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Sam Payne
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rattlepoetry.bsky.social
The moon is already high and bright,
and like so many things in my life,
I have missed it.

—Brent Fisk
Penumbra by Brent Fisk - Rattle: Poetry
I remember too late and rush out the front door, stand shoeless halfway down the sidewalk.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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bathflashaward.bsky.social
Morning! Last day of our 30th Award today. Are you picking up a Last Minute Club badge? The club is open now till midnight ! £1460 in prizes.Results out end of June.Do share your badge here when you get one!
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June 8, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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mattkendrick.bsky.social
My April #WritingCraft article is about the story structure ABDCE, how it works and how to shape it. There's even a fun little video what I made.

prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/its-as-eas...
April 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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lumchanmfa.bsky.social
Send in your 6-sentence micro to @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social! It's free! You could win money! I'm judging the shortlist blind!!

Check out the prompt!!

gooseberry-pie.com/its-national...
Gooseberry Pie's 2nd Annual Writing Contest - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Birmingham Museums Trust on Unsplash Can you believe it? It’s almost April which means National Gooseberry Month is just around the corner. In celebration we are having our second annual writ...
gooseberry-pie.com
April 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
sampayne.bsky.social
The challenge is to choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge

Day 20
December 19, 2024 at 12:47 PM
sampayne.bsky.social
The challenge is to choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge

Day 19
December 18, 2024 at 9:21 AM
sampayne.bsky.social
The challenge is to choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge

Day 18
December 17, 2024 at 1:30 PM
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You've got to read "Wingdings" by Nini Berndt - funny, surprising, emotional, about the sometimes dark and very separate worlds of kids and their mothers and how they sometimes crash together for a moment: splitlipthemag.com/flash/1224/n...
Wingdings — Split Lip Magazine
Sometime before Christmas the mothers made a deal. No more sugar, the mothers said. No more pudding no more lemon cake no more chewing gum no more Coca Cola no more ice cream no more Fruit-by-the-Foot...
splitlipthemag.com
December 16, 2024 at 3:07 PM
sampayne.bsky.social
The challenge is to choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge

Day 17
December 16, 2024 at 1:27 PM
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mattkendrick.bsky.social
Just been updating my wall of #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb stories - now 115 brilliant pieces that started life on one of my courses. If I've missed anything, please let me know. Amazed at all the superstar writers I get to write with on a regular basis 🤩

www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-stories
WBTL Stories | MattKendrick.co.uk
Portfolio of stories that started life on one of Matt Kendrick's Write Beyond The Lightbulb courses
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
December 15, 2024 at 9:27 AM
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minorliteratures.bsky.social
and don't forget, we are open for submissions of essays and fiction throughout December ...

details here:

oleada.io/publication/...
December 15, 2024 at 9:38 AM
sampayne.bsky.social
The challenge is to choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge

Day 16
December 15, 2024 at 8:17 AM
sampayne.bsky.social
The challenge is to choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge

Day 15
December 13, 2024 at 3:04 PM
sampayne.bsky.social
The challenge is to choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge

Day 14
December 12, 2024 at 11:02 AM
sampayne.bsky.social
The challenge is to choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge

Day 13
December 11, 2024 at 11:35 AM
sampayne.bsky.social
The challenge is to choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge

Day 12
December 10, 2024 at 11:47 AM
sampayne.bsky.social
The challenge is to choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge

Day 11
December 9, 2024 at 2:58 PM