In case you’re scrolling, your brain feels clangy & anxiety is lurking (deffo me today too), here’s 1 1/3 minutes of wild bluebell-based cortisol dial-down & gentle dopamine for you. Immerse yourself in it & it will help quieten racing thoughts:

Always great when you scroll through novel ideas that past-you made. Clear and precise. Practically writes itself…

I love how the word 'atone' wears its heart on its sleeve. It began as 'at one', because to atone is to bring back unity. Atonement is really 'at-one-ment'.

In the same way, 'alone' began as 'all one'.

I'm so looking forward to teaching this class at Writing Org (Writing Room Org UK), the place where some of my earliest stories were created. I'll be running the Flash Fiction Workout on Tuesdays, 10.30am-1pm (BST), from 4 June to 9 July. See you there 👋
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Thrilled to be running a Flash masterclass with the legendary Writers & Artists! If you're around online on Wed 12th June 12:30pm-1:30pm UK time, we'll be covering what makes a successful Flash, and how to turn ideas & drafts into tiny tales with big ❤️!
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Last night I dreamt I was so engrossed in Daniel Aubrey debut novel that I accidentally stayed at school until 11pm. It must be good 😄

A nice treat while I’m at home with a virus - The Other Valley has arrived from Bert’s Books with ribbon matching the cover 😍

This face is a good soother just when that’s needed

BOOK TRAILER TIME! Let us whet your appetite for Blue Hawk by Chloe Turner (Chloe Turner), the story of Joan, a remarkable woman in 17C Gloucestershire. Out 17 July 2024. youtu.be/rd9HDFJ_NQM?si…

In Old English, the ampersand, '&', was considered the 27th letter of the alphabet. Children reciting the alphabet in school would chant 'per se', Latin for 'by itself', after letters that were words in themselves: 'A per se A, I per se I', etc, and also '& per se &'. This 'and…

Possibly my favourite book of the year so far.

The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard is out today.

One town - to the east the same town, twenty years in the future, to the west it’s twenty in the past.

It’s out today!

Well earned praise for Dr Stephanie Carty, who offers such an innovative approach to writing craft. Really helped me jumpstart my writing when I’d got a bit stuck a while back

Can't say enough good things about this book! Thanks to Dr Stephanie Carty I have new insight into why I avoid/procrastinate in my writing, why I write about certain things and not others, and how to better access flow! Best writing day in years 🥳🥂🥳

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Book cover for my ekphrastic novella-in-flash, which should be available to buy later today.

Regulating your nervous system doesn’t mean you’re always calm or stoic. It means you can feel intense anger or sadness and respond in ways you don’t regret later.

Important service update.

Flash fictioners!

I have a brand new 12-part course comin' up at The Forever Workshop via Chill Subs & Write or Die Magazine in May and I would *LOVE* for you to join me ❤️🙌✍️

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