Sue Leather
@sueleather.bsky.social
Double award-winning writer. Story Editor. Educator. Humanist. Proud Mancunian. http://sueleather.com/links
'I absolutely love writing, but there can be no doubt that it is sometimes physiologically demanding and often mentally exhausting.
So what on earth is the strange compulsion that makes us write, that makes *me* write?'
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So what on earth is the strange compulsion that makes us write, that makes *me* write?'
Read more at sueleather.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
'I absolutely love writing, but there can be no doubt that it is sometimes physiologically demanding and often mentally exhausting.
So what on earth is the strange compulsion that makes us write, that makes *me* write?'
Read more at sueleather.substack.com
So what on earth is the strange compulsion that makes us write, that makes *me* write?'
Read more at sueleather.substack.com
I took a bit of a detour to New Jersey this week to discuss whether you can show the writing process on film?
Is writing dramatic?
A detour to New Jersey:
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November 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I took a bit of a detour to New Jersey this week to discuss whether you can show the writing process on film?
November 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
My latest post on Substack, in which I write about creative gaps and the pain of giving birth (to stories).
sueleather.substack.com/p/writing-a-...
#amwriting #writers #novel #WomenWritersNetwork
sueleather.substack.com/p/writing-a-...
#amwriting #writers #novel #WomenWritersNetwork
Writing a novel is easy, isn't it?
Mind the gap
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November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
My latest post on Substack, in which I write about creative gaps and the pain of giving birth (to stories).
sueleather.substack.com/p/writing-a-...
#amwriting #writers #novel #WomenWritersNetwork
sueleather.substack.com/p/writing-a-...
#amwriting #writers #novel #WomenWritersNetwork
I've just spent ten hours working on a short story that I wrote some time ago, so yeah, this speaks to me.
#writing #writers #WomenWritersNetwork
#writing #writers #WomenWritersNetwork
October 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I've just spent ten hours working on a short story that I wrote some time ago, so yeah, this speaks to me.
#writing #writers #WomenWritersNetwork
#writing #writers #WomenWritersNetwork
In which I write about why we write anyway, and some other stuff.
#writers #writing #fiction
sueleather.substack.com/p/tasting-li...
#writers #writing #fiction
sueleather.substack.com/p/tasting-li...
October 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
In which I write about why we write anyway, and some other stuff.
#writers #writing #fiction
sueleather.substack.com/p/tasting-li...
#writers #writing #fiction
sueleather.substack.com/p/tasting-li...
My first post on Substack, in which I talk about why on earth you'd want to write a novel in the first place, staring at a blank page, going on detours, and finally... getting an idea.
#Fiction #amwriting #novel #CreativeWriting #WomenWritersNetwork
sueleather.substack.com/p/beginnings...
#Fiction #amwriting #novel #CreativeWriting #WomenWritersNetwork
sueleather.substack.com/p/beginnings...
Beginnings
Me and the empty page
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October 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
My first post on Substack, in which I talk about why on earth you'd want to write a novel in the first place, staring at a blank page, going on detours, and finally... getting an idea.
#Fiction #amwriting #novel #CreativeWriting #WomenWritersNetwork
sueleather.substack.com/p/beginnings...
#Fiction #amwriting #novel #CreativeWriting #WomenWritersNetwork
sueleather.substack.com/p/beginnings...
October 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Hey! I've just started a Substack reflecting on my journey to becoming a novelist!
#writing #amwriting #WomenWritersNetwork #writers #author
#writing #amwriting #WomenWritersNetwork #writers #author
October 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Hey! I've just started a Substack reflecting on my journey to becoming a novelist!
#writing #amwriting #WomenWritersNetwork #writers #author
#writing #amwriting #WomenWritersNetwork #writers #author
June 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Needed a break from writing, so I painted some California Poppies.
June 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Needed a break from writing, so I painted some California Poppies.
‘The past is never dead. It’s not even past.’ William Faulkner
May 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
‘The past is never dead. It’s not even past.’ William Faulkner
‘All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives there lies a mystery. Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness.’
George Orwell, Why I Write
George Orwell, Why I Write
January 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
‘All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives there lies a mystery. Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness.’
George Orwell, Why I Write
George Orwell, Why I Write
David Lynch's writerly sensibility on show here.
January 18, 2025 at 4:34 AM
David Lynch's writerly sensibility on show here.
What a joy to look at a blank page every day and create worlds. #writing #amwriting
January 18, 2025 at 1:36 AM
What a joy to look at a blank page every day and create worlds. #writing #amwriting
Memories float in the air like wraiths, wisps of ether in flux, fleeting and hard to hold onto. They come from a foreign land, one that no longer exists. They leave no material trace. Only the photograph testifies that yes, this was all quite real.
December 18, 2024 at 8:26 AM
Memories float in the air like wraiths, wisps of ether in flux, fleeting and hard to hold onto. They come from a foreign land, one that no longer exists. They leave no material trace. Only the photograph testifies that yes, this was all quite real.
I’m kind of pleased with the cover I designed recently for a collection of Memoir pieces that I edited and contributed to .
December 17, 2024 at 7:54 PM
I’m kind of pleased with the cover I designed recently for a collection of Memoir pieces that I edited and contributed to .
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Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
November 24, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
Waiting for inspiration is how non-writers imagine writing. If you write, you know that’s nonsense. It’s all about hard work. To steal a quote from Edison, 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration.
#amwriting #writers #writing
#amwriting #writers #writing
November 24, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Waiting for inspiration is how non-writers imagine writing. If you write, you know that’s nonsense. It’s all about hard work. To steal a quote from Edison, 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration.
#amwriting #writers #writing
#amwriting #writers #writing
So true.
If you're a writer, translator, editor, anyone who works in writing, then you should read.
Read novels, short stories, articles, non-fiction, anything. Just read.
Read novels, short stories, articles, non-fiction, anything. Just read.
November 22, 2024 at 8:52 PM
So true.
Taking in all kinds of art really helps my writing process. In the past week,I've read through a number of memoir pieces for a collection I'm editing, been to the opera in Genoa and visited the National Portrait Gallery in London. Now bursting with ideas! #amwriting #womenwritersnetwork
November 21, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Taking in all kinds of art really helps my writing process. In the past week,I've read through a number of memoir pieces for a collection I'm editing, been to the opera in Genoa and visited the National Portrait Gallery in London. Now bursting with ideas! #amwriting #womenwritersnetwork
It doesn't happen every day, but sometimes hard work pays off. Thrilled for our team and for everyone who works with us. #mentoringworks #elt
November 20, 2024 at 3:26 PM
It doesn't happen every day, but sometimes hard work pays off. Thrilled for our team and for everyone who works with us. #mentoringworks #elt
My current writing desk in Rapallo on the Ligurian coast of Italy.
November 14, 2024 at 4:23 PM
My current writing desk in Rapallo on the Ligurian coast of Italy.