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TM Upchurch

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Lives and writes in a little house on a big, wet rock overlooking the Atlantic. Mother, scientist, writer. https://www.instagram.com/traceyupchurch (nature, book reviews, life) http://tmupchurch.com (reads and writes)

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TM Upchurch @tmupchurch.com · 14h

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TM Upchurch @tmupchurch.com · 7d

And Wales.

TM Upchurch @tmupchurch.com · 8d

Yes

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 9d

This is excellent

And not just because it contains a boob shark.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_ar...

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

TM Upchurch @tmupchurch.com · 8d

Book fans, I need to buy a birthday present, do you have any 2025 recommendations, please?
Recipient enjoyed Me Before You by Jojo Moyes, Ireland to India with a Bicycle by Dervla Murphy, family & romance. Considering The Heart-Shaped Tin by Bee Wilson?

TM Upchurch @tmupchurch.com · 8d

Dolly Parton 💕
Enjoy!

Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 10d

Timeline Cleanse ⚜️🎶⚜️💙⚜️🎶⚜️

Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt performing together (1976)

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Kath @kathyburke.bsky.social · 9d

Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 9d

Signed up for this so fast! It's exactly what I need. "All donations will go to SAFTA fellowships/residencies for trans, black and/or indigenous writers." Looking forward to this, @smokelong.bsky.social 💙

SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 10d

Join SmokeLong for a mysterious month between November and December we’ve christened Promptember! We’ll be meeting several times a week online with live write-in and open mic events at various times to suit participants around this spinning globe, 100% free.
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TM Upchurch @tmupchurch.com · 10d

Current status: reading positive memes about Alan Rickman.

TM Upchurch @tmupchurch.com · 11d

Had v similar experience with a buzzard - quite the moment, when they call and ask you to pick them up!

TM Upchurch @tmupchurch.com · 11d

School run

TM Upchurch @tmupchurch.com · 11d

It's a convenient diversion from the main political issues that need to be addressed. Easier to vilify and legislate for a tiny minority of people than to address the rich-poor divide.

TM Upchurch @tmupchurch.com · 12d

I don't feel threatened by trans people.

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TM Upchurch @tmupchurch.com · 16d

I just read The Boy Waits by Wendy Oleson @wendyoleson.bsky.social at @wigleaf.bsky.social

Good, clever, killer ending: wigleaf.com

w i g l e a f : (very) short fiction

An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.

wigleaf.com

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TM Upchurch @tmupchurch.com · 16d

Brilliant, thanks!

TM Upchurch @tmupchurch.com · 16d

Thanks so much!

TM Upchurch @tmupchurch.com · 18d

So for the first year in decades, I might actually have time to write this October/November. Does anyone know if there's an alternative to NaNoWriMo?

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TM Upchurch @tmupchurch.com · Sep 16

Thanks! I started briefly, and it looked promising, but have been traveling this week. About to get stuck in properly now (admin day - my treat running on PC while I scan!)

TM Upchurch @tmupchurch.com · Sep 13

I think I'll watch A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL.
Any good?

TM Upchurch @tmupchurch.com · Sep 3

My cat:
Mop / Mop
My hamster though:
Gooseberry/Goosegog/Gogpot/Goggo/The Gog.

TM Upchurch @tmupchurch.com · Aug 28

Today, I am trying to write in a room next to two kids who are laughing so hard, they've gone silent. Now waiting for them to breathe normally again before continuing.

TM Upchurch @tmupchurch.com · Aug 28

My current writing process. The absolute state.
tmupchurchwriting.wordpress.com/2025/08/28/w...

Writing

Writing process

tmupchurchwriting.wordpress.com

TM Upchurch @tmupchurch.com · Aug 25

I may need to know what "bee-sting cake" is, now!

TM Upchurch @tmupchurch.com · Aug 23

Watching Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché. 💕

TM Upchurch @tmupchurch.com · Aug 12

The Well of Loneliness is currently 49p on Kindle, in case anyone's tempted.
(Because my TBR's not big enough...)

TM Upchurch @tmupchurch.com · Aug 11

Kids are young, not stupid - and they'll still be young and not-stupid at 18. VPNs will become the norm and new nets will be forged, while any overly-controlled internet will stagnate into an archaic, derelict clump of authoritarian parents and aged leaders who don't realise what's just happened.