Great news. New look. New management. Old fashioned values. @HawandEditorial and Zoe are two talented women dedicated to the community they inform and support with great diligence. Support them in return.

Right. Pressed send on my hefty nonfiction proposal Lipstick is more than the sum of its parts. The question: would you read a book that looks at lipstick +food, trauma, history, sex, revelation, fashion, spies, art, death, music, film, poison, literature, symbols & semiotics?

I’ll be up late to watch my first foray into talking about paperback launch of my Barbican Press book #TheLuckiestThirteen into USA 🇺🇸- 8pm EST is 1am GMT but you can follow via the link later if you’re in UK. Ron Howard - you won’t have to stay up late 😀🎬it’ll be grand

Does anyone know the best way of sending out newsletters? @thewriterscompany has 700 contacts which is too many to send via Wix without extra costs. I've also had problems with mailerlite and mailchimp. Please help. Thank you.

At first I wasn't inspired at the Brown Collection but then I saw relationships to my own work: how it's fun to borrow, steal, subvert and change art and words. How disruption can be positive: shake things up. petramcqueen.com/post/appropria…

Testimonial about @HelenWivenhoe Our flash fiction expert. Helen is a prize-winning short story expert and great teacher.

Our next testimonial is.... angelacairnsauthor Angela works for The Writers Company giving advice about self-publishing. She has a highly successful series of books she's taken ownership of and published herself. She also has her own coaching business so check that out.

Lelia does really interesting poetry workshops every month. Her venues include marshes, churches, woods and ports. thewriterscompany.co.uk

Our next testimonial is about the fabulous Sue Dawes she/her (Dr.)💙🧡. Sue has a very few places open for manuscript assessment. Go to our website to find out more writerscompany.co.uk

A scribbled overheard conversation from the Post Office queue butts up against a quote from Shakespeare. It’s egalitarian; no-nonsense. It is a mess that belongs to you, it is your inspiration, your mind on paper. petramcqueen.com/post/it-s-not-…

ThrowbackThursday Short story on my blog. wix.to/hye3nMd #newblogpost

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Today I went for a walk along the muddy Essex River Colne and winking in the mud, out of my reach, were beads and Buddhas, gold coloured bangles, pagoda ornaments, broken statues, and the Hindu symbol for Om. petramcqueen.com/post/mudlarkin… #mudlarking #River

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There hasn't been a bigger entrance onto TV for a writer/performer since Phoebe Waller-Bridge in Fleabag. Michelle de Swarte is both a powerhouse and a hoot in "Spent." HUGE recommend: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…