DiaryOfABloomsburyWriter
@susannahjbell.bsky.social
I live in Bloomsbury. I write. Sometimes it goes quite well. 📚🧡🤔
www.susannahjbell.com
*Pictures not my own unless signed SJB.
www.susannahjbell.com
*Pictures not my own unless signed SJB.
Good Morning
Got myself a big fat cold - the first in eight years! Had forgotten how very WET and WATERY they are 🤧
#miserable #writerslife #coffee
Got myself a big fat cold - the first in eight years! Had forgotten how very WET and WATERY they are 🤧
#miserable #writerslife #coffee
February 1, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Good Morning
Got myself a big fat cold - the first in eight years! Had forgotten how very WET and WATERY they are 🤧
#miserable #writerslife #coffee
Got myself a big fat cold - the first in eight years! Had forgotten how very WET and WATERY they are 🤧
#miserable #writerslife #coffee
Good Morning
Struggling with a eulogy for my BFF - literally writing through tears 😭
#death #writerslife #coffee
Struggling with a eulogy for my BFF - literally writing through tears 😭
#death #writerslife #coffee
January 31, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Good Morning
Struggling with a eulogy for my BFF - literally writing through tears 😭
#death #writerslife #coffee
Struggling with a eulogy for my BFF - literally writing through tears 😭
#death #writerslife #coffee
Good Morning
I found out yesterday that my best friend died. We might have been in different countries and our friendship had worn thin but she was still my BFF 💙
#mourning #writerslife #coffee
I found out yesterday that my best friend died. We might have been in different countries and our friendship had worn thin but she was still my BFF 💙
#mourning #writerslife #coffee
January 30, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Good Morning
I found out yesterday that my best friend died. We might have been in different countries and our friendship had worn thin but she was still my BFF 💙
#mourning #writerslife #coffee
I found out yesterday that my best friend died. We might have been in different countries and our friendship had worn thin but she was still my BFF 💙
#mourning #writerslife #coffee
Good Morning!
When you get an email from Etsy five minutes after you looked at something - "remember me?" - like it was ten years ago 🙄
#durrrr #writerslife #coffee
When you get an email from Etsy five minutes after you looked at something - "remember me?" - like it was ten years ago 🙄
#durrrr #writerslife #coffee
January 29, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Good Morning!
When you get an email from Etsy five minutes after you looked at something - "remember me?" - like it was ten years ago 🙄
#durrrr #writerslife #coffee
When you get an email from Etsy five minutes after you looked at something - "remember me?" - like it was ten years ago 🙄
#durrrr #writerslife #coffee
Good Morning!
When the sun comes out in January and you see just how dirty the carpet is 😳
#dusty #swriterslife #coffee
When the sun comes out in January and you see just how dirty the carpet is 😳
#dusty #swriterslife #coffee
January 28, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Good Morning!
When the sun comes out in January and you see just how dirty the carpet is 😳
#dusty #swriterslife #coffee
When the sun comes out in January and you see just how dirty the carpet is 😳
#dusty #swriterslife #coffee
January 27, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Good Morning!
Coming to the end of my full novel edit, though there is one chapter that needs rewriting........🤔
#amediting #writerslife #coffee
Coming to the end of my full novel edit, though there is one chapter that needs rewriting........🤔
#amediting #writerslife #coffee
January 26, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Good Morning!
Coming to the end of my full novel edit, though there is one chapter that needs rewriting........🤔
#amediting #writerslife #coffee
Coming to the end of my full novel edit, though there is one chapter that needs rewriting........🤔
#amediting #writerslife #coffee
Good Morning!
Entertaining thoughts of buying a chest of drawers that doesn't ooze sawdust all over my clothes 🤔
#BadWood #WritersLife #Coffee
Entertaining thoughts of buying a chest of drawers that doesn't ooze sawdust all over my clothes 🤔
#BadWood #WritersLife #Coffee
January 25, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Good Morning!
Entertaining thoughts of buying a chest of drawers that doesn't ooze sawdust all over my clothes 🤔
#BadWood #WritersLife #Coffee
Entertaining thoughts of buying a chest of drawers that doesn't ooze sawdust all over my clothes 🤔
#BadWood #WritersLife #Coffee
Good Morning!
Nothing quite like the morning sun to highlight the phenomenally filthy windows 😬
#WinterSun #WritersLife #Coffee
Nothing quite like the morning sun to highlight the phenomenally filthy windows 😬
#WinterSun #WritersLife #Coffee
January 24, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Good Morning!
Nothing quite like the morning sun to highlight the phenomenally filthy windows 😬
#WinterSun #WritersLife #Coffee
Nothing quite like the morning sun to highlight the phenomenally filthy windows 😬
#WinterSun #WritersLife #Coffee
Good Morning!
The world appears to be full of extreme weather conditions and warnings, while London limps along as usual in a sort of bland tedium of unchanging nothingness 😑
#storm #writerslife #coffee
The world appears to be full of extreme weather conditions and warnings, while London limps along as usual in a sort of bland tedium of unchanging nothingness 😑
#storm #writerslife #coffee
January 23, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Good Morning!
The world appears to be full of extreme weather conditions and warnings, while London limps along as usual in a sort of bland tedium of unchanging nothingness 😑
#storm #writerslife #coffee
The world appears to be full of extreme weather conditions and warnings, while London limps along as usual in a sort of bland tedium of unchanging nothingness 😑
#storm #writerslife #coffee
January 22, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Good Morning!
Things I like which apparently no one else does:
January
The cold
Persistent rain
Twilight at four o'clock
Wearing lots of clothes all at once 🧡
#Singular #WritersLife #Coffee
Things I like which apparently no one else does:
January
The cold
Persistent rain
Twilight at four o'clock
Wearing lots of clothes all at once 🧡
#Singular #WritersLife #Coffee
January 20, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Good Morning!
Things I like which apparently no one else does:
January
The cold
Persistent rain
Twilight at four o'clock
Wearing lots of clothes all at once 🧡
#Singular #WritersLife #Coffee
Things I like which apparently no one else does:
January
The cold
Persistent rain
Twilight at four o'clock
Wearing lots of clothes all at once 🧡
#Singular #WritersLife #Coffee
Good Morning!
Apparently it's Blue Monday so I'm wearing purple and will fill my room with yellow flowers and eat green food and sew orange clothes 💙
#JanuaryJoy #WritersLife #Coffee
Apparently it's Blue Monday so I'm wearing purple and will fill my room with yellow flowers and eat green food and sew orange clothes 💙
#JanuaryJoy #WritersLife #Coffee
January 19, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Good Morning!
Apparently it's Blue Monday so I'm wearing purple and will fill my room with yellow flowers and eat green food and sew orange clothes 💙
#JanuaryJoy #WritersLife #Coffee
Apparently it's Blue Monday so I'm wearing purple and will fill my room with yellow flowers and eat green food and sew orange clothes 💙
#JanuaryJoy #WritersLife #Coffee
Good Morning!
Listening to a thunder and rain video on YouTube which makes me feel quite nostalgic as clearly these two things are no longer part of London Life ⛈️
#DustBowl #WritersLife #Coffee
Listening to a thunder and rain video on YouTube which makes me feel quite nostalgic as clearly these two things are no longer part of London Life ⛈️
#DustBowl #WritersLife #Coffee
January 18, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Good Morning!
Listening to a thunder and rain video on YouTube which makes me feel quite nostalgic as clearly these two things are no longer part of London Life ⛈️
#DustBowl #WritersLife #Coffee
Listening to a thunder and rain video on YouTube which makes me feel quite nostalgic as clearly these two things are no longer part of London Life ⛈️
#DustBowl #WritersLife #Coffee
Good Morning!
I'm going to presume I'm the only person in the universe who didn't know that "Hail Mary" is an American football thing 😳
#ProjectHailMary #WritersLife #Coffee
I'm going to presume I'm the only person in the universe who didn't know that "Hail Mary" is an American football thing 😳
#ProjectHailMary #WritersLife #Coffee
January 17, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Good Morning!
I'm going to presume I'm the only person in the universe who didn't know that "Hail Mary" is an American football thing 😳
#ProjectHailMary #WritersLife #Coffee
I'm going to presume I'm the only person in the universe who didn't know that "Hail Mary" is an American football thing 😳
#ProjectHailMary #WritersLife #Coffee
Good Morning!
Golden sunrise has turned into a very sunny day in LondonLand 😎🌞💛
#Friday #WritersLife #Coffee
Golden sunrise has turned into a very sunny day in LondonLand 😎🌞💛
#Friday #WritersLife #Coffee
January 16, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Good Morning!
Golden sunrise has turned into a very sunny day in LondonLand 😎🌞💛
#Friday #WritersLife #Coffee
Golden sunrise has turned into a very sunny day in LondonLand 😎🌞💛
#Friday #WritersLife #Coffee
Good Morning!
When you buy a new item of clothing but it doesn't go with anything in your wardrobe 🤔
#clothes #writerslife #coffee
When you buy a new item of clothing but it doesn't go with anything in your wardrobe 🤔
#clothes #writerslife #coffee
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Good Morning!
When you buy a new item of clothing but it doesn't go with anything in your wardrobe 🤔
#clothes #writerslife #coffee
When you buy a new item of clothing but it doesn't go with anything in your wardrobe 🤔
#clothes #writerslife #coffee
Good Morning!
Winter appears to have been cancelled after two weeks 🤔
#UnseasonablyWarm #WritersLife #Coffee
Winter appears to have been cancelled after two weeks 🤔
#UnseasonablyWarm #WritersLife #Coffee
January 12, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Good Morning!
Winter appears to have been cancelled after two weeks 🤔
#UnseasonablyWarm #WritersLife #Coffee
Winter appears to have been cancelled after two weeks 🤔
#UnseasonablyWarm #WritersLife #Coffee
Good Morning!
Strangely sparse feeling to the lounge now that the Christmas tree is down.....🎄
#minimalism #writerslife #coffee
Strangely sparse feeling to the lounge now that the Christmas tree is down.....🎄
#minimalism #writerslife #coffee
January 11, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Good Morning!
Strangely sparse feeling to the lounge now that the Christmas tree is down.....🎄
#minimalism #writerslife #coffee
Strangely sparse feeling to the lounge now that the Christmas tree is down.....🎄
#minimalism #writerslife #coffee
Good Morning!
When your phone dies overnight and your alarm doesn't go off and now you're running two hours late and the whole day is a bloody disaster 😭
#TechnicalIssues #WritersLife #Coffee
When your phone dies overnight and your alarm doesn't go off and now you're running two hours late and the whole day is a bloody disaster 😭
#TechnicalIssues #WritersLife #Coffee
January 10, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Good Morning!
When your phone dies overnight and your alarm doesn't go off and now you're running two hours late and the whole day is a bloody disaster 😭
#TechnicalIssues #WritersLife #Coffee
When your phone dies overnight and your alarm doesn't go off and now you're running two hours late and the whole day is a bloody disaster 😭
#TechnicalIssues #WritersLife #Coffee
Good Morning!
Went out for my morning walk in my new pink tracksuit pants which clashed gloriously with my pink socks, pink trainers and pink hoodie 😳😂💗
#pink #writerslife #coffee
Went out for my morning walk in my new pink tracksuit pants which clashed gloriously with my pink socks, pink trainers and pink hoodie 😳😂💗
#pink #writerslife #coffee
January 9, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Good Morning!
Went out for my morning walk in my new pink tracksuit pants which clashed gloriously with my pink socks, pink trainers and pink hoodie 😳😂💗
#pink #writerslife #coffee
Went out for my morning walk in my new pink tracksuit pants which clashed gloriously with my pink socks, pink trainers and pink hoodie 😳😂💗
#pink #writerslife #coffee
January 7, 2026 at 4:14 PM
January 6, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Good Morning!
Tackling one problem at a time....any more than that and I might drown 🌊
#anxieties #writerslife #coffee
Tackling one problem at a time....any more than that and I might drown 🌊
#anxieties #writerslife #coffee
January 5, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Good Morning!
Tackling one problem at a time....any more than that and I might drown 🌊
#anxieties #writerslife #coffee
Tackling one problem at a time....any more than that and I might drown 🌊
#anxieties #writerslife #coffee
Good Morning!
Last day of the Christmas holidays. Better make the most of it! 🌞
#SundayMorning #WritersLife #Coffee
Last day of the Christmas holidays. Better make the most of it! 🌞
#SundayMorning #WritersLife #Coffee
January 4, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Good Morning!
Last day of the Christmas holidays. Better make the most of it! 🌞
#SundayMorning #WritersLife #Coffee
Last day of the Christmas holidays. Better make the most of it! 🌞
#SundayMorning #WritersLife #Coffee