Sara Emmerton
@sarawrites.bsky.social
Writer. Carer. Sea swimmer. Cats. Longlist @MoniackMhor Emerging Writer award '22. Shortlist #Curae Prize '23.
Just listened to this. Plenty of "oh yes" moments particularly on resistance to and demands of the creative impulse and the need to decolonise the mind! Creatively helpful as ever @heidijames.bsky.social
Latest episode of First Graft out now: I talk with Naomi Booth about how place sparks inspiration, enmeshment, resistance to and the demands of the creative impulse and how vital it is to decolonise our minds from patriarchal capitalism if we are to create.
April 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Just listened to this. Plenty of "oh yes" moments particularly on resistance to and demands of the creative impulse and the need to decolonise the mind! Creatively helpful as ever @heidijames.bsky.social
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Brilliant article from the uber talented Amy Beashel in The Guardian. I cannot recommend reading Bad Manners enough! #BookSky
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
A moment that changed me: my 11-year-old daughter received an unwanted compliment – and I taught her how to respond
At a party, a man looked my child up and down in admiration, before praising her looks. I saw her visibly shrink. So I taught her the value of bad manners
www.theguardian.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Brilliant article from the uber talented Amy Beashel in The Guardian. I cannot recommend reading Bad Manners enough! #BookSky
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Night night sweet dreamies
It’s not what you say to everyone else
It’s what you whisper to yourself that has the greatest power
Whisper, honestly, consistently and encouragingly always
It’s not what you say to everyone else
It’s what you whisper to yourself that has the greatest power
Whisper, honestly, consistently and encouragingly always
March 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Night night sweet dreamies
It’s not what you say to everyone else
It’s what you whisper to yourself that has the greatest power
Whisper, honestly, consistently and encouragingly always
It’s not what you say to everyone else
It’s what you whisper to yourself that has the greatest power
Whisper, honestly, consistently and encouragingly always
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Well this is fantastic! “we are claiming back some of the power we gave away in our younger years … & our stories are having more resonance than ever before.” Yes @kitdewaal.bsky.social! @forthwrite.bsky.social
Read about our festival in The Guardian, featuring @kitdewaal.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Kit de Waal to headline new festival celebrating women writers over 50
Forthwrite, which takes place over two days this month, aims to dispel stereotypes around older women
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Well this is fantastic! “we are claiming back some of the power we gave away in our younger years … & our stories are having more resonance than ever before.” Yes @kitdewaal.bsky.social! @forthwrite.bsky.social
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In today's @theguardian.com country diary @kateblincoe.bsky.social sits on an oaken throne, looking for a fawn in the field. #naturewriting #countrydiary
Country diary: My daughter says she’s seen a fawn – has she? | Kate Blincoe
Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk: Muntjac deer mate all year round, so it’s quite possible. I take to the oak throne that we have on the farm, and scan the view
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
In today's @theguardian.com country diary @kateblincoe.bsky.social sits on an oaken throne, looking for a fawn in the field. #naturewriting #countrydiary
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If you are able, please do support Indy bookshops.
The near monopoly of an online giant is skewering the industry.
Without Indies, we simply wouldn't be here.
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
@serenitybookshop.bsky.social
@trumanbooks.bsky.social
@drakebookshop.bsky.social
@forumbooks.bsky.social
The near monopoly of an online giant is skewering the industry.
Without Indies, we simply wouldn't be here.
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
@serenitybookshop.bsky.social
@trumanbooks.bsky.social
@drakebookshop.bsky.social
@forumbooks.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM
If you are able, please do support Indy bookshops.
The near monopoly of an online giant is skewering the industry.
Without Indies, we simply wouldn't be here.
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
@serenitybookshop.bsky.social
@trumanbooks.bsky.social
@drakebookshop.bsky.social
@forumbooks.bsky.social
The near monopoly of an online giant is skewering the industry.
Without Indies, we simply wouldn't be here.
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
@serenitybookshop.bsky.social
@trumanbooks.bsky.social
@drakebookshop.bsky.social
@forumbooks.bsky.social
Love the honesty and humility in these episodes! Demystifies the writing and creative process which helps with the grafting!
#writingpodcasts
#firstgraft
#amwriting
@heidijames.bsky.social
@amandajanemason.bsky.social
#writingpodcasts
#firstgraft
#amwriting
@heidijames.bsky.social
@amandajanemason.bsky.social
This was just *such* a pleasure. And available wherever you get your podcasts obvs. The impeccable @heidijames.bsky.social and First Graft.
open.spotify.com/episode/6CZC...
open.spotify.com/episode/6CZC...
First Graft with Amanda Mason
First Graft Podcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Love the honesty and humility in these episodes! Demystifies the writing and creative process which helps with the grafting!
#writingpodcasts
#firstgraft
#amwriting
@heidijames.bsky.social
@amandajanemason.bsky.social
#writingpodcasts
#firstgraft
#amwriting
@heidijames.bsky.social
@amandajanemason.bsky.social
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Great opportunity!
Last few places up for grabs on my FREE online writing workshop on Saturday - email me to book your spot!
More info here: elspells.com/2025/01/13/e...
More info here: elspells.com/2025/01/13/e...
January 22, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Great opportunity!
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Time to go a-wassailing in @kateblincoe.bsky.social's @theguardian.com country diary celebrating this centuries-old pagan tradition of shared thanks and love.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: Beating pots and pans, it’s time to go a-wassailing
Saxlingham Nethergate, Norfolk: With Venus shining down on us in the cold, we perform a ceremony that today has more to do with connecting to our roots than ensuring a good apple harvest
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Time to go a-wassailing in @kateblincoe.bsky.social's @theguardian.com country diary celebrating this centuries-old pagan tradition of shared thanks and love.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Just listened to this. @regretteruane.bsky.social is brilliant - and helpful - on the realities of the process of writing.
#amwriting
#amwriting
Out now: In this episode of First Graft I talk about writing, visual art, trauma and noticing with Rose Ruane; Rose is an artist & writer who lives in Glasgow with her ever expanding collection of 20th Century kitsch.
Her novels This is Yesterday and Birding are published by Corsair Books.
Her novels This is Yesterday and Birding are published by Corsair Books.
January 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Just listened to this. @regretteruane.bsky.social is brilliant - and helpful - on the realities of the process of writing.
#amwriting
#amwriting
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I am delighted to launch Elspells Writing Coaching! If you want a cheerleader for your writing in 2025, get in touch! 🎉🎉🎉
January 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I am delighted to launch Elspells Writing Coaching! If you want a cheerleader for your writing in 2025, get in touch! 🎉🎉🎉
#100DaysOfWriting day 99! Back in Jan, the brilliant
@heidijames.bsky.social challenged me to get my book bloody well WRITTEN by the end of '24. I will be there by day 100 and the end of the year! Thanks also to @elspells13.bsky.social for #100DaysOfWriting encouragement! #amwriting
@heidijames.bsky.social challenged me to get my book bloody well WRITTEN by the end of '24. I will be there by day 100 and the end of the year! Thanks also to @elspells13.bsky.social for #100DaysOfWriting encouragement! #amwriting
December 30, 2024 at 7:39 PM
#100DaysOfWriting day 99! Back in Jan, the brilliant
@heidijames.bsky.social challenged me to get my book bloody well WRITTEN by the end of '24. I will be there by day 100 and the end of the year! Thanks also to @elspells13.bsky.social for #100DaysOfWriting encouragement! #amwriting
@heidijames.bsky.social challenged me to get my book bloody well WRITTEN by the end of '24. I will be there by day 100 and the end of the year! Thanks also to @elspells13.bsky.social for #100DaysOfWriting encouragement! #amwriting
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Moniack Mhor, a beautiful writers centre in Scotland is running a gothic writing course starting in January, all online. Lots of residential, day and online courses on their website too. Check it out.
www.moniackmhor.org.uk
Please share
www.moniackmhor.org.uk
Please share
December 21, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Moniack Mhor, a beautiful writers centre in Scotland is running a gothic writing course starting in January, all online. Lots of residential, day and online courses on their website too. Check it out.
www.moniackmhor.org.uk
Please share
www.moniackmhor.org.uk
Please share
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Solstice.
Also, just 11 million seconds* till the swifts get back.
*give or take
Also, just 11 million seconds* till the swifts get back.
*give or take
December 21, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Solstice.
Also, just 11 million seconds* till the swifts get back.
*give or take
Also, just 11 million seconds* till the swifts get back.
*give or take
Day 81 (!) of #100DaysOfWriting. How can we be so far in? Have enjoyed writing/thinking about my writing even more than usual, although more than usually tired, too!
#amwriting
#nevergiveup
#amwriting
#nevergiveup
December 12, 2024 at 7:58 AM
Day 81 (!) of #100DaysOfWriting. How can we be so far in? Have enjoyed writing/thinking about my writing even more than usual, although more than usually tired, too!
#amwriting
#nevergiveup
#amwriting
#nevergiveup
Listened to episode two of this documentary on #CountyLines just now on #Radio4
Powerful and moving with great personal insight. Thank you @fallingtreeprod.bsky.social and @phoebemcindoe.bsky.social
Powerful and moving with great personal insight. Thank you @fallingtreeprod.bsky.social and @phoebemcindoe.bsky.social
"This beautifully made doc is made all the more powerful by presenter @phoebemcindoe.bsky.social's personal story. And of course we listen and we think... what if that was my kid?" www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Pick of the Week, Luke Wright
Luke Wright chooses audio highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2024 at 12:01 PM
Listened to episode two of this documentary on #CountyLines just now on #Radio4
Powerful and moving with great personal insight. Thank you @fallingtreeprod.bsky.social and @phoebemcindoe.bsky.social
Powerful and moving with great personal insight. Thank you @fallingtreeprod.bsky.social and @phoebemcindoe.bsky.social
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On the 1st of January, the #Curae prize for writer-carers opens for a second time. The demise of twitter is making it harder to get the word out, so do share! thecuraeprize.uk There are around 7 million unpaid carers in the UK alone & Curae shines a light on the role & much more. #carers #writing
November 18, 2024 at 8:49 AM
On the 1st of January, the #Curae prize for writer-carers opens for a second time. The demise of twitter is making it harder to get the word out, so do share! thecuraeprize.uk There are around 7 million unpaid carers in the UK alone & Curae shines a light on the role & much more. #carers #writing
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Guys - I could really use your help.
Somebody I Used to Love is just inches away from breaking into the top 100 Kindle reads.
I’d really appreciate any shares or downloads. This twisty, dark romance is currently on a 99p offer!
I will reward you with virtual hugs x
geni.us/SIUTL
Somebody I Used to Love is just inches away from breaking into the top 100 Kindle reads.
I’d really appreciate any shares or downloads. This twisty, dark romance is currently on a 99p offer!
I will reward you with virtual hugs x
geni.us/SIUTL
November 17, 2024 at 9:37 AM
Guys - I could really use your help.
Somebody I Used to Love is just inches away from breaking into the top 100 Kindle reads.
I’d really appreciate any shares or downloads. This twisty, dark romance is currently on a 99p offer!
I will reward you with virtual hugs x
geni.us/SIUTL
Somebody I Used to Love is just inches away from breaking into the top 100 Kindle reads.
I’d really appreciate any shares or downloads. This twisty, dark romance is currently on a 99p offer!
I will reward you with virtual hugs x
geni.us/SIUTL
Day 58 of #100DaysOfWriting
A slow week on the writing front due to working hard on a proofreading project. I'm calling it a mulling week before being able to crack on again next week! Still managing a few words here and there though!
#amwriting
A slow week on the writing front due to working hard on a proofreading project. I'm calling it a mulling week before being able to crack on again next week! Still managing a few words here and there though!
#amwriting
November 19, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Day 58 of #100DaysOfWriting
A slow week on the writing front due to working hard on a proofreading project. I'm calling it a mulling week before being able to crack on again next week! Still managing a few words here and there though!
#amwriting
A slow week on the writing front due to working hard on a proofreading project. I'm calling it a mulling week before being able to crack on again next week! Still managing a few words here and there though!
#amwriting
My cats have curled up into a heart ❤️
November 18, 2024 at 12:31 PM
My cats have curled up into a heart ❤️
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On the 1st of January, the #Curae prize for writer-carers opens for a second time. The demise of twitter is making it harder to get the word out, so do share! thecuraeprize.uk There are around 7 million unpaid carers in the UK alone & Curae shines a light on the role & much more. #carers #writing
November 15, 2024 at 8:55 AM
On the 1st of January, the #Curae prize for writer-carers opens for a second time. The demise of twitter is making it harder to get the word out, so do share! thecuraeprize.uk There are around 7 million unpaid carers in the UK alone & Curae shines a light on the role & much more. #carers #writing
Congrats to the brilliant @jankaneen1.bsky.social 🥳🥳🥳
🚨AUTHOR ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
We are enormously proud to have signed the incredible short story and flash fiction writer Jan Kaneen!
Her collection of strange and dark stories, Hostile Environments, is coming as part of our 2024-2025 publishing schedule!
We are enormously proud to have signed the incredible short story and flash fiction writer Jan Kaneen!
Her collection of strange and dark stories, Hostile Environments, is coming as part of our 2024-2025 publishing schedule!
October 27, 2023 at 8:08 PM
Congrats to the brilliant @jankaneen1.bsky.social 🥳🥳🥳