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@writingcommunity.bsky.social - Here's a piece I wrote a while back. It's for those of us who *aren't* all jingle bells at this time of year! @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social thewisdomdaily.com/blue-christm...

Blue Christmas? You’re Not Alone

Acknowledging the loss many of us feel on Christmas.

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December 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM

Áine Greaney, author

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@writeforwellbeing.bsky.social I was inspired by this medical humanities journal's call for short pieces on "House Calls and Home Care." I've wanted to write this little story (400 word limit) for a very long time.
See full essay here 👉 tinyurl.com/nsxxj9h3

A Gift of Words - Pulse

I used to tell myself that my work in health communications was about more than earning a paycheck or typing words on a page. Yes, I didn’t provide clinical care, but didn’t I make a small contributio...

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December 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM

Áine Greaney, author

@ainegreaney.bsky.social

🎁 #Writers love that gift that makes the writing life easier. I've listed 8 gift ideas, including < $10 and those for > $10.
Samples:
-A packet of pocket-sized notebooks (<$10)
-A voucher for a co-working space or café (>$10)
What would *you* add to the list?
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8 holiday gift ideas for writers, authors — Áine Greaney

A holiday shopping guide for the writer in your life

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December 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM

Áine Greaney, author

@ainegreaney.bsky.social

@writingcommunity.bsky.social - Too often, we think of fictional or memoir settings as another item on the how-to-write list. But our geographical or temporal settings can be more--much more. Grateful to @booktrib.bsky.social for inviting me to write this → tinyurl.com/4z3esmwn

Writing About Place: The Power of Setting in Stories | BookTrib.

Early in the morning, in a high school classroom, it’s hard to engage a group of teenagers in creative writing. Yet, this public high school in Massachusetts had written and used a grant to hire me as...

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December 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM

Áine Greaney, author

@ainegreaney.bsky.social

Wednesday night! Join us at the Salem Athenaeum for "Writers in Your Neighborhood." Honored to be with other local writers from North of Boston.

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Tuesdays Dec 9, 16, & 23 writers' quiet work time 9-11 a.m. Wed. Dec. 10 Writers in Your Neighborhood w/ @ainegreaney.bsky.social Karen Gross, Danielle Jones, Rod Kessler, Paul Marian & Victoria Sirriani. Sat. Dec. 13 at 11 in person or Zoom discussion of Jane Austen's PERSUASION. salemathenaeum.net

December 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM

Áine Greaney, author

@ainegreaney.bsky.social

"Naming and loving. They’re not the same thing ... Just like the bird songs, each of our stories is unique." Enjoy this piece o' mine on nature vs being codified by our alpha-numeric identifiers. @writingcommunity.bsky.social @massaabb.bsky.social @naturewriting.bsky.social 🔽🔽
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My Morning Bird Song

By Áine Greaney — Naming and loving. They’re not the same thing. Over the years, I’ve had a gazillion identifiers. I’ve been Alien Resident Number 123 or

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December 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM

Áine Greaney, author

@ainegreaney.bsky.social

Looking forward to virtual workshop, "Writing Your Personal Essay" at the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social. Enrollments now full, so it'll be (as always) a lively group. Look at the centre's other workshops and programs. irishwriterscentre.ie #irishwriters #writingworkshops ⬇️ ⬇️

Home - Irish Writers Centre

Ireland's leading resource and development organisation. Find courses, mentoring programmes, events, resources, and more.

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November 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM

Áine Greaney, author

@ainegreaney.bsky.social

A few spots open in virtual #writing workshop from the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social. Use heirlooms, keepsakes or a beloved book or photo to inspire a short memoir, story, essay. @irishexpat.bsky.social @writing.ie New writers or those trying a new genre are welcome. tinyurl.com/3zcnhjc6

The Object(s) of My Affection, writing from heirlooms, photographs and memories, with Áine Greaney - Irish Writers Centre

Join Aine Greaney for this two-hour online writing workshop that uses small heirlooms, keepsakes or beloved books as the inspiration our writing on Sat 1 Nov.

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October 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM

Áine Greaney, author

@ainegreaney.bsky.social

#BBF2025 - Incredible day yesterday at Boston Book Festival. Our panel topic: how our creative writing confront issues of place, displacement and the concept of home. It was a thrill to see everyone coming together to honor literacy and literature. @belmontbooks.bsky.social
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October 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM

Áine Greaney, author

@ainegreaney.bsky.social

#BBF2025 - 📗Only 2+ days until Boston Book Festival on October 23. I'm on an author panel, "Place and Displacement: How We Find and Make Home," at 2pm. Discussing how we shape, and are shaped by, the places we call home. #writingcommunity #Authors #Immigrantwriters bostonbookfest.org/schedule/

October 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM

Áine Greaney, author

@ainegreaney.bsky.social

#WritingCommunity✍️Join us for this virtual writing workshop w/ HerStories Project on Nov 3. For #fiction + #nonfiction writers! #writingworkshop
➡️ Opening scenes
➡️ Showing versus telling
➡️ Crafting dialogue (or not)
➡️ Closing scenes
Info, registration: www.theherstoriesproject.com/making-a-scene

Darling, You're Making a Scene

a 60-minute workshop

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October 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM

Áine Greaney, author

@ainegreaney.bsky.social

Have you noticed? From "The Atlantic" to "The New Yorker," quite a few publications are writing and sharing about our private and shared anxiety. Writing ✍can't be a cure-all, but it may help. Here are my 6 tips for writing during these anxious times: 👇 tinyurl.com/yuaexp3m

Tips for writing during times of anxiety — Áine Greaney

Six tips for writing to offset your private and public anxiety.

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October 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM

Áine Greaney, author

@ainegreaney.bsky.social

Loved doing this interview on writing for wellness + how journaling can support our public-facing writing. Take a read. Or register for Monday, October 13th virtual workshop! #Writing #WritingCommunity #IrishBluesky #Authors&Writing
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Another Reason to Write

Because it's good for you!

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October 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM

Áine Greaney, author

@ainegreaney.bsky.social

Are you a writer balancing your creative life with a day job? Enjoy my interview with @createwritenow.bsky.social and Kauffman. #writing #Authors
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The NEW way to balance WRITING with a full-time job | Áine Greaney | Create Write Now! podcast 26

YouTube video by WriteNow

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October 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM

Áine Greaney, author

@ainegreaney.bsky.social

One of my summer 2025 highlights was the week-long women's ✍writing retreat at The Pyramid Life Center, NY. On our final day, one workshop participant slipped a thank-you note onto my desk. It really doesn't get better than this. ❤️ 🙏 #Writing #writingandbooks #writingcommunity #writingworkshops

September 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM

Áine Greaney, author

@ainegreaney.bsky.social

#WritingCommunity - New writing journal. I've been doing this since I was 14 and it still feels magical. Also, my writing pen was crafted from two old dining room chairs. #Authors

August 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Áine Greaney, author

@ainegreaney.bsky.social

#movinday #Writing #Backtoschool
And oldie but hopefully goodie personal essay:
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Note To Former Self: You're Way Too Young For College

Too many mornings, I switched off the alarm rather than trek to a lecture hall where, for the first time in my life, no adult was watching, writes Aine Greaney.

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August 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM

Áine Greaney, author

@ainegreaney.bsky.social

#Writing - This is a great list from Erika Dreyfus. www.erikadreifus.com/2012/01/frid...

Where to Publish Flash Nonfiction & Micro-Essays - Erika Dreifus

LATEST LIST UPDATE: JULY 2025 As promised, I’ve compiled what I am calling here a guide to journals and magazines that publish flash nonfiction/micro-essays. Before I present the list, I need to issue...

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August 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM

Áine Greaney, author

@ainegreaney.bsky.social

#WritingCommunity - Latest blog post: How to find and keep the joy in our writing #Writing #Authors #Journalling www.ainegreaney.com/tipsforwrite...

writing for joy and meaning — Áine Greaney, Author

How to ignore the markets and write for my own sense of joy. Writing as a way to change your mood, to discover inner thoughts and feel better.

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August 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM

Áine Greaney, author

@ainegreaney.bsky.social

#WritingCommunity - Places to submit our personal essays.
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80 Best Magazines & Websites That Publish Personal Essays

Looking for a list of magazines and sites that pay for personal essays? Here's a whole slew of such entities who will gladly consider your story.

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August 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

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#authorship #creativewriting #editing #amwriting #writingcommunity inventingrealityediting.com/2...

Five Great Quotations for Aspiring Writers

“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There’s no way around these two things that I’m aware of, no shortcut.” – Stephen King“…

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July 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM

Áine Greaney, author

@ainegreaney.bsky.social

#Booksky #authors #writingcommunity - 📚Just had this piece, "Willie Nelson and the Three G’s of Literary Citizenship" published at Brevity Magazine brevity.wordpress.com/2025/07/24/w...