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Alexander Thomas @thomastellstales.bsky.social · 8h

Aw thanks, that's lovely to hear! What kind of stuff do you write? The excerpt is from a short story I'm writing about a woman waking up from a coma after many years.

Alexander Thomas @thomastellstales.bsky.social · 1d

Hi Lucy, I've been writing for a while but just moved into short story writing recently. How about you?

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Alexander Thomas @thomastellstales.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks Kendall, I'm glad it touched you. I think it just came to me while writing.

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Alexander Thomas @thomastellstales.bsky.social · 7d

Drag Race UK vs US follows a similar trend as well.

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Alexander Thomas @thomastellstales.bsky.social · 8d

Lovely Substack from Claire Pearce for those in times of need. Virtual Hug virtualhug.substack.com?r=6mi72c&utm...

#journalling #mentalhealth #loneliness

Virtual Hug | claire pearce | Substack

Words to comfort, Prompts to process. I'd love to hear how they've helped. CP. Click to read Virtual Hug, by claire pearce, a Substack publication. Launched a year ago.

virtualhug.substack.com

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Alexander Thomas @thomastellstales.bsky.social · 9d

Good advice on the importance of randomness in spurring the creative process. Some of my short stories have happened from completely random and often inane moments.

Ady Coles @adycoles.bsky.social · 9d

Last month wiped me out creatively. Barely any writing.
Do you notice patterns in your periods of low-output?
Tips & tricks in The Ode Map buff.ly/XnxeFBz

#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry

The Ode Map | Ady Coles | Substack

Behind the poems: writing process, emotional themes, and new poetry as it takes shape. Click to read The Ode Map, by Ady Coles, a Substack publication.

buff.ly

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Alexander Thomas @thomastellstales.bsky.social · Sep 16

Charlotte discovers her parents have passed only moments after realising she had any.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Text from my work in progress about a woman discovering her parents have died

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Alexander Thomas @thomastellstales.bsky.social · Sep 16

Charlotte discovers her parents have passed only moments after realising she had any.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Alexander Thomas @thomastellstales.bsky.social · Sep 4

David Carradine best known for working out with some hose pipe in his garden.

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Alexander Thomas @thomastellstales.bsky.social · Sep 4

Things are looking up! www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...

Calling your boss a dickhead is not a sackable offence, tribunal rules

Woman who was immediately sacked when she insulted her manager during a row wins unfair dismissal case

www.theguardian.com

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Alexander Thomas @thomastellstales.bsky.social · Sep 4

Yeah, not a nice attitude. But I'd like to think the 50 year old gives zero fucks what that person thinks! Live and let live!

Alexander Thomas @thomastellstales.bsky.social · Sep 3

a close up of a man 's face with blue eyes and curly hair making a funny face .

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with blue eyes and curly hair making a funny face .

media.tenor.com

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Alexander Thomas @thomastellstales.bsky.social · Sep 2

When it comes to #labour principles I think Glenn from The Thick of It puts it best. "over the past two years you've bent like a human fucking palm tree"

#refugeeswelcome #starmer #immigration

youtu.be/xM8DfCgVWx8?...

The Thick of It Finale - Glenn's Rant (He's gone Glenntal)

YouTube video by secondguest

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Alexander Thomas @thomastellstales.bsky.social · Aug 28

Good to see one of the leaders in this country challenging the divisive and dangerous creep to the far right. Shame he gets so little air time despite being having 18 times as many MPs as Reform.

Alexander Thomas @thomastellstales.bsky.social · Aug 28

it's the problem when a government bases everything it does in reaction to YouGov polls and not principles. Starmer never had a plan, just to be different from the Tories. He's even failing at that.

Alexander Thomas @thomastellstales.bsky.social · Aug 28

It's a bad sign for a country when you see this on Wikipedia. 2025 needs it's own page...

screenshot from Wikipedia showing 'list of mass shootings' in America then a link to a separate page for 2025.

Alexander Thomas @thomastellstales.bsky.social · Aug 28

I was thinking about this the other day. The goal posts have moved so far to the right and the current government are doing nothing to abate that slide.

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Alexander Thomas @thomastellstales.bsky.social · Aug 28

Getting people back to work? What have I been doing for the past three years? It's not been the housework I can tell you (and so can anyone who visits).

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Alexander Thomas @thomastellstales.bsky.social · Aug 27

"She’s hit by a soft breeze, the earthy smell of roots. She hobbles over to the little square patch of grass, flings her slippers to one side and spreads her grey toes into the earth, stands a while rooted."

#amwriting #WIPsnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

WIP snips, share a line of your work in progress with the word stand as inspiration.

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Alexander Thomas @thomastellstales.bsky.social · Aug 27

that's the next two birthdays sorted as well

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Alexander Thomas @thomastellstales.bsky.social · Aug 27

Nothing says I love you like a Tesco meal deal

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Alexander Thomas @thomastellstales.bsky.social · Aug 26

Starmer seems so scared of upsetting Reform that he's complicit through silence. We're sleepwalking into a situation like the shitshow in the US when it comes to ("illegal") immigration.

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Alexander Thomas @thomastellstales.bsky.social · Aug 20

Knock a door run in the West Midlands in the 1990s. I also briefly came out of retirement in the 2010s when drunk in Kensington and fuelled by 1 percenter outrage.

Alexander Thomas @thomastellstales.bsky.social · Aug 19

If she wants to "write" books that way it's up to her but I can't understand the motivation. Writing is such a personal and important form of human expression for me.

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Alexander Thomas @thomastellstales.bsky.social · Aug 19

Nice one gen z! Another story that dismisses the notion that gen z are glued to their phones. #waterstones #booksky www.linkedin.com/news/story/g...

Gen Z drive book boom | LinkedIn

Waterstones and its US sister brand are planning new store openings thanks to a sales boost from younger adults taking a break from screens.

www.linkedin.com

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