Writer Jo Malby
@jomalby.bsky.social
Neurodivergent writer (features+fiction) & poet | bibliophile & cinephile | CRPS veteran & advocate | artist
Sharing haiku, photography, literary loveliness & writing tips.
Eternal student. Finding wonder in nature & beauty through life's challenges.
Sharing haiku, photography, literary loveliness & writing tips.
Eternal student. Finding wonder in nature & beauty through life's challenges.
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Writer Jo Malby
@jomalby.bsky.social
· Jan 22
dusk
the mute hour
between us
~ Lisa Alletson, @lisaalletson.bsky.social / lisaalletson.com // #Photography: ‘Misty Church’ by Piotr Skrzypiec / piotr-skrzypiec.pixels.com #vss365 #haiku
the mute hour
between us
~ Lisa Alletson, @lisaalletson.bsky.social / lisaalletson.com // #Photography: ‘Misty Church’ by Piotr Skrzypiec / piotr-skrzypiec.pixels.com #vss365 #haiku
blank page -
the lone set of prints
are my own
~ Rural Italics (@ruralitalics) // #Photography by Vassilis Tangoulis (@vtango_photo) / http://vassilistangoulis.com #vss365 #haiku
the lone set of prints
are my own
~ Rural Italics (@ruralitalics) // #Photography by Vassilis Tangoulis (@vtango_photo) / http://vassilistangoulis.com #vss365 #haiku
December 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
blank page -
the lone set of prints
are my own
~ Rural Italics (@ruralitalics) // #Photography by Vassilis Tangoulis (@vtango_photo) / http://vassilistangoulis.com #vss365 #haiku
the lone set of prints
are my own
~ Rural Italics (@ruralitalics) // #Photography by Vassilis Tangoulis (@vtango_photo) / http://vassilistangoulis.com #vss365 #haiku
“Writers can evoke wonder by zooming in and slowing time… As with all great writing—the key is specificity. Every noun, verb and adjective is chosen precisely for the experience it will evoke in the reader. Wonder is all around us if we know how to look.” https://buff.ly/iLDaF6B #writingtips
December 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“Writers can evoke wonder by zooming in and slowing time… As with all great writing—the key is specificity. Every noun, verb and adjective is chosen precisely for the experience it will evoke in the reader. Wonder is all around us if we know how to look.” https://buff.ly/iLDaF6B #writingtips
“Books and doors are the same thing. You open them, and you go through into another world.” ~ Jeanette Winterson #amreading
December 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“Books and doors are the same thing. You open them, and you go through into another world.” ~ Jeanette Winterson #amreading
“Focus on #writing and find your own voice… Once you’ve finished a draft… embrace the collaborative nature of the process, get good feedback… You don’t have to take every suggestion… Trust your instincts.” https://nathanbransford.com/blog/2024/01/how-to-balance-writing-to-market-and #WritingTips
December 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“Focus on #writing and find your own voice… Once you’ve finished a draft… embrace the collaborative nature of the process, get good feedback… You don’t have to take every suggestion… Trust your instincts.” https://nathanbransford.com/blog/2024/01/how-to-balance-writing-to-market-and #WritingTips
“But she could only hear the heavy-laden branches moving up and down in the garden; a cow lowing; a bird chirping, and then, to her delight, the liquid call of an owl going from tree to tree looping them with silver.” ~ Virginia Woolf
December 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“But she could only hear the heavy-laden branches moving up and down in the garden; a cow lowing; a bird chirping, and then, to her delight, the liquid call of an owl going from tree to tree looping them with silver.” ~ Virginia Woolf
before
the doorbell
crunching snow
~ Leon Tefft, @leontefft.bsky / Published in The Heron's Nest (March 25): https://buff.ly/ViXcKzs // #Art ‘Tranquil Path’ by Kaoru Yamada / kaoru-creation.com/work-1 #vssnature #haiku
the doorbell
crunching snow
~ Leon Tefft, @leontefft.bsky / Published in The Heron's Nest (March 25): https://buff.ly/ViXcKzs // #Art ‘Tranquil Path’ by Kaoru Yamada / kaoru-creation.com/work-1 #vssnature #haiku
December 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
before
the doorbell
crunching snow
~ Leon Tefft, @leontefft.bsky / Published in The Heron's Nest (March 25): https://buff.ly/ViXcKzs // #Art ‘Tranquil Path’ by Kaoru Yamada / kaoru-creation.com/work-1 #vssnature #haiku
the doorbell
crunching snow
~ Leon Tefft, @leontefft.bsky / Published in The Heron's Nest (March 25): https://buff.ly/ViXcKzs // #Art ‘Tranquil Path’ by Kaoru Yamada / kaoru-creation.com/work-1 #vssnature #haiku
“It’s not the fear of #writing that blocks people, it’s fear of not writing well… Good things take time. And writing, like any craft, involves an apprenticeship period. It’s not a block. It’s a learning curve. Embrace the mess.” buff.ly/3OdygFV @DarlingAxe.com #writingtips
December 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“It’s not the fear of #writing that blocks people, it’s fear of not writing well… Good things take time. And writing, like any craft, involves an apprenticeship period. It’s not a block. It’s a learning curve. Embrace the mess.” buff.ly/3OdygFV @DarlingAxe.com #writingtips
“Write constantly. It's like playing a musical instrument. You won’t get there if you don’t practice. And the other piece of advice is don’t listen to me. Or anyone else. A writer has to find her or his own way.” ~ Mark Kurlansky #writesky
December 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“Write constantly. It's like playing a musical instrument. You won’t get there if you don’t practice. And the other piece of advice is don’t listen to me. Or anyone else. A writer has to find her or his own way.” ~ Mark Kurlansky #writesky
quiet snow
until peace
is all there is
~ Ellie Krupich, @EllenKrupich // #Photography: ‘Solitude’ by Mikko Lagerstedt, @MikkoLagerstedt / https://buff.ly/RmoS94k #haiku #vss365
until peace
is all there is
~ Ellie Krupich, @EllenKrupich // #Photography: ‘Solitude’ by Mikko Lagerstedt, @MikkoLagerstedt / https://buff.ly/RmoS94k #haiku #vss365
December 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
quiet snow
until peace
is all there is
~ Ellie Krupich, @EllenKrupich // #Photography: ‘Solitude’ by Mikko Lagerstedt, @MikkoLagerstedt / https://buff.ly/RmoS94k #haiku #vss365
until peace
is all there is
~ Ellie Krupich, @EllenKrupich // #Photography: ‘Solitude’ by Mikko Lagerstedt, @MikkoLagerstedt / https://buff.ly/RmoS94k #haiku #vss365
“What makes choice such a powerful #narrative moment are the stakes… There’s no option to ‘do nothing’ because the failure to act also has a consequence… Some of the most interesting moments in #literature are centered around this kind of plight.” https://buff.ly/VEEQ5c1 #writingtips #writesky
December 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“What makes choice such a powerful #narrative moment are the stakes… There’s no option to ‘do nothing’ because the failure to act also has a consequence… Some of the most interesting moments in #literature are centered around this kind of plight.” https://buff.ly/VEEQ5c1 #writingtips #writesky
“Once I learned to value and respect my characters, I could really hear them... The important thing is not to censor them. What they are talking about may not seem to have anything to do with what you as a writer are #writing about but it does.” ~ August Wilson
December 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“Once I learned to value and respect my characters, I could really hear them... The important thing is not to censor them. What they are talking about may not seem to have anything to do with what you as a writer are #writing about but it does.” ~ August Wilson
“The plot is only the framework. The true essence that keeps readers turning pages is everything else: emotional appeal, character motivation, and the protagonist’s relentless struggle toward a goal.” https://darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/writing-a-synopsis-101
#Synopsis #WritingTips #WriteSky
#Synopsis #WritingTips #WriteSky
December 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“The plot is only the framework. The true essence that keeps readers turning pages is everything else: emotional appeal, character motivation, and the protagonist’s relentless struggle toward a goal.” https://darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/writing-a-synopsis-101
#Synopsis #WritingTips #WriteSky
#Synopsis #WritingTips #WriteSky
“I remember awakening one morning and finding everything smeared with the color of forgotten love.” ~ Charles Bukowski, What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
December 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“I remember awakening one morning and finding everything smeared with the color of forgotten love.” ~ Charles Bukowski, What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
blue morning
I pull the clouds
back over my head
~ Elisa Bobbiesi, @wildolivewrites.bsky.social // #Photography: ‘Stepping Stones’ by Zack Clothier / http://zackclothierphotography.com #vss365 #haiku #3lines
I pull the clouds
back over my head
~ Elisa Bobbiesi, @wildolivewrites.bsky.social // #Photography: ‘Stepping Stones’ by Zack Clothier / http://zackclothierphotography.com #vss365 #haiku #3lines
November 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
blue morning
I pull the clouds
back over my head
~ Elisa Bobbiesi, @wildolivewrites.bsky.social // #Photography: ‘Stepping Stones’ by Zack Clothier / http://zackclothierphotography.com #vss365 #haiku #3lines
I pull the clouds
back over my head
~ Elisa Bobbiesi, @wildolivewrites.bsky.social // #Photography: ‘Stepping Stones’ by Zack Clothier / http://zackclothierphotography.com #vss365 #haiku #3lines
“At its heart, voice is about style…a flow, a rhythm, a cadence to the writing…recognizable style… We leave fingerprints all over our work. That part of you is what makes it something that no one can duplicate.” https://nathanbransford.com/blog/2010/05/how-to-craft-great-voice #writesky #writingtips
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
“At its heart, voice is about style…a flow, a rhythm, a cadence to the writing…recognizable style… We leave fingerprints all over our work. That part of you is what makes it something that no one can duplicate.” https://nathanbransford.com/blog/2010/05/how-to-craft-great-voice #writesky #writingtips
Autumn stories
Beautifully lost
Among the trees
~ Joe F, @frghtndmn // #Photography: ‘Komorebi’ By Martin Rak, @martinrak.bsky / #haiku #vss365
Beautifully lost
Among the trees
~ Joe F, @frghtndmn // #Photography: ‘Komorebi’ By Martin Rak, @martinrak.bsky / #haiku #vss365
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Autumn stories
Beautifully lost
Among the trees
~ Joe F, @frghtndmn // #Photography: ‘Komorebi’ By Martin Rak, @martinrak.bsky / #haiku #vss365
Beautifully lost
Among the trees
~ Joe F, @frghtndmn // #Photography: ‘Komorebi’ By Martin Rak, @martinrak.bsky / #haiku #vss365
“We’re bound to each other by the smallest filaments of hope & possibility… Live the creative life you’ve built—then get back to #writing or whatever it is you do—we’re an #art-making species—no one but you can make your art.” https://poormansfeast.substack.com/p/please-stop-and-take-a-breath-please
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“We’re bound to each other by the smallest filaments of hope & possibility… Live the creative life you’ve built—then get back to #writing or whatever it is you do—we’re an #art-making species—no one but you can make your art.” https://poormansfeast.substack.com/p/please-stop-and-take-a-breath-please
“And so we stood together like that, at the top of that field for what seemed like ages, not saying anything… while the wind kept blowing… and for a moment, it seemed like we were holding onto each other because that was the only way to stop us from being swept away into the night.” ~ Kazuo Ishiguro
November 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
“And so we stood together like that, at the top of that field for what seemed like ages, not saying anything… while the wind kept blowing… and for a moment, it seemed like we were holding onto each other because that was the only way to stop us from being swept away into the night.” ~ Kazuo Ishiguro
rainy night
I listen to
the solitude
~ Andrea Cecon / amazon.com/stores/Andrea-Cecon/author/B00955O0CA // #Photography: 'Man in the Fog' © Stephen Colbrook #haiku #poetry
I listen to
the solitude
~ Andrea Cecon / amazon.com/stores/Andrea-Cecon/author/B00955O0CA // #Photography: 'Man in the Fog' © Stephen Colbrook #haiku #poetry
November 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
rainy night
I listen to
the solitude
~ Andrea Cecon / amazon.com/stores/Andrea-Cecon/author/B00955O0CA // #Photography: 'Man in the Fog' © Stephen Colbrook #haiku #poetry
I listen to
the solitude
~ Andrea Cecon / amazon.com/stores/Andrea-Cecon/author/B00955O0CA // #Photography: 'Man in the Fog' © Stephen Colbrook #haiku #poetry
“A writer's voice is not character alone, it is not style alone; it is far more. A writer's voice lines the stroke of an artist's brush—is the thumbprint of her whole person—her idea, wit, humor, passions, rhythms.” https://nownovel.com/finding-your-writing-voice-5-points-to-consider #writingtips
November 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“A writer's voice is not character alone, it is not style alone; it is far more. A writer's voice lines the stroke of an artist's brush—is the thumbprint of her whole person—her idea, wit, humor, passions, rhythms.” https://nownovel.com/finding-your-writing-voice-5-points-to-consider #writingtips
“I turned the silence and night into words. What was unutterable, I wrote down.
I made the whirling world stand still.”
~ Arthur Rimbaud, Une Saison en Enfer #WriteSky
I made the whirling world stand still.”
~ Arthur Rimbaud, Une Saison en Enfer #WriteSky
November 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“I turned the silence and night into words. What was unutterable, I wrote down.
I made the whirling world stand still.”
~ Arthur Rimbaud, Une Saison en Enfer #WriteSky
I made the whirling world stand still.”
~ Arthur Rimbaud, Une Saison en Enfer #WriteSky
Autumn stories
Beautifully lost
Among the trees
~ Joe F // #Photography by Martin Rak, @martinrak.bsky / linktr.ee/martinrak / #vss365 #haiku
Beautifully lost
Among the trees
~ Joe F // #Photography by Martin Rak, @martinrak.bsky / linktr.ee/martinrak / #vss365 #haiku
November 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Autumn stories
Beautifully lost
Among the trees
~ Joe F // #Photography by Martin Rak, @martinrak.bsky / linktr.ee/martinrak / #vss365 #haiku
Beautifully lost
Among the trees
~ Joe F // #Photography by Martin Rak, @martinrak.bsky / linktr.ee/martinrak / #vss365 #haiku
“You’re not writing a finished book today. You’re writing words… Editing is where you make art. Drafting is where you mine the ore.” https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/10/12/plan-smart-write-fast-finish-strong-my-guide-to-writing-a-novel-in-30-days @rozmorris.bsky.social #WritingTips #WriteSky
November 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“You’re not writing a finished book today. You’re writing words… Editing is where you make art. Drafting is where you mine the ore.” https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/10/12/plan-smart-write-fast-finish-strong-my-guide-to-writing-a-novel-in-30-days @rozmorris.bsky.social #WritingTips #WriteSky