@wcsimpson.bsky.social
Writer of fiction, essays, poetry. If I’m not writing, I’m reading and drinking black coffee.
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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 👍🏻
Friday Writing Tip: Know Your Hour
Sometimes it’s not what you write but when you write.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Friday Writing Tip: First Draft
There are nuggets not bars in those first drafts.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Friday Writing Tip: First Reader
At some point the work needs to leave you for someone else’s eyes.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Friday Writing Tip: Finding The Why
At some point, artistic expression alone isn’t enough.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Friday Writing Tip: Take A Break
Is your writing becoming stale? Step away, but not for long.
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October 31, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Friday Writing Tip: Influences
Let’s sharpen our character by fascination rather than anger.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Friday Writing Tip: Work With What You Have
Using your ironing board as a desk? No problem.
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October 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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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 😬
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 😬
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we open for chapbook submissions in two days (October 1).
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we open for chapbook submissions in two days (October 1).
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September 29, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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 😬
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 😬
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Friday Writing Tip: Do Drugs! (Or not)
Does it really matter?
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September 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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New #substack post out now on the necessity and pleasure of re-reading.
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#writing #writingcommunity #reading #readingaddict
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#writing #writingcommunity #reading #readingaddict
September 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
New #substack post out now on the necessity and pleasure of re-reading.
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#writing #writingcommunity #reading #readingaddict
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#writing #writingcommunity #reading #readingaddict
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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September 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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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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
September 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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
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
August 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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
New #substack post on writing demons and why it’s great when you know what they are. #fridaywritingtip #writing #creating #writingcommunity
August 22, 2025 at 7:29 AM
New #substack post on writing demons and why it’s great when you know what they are. #fridaywritingtip #writing #creating #writingcommunity
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
August 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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
Leafleting in some shops and fine establishments in Faversham. Spots still available. DM for details. #writing #creativewriting #writingcourse #whistable #faversham #kent
August 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Leafleting in some shops and fine establishments in Faversham. Spots still available. DM for details. #writing #creativewriting #writingcourse #whistable #faversham #kent
Creativity, family, lovers, work, health - nothing is guaranteed. #creativity #writing #writinginspiration
August 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Creativity, family, lovers, work, health - nothing is guaranteed. #creativity #writing #writinginspiration
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
August 15, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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
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Friday Writing Tip: The World
When to let the world in and all the times you should ignore it.
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August 15, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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New Friday Writing Tip post on being a student of writing … but not too good a student! #writing #fridaywritingtip #creating
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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August 8, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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New Friday Writing Tip post on being a student of writing … but not too good a student! #writing #fridaywritingtip #creating
New Friday Writing Tip post on being a student of writing … but not too good a student! #writing #fridaywritingtip #creating