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Writer of fiction, essays, poetry. If I’m not writing, I’m reading and drinking black coffee. https://chrissimpsonwriter.substack.com/ www.writerchrissimpson.com

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wcsimpson.bsky.social @wcsimpson.bsky.social · Mar 4

Hi, folks. Used to be on Twitter an age ago and miss that community that there once was. I’m a writer, reader, black coffee drinker. I’ll be on here to learn, chat and share my writing. Check my profile for links and look forward to meeting you 👍🏻

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wcsimpson.bsky.social @wcsimpson.bsky.social · 6d

New #substack post out now. #writing

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Friday Writing Tip: Working Out

Need a jolt to write? Need to relax after writing? Go and move your body.

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wcsimpson.bsky.social @wcsimpson.bsky.social · 12d

New #substack post out today:

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Friday Writing Tip: Work With What You Have

Using your ironing board as a desk? No problem.

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Anthony Frame @anthonyframe.bsky.social · 23d

Tell your friends!

Or tell that file in your documents, you know the one, the one you never tell anyone about, called X-Files Poems or What Kind of World Will We Leave for Keith Richards: Poems, or Everything Was Great Until I Watched A Quiet Place 2.

You know I like the weird manuscripts 😬

Glass Poetry Press @glasspoetry.bsky.social · 23d

psst....

we open for chapbook submissions in two days (October 1).

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Submissions Guidelines | Glass Poetry Press

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wcsimpson.bsky.social @wcsimpson.bsky.social · 20d

Scandalous.

wcsimpson.bsky.social @wcsimpson.bsky.social · 20d

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Friday Writing Tip: Start Small (End Big)

Your work loses meaning if you go in with scope alone.

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wcsimpson.bsky.social @wcsimpson.bsky.social · 27d

New #substack post out now. chrissimpsonwriter.substack.com/p/friday-wri...

Friday Writing Tip: Do Drugs! (Or not)

Does it really matter?

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wcsimpson.bsky.social @wcsimpson.bsky.social · Sep 19

New #substack post out now on the necessity and pleasure of re-reading.

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#writing #writingcommunity #reading #readingaddict

wcsimpson.bsky.social @wcsimpson.bsky.social · Sep 5

New #substack post. Probably my favourite thus far as I believe it’s concerning something rarely talked about. Hope you enjoy. #writing #fridaywritingtip #creating #writingcommunity

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Friday Writing Tip: Discarding Uniforms

On the page you can do something magical - be free.

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wcsimpson.bsky.social @wcsimpson.bsky.social · Sep 4

Between moving house, starting a new job, emailing people left, right and centre about projects and exercising I managed to write a page of writing in about four days. Is that ideal? No. But it exists. It’s surprising what one can achieve with five minutes here and there. #writing #dontfallforthat

wcsimpson.bsky.social @wcsimpson.bsky.social · Aug 22

Leafleting in Canterbury today. Less than four weeks to go until the ten-week creative writing course begins at The Horsebridge Arts Centre in Whitstable and some places are still available. DM for more information. #kent #canterbury #whitstable #writing #writingcommunity #creativity

wcsimpson.bsky.social @wcsimpson.bsky.social · Aug 22

New #substack post on writing demons and why it’s great when you know what they are. #fridaywritingtip #writing #creating #writingcommunity

wcsimpson.bsky.social @wcsimpson.bsky.social · Aug 19

#dontfallforthat #writing #creativity #writingcommunity

wcsimpson.bsky.social @wcsimpson.bsky.social · Aug 16

Might as well keep nearby a bottle of vodka, an arcade machine and ask a child to bang on a drum too. #writing #creativity #writingcommunity #writingtips

wcsimpson.bsky.social @wcsimpson.bsky.social · Aug 16

Leafleting in some shops and fine establishments in Faversham. Spots still available. DM for details. #writing #creativewriting #writingcourse #whistable #faversham #kent

wcsimpson.bsky.social @wcsimpson.bsky.social · Aug 15

Creativity, family, lovers, work, health - nothing is guaranteed. #creativity #writing #writinginspiration

wcsimpson.bsky.social @wcsimpson.bsky.social · Aug 15

When we go on holiday, we buy books. A selection here from authors around the Europe but predominantly Hungary and Slovakia. Finished “In The Name of the Father” yesterday while a few hundred miles above ground. He gets compared to Kafka but I think he’s closer, in spirit, to Gogol. #books

wcsimpson.bsky.social @wcsimpson.bsky.social · Aug 15

New #substack post on writing and The World. chrissimpsonwriter.substack.com/p/friday-wri...

Friday Writing Tip: The World

When to let the world in and all the times you should ignore it.

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wcsimpson.bsky.social @wcsimpson.bsky.social · Aug 8

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New Friday Writing Tip post on being a student of writing … but not too good a student! #writing #fridaywritingtip #creating

Friday Writing Tip: Be A Student (But Not Too Good A Student)

Learn the rules - be diligent - and know when to break them into a thousand pieces.

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wcsimpson.bsky.social @wcsimpson.bsky.social · Aug 7

You hear some wonderful things at three in the morning. #writing #creating #writingcommunity

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Aug 4

New Writers Prize for 5,000 word short story. Prize is £3K and scholarship for MA at Brunel University, runner up prizes too.

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NEW WRITERS PRIZE 2025 - Nero Book Awards

The Nero New Writers Prize in association with Brunel University of London seeks to uncover the best and brightest untapped writing talent and support them as they develop into the [...]

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wcsimpson.bsky.social @wcsimpson.bsky.social · Aug 4

My amazing wife picked up a whole bunch of Westerns … for free. Make sure you’ve got a partner who does wonderful things for you 🤠 #westerns

wcsimpson.bsky.social @wcsimpson.bsky.social · Aug 1

#dontfallforit #writing #creating

wcsimpson.bsky.social @wcsimpson.bsky.social · Aug 1

New #substack post on motivation in writing and creating. What drives us to create and what keeps us creating? Read to find an answer. #writing #writingcommunity #creating #art

wcsimpson.bsky.social @wcsimpson.bsky.social · Jul 31

Anyone close to being an expert acknowledges they have a lot to learn. #dontfallforit #writing #creating

wcsimpson.bsky.social @wcsimpson.bsky.social · Jul 30

Remember: Hemingway wanted to be Joyce, Joyce wanted to be Shakespeare, Shakespeare wanted to be Homer. #dontfallforit #writing #creating