Ady Coles
@adycoles.bsky.social
🌀Generalist - Strategy | Operations | Delivery. Inveterate thinker, micro-investor, business owner.
Lurker.
I also do #poetry.
Lurker.
I also do #poetry.
Looking forward. Upcoming poems will tackle themes like hope and depression.
What themes do you feel compelled to explore next?
Read more in The Ode Map: buff.ly/Yx2HfAF
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry
What themes do you feel compelled to explore next?
Read more in The Ode Map: buff.ly/Yx2HfAF
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry
The Ode Map | Ady Coles | Substack
Behind the poems: writing process, emotional themes, and new poetry as it takes shape. Click to read The Ode Map, by Ady Coles, a Substack publication.
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December 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Looking forward. Upcoming poems will tackle themes like hope and depression.
What themes do you feel compelled to explore next?
Read more in The Ode Map: buff.ly/Yx2HfAF
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry
What themes do you feel compelled to explore next?
Read more in The Ode Map: buff.ly/Yx2HfAF
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry
December 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
LAST CHANCE!
Small Business Saturday weekender!
Buy ANY book 5-7 Dec, and you could win a £250 digital gift card.
Every sale supports independent bookshops.
Here's my fave read of 2025, but you can buy any book: buff.ly/Q78jfUo
Small Business Saturday weekender!
Buy ANY book 5-7 Dec, and you could win a £250 digital gift card.
Every sale supports independent bookshops.
Here's my fave read of 2025, but you can buy any book: buff.ly/Q78jfUo
December 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
LAST CHANCE!
Small Business Saturday weekender!
Buy ANY book 5-7 Dec, and you could win a £250 digital gift card.
Every sale supports independent bookshops.
Here's my fave read of 2025, but you can buy any book: buff.ly/Q78jfUo
Small Business Saturday weekender!
Buy ANY book 5-7 Dec, and you could win a £250 digital gift card.
Every sale supports independent bookshops.
Here's my fave read of 2025, but you can buy any book: buff.ly/Q78jfUo
Small Business Saturday weekender!
Buy ANY book 5-7 Dec, and you could win a £250 digital gift card.
Every sale supports independent bookshops.
Here's my fave read of 2025, but you can buy any book: buff.ly/Q78jfUo
Buy ANY book 5-7 Dec, and you could win a £250 digital gift card.
Every sale supports independent bookshops.
Here's my fave read of 2025, but you can buy any book: buff.ly/Q78jfUo
December 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Small Business Saturday weekender!
Buy ANY book 5-7 Dec, and you could win a £250 digital gift card.
Every sale supports independent bookshops.
Here's my fave read of 2025, but you can buy any book: buff.ly/Q78jfUo
Buy ANY book 5-7 Dec, and you could win a £250 digital gift card.
Every sale supports independent bookshops.
Here's my fave read of 2025, but you can buy any book: buff.ly/Q78jfUo
The Weight of Memory | The Ode Map Advent Calendar Day 6 open.substack.com/pub/odemap/p...
The Weight of Memory | The Ode Map Advent Calendar Day 6
A reflection inspired by 'Orange Sky Part I'
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December 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The Weight of Memory | The Ode Map Advent Calendar Day 6 open.substack.com/pub/odemap/p...
The blank page is intimidating; not because it limits you, but because it offers infinite possibilities.
Have you ever felt stuck because you don’t know where to start?
Read more in The Ode Map: buff.ly/jKyG5rk
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry
Have you ever felt stuck because you don’t know where to start?
Read more in The Ode Map: buff.ly/jKyG5rk
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry
The Blank Page: Introduction
Why it terrifies us — and how to trick it into giving way
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December 6, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The blank page is intimidating; not because it limits you, but because it offers infinite possibilities.
Have you ever felt stuck because you don’t know where to start?
Read more in The Ode Map: buff.ly/jKyG5rk
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry
Have you ever felt stuck because you don’t know where to start?
Read more in The Ode Map: buff.ly/jKyG5rk
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry
A tiny tool for loosening your imagination - Borrow Someone Else’s Metaphor
Ode Map Advent Calendar Day 5
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#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #creativity
Ode Map Advent Calendar Day 5
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#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #creativity
Borrow Someone Else’s Metaphor | The Ode Map Advent Calendar Day 5
A tiny tool for loosening your imagination
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December 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
A tiny tool for loosening your imagination - Borrow Someone Else’s Metaphor
Ode Map Advent Calendar Day 5
buff.ly/xOrpvdl
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #creativity
Ode Map Advent Calendar Day 5
buff.ly/xOrpvdl
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #creativity
Small Business Saturday weekender!
Buy ANY book 5-7 Dec, and you could win a £250 digital gift card.
Every sale supports independent bookshops.
Here's my fave read of 2025, but you can buy any book: buff.ly/Q78jfUo
Buy ANY book 5-7 Dec, and you could win a £250 digital gift card.
Every sale supports independent bookshops.
Here's my fave read of 2025, but you can buy any book: buff.ly/Q78jfUo
December 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Small Business Saturday weekender!
Buy ANY book 5-7 Dec, and you could win a £250 digital gift card.
Every sale supports independent bookshops.
Here's my fave read of 2025, but you can buy any book: buff.ly/Q78jfUo
Buy ANY book 5-7 Dec, and you could win a £250 digital gift card.
Every sale supports independent bookshops.
Here's my fave read of 2025, but you can buy any book: buff.ly/Q78jfUo
Writing by hand, can unlock creativity in ways typing cannot. The reMarkable Pro lets you write freely before moving to typed edits.
What tools are in your writing toolkit?
Here's mine: buff.ly/KmdsicN
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry
What tools are in your writing toolkit?
Here's mine: buff.ly/KmdsicN
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry
My Writing Toolkit
How my setup supports my writing (and other toolkits you might explore)
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December 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Writing by hand, can unlock creativity in ways typing cannot. The reMarkable Pro lets you write freely before moving to typed edits.
What tools are in your writing toolkit?
Here's mine: buff.ly/KmdsicN
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry
What tools are in your writing toolkit?
Here's mine: buff.ly/KmdsicN
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry
Anxiety and Avoidance - a reflection inspired by a poem.
The Ode Map advent calendar, day 4
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#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry #anxiety #mentalHealth
The Ode Map advent calendar, day 4
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#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry #anxiety #mentalHealth
Anxiety and Avoidance | The Ode Map Advent Calendar Day 4
A reflection inspired by ‘I Drive Away’
odemap.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Anxiety and Avoidance - a reflection inspired by a poem.
The Ode Map advent calendar, day 4
buff.ly/GLGulYa
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry #anxiety #mentalHealth
The Ode Map advent calendar, day 4
buff.ly/GLGulYa
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry #anxiety #mentalHealth
Art can say what we can’t. That’s why it matters.
What conversation has your writing started?
More tips & tricks in The Ode Map: buff.ly/Yx2HfAF
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry
What conversation has your writing started?
More tips & tricks in The Ode Map: buff.ly/Yx2HfAF
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry
The Ode Map | Ady Coles | Substack
Behind the poems: writing process, emotional themes, and new poetry as it takes shape. Click to read The Ode Map, by Ady Coles, a Substack publication.
odemap.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Art can say what we can’t. That’s why it matters.
What conversation has your writing started?
More tips & tricks in The Ode Map: buff.ly/Yx2HfAF
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry
What conversation has your writing started?
More tips & tricks in The Ode Map: buff.ly/Yx2HfAF
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry
A tiny tool for finding the heart of what you’re trying to say.
The Line You’re Avoiding | Ode Map Advent Calendar Day 3
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#writingAboutwriting #creativity
The Line You’re Avoiding | Ode Map Advent Calendar Day 3
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#writingAboutwriting #creativity
The Line You’re Avoiding | Ode Map Advent Calendar Day 3
A tiny tool for finding the heart of what you’re trying to say
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December 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
A tiny tool for finding the heart of what you’re trying to say.
The Line You’re Avoiding | Ode Map Advent Calendar Day 3
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#writingAboutwriting #creativity
The Line You’re Avoiding | Ode Map Advent Calendar Day 3
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#writingAboutwriting #creativity
A clerihew:
Vera Stanhope. -
Her crime-fighting skills are totally dope.
She’s more battle-axe than maiden;
Constantly berating Kenny and Aiden.
#amWriting #poetry
Vera Stanhope. -
Her crime-fighting skills are totally dope.
She’s more battle-axe than maiden;
Constantly berating Kenny and Aiden.
#amWriting #poetry
December 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
A clerihew:
Vera Stanhope. -
Her crime-fighting skills are totally dope.
She’s more battle-axe than maiden;
Constantly berating Kenny and Aiden.
#amWriting #poetry
Vera Stanhope. -
Her crime-fighting skills are totally dope.
She’s more battle-axe than maiden;
Constantly berating Kenny and Aiden.
#amWriting #poetry
Perfection is the enemy of progress. The best writing starts messy.
The key is to write first and refine later; waiting for perfection often stops you from finishing.
Read more:
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#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry
The key is to write first and refine later; waiting for perfection often stops you from finishing.
Read more:
buff.ly/vvJyv2N
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry
The Practice of Progress
Lessons in structure, momentum, and joy from my own work-in-progress
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December 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Perfection is the enemy of progress. The best writing starts messy.
The key is to write first and refine later; waiting for perfection often stops you from finishing.
Read more:
buff.ly/vvJyv2N
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry
The key is to write first and refine later; waiting for perfection often stops you from finishing.
Read more:
buff.ly/vvJyv2N
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry
Light, Play, and Escapism. A reflection inspired by a poem.
Read about it in The Ode Map Advent Calendar Day 2: buff.ly/twa4r2l
#writingAboutWriting #amWriting #poetry #reflection
Read about it in The Ode Map Advent Calendar Day 2: buff.ly/twa4r2l
#writingAboutWriting #amWriting #poetry #reflection
Light, Play, and Escapism | The Ode Map Advent Calendar Day 2
A reflection inspired by 'I Want to Be a Cat'
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December 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Light, Play, and Escapism. A reflection inspired by a poem.
Read about it in The Ode Map Advent Calendar Day 2: buff.ly/twa4r2l
#writingAboutWriting #amWriting #poetry #reflection
Read about it in The Ode Map Advent Calendar Day 2: buff.ly/twa4r2l
#writingAboutWriting #amWriting #poetry #reflection
The original rhyme plan was ABAB CDCD EFEF.
But I landed on something messier.
Here's how I created "Paranoid" from an ear worm and a feeling: buff.ly/SjuQ6tF
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry
But I landed on something messier.
Here's how I created "Paranoid" from an ear worm and a feeling: buff.ly/SjuQ6tF
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry
Poem: Paranoid
It's creation, themes & structure
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December 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The original rhyme plan was ABAB CDCD EFEF.
But I landed on something messier.
Here's how I created "Paranoid" from an ear worm and a feeling: buff.ly/SjuQ6tF
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry
But I landed on something messier.
Here's how I created "Paranoid" from an ear worm and a feeling: buff.ly/SjuQ6tF
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry
Creativity / focus tip: The 30 second sensory reset
The Ode Map Advent Calendar, day 1
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#writingAboutWriting #creativity #productivity
The Ode Map Advent Calendar, day 1
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#writingAboutWriting #creativity #productivity
The 30 second sensory reset | Ode Map Advent Calendar Day 1
A tiny tool for when everything feels slightly too much
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December 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Creativity / focus tip: The 30 second sensory reset
The Ode Map Advent Calendar, day 1
buff.ly/KhmopZX
#writingAboutWriting #creativity #productivity
The Ode Map Advent Calendar, day 1
buff.ly/KhmopZX
#writingAboutWriting #creativity #productivity
Bandwagon? What bandwagon?
Introducing The Ode Map Advent Calendar: buff.ly/JHT0488
#writingAboutwriting #creativity
Introducing The Ode Map Advent Calendar: buff.ly/JHT0488
#writingAboutwriting #creativity
Introducing: The Ode Map Advent Calendar
24 tiny tools, creative sparks, and poetic reflections for December
odemap.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Bandwagon? What bandwagon?
Introducing The Ode Map Advent Calendar: buff.ly/JHT0488
#writingAboutwriting #creativity
Introducing The Ode Map Advent Calendar: buff.ly/JHT0488
#writingAboutwriting #creativity
Carrying a notebook or having a digital device ready is a creative must. The smallest tools can save the biggest ideas.
What’s your go-to tool for grabbing inspiration on the fly?
Read more: buff.ly/iOQsmBi
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry #creativity
What’s your go-to tool for grabbing inspiration on the fly?
Read more: buff.ly/iOQsmBi
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry #creativity
When Inspiration Hits
What a half-lost poem taught me about process
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December 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Carrying a notebook or having a digital device ready is a creative must. The smallest tools can save the biggest ideas.
What’s your go-to tool for grabbing inspiration on the fly?
Read more: buff.ly/iOQsmBi
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry #creativity
What’s your go-to tool for grabbing inspiration on the fly?
Read more: buff.ly/iOQsmBi
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry #creativity
When inspiration hits, the choice is simple: capture it or lose it.
Be prepared!
Read more in The Ode Map:
buff.ly/6qfWH0V
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry #creativity
Be prepared!
Read more in The Ode Map:
buff.ly/6qfWH0V
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry #creativity
Be prepared
If inspiration hits, are you ready to receive it?
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November 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
When inspiration hits, the choice is simple: capture it or lose it.
Be prepared!
Read more in The Ode Map:
buff.ly/6qfWH0V
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry #creativity
Be prepared!
Read more in The Ode Map:
buff.ly/6qfWH0V
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry #creativity
Today's ear worm is a competition between the theme tune to the BBC's "Who do you think you are?" and The Prodigy's "Smack my bitch up".
Compare and contrast.
#earworm
Compare and contrast.
#earworm
November 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Today's ear worm is a competition between the theme tune to the BBC's "Who do you think you are?" and The Prodigy's "Smack my bitch up".
Compare and contrast.
#earworm
Compare and contrast.
#earworm
What if every stray note was a prompt?
How many poems could you write from them?
Read more in The Ode Map: buff.ly/sUhlB5R
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #creativity #poetry
How many poems could you write from them?
Read more in The Ode Map: buff.ly/sUhlB5R
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #creativity #poetry
Sources of Creativity: Found Words
Sometimes inspiration arrives in the strangest places
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November 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
What if every stray note was a prompt?
How many poems could you write from them?
Read more in The Ode Map: buff.ly/sUhlB5R
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #creativity #poetry
How many poems could you write from them?
Read more in The Ode Map: buff.ly/sUhlB5R
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #creativity #poetry
Reposted by Ady Coles
Great to catch up share reflections and learnings this morning from GovCamp Scotland and GovCamp Wales’ this year.
Reflecting on growing communities and importance of unconferences for creating the space for conversations.
Diolch
@rossferg.bsky.social and @tumshie.me
Reflecting on growing communities and importance of unconferences for creating the space for conversations.
Diolch
@rossferg.bsky.social and @tumshie.me
November 28, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Great to catch up share reflections and learnings this morning from GovCamp Scotland and GovCamp Wales’ this year.
Reflecting on growing communities and importance of unconferences for creating the space for conversations.
Diolch
@rossferg.bsky.social and @tumshie.me
Reflecting on growing communities and importance of unconferences for creating the space for conversations.
Diolch
@rossferg.bsky.social and @tumshie.me
Free to download from the Ode Map Shop - "6 Sources of creativity'
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#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry #creativity
buff.ly/djlP0cY
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry #creativity
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Free to download from the Ode Map Shop - "6 Sources of creativity'
buff.ly/djlP0cY
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry #creativity
buff.ly/djlP0cY
#amWriting #writingAboutWriting #poetry #creativity
Choose bookshops this Black Friday, and enjoy FREE DELIVERY on all books from @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social . Every purchase supports indies - buff.ly/msWFMUp
November 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Choose bookshops this Black Friday, and enjoy FREE DELIVERY on all books from @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social . Every purchase supports indies - buff.ly/msWFMUp