Lou Tondeur
@loutondeur.bsky.social
I am a writer and writing tutor
I’ve restarted my author newsletter. Join in here: drlouislouis.substack.com
September 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I’ve restarted my author newsletter. Join in here: drlouislouis.substack.com
How to become a published writer
Figuring out what 'published' means to you
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August 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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In our latest blog post, award-winning poet, scholar, and critic Sarah Barnsley on her road to writing Mary Barnard, American Imagist (SUNY, 2013) and editing the new volume Mary Barnard: Complete Poems and Selected Translations, available this month in ebook and hardcover. tinyurl.com/33accj5f
The Modernist in the Library
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June 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
In our latest blog post, award-winning poet, scholar, and critic Sarah Barnsley on her road to writing Mary Barnard, American Imagist (SUNY, 2013) and editing the new volume Mary Barnard: Complete Poems and Selected Translations, available this month in ebook and hardcover. tinyurl.com/33accj5f
I just started a writerly Substack. Follow along for writing tips and techniques. The first post is about how to get published.
drlouislouis.substack.com/p/how-to-bec...
drlouislouis.substack.com/p/how-to-bec...
How to become a published writer
Figuring out what 'published' means to you
drlouislouis.substack.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I just started a writerly Substack. Follow along for writing tips and techniques. The first post is about how to get published.
drlouislouis.substack.com/p/how-to-bec...
drlouislouis.substack.com/p/how-to-bec...
Welcome rain in Brighton for my walk along the beach. Just been into the Leonardo Hotel on the seafront to ask about putting on a writing event and their meeting rooms are named after writers. There’s a Shelley and Wordsworth so that’s Mary and Dorothy smiling on me. #synchronicity #writing #books
July 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Welcome rain in Brighton for my walk along the beach. Just been into the Leonardo Hotel on the seafront to ask about putting on a writing event and their meeting rooms are named after writers. There’s a Shelley and Wordsworth so that’s Mary and Dorothy smiling on me. #synchronicity #writing #books
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Teach or facilitate creative writing? Grab your Early Bird ticket for the NAWE Online Conference: 'Inspiring Writing'. 7 & 8 November 2025. It's a great opportunity to meet with fellow writers in the field, share approaches & build contacts. Book bit.ly/3qesnem #creativewriting #writingineducation
June 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Teach or facilitate creative writing? Grab your Early Bird ticket for the NAWE Online Conference: 'Inspiring Writing'. 7 & 8 November 2025. It's a great opportunity to meet with fellow writers in the field, share approaches & build contacts. Book bit.ly/3qesnem #creativewriting #writingineducation
LGBTQ+ writers with works in progress, you have until 2nd July to submit a short sample of writing to @tlcuk.bsky.social for the chance to win free professional feedback and 1:1 coaching. Applicants also get an invitation to an exclusive writing masterclass literaryconsultancy.co.uk/2025/05/anno...
Announcing the Michael Langan LGBTQ+ Free Reads 2025 - The Literary Consultancy
TLC hosts 9th year of LGBTQ+ Free Reads for Pride 2025
literaryconsultancy.co.uk
June 24, 2025 at 9:32 AM
LGBTQ+ writers with works in progress, you have until 2nd July to submit a short sample of writing to @tlcuk.bsky.social for the chance to win free professional feedback and 1:1 coaching. Applicants also get an invitation to an exclusive writing masterclass literaryconsultancy.co.uk/2025/05/anno...
The Modernist in the Library: how Sarah discovered Mary Barnard sunypress.edu/Blog/2025/Th... #poetry #modernistpoetry #modernistwriters #academiclibraries
The Modernist in the Library
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June 20, 2025 at 8:07 AM
The Modernist in the Library: how Sarah discovered Mary Barnard sunypress.edu/Blog/2025/Th... #poetry #modernistpoetry #modernistwriters #academiclibraries
Anyone can download New Writing South’s new writing and wellbeing toolkit for free. Here’s the link: newwritingsouth.com/resources-fo... #writing
June 13, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Anyone can download New Writing South’s new writing and wellbeing toolkit for free. Here’s the link: newwritingsouth.com/resources-fo... #writing
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Having a rough day so sharing a collection of work by an underappreciated modernist poet, translator, & institution builder: "MARY BARNARD will help students & scholars thicken their understanding of American modernism & may even serve as inspiration to aspiring poets." sunypress.edu/Books/M/Mary...
June 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Having a rough day so sharing a collection of work by an underappreciated modernist poet, translator, & institution builder: "MARY BARNARD will help students & scholars thicken their understanding of American modernism & may even serve as inspiration to aspiring poets." sunypress.edu/Books/M/Mary...
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Check out our January and February online workshops here: buytickets.at/thepoetrybus...
With many more being added in the coming weeks!
Looking for Christmas gifts?
Workshop vouchers also available: tickettailor.com/events/thepo...
With many more being added in the coming weeks!
Looking for Christmas gifts?
Workshop vouchers also available: tickettailor.com/events/thepo...
November 25, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Check out our January and February online workshops here: buytickets.at/thepoetrybus...
With many more being added in the coming weeks!
Looking for Christmas gifts?
Workshop vouchers also available: tickettailor.com/events/thepo...
With many more being added in the coming weeks!
Looking for Christmas gifts?
Workshop vouchers also available: tickettailor.com/events/thepo...
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Love these photographs – feel like I was there in spirit! Hugest congratulations to @darrenchetty.bsky.social @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social @booksforkeeps.bsky.social @engmediacentre.bsky.social @theclpe.bsky.social for this amazing (world changing!) column & book. #kidlituk #kidlit #weneeddiversebooks
February 1, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Love these photographs – feel like I was there in spirit! Hugest congratulations to @darrenchetty.bsky.social @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social @booksforkeeps.bsky.social @engmediacentre.bsky.social @theclpe.bsky.social for this amazing (world changing!) column & book. #kidlituk #kidlit #weneeddiversebooks
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Yes, exactly this. This is why I just made the Cat Pics feed my main feed. Starting with that every day is where my peace is coming from. Where is yours coming from?
December 31, 2024 at 11:12 AM
Yes, exactly this. This is why I just made the Cat Pics feed my main feed. Starting with that every day is where my peace is coming from. Where is yours coming from?
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Good morning! I've begun a starter pack for prose poets. go.bsky.app/EdpM3cb Please share.
December 27, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Good morning! I've begun a starter pack for prose poets. go.bsky.app/EdpM3cb Please share.
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Let’s do this one today. For #SixSkeets on FINDING AN AGENT, just follow the thread to collect them all!
Key things to look out for when finding an agent?
September 22, 2023 at 11:56 AM
Let’s do this one today. For #SixSkeets on FINDING AN AGENT, just follow the thread to collect them all!
The best crime novels to read at Christmas: www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
‘Perfect for winter nights’: the best crime novels to read at Christmas according to Ian Rankin, Bella Mackie and more
From Maigret to Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple, authors choose the whodunnits they love to hunker down with at this time of year
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2024 at 7:37 AM
The best crime novels to read at Christmas: www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
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Moniack Mhor, a beautiful writers centre in Scotland is running a gothic writing course starting in January, all online. Lots of residential, day and online courses on their website too. Check it out.
www.moniackmhor.org.uk
Please share
www.moniackmhor.org.uk
Please share
December 21, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Moniack Mhor, a beautiful writers centre in Scotland is running a gothic writing course starting in January, all online. Lots of residential, day and online courses on their website too. Check it out.
www.moniackmhor.org.uk
Please share
www.moniackmhor.org.uk
Please share
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These women lost their children because they were lesbians – why can’t the government say sorry? | Sophie Wilkinson
These women lost their children because they were lesbians – why can’t the government say sorry? | Sophie Wilkinson
As late as the 1990s, the law sided with fathers over custody on the basis of a woman’s sexuality. I detailed the scandal for Radio 4, and was shocked at the cruelty involved
I am more than just aware of the faint outlines of queer history – it is…
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2024 at 12:12 PM
These women lost their children because they were lesbians – why can’t the government say sorry? | Sophie Wilkinson
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Hello, we want to build our following here having left the bad place. We are Forthwrite: creative writing with, for and by women. Podcast 🎧 Workshops ✍️ Events 🗣️
We have some exciting stuff coming up and lots of opportunities for women writers so come on board 👋🏼
We have some exciting stuff coming up and lots of opportunities for women writers so come on board 👋🏼
November 19, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Hello, we want to build our following here having left the bad place. We are Forthwrite: creative writing with, for and by women. Podcast 🎧 Workshops ✍️ Events 🗣️
We have some exciting stuff coming up and lots of opportunities for women writers so come on board 👋🏼
We have some exciting stuff coming up and lots of opportunities for women writers so come on board 👋🏼
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Have passed this thread on to my Masters students - a nicely-curated (ie short, but every link is useful) list of resources for writers looking to get published, and keep the wolf from the door in the current chilly climate.
Thread on resources for #publishing for #writers. First of all, if you are thinking about broader freelance work, then you need the best newsletter about. Sian Meades Williams's Freelance Writing Jobs, www.sianmeadeswilliams.com/freelance-wr... Weekly or monthly round-ups. Comps, opps, jobs & more
Freelance Writing Jobs — Sian Meades-Williams
Freelance Writing Jobs is the UK's leading media industry newsletter for freelance calls for pitches and paying freelance writing jobs. Subscribe here.
www.sianmeadeswilliams.com
November 26, 2024 at 8:12 AM
Have passed this thread on to my Masters students - a nicely-curated (ie short, but every link is useful) list of resources for writers looking to get published, and keep the wolf from the door in the current chilly climate.
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Next year, Murder Squad will be 25 years old. To celebrate this friendship, we’re running a short story competition. There will be prizes and the chance to join us at our birthday party. Details here: murdersquad.co.uk Please spread the word.
Murder Squad – Crime fiction to die for . . .
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November 25, 2024 at 7:29 AM
Next year, Murder Squad will be 25 years old. To celebrate this friendship, we’re running a short story competition. There will be prizes and the chance to join us at our birthday party. Details here: murdersquad.co.uk Please spread the word.
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ALCS members, don't forget to add your articles and magazine contributions to your account before midnight this Saturday (30 Nov) to ensure you're paid for them.
More info: www.alcs.co.uk/how-it-works...
More info: www.alcs.co.uk/how-it-works...
November 25, 2024 at 6:09 PM
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Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Creative writing lecturer: describe the cup without using the word ‘cup’, ‘half’, or ‘empty’. You’ve got 15 minutes.
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Creative writing lecturer: describe the cup without using the word ‘cup’, ‘half’, or ‘empty’. You’ve got 15 minutes.
Optimist: the cup is ½ full
Pessimist: the cup is ½ empty
Illustrator: Depending on the angle, you may not be able to see what’s in the cup at all. You need to be more specific in your brief. What else is around the cup that we need to be able to see?
Pessimist: the cup is ½ empty
Illustrator: Depending on the angle, you may not be able to see what’s in the cup at all. You need to be more specific in your brief. What else is around the cup that we need to be able to see?
Optimist: the cup is ½ full
Pessimist: the cup is ½ empty
Geographer: actually, it all depends which projection was used
Pessimist: the cup is ½ empty
Geographer: actually, it all depends which projection was used
September 2, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Creative writing lecturer: describe the cup without using the word ‘cup’, ‘half’, or ‘empty’. You’ve got 15 minutes.
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Creative writing lecturer: describe the cup without using the word ‘cup’, ‘half’, or ‘empty’. You’ve got 15 minutes.