A quote from the Nick Cave, as true of writing fiction as it is of music. “We heal by acknowledging our emotions and test our heart’s resilience by lingering within the unbearable.” Write deeper, write further, peel away more and more.

The amazing Scratch A4 Winter’24 shortlist is out! Featuring: Benjamin Wincott Rowe Irvin Richie Jones Lucy Townsend tom harvey Georgia Boon scratch-books.co.uk/the-a4-shortli…

Writer Coaching will not get you an agent or get you published but it WILL make you a happy writer! tomharveycoaching.co.uk/post/writer-co…

Happy times!

What a joy to read at the Scratch Books xmas bash last weekend. Live readings are a vital part of short story life Tom Conaghan thank you so much.

This brilliant lecture should be read by every creative person. There are things here we must understand if we are to rescue ourselves and what we do. Have a read and a think. @WorksWithWords The Word Factory Irish Writing Club New Writing North The Literary Consultancy Arts Professional @FictiveDream The London Magazine

Short listed flash fiction here, all inspired by a poem. Mine is inspired by Ted Hughes' Lovesong. Thanks to friends The Word Factory for kind developmental feedback. scratch-books.co.uk/last-night

Free review of your creative life. Find direction and purpose again. Get back to doing what you love. tomharveycoaching.co.uk/post/review-yo…

I’ll be off X soon. Have fun everyone.

Hey y'all trying to save up to do a print issue & pay 8 mil. bucks for an AWP table plus a reading. Any support you can afford in these tough economic times--in trade a mag with a buncha kickass writers writing about a buncha kickass women. Please share. DM if you're short on $$

Writers - stuck and need clarity - come along to this The Society of Authors event on 28th March and find out how professional coaching can unlock meaning and uncover clear next steps. societyofauthors.org/event/feel-goo…

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WRITERS - What’s integral to YOUR process? youtu.be/KF3R8ERwVwQ

Phil Hayes talks Writer Coaching youtu.be/7XlO12mKiB0

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Monica Mark in the FT says artist William Kentridge “tells me the deep political vein that runs through his works isn’t always conscious. It “sort of sinks in . . . in ways that I’m not aware”, he says.” Sometimes the unconscious becomes conscious in our work, sometimes not.

Writer coaching can change your writing journey! Pippa Gough introduces a writer coaching session with Phil Hayes and Tom Harvey. Learn more about it here: wix.to/EYPdieC #WritingCommunity #Coaching wix.to/2JZiS3v

Arts leadership and the divided brain linkedin.com/pulse/arts-lea… via LinkedIn

Independent publishing is alive and very well indeed! Such a lively, vibrant bunch of publishers here! @TUIPF25 Tangerine Press

Well Virgin Media ❤️ 3 days with no broadband just your happy texts saying it’s all back on in N19. You have competition now with Hyperoptic I wonder how many customers you will retain with your lacklustre engineering approach and poor customer service. Hyperoptic any deals.