Suzanne Elvidge (she/her)
@suzannewriter.bsky.social
Science/medical writer, blogger (The Widow's Handbook), monologues & short fiction
Dancing in Heaven, a collection of women's voices from the 1980s AIDS crisis, published Dec 2025 by Reconnecting Rainbows Press
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Dancing in Heaven, a collection of women's voices from the 1980s AIDS crisis, published Dec 2025 by Reconnecting Rainbows Press
B of LGBTQIA+
www.thehouseofcorrection.com
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Dancing in Heaven
Dancing in Heaven is a collection of women's voices from the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 1980s and early 1990s
www.thehouseofcorrection.com
Dancing in Heaven celebrates the voices of the women who were there during the #HIV/AIDS crisis. While the monologues are fiction, the stories are real, drawn from interviews, the media & the archives of Switchboard, the national LGBTQIA+ support line.
www.thehouseofcorrection.com/dancing-in-h...
www.thehouseofcorrection.com/dancing-in-h...
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Bum in chair. Cuppa in hand. Words out of brain.
Stop wafting around waiting for inspiration. Just sit your arse down and write.
(We've got just the thing for that. Low-cost, one-day, procrastination-busting writing retreats across the UK every single month. writershq.co.uk/creative-wri...)
Stop wafting around waiting for inspiration. Just sit your arse down and write.
(We've got just the thing for that. Low-cost, one-day, procrastination-busting writing retreats across the UK every single month. writershq.co.uk/creative-wri...)
February 17, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Bum in chair. Cuppa in hand. Words out of brain.
Stop wafting around waiting for inspiration. Just sit your arse down and write.
(We've got just the thing for that. Low-cost, one-day, procrastination-busting writing retreats across the UK every single month. writershq.co.uk/creative-wri...)
Stop wafting around waiting for inspiration. Just sit your arse down and write.
(We've got just the thing for that. Low-cost, one-day, procrastination-busting writing retreats across the UK every single month. writershq.co.uk/creative-wri...)
I'm off to York on 28 February to have a stall at a book festival for the first time. Come along to Jupiter Cloud Book Festival, run by the amazing Romy Morgan, to hear talks, attend workshops & buy books from me & a lot of other amazing authors.
www.thehouseofcorrection.com/news/jupiter...
www.thehouseofcorrection.com/news/jupiter...
Jupiter Cloud Book Festival - Workshops, talks and performaNces
Jupiter Cloud Book Festival: 28 February 2026, 11am to 5pm. St Saviourgate Venue, Central Methodist Church, St Saviourgate, York, YO1 8NQ Find out more on the Jupiter Cloud website and book your...
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February 18, 2026 at 12:41 PM
I'm off to York on 28 February to have a stall at a book festival for the first time. Come along to Jupiter Cloud Book Festival, run by the amazing Romy Morgan, to hear talks, attend workshops & buy books from me & a lot of other amazing authors.
www.thehouseofcorrection.com/news/jupiter...
www.thehouseofcorrection.com/news/jupiter...
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The Jupiter Cloud Book Festival is happening soon! More details here: www.thehouseofcorrection.com/news/jupiter...
February 16, 2026 at 4:42 PM
The Jupiter Cloud Book Festival is happening soon! More details here: www.thehouseofcorrection.com/news/jupiter...
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It's LGBT+ History Month! @lgbthm.bsky.social
With the theme of science & innovation, we'll reflect on how the LGBT+ community has fought long and hard to ensure that those living with #HIV can access treatment and live well without fear of discrimination or stigma.
#LGBTplusHM #LGBTplusHM26
With the theme of science & innovation, we'll reflect on how the LGBT+ community has fought long and hard to ensure that those living with #HIV can access treatment and live well without fear of discrimination or stigma.
#LGBTplusHM #LGBTplusHM26
February 3, 2026 at 11:32 AM
It's LGBT+ History Month! @lgbthm.bsky.social
With the theme of science & innovation, we'll reflect on how the LGBT+ community has fought long and hard to ensure that those living with #HIV can access treatment and live well without fear of discrimination or stigma.
#LGBTplusHM #LGBTplusHM26
With the theme of science & innovation, we'll reflect on how the LGBT+ community has fought long and hard to ensure that those living with #HIV can access treatment and live well without fear of discrimination or stigma.
#LGBTplusHM #LGBTplusHM26
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We're looking to capture experiences of what it means to be queer in the UK today! To do that we're collecting day diaries for 12th February. It doesn't matter what you get up to, or how you record it, we'd love to have it!🧵 (1/4) #LGBTplusHM #lgbthm26
In 1982, inspired by the work of MO the National Lesbian and Gay survey began, it sought to capture what everyday life was like for queer people living in the UK. For our latest open call we're continuing the work of NLGS and asking what does it mean to be queer every day?
#lgbtqhistory
#lgbtqhistory
February 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
We're looking to capture experiences of what it means to be queer in the UK today! To do that we're collecting day diaries for 12th February. It doesn't matter what you get up to, or how you record it, we'd love to have it!🧵 (1/4) #LGBTplusHM #lgbthm26
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The theme for LGBT+ History Month UK 2026 is ‘Science and Innovation’. The new badge is available from our website (lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/shop/).
Find out more about the month and our five figures at: lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/lgbt-history...
#LGBTQIA
#LGBTplusHM
#lgbthm26
Find out more about the month and our five figures at: lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/lgbt-history...
#LGBTQIA
#LGBTplusHM
#lgbthm26
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The theme for LGBT+ History Month UK 2026 is ‘Science and Innovation’. The new badge is available from our website (lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/shop/).
Find out more about the month and our five figures at: lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/lgbt-history...
#LGBTQIA
#LGBTplusHM
#lgbthm26
Find out more about the month and our five figures at: lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/lgbt-history...
#LGBTQIA
#LGBTplusHM
#lgbthm26
I'm a science writer as well as a fiction writer. I'm researching queer people in history for a book in between writing articles for clients. The theme for this year's #LGBTplusHM26 has brought both sides of my writing life together & it has made me happy
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LGBT+ History Month 2026 - LGBT+ History Month
If you’d like to donate to support our work, click here to donate via PayPal. Free Schools Presentation For 2026 we are able to offer free LGBT+ History Month presentations for secondary schools, prid...
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February 12, 2026 at 12:01 PM
I'm a science writer as well as a fiction writer. I'm researching queer people in history for a book in between writing articles for clients. The theme for this year's #LGBTplusHM26 has brought both sides of my writing life together & it has made me happy
lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/lgbt-history...
lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/lgbt-history...
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Sorting out my ppt for my public talk at the University of Leicester School of Heritage and Culture's Wednesday Seminar Series on the 11th of this month at 16:30.
If you'd like to attend either in person or online, then you can email the organisers for all the info: shac-wedseminar@leicester.ac.uk
If you'd like to attend either in person or online, then you can email the organisers for all the info: shac-wedseminar@leicester.ac.uk
February 4, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Sorting out my ppt for my public talk at the University of Leicester School of Heritage and Culture's Wednesday Seminar Series on the 11th of this month at 16:30.
If you'd like to attend either in person or online, then you can email the organisers for all the info: shac-wedseminar@leicester.ac.uk
If you'd like to attend either in person or online, then you can email the organisers for all the info: shac-wedseminar@leicester.ac.uk
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Next Thursday I shall be at The Writing Shed in Hornsey with the fabulous Clara-Laeila Laudette.
Hope to see some of you there!
Info and tickets here and in bio
www.outsavvy.com/event/32841/...
Hope to see some of you there!
Info and tickets here and in bio
www.outsavvy.com/event/32841/...
February 10, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Next Thursday I shall be at The Writing Shed in Hornsey with the fabulous Clara-Laeila Laudette.
Hope to see some of you there!
Info and tickets here and in bio
www.outsavvy.com/event/32841/...
Hope to see some of you there!
Info and tickets here and in bio
www.outsavvy.com/event/32841/...
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Wait, Be Sure
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Makenzie Copeland
#FlashFiction #writingcommunity #flashfiction #shortfiction #fiction #writing #writerslift #microfiction
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Makenzie Copeland
#FlashFiction #writingcommunity #flashfiction #shortfiction #fiction #writing #writerslift #microfiction
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Wait, Be Sure – Free Flash Fiction
Sara had walked a hundred people to the edge. She held their hands. Adjusted their pillows. She even smoothed their sheets so nothing caught on fragile skin. But now it was her father’s pillow she flu...
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February 11, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Wait, Be Sure
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Makenzie Copeland
#FlashFiction #writingcommunity #flashfiction #shortfiction #fiction #writing #writerslift #microfiction
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Makenzie Copeland
#FlashFiction #writingcommunity #flashfiction #shortfiction #fiction #writing #writerslift #microfiction
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Who needs weekends? Who needs to spend time with other human beings? Weaklings, that's who.
If you need me, you'll find me bashing through a script: nycmidnight.com/scc
If you need me, you'll find me bashing through a script: nycmidnight.com/scc
The Screenwriting Challenge — nycmidnight
The Screenwriting Challenge is an annual screenplay competition that challenges writers around the world to create short screenplays based on genre, subject, and character assignments in as little as ...
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February 10, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Who needs weekends? Who needs to spend time with other human beings? Weaklings, that's who.
If you need me, you'll find me bashing through a script: nycmidnight.com/scc
If you need me, you'll find me bashing through a script: nycmidnight.com/scc
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Stunned, really. I'm so glad that the story is resonating with people! I love my gay little book.
Early reviews for The Boy From Elsewhere by @kestr.al are blowing us away!
February 10, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Stunned, really. I'm so glad that the story is resonating with people! I love my gay little book.
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You won't believe this technique for getting your novel written ➡️
February 11, 2026 at 9:00 AM
You won't believe this technique for getting your novel written ➡️
In 1981, the medical journal The Lancet reported the first case of AIDS in the UK. By the end of the decade, hundreds were dead: mostly young, mostly gay, mostly men.
www.thehouseofcorrection.com/dancing-in-h...
www.thehouseofcorrection.com/dancing-in-h...
February 11, 2026 at 9:33 AM
In 1981, the medical journal The Lancet reported the first case of AIDS in the UK. By the end of the decade, hundreds were dead: mostly young, mostly gay, mostly men.
www.thehouseofcorrection.com/dancing-in-h...
www.thehouseofcorrection.com/dancing-in-h...
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The last piece of writing advice you'll ever need →
February 4, 2026 at 9:01 AM
The last piece of writing advice you'll ever need →
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Send us your #FlashFiction #ShortStory #Poetry or #Novel entries by the end of May!
£20K total prize pot! All entry info at bridportprize.org.uk ✍️✨
£20K total prize pot! All entry info at bridportprize.org.uk ✍️✨
January 30, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Send us your #FlashFiction #ShortStory #Poetry or #Novel entries by the end of May!
£20K total prize pot! All entry info at bridportprize.org.uk ✍️✨
£20K total prize pot! All entry info at bridportprize.org.uk ✍️✨
As well as writing fiction I also write about grief at The Widow's Handbook (@widowshandbook.bsky.social) and loved Cariad Lloyd's Griefcast
As part of National Grief Awareness Week, I'm re-sharing my favourite interview I ever did about grief. It was with Cariad Lloyd for her excellent - and much missed - Griefcast, a show that got closer to the horror, humour and healing of grief than any other.
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Séamas O'Reilly | Griefcast
This week Cariad talks to writer + journalist Séamas O'Reilly (Have Ye Heard Mammy Died?) about his mum, who died from breast cancer when Séamas was just five years old.
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January 30, 2026 at 11:12 AM
As well as writing fiction I also write about grief at The Widow's Handbook (@widowshandbook.bsky.social) and loved Cariad Lloyd's Griefcast
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We Want Another World “Fight for another world, write for another world!” or “How an individual can make a change” short story competition is open until 31st May 2026. 25,000 words. Free to enter. Top prize is one year of writing guidance. wewantanotherworld.nu/short-story-...
January 30, 2026 at 10:14 AM
We Want Another World “Fight for another world, write for another world!” or “How an individual can make a change” short story competition is open until 31st May 2026. 25,000 words. Free to enter. Top prize is one year of writing guidance. wewantanotherworld.nu/short-story-...
Some fabulous flash fiction here
Now that all the shortlist (barring my winners!) have been published, you can vote for your favourites in the PEOPLE'S PRIZE!!
You've got until the 31st Jan to cast your vote.
Vote for 3 stories.
The 2 stories with the most votes share the crown!!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
You've got until the 31st Jan to cast your vote.
Vote for 3 stories.
The 2 stories with the most votes share the crown!!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The Welkin Mini 2026 - PEOPLE'S PRIZE Voting Form
Vote for your favourite THREE stories from the Welkin Mini shortlist. You can vote for THREE stories. Each vote must be for a DIFFERENT story otherwise your entire vote won't be counted. Each vote is ...
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January 28, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Some fabulous flash fiction here
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"I’d like to forget what happened to Javi but he’s more inescapable since his deportation than when he lived three miles away. Can you be haunted by someone who isn’t dead?"
Ghosted, my story of infatuation, heartbreak, consequences, activism & deportation in the US
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Ghosted, my story of infatuation, heartbreak, consequences, activism & deportation in the US
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Ghosted - The Forge Literary Magazine
Ghosted, a short story by Jaime Gill
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January 27, 2026 at 7:44 PM
"I’d like to forget what happened to Javi but he’s more inescapable since his deportation than when he lived three miles away. Can you be haunted by someone who isn’t dead?"
Ghosted, my story of infatuation, heartbreak, consequences, activism & deportation in the US
forgelitmag.com/2026/01/26/g...
Ghosted, my story of infatuation, heartbreak, consequences, activism & deportation in the US
forgelitmag.com/2026/01/26/g...
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Want to know the writing industry's best kept secret that all published authors should know?
January 28, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Want to know the writing industry's best kept secret that all published authors should know?
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Today's tip is in answer to @markpatricklynch.bsky.social who asked "Col, I have a great idea for a novel but no time to write it. If I share the idea with you and you write it, we can share the millions it will make 50/50. How does that sound?"
January 28, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Today's tip is in answer to @markpatricklynch.bsky.social who asked "Col, I have a great idea for a novel but no time to write it. If I share the idea with you and you write it, we can share the millions it will make 50/50. How does that sound?"