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You can hear me read a couple of stories from ‘A Tricky Dance’ here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=r-GMd-…

For those of you who may have a micro or two going spare, don’t forget our micro fiction comp is open till 15 Feb! nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/comp…

If you missed out on the Welkin Mini longlist, maybe send your micro here? Judging is always subjective and we’d love to read your words! ⬇️⬇️

For the evening crowd:

The latest episode of Sherry's Shorts airs today (Friday) at noon UK time on Highland Hospital Radio. Listen live to stories from Daniel Addercouth, Susan Elsley, Phil Baarda & me. hhr.scot. Catch-up from Saturday.

This #shortstory competition is being judged by my best writing chum Wendy Clarke. Why not make her day & enter your best story! Up to 3,000 words & 1st Prize £500, entry fee £7, deadline the last day of Feb 2025. #WritingCommunity Flash 500 Writing Competitions

Division Order His LBC interview is well worth a watch. Bang on youtu.be/diHcpZvBjT0?si…

Are you thinking about entering a flash for NFFD’s anthology but could do with some inspiration? Come and join NFFD’s Artist-in-Residence @jeanettesheppard.bsky.social in a friendly ekphrastic online workshop on 30 Jan. Details below: nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/news/

Check out this interview with National Flash Fiction Day Micro Fiction Competition judge Rebecca Field and see what ideas it inspires. There's a little more than a month to send in a micro gem or two for this year's National Flash Fiction Day challenge!

I'm running my Titles workshop this weekend, 6:30 pm GMT, 18 Sat. If you're interested in crafting titles for creative writing of any sort, this is for you! I've been told it also works well as an idea-generation practice.... eventbrite.co.uk/e/lions-and-ti…

It's Friday! The day to catch Sherry's Shorts with Highland Hospital Radio at noon, featuring 5 fab short stories about moving forward from Daniel Addercouth Susan Elsley, Phil Baarda & me. Listen live on hhr.scot or anytime via the cloud: mixcloud.com/invernesshr/sh…

On the lookout for new litmags which embrace #histfic in all its forms - hoping *somebody* might see this! 👀

This week, NFFD's Diane Simmons 💙 chats with Sudha Balagopal one of this year's NFFD Microfiction Competition judges about her writing habits, novellas-in-flash, advice for those new to writing microfiction, and more…nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/news/

Thrilled with this review! Emma's 5-star review of A Tricky Dance by Diane Simmons goodreads.com/review/show/71…

Diane Simmons 💙 Glad you were pleased with it Diane!

Thank you to everyone who borrowed my #TheNamingOfMoths from a UK library July 2023-June 2024! As a debut author I was chuffed to learn it had been taken out 86 times. Really not expecting that! (Paperback & ebook avail - you can ask your library to stock) #PLR PLR

Thrilled to be on the Longlist for the V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize Royal Society of Literature ❤️ This story started out in SmokeLong Quarterly Fitness - thanks to Elisabeth Ingram Wallace ❤️ And thanks to Audrey Niven for feedback on the penultimate draft ❤️

📘Thrilled that my Novella in Flash, The Lives of the Dead is one of the winners ⁦Bath Flash Fiction⁩ Congratulations to ⁦Debbie Daniel ⁩ and ⁦⁦ON HIATUS Stephanie Carty⁩ 🎉 Thanks to ⁦Gearóidín Nic Cárthaigh⁩ and ⁦Sara Hills⁩ for reading ❤️ bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/01/winner…