Katie
@dryadula.bsky.social
Library worker and writer (no, nothing you would have read - unless you're in one of my writing groups!)
I asked Alexa to play indie pop. It is only playing The Smiths. Four songs so far, all by The Smiths.
November 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I asked Alexa to play indie pop. It is only playing The Smiths. Four songs so far, all by The Smiths.
I have one more reading session left in The Killer Question by @janicehallett.bsky.social. Can't wait to find out how it all wraps up!
November 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I have one more reading session left in The Killer Question by @janicehallett.bsky.social. Can't wait to find out how it all wraps up!
#HiddenBooksGame
Needed hints for two of them and there were a couple of books I've never heard of but I made it in the end, phew!
Needed hints for two of them and there were a couple of books I've never heard of but I made it in the end, phew!
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
#HiddenBooksGame
Needed hints for two of them and there were a couple of books I've never heard of but I made it in the end, phew!
Needed hints for two of them and there were a couple of books I've never heard of but I made it in the end, phew!
Ahhh we're at that time of year when UK firms pretend any random Friday is Black Friday so they can put random sales on, gotcha.
November 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Ahhh we're at that time of year when UK firms pretend any random Friday is Black Friday so they can put random sales on, gotcha.
On Saturday I didn't buy myself an advent calendar. I bought a large assorted box of Lindor instead, with the plan of having one every day in the run up to Christmas.
Let's just see how that works out.
Let's just see how that works out.
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
On Saturday I didn't buy myself an advent calendar. I bought a large assorted box of Lindor instead, with the plan of having one every day in the run up to Christmas.
Let's just see how that works out.
Let's just see how that works out.
Went to see Richard Ashcroft at Co-op Live. It was a great show but my seat was so high up I was scared 😳
November 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Went to see Richard Ashcroft at Co-op Live. It was a great show but my seat was so high up I was scared 😳
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I don't suppose anyone here is overly familiar with Adobe Fonts licensing, but here goes 😅
Is it permitted within the license to send photoshop files with active fonts to clients who have commissioned work from you?
Is it permitted within the license to send photoshop files with active fonts to clients who have commissioned work from you?
November 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I don't suppose anyone here is overly familiar with Adobe Fonts licensing, but here goes 😅
Is it permitted within the license to send photoshop files with active fonts to clients who have commissioned work from you?
Is it permitted within the license to send photoshop files with active fonts to clients who have commissioned work from you?
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Our latest research confirms that reading is a wellbeing tool.
Readers are significantly more likely to feel connected, happy and relaxed. Make time for reading, in any form, and give your wellbeing a boost.
Explore our full adult reading report 👉️ bit.ly/46ItklZ
#RedefineReading
Readers are significantly more likely to feel connected, happy and relaxed. Make time for reading, in any form, and give your wellbeing a boost.
Explore our full adult reading report 👉️ bit.ly/46ItklZ
#RedefineReading
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Our latest research confirms that reading is a wellbeing tool.
Readers are significantly more likely to feel connected, happy and relaxed. Make time for reading, in any form, and give your wellbeing a boost.
Explore our full adult reading report 👉️ bit.ly/46ItklZ
#RedefineReading
Readers are significantly more likely to feel connected, happy and relaxed. Make time for reading, in any form, and give your wellbeing a boost.
Explore our full adult reading report 👉️ bit.ly/46ItklZ
#RedefineReading
Getting through the jetlag by playing old favourite The Long Dark and catching up on the TV I missed while away, whenever I get a chance. But now, work.
November 6, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Getting through the jetlag by playing old favourite The Long Dark and catching up on the TV I missed while away, whenever I get a chance. But now, work.
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OK, we're approaching the end of today's lovely #buyastrangerabook day.
I've had a couple of donations this week so I've got about £30 of free books to offer out.
If you'd like something in particular, get in touch
UK only.
I've had a couple of donations this week so I've got about £30 of free books to offer out.
If you'd like something in particular, get in touch
UK only.
IT'S WEDNESDAY!
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The best of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The best of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only
Buy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.
The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people
www.biggreenbookshop.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
OK, we're approaching the end of today's lovely #buyastrangerabook day.
I've had a couple of donations this week so I've got about £30 of free books to offer out.
If you'd like something in particular, get in touch
UK only.
I've had a couple of donations this week so I've got about £30 of free books to offer out.
If you'd like something in particular, get in touch
UK only.
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Fancy reading for Thin Skin? Drop us a line on info@thin-skin.com to learn more. All you need is a couple of hours a week and an enquiring mind. Look forward to hearing from you!
November 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Fancy reading for Thin Skin? Drop us a line on info@thin-skin.com to learn more. All you need is a couple of hours a week and an enquiring mind. Look forward to hearing from you!
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𝕕𝕦 𝕄𝕒𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕣'𝕤 ℝ𝔼𝔹𝔼ℂℂ𝔸 𝕩 ℕ𝕖𝕥𝕗𝕝𝕚𝕩'𝕤 𝕋ℍ𝔼 ℙ𝔼ℝ𝔽𝔼ℂ𝕋 ℂ𝕆𝕌ℙ𝕃𝔼
When everyone she loves has motive for a murder, a PR exec who's always tried to do the 'right thing' must decide how far she'll go to protect them. Especially the man she's in love with. The dead woman's husband.
#Questpit #Q #A #RF #MY
When everyone she loves has motive for a murder, a PR exec who's always tried to do the 'right thing' must decide how far she'll go to protect them. Especially the man she's in love with. The dead woman's husband.
#Questpit #Q #A #RF #MY
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Have been in the US for half term, got back this morning and am about to have a cup of Yorkshire decaff - almost two weeks since I last had one!
I did enjoy the arcades and pinball while I was away and the view of the Great Smoky Mountains which I visited for part of the trip.
I did enjoy the arcades and pinball while I was away and the view of the Great Smoky Mountains which I visited for part of the trip.
November 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Have been in the US for half term, got back this morning and am about to have a cup of Yorkshire decaff - almost two weeks since I last had one!
I did enjoy the arcades and pinball while I was away and the view of the Great Smoky Mountains which I visited for part of the trip.
I did enjoy the arcades and pinball while I was away and the view of the Great Smoky Mountains which I visited for part of the trip.
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Still open for ~10 more applications!
I say this with excitement: our short story/flash fiction editor, @egreenberg.bsky.social, will be looking for a few new readers to join the 2026 SS/FF reading team! Readers are COMPENSATED!
SS/FF reader apps open on Sun Nov 2 and will close by Sat Nov 8, or after we've received 100 applications.
SS/FF reader apps open on Sun Nov 2 and will close by Sat Nov 8, or after we've received 100 applications.
November 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Still open for ~10 more applications!
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Thanks to all #writers for their support of Paragraph Planet through the years. If anyone would like to make a donation for website and marketing costs - or maybe buy me a coffee - then there's a ko-fi page www.ko-fi.com/paragraphpla...
Support Paragraph Planet
Support Paragraph Planet
www.ko-fi.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Thanks to all #writers for their support of Paragraph Planet through the years. If anyone would like to make a donation for website and marketing costs - or maybe buy me a coffee - then there's a ko-fi page www.ko-fi.com/paragraphpla...
I have a story on Hannah's bookshelf sometime in this hour. I'm trying to listen but am in a bad internet area so might have to listen to the recording later!
northmanchester.fm/listen/
northmanchester.fm/listen/
Listen
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northmanchester.fm
October 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I have a story on Hannah's bookshelf sometime in this hour. I'm trying to listen but am in a bad internet area so might have to listen to the recording later!
northmanchester.fm/listen/
northmanchester.fm/listen/
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Next Saturday (1st November) online at 7pm: the re-launch of The Barbellion Prize barbellionprize.org. Hosted by prize founder @jgoldsmith.bsky.social with some very special guests. The submission window for the 2026 prize will open on the night. All welcome!
barbellionprize.org
October 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Next Saturday (1st November) online at 7pm: the re-launch of The Barbellion Prize barbellionprize.org. Hosted by prize founder @jgoldsmith.bsky.social with some very special guests. The submission window for the 2026 prize will open on the night. All welcome!
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The UK government hasn't ruled out weakening copyright law in low-regulation zones to benefit AI companies.
They say they "intend" IP rights to be a red line for these zones. But they are "seeking views" on this.
Please make your views known!
www.gov.uk/government/c...
They say they "intend" IP rights to be a red line for these zones. But they are "seeking views" on this.
Please make your views known!
www.gov.uk/government/c...
October 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The UK government hasn't ruled out weakening copyright law in low-regulation zones to benefit AI companies.
They say they "intend" IP rights to be a red line for these zones. But they are "seeking views" on this.
Please make your views known!
www.gov.uk/government/c...
They say they "intend" IP rights to be a red line for these zones. But they are "seeking views" on this.
Please make your views known!
www.gov.uk/government/c...
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Dear Lit Mags,
I love that there is a Lit Submission Calls feed here on Blue Sky (so convenient!), but there are so many calls that don't show up there.
Did you know that if you use the #submissionscall hashtag, your post will show up on that feed?
Love, someone who visits that feed frequently.
I love that there is a Lit Submission Calls feed here on Blue Sky (so convenient!), but there are so many calls that don't show up there.
Did you know that if you use the #submissionscall hashtag, your post will show up on that feed?
Love, someone who visits that feed frequently.
October 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Dear Lit Mags,
I love that there is a Lit Submission Calls feed here on Blue Sky (so convenient!), but there are so many calls that don't show up there.
Did you know that if you use the #submissionscall hashtag, your post will show up on that feed?
Love, someone who visits that feed frequently.
I love that there is a Lit Submission Calls feed here on Blue Sky (so convenient!), but there are so many calls that don't show up there.
Did you know that if you use the #submissionscall hashtag, your post will show up on that feed?
Love, someone who visits that feed frequently.
I'm ready to go out (although it's not time yet). New dress!
October 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I'm ready to go out (although it's not time yet). New dress!
I have done my jobs.
I'm one of those people who doesn't like the sound of their own voice. Especially recorded. I sometimes wonder if it sounds better in other people's ears than it does in my own.
I'm one of those people who doesn't like the sound of their own voice. Especially recorded. I sometimes wonder if it sounds better in other people's ears than it does in my own.
Might cut my hair today.
I did my daughter's a couple of days ago and it was my best cut yet which means I will probably make a big mess of my own. And I am going out tonight. Could be a mistake. Also I have two stories to record. I really must do that today.
I did my daughter's a couple of days ago and it was my best cut yet which means I will probably make a big mess of my own. And I am going out tonight. Could be a mistake. Also I have two stories to record. I really must do that today.
October 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I have done my jobs.
I'm one of those people who doesn't like the sound of their own voice. Especially recorded. I sometimes wonder if it sounds better in other people's ears than it does in my own.
I'm one of those people who doesn't like the sound of their own voice. Especially recorded. I sometimes wonder if it sounds better in other people's ears than it does in my own.
Might cut my hair today.
I did my daughter's a couple of days ago and it was my best cut yet which means I will probably make a big mess of my own. And I am going out tonight. Could be a mistake. Also I have two stories to record. I really must do that today.
I did my daughter's a couple of days ago and it was my best cut yet which means I will probably make a big mess of my own. And I am going out tonight. Could be a mistake. Also I have two stories to record. I really must do that today.
October 16, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Might cut my hair today.
I did my daughter's a couple of days ago and it was my best cut yet which means I will probably make a big mess of my own. And I am going out tonight. Could be a mistake. Also I have two stories to record. I really must do that today.
I did my daughter's a couple of days ago and it was my best cut yet which means I will probably make a big mess of my own. And I am going out tonight. Could be a mistake. Also I have two stories to record. I really must do that today.
Everyone should make reading a part of their life. Apartment blocks with gyms should have library rooms as well. Workplaces should offer everyone a 15 minute reading break.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Everyone should make reading a part of their life. Apartment blocks with gyms should have library rooms as well. Workplaces should offer everyone a 15 minute reading break.
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Has anyone got a story regarding your writing on Paragraph Planet? Did you have 75 words featured which were later in a published novel? Did a story inspire you to seek out an author? Forge a friendship online? Would love to hear and share your #stories
October 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Has anyone got a story regarding your writing on Paragraph Planet? Did you have 75 words featured which were later in a published novel? Did a story inspire you to seek out an author? Forge a friendship online? Would love to hear and share your #stories
Mildly crummy day today with small pockets of quite lovely.
October 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Mildly crummy day today with small pockets of quite lovely.