Writer Jo Malby
@jomalby.bsky.social
Neurodivergent writer (features+fiction) & poet | bibliophile & cinephile | CRPS veteran & advocate | artist
Sharing haiku, photography, literary loveliness & writing tips.
Eternal student. Finding wonder in nature & beauty through life's challenges.
Sharing haiku, photography, literary loveliness & writing tips.
Eternal student. Finding wonder in nature & beauty through life's challenges.
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Writer Jo Malby
@jomalby.bsky.social
· Jan 22
dusk
the mute hour
between us
~ Lisa Alletson, @lisaalletson.bsky.social / lisaalletson.com // #Photography: ‘Misty Church’ by Piotr Skrzypiec / piotr-skrzypiec.pixels.com #vss365 #haiku
the mute hour
between us
~ Lisa Alletson, @lisaalletson.bsky.social / lisaalletson.com // #Photography: ‘Misty Church’ by Piotr Skrzypiec / piotr-skrzypiec.pixels.com #vss365 #haiku
“You’re not writing a finished book today. You’re writing words… Editing is where you make art. Drafting is where you mine the ore.” https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/10/12/plan-smart-write-fast-finish-strong-my-guide-to-writing-a-novel-in-30-days @rozmorris.bsky.social #WritingTips #WriteSky
November 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“You’re not writing a finished book today. You’re writing words… Editing is where you make art. Drafting is where you mine the ore.” https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/10/12/plan-smart-write-fast-finish-strong-my-guide-to-writing-a-novel-in-30-days @rozmorris.bsky.social #WritingTips #WriteSky
“It's the clichés that cause the trouble. A precise emotion seeks a precise expression. If what I feel is not precise then should I call it love?” ~ #JeanetteWinterson
November 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“It's the clichés that cause the trouble. A precise emotion seeks a precise expression. If what I feel is not precise then should I call it love?” ~ #JeanetteWinterson
a quiet night
in my cup
a sip of stars
~ Tanja, @joypops.bsky.social // #Photography by Zack Clothier / zackclothierphotography.com #vss365 #haiku
in my cup
a sip of stars
~ Tanja, @joypops.bsky.social // #Photography by Zack Clothier / zackclothierphotography.com #vss365 #haiku
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
a quiet night
in my cup
a sip of stars
~ Tanja, @joypops.bsky.social // #Photography by Zack Clothier / zackclothierphotography.com #vss365 #haiku
in my cup
a sip of stars
~ Tanja, @joypops.bsky.social // #Photography by Zack Clothier / zackclothierphotography.com #vss365 #haiku
“Write toward that moment when your #characters surprise you… when they’re so real that readers will want to follow them—the Robert Frost no surprise for the #writer, no surprise for the reader… It’s always about the characters.” https://advicetowriters.com/interviews/eyonsvan7j1vfli15h1od3xui5oja5
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“Write toward that moment when your #characters surprise you… when they’re so real that readers will want to follow them—the Robert Frost no surprise for the #writer, no surprise for the reader… It’s always about the characters.” https://advicetowriters.com/interviews/eyonsvan7j1vfli15h1od3xui5oja5
“The objective of fiction isn’t grammatical correctness but to make the reader welcome and then tell a story… to make him/her forget, whenever possible, that he/she is reading a story at all.” ~ Stephen King #writersky
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“The objective of fiction isn’t grammatical correctness but to make the reader welcome and then tell a story… to make him/her forget, whenever possible, that he/she is reading a story at all.” ~ Stephen King #writersky
morning fog…
this urge to find
my place
~ Hifsa Ashraf, @hifsays / http://hifsayz.wordpress.com/author/hifsaku // #Photography by Vanda Ralevska / mylenscapes.uk #vssnature #haiku
this urge to find
my place
~ Hifsa Ashraf, @hifsays / http://hifsayz.wordpress.com/author/hifsaku // #Photography by Vanda Ralevska / mylenscapes.uk #vssnature #haiku
November 8, 2025 at 9:23 AM
morning fog…
this urge to find
my place
~ Hifsa Ashraf, @hifsays / http://hifsayz.wordpress.com/author/hifsaku // #Photography by Vanda Ralevska / mylenscapes.uk #vssnature #haiku
this urge to find
my place
~ Hifsa Ashraf, @hifsays / http://hifsayz.wordpress.com/author/hifsaku // #Photography by Vanda Ralevska / mylenscapes.uk #vssnature #haiku
“When you’re trying to write your way through to that teetering stack of a finished draft, a quick injection of suspense is a great way to keep your #story’s engine fuelled. Suddenly, you’ll very much want to write on to find the answer.” https://buff.ly/2bB8HBH #writingtips
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“When you’re trying to write your way through to that teetering stack of a finished draft, a quick injection of suspense is a great way to keep your #story’s engine fuelled. Suddenly, you’ll very much want to write on to find the answer.” https://buff.ly/2bB8HBH #writingtips
“I love the rain. I love how it softens the outlines of things. The world becomes softly blurred, and I feel like I melt right into it.” ~ Hanamoto Hagumi
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“I love the rain. I love how it softens the outlines of things. The world becomes softly blurred, and I feel like I melt right into it.” ~ Hanamoto Hagumi
evening chill
the heat of your hand
in mine
~ petro c.k. // #Photography: Edouard Boubat, Paris 1964 #haiku #micropoetry
the heat of your hand
in mine
~ petro c.k. // #Photography: Edouard Boubat, Paris 1964 #haiku #micropoetry
November 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
evening chill
the heat of your hand
in mine
~ petro c.k. // #Photography: Edouard Boubat, Paris 1964 #haiku #micropoetry
the heat of your hand
in mine
~ petro c.k. // #Photography: Edouard Boubat, Paris 1964 #haiku #micropoetry
“Writers get fragmented by considering the elements of fiction individually… We can forget that a novel—like a great symphony—is vastly more than the sum of its parts; it’s how they come together in harmony.” https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-fiction/turn-elements-novel-masterpiece #writers
November 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“Writers get fragmented by considering the elements of fiction individually… We can forget that a novel—like a great symphony—is vastly more than the sum of its parts; it’s how they come together in harmony.” https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-fiction/turn-elements-novel-masterpiece #writers
“Rather he consoled himself with the fact that, in the real world, when he looked closely into the darkness he might find the presence of a light, damaged and bruised, but a little light all the same.” ~ Colum McCann #booksky
October 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“Rather he consoled himself with the fact that, in the real world, when he looked closely into the darkness he might find the presence of a light, damaged and bruised, but a little light all the same.” ~ Colum McCann #booksky
helping
me reflect -
autumn puddles
~ C. X. Turner (Luci), @loverpoetic.bsky // #Photography by Martin Rak, @martinrak.bsky / linktr.ee/martinrak #haiku #micropoetry
me reflect -
autumn puddles
~ C. X. Turner (Luci), @loverpoetic.bsky // #Photography by Martin Rak, @martinrak.bsky / linktr.ee/martinrak #haiku #micropoetry
October 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
helping
me reflect -
autumn puddles
~ C. X. Turner (Luci), @loverpoetic.bsky // #Photography by Martin Rak, @martinrak.bsky / linktr.ee/martinrak #haiku #micropoetry
me reflect -
autumn puddles
~ C. X. Turner (Luci), @loverpoetic.bsky // #Photography by Martin Rak, @martinrak.bsky / linktr.ee/martinrak #haiku #micropoetry
“Focus on writing… and find your own voice… Once you’ve finished a draft, it’s so important to embrace the collaborative nature of the process, get good feedback and incorporate it well… Trust your instincts.” https://nathanbransford.com/blog/2024/01/how-to-balance-writing-to-market-and #writingtips
October 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“Focus on writing… and find your own voice… Once you’ve finished a draft, it’s so important to embrace the collaborative nature of the process, get good feedback and incorporate it well… Trust your instincts.” https://nathanbransford.com/blog/2024/01/how-to-balance-writing-to-market-and #writingtips
blue morning
I pull the clouds
back over my head
~ Elisa Bobbiesi // #Photography by Zack Clothier #vss365 #haiku #3lines
I pull the clouds
back over my head
~ Elisa Bobbiesi // #Photography by Zack Clothier #vss365 #haiku #3lines
Zack Clothier Photography
Zack Clothier Photography
zackclothierphotography.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
blue morning
I pull the clouds
back over my head
~ Elisa Bobbiesi // #Photography by Zack Clothier #vss365 #haiku #3lines
I pull the clouds
back over my head
~ Elisa Bobbiesi // #Photography by Zack Clothier #vss365 #haiku #3lines
“Don’t agonise over every word in a first draft; that will only slow you down. Just write the #story. Get it onto the page. Drafting is the stage where you capture the idea. Revising is where you figure out how to really tell the story well.” @bethkander.bsky https://cme.sh/storytelling #writingtips
October 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“Don’t agonise over every word in a first draft; that will only slow you down. Just write the #story. Get it onto the page. Drafting is the stage where you capture the idea. Revising is where you figure out how to really tell the story well.” @bethkander.bsky https://cme.sh/storytelling #writingtips
October 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“There’s only one true way to develop your natural voice, and that is to practice #writing, and work at being as honest as possible to who you are, and how you would say something… Write regularly… Rewrite… Read more genres, #writers, styles.” https://buff.ly/3I5VHHD @nownovel.bsky.social #writesky
October 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“There’s only one true way to develop your natural voice, and that is to practice #writing, and work at being as honest as possible to who you are, and how you would say something… Write regularly… Rewrite… Read more genres, #writers, styles.” https://buff.ly/3I5VHHD @nownovel.bsky.social #writesky
“She did not need much, wanted very little. A kind word, sincerity, fresh air, clean water, a garden, kisses, books to read, sheltering arms, a cosy bed, and to love and be loved in return.” ~ Starra Neely Blade #booksky
October 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
“She did not need much, wanted very little. A kind word, sincerity, fresh air, clean water, a garden, kisses, books to read, sheltering arms, a cosy bed, and to love and be loved in return.” ~ Starra Neely Blade #booksky
milky way
& an ocean of stars
to wash down the ache
~ Elisa Bobbiesi, @wildolivewrites.bsky.social // #Photography by the late, great Alyn Wallace ♥️ buff.ly/46UqSIQ #vss365 #haiku
& an ocean of stars
to wash down the ache
~ Elisa Bobbiesi, @wildolivewrites.bsky.social // #Photography by the late, great Alyn Wallace ♥️ buff.ly/46UqSIQ #vss365 #haiku
October 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
milky way
& an ocean of stars
to wash down the ache
~ Elisa Bobbiesi, @wildolivewrites.bsky.social // #Photography by the late, great Alyn Wallace ♥️ buff.ly/46UqSIQ #vss365 #haiku
& an ocean of stars
to wash down the ache
~ Elisa Bobbiesi, @wildolivewrites.bsky.social // #Photography by the late, great Alyn Wallace ♥️ buff.ly/46UqSIQ #vss365 #haiku
“Like most aspects of the creative life—this is a practice—not a goal… Remind yourself, over and over, that it doesn’t matter if you’re “doing it wrong” what you naturally have to offer is enough.” https://www.kendrapatterson.com/blog/2022/2/4/how-to-stop-performing-and-show-up-as-you-are/ #writesky
October 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“Like most aspects of the creative life—this is a practice—not a goal… Remind yourself, over and over, that it doesn’t matter if you’re “doing it wrong” what you naturally have to offer is enough.” https://www.kendrapatterson.com/blog/2022/2/4/how-to-stop-performing-and-show-up-as-you-are/ #writesky
“Don't be paralysed by the idea that you're writing a book; just write.” ~ Isabelle Allende #writingcommunity
October 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“Don't be paralysed by the idea that you're writing a book; just write.” ~ Isabelle Allende #writingcommunity
unrequited love
somewhere a river
changes its course
~ Meraki, @Meraki_k // #Photography: ‘Golden Sunset’ by Jaroslav Zakravsky #haiku #vss365
somewhere a river
changes its course
~ Meraki, @Meraki_k // #Photography: ‘Golden Sunset’ by Jaroslav Zakravsky #haiku #vss365
October 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
unrequited love
somewhere a river
changes its course
~ Meraki, @Meraki_k // #Photography: ‘Golden Sunset’ by Jaroslav Zakravsky #haiku #vss365
somewhere a river
changes its course
~ Meraki, @Meraki_k // #Photography: ‘Golden Sunset’ by Jaroslav Zakravsky #haiku #vss365
“The best way to learn to write is by reading. Reading critically, noticing paragraphs… how your favourite #writers use verbs, all the useful techniques. A scene catches you? Go back and study it. Find out how it works.“ https://buff.ly/3RtuXdV
@judieannrose.bsky.social #writingtips #writesky
@judieannrose.bsky.social #writingtips #writesky
October 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
“The best way to learn to write is by reading. Reading critically, noticing paragraphs… how your favourite #writers use verbs, all the useful techniques. A scene catches you? Go back and study it. Find out how it works.“ https://buff.ly/3RtuXdV
@judieannrose.bsky.social #writingtips #writesky
@judieannrose.bsky.social #writingtips #writesky