April Doyle
@aprildoylewriter.bsky.social
Writer, tutor, editor
Debut novel Hive pub. Jan 2022
Shortlisted Exeter Novel Prize 2019
Longlisted Mslexia Fiction Competition 2019: short story
Debut novel Hive pub. Jan 2022
Shortlisted Exeter Novel Prize 2019
Longlisted Mslexia Fiction Competition 2019: short story
If you're looking for climate fiction try Hive, available on Amazon #clifi #climatefiction #bbc #radio4 #r4 #starttheweek
November 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
If you're looking for climate fiction try Hive, available on Amazon #clifi #climatefiction #bbc #radio4 #r4 #starttheweek
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The bumblebees are busy collecting nectar and pollen as cooler weather approaches here is Wisconsin. The goldenrod that is blooming now is a great food source for these pollinators.
#SundayYellow #pollinator #wildflowers#Stunday
#SundayYellow #pollinator #wildflowers#Stunday
August 31, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The bumblebees are busy collecting nectar and pollen as cooler weather approaches here is Wisconsin. The goldenrod that is blooming now is a great food source for these pollinators.
#SundayYellow #pollinator #wildflowers#Stunday
#SundayYellow #pollinator #wildflowers#Stunday
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🌟 Giveaway! 🌟
Please share, thanks!
Please share, thanks!
August 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
🌟 Giveaway! 🌟
Please share, thanks!
Please share, thanks!
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Are you looking to take your writing more seriously, in a new direction, or polish what you have? I have worked with 100+ writers and know how to make your work shine.
I charge fairly based on the work I do NOT based on my publishing history, and for all budgets #editor
www.hayleywebsteredits.co.uk
I charge fairly based on the work I do NOT based on my publishing history, and for all budgets #editor
www.hayleywebsteredits.co.uk
August 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Are you looking to take your writing more seriously, in a new direction, or polish what you have? I have worked with 100+ writers and know how to make your work shine.
I charge fairly based on the work I do NOT based on my publishing history, and for all budgets #editor
www.hayleywebsteredits.co.uk
I charge fairly based on the work I do NOT based on my publishing history, and for all budgets #editor
www.hayleywebsteredits.co.uk
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Smart! Raven loves winning Tic Tac Toe.
August 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Smart! Raven loves winning Tic Tac Toe.
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I’m working on a new novel, so I thought better check in with the ten things that I find most often go wrong with historical fiction - including my own.
Help yourself!
emmadarwin.substack.com/p/itchy-bite...
Help yourself!
emmadarwin.substack.com/p/itchy-bite...
Itchy Bitesized 34: Ten Things That Go Wrong With Historical Fiction
And not only with beginners' fiction.
emmadarwin.substack.com
August 7, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I’m working on a new novel, so I thought better check in with the ten things that I find most often go wrong with historical fiction - including my own.
Help yourself!
emmadarwin.substack.com/p/itchy-bite...
Help yourself!
emmadarwin.substack.com/p/itchy-bite...
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I’m starting a new guided book group, ‘Reading Like a Writer’ - we’ll be discussing a book a month (both fiction and non-fiction) and thinking about what we can learn from it as writers. Oct 2025-Apr 2026 on Zoom; £120. Let me know if you’re interested in joining!
open.substack.com/pub/victoria...
open.substack.com/pub/victoria...
New Courses for Autumn!
Things I'm writing, things I'm reading, things I'm teaching...
open.substack.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I’m starting a new guided book group, ‘Reading Like a Writer’ - we’ll be discussing a book a month (both fiction and non-fiction) and thinking about what we can learn from it as writers. Oct 2025-Apr 2026 on Zoom; £120. Let me know if you’re interested in joining!
open.substack.com/pub/victoria...
open.substack.com/pub/victoria...
Him: I've been listening to a band I think you might like. Charlotte and the Machine.
Me:
Him:
Me: Florence and the Machine?
Me:
Him:
Me: Florence and the Machine?
July 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Him: I've been listening to a band I think you might like. Charlotte and the Machine.
Me:
Him:
Me: Florence and the Machine?
Me:
Him:
Me: Florence and the Machine?
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I am so excited to reveal my new cover for Exile a dramatic second chance romance coming out next May with @canelo_co
You can pre order now amzn.eu/d/aKnkyvW
Any shares appreciated! Isn’t it beautiful? ❤️🐝
You can pre order now amzn.eu/d/aKnkyvW
Any shares appreciated! Isn’t it beautiful? ❤️🐝
June 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I am so excited to reveal my new cover for Exile a dramatic second chance romance coming out next May with @canelo_co
You can pre order now amzn.eu/d/aKnkyvW
Any shares appreciated! Isn’t it beautiful? ❤️🐝
You can pre order now amzn.eu/d/aKnkyvW
Any shares appreciated! Isn’t it beautiful? ❤️🐝
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I'm giving a Zoom talk for Cambridge Beekeepers' Association on Wednesday 2nd July - with a focus on the fascinating world of #SolitaryBees.
Do please sign up if you are interested, and share the link if you would! 🐝 🌼 🙏
#bees #bumblebees #pollinators
www.tickettailor.com/events/cambr...
Do please sign up if you are interested, and share the link if you would! 🐝 🌼 🙏
#bees #bumblebees #pollinators
www.tickettailor.com/events/cambr...
June 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I'm giving a Zoom talk for Cambridge Beekeepers' Association on Wednesday 2nd July - with a focus on the fascinating world of #SolitaryBees.
Do please sign up if you are interested, and share the link if you would! 🐝 🌼 🙏
#bees #bumblebees #pollinators
www.tickettailor.com/events/cambr...
Do please sign up if you are interested, and share the link if you would! 🐝 🌼 🙏
#bees #bumblebees #pollinators
www.tickettailor.com/events/cambr...
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"Description begins in the writer’s imagination but should finish in the reader’s."
- Stephen King
- Stephen King
June 12, 2025 at 3:38 AM
"Description begins in the writer’s imagination but should finish in the reader’s."
- Stephen King
- Stephen King
This wonderfully moving piece from this morning's writing class, we used one of @mirandakeeling.com's noticings as a prompt. Thank you for sharing it @bobreflected.bsky.social ❤️
@mirandakeeling.com
Another short piece of flash fiction written using one of your observations as a prompt: thank you for the inspiration :-)
(A warm-up exercise within the creative writing class led by @aprildoylewriter.bsky.social in Canterbury. Please forgive my schoolboy French.)
#writing
Another short piece of flash fiction written using one of your observations as a prompt: thank you for the inspiration :-)
(A warm-up exercise within the creative writing class led by @aprildoylewriter.bsky.social in Canterbury. Please forgive my schoolboy French.)
#writing
June 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This wonderfully moving piece from this morning's writing class, we used one of @mirandakeeling.com's noticings as a prompt. Thank you for sharing it @bobreflected.bsky.social ❤️
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Ok folks, I'm often told that my posts have inspired, or could spark a short story, or something longer - perhaps as the first sentence. I've never run with it myself but I'd love to read any that you ended up writing! Perhaps from these recent ones...or any from the collection 😀✍️ let me know!
May 24, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Ok folks, I'm often told that my posts have inspired, or could spark a short story, or something longer - perhaps as the first sentence. I've never run with it myself but I'd love to read any that you ended up writing! Perhaps from these recent ones...or any from the collection 😀✍️ let me know!
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New Itchy Bitesized post for everyone drafting or editing: Nine thoughts about description plus six useful editing questions. "It’s not copy in a brochure, a bolt-on bit of prose, that informs us; the real job is to evoke things and people in the way that will best serve the story." buff.ly/PzHfDB6
May 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
New Itchy Bitesized post for everyone drafting or editing: Nine thoughts about description plus six useful editing questions. "It’s not copy in a brochure, a bolt-on bit of prose, that informs us; the real job is to evoke things and people in the way that will best serve the story." buff.ly/PzHfDB6
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Spending the weekend working on getting published? New on This Itch of Writing for all subscribers, supporters and everyone else: what to expect and what to enjoy in being published, from contracts to prizes. Linktree in bio, or search this itch of writing substack buff.ly/dy9BAVd
April 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Spending the weekend working on getting published? New on This Itch of Writing for all subscribers, supporters and everyone else: what to expect and what to enjoy in being published, from contracts to prizes. Linktree in bio, or search this itch of writing substack buff.ly/dy9BAVd
Hive mind - is there a term for those a/v scaffolding towers you sometimes get at music festivals, front and centre of the main stage? Thank you!
April 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Hive mind - is there a term for those a/v scaffolding towers you sometimes get at music festivals, front and centre of the main stage? Thank you!
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It's okay Amy. We don't want to be in their stupid film anyway.
March 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
It's okay Amy. We don't want to be in their stupid film anyway.
Look what just landed! Thank you so much Mahi Cheshire and Harvill Secker, I can't wait to start reading ❤️
February 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Look what just landed! Thank you so much Mahi Cheshire and Harvill Secker, I can't wait to start reading ❤️
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Working out a new novel but can't work out where to start the story? Struggling with a saggy middle? Had feedback that your ending is whimpering not banging? Join me online Blue Pencil Agency tomorrow evening (Thurs 30 6-8pm) to unpack the whole business of Structure. https://buff.ly/4hgs6m4
January 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Working out a new novel but can't work out where to start the story? Struggling with a saggy middle? Had feedback that your ending is whimpering not banging? Join me online Blue Pencil Agency tomorrow evening (Thurs 30 6-8pm) to unpack the whole business of Structure. https://buff.ly/4hgs6m4
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Loads of #literary #magazines are coming to Bluesky, here is a great list to follow! PLEASE SHARE TO HELP THEM LEAVE TWITTER!
#litmags #writer #writingcommunity
go.bsky.app/7cWNC2j
#litmags #writer #writingcommunity
go.bsky.app/7cWNC2j
November 17, 2024 at 3:56 AM
Loads of #literary #magazines are coming to Bluesky, here is a great list to follow! PLEASE SHARE TO HELP THEM LEAVE TWITTER!
#litmags #writer #writingcommunity
go.bsky.app/7cWNC2j
#litmags #writer #writingcommunity
go.bsky.app/7cWNC2j
#thearchers drinking game: every time someone says Beavers you take a shot. Care should be taken when listening to the omnibus edition.
January 29, 2025 at 9:43 AM
#thearchers drinking game: every time someone says Beavers you take a shot. Care should be taken when listening to the omnibus edition.
Take care out there
January 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Take care out there
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Hey everyone! I run an online climate book group that meets twice a year. Our next Zoom meeting is 7.30pm (GMT) on Mon 3rd Feb
It's open to everyone! The book we are looking at is a climate Fiction one - Hive by April Doyle (@aprildoylewriter.bsky.social)
If this interests you, let me know
It's open to everyone! The book we are looking at is a climate Fiction one - Hive by April Doyle (@aprildoylewriter.bsky.social)
If this interests you, let me know
January 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Hey everyone! I run an online climate book group that meets twice a year. Our next Zoom meeting is 7.30pm (GMT) on Mon 3rd Feb
It's open to everyone! The book we are looking at is a climate Fiction one - Hive by April Doyle (@aprildoylewriter.bsky.social)
If this interests you, let me know
It's open to everyone! The book we are looking at is a climate Fiction one - Hive by April Doyle (@aprildoylewriter.bsky.social)
If this interests you, let me know