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Roz Morris
@rozmorris.bsky.social
Author, Ever Rest, Not Quite Lost, My Memories of a Future Life, Lifeform Three, Nail Your Novel. Editor/speaker. Judge @ International Voices in Creative Non-Fiction Award 2025, Amazon Kindle Storyteller Award 2023
"We are two creatures, neither of us perfectly made, trying to move together in a perfect way."

This is about me and my horse, but It's also about writing, creating - any partnership where you're trying to make something beautiful despite limitations. mailchi.mp/24cd64ac9759... #lifewriting
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
What is home? It’s the ultimate in everyday objects, the witness of your everything. The enactment of it too. Love this piece by @KatherineMay about #DerekJarman ’s memoir. #slowliving #memoir #poetryofhome #turnrightattherainbow substack.com/home/post/p-...
Introducing November’s readalong: Modern Nature by Derek Jarman
A diary of life in a hostile landscape + reading guide + a giveaway!
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November 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
How should an author of 2025 use social media to find readers? Thoughtful piece by @jamesscottbell killzoneblog.com/2025/11/whit... #writingcommunity #publishing #bookmarketing #socialmedia
Whither Social Media? | Killzoneblog.com
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November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
'He gave me Prague as a gothic dream of shadow and stone—a city that looked as though it remembered every sin whispered in its streets.' The official witchy day has passed but I still want to share this post about imagination @victoriadougherty victoriadougherty.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/h...
How My Brother Taught Me to Love Ghosts
On our shelves were a handful of worn, black and white picture books of the old country. Czechoslovakia. Prague. This was where my people were from, and not in some distant past—my mother had escap…
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November 12, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Shortlist is out! For the @vineleavespress.bsky.social International Voices in #cnf competition. I'm so proud to have been involved in this as a judge. Someone is going to win a #publishing deal. preview.mailerlite.com/z1x9z4z9j7/2... #booklove #writingcommunity #memoir #skywriters
SHORTLIST for the 2026 International Voices in Creative Nonfiction Competition!
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November 12, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Quiet story openings need tension too. “Perhaps your viewpoint character is relieved when an encounter is over… In a story that starts at subtle volume, this is the bat signal.” Post: nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/t... #AmWriting #Fiction #Craft #FirstPages #StoryDesign #NailYourNovel
The quiet beginning – one trick to keep the reader’s attention
Starting a story is always a challenge. You have to do a lot at once, but not too much. Don’t overwhelm the reader, don’t confuse, don’t info-dump, don’t send misleading signals, don’t lose the rea…
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November 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The quiet beginning – one trick to keep the reader’s attention

Starting a story is always a challenge. You have to do a lot at once, but not too much. Don’t overwhelm the reader, don’t confuse, don’t info-dump, don’t send misleading signals, don’t lose the reader’s interest. Sometimes you can…
The quiet beginning – one trick to keep the reader’s attention
Starting a story is always a challenge. You have to do a lot at once, but not too much. Don’t overwhelm the reader, don’t confuse, don’t info-dump, don’t send misleading signals, don’t lose the reader’s interest. Sometimes you can start in medias res. Get to the action fast. Open with a murder, or a character on the brink of something life-changing, or a character coming in late and trying to learn about everything, so the reader is in step with them (detective fiction is an example).
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November 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The child that grew up, frame by frame. The gradual arrival of witnesses (the stick-bird girl, glass apples, closet of baseball caps). The photo album time machine. The giant mystery of home, its accumulations and absences. @bethkephart.bsky.social thehushandthehowl.substack.com/p/home #slowliving
Home
to the spaces that hold us when our children move on
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November 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Reposted by Roz Morris
"He knew of nothing more honest than music."
— Hugo, from my novel Ever Rest
This line keeps coming back to me as I work on memoirs with musicians and artists. There's courage in creative work.
#ArtAndSoul #LifeWriting
More reflections in my latest newsletter: mailchi.mp/24cd64ac9759...
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
"He knew of nothing more honest than music."
— Hugo, from my novel Ever Rest
This line keeps coming back to me as I work on memoirs with musicians and artists. There's courage in creative work.
#ArtAndSoul #LifeWriting
More reflections in my latest newsletter: mailchi.mp/24cd64ac9759...
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Reposted by Roz Morris
My latest newsletter! What artists are made of. #ADHD counsellor recommends my novel Lifeform Three. Snippet of my new book. A little horse. #writinglife #artisticlife #musicians mailchi.mp/24cd64ac9759...
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
When a book is so good that an editor switches off her work-mind and goes along for the ride… I’ll be looking this up. @JennieNash on The Correspondent by @virginiaevans25.bsky.social

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Not
Some thoughts on a novel I loved
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November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Morning! Leafy Monday! I'm expecting the main copy this week for @indieauthoralli.bsky.social member magazine. I'm forging onwards with the structural edit on my musician's memoir. There's a writing craft post for my blog and I need to set up an author interview. How does your week look? #writing
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
My latest newsletter! What artists are made of. #ADHD counsellor recommends my novel Lifeform Three. Snippet of my new book. A little horse. #writinglife #artisticlife #musicians mailchi.mp/24cd64ac9759...
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Thank you for that lovely and thoughtful share, Valeria!
A brief article and a nice reminder that much author promotion is really about the genuine sharing and exchanging of perspectives - about being an active part of the literary community. #WritingCommunity #booksky #reading #writerslife Thank you, @elizabethspanncraig.com and @rozmorris.bsky.social.
November 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Being published in an anthology can be an excellent career move. What should you consider and where could you find opportunities? @mattydalrymple.bsky.social & @markleslie.bsky.social janefriedman.com/before-you-s... at @janefriedman.com #authorlife #writinglife #skywriters
Before You Say Yes: What Writers Need to Know About Anthology Offers | Jane Friedman
Learn how to find and assess anthology opportunities, which offer short fiction authors income and visibility by sharing audiences across contributors.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
“Not just a craft guide, an apprenticeship in empathy. Every chapter carries the rare understanding that characters aren’t built from tropes but from truth.” books2read.com/nyncharacters
#WritingCommunity #Writers #skywriters
Available now at your favorite digital store!
Writing Characters Who'll Keep Readers Captivated: Nail Your Novel by Roz Morris
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November 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
“Enough with the chaos-writing. Let’s actually finish this thing.” Nail Your Novel.
Get the workbook books2read.com/nynworkbook #NaNo #Plotting #WIP #WritersOfBsky #skywriters
November 6, 2025 at 8:16 AM