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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 19h

Hope you are enjoying your Sunday, or if not at least working on a final polish of a speculative fiction story (5000 words or under) to submit to Translunar Travelers Lounge before the submissions portal closes on the 15th. Details at the link! translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

Submissions

Broadly defined, the type of fiction we are looking for is “fun”. [Go to Submissions]

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Lara Maynard 🫐 @laralou.bsky.social · 1d

Cillian Murphy reading Yeats’s “When You Are Old”

❤️ 🇮🇪 📖 #poetry #poem #TodaysPoem #WBYeats #CillianMurphy #PoetrySky

YouTube: youtu.be/qRBgbUhc9TE?...

"When You Are Old" by W. B. Yeats (read by Cillian Murphy)

YouTube video by Zsuzsanna Uhlik

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June Gemmell @junegemmell.bsky.social · 17h

Yesterday’s writing was not as good as I thought it was now I look at it with today’s eyes. Hey ho. Let’s get on with the work.

bob the builder is holding a hammer and asking can we fix it ?

ALT: bob the builder is holding a hammer and asking can we fix it ?

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June Gemmell @junegemmell.bsky.social · 19h

Walking in the sunshine today. Helps the writing brain. ✍️

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June Gemmell @junegemmell.bsky.social · 22h

Sleep first, write second. 😴

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Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 1d

literally everything is better when i’m reading a good book

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June Gemmell @junegemmell.bsky.social · 1d

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Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 1d

i would be such a good writer if books did not require tension, character development, or settings

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 1d

Every morning I wake up feeling like I’m in big trouble

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June Gemmell @junegemmell.bsky.social · 1d

Me too, there are a million things I should be doing, but this feels like fun! 😊

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June Gemmell @junegemmell.bsky.social · 1d

Go on…buy a book. You know you want to. 📚🤓

The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 1d

Today is Bookshop Day, a day to celebrate ALL bookshops on our high streets.

Bookshops are an integral part of an author's livelihood, and we celebrate all the talented booksellers who share their guidance and expertise.

Visit your local bookshop today and show them your support.

#bookshopday

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 1d

Today is Bookshop Day, a day to celebrate ALL bookshops on our high streets.

Bookshops are an integral part of an author's livelihood, and we celebrate all the talented booksellers who share their guidance and expertise.

Visit your local bookshop today and show them your support.

#bookshopday

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Brandon Nadeau @bnadeauwriter.bsky.social · 1d

After a fantastic first year, we are expanding MoonLit Getaway’s Editorial Team.

Opportunities: Blog Editor, Art Editor, Newsletter Editor, Social Media Editor, Book Review Editor (x2)

Details: moonlitgetaway.com/volunteer

#LitMag #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #5amWritersClub #WritersLift

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 1d

Translunar Travelers Lounge welcomes submissions of speculative fiction 5000 words and under. Full details are at the link.https://translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

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Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 2d

Last book of '25 is by @lindzmcleod.bsky.social + a cast of collaborators incl The Handmaid's Tale screenwriter Lynn Renee Maxcy, Sunday Times bestseller Thomas D. Lee & Nebula/WFA finalist Eugenia Triantafyllou.

Pre-order now with UK Saver Shipping to save £! www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 2d

Short Fiction Contest
Call for Submissions
All Genres Considered
Details: buff.ly/7N5843y
#Fantasy #ScienceFiction #WritingCommunity #WritersLift #5amWritersClub #LitMag

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Pithead Chapel @pitheadchapel.bsky.social · 2d

Four weeks remain to submit to our annual short story contest! Read more: pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown

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The Dodge @thedodgemag.bsky.social · Sep 1

The Dodge is now open to general submissions! Send us your best eco fiction, poetry, nonfiction, translations, or visual art. Submissions are free! See Submittable link in our bio.

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Gone Lawn Journal @gonelawn.bsky.social · 2d

We're bringing back excerpt submissions from unpublished novels and novellas, but adding a criterion: 200 words max length.

All other prose, fiction and poetry submissions still have no length limit.

Gone Lawn : Submission Guidelines

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June Gemmell @junegemmell.bsky.social · 2d

No Oil Painting by Genevieve Marenghi is OUT!!! I’m having to wait patiently til Sunday. (Not known for my patience 🥴)

genevieve marenghi @stgenevieve.bsky.social · 2d

Run free Maureen!

www.amazon.co.uk/No-Oil-Paint...

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June Gemmell @junegemmell.bsky.social · 2d

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genevieve marenghi @stgenevieve.bsky.social · 2d

Run free Maureen!

www.amazon.co.uk/No-Oil-Paint...

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Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 3d

Unfiltered Narrative: Strengthen Your Fiction by Minimizing Filter Words

"Filter words are verbs that refer to a character's senses or cognition, such as seeing, hearing, or thinking."

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Unfiltered Narrative: Strengthen Your Fiction by Minimizing Filter Words

By reducing unnecessary sensory and cognitive verbs, you allow your audience to slip into the shoes of the protagonist and experience events as they unfold, without redundant reminders that the scene…

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 3d

We believe in the power of stories that teach us the importance of inclusivity and empathy—and we believe in protecting them. #BannedBooksWeek #FreedomToRead

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June Gemmell @junegemmell.bsky.social · 3d

This is right up my street. 🥾🥾 🥰

Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · 3d

Books by writers who have walked, and walkers who have written.

9 Walking Books That Let You Follow in Literary Footsteps - Electric Literature

My new novel The Miranda features a lead character who wants to walk around the world but doesn’t want to leave his own backyard, so he decides to walk 25,000 miles — the circumference of the…

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The Failing Writers Podcast @failingwriters.bsky.social · 3d

⏰ There’s still plenty o time to enter our £500 flash fiction contest! In assoc’ with @scrivenerapp.bsky.social
300 words
Theme: “a lie”
Head of judgery the amazing @fictionalsarah.SubStack.com from @writershq.bsky.social
£4 entry fee
Deadline midday Fri Oct 24
Info here: failingwriterspodcast.com

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