Sam Acres
@samacres.bsky.social
Retired to the Scottish Highlands, walks just the one dog now.
Finding Blue Sky to be full of the support I've needed to re start my writing.
Finding Blue Sky to be full of the support I've needed to re start my writing.
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Sam Acres
@samacres.bsky.social
· Sep 9
So #WritingCommunity, a funny thing happened to me in Waterstones, Inverness. Was paying for a reference book when a lady walked in, stood right beside me and asked the staff for a copy of #SnowOnTheBen. I know she meant the old nonfiction mountaineering book, but I had to tell her it was my wip too
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Your 'larger brain's' agenda for your novel may NOT be what you think it is about. When your story tracks sideways you may wonder why. What you are aware of thinking is tiny compared to what you are really thinking in the background. Writing is about exposing the hidden.
#writingcommunity #booksky
#writingcommunity #booksky
December 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Your 'larger brain's' agenda for your novel may NOT be what you think it is about. When your story tracks sideways you may wonder why. What you are aware of thinking is tiny compared to what you are really thinking in the background. Writing is about exposing the hidden.
#writingcommunity #booksky
#writingcommunity #booksky
#WritingCommmunity
Stormy day in the Scottish Highlands so staying indoors with the wee man and doing a bit of scriblin'
Stormy day in the Scottish Highlands so staying indoors with the wee man and doing a bit of scriblin'
December 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
#WritingCommmunity
Stormy day in the Scottish Highlands so staying indoors with the wee man and doing a bit of scriblin'
Stormy day in the Scottish Highlands so staying indoors with the wee man and doing a bit of scriblin'
December 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
#wipsnips
#WritingCommmunity
Long before we had WhatsApp video, or even email, we had airmail letters.
#full
#SnowOnTheBen
#WritingCommmunity
Long before we had WhatsApp video, or even email, we had airmail letters.
#full
#SnowOnTheBen
December 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
#wipsnips
#WritingCommmunity
Long before we had WhatsApp video, or even email, we had airmail letters.
#full
#SnowOnTheBen
#WritingCommmunity
Long before we had WhatsApp video, or even email, we had airmail letters.
#full
#SnowOnTheBen
#wipsnips
#WritingCommmunity
Just one #pipe in a story set in the oil biz. James and Kate are discussing the early days of fracking.
#WritingCommmunity
Just one #pipe in a story set in the oil biz. James and Kate are discussing the early days of fracking.
December 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM
#wipsnips
#WritingCommmunity
Just one #pipe in a story set in the oil biz. James and Kate are discussing the early days of fracking.
#WritingCommmunity
Just one #pipe in a story set in the oil biz. James and Kate are discussing the early days of fracking.
December 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
#wipsnips
#WritingCommmunity
Sorry, no #fourth in #SnowOnTheBen not even a quarter, so I've come up short with a #third.
#WritingCommmunity
Sorry, no #fourth in #SnowOnTheBen not even a quarter, so I've come up short with a #third.
December 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
#wipsnips
#WritingCommmunity
Sorry, no #fourth in #SnowOnTheBen not even a quarter, so I've come up short with a #third.
#WritingCommmunity
Sorry, no #fourth in #SnowOnTheBen not even a quarter, so I've come up short with a #third.
#wipsnips
#WritingCommmunity
I have found the joy, in writing, when your characters tell you stuff, like this secret!
#empty
#SnowOnTheBen
#WritingCommmunity
I have found the joy, in writing, when your characters tell you stuff, like this secret!
#empty
#SnowOnTheBen
December 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
#wipsnips
#WritingCommmunity
I have found the joy, in writing, when your characters tell you stuff, like this secret!
#empty
#SnowOnTheBen
#WritingCommmunity
I have found the joy, in writing, when your characters tell you stuff, like this secret!
#empty
#SnowOnTheBen
December 6, 2025 at 12:12 PM
December 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
#wipsnips
#WritingCommmunity
Looks like Kate and James's orbits are lining up again.
Could this be 'the' time?
#screen
#WritingCommmunity
Looks like Kate and James's orbits are lining up again.
Could this be 'the' time?
#screen
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
#wipsnips
#WritingCommmunity
Looks like Kate and James's orbits are lining up again.
Could this be 'the' time?
#screen
#WritingCommmunity
Looks like Kate and James's orbits are lining up again.
Could this be 'the' time?
#screen
December 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
#wipsnips
#WritingCommmunity
A universal longing for young Kate and James, foreshadowing their long relationship-to-come
#city
#SnowOnTheBen
#WritingCommmunity
A universal longing for young Kate and James, foreshadowing their long relationship-to-come
#city
#SnowOnTheBen
December 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
#wipsnips
#WritingCommmunity
A universal longing for young Kate and James, foreshadowing their long relationship-to-come
#city
#SnowOnTheBen
#WritingCommmunity
A universal longing for young Kate and James, foreshadowing their long relationship-to-come
#city
#SnowOnTheBen
December 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
#wipsnips
#WritingCommmunity
Rather than #percent I can offer #ratio.
Not sure I've dropped this snip before. It's when Kate and James meet on a dusty Texas drilling site. #SnowOnTheBen
#WritingCommmunity
Rather than #percent I can offer #ratio.
Not sure I've dropped this snip before. It's when Kate and James meet on a dusty Texas drilling site. #SnowOnTheBen
December 2, 2025 at 11:51 AM
#wipsnips
#WritingCommmunity
Rather than #percent I can offer #ratio.
Not sure I've dropped this snip before. It's when Kate and James meet on a dusty Texas drilling site. #SnowOnTheBen
#WritingCommmunity
Rather than #percent I can offer #ratio.
Not sure I've dropped this snip before. It's when Kate and James meet on a dusty Texas drilling site. #SnowOnTheBen
#wipsnips
#WritingCommmunity
Funny, there is no #belong in #SnowOnTheBen despite it being about find a place to belong. Have #part_of instead.
#WritingCommmunity
Funny, there is no #belong in #SnowOnTheBen despite it being about find a place to belong. Have #part_of instead.
December 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
#wipsnips
#WritingCommmunity
Funny, there is no #belong in #SnowOnTheBen despite it being about find a place to belong. Have #part_of instead.
#WritingCommmunity
Funny, there is no #belong in #SnowOnTheBen despite it being about find a place to belong. Have #part_of instead.
December 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
#wipsnips
#WritingCommmunity
There's a number of #number to choose from in #SnowOnTheBen and I've selected the first.
#WritingCommmunity
There's a number of #number to choose from in #SnowOnTheBen and I've selected the first.
November 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
#wipsnips
#WritingCommmunity
There's a number of #number to choose from in #SnowOnTheBen and I've selected the first.
#WritingCommmunity
There's a number of #number to choose from in #SnowOnTheBen and I've selected the first.
#wipsnips
#WritingCommmunity
Plenty of #dedicate but all a bit spoilery. So here's a very short snip with #commit
#WritingCommmunity
Plenty of #dedicate but all a bit spoilery. So here's a very short snip with #commit
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
#wipsnips
#WritingCommmunity
Plenty of #dedicate but all a bit spoilery. So here's a very short snip with #commit
#WritingCommmunity
Plenty of #dedicate but all a bit spoilery. So here's a very short snip with #commit
November 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
November 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
November 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
November 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
#wipsnips
#WritingCommmunity
#SnowOnTheBen doesn't have a #disorganise but it does have a #disarangement
#WritingCommmunity
#SnowOnTheBen doesn't have a #disorganise but it does have a #disarangement
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
#wipsnips
#WritingCommmunity
#SnowOnTheBen doesn't have a #disorganise but it does have a #disarangement
#WritingCommmunity
#SnowOnTheBen doesn't have a #disorganise but it does have a #disarangement