Laura Dobson
@laurarose13.bsky.social
PGDip Children's Wellbeing Practitioner; MSc Psychology (conversion); Writer of flash fiction and creative non-fiction with words in Hinterland Magazine, Ellipsis Zine, The Birdseed, The Phare
Some outstanding January reads! ☺️
February 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Some outstanding January reads! ☺️
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SECOND PLACE in the Welkin Mini 2025. "You Say When the Rain Comes, it Will Be a Message From God" by
@cake-girl.bsky.social. Congratulations, Karen. A story full of questions, both those on the page and those that linger in the white space:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
@cake-girl.bsky.social. Congratulations, Karen. A story full of questions, both those on the page and those that linger in the white space:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
The Welkin Writing Prize | You Say When the Rain Comes
"You Say When the Rain Comes, it Will Be a Message From God" by Karen Baumgart
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January 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
SECOND PLACE in the Welkin Mini 2025. "You Say When the Rain Comes, it Will Be a Message From God" by
@cake-girl.bsky.social. Congratulations, Karen. A story full of questions, both those on the page and those that linger in the white space:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
@cake-girl.bsky.social. Congratulations, Karen. A story full of questions, both those on the page and those that linger in the white space:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
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UNDER A MONTH TO GO! 🤩
You have until 15 Feb to enter @natflashfictionday.bsky.social’s Micro Fiction Comp 🌟
No theme, up to 100 words, judged by @rebeccafwrites.bsky.social @uksherka.bsky.social @sudhab.bsky.social and me.
Every day, I’ll be posting a dazzler to get you inspired ✨
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You have until 15 Feb to enter @natflashfictionday.bsky.social’s Micro Fiction Comp 🌟
No theme, up to 100 words, judged by @rebeccafwrites.bsky.social @uksherka.bsky.social @sudhab.bsky.social and me.
Every day, I’ll be posting a dazzler to get you inspired ✨
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January 21, 2025 at 7:51 AM
UNDER A MONTH TO GO! 🤩
You have until 15 Feb to enter @natflashfictionday.bsky.social’s Micro Fiction Comp 🌟
No theme, up to 100 words, judged by @rebeccafwrites.bsky.social @uksherka.bsky.social @sudhab.bsky.social and me.
Every day, I’ll be posting a dazzler to get you inspired ✨
Thread 🧵
You have until 15 Feb to enter @natflashfictionday.bsky.social’s Micro Fiction Comp 🌟
No theme, up to 100 words, judged by @rebeccafwrites.bsky.social @uksherka.bsky.social @sudhab.bsky.social and me.
Every day, I’ll be posting a dazzler to get you inspired ✨
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Today's shortlisted story is "Like a memory, or maybe only a dream" by @laurabesley.bsky.social. Congratulations, Laura. A micro with such a brilliant twisting together of hope and sadness at its heart.
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The Welkin Writing Prize | Shortlist 25
Shortlisted pieces for the 2025 Welkin Mini
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January 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Today's shortlisted story is "Like a memory, or maybe only a dream" by @laurabesley.bsky.social. Congratulations, Laura. A micro with such a brilliant twisting together of hope and sadness at its heart.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
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"She rubs her eyes, her long snout, and looks up at the stars and sighs as if she, too, has been awakened by the clock tick, tick, ticking."
Such rich, layered writing from @kristintenor.bsky.social - wonderful to discover this gem of a micro
Such rich, layered writing from @kristintenor.bsky.social - wonderful to discover this gem of a micro
New Micro by @kristintenor.bsky.social "Mother Black Bear sits on her haunches under the heavy limbs of the crabapple tree in the backyard. She rubs her eyes, her long snout, and looks up at the stars and sighs..."
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Familiar Talk – Fractured
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January 22, 2025 at 10:26 AM
"She rubs her eyes, her long snout, and looks up at the stars and sighs as if she, too, has been awakened by the clock tick, tick, ticking."
Such rich, layered writing from @kristintenor.bsky.social - wonderful to discover this gem of a micro
Such rich, layered writing from @kristintenor.bsky.social - wonderful to discover this gem of a micro
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Honored to have my story "Concrete Worm" in @haydensferryreview.bsky.social's new issue! And it's also available online as a preview (with gorgeous artwork) among such awe-inspiring authors! (This also alliterates!): haydensferryreview.com/noemi-scheir...
Grateful. ❤️
Grateful. ❤️
January 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Honored to have my story "Concrete Worm" in @haydensferryreview.bsky.social's new issue! And it's also available online as a preview (with gorgeous artwork) among such awe-inspiring authors! (This also alliterates!): haydensferryreview.com/noemi-scheir...
Grateful. ❤️
Grateful. ❤️
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Which behaviour change techniques make digital interventions for eating disorders effective? www.nationalelfservice.net?p=211552
#EatingDisorders #DigitalInterventions #BehaviourChange #BCTs #DigitalHealth #Websites #Apps #SystematicReview
#EatingDisorders #DigitalInterventions #BehaviourChange #BCTs #DigitalHealth #Websites #Apps #SystematicReview
Which behaviour change techniques make digital interventions for eating disorders effective? - National Elf Service
Rena Gatzounis summarises a review investigating the effectiveness of digital interventions for eating disorders and the behaviour change techniques that lie underneath.
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January 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Which behaviour change techniques make digital interventions for eating disorders effective? www.nationalelfservice.net?p=211552
#EatingDisorders #DigitalInterventions #BehaviourChange #BCTs #DigitalHealth #Websites #Apps #SystematicReview
#EatingDisorders #DigitalInterventions #BehaviourChange #BCTs #DigitalHealth #Websites #Apps #SystematicReview
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Our featured story this week is the winner of the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest, "the sky didn̶'t̶ slip inside" by jj peña, CNF published in the latest issue of SmokeLong Quarterly: www.smokelong.com/stories/the-... @jjpena.bsky.social
the sky didn't slip inside - SmokeLong Quarterly
let’s pretend the day didn’t begin with death. let’s pretend you didn’t facetime my sister from your car crying, YOU’VE LEFT ME & I’VE FALLEN THROUGH THE EARTH, & then put a plastic bag over your head...
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January 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Our featured story this week is the winner of the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest, "the sky didn̶'t̶ slip inside" by jj peña, CNF published in the latest issue of SmokeLong Quarterly: www.smokelong.com/stories/the-... @jjpena.bsky.social
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"Malia knew it was time to let the rabbit nesting in her heart go. For months the bunny had been testing the limits of her chest, pressing against her sternum."
Today at jmww, new flash fiction from Phebe Jewell:
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/01/08/f...
Today at jmww, new flash fiction from Phebe Jewell:
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/01/08/f...
Flash Fiction: Liberations by Phebe Jewell
Malia knew it was time to let the rabbit nesting in her heart go. For months the bunny had been testing the limits of her chest, pressing against her sternum.
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January 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"Malia knew it was time to let the rabbit nesting in her heart go. For months the bunny had been testing the limits of her chest, pressing against her sternum."
Today at jmww, new flash fiction from Phebe Jewell:
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/01/08/f...
Today at jmww, new flash fiction from Phebe Jewell:
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/01/08/f...
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"They tell me they list colors, their favorite foods, animals, numbers from 1-100. Today, we’re huddled against the word wall across from the locked door"
The emotional heft of this piece from @emilyrinkema.bsky.social is stunning. Powerful from beginning to end.
100wordstory.org/active-shoot...
The emotional heft of this piece from @emilyrinkema.bsky.social is stunning. Powerful from beginning to end.
100wordstory.org/active-shoot...
Active Shooter Drill - 100Words
By Emily Rinkema To help them stay quiet, I teach my second graders to make lists in their heads. They tell me they list colors, their favorite foods, animals, numbers from 1-100.
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January 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"They tell me they list colors, their favorite foods, animals, numbers from 1-100. Today, we’re huddled against the word wall across from the locked door"
The emotional heft of this piece from @emilyrinkema.bsky.social is stunning. Powerful from beginning to end.
100wordstory.org/active-shoot...
The emotional heft of this piece from @emilyrinkema.bsky.social is stunning. Powerful from beginning to end.
100wordstory.org/active-shoot...
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Like father like offspring: paternal anxiety associated with children’s emotional and behavioural health https://buff.ly/4gr2Hpm
Zoe Firth summarises a recent systematic review, which finds that anxiety in fathers has a broadly similar impact on children, compared to maternal anxiety.
Zoe Firth summarises a recent systematic review, which finds that anxiety in fathers has a broadly similar impact on children, compared to maternal anxiety.
January 6, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Like father like offspring: paternal anxiety associated with children’s emotional and behavioural health https://buff.ly/4gr2Hpm
Zoe Firth summarises a recent systematic review, which finds that anxiety in fathers has a broadly similar impact on children, compared to maternal anxiety.
Zoe Firth summarises a recent systematic review, which finds that anxiety in fathers has a broadly similar impact on children, compared to maternal anxiety.
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Prevention is where it's at for children and young people's mental health https://buff.ly/3ZYowa0
Beth Cumber investigates the effectiveness of preventive interventions for children and young people at-risk of developing mental health problems.
#YouthMentalHealth #Prevention #EarlyIntervention
Beth Cumber investigates the effectiveness of preventive interventions for children and young people at-risk of developing mental health problems.
#YouthMentalHealth #Prevention #EarlyIntervention
December 18, 2024 at 7:41 AM
Prevention is where it's at for children and young people's mental health https://buff.ly/3ZYowa0
Beth Cumber investigates the effectiveness of preventive interventions for children and young people at-risk of developing mental health problems.
#YouthMentalHealth #Prevention #EarlyIntervention
Beth Cumber investigates the effectiveness of preventive interventions for children and young people at-risk of developing mental health problems.
#YouthMentalHealth #Prevention #EarlyIntervention
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I'm delighted to have this story up at GhostParachute today! Many people to thank: @brettpribble.bsky.social for publishing it, @kiklodge.bsky.social for her awesome prompt at @saloneurope.bsky.social's Brussels salon and @mattkendrick.bsky.social for helping polish it in his GoWithTheFlow course! 💙
Read "The World Goes Round" written by @bdiggswrites.bsky.social and illustrated by Kaylan Stedman Friedman.
"A ball is in his hands, blue as innocence, round as the world."
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"A ball is in his hands, blue as innocence, round as the world."
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The World Goes Round — Ghost Parachute
We are among the autumn roses. Autumn roses and sycamore trees. We are strangers, connected by the peace of this tiny city square, the surprise of the afternoon sun. On the path to the square, stands ...
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January 2, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I'm delighted to have this story up at GhostParachute today! Many people to thank: @brettpribble.bsky.social for publishing it, @kiklodge.bsky.social for her awesome prompt at @saloneurope.bsky.social's Brussels salon and @mattkendrick.bsky.social for helping polish it in his GoWithTheFlow course! 💙
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My December #WritingCraft article is a round-up of everything I've published over the last 5 years. If I've counted correctly, there are about 50 resources in total; feeling quite proud to see it all in one place. Hope it's useful!
prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/everything...
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Everything Everywhere All In One Place
I’ve been writing these craft articles for quite a while now.
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December 2, 2024 at 11:19 AM
My December #WritingCraft article is a round-up of everything I've published over the last 5 years. If I've counted correctly, there are about 50 resources in total; feeling quite proud to see it all in one place. Hope it's useful!
prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/everything...
prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/everything...
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I have an intense little micro in the latest issue of the awesome @bendinggenres.bsky.social !! Thank you @rgvaughan.bsky.social for giving this piece a great home!! And a grateful shout-out to @sfreligh.bsky.social in whose wonderful workshop it was born!! bendinggenres.com/blow-by-blow/
Blow By Blow
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December 10, 2024 at 6:23 PM
I have an intense little micro in the latest issue of the awesome @bendinggenres.bsky.social !! Thank you @rgvaughan.bsky.social for giving this piece a great home!! And a grateful shout-out to @sfreligh.bsky.social in whose wonderful workshop it was born!! bendinggenres.com/blow-by-blow/
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Every time I get asked "how are you?", I write my "real" answer on a piece of paper & stick it in a jar. Now I've brought these together in a fractured essay.
Hope it informs / comforts / reflects. Would love it if you'd give it a read.
#ChronicIllness
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Hope it informs / comforts / reflects. Would love it if you'd give it a read.
#ChronicIllness
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/fifty-five-r...
Fifty Five Responses | MattKendrick.co.uk
Fifty-five responses to an everyday question, one of which is a lie. Reflections on illness.
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December 9, 2024 at 10:57 AM
Every time I get asked "how are you?", I write my "real" answer on a piece of paper & stick it in a jar. Now I've brought these together in a fractured essay.
Hope it informs / comforts / reflects. Would love it if you'd give it a read.
#ChronicIllness
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/fifty-five-r...
Hope it informs / comforts / reflects. Would love it if you'd give it a read.
#ChronicIllness
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/fifty-five-r...
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Where to next for universal school-based mental health interventions?
In our @acamh.bsky.social
debate piece, @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social and I argue that it's time to move towards more effective alternatives.
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
In our @acamh.bsky.social
debate piece, @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social and I argue that it's time to move towards more effective alternatives.
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<em>Child and Adolescent Mental Health</em> | ACAMH Journal | Wiley Online Library
There is an urgent need to improve mental health outcomes among young people. One approach taken to address this problem has been the design and delivery of universal school-based prevention, based o...
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 9, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Where to next for universal school-based mental health interventions?
In our @acamh.bsky.social
debate piece, @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social and I argue that it's time to move towards more effective alternatives.
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
In our @acamh.bsky.social
debate piece, @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social and I argue that it's time to move towards more effective alternatives.
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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For anyone working in adolescent mental health: I *really* recommend reading this important paper about the most commonly used questionnaires (inc SDQ)
In short: most of them have poor psychometric properties, so do we even know what they are measuring?
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
(cont)
In short: most of them have poor psychometric properties, so do we even know what they are measuring?
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
(cont)
December 5, 2024 at 10:30 AM
For anyone working in adolescent mental health: I *really* recommend reading this important paper about the most commonly used questionnaires (inc SDQ)
In short: most of them have poor psychometric properties, so do we even know what they are measuring?
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
(cont)
In short: most of them have poor psychometric properties, so do we even know what they are measuring?
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
(cont)