P J Kennard
@kennardpj.bsky.social
Author and office drone (the latter allows me to play at the former). Main genres SF/Speculative/Fantasy (and occasional poetry). Currently working on several books and short stories. Neurodiversity Champion.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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BOOK GIVEAWAY!!! I'm not on social media much at the moment, working hard on my new book, which I feel sure will be my best one yet when it's done! In the meantime, I'm giving away signed copies of all my books so far. Follow & repost to enter, and say which book you'd like & why. Closes Dec 5!
November 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
BOOK GIVEAWAY!!! I'm not on social media much at the moment, working hard on my new book, which I feel sure will be my best one yet when it's done! In the meantime, I'm giving away signed copies of all my books so far. Follow & repost to enter, and say which book you'd like & why. Closes Dec 5!
A lifetime ago, I moved halfway across the country to reboot my life. Most did not care, it was easy.
Now I must return, for a job interview. Memories sandbagging my mind, shredding rational thoughts, past nightmares made fresh.
But I must face my fears for the sake of my future.
I am frightened.
Now I must return, for a job interview. Memories sandbagging my mind, shredding rational thoughts, past nightmares made fresh.
But I must face my fears for the sake of my future.
I am frightened.
November 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
A lifetime ago, I moved halfway across the country to reboot my life. Most did not care, it was easy.
Now I must return, for a job interview. Memories sandbagging my mind, shredding rational thoughts, past nightmares made fresh.
But I must face my fears for the sake of my future.
I am frightened.
Now I must return, for a job interview. Memories sandbagging my mind, shredding rational thoughts, past nightmares made fresh.
But I must face my fears for the sake of my future.
I am frightened.
When I needed to pop out to the shops the other day, an old friend stopped me to say hello.
Had been a pretty rough week, so this pause was very welcome 😸
#Caturday
Had been a pretty rough week, so this pause was very welcome 😸
#Caturday
October 18, 2025 at 7:09 AM
When I needed to pop out to the shops the other day, an old friend stopped me to say hello.
Had been a pretty rough week, so this pause was very welcome 😸
#Caturday
Had been a pretty rough week, so this pause was very welcome 😸
#Caturday
Well, it had to happen eventually: a hectic work month and in September averaged under 1K words a day. Still 981 a day, with over 1,100 a day average year-to-date.
4 short stories worked on, 6 new concepts, 3 articles (work), 6 poems (4 finished) + more on 2 WIPs.
More rejections. Sigh.
#BookSky
4 short stories worked on, 6 new concepts, 3 articles (work), 6 poems (4 finished) + more on 2 WIPs.
More rejections. Sigh.
#BookSky
October 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Well, it had to happen eventually: a hectic work month and in September averaged under 1K words a day. Still 981 a day, with over 1,100 a day average year-to-date.
4 short stories worked on, 6 new concepts, 3 articles (work), 6 poems (4 finished) + more on 2 WIPs.
More rejections. Sigh.
#BookSky
4 short stories worked on, 6 new concepts, 3 articles (work), 6 poems (4 finished) + more on 2 WIPs.
More rejections. Sigh.
#BookSky
Growing up, I was always baffled why my oh so serious and distant grandfather had a collection of Peanuts book. I never got chance to ask him, it took me too long to realise he could appreciate humour as much as me. That collection helped me learn to read.
Happy 75th Charlie Brown 😻
Happy 75th Charlie Brown 😻
The first Peanuts strip by Charles M. Schulz was published on October 2, 1950.
October 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Growing up, I was always baffled why my oh so serious and distant grandfather had a collection of Peanuts book. I never got chance to ask him, it took me too long to realise he could appreciate humour as much as me. That collection helped me learn to read.
Happy 75th Charlie Brown 😻
Happy 75th Charlie Brown 😻
Been struggling a little with the writing this month; work has been insane, so was pretty inevitable.
Awoke this morning with so many random thoughts exploding in my mind, I had to get them down. The resulting poem has made me feel a LOT better 😸
Awoke this morning with so many random thoughts exploding in my mind, I had to get them down. The resulting poem has made me feel a LOT better 😸
September 25, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Been struggling a little with the writing this month; work has been insane, so was pretty inevitable.
Awoke this morning with so many random thoughts exploding in my mind, I had to get them down. The resulting poem has made me feel a LOT better 😸
Awoke this morning with so many random thoughts exploding in my mind, I had to get them down. The resulting poem has made me feel a LOT better 😸
Heavy rain today, but needed to step out for milk. Discovered halfway round that my one pair of decent trainers are not as weatherproof as I had hoped!
#SoggySocks
#SoggySocks
September 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Heavy rain today, but needed to step out for milk. Discovered halfway round that my one pair of decent trainers are not as weatherproof as I had hoped!
#SoggySocks
#SoggySocks
It’s hard to overstate the impact this series had on my young and impressionable mind. The first series explores ideas that are still groundbreaking to this day, with a fantastic cast and one of the best spaceship designs ever!
#Space1999
#Space1999
Today marks 50 years since Space:1999 made it's UK TV debut. This remarkable series continues to gain new fans– even 25 years after the moon left orbit! 🌕
Read more about the endless odyssey of Moonbase Alpha from @commandermac.bsky.social here: gerryanderson.com/blogs/blog/d...
Read more about the endless odyssey of Moonbase Alpha from @commandermac.bsky.social here: gerryanderson.com/blogs/blog/d...
September 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
It’s hard to overstate the impact this series had on my young and impressionable mind. The first series explores ideas that are still groundbreaking to this day, with a fantastic cast and one of the best spaceship designs ever!
#Space1999
#Space1999
Needing to clear out food from the pantry can produce interesting combinations.
Is it weird that dinner was a Rosemary and Sea Salt Focaccia, topped with olive spread and homemade raisin mash?
Wasn’t sure what to expect, but it was an enjoyable mix that worked together remarkably well!
Is it weird that dinner was a Rosemary and Sea Salt Focaccia, topped with olive spread and homemade raisin mash?
Wasn’t sure what to expect, but it was an enjoyable mix that worked together remarkably well!
August 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Needing to clear out food from the pantry can produce interesting combinations.
Is it weird that dinner was a Rosemary and Sea Salt Focaccia, topped with olive spread and homemade raisin mash?
Wasn’t sure what to expect, but it was an enjoyable mix that worked together remarkably well!
Is it weird that dinner was a Rosemary and Sea Salt Focaccia, topped with olive spread and homemade raisin mash?
Wasn’t sure what to expect, but it was an enjoyable mix that worked together remarkably well!
Getting too stressed about work, using writing as an escape (again).
Found myself wide awake and writing a really dark story at 3am.
Re-read at 8:30 wondering where it had come from. Added stuff and now have a 1,400 word piece of fatalism. Not sure anyone will ever get to see it though.
#BookSky
Found myself wide awake and writing a really dark story at 3am.
Re-read at 8:30 wondering where it had come from. Added stuff and now have a 1,400 word piece of fatalism. Not sure anyone will ever get to see it though.
#BookSky
August 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Getting too stressed about work, using writing as an escape (again).
Found myself wide awake and writing a really dark story at 3am.
Re-read at 8:30 wondering where it had come from. Added stuff and now have a 1,400 word piece of fatalism. Not sure anyone will ever get to see it though.
#BookSky
Found myself wide awake and writing a really dark story at 3am.
Re-read at 8:30 wondering where it had come from. Added stuff and now have a 1,400 word piece of fatalism. Not sure anyone will ever get to see it though.
#BookSky
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Last month we invited writers to wrap a story around a small painting for the Leftovers & Palette Gremlins gallery project. The response was incredible with 60 entries submitted. Today we announce the winners!
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Creative Writing Contest Winners
When we invited subscribers to pen a poem or short story inspired by my small painting EFFLORESCENT, the response caught me by surprise.
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August 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Last month we invited writers to wrap a story around a small painting for the Leftovers & Palette Gremlins gallery project. The response was incredible with 60 entries submitted. Today we announce the winners!
theartofmichaelwhelan.substack.com/p/creative-w...
theartofmichaelwhelan.substack.com/p/creative-w...
Having grown up with no end of books bearing the beautiful artwork from Michael Whelan, I am stunned and humbled by this win.
Thank you so much to @michaelwhelan.bsky.social for his wonderful art and amazing contest. 😻
#BookSky
Creative Writing Contest Winners
open.substack.com/pub/theartof...
Thank you so much to @michaelwhelan.bsky.social for his wonderful art and amazing contest. 😻
#BookSky
Creative Writing Contest Winners
open.substack.com/pub/theartof...
Creative Writing Contest Winners
When we invited subscribers to pen a poem or short story inspired by my small painting EFFLORESCENT, the response caught me by surprise.
open.substack.com
August 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Having grown up with no end of books bearing the beautiful artwork from Michael Whelan, I am stunned and humbled by this win.
Thank you so much to @michaelwhelan.bsky.social for his wonderful art and amazing contest. 😻
#BookSky
Creative Writing Contest Winners
open.substack.com/pub/theartof...
Thank you so much to @michaelwhelan.bsky.social for his wonderful art and amazing contest. 😻
#BookSky
Creative Writing Contest Winners
open.substack.com/pub/theartof...
It’s odd what lingers…
Spent all day yesterday trying to progress any of 3 stories (2 shorts, 1 WIP), before abandoning them.
Was about to give up when from a single line, I spent the evening conceiving and writing a complete 1,500 word ghost story.
Mind is still in that haunted ramen shop.
#BookSky
Spent all day yesterday trying to progress any of 3 stories (2 shorts, 1 WIP), before abandoning them.
Was about to give up when from a single line, I spent the evening conceiving and writing a complete 1,500 word ghost story.
Mind is still in that haunted ramen shop.
#BookSky
August 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
It’s odd what lingers…
Spent all day yesterday trying to progress any of 3 stories (2 shorts, 1 WIP), before abandoning them.
Was about to give up when from a single line, I spent the evening conceiving and writing a complete 1,500 word ghost story.
Mind is still in that haunted ramen shop.
#BookSky
Spent all day yesterday trying to progress any of 3 stories (2 shorts, 1 WIP), before abandoning them.
Was about to give up when from a single line, I spent the evening conceiving and writing a complete 1,500 word ghost story.
Mind is still in that haunted ramen shop.
#BookSky
Definitely needed a purr at the moment 🐈⬛
August 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Definitely needed a purr at the moment 🐈⬛
Writing as Refuge.
With work mostly a dumpster fire doused in petrol, I spent July escaping into my Word Forest.
Wrote an average of 1,000 words a day, starting 9 short stories, completing 3; 4 poems started, 3 finished, plus more on main WIP.
Even found time to enter another competition.
#BookSky
With work mostly a dumpster fire doused in petrol, I spent July escaping into my Word Forest.
Wrote an average of 1,000 words a day, starting 9 short stories, completing 3; 4 poems started, 3 finished, plus more on main WIP.
Even found time to enter another competition.
#BookSky
August 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Writing as Refuge.
With work mostly a dumpster fire doused in petrol, I spent July escaping into my Word Forest.
Wrote an average of 1,000 words a day, starting 9 short stories, completing 3; 4 poems started, 3 finished, plus more on main WIP.
Even found time to enter another competition.
#BookSky
With work mostly a dumpster fire doused in petrol, I spent July escaping into my Word Forest.
Wrote an average of 1,000 words a day, starting 9 short stories, completing 3; 4 poems started, 3 finished, plus more on main WIP.
Even found time to enter another competition.
#BookSky
This is why I write.
Flash fiction written and edited in a burst for a short-notice competition.
I know that once submitted it will drown under the ocean of marvels by talented writers, but for now it is perfect; every word a delight and exactly right.
I wouldn’t change a thing.
#BookSky #Writing
Flash fiction written and edited in a burst for a short-notice competition.
I know that once submitted it will drown under the ocean of marvels by talented writers, but for now it is perfect; every word a delight and exactly right.
I wouldn’t change a thing.
#BookSky #Writing
July 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I may be beginning to turn a corner. This hasn’t been a great couple of weeks thanks to massive changes at work, which have really played havoc with my mental health.
But… there are signs today that I am finally making some progress in getting my head in the right place to get through it.
But… there are signs today that I am finally making some progress in getting my head in the right place to get through it.
July 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I may be beginning to turn a corner. This hasn’t been a great couple of weeks thanks to massive changes at work, which have really played havoc with my mental health.
But… there are signs today that I am finally making some progress in getting my head in the right place to get through it.
But… there are signs today that I am finally making some progress in getting my head in the right place to get through it.
Thought June a bad month, writing-wise, but just crunched the numbers…
Averaged over 1,150 words a DAY, including:
More on main WIP
3 short stories written
3 concepts started
5 poems produced and
A presentation and article on autism (delivered to 500+).
Whether the writing’s any good…?
#BookSky
Averaged over 1,150 words a DAY, including:
More on main WIP
3 short stories written
3 concepts started
5 poems produced and
A presentation and article on autism (delivered to 500+).
Whether the writing’s any good…?
#BookSky
July 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Thought June a bad month, writing-wise, but just crunched the numbers…
Averaged over 1,150 words a DAY, including:
More on main WIP
3 short stories written
3 concepts started
5 poems produced and
A presentation and article on autism (delivered to 500+).
Whether the writing’s any good…?
#BookSky
Averaged over 1,150 words a DAY, including:
More on main WIP
3 short stories written
3 concepts started
5 poems produced and
A presentation and article on autism (delivered to 500+).
Whether the writing’s any good…?
#BookSky
Once again an appropriate message at just the right time. My boss is taking early retirement and we had our last face-to-face today.
Been the best manager I have ever had and fought my corner so many times. Will really miss them at work 😿
Been the best manager I have ever had and fought my corner so many times. Will really miss them at work 😿
June 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Once again an appropriate message at just the right time. My boss is taking early retirement and we had our last face-to-face today.
Been the best manager I have ever had and fought my corner so many times. Will really miss them at work 😿
Been the best manager I have ever had and fought my corner so many times. Will really miss them at work 😿
To celebrate 60 years of all things Steven Taylor (Peter Purves), Big Finish are giving away a pair of original short stories for free, narrated by Peter Purves: www.bigfinish.com/news/v/a-fea...
#DoctorWho #BigFinish
#DoctorWho #BigFinish
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June 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
To celebrate 60 years of all things Steven Taylor (Peter Purves), Big Finish are giving away a pair of original short stories for free, narrated by Peter Purves: www.bigfinish.com/news/v/a-fea...
#DoctorWho #BigFinish
#DoctorWho #BigFinish
You know the heat is getting to you when your dreams become French Expressionist films by way of Giallo Horror!
I really need some sleep.
I really need some sleep.
June 21, 2025 at 6:24 AM
You know the heat is getting to you when your dreams become French Expressionist films by way of Giallo Horror!
I really need some sleep.
I really need some sleep.
Submission I’ve spent 4 weeks on has gone in. 99.99% sure it will disappear into obscurity, but it’s the 0.01% chance it will be read and accepted that makes it worth the effort.
It will be an achievement if I even receive a rejection note for this one!
Wish me luck 🤞
#BookSky
It will be an achievement if I even receive a rejection note for this one!
Wish me luck 🤞
#BookSky
June 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Submission I’ve spent 4 weeks on has gone in. 99.99% sure it will disappear into obscurity, but it’s the 0.01% chance it will be read and accepted that makes it worth the effort.
It will be an achievement if I even receive a rejection note for this one!
Wish me luck 🤞
#BookSky
It will be an achievement if I even receive a rejection note for this one!
Wish me luck 🤞
#BookSky
