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Loved hearing William Boyd on Desert Island Discs this morning. I was especially interested that he writes by hand and types it up afterwards. (I thought I was the only person in the world who does that!) #WritingCommunity #writing

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Today’s walk - with sheep posing for a photo

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This is Winston Churchill visiting Washington DC to request assistance in the war against Germany. Notice he is wearing a "zip suit" and not a traditional suit. This was to honor the British troops--the same reason Zelensky dresses the way he does.

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Still some copies of my collection Things Grown Distant available from @confingopublishing. Here's my favourite review: manchestereviewofbooks.wordpress.com/2024/10/15/t...

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‘I am the grounded one. Only once do I long for flight, wish I could follow my dad’: such a moving flash by @lisaferranti.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social

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Hi folks, excited to announce that we will be open for submissions in fiction starting March 1st! The Dodge is also currently accepting submissions in nonfiction, translation, and visual arts. More information about all things submissions can be found at the link in our bio.

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I'm proud to have just posted this great interview with George Saunders, by asst fiction editor Otis Fuqua. "Make beautiful art to the best of your ability and send it out into the world not entirely sure what it will or will not do, and hope for the best." www.epochliterary.com/blog/intervi...

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It almost feels like spring 💙

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This is how I wish I could live - writing at a window overlooking the sea, occasionally going to London to see a friend and lose myself in the ‘swarm of life there’ … #DavidCopperfield #CharlesDickens

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Save the Date. 22nd March is Leicester’s State of Indie Book Festival in a Day. Loads of indie publishers / talks. I’ve booked myself a stall and I’ll be there with my new book Saltburn. It’s first public appearance. Please share! leicestercentreforcreativewriting.our.dmu.ac.uk/states-of-in...

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"The moon hangs like a ghost of itself in the clear blue sky, controlling the movement of the water from far above." "Ebb and Flow" by June Gemmell (@junegemmell.bsky.social) - Visit MoonLit Getaway to read this remarkable short story. #MoonLitGetaway #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity

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Please share :)

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We would love to create a starter pack of bookstores in Europe people can visit on their travels. Please recommend your favourites and we will get it going.

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Psst submissions are now open.

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Good morning, friends. With one simple press of a button, you can follow all these lovely writers. There's even space for 2 more.... go.bsky.app/73irajm

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Hello, all. Because of the entry system screw up last night and we're a little low on entries, we'll reopen for 24 hours as soon as we can make it happen on Monday morning, so you have the weekend to get your entry ready, and we'll announce Monday when we're open! Share?! bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

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This is your sign to submit to Ninth Letter's print issue! Subs are open until the end of February, and we pay our contributors. No theme for print submissions. Link in bio to submit + more info. Your work is ready. We're ready. We can't wait to read your work. #litmag

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"My brother’s planetarium was actually just a slideshow." My Brother’s Planetarium by Lindsay Hill. Please follow the link and enjoy #shortstory #fiction fictivedream.com/2025/01/26/m...

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To share, please go grab an e-reader friendly PDF of any issue of Stanchion Magazine for free with code LIGHT. Inside each you'll find short fiction, poetry, photography & more. I recommend issues 10, 13 or 15 to start: www.stanchionzine.com/product-page... www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

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There’s a deer in my garden!

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This is a really good, challenging, yet encouraging essay on balancing the "creative mindset" and the "business mindset" when it comes to writing and publishing. Definitely worth the read! electricliterature.com/all-of-my-ac...

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‘white as I crush it delivering our children /restless, until I hold it still’: really enjoyed this beautiful micro by @delgeo14.bsky.social

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We're open to submissions for fiction of between 500-2,500w including translations #shortstories, #flashfiction #translations. Please follow the link for our guidelines fictivedream.com/submission-g...

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Melting snow and bright sunshine earlier - my favourite kind of winter day

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It's today, it's today, it's today! Our submission page: doric-literary.com/submissions-2/ But first, we recommend you check out the website at about 12 noon EST to find great work by 5 talented & generous writers. This will be the best way to gage what @doricliterary.bsky.social is looking for!

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Thanks so much: Shooter Lit Mag @TheLondonMag.bsky.social @EpoquePress.bsky.social Loft @LeonLiteraryMagazine.bsky.social @willesdenherald.bsky.social @SonoraReview.bsky.social for publishing my short stories in 2024. I really appreciate your care with my work #WritingCommunity #amwriting

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It’s NYE & raining here. I wrote this poem in 2013, so the five-year-old is now sixteen. Even when it’s hard to love the world unconditionally, and it’s never not hard, here’s to imagining what might be possible and what we can make so. Love from here on a rainy Tuesday.

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Walk at Avebury today - past standing stones and the Tolkien/Wishing trees

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Absolutely delighted to see my short story ‘Everything Happens in London’ (which was shortlisted for the Bridport Short Story prize last year) up @SonoraReview.bsky.social today. Thanks to the editors for choosing it! CW/TW: sexual harassment #WritingCommunity #amwriting #shortstory

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Christmas books - looking forward to these! #BookSky 📚💙

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‘That’s the peril of talking to strangers – you never know what they’re going to say, or when they will stop. Then I remembered that she had spoken first, unprompted; I had only smiled at her. Smiles can also be perilous. The queue wasn’t moving.’ A seasonal Seán Padraic Birnie story, free at IZD ❄️

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We are OPEN for submissions! Be bold. Delight us with your #flashfiction - Maximum word count: 500 words - Simultaneous submissions are cool - We read anonymously so no author info in the document pls Read our past issues to get an idea of what we love newflashfiction.com/issues/

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