Great start to the 'Place in Short Fiction' course last night led by the wonderful Emily Devane, in the company of 7 other lovely writers. Good to get my rusty writing wheels turning again! #amwriting

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That’s exactly it, when thoughts and feelings you’ve never quite articulated to yourself are reflected back at you with such clarity in the writing. That recognition is what makes fiction sing for me. Alice Munro does it beautifully too.

"I cannot possibly comment until Sue Grey concludes her enquiry"

Congratulations to joelle taylor, Iook forward to reading the collection. In this interview, she talks about belonging being such a rare feeling for her and other butch lesbians. Also I was shocked to learn there is only one lesbian bar left in London. bit.ly/3tp6z4v

Wordle 211 2/6 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Yesss!

I could listen to Deborah Levy’s wonderfully calm voice all day. She chose great tracks and said she’s working on a new novel, hooray! Her living autobiography trilogy is brilliant. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

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Fantastic list of resources here for #copywriters, thanks Megan Rose Freelance Copywriter!

Wordle 230 2/6 Woohoo! ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 239 2/6 Yess! 🟨⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Just finished My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier, with a great foreword by Sally Beauman on how it's her most overtly feminist novel. Now I want to read du Maurier's short stories; any tips on where to start? #amreading

Goodness, this brought a tear to my eye. Counting down the days now until I receive my copy of Peach Blossom Spring. If you haven't ordered this novel already, do it now!

‘The real and the fictional share a conversation or location or physical object, and then they continue on their different ways until they cross paths again.’ Fascinating insight from Melissa into the process of writing fiction inspired by real life events and characters.

Wordle 275 2/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Well that’s a pretty good start to the week!

Fast-scrolling through my feed I glanced at this and for a second I thought it was the start of a #shortstory or #flashfiction.

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Wow this one from cole beauchamp 🏳️‍🌈 really packs a punch.

Listening to the rain and really enjoying reading the flash fiction being published all day!

Poignant piece from a fellow Angles Writing Group member. Great to see it published here!