O R Kennett
@oliverkennett.bsky.social
Author 🖋. #BathSpaUniversity MA Creative Writing alumni 👨🎓. Musician 🎸🎤. #3dPrinting lover 🤖. totally Blind 👨🏻🦯..
LEGEND!!
LEGEND!!
This is my brand spanking new substack where I waffle on about writing, and salt the dish which my grim but loveable cynicism. I'd love it if you jumped on board the bullet and said hi. It's a work in progress so feedback welcome. I may even listen.
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No Silver Bullets | Oliver | Substack
A witty, wise reflection on the craft of writing—from a professional liar. Click to read No Silver Bullets, by Oliver, a Substack publication. Launched 4 days ago.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This is my brand spanking new substack where I waffle on about writing, and salt the dish which my grim but loveable cynicism. I'd love it if you jumped on board the bullet and said hi. It's a work in progress so feedback welcome. I may even listen.
open.substack.com/pub/oliverke...
open.substack.com/pub/oliverke...
It's foolish, I know, I can't physically read them, but I have a real hankering to collect 1st editions of debut authors and lay them down like fine wine... The books, not the authors.
May 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It's foolish, I know, I can't physically read them, but I have a real hankering to collect 1st editions of debut authors and lay them down like fine wine... The books, not the authors.
Question for authors and industry types... Are business cards still a thing or should I be looking at QR codes, bumping phones... Playing hard to get by vanishing in a puff of suspiciously eggy scented smoke?
May 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Question for authors and industry types... Are business cards still a thing or should I be looking at QR codes, bumping phones... Playing hard to get by vanishing in a puff of suspiciously eggy scented smoke?
5k words a day is a slog. On the up side, the shape of the novel is stable in my mind. Writing slower, it tends to shift, tones change and it becomes a chimera. Fingers crossed it will be done by 3rd June for the BSU Anthology launch in, *checks notes*, oo! London!
May 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
5k words a day is a slog. On the up side, the shape of the novel is stable in my mind. Writing slower, it tends to shift, tones change and it becomes a chimera. Fingers crossed it will be done by 3rd June for the BSU Anthology launch in, *checks notes*, oo! London!
Give me a fun ice breaker for the Bath Spa Anthology event on the 3rd June... I was thinking: If every book was being burned on the planet, which one would you save... Though, admittedly, this may be a little triggering to those who depend on books for internal and external nourishment!
May 23, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Give me a fun ice breaker for the Bath Spa Anthology event on the 3rd June... I was thinking: If every book was being burned on the planet, which one would you save... Though, admittedly, this may be a little triggering to those who depend on books for internal and external nourishment!
Problematic skeet.
April 19, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Problematic skeet.
‘Mental flexibility’ is science’s best predictor of lasting willpower. Here’s how to improve yours - BBC Science Focus Magazine
April 17, 2025 at 5:34 AM
‘Mental flexibility’ is science’s best predictor of lasting willpower. Here’s how to improve yours - BBC Science Focus Magazine
Today I’m trying to crush my fat novel, 110 k words, into a size 90 k pair of jeans. Sweaty work.
April 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Today I’m trying to crush my fat novel, 110 k words, into a size 90 k pair of jeans. Sweaty work.
What are people's thoughts on writing retreats? I'm fancying a holiday and reason something structured would dovetail well with me as a solo disabled (totally blind) traveller. Will be nice to hang out somewhere lovely with some like-minded writers/fucking booze hounds.
March 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
What are people's thoughts on writing retreats? I'm fancying a holiday and reason something structured would dovetail well with me as a solo disabled (totally blind) traveller. Will be nice to hang out somewhere lovely with some like-minded writers/fucking booze hounds.
Just got booted from X for inpersonating myself. Fair, the other me was real pissed.
March 7, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Just got booted from X for inpersonating myself. Fair, the other me was real pissed.
Hey! Tell me a secret...
February 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Hey! Tell me a secret...
It would appear my x account has been hacked... No great loss. I'm looking to clean up my feed and, trying to put it delicately as possible, if I wished to silence users from a certain union of states, is there a way to do it?
February 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
It would appear my x account has been hacked... No great loss. I'm looking to clean up my feed and, trying to put it delicately as possible, if I wished to silence users from a certain union of states, is there a way to do it?
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Hello, all. Because of the entry system screw up last night and we're a little low on entries, we'll reopen for 24 hours as soon as we can make it happen on Monday morning, so you have the weekend to get your entry ready, and we'll announce Monday when we're open! Share?!
bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
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Bristol Short Story Prize
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February 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Hello, all. Because of the entry system screw up last night and we're a little low on entries, we'll reopen for 24 hours as soon as we can make it happen on Monday morning, so you have the weekend to get your entry ready, and we'll announce Monday when we're open! Share?!
bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
* Hops onto social media... After ten minutes concludes it's pretty anti-soical ... Hops off *
January 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
* Hops onto social media... After ten minutes concludes it's pretty anti-soical ... Hops off *
Is anger, when you really get down to it, just fear? At the risk of humanising those who appear inhuman, maybe seeing them as people who are afraid rather than simply cruel, might be helpful.
January 24, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Is anger, when you really get down to it, just fear? At the risk of humanising those who appear inhuman, maybe seeing them as people who are afraid rather than simply cruel, might be helpful.
Questions to ask myself BEFORE I write a scene:
What is happening?
Who is it happening to?
Where is it happening?Most of all, why is it happening like this?
What is happening?
Who is it happening to?
Where is it happening?Most of all, why is it happening like this?
January 22, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Questions to ask myself BEFORE I write a scene:
What is happening?
Who is it happening to?
Where is it happening?Most of all, why is it happening like this?
What is happening?
Who is it happening to?
Where is it happening?Most of all, why is it happening like this?
Fact is, I'm not really that interested in America beyond its entertainment value. I rather hope someone developes a mute button. It's a noisy fucker.
January 21, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Fact is, I'm not really that interested in America beyond its entertainment value. I rather hope someone developes a mute button. It's a noisy fucker.
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. #1749:
On submissions: Don't let waiting for a response stop you from working. Submissions are already stressful enough without spending months at a standstill. Start work on something else. It helps you gain objectivity, and might give you something else to submit...
On submissions: Don't let waiting for a response stop you from working. Submissions are already stressful enough without spending months at a standstill. Start work on something else. It helps you gain objectivity, and might give you something else to submit...
January 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. #1749:
On submissions: Don't let waiting for a response stop you from working. Submissions are already stressful enough without spending months at a standstill. Start work on something else. It helps you gain objectivity, and might give you something else to submit...
On submissions: Don't let waiting for a response stop you from working. Submissions are already stressful enough without spending months at a standstill. Start work on something else. It helps you gain objectivity, and might give you something else to submit...
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Vaseline-Covered Trump Reverses TikTok Stance After Getting Into Skincare
Vaseline-Covered Trump Reverses TikTok Stance After Getting Into Skincare
PALM BEACH, FL—Telling reporters about his revamped beauty routine as he lavished praise upon the social media platform he once tried to ban as president, a Vaseline-covered Donald Trump publicly reve...
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January 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Vaseline-Covered Trump Reverses TikTok Stance After Getting Into Skincare
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You've got TWELVE days left to submit your story for the Bristol Short Story Prize! Get in! Full details: bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
January 19, 2025 at 6:58 AM
You've got TWELVE days left to submit your story for the Bristol Short Story Prize! Get in! Full details: bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
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Patrick de Witt’s THE LIBRARIANIST is one of my favorite books, partly because of passages like this. I just completed a reread, limiting myself to 3 pages a day prior to working on my own book. An enjoyable way to prime the writing pump.
January 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Patrick de Witt’s THE LIBRARIANIST is one of my favorite books, partly because of passages like this. I just completed a reread, limiting myself to 3 pages a day prior to working on my own book. An enjoyable way to prime the writing pump.
2,029 of 2,000 words for today #amwriting @ulyssesapp
January 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
2,029 of 2,000 words for today #amwriting @ulyssesapp
Baffled by the incompetence of @HumanWare. The BI20X, a 20 cell brail display, Is currently on offer for the low low price of £1695, £200 off, but the usual option to pay by finance has been completely removed making the offer, for most blind people, pointless. #A11y #Blind
January 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM