@wcsimpson.bsky.social
Writer of fiction, essays, poetry. If I’m not writing, I’m reading and drinking black coffee.
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Hi, folks. Used to be on Twitter an age ago and miss that community that there once was. I’m a writer, reader, black coffee drinker. I’ll be on here to learn, chat and share my writing. Check my profile for links and look forward to meeting you 👍🏻
New #substack post out now. #fridaywritingtips #firstreaders #culture open.substack.com/pub/chrissim...
Friday Writing Tip: First Reader
At some point the work needs to leave you for someone else’s eyes.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
New #substack post out now. #fridaywritingtips #firstreaders #culture open.substack.com/pub/chrissim...
Friday Writing Tip: Finding The Why
At some point, artistic expression alone isn’t enough.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Friday Writing Tip: Take A Break
Is your writing becoming stale? Step away, but not for long.
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October 31, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Friday Writing Tip: Influences
Let’s sharpen our character by fascination rather than anger.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Friday Writing Tip: Work With What You Have
Using your ironing board as a desk? No problem.
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October 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Tell your friends!
Or tell that file in your documents, you know the one, the one you never tell anyone about, called X-Files Poems or What Kind of World Will We Leave for Keith Richards: Poems, or Everything Was Great Until I Watched A Quiet Place 2.
You know I like the weird manuscripts 😬
Or tell that file in your documents, you know the one, the one you never tell anyone about, called X-Files Poems or What Kind of World Will We Leave for Keith Richards: Poems, or Everything Was Great Until I Watched A Quiet Place 2.
You know I like the weird manuscripts 😬
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we open for chapbook submissions in two days (October 1).
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we open for chapbook submissions in two days (October 1).
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September 29, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Tell your friends!
Or tell that file in your documents, you know the one, the one you never tell anyone about, called X-Files Poems or What Kind of World Will We Leave for Keith Richards: Poems, or Everything Was Great Until I Watched A Quiet Place 2.
You know I like the weird manuscripts 😬
Or tell that file in your documents, you know the one, the one you never tell anyone about, called X-Files Poems or What Kind of World Will We Leave for Keith Richards: Poems, or Everything Was Great Until I Watched A Quiet Place 2.
You know I like the weird manuscripts 😬
New #substack post out now. chrissimpsonwriter.substack.com/p/friday-wri...
Friday Writing Tip: Do Drugs! (Or not)
Does it really matter?
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September 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
New #substack post out now. chrissimpsonwriter.substack.com/p/friday-wri...
New #substack post out now on the necessity and pleasure of re-reading.
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#writing #writingcommunity #reading #readingaddict
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#writing #writingcommunity #reading #readingaddict
September 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
New #substack post out now on the necessity and pleasure of re-reading.
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#writing #writingcommunity #reading #readingaddict
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#writing #writingcommunity #reading #readingaddict
New #substack post. Probably my favourite thus far as I believe it’s concerning something rarely talked about. Hope you enjoy. #writing #fridaywritingtip #creating #writingcommunity
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Friday Writing Tip: Discarding Uniforms
On the page you can do something magical - be free.
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September 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM
New #substack post. Probably my favourite thus far as I believe it’s concerning something rarely talked about. Hope you enjoy. #writing #fridaywritingtip #creating #writingcommunity
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Between moving house, starting a new job, emailing people left, right and centre about projects and exercising I managed to write a page of writing in about four days. Is that ideal? No. But it exists. It’s surprising what one can achieve with five minutes here and there. #writing #dontfallforthat
September 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Between moving house, starting a new job, emailing people left, right and centre about projects and exercising I managed to write a page of writing in about four days. Is that ideal? No. But it exists. It’s surprising what one can achieve with five minutes here and there. #writing #dontfallforthat
Leafleting in Canterbury today. Less than four weeks to go until the ten-week creative writing course begins at The Horsebridge Arts Centre in Whitstable and some places are still available. DM for more information. #kent #canterbury #whitstable #writing #writingcommunity #creativity
August 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Leafleting in Canterbury today. Less than four weeks to go until the ten-week creative writing course begins at The Horsebridge Arts Centre in Whitstable and some places are still available. DM for more information. #kent #canterbury #whitstable #writing #writingcommunity #creativity
New #substack post on writing demons and why it’s great when you know what they are. #fridaywritingtip #writing #creating #writingcommunity
August 22, 2025 at 7:29 AM
New #substack post on writing demons and why it’s great when you know what they are. #fridaywritingtip #writing #creating #writingcommunity
Might as well keep nearby a bottle of vodka, an arcade machine and ask a child to bang on a drum too. #writing #creativity #writingcommunity #writingtips
August 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Might as well keep nearby a bottle of vodka, an arcade machine and ask a child to bang on a drum too. #writing #creativity #writingcommunity #writingtips
Leafleting in some shops and fine establishments in Faversham. Spots still available. DM for details. #writing #creativewriting #writingcourse #whistable #faversham #kent
August 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Leafleting in some shops and fine establishments in Faversham. Spots still available. DM for details. #writing #creativewriting #writingcourse #whistable #faversham #kent
Creativity, family, lovers, work, health - nothing is guaranteed. #creativity #writing #writinginspiration
August 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Creativity, family, lovers, work, health - nothing is guaranteed. #creativity #writing #writinginspiration
When we go on holiday, we buy books. A selection here from authors around the Europe but predominantly Hungary and Slovakia. Finished “In The Name of the Father” yesterday while a few hundred miles above ground. He gets compared to Kafka but I think he’s closer, in spirit, to Gogol. #books
August 15, 2025 at 10:25 AM
When we go on holiday, we buy books. A selection here from authors around the Europe but predominantly Hungary and Slovakia. Finished “In The Name of the Father” yesterday while a few hundred miles above ground. He gets compared to Kafka but I think he’s closer, in spirit, to Gogol. #books
New #substack post on writing and The World. chrissimpsonwriter.substack.com/p/friday-wri...
Friday Writing Tip: The World
When to let the world in and all the times you should ignore it.
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August 15, 2025 at 8:41 AM
New #substack post on writing and The World. chrissimpsonwriter.substack.com/p/friday-wri...
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New Friday Writing Tip post on being a student of writing … but not too good a student! #writing #fridaywritingtip #creating
New Friday Writing Tip post on being a student of writing … but not too good a student! #writing #fridaywritingtip #creating
Friday Writing Tip: Be A Student (But Not Too Good A Student)
Learn the rules - be diligent - and know when to break them into a thousand pieces.
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August 8, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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New Friday Writing Tip post on being a student of writing … but not too good a student! #writing #fridaywritingtip #creating
New Friday Writing Tip post on being a student of writing … but not too good a student! #writing #fridaywritingtip #creating
August 7, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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New Writers Prize for 5,000 word short story. Prize is £3K and scholarship for MA at Brunel University, runner up prizes too.
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NEW WRITERS PRIZE 2025 - Nero Book Awards
The Nero New Writers Prize in association with Brunel University of London seeks to uncover the best and brightest untapped writing talent and support them as they develop into the [...]
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August 4, 2025 at 10:48 AM
New Writers Prize for 5,000 word short story. Prize is £3K and scholarship for MA at Brunel University, runner up prizes too.
Details in link.
Please share :)
Details in link.
Please share :)
My amazing wife picked up a whole bunch of Westerns … for free. Make sure you’ve got a partner who does wonderful things for you 🤠 #westerns
August 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
My amazing wife picked up a whole bunch of Westerns … for free. Make sure you’ve got a partner who does wonderful things for you 🤠 #westerns