For 20 years, I wore my 'Business Hat', but good grief did it itch. So now I wear a hat that's much more me: soft and colourful. Because it turns out you can be both professional AND creative. charliepippawilson.com/business-hat/

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This is me – #writer, #editor, #booklover – as drawn by the fabulous @katieabey.bsky.social.

YOUR words and voice matter too, and carry power. What are you #writing, or aching to write? What do you need to say?

My old library at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is just as it was 25 years ago - still that heady smell of old books and signs reminding us to shhhh. But also not just as it was. A café with book-lover cushions on comfy sofas? Never in my day. I am a fan.

#booksky #books #libraries #nottingham

My oldest book, dating to 1976.

There's such comfort in revisiting books from childhood. I wish I had every book I ever loved as a child.

Please don't coax children to clear out books without careful thought!

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What's your oldest book? The one that's so well thumbed, it's on the brink of falling part? Mine is The Color Purple.

On my blog today, I share a little about why this book, which I've kept with me for nearly 30 years, means so much to me. tinyurl.com/tha3cu36

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The tower at Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent – at the top of which is Vita Sackville-West's writing room.

Imagine not only having 'a room of one's own' in which to write, but a TOWER room. Yes, please.

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My son and I took the history tour yesterday at Bromley House Library, Nottingham. Such a beautiful place. Makes me want to read... and write.

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I've spent many hours in the past week watering my new lawn to help it establish. Time I could have been writing. Sometimes, we need to just accept that the WIP isn't growing because the grass needs to grow. And the grass is beautiful.

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Is it too much for a writer to WEAR her passion for writing? Nope. Makes me happy.

Also... typewriters. I love typewriters. Way less fiddling about. Just writing the next word and the next, and then at the end: a Real-Thing-You-Made.

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So you love to write and you're developing your craft. Question: are you OVERwriting? Over on my blog, I explain overwriting, share my own journey to write more simply, and suggest some ways you can gently edit your writing. tinyurl.com/y8x5bh7k #writing #writersky #writesky #writingcraft #amwriting

I've been editing books for 20 years, and in that time I've learned: what you need when you edit (or your work is edited) is compassion. Editing really doesn't have to be merciless, ruthless. It can gently polish.

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Having loved Suzanne Collins' latest book, Sunrise on the Reaping, I decided to reread the Hunger Games trilogy. And I couldn't resist the new special editions by @scholasticuk.bsky.social.

Books, beautiful books. I wish more books had special editions.

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First post = pressure to write something pithy/witty. Ach, who needs that pressure? Instead, I'll share a post from my blog: 'On writing while pregnant: nine months, five novels'. tinyurl.com/89vcb9er

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