JJ Alleson
@jjalleson.bsky.social
"You must write only about affirmations, religion, racism, and family. If you write poetry, it must rhyme and be deep and spiritual. No Black characters on the cover and not too many in your stories. No naughty stuff." M'kay... https://www.jjalleson.com/
A penny or a cent or even a cedi for each time I've heard this. We've all been there, I guess. www.jjalleson.com/post/but-the...
But You’re Gonna Steal My Idea!
Ah, if only we had a penny, cent or whatever your minimal currency is where you are, for every time a new writer said, “But if I show you my story you’ll steal my idea!” As if established writers have...
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June 5, 2025 at 6:15 AM
A penny or a cent or even a cedi for each time I've heard this. We've all been there, I guess. www.jjalleson.com/post/but-the...
Poems on Loss and Found
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June 1, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Poems on Loss and Found
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D5NF461C
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D5NF461C
EXCERPT from my poetry collection "Not Everyone Dies"
A DAY OUT
133 to Union Street.
Down Newcomen.
Narrow beat.
Into Guys.
Onco.
Farewell party –
Wrong floor.
Hours later.
Through door.
Back next week:
Chemo.
....
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D5NF461C
A DAY OUT
133 to Union Street.
Down Newcomen.
Narrow beat.
Into Guys.
Onco.
Farewell party –
Wrong floor.
Hours later.
Through door.
Back next week:
Chemo.
....
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D5NF461C
Amazon.co.uk
www.amazon.co.uk
June 1, 2025 at 4:56 AM
EXCERPT from my poetry collection "Not Everyone Dies"
A DAY OUT
133 to Union Street.
Down Newcomen.
Narrow beat.
Into Guys.
Onco.
Farewell party –
Wrong floor.
Hours later.
Through door.
Back next week:
Chemo.
....
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D5NF461C
A DAY OUT
133 to Union Street.
Down Newcomen.
Narrow beat.
Into Guys.
Onco.
Farewell party –
Wrong floor.
Hours later.
Through door.
Back next week:
Chemo.
....
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D5NF461C
Planned to go out somewhere in the sunshine. Forgot that:
1. I'm in England.
2. It's a Saturday.
Ah, well, thank you, imagination. 🙏
1. I'm in England.
2. It's a Saturday.
Ah, well, thank you, imagination. 🙏
a woman in a dress is standing in a field of white flowers
Alt: a woman in a dress is standing in a field of white flowers
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May 31, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Planned to go out somewhere in the sunshine. Forgot that:
1. I'm in England.
2. It's a Saturday.
Ah, well, thank you, imagination. 🙏
1. I'm in England.
2. It's a Saturday.
Ah, well, thank you, imagination. 🙏
Went to Margate in Kent on Saturday, 24/05/25. It's come a long way.😢
May 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Went to Margate in Kent on Saturday, 24/05/25. It's come a long way.😢
Ride on a funfair, somewhere in the UK. The makings of a horror book cover, methinks.
May 29, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Ride on a funfair, somewhere in the UK. The makings of a horror book cover, methinks.
A relative told me about a year ago that she'd asked one of the AI artists for a picture of a dog in a tree. It gave her a dog mangled up in a tree trunk. Now look at those little bots go, pilfering hither and thither.
May 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
A relative told me about a year ago that she'd asked one of the AI artists for a picture of a dog in a tree. It gave her a dog mangled up in a tree trunk. Now look at those little bots go, pilfering hither and thither.
Back when I thought selling me poems on Etsy was a good idea.
May 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Back when I thought selling me poems on Etsy was a good idea.
