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"As writers we're frequently told to 'write what you know', and just as frequently we ignore it" Read "Exit Stage Left" by @hilary55.bsky.social in The Pride Roars theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/02/exit...

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"When she cradles Sheila’s hand, it stings her heart that it is no longer the crepe papery softness Claire expects" Read "It is 2am in the Palliative Care Ward" by @mlmcguinness.bsky.social up at The Pride Roars theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/02/it-i...

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"So what if Patrick Stewart learned to ski in his 80s? She wasn’t a fucking starship captain" Read"Possibility of White" by @tomljanovic.bsky.social in Free Flash Fiction freeflashfiction.com/fiction/poss...

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"A child sat cross-legged; his hands held up to ward off the brightness of the light. The first person he’d seen in over two years" Read "Breaking the Silence" by @joycebingham.bsky.social in Neither Fish Nor Fowl www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-3/brea...

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If you are interested in submitting to Raw Lit (you should) check out this interview with @delgeo14.bsky.social in Jim Harrington's "Six Questions for..."

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My latest fiction offering @theprideroars.bsky.social for your enjoyment!!! #WritingCommunity #worklifebalance

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I have my ticket booked, so excited to meet everyone!

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"The balls never came down, never stopped moving as Joshna made her way through her day. Such was her magic." Read "Juggling from High Horse on Cloud nine" by @ninamiller.bsky.social in The Pride Roars theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/02/jugg...

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"She cries and cannot bear to think about small rooms, tiny things: mittens, socks, fingers" Read "Throw a six to Start" by @fionamckay.bsky.social bendinggenres.com/throw-a-six-...

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"All writers talk of imposter syndrome. Even when you have a few publications behind you, there is still that nagging feeling that you are somehow not worthy" "When Imposter Syndrome Strikes, Be A Sailor" by @joycebingham.bsky.social in The Pride Roars theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/01/when...

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'When The Pride Roars' - an essay/rant written with the wonderful Marie-Louise McGuinness @mlmcguinness.bsky.social, that inspired the creation of the collective blog "The Pride Roars"

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"It has now become clear that this was not a situation prevalent only in France, worldwide the culture has been to view women through a lens of their value to men, be it sexual or domestic." "When the Pride Roars" by @delgeo14.bsky.social +@mlmcguinness theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/02/when...

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New CNF in The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social 'The Almost Mother' was first published in 'Loss - Lifespan Volume 9' (February/March 2024) - an anthology by Pure Slush theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...

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Heartbreaking CNF by @delgeo14.bsky.social up at The Pride Roars CW. Baby loss theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...

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"When my writing is going well, I would write all day, every day. Life, however, has a way of getting in the way of that." Read "Also Counts as Writing" by @fionamckay.bsky.social in The Pride Roars theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/02/also...

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Read this beautiful issue of Raw Lit! Edited by our own @delgeo14.bsky.social and featuring work by @ninamiller.bsky.social and @amymarques.bsky.social rawlit.weebly.com/issue6.html

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Friends, I have my first post up at @theprideroars.bsky.social about being in the body as a writer, written from the POV of a trauma therapist (that’s me, I’m the therapist). Farts and burps feature. I hope you’ll read it and tell me what you think 🧡🧡🧡 theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/01/do-y...

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"What, then, is the calculus of writing as an activity that occurs with and within our bodies, and modern life requiring us to live outside our bodies?" Read "Do You Know You Have a Body" by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in The Pride Roars theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/01/do-y...

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“This morning he complained because I made him an omelette when he wanted scrambled eggs. Yesterday, his freshly squeezed orange juice had bits… he gagged, then shouted, then kicked me.” On The Pride Roars "Victim" by @delgeo14.bsky.social theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/01/vict...

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"He repeats it as if I am deaf to his advances. Winks like there is something wrong with his eye. Runs his hand through his hair as if it makes him dashing." Check out "Jaheira's Biergarten" by @ninamiller.bsky.social in Sci Fi Shorts scifishorts.co/premium/jahe...

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"There is so little time, and so many books to read. Behind me I hear a creak, my Tobe Readpile is tottering. I adjust it, patting the books into a more stable column" Today on The Pride Roars, read "Tobe Readpile" by @joycebingham.bsky.social theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/01/tobe...

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Finnian Burnett picked some stunning pieces for @MkenWrites 's Mondettes. Check out the story by Pride contributor @pleomorphic2.bsky.social if you haven't read it already. Poignant & beautifully told. mondettes.substack.com/p/january-2025

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Meet the Pride! theprideroars.blogspot.com/p/the-pride....

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Inspired by Sheldon Compton's blogging collective, Poverty house, we created The Pride Roars, a place for women to roar theprideroars.blogspot.com/2024/12/welc...

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Read "When She Falls" a Best Microfictions selection from @mlmcguinness.bsky.social milkcandyreview.home.blog/2024/03/21/w...

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So happy for @mlmcguinness.bsky.social. Her story is absolutely stunning.❤️❤️

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I've just gotten the shock of my life! My story "When She Falls" published in the ever wonderful Milk Candy Review has made it onto this list. Huge thank you (and congratulations) to Cathy Ulrich and to @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social for the honour

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"Maybe it was when I stopped to look at the stars. Look, I said, pointing to the brightest one, saying nothing of the chain reaction, burning hot as our sun" Read "In Your Orbit" by @fionamckay.bsky.social in The Pride Roars theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/01/in-y...

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"Today, I allow myself to be resentful, angry, terribly sad" Read "Today, I Hate People (And I Refuse to Apologise About It—For a Change)" by @delgeo14.bsky.social in The Pride Roars theprideroars.blogspot.com/2025/01/toda...

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Feel like having your heart shatter today?

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