Today I am writing in this lovely co-working space in Barnsley. The words and the tea are flowing.
How’s your day?

@womenwritersnet.bsky.social
Supporting and promoting #WomenWriters. On insta at womenwritersnetwork and Twitter (X) @womenwritersnet.
Excellent!
Today I am writing in this lovely co-working space in Barnsley. The words and the tea are flowing.
How’s your day?
How are you getting on today?
Congratulations to our very own @nastasyaparker.bsky.social 📖🎉❤️
Are you an unpublished* writer with ideas about why music, and music criticism, matter?
New Voices is a competition for aspiring music critics being launched by The Wire...
Woot, Canada!!
Join us for a free webinar on protecting your author brand and identity in the age of AI on WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 7 at 1 PM ET/10 AM PT! Register here:
When editing, look at every “very”, “really”, “quite” and “just”. Does the sentence need it? If it can survive without it, delete it!
www.debbivoisey.co.uk – visit my writing craft blog and leave a message
#writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #TuesdayTip #editing #wordchoice
10 Literary Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels That Offer Hope for the Future: During graduate school, I finished the novel that found me an agent—but when my agent submitted it to publishers, all twenty of them turned the manuscript down. Truthfully, it was closer to… #CraftandCriticism #Features
Join @lizchampion.bsky.social this coming Wednesday for a writing session. #womenwriters #writingcommunity lizchampion.substack.com/p/join-my-fr...
Thank you! X
Deadline Today: DRAMA Short Story Festival (automatic acceptance)
festivalfordrama.com/drama-short-...
Submit your #DRAMA #ShortStory to the festival here, and we will automatically have it performed by a professional actor and turned into a promotional video.
#story #writing
The Weird, A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories (Edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer)
First rule of going on tour: Never miss breakfast. (This, from my current favourite place, Grainger’s in King’s Cross.) I once went on tour with another author, who cancelled because she’d just started a radical diet, and had collapsed before her first event…
Fantastic photos, Valeria. I love the new cover. Liz (on deck this week)
My thanks to Putignano's international community for organising such a superb literary event yesterday. What a warm and engaged reception for me and That Summer in Puglia. A fuller-length post here: valeriavescina.com/.../that-sum... Wonderful to have met you all!
Good morning, Monday. I took this photo over the weekend, just before I realised the woods were on fire. (There’s always a drama.) This week is a much needed calm with lots of writing time. On Wednesday (10am to 12pm on Zoom), I’m hosting Make Your Writing Happen. It’s free. All welcome.
A moving article about living through grief and moving on, from our very own @lizchampion.bsky.social. lizchampion.substack.com/p/my-heart-i... #womenwriters #writingcommunity
A warm reception for our very own @valeriavescina.bsky.social at her book presentation yesterday! #womenwriters #writingcommunity #booksky