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Ahoy #Writing friends — I'm running this 1hr workshop next month and would love to hallucinate some imaginary places and worlds with you! It's pay-as-you-feel & will be recorded for those who can't make it/in diff timezones. Join me on 28 March at 7.30pm GMT: www.jogatford.com/workshops#ww...

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This bus smells like someone’s done a sage cleanse. And yet the negative energy persists.

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Making a little Pinterest board for haircut ideas and TELL ME WHY these specific sponsored ads popped up in the search results?! (Quite tempted by the second one though.)

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Feb. sub 🪟: open!

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eBay’s been writing poetry again

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I respect a book that has me stopping to re-read a perfectly and beautifully constructed sentence. #BookSky

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It's REALLY good

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This is a personal callout post to myself and every writer I know or work with. (Sorry.) But seriously. Stop re-writing your opening chapter. fixioning.substack.com/p/stop-re-wr...

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Wanna explore how to create vivid, realistic settings in your fiction (and/or how to bring real-life locations to life in your non-fiction!)? I've got a workshop for that: Write What You Know: Setting & Place Fri 28 March @ 7.30pm (GMT) PAYF booking here: www.jogatford.com/writing-work...

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2025 PRIZE NOW OPEN: Calling writers of innovative fiction under 2k words! Prizes: €2000 & 1000€, residencies Civitella Ranieri and (NEW) at DL in Madrid, manuscript assessment w/ @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social, publication, salons, and more... desperateliterature.com/prize

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Lol this sign "Do not bring food into the library Food residue will attract mice Mice will acquire knowledge in the library Get into university Then replace you" 😂

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How am I supposed to work when the dog is wearing a hoodie?

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Die más. Poem in the Shape of the Poet Beating Henry Kissinger to Death with Their Bare Hands by Felix. tacobellquarterly.org/poem-in-the-...

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Wow

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VERY excited for this one!! Congratulations @writesloud.bsky.social 🎉

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NEW #writing workshops ahoy! Here are 4 ways to get wordy with me this spring: 🌎 28 March: Write What You Know: Setting & Place 💀 7 April: Take it from Shakespeare @chillsubs.bsky.social 😶 28 May: Write What You Know: Characterisation 🎧 2 June: The Story in a Song www.jogatford.com/workshops

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We could just be reading great books, watching good movies, and eating fruit. Instead we have to survive/fight miserable power hoarders. What a waste of limited time.

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"Oh yes"

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She's good, that Fiona...

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For all the queriers…

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Tell me you can read this. My handwriting is apparently just one more hurdle to getting my kids to do chores. IT CLEARLY SAYS…

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Sign the statement here: https://www.aitrainingstatement.org/ #writingcommunity

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Sure, you could just Google a list of common names from a particular era for your historical WIP.... OR you could spend hours wandering around graveyards noting down olde-timey names based on their birth/death date and gently patting each mossy headstone as you pass.

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Ay up, writerfolk! New funding for to support the completion of a project or WIP from the Hugo Burge Foundation — up to £5,000. Opens for applications on 1 May: www.hugoburgefoundation.org/grants #WritingCommunity

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“It's a neat way to stumble upon interesting information randomly, learn new things, and spend spare moments of boredom without reaching for an algorithmically addictive social media” arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

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Love this one — such a beautiful book.

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Hello! I'm an editor and a writer and a problem solver with a friendly pair of eyes/ears who LOVES talking to other writers about their work. Book a chat + feedback session with me and get a little literary boost to help your writing along! www.jogatford.com/creative-coa... #WritingCommunity

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Writerfolk! When are your favourite/most accessible days and times for online writing workshops? - Weekday or weekend? - Morning, afternoon or evening? Trying to find the sweet spot (and juggle timezones!) for some fun new writerly things...

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CALL OF THE VOID: TTRPG SPECIAL The Voidspace wants your homebrews, your one-pagers, your meta monstrosities, your playable art or your artfully unplayables. [email protected] Deadline 7 April 2025

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Submissions to our anthology and Micro Comp close a week today (Saturday 15 Feb). Anthology subs up to 500 words on theme of SEASONS, Micro Fiction Competition no theme, up to 100 words. For more details pls click on the link: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk

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Calling all authors! We have a date for your diaries! Our Writers in Residence submission window for 2025 is Monday 17th February - Friday 7th March. Our competitive programme provides space and resources for up to four writers whose work engages with liberal values. 🖋️ 1/3

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This wee Zoom meet and read is happening Thurs 13 Feb 7pm Melbourne! Lots of amazing people have registered, but there is always room for you! If you have registered, please DM me a word for a game we will play on the day! Registration link (totally free!): us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Vikki is the most excellent writer and human. Highly recommend her brain and her words. (She’s funny as heck, too.)

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Viva la beaver! #GoodNews

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Did you know @nataliereilly.bsky.social and I run @chillsubs.bsky.social's lil micro project — Thread lit mag? Well, we do. And our latest #CallForSubmissions is open until 12 March on the theme of STASIS. Max 500 characters. Send us your words! www.threads.net/@threadlitmag (also on insta)

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