Q&A. Online with a £3 cover charge: Meetup: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb... Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1025668671...

Only 4h to go before Gareth Powell and Jendia Gammon share their writing, wisdom and of course their Stars and Sabers. Join us online for free if you’d like to hear about it. Meetup: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb... Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1012374598...

Publishing needs more stars and more sabres. Join us online on Wed when Gareth Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social & Jendia Gammon @jendiagammon.bsky.social talk about how they'll give us @starsandsabers.bsky.social. ‬ Meetup: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb... Eventbrite: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb...

One for anyone running the querying treadwheel: Paula Munier of Talcott Notch will be joining us online this Wed to feed back on pitches and answer questions. Join us for a £3 cover charge. Meetup: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb... Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/9938892886...

What should writers know about digital-first publishing? Join us online on Wed when editorial director Emily Gowers of Storm will tell all with plenty of time for questions: Meetup: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb... Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/9274955832...

An hour and a half to go before we meet literary agent Nicky Lovick of WGM Atlantic online. Only £3 if you’d like feedback on your pitch, have a burning question or just want to listen: Meetup: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb... Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/9196938982...

One for anyone on the querying treadmill: an online event with Nicky Lovick of WGM Atlantic on Tuesday evening. See what she thinks of your pitch for a £3 cover: Meetup: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb... Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/9196938982...

Can fiction explore the future we’ll live through? The stories in All Tomorrow’s Futures gave it a go. Join us this evening to discuss them with their authors. Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/9188808262... Meetup: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb...

Is British independent publishing a mystery to you? Join us online on Wednesday and Neil Griffiths of UK indy Weatherglass will demystify it for all of us. Meetup: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb... Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/9134770735...

Please pass this on to anyone in the agent querying stocks: we have an online talk, pitching session and Q&A with David Headley @davidhheadley.bsky.social of the DHH agency this Wed. Cover charge is £3:   www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/8702279040...

Would you like to hear a literary agent’s advice to debut authors? If that agent is John Curzon of Artellus and you have £3 to spare, join us online next Wed.   Jon will take questions and verbal pitches. Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/8329616998... Meetup: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb...

What’s better than a good short story? Obviously, the answer is lots of short stories in a collection. Join us at 7pm on Thursday to discuss two debut collections published last year with their authors Teika Marija Smits and Stephen Oram.

Would you like to spend Thursday evening hearing how NewCon Press became one Britain’s leading indy genre publishers? Join us online to hear Ian Whates, the man who made it so, tell us . www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/7871991327...

Ever wondered what a literary agent might make of your work in progress? If you can pitch it in 2min and join us online tomorrow evening, Samar Hammam of Rocking Chair Books will tell you: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/7421825369...

Would you like a boutique agent’s view of publishing? Or of your 2min pitch? Of course you would. So join us online at 7pm on Tue and get it all from Samar Hammam of the Rocking Chair agency. On Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/7421825369... And Meetup: www.meetup.com/chalk-scribb...

Are you a writer who wants to know how to get your words in a bookshop? Join us online tomorrow when Aitken Alexander agent Monica MacSwan joins us to talk publishing, pitches and anything else you want to ask her about: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/7235751216...

Care to know what a literary agent thinks of your WiP? If you can pitch it in 2min, join us online of Tuesday and Monica MacSwan of Aitken Alexander will tell you. The price is a very reasonable nothing at all. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/7235751216...