Anna Tizard
@annatizard.bsky.social
British award-winning author writing weird/ comtemp. fantasy. Inspired by a surrealist word game played live on podcast, Brainstoryum. Join the creative mayhem! annatizard.com.
Stories are doorways into the mind. 🌟✍️📚
No DMs unless u know me 😉
Stories are doorways into the mind. 🌟✍️📚
No DMs unless u know me 😉
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Why did I start a podcast out of sheer desperation? Why do I play a surrealist word game to create #writingprompts to inspire my writing, and my fellow writers?
What do the Socks of Destiny look like, exactly? 🫣😆
Find out more in this crazy interview + 🔗below for pod
m.youtube.com/watch?v=BwIR...
What do the Socks of Destiny look like, exactly? 🫣😆
Find out more in this crazy interview + 🔗below for pod
m.youtube.com/watch?v=BwIR...
In 2026 I am all about sharing the wonder, connecting with other writers through my Brainstoryum podcast, and the wild, weird writing prompt game of Exquisite Corpse.
Join me in this crazy journey called #writing, get tips, updates, shout-outs and more!
Find out more about what I do: ⬇️
Join me in this crazy journey called #writing, get tips, updates, shout-outs and more!
Find out more about what I do: ⬇️
Eek!
I was lucky enough to be on a British Fantasy Society event earlier this month, and you can now watch it here on Youtube!
I read out a short story and there's a bit of Q&A afterwards.
This was so much fun, and a real honour! 😊🙏
#writingcommunity
m.youtube.com/watch?v=VnUu...
I was lucky enough to be on a British Fantasy Society event earlier this month, and you can now watch it here on Youtube!
I read out a short story and there's a bit of Q&A afterwards.
This was so much fun, and a real honour! 😊🙏
#writingcommunity
m.youtube.com/watch?v=VnUu...
Short story reading for British Fantasy Society: A Storm Brews, with author Q&A
YouTube video by Brainstoryum: Short Stories and Writing Prompts
m.youtube.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Eek!
I was lucky enough to be on a British Fantasy Society event earlier this month, and you can now watch it here on Youtube!
I read out a short story and there's a bit of Q&A afterwards.
This was so much fun, and a real honour! 😊🙏
#writingcommunity
m.youtube.com/watch?v=VnUu...
I was lucky enough to be on a British Fantasy Society event earlier this month, and you can now watch it here on Youtube!
I read out a short story and there's a bit of Q&A afterwards.
This was so much fun, and a real honour! 😊🙏
#writingcommunity
m.youtube.com/watch?v=VnUu...
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January 22, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Writers, would you like to be part of the next Brainstoryum #podcast?
Can *you* think of a story idea based on:
"the expansive lantern"? 🤔
A few sentences, or up to 250 words.
TBR in an English accent! 😉With full shout-out ⬇️
Go to annatizard.com/submit
#writingcommunity #prompt
Can *you* think of a story idea based on:
"the expansive lantern"? 🤔
A few sentences, or up to 250 words.
TBR in an English accent! 😉With full shout-out ⬇️
Go to annatizard.com/submit
#writingcommunity #prompt
January 21, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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Softly through the dark
Echoes of a steady beat
Searching for the light
#ও☉❢☉✑
#poetry
#micropoetry
#blueskywriters
#writingcommunity
#haikufeels #haiku pace
Echoes of a steady beat
Searching for the light
#ও☉❢☉✑
#poetry
#micropoetry
#blueskywriters
#writingcommunity
#haikufeels #haiku pace
January 20, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Softly through the dark
Echoes of a steady beat
Searching for the light
#ও☉❢☉✑
#poetry
#micropoetry
#blueskywriters
#writingcommunity
#haikufeels #haiku pace
Echoes of a steady beat
Searching for the light
#ও☉❢☉✑
#poetry
#micropoetry
#blueskywriters
#writingcommunity
#haikufeels #haiku pace
Writers, would you like to be part of the next Brainstoryum #podcast?
Can *you* think of a story idea based on:
"the expansive lantern"? 🤔
A few sentences, or up to 250 words.
TBR in an English accent! 😉With full shout-out ⬇️
Go to annatizard.com/submit
#writingcommunity #prompt
Can *you* think of a story idea based on:
"the expansive lantern"? 🤔
A few sentences, or up to 250 words.
TBR in an English accent! 😉With full shout-out ⬇️
Go to annatizard.com/submit
#writingcommunity #prompt
January 20, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Writers, would you like to be part of the next Brainstoryum #podcast?
Can *you* think of a story idea based on:
"the expansive lantern"? 🤔
A few sentences, or up to 250 words.
TBR in an English accent! 😉With full shout-out ⬇️
Go to annatizard.com/submit
#writingcommunity #prompt
Can *you* think of a story idea based on:
"the expansive lantern"? 🤔
A few sentences, or up to 250 words.
TBR in an English accent! 😉With full shout-out ⬇️
Go to annatizard.com/submit
#writingcommunity #prompt
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In today's Brainstoryum #podcast, I am PROUD (blushingly chuffed!) to present stories from the massively talented:
D.Krauss, @nickleevee.bsky.social @jenthorne.bsky.social @quantumfairy.bsky.social Paul McMillan & Sophie Desaules
🙏✍️
#WritingCommunity , you rock!
www.annatizard.com/brainstoryum
D.Krauss, @nickleevee.bsky.social @jenthorne.bsky.social @quantumfairy.bsky.social Paul McMillan & Sophie Desaules
🙏✍️
#WritingCommunity , you rock!
www.annatizard.com/brainstoryum
Writers: "What can you do with too many choices? Sometimes the blank page can be daunting because you can literally take any path.
The surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse is a great way to narrow down those overwhelming choices w/ a unique challenge."
annatizard.com/brainstoryum
The surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse is a great way to narrow down those overwhelming choices w/ a unique challenge."
annatizard.com/brainstoryum
Brainstoryum
Podcast exploring inspiration with a little help from the surrealists. Anna Tizard plays Exquisite Corpse by picking random words from your entries at www.annatizard.com/play, and brainstorming story ...
annatizard.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:11 PM
In today's Brainstoryum #podcast, I am PROUD (blushingly chuffed!) to present stories from the massively talented:
D.Krauss, @nickleevee.bsky.social @jenthorne.bsky.social @quantumfairy.bsky.social Paul McMillan & Sophie Desaules
🙏✍️
#WritingCommunity , you rock!
www.annatizard.com/brainstoryum
D.Krauss, @nickleevee.bsky.social @jenthorne.bsky.social @quantumfairy.bsky.social Paul McMillan & Sophie Desaules
🙏✍️
#WritingCommunity , you rock!
www.annatizard.com/brainstoryum
Do you need a writerly pick-me-up? Some laughter?
A personal anecdote about overcoming self-doubt?
Stunning flash fiction from a range of talented authors?
Join in the Brainstoryum today!
annatizard.com/brainstoryum
#writers
A personal anecdote about overcoming self-doubt?
Stunning flash fiction from a range of talented authors?
Join in the Brainstoryum today!
annatizard.com/brainstoryum
#writers
January 17, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Do you need a writerly pick-me-up? Some laughter?
A personal anecdote about overcoming self-doubt?
Stunning flash fiction from a range of talented authors?
Join in the Brainstoryum today!
annatizard.com/brainstoryum
#writers
A personal anecdote about overcoming self-doubt?
Stunning flash fiction from a range of talented authors?
Join in the Brainstoryum today!
annatizard.com/brainstoryum
#writers
Have you ever missed an opportunity due to nerves or self-doubt? Or *nearly* missed an opportunity?
In the intro of today's Brainstoryum #podcast (ep. 98) I talk about my recent near-miss, and what I learned from it.
#WritingCommunity #writingprompts
www.annatizard.com/brainstoryum
In the intro of today's Brainstoryum #podcast (ep. 98) I talk about my recent near-miss, and what I learned from it.
#WritingCommunity #writingprompts
www.annatizard.com/brainstoryum
January 17, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Have you ever missed an opportunity due to nerves or self-doubt? Or *nearly* missed an opportunity?
In the intro of today's Brainstoryum #podcast (ep. 98) I talk about my recent near-miss, and what I learned from it.
#WritingCommunity #writingprompts
www.annatizard.com/brainstoryum
In the intro of today's Brainstoryum #podcast (ep. 98) I talk about my recent near-miss, and what I learned from it.
#WritingCommunity #writingprompts
www.annatizard.com/brainstoryum
In today's Brainstoryum #podcast, I am PROUD (blushingly chuffed!) to present stories from the massively talented:
D.Krauss, @nickleevee.bsky.social @jenthorne.bsky.social @quantumfairy.bsky.social Paul McMillan & Sophie Desaules
🙏✍️
#WritingCommunity , you rock!
www.annatizard.com/brainstoryum
D.Krauss, @nickleevee.bsky.social @jenthorne.bsky.social @quantumfairy.bsky.social Paul McMillan & Sophie Desaules
🙏✍️
#WritingCommunity , you rock!
www.annatizard.com/brainstoryum
Writers: "What can you do with too many choices? Sometimes the blank page can be daunting because you can literally take any path.
The surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse is a great way to narrow down those overwhelming choices w/ a unique challenge."
annatizard.com/brainstoryum
The surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse is a great way to narrow down those overwhelming choices w/ a unique challenge."
annatizard.com/brainstoryum
Brainstoryum
Podcast exploring inspiration with a little help from the surrealists. Anna Tizard plays Exquisite Corpse by picking random words from your entries at www.annatizard.com/play, and brainstorming story ...
annatizard.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:11 PM
In today's Brainstoryum #podcast, I am PROUD (blushingly chuffed!) to present stories from the massively talented:
D.Krauss, @nickleevee.bsky.social @jenthorne.bsky.social @quantumfairy.bsky.social Paul McMillan & Sophie Desaules
🙏✍️
#WritingCommunity , you rock!
www.annatizard.com/brainstoryum
D.Krauss, @nickleevee.bsky.social @jenthorne.bsky.social @quantumfairy.bsky.social Paul McMillan & Sophie Desaules
🙏✍️
#WritingCommunity , you rock!
www.annatizard.com/brainstoryum
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Yeah, we've earned it! Kindness to ourselves and slowing down is important :)
January 17, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Yeah, we've earned it! Kindness to ourselves and slowing down is important :)
Reposted by Anna Tizard
After 4 years of hard work, I’m sinfully pleased that publication of my graphic novel BLACK TIES – IN GODS WE TRUST is approaching.
Gods. Oversized egos. Structural rot with a halo.
Illustrations by @maolyart.bsky.social
(1/4) Read on⬇️
#GraphicNovel #IndieComics
#WritingCommunity
Gods. Oversized egos. Structural rot with a halo.
Illustrations by @maolyart.bsky.social
(1/4) Read on⬇️
#GraphicNovel #IndieComics
#WritingCommunity
January 3, 2026 at 7:49 AM
After 4 years of hard work, I’m sinfully pleased that publication of my graphic novel BLACK TIES – IN GODS WE TRUST is approaching.
Gods. Oversized egos. Structural rot with a halo.
Illustrations by @maolyart.bsky.social
(1/4) Read on⬇️
#GraphicNovel #IndieComics
#WritingCommunity
Gods. Oversized egos. Structural rot with a halo.
Illustrations by @maolyart.bsky.social
(1/4) Read on⬇️
#GraphicNovel #IndieComics
#WritingCommunity
Lordy! What a week. Anyone else completely flattened? 🤪
But one thing that's kept me going is my new logbook, helping me appreciate & savour the small (but vital!) achievements I've managed in my writing.
If that might help you with your #goals in #NewYear2026, have a listen! ⬇️
But one thing that's kept me going is my new logbook, helping me appreciate & savour the small (but vital!) achievements I've managed in my writing.
If that might help you with your #goals in #NewYear2026, have a listen! ⬇️
Have you set your #writing goals for 2026?
Great! But what happens when it starts to feel like a grind?
In today's Brainstoryum #podcast I discuss how to keep the positive vibes going over time & prevent burnout using a simple, practical solution.
Check the Brainstoryum page 👀⬇️✍️
Great! But what happens when it starts to feel like a grind?
In today's Brainstoryum #podcast I discuss how to keep the positive vibes going over time & prevent burnout using a simple, practical solution.
Check the Brainstoryum page 👀⬇️✍️
Writers: "What can you do with too many choices? Sometimes the blank page can be daunting because you can literally take any path.
The surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse is a great way to narrow down those overwhelming choices w/ a unique challenge."
annatizard.com/brainstoryum
The surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse is a great way to narrow down those overwhelming choices w/ a unique challenge."
annatizard.com/brainstoryum
January 9, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Lordy! What a week. Anyone else completely flattened? 🤪
But one thing that's kept me going is my new logbook, helping me appreciate & savour the small (but vital!) achievements I've managed in my writing.
If that might help you with your #goals in #NewYear2026, have a listen! ⬇️
But one thing that's kept me going is my new logbook, helping me appreciate & savour the small (but vital!) achievements I've managed in my writing.
If that might help you with your #goals in #NewYear2026, have a listen! ⬇️
Reposted by Anna Tizard
Agnes landed in a 1920s garden party where the euphoric scent of lilacs mingled with the potent tang of gin. Somewhere, a jazz trio played with mighty enthusiasm and this, along with several gin and tonics brought out colour in her cheeks and a long dormant, latent desire to dance.
#inkmine
#inkmine
January 8, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Agnes landed in a 1920s garden party where the euphoric scent of lilacs mingled with the potent tang of gin. Somewhere, a jazz trio played with mighty enthusiasm and this, along with several gin and tonics brought out colour in her cheeks and a long dormant, latent desire to dance.
#inkmine
#inkmine
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#Haiku is alive in '25!
The 3 judges @haikucrush.bsky.social have announced... two haiku by Roger Bonner @bonnerr.bsky.social of #Basel #Switzerland will be published in The Best Haiku 2025 anthology.
"I love the fleeting moment of a haiku based on direct observation."
#poetry #poetrycommunity
The 3 judges @haikucrush.bsky.social have announced... two haiku by Roger Bonner @bonnerr.bsky.social of #Basel #Switzerland will be published in The Best Haiku 2025 anthology.
"I love the fleeting moment of a haiku based on direct observation."
#poetry #poetrycommunity
October 30, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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January 5, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Peeps - I have just created a new "submit" page to make submissions simpler & the guidelines easier to follow.
If this writing prompt inspires you ⬇️ feel free to check in at www.annatizard.com/submit to have your story or poem read out in the next show. Not an interview, just a shout-out. 😉
If this writing prompt inspires you ⬇️ feel free to check in at www.annatizard.com/submit to have your story or poem read out in the next show. Not an interview, just a shout-out. 😉
Writers, would you like to be part of the next Brainstoryum #podcast?
Can *you* think of a story idea based on:
"the ghostly outline of the freakish reader"? 🤔
A few lines up to 250 words. Let me know yr website if u have one, for a full shout-out! 🥳
#writingcommunity #prompt #vss365
Can *you* think of a story idea based on:
"the ghostly outline of the freakish reader"? 🤔
A few lines up to 250 words. Let me know yr website if u have one, for a full shout-out! 🥳
#writingcommunity #prompt #vss365
Writers: "What can you do with too many choices? Sometimes the blank page can be daunting because you can literally take any path.
The surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse is a great way to narrow down those overwhelming choices w/ a unique challenge."
annatizard.com/brainstoryum
The surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse is a great way to narrow down those overwhelming choices w/ a unique challenge."
annatizard.com/brainstoryum
January 5, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Peeps - I have just created a new "submit" page to make submissions simpler & the guidelines easier to follow.
If this writing prompt inspires you ⬇️ feel free to check in at www.annatizard.com/submit to have your story or poem read out in the next show. Not an interview, just a shout-out. 😉
If this writing prompt inspires you ⬇️ feel free to check in at www.annatizard.com/submit to have your story or poem read out in the next show. Not an interview, just a shout-out. 😉
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I love it when prompts coincide with suitable poetry fodder!
#PromptCombo #Nightfall
#Footprint #WildWalkPrompt
#SnowboundPath #BlueSkyPoetry
#PromptCombo #Nightfall
#Footprint #WildWalkPrompt
#SnowboundPath #BlueSkyPoetry
January 5, 2026 at 1:09 PM
I love it when prompts coincide with suitable poetry fodder!
#PromptCombo #Nightfall
#Footprint #WildWalkPrompt
#SnowboundPath #BlueSkyPoetry
#PromptCombo #Nightfall
#Footprint #WildWalkPrompt
#SnowboundPath #BlueSkyPoetry
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I'm absolutely thrilled to have a piece published in Issue 7. Thank you so much.
“Clinical Interruption” by @vignettes.bsky.social centers the #integrity of the body, perfectly maintaining metaphor throughout. A beautiful #Poem from Issue 7
“He lies like a house condemned
timbers softening
joists sighing under the weight”
epistemiclit.com/current-issu...
“He lies like a house condemned
timbers softening
joists sighing under the weight”
epistemiclit.com/current-issu...
CLINICAL INTERRUPTION -
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epistemiclit.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I'm absolutely thrilled to have a piece published in Issue 7. Thank you so much.
Have you set your #writing goals for 2026?
Great! But what happens when it starts to feel like a grind?
In today's Brainstoryum #podcast I discuss how to keep the positive vibes going over time & prevent burnout using a simple, practical solution.
Check the Brainstoryum page 👀⬇️✍️
Great! But what happens when it starts to feel like a grind?
In today's Brainstoryum #podcast I discuss how to keep the positive vibes going over time & prevent burnout using a simple, practical solution.
Check the Brainstoryum page 👀⬇️✍️
Writers: "What can you do with too many choices? Sometimes the blank page can be daunting because you can literally take any path.
The surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse is a great way to narrow down those overwhelming choices w/ a unique challenge."
annatizard.com/brainstoryum
The surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse is a great way to narrow down those overwhelming choices w/ a unique challenge."
annatizard.com/brainstoryum
Brainstoryum
Podcast exploring inspiration with a little help from the surrealists. Anna Tizard plays Exquisite Corpse by picking random words from your entries at www.annatizard.com/play, and brainstorming story ...
annatizard.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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Thank you! They reprinted it in this month's @scifansat.bsky.social best of the year compilation too, so feeling very grateful to the #scifansat community
January 3, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Thank you! They reprinted it in this month's @scifansat.bsky.social best of the year compilation too, so feeling very grateful to the #scifansat community
Reposted by Anna Tizard
I posted the entire prologue to my ongoing BlueSky WritingPromt story on my blog.
you van check it out here.
I'll post chapters there as they complete based on the day-to-day writing on here.
chrissolbooks.com/blog/bill-an...
you van check it out here.
I'll post chapters there as they complete based on the day-to-day writing on here.
chrissolbooks.com/blog/bill-an...
Blog | Chris Sol
Bill and Ar'Thyl: the new BlueSky serial. | On BlueSky I'll be working on this story over the next few months. once chapters get done, I'll post them here. Eventually when I star
chrissolbooks.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:51 PM
I posted the entire prologue to my ongoing BlueSky WritingPromt story on my blog.
you van check it out here.
I'll post chapters there as they complete based on the day-to-day writing on here.
chrissolbooks.com/blog/bill-an...
you van check it out here.
I'll post chapters there as they complete based on the day-to-day writing on here.
chrissolbooks.com/blog/bill-an...