DM Cross
@dmcross.bsky.social
She/They
Writer & Story Telling Witch
Criminology & Creative Writing Graduate
Injustice Hater ✊ Disabled & Neurodivergent
Writer & Story Telling Witch
Criminology & Creative Writing Graduate
Injustice Hater ✊ Disabled & Neurodivergent
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March 8 is International Women's Day - we're celebrating with up to 40% off key feminist texts
March 8 is International Women's Day
For over a century the world has celebrated International Women's Day to honor women's movements around the globe and to bring attention to the battles still being fought to achieve equality. We're ce...
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March 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
March 8 is International Women's Day - we're celebrating with up to 40% off key feminist texts
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Etymology of the day: ‘book’ comes from an ancient root shared by ‘beech’, a wood that people used for engraving inscriptions. ‘Paper’ comes from ‘papyrus’, and ‘volume’ is from the Latin for a ‘roll’ of parchment.
Happy World Book Day.
Happy World Book Day.
March 6, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Etymology of the day: ‘book’ comes from an ancient root shared by ‘beech’, a wood that people used for engraving inscriptions. ‘Paper’ comes from ‘papyrus’, and ‘volume’ is from the Latin for a ‘roll’ of parchment.
Happy World Book Day.
Happy World Book Day.
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
March 6, 2025 at 5:45 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
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I told my agent I wasn’t in my book at all.
Years later, I realized I was wrong. No matter how ‘fictional’ a story is, the writer is always there. Before I Go to Sleep wasn’t about me… but looking back, I see I was on every page—grappling with identity, ambition, and the fear of losing myself.
Years later, I realized I was wrong. No matter how ‘fictional’ a story is, the writer is always there. Before I Go to Sleep wasn’t about me… but looking back, I see I was on every page—grappling with identity, ambition, and the fear of losing myself.
I'm not in this book at all.
Rubbish. You're in everything you write.
sjwatson.substack.com
March 6, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I told my agent I wasn’t in my book at all.
Years later, I realized I was wrong. No matter how ‘fictional’ a story is, the writer is always there. Before I Go to Sleep wasn’t about me… but looking back, I see I was on every page—grappling with identity, ambition, and the fear of losing myself.
Years later, I realized I was wrong. No matter how ‘fictional’ a story is, the writer is always there. Before I Go to Sleep wasn’t about me… but looking back, I see I was on every page—grappling with identity, ambition, and the fear of losing myself.
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REMINDER for British & Irish #screenwriters deadline for the FREE UK & ROI @roadmapwriters.com initiative is Feb 28 if you intend to submit and haven't yet. You may also want to sign up to this FREE Q&A session with the UK team (Feb 25 at 7pm UK time) 🇬🇧🇮🇪✍️🎬📺 🫡👍
#ScriptskyUK #Scriptsky #Screenwriting
#ScriptskyUK #Scriptsky #Screenwriting
We are very excited about Roadmap Writers' UK Division! 🇬🇧
To answer any questions, we are doing a LIVE Q&A with the UK RoadCrew members William Prince and Terri Dwyer next Tuesday 😍
Sign up here www.roadmapwriters.com/products/qa-...
#scriptsky
To answer any questions, we are doing a LIVE Q&A with the UK RoadCrew members William Prince and Terri Dwyer next Tuesday 😍
Sign up here www.roadmapwriters.com/products/qa-...
#scriptsky
February 20, 2025 at 8:43 AM
REMINDER for British & Irish #screenwriters deadline for the FREE UK & ROI @roadmapwriters.com initiative is Feb 28 if you intend to submit and haven't yet. You may also want to sign up to this FREE Q&A session with the UK team (Feb 25 at 7pm UK time) 🇬🇧🇮🇪✍️🎬📺 🫡👍
#ScriptskyUK #Scriptsky #Screenwriting
#ScriptskyUK #Scriptsky #Screenwriting
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Depressing if unsurprising read in the @theguardian.com tonight: ‘Working-class creatives don’t stand a chance in UK today, leading artists warn.’ This is unsustainable. You cannot hold a mirror up to the world unless you’re prepared to see every aspect of it. #ScriptSkyUK #ScriptSky
Working-class creatives don’t stand a chance in UK today, leading artists warn
Working-class creatives don’t stand a chance in UK today, leading artists warn
Exclusive: Analysis by the Guardian shows a third of major arts leaders were educated privately
* Analysis: Who is ‘working class’ and why does it matter in the arts?
* Interviews: Nine working-class creatives on class in the arts – and how they made…
www.theguardian.com
February 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Depressing if unsurprising read in the @theguardian.com tonight: ‘Working-class creatives don’t stand a chance in UK today, leading artists warn.’ This is unsustainable. You cannot hold a mirror up to the world unless you’re prepared to see every aspect of it. #ScriptSkyUK #ScriptSky
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‘Elton John calls for UK copyright rules rethink to protect creators from AI.’
Whether you’re talking about protecting writers, musicians, artists or actors from the vagaries of AI, the point is you need to curate genuine creativity.
#ScriptSkyUK #ScriptSky
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Whether you’re talking about protecting writers, musicians, artists or actors from the vagaries of AI, the point is you need to curate genuine creativity.
#ScriptSkyUK #ScriptSky
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elton John calls for UK copyright rules rethink to protect creators from AI
The star has urged for a shift away from plans where artists must opt out of a system allowing AI free use of any online work
www.theguardian.com
February 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
‘Elton John calls for UK copyright rules rethink to protect creators from AI.’
Whether you’re talking about protecting writers, musicians, artists or actors from the vagaries of AI, the point is you need to curate genuine creativity.
#ScriptSkyUK #ScriptSky
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Whether you’re talking about protecting writers, musicians, artists or actors from the vagaries of AI, the point is you need to curate genuine creativity.
#ScriptSkyUK #ScriptSky
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Some 'interesting' news for #ScriptskyUK #Screenwriters (and other TV creatives in the UK) 🇬🇧✍️🎬📺👇
www.theknowledgeonline.com/news/channel...
www.theknowledgeonline.com/news/channel...
Channel 5 to revive single drama strand
Channel 5 is launching Drama of the Week, a standalone drama strand that will offer opportunities to low-income talent behind the scenes
www.theknowledgeonline.com
February 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Some 'interesting' news for #ScriptskyUK #Screenwriters (and other TV creatives in the UK) 🇬🇧✍️🎬📺👇
www.theknowledgeonline.com/news/channel...
www.theknowledgeonline.com/news/channel...
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Foster care needs change.
📌 83,000+ kids in UK care
📌 368,000+ in the U.S.
📌 Many face instability, separation & struggle after aging out.
Shattered Paths isn’t just a novel—it’s a wake-up call.
👉 Read the blog & join the conversation
#ShatteredPaths #FosterCareAwareness #BookSky
📌 83,000+ kids in UK care
📌 368,000+ in the U.S.
📌 Many face instability, separation & struggle after aging out.
Shattered Paths isn’t just a novel—it’s a wake-up call.
👉 Read the blog & join the conversation
#ShatteredPaths #FosterCareAwareness #BookSky
Shattered Paths: The Story That’s Changing the Conversation on Foster Care
A Novel That Goes Beyond FictionWhen I set out to write Shattered Paths, I knew it wouldn’t be just another book—it was a story that had to be told. It’s raw, emotional, and deeply personal. More than...
www.danrolph.com
March 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Foster care needs change.
📌 83,000+ kids in UK care
📌 368,000+ in the U.S.
📌 Many face instability, separation & struggle after aging out.
Shattered Paths isn’t just a novel—it’s a wake-up call.
👉 Read the blog & join the conversation
#ShatteredPaths #FosterCareAwareness #BookSky
📌 83,000+ kids in UK care
📌 368,000+ in the U.S.
📌 Many face instability, separation & struggle after aging out.
Shattered Paths isn’t just a novel—it’s a wake-up call.
👉 Read the blog & join the conversation
#ShatteredPaths #FosterCareAwareness #BookSky
@k8lister.bsky.social Saw this, thiight of you www.facebook.com/share/19RoqP...
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March 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
@k8lister.bsky.social Saw this, thiight of you www.facebook.com/share/19RoqP...
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It's a funny old world, when King Charles could go from figurehead to making a genuinely high-impact political intervention. I'd like that for him
stoptrump.org.uk/petition-can...
stoptrump.org.uk/petition-can...
Petition: Cancel Trump’s state visit
Stop Trump Coalition
stoptrump.org.uk
March 2, 2025 at 10:52 AM
It's a funny old world, when King Charles could go from figurehead to making a genuinely high-impact political intervention. I'd like that for him
stoptrump.org.uk/petition-can...
stoptrump.org.uk/petition-can...
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February 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Throw back to my wonderful talented son in the worldwide Lego campaign. We learned A LOT!
So proud of him for chasing his dream, working so hard and overcoming his struggles associated with autism
So proud of him for chasing his dream, working so hard and overcoming his struggles associated with autism
February 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Throw back to my wonderful talented son in the worldwide Lego campaign. We learned A LOT!
So proud of him for chasing his dream, working so hard and overcoming his struggles associated with autism
So proud of him for chasing his dream, working so hard and overcoming his struggles associated with autism
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Don't miss this unique webinar about mental health publishing!
If you've ever wanted to share your mental health story, make sure you've booked a place here ⏬
https://writingeastmidlands.co.uk/event/from-proposal-to-publication-a-webinar-on-mental-health-publishing-for-underrepresented-voices-2/
If you've ever wanted to share your mental health story, make sure you've booked a place here ⏬
https://writingeastmidlands.co.uk/event/from-proposal-to-publication-a-webinar-on-mental-health-publishing-for-underrepresented-voices-2/
February 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Don't miss this unique webinar about mental health publishing!
If you've ever wanted to share your mental health story, make sure you've booked a place here ⏬
https://writingeastmidlands.co.uk/event/from-proposal-to-publication-a-webinar-on-mental-health-publishing-for-underrepresented-voices-2/
If you've ever wanted to share your mental health story, make sure you've booked a place here ⏬
https://writingeastmidlands.co.uk/event/from-proposal-to-publication-a-webinar-on-mental-health-publishing-for-underrepresented-voices-2/
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Last full day of our AMAZING WINTER SALE! Discover ghost stories, horror, writers' guides, thrillers, sci-fi and fantasy, literary fiction, memoirs, political commentary, poetry and short stories – at prices starting from £1.99. 😮 #BookSky
Sale
Special prices on selected titles while stocks last. Grab your next great read today. From children’s books to memoirs, novels to poetry, short stories to writers’ guides – there are superb books on o...
www.saltpublishing.com
January 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Last full day of our AMAZING WINTER SALE! Discover ghost stories, horror, writers' guides, thrillers, sci-fi and fantasy, literary fiction, memoirs, political commentary, poetry and short stories – at prices starting from £1.99. 😮 #BookSky
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March 7th deadline re call for submission of evidence. #FurtherEducation #EnglishProvision …⬇️
@englishassociation.bsky.social @engmediacentre.bsky.social @natefeed.bsky.social
@englishassociation.bsky.social @engmediacentre.bsky.social @natefeed.bsky.social
The education select committee is going all out on this huge inquiry on basically all of further education
Staffing, SEND, standards, all funding (!), apprenticeships, attainment gaps, mental health, qualifications, careers, capital, resits, assessment, placements
feweek.co.uk/mps-to-inves...
Staffing, SEND, standards, all funding (!), apprenticeships, attainment gaps, mental health, qualifications, careers, capital, resits, assessment, placements
feweek.co.uk/mps-to-inves...
MPs to investigate ‘new way of doing FE’
New inquiry will cover staff pay, student mental health support, apprenticeships and funding
feweek.co.uk
January 29, 2025 at 10:13 AM
March 7th deadline re call for submission of evidence. #FurtherEducation #EnglishProvision …⬇️
@englishassociation.bsky.social @engmediacentre.bsky.social @natefeed.bsky.social
@englishassociation.bsky.social @engmediacentre.bsky.social @natefeed.bsky.social
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I think this is insanity www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Mark Rylance took ‘significant’ pay cut to get Wolf Hall made, director tells MPs
Second series of BBC drama was initially rejected by all the streaming services, Peter Kosminsky tells inquiry into UK film and TV
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I think this is insanity www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Today is the January Cozy Mystery Book Blast! This is always a popular event. Over 160 cozy mysteries are free today, so now’s the perfect time to stock up your TBR pile. Here’s the link to check them out: cozymysterybookclub.com/bookblast
Book Blast – Cozy Mystery Book Club
cozymysterybookclub.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Today is the January Cozy Mystery Book Blast! This is always a popular event. Over 160 cozy mysteries are free today, so now’s the perfect time to stock up your TBR pile. Here’s the link to check them out: cozymysterybookclub.com/bookblast
One did it. The other had to copy
January 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
One did it. The other had to copy
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For Booksky 📚
❌ Goodreads: owned by Amazon.
✅ StoryGraph: black woman-owned, inclusive, has mood based recommendations!
❌ Audible: owned by Amazon.
✅ Libro.fm: supports local books stores.
❌ Goodreads: owned by Amazon.
✅ StoryGraph: black woman-owned, inclusive, has mood based recommendations!
❌ Audible: owned by Amazon.
✅ Libro.fm: supports local books stores.
January 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
For Booksky 📚
❌ Goodreads: owned by Amazon.
✅ StoryGraph: black woman-owned, inclusive, has mood based recommendations!
❌ Audible: owned by Amazon.
✅ Libro.fm: supports local books stores.
❌ Goodreads: owned by Amazon.
✅ StoryGraph: black woman-owned, inclusive, has mood based recommendations!
❌ Audible: owned by Amazon.
✅ Libro.fm: supports local books stores.
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They don't call him Sir Queer Harmer for nothing.
January 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
They don't call him Sir Queer Harmer for nothing.
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Incapacity benefit cuts consultation was ‘misleading’ and unlawful, judge rules.
@patrickjbutler.bsky.social writes up the big disability benefit win here: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
@patrickjbutler.bsky.social writes up the big disability benefit win here: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Incapacity benefit cuts consultation was ‘misleading’ and unlawful, judge rules
Labour’s plan to push through ‘fit for work’ test reforms to save £3bn set back after activist’s high court challenge
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Incapacity benefit cuts consultation was ‘misleading’ and unlawful, judge rules.
@patrickjbutler.bsky.social writes up the big disability benefit win here: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
@patrickjbutler.bsky.social writes up the big disability benefit win here: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...