Loved Bridget. Joy, pathos, rooted in reality and domesticity - a whole cinema laughing and crying together. Bravo, Bridget 👏 🍿

Can anyone recommend an affordable #shortstory writing course? I have an idea for a collection I’d love to explore, but new to the genre! #amwriting #amediting

Love writing to-do lists on the back of old novel drafts, never know what I’ll find on the other side! #amwriting

Flipping pancakes to Talking Heads’ This Must Be The Place - flippin’ good way to start the day, thanks BBC Radio 6 Music 🥞

Never have I felt so seen (or heard!) on a podcast. Thank you Lucy for openly describing the process of writing a novel with a neurodivergent mind. Here’s to embracing the “fragmented, scatty chaos” of our writing routines and writing on our terms ❤️

Finished my edits and sent my m/s to three agents waiting for my full and treated myself to this delicious brunch to celebrate. Oh and I decorated a carrot for my son’s school, naturally. 🎉 Happy World Book Day! 📖 #amwriting

Dopamine hit: this morning I spoke to my son’s school about being a writer and running a freelance writing business. If I can inspire one child to be a writer, I’ll have done my job! 😃

The Vagina Museum is just one month away from closing. Forever. A perfect storm of circumstances means that we may have to close our doors permanently and cease all digital activities. But we're not going to go down without a fight. Save the Vagina Museum. gofundme.com/f/btscc2

Double rejection this morning BUT spring is here, I have four full requests out with brilliant agents, my novel has amassed 18 full requests to date, has been nominated for five awards and has previously landed agent rep. Not giving up on my historical novel 💪🏻 🍸 #amquerying

#agents who rep historical fiction, Kayleigh's novel has received 18 full requests. I've read the opening section and it's brilliant & wait till you find out what Kayleigh does for a living. 😉 Snap this up before it's too late. 🙏

I used to write at 5am, before my son got up. Then at 9pm, after bedtime. Now, with a vivacious five year old in tow, I struggle to squeeze in dedicated writing time. My new commitment: showing up on a Tuesday eve. I started my novel Nov 2018 in this same spot. #amwriting

Ok thank you BBC Radio 6 Music nick grimshaw for making me CRY by playing Zebra by Beach House. Very special song for me ❤️

Delighted to have one of my poems included in this anthology!

We couldn't be more ecstatic to be number 2 in the bestseller poetry anthologies on Amazon this week! The poems in here are raw, stunning, visceral and completely take your breath away 💎😍💎 Thank you so much to all of the poets who've made this what it is and thank you so much

Woop! Over the moon to discover my gin-soaked C18 historical fiction novel has been longlisted for this exciting prize! WriteMentor David Higham Books! 🍸

My gorgeous copy has arrived - during Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, no less. Thank you Rough Diamond Poetry Journal for putting together such a powerful anthology #MaternalMHmatters

In other writing news, I’m super excited to have been picked to pitch to four super literary agents at the Brighton Fringe this weekend Beyond the Book Festival. Who will be there?

Absolutely DELIGHTED to have won the Beyond the Book Festival novel pitch prize in Brighton today. What a day! Thank you so much Diana Beaumont Maddalena Cavaciuti Louise Buckley Goldsboro Books 🎉 ☀️ 📖

Masterful storytelling, whip-smart dialogue, and enough pathos to revival Euripides himself, Glorious Exploits moved me to tears and touched my soul. Bravo, Ferdia Lennon 👏 this book will stay with me for a long time.

You know when people talk about writing that just jumps off the page? This, this is it. Three chapters in and under Oisín McKenna spell