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RossSongwriter

@rosssongwriter.bsky.social

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Composer, songwriter, poet, producer, podcaster, TV/radio presenter. Voiceover Artist. CatDaddy! Member -U.S Songwriters Hall of Fame & Ivors Academy. Making Authors Great Again (New MAGA lol) No DMs without permission please.

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RossSongwriter @rosssongwriter.bsky.social · 1h

My, do I need a lucky break now!
The past week has taken me to the darkest of places, with awful things happening in the past few weeks.
I am trying to pay around £2000 worth of rent, rates, utility bills, food etc each month, on a £921 UK state pension. Sooner or later something is going to break.

RossSongwriter @rosssongwriter.bsky.social · 1d

A poem about poems!
#Poems #Rhymes #Poetry
#WritingCommunity
#LiteraryAgentWanted!

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RossSongwriter @rosssongwriter.bsky.social · 1d

Probably one of the hardest fights in a marital separation, is over custody of the cat!
#JustSayin'

RossSongwriter @rosssongwriter.bsky.social · 1d

The Ross is #JustSayin' Podcast. This episode discusses #AI with special guest, award-nominated author Dr Liz Williams.
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The Ross is #JustSayin' Podcast

In this episode, my guest is award-nominated author Dr. Liz Williams

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RossSongwriter @rosssongwriter.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes, I would like to just disappear to another part of the world and not be found by anyone. Go completely #OffGrid
Alas, only people with money can afford such luxuries.
Maybe I will just sell my guitars and keyboards and buy a canal boat!
#JustSayin'

RossSongwriter @rosssongwriter.bsky.social · 2d

I thought I'd get a #Substack
To widen my appeal
But to my very horror
It wasn't a Big Mac meal!

#JustSayin'
#WritingCommunity #Poets #Poetry #RamblingRhymes!

RossSongwriter @rosssongwriter.bsky.social · 2d

It seems I have a #Substack....
open.substack.com/pub/rosshems...

The Ghostly Man

A little rhyme from Ross!

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RossSongwriter @rosssongwriter.bsky.social · 2d

#WritingCommunity
#Poetry #Poems
#LiteraryAgents

RossSongwriter @rosssongwriter.bsky.social · 3d

@dogyardmag.com

RossSongwriter @rosssongwriter.bsky.social · 3d

The Saddened Wallet
Today's little bit of rhyming nonsense!
#LiteraryAgent wanted #Poetry
#WritingCommunity

RossSongwriter @rosssongwriter.bsky.social · 3d

The Ghostly Man
#Poetry by Ross Hemsworth from the proposed #LittleBookOfRhymingNonsense
#WritingCommunity

RossSongwriter @rosssongwriter.bsky.social · 4d

Writing friends & followers, I was offered one of those #hybrid book deals earlier. I of course, turned it down once I did some quick research on the publisher, but it shows how easily one can submit without realising, when not doing that all-essential homework in advance!
#WritingCommunity

RossSongwriter @rosssongwriter.bsky.social · 5d

#KeirStarmer
#WritingCommunity
#Poets #Pottery
#StateOfTheNation

RossSongwriter @rosssongwriter.bsky.social · 5d

I'm currently enjoying many of the productions of #TaylorSheridan novels on @paramountnewsbr.bsky.social
Well worth viewing.

RossSongwriter @rosssongwriter.bsky.social · 5d

Just binge-watched three seasons of #BlueLights which I thoroughly enjoyed. It's a drama about policing in Belfast and is quite an eye-opener so many years after 'the troubles'

#WorthWatchin'

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RossSongwriter @rosssongwriter.bsky.social · 5d

R.I.P. Jilly Cooper.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg50q3p94gqt
#WritingCommunity

Dame Jilly Cooper: Best-selling author of raunchy romance dies aged 88

Cooper was the author of Rivals - recently adapted for TV - which depicted the private lives of the country set.

www.bbc.co.uk

RossSongwriter @rosssongwriter.bsky.social · 7d

Dedicated to my cat #Bryn and all other cat mums and dads who will understand!
#WritingCommunity
#CatPics #CatLovers #BurmeseCats

RossSongwriter @rosssongwriter.bsky.social · 7d

Well, as it wasn't me, the rest of you had better check your tickets😂
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Euromillions: UK ticket-holder wins £26m jackpot

It is the third time someone from the UK has won the prize this year, but it remains unclaimed.

www.bbc.co.uk

RossSongwriter @rosssongwriter.bsky.social · 7d

#TheLottery
#WritingCommunity

RossSongwriter @rosssongwriter.bsky.social · 7d

I'm not at all comfortable with this.
#JustSayin'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Scientists race to make 'living' computers powered by human cells

BBC News goes inside the lab powering computers with 'mini brains' grown from human cells.

www.bbc.co.uk

RossSongwriter @rosssongwriter.bsky.social · 8d

A question for my friends and followers in the #WritingCommunity
If you self-publish #poetry, which companies have you found to be effective, helpful and value for money, as it seems a ruddy minefield out there?
All advice welcome, both print and audio books.

RossSongwriter @rosssongwriter.bsky.social · 8d

I don't have Netflix, Prime or Disney, so preferably a free to view channel, or Paramount+

RossSongwriter @rosssongwriter.bsky.social · 9d

True...
(Although for me, it's usually a Mafia style crime thriller!)

RossSongwriter @rosssongwriter.bsky.social · 9d

Dust if You Must by Rose Milligan
For #NationalPoetryDay
I really like this one.
#WritingCommunity #Poems #Poetry

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