Sarah Frideswide
@sjfrideswide.bsky.social
Published poet. Fiction Writer. MA Creative Writing Distinction. Working class writer with ADHD and C-PTSD. Author of One-Armed Nick and the Nuns of Osyth, here: https://sarahfrideswide.substack.com/p/6-double-barrelled-flintlock-pistol
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One-Armed Nick, the ghost of a 17th century highwayman, and his sidekick/boss Fluffy-Frost the Celtic goddess kitten request your presence for one episode a week of ghost related madness at some historical sites in Oxfordshire. See sarahfrideswide.substack.com/p/6-double-b...
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Our NEW ISSUE featuring 30 remarkable new poems and stunning cover art by printmaker Molly Lemon is LIVE.
You can read it all here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/issues/categ...
We hope you enjoy this issue and look forward to hearing what you think 🧡✨
You can read it all here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/issues/categ...
We hope you enjoy this issue and look forward to hearing what you think 🧡✨
Issue 15, Dear World
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November 22, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Our NEW ISSUE featuring 30 remarkable new poems and stunning cover art by printmaker Molly Lemon is LIVE.
You can read it all here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/issues/categ...
We hope you enjoy this issue and look forward to hearing what you think 🧡✨
You can read it all here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/issues/categ...
We hope you enjoy this issue and look forward to hearing what you think 🧡✨
Invisible custard! Next episode. Talking kitten, a young woman and a ghost. What more could you want on a Sunday afternoon? 5 min read.
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Invisible Custard
“You humans are so slow. He dropped his pistol. Now he can’t pick it up again and if you don’t come and help, he’s going to sit there until the next Age of the Godesses.”
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November 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Invisible custard! Next episode. Talking kitten, a young woman and a ghost. What more could you want on a Sunday afternoon? 5 min read.
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When all hope is gone, where do you turn? To the blank page, to story, to poetry. That's why the world needs story. Read more below.
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When all hope is gone, where do you turn?
To the blank page and to story, that's where. The blank page is the friend that will always be there. The one that will never judge, never patronise, never ...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
When all hope is gone, where do you turn? To the blank page, to story, to poetry. That's why the world needs story. Read more below.
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Why did I choose a kitten? The background to my kitten character in One-Armed Nick: why I chose her, how she developed and a little hint of who she might really be. Read below.
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Why did I choose a kitten?
Some people are surprised by the kitten character in One-Armed Nick. She's unusual. But she has rather taken over the story, has started bossing all the other characters a...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Why did I choose a kitten? The background to my kitten character in One-Armed Nick: why I chose her, how she developed and a little hint of who she might really be. Read below.
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On divorcing the productivity mindset in order to bring a little light into the world, and brighten up your own heart too while you're at it. Read below.
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Today I spent an hour sharing tips with my mentee about how to bring down neurospicy sensory overwhelm to help the world make sense again. She had messaged me on a day when I don't see her, because sh...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
On divorcing the productivity mindset in order to bring a little light into the world, and brighten up your own heart too while you're at it. Read below.
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And on another note... Episode 8 is coming out in two hours over on Substack, or by email to subscribers. Beware the kitten! She is not what she seems!
November 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
And on another note... Episode 8 is coming out in two hours over on Substack, or by email to subscribers. Beware the kitten! She is not what she seems!
Writing as a form of meditation and a spiritual practice. It isn't just a career - it's a way of life. Read below.
#writing #meditation #contemplativework
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#writing #meditation #contemplativework
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Writing as a form of meditation. Does anyone else get this? Maybe it's because of ADHD, but in order to try and get to a place where I can concentrate deeply, I find that writing has to become a proce...
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November 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Writing as a form of meditation and a spiritual practice. It isn't just a career - it's a way of life. Read below.
#writing #meditation #contemplativework
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#writing #meditation #contemplativework
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Yep. So very, very true. This video shows why ADHDers are constantly exhausted, all the time.
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#ADHD #neurodiversewriter
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#ADHD #neurodiversewriter
You suffer in silence! #adhd
YouTube video by ADHD Chatter Podcast
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November 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Yep. So very, very true. This video shows why ADHDers are constantly exhausted, all the time.
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#ADHD #neurodiversewriter
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#ADHD #neurodiversewriter
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Tonight at 7.15 on Radio 3. Writer’s block, dry spell, fallow period, worrisome silence, that terrifying, lonely time when you *cannot* write a poem. I speak to Liz Berry, Oliver Carmichael, Hannah Copley, Marie Howe, Vanessa Kisuule and Jack Underwood! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, When the Words Leave
The poet Caroline Bird explores the silences when it feels like the words have left you.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Tonight at 7.15 on Radio 3. Writer’s block, dry spell, fallow period, worrisome silence, that terrifying, lonely time when you *cannot* write a poem. I speak to Liz Berry, Oliver Carmichael, Hannah Copley, Marie Howe, Vanessa Kisuule and Jack Underwood! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
I thought I knew what I was doing when I set out to write a serialised story... 8 weeks in, I now have a traumatised highwayman, a talking kitten and nocturnal goings on with a magic pistol... Commenting on my journey so far here 👇
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SJ Frideswide (@sarahfrideswide)
You know, when I started writing “One-Armed Nick and the Nuns of Osyth”, I thought I was going to be writing a comedic romp about a ghost and his relationship with a community of nuns. Eight weeks dow...
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November 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I thought I knew what I was doing when I set out to write a serialised story... 8 weeks in, I now have a traumatised highwayman, a talking kitten and nocturnal goings on with a magic pistol... Commenting on my journey so far here 👇
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What genres of books and stories does Locus review? We review science fiction, fantasy, horror, speculative, surreal, slipstream, crossed genres, similarly themed YA, art books, and related nonfict…
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November 7, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Why poetry is essential and not just a job. Why it's vital to pursue it and refuse to listen to the naysayers. Read below.
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On a day when something distressing happened:
A few days ago, a well-meaning “friend” subjected me to a patronising lecture on the foolishness of what I'm doing with my life and how she'd like to see...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Why poetry is essential and not just a job. Why it's vital to pursue it and refuse to listen to the naysayers. Read below.
substack.com/@sarahfrides...
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November is a FREE SUB month, fam🙌 This means we are OPEN for ART submissions too! 🎨 Wanna know how to submit? Catch our guidelines here: buff.ly/ooRuxPx
November 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
November is a FREE SUB month, fam🙌 This means we are OPEN for ART submissions too! 🎨 Wanna know how to submit? Catch our guidelines here: buff.ly/ooRuxPx
Talking about why I create poetry quotes of the day - what that does for me - and why I chose today's one, what it means.... Read more in the link.
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I create poetry quotes of the day because I love poetry and creating these little images gives me time to dwell on phrases or moments in a poem that mean something to me. This one, for example, contai...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Talking about why I create poetry quotes of the day - what that does for me - and why I chose today's one, what it means.... Read more in the link.
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Poetry quote of the day from Rowan Evans #poetry #quoteoftheday
November 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Poetry quote of the day from Rowan Evans #poetry #quoteoftheday
Episode 7 out now. One-Armed Nick and the Nuns of Osyth. sarahfrideswide.substack.com/p/leave-the-...
#ghost #ghoststory#oxfordshire
#ghost #ghoststory#oxfordshire
November 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Episode 7 out now. One-Armed Nick and the Nuns of Osyth. sarahfrideswide.substack.com/p/leave-the-...
#ghost #ghoststory#oxfordshire
#ghost #ghoststory#oxfordshire
Writing about the overarching purpose of my life,which is to give people hope, and how producing an episode of One-Armed Nick every week helps me achieve it - click the link to read more.
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Back in 2019, I had a moment (whilst wandering round crowded Manchester on a Sunday afternoon, believe it or not!) when I realised that the overarching purpose of my life was to give people hope. That...
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November 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Writing about the overarching purpose of my life,which is to give people hope, and how producing an episode of One-Armed Nick every week helps me achieve it - click the link to read more.
substack.com/profile/3412...
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Epsiode 7 is out this afternoon for subscribers! Go sign up now and make sure you don't miss it!
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November 2, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Epsiode 7 is out this afternoon for subscribers! Go sign up now and make sure you don't miss it!
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November 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Guess what went out to all subscribers this morning?
Yes, that's right—the November newsletter, which is (as always) packed with #opportunities that are now or will soon be open for submissions.
Please share with *your* #WritingCommunity.
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Yes, that's right—the November newsletter, which is (as always) packed with #opportunities that are now or will soon be open for submissions.
Please share with *your* #WritingCommunity.
bit.ly/3WyiMBi
October 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Guess what went out to all subscribers this morning?
Yes, that's right—the November newsletter, which is (as always) packed with #opportunities that are now or will soon be open for submissions.
Please share with *your* #WritingCommunity.
bit.ly/3WyiMBi
Yes, that's right—the November newsletter, which is (as always) packed with #opportunities that are now or will soon be open for submissions.
Please share with *your* #WritingCommunity.
bit.ly/3WyiMBi
One-Armed Nick, the ghost of a 17th century highwayman, and his sidekick/boss Fluffy-Frost the Celtic goddess kitten request your presence for one episode a week of ghost related madness at some historical sites in Oxfordshire. See sarahfrideswide.substack.com/p/6-double-b...
#ghost #ghoststory
#ghost #ghoststory
October 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
One-Armed Nick, the ghost of a 17th century highwayman, and his sidekick/boss Fluffy-Frost the Celtic goddess kitten request your presence for one episode a week of ghost related madness at some historical sites in Oxfordshire. See sarahfrideswide.substack.com/p/6-double-b...
#ghost #ghoststory
#ghost #ghoststory
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Poetry quote of the day from Janine Bradbury. #poetry #quoteoftheday
October 31, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Poetry quote of the day from Janine Bradbury. #poetry #quoteoftheday
Poetry quote of the day from Seán Hewitt. #poetry #quoteoftheday
October 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Poetry quote of the day from Seán Hewitt. #poetry #quoteoftheday
October 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM