Deb Humphrey
@debswriter.bsky.social
Writing flash fiction, poetry, and short stories | Community Writing Practitioner | Student MA Creative Writing Uni of Brighton.
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You've got til Feb 28th to send me your 300-word (or less) gems - even the strange ones in all sorts of shapes and styles that you think no-one else but you could love! #FlashFiction www.fishpublishing.com/competition/...
Flash Fiction Prize - Fish Publishing
Flash Fiction Contest online from Fish Publishing. 10 flash stories (300 words max) will be published in the annual Fish Anthology
www.fishpublishing.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
You've got til Feb 28th to send me your 300-word (or less) gems - even the strange ones in all sorts of shapes and styles that you think no-one else but you could love! #FlashFiction www.fishpublishing.com/competition/...
Apparently, the train has arrived.
January 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Apparently, the train has arrived.
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Sorry to hear about David Lynch. I worked beside him (same studio) while he was making BLUE VELVET. He answered my questions about his work with grace and honesty. I especially enjoyed his deeply existential comic strip, The Angriest Dog in the World.”
January 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Sorry to hear about David Lynch. I worked beside him (same studio) while he was making BLUE VELVET. He answered my questions about his work with grace and honesty. I especially enjoyed his deeply existential comic strip, The Angriest Dog in the World.”
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Every month I compile a round-up of the best writing prizes, residencies and bursaries, all with upcoming deadlines. It's the stuff that can change writing lives. The next issue is going out on Sunday morning. freelancewritingjobs.substack.com
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January 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Every month I compile a round-up of the best writing prizes, residencies and bursaries, all with upcoming deadlines. It's the stuff that can change writing lives. The next issue is going out on Sunday morning. freelancewritingjobs.substack.com
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This looks great!
This always looks like a great weekend
The 10th London Bookshop Crawl is coming really soon! We rely on word of mouth to spread the word so please share!
January 8, 2025 at 10:12 AM
This looks great!
Second book of the year, Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris. I loved this book, and it deserved all the nominations it received. It was moving, visceral, and insightful as it explored the experience of living through war. Definitely recommend.
January 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Second book of the year, Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris. I loved this book, and it deserved all the nominations it received. It was moving, visceral, and insightful as it explored the experience of living through war. Definitely recommend.
I've just finished reading my first 2 books of the year. First on The Blue Houe by Paula Hawkins, my favourite book of hers. Although the ending was predictable, the way it happened was quite ambiguous.
January 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I've just finished reading my first 2 books of the year. First on The Blue Houe by Paula Hawkins, my favourite book of hers. Although the ending was predictable, the way it happened was quite ambiguous.
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Husband: why are you reorganising the whole house?
Me: because I have a month to finish my novel.
Me: because I have a month to finish my novel.
January 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Husband: why are you reorganising the whole house?
Me: because I have a month to finish my novel.
Me: because I have a month to finish my novel.
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Interested in becoming a submissions editor at SmokeLong? Volunteering to read for a literary journal is one of the best ways to improve one’s own writing. Read more here: www.smokelong.com/work-with-us/
January 4, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Interested in becoming a submissions editor at SmokeLong? Volunteering to read for a literary journal is one of the best ways to improve one’s own writing. Read more here: www.smokelong.com/work-with-us/
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This a delightful read by @joannechocolat.bsky.social on the joy of libraries and how books can give us all a home.
‘Night fell. Outside the air was filled with snow and streetlights. Clearly, I was destined to spend the night in the library.’
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‘Night fell. Outside the air was filled with snow and streetlights. Clearly, I was destined to spend the night in the library.’
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I was snowed in at Barnsley library and a policeman came to fetch me. I told him I was already home | Joanne Harris
When I discovered books, I realised that home could be Narnia or Gormenghast – and that one small corner of the library was for ever mine, says writer Joanne Harris
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January 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This a delightful read by @joannechocolat.bsky.social on the joy of libraries and how books can give us all a home.
‘Night fell. Outside the air was filled with snow and streetlights. Clearly, I was destined to spend the night in the library.’
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘Night fell. Outside the air was filled with snow and streetlights. Clearly, I was destined to spend the night in the library.’
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Looking for workshop leaders with at least 5 years of teaching experience, knowledge in the field of the flash narrative, and a connection to the flash community! Do you have something new and exciting to share with our workshop participants? www.smokelong.com/work-with-us/
January 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Looking for workshop leaders with at least 5 years of teaching experience, knowledge in the field of the flash narrative, and a connection to the flash community! Do you have something new and exciting to share with our workshop participants? www.smokelong.com/work-with-us/
What gets in the way of me completing my assignments? If Simon's cat was a dog, he'd be called Ted!
January 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
What gets in the way of me completing my assignments? If Simon's cat was a dog, he'd be called Ted!
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Tomorrow we publish our first book of 2025. It’s pretty amazing. We can’t wait for you to read it!
Lie of the Land, Kerry Hadley-Pryce
'Lie of the Land' is a dark, domestic literary thriller set in the Black Country, in the Midlands, UK – an example of Black Country Noir – with themes of toxic
www.saltpublishing.com
January 5, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Tomorrow we publish our first book of 2025. It’s pretty amazing. We can’t wait for you to read it!
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How to choose 1 poem from the many, again. John McCullough isn't on Bsky yet, I think, but he's 1 of the most supportive people in the poetry community & a fabulous poet. So, here are 3 of his on the brilliant @iambapoet.com 'Tender Vessels' especially, for me.
www.iambapoet.com/john-mccullo...
www.iambapoet.com/john-mccullo...
John McCullough | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear poet John McCullough read three poems at iamb.
www.iambapoet.com
November 26, 2024 at 11:54 AM
How to choose 1 poem from the many, again. John McCullough isn't on Bsky yet, I think, but he's 1 of the most supportive people in the poetry community & a fabulous poet. So, here are 3 of his on the brilliant @iambapoet.com 'Tender Vessels' especially, for me.
www.iambapoet.com/john-mccullo...
www.iambapoet.com/john-mccullo...
Have just finished reading the wonderful swimming memoir, Floating, by Joe Minhane. It helped me today as I swam in the cold at Brighton's wonderful, outdoor pool, Sea Lanes. Thank you, Joe!
December 22, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Have just finished reading the wonderful swimming memoir, Floating, by Joe Minhane. It helped me today as I swam in the cold at Brighton's wonderful, outdoor pool, Sea Lanes. Thank you, Joe!
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Are you an emerging writer who has not published a book-length work and who would love to work with SmokeLong for six months? Find out more. Application deadline soon!
www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
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The SmokeLong Emerging Writer Fellowship 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly
For over a decade SmokeLong has supported emerging writers through The Kathy Fish Fellowship, later renamed The SmokeLong Emerging Writer Fellowship. As we have grown, we’ve decided to offer a program...
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November 22, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Are you an emerging writer who has not published a book-length work and who would love to work with SmokeLong for six months? Find out more. Application deadline soon!
www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
I do wish I could be as successful at writing as I am at daydreaming.
November 20, 2024 at 3:52 PM
I do wish I could be as successful at writing as I am at daydreaming.
Went to see NightBitch at a film festival. Amy Adams was amazing, but I felt the film was a bit tame and wrapped up too neatly at the end. Has anyone else seen it? How does it compare to the book?
November 19, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Went to see NightBitch at a film festival. Amy Adams was amazing, but I felt the film was a bit tame and wrapped up too neatly at the end. Has anyone else seen it? How does it compare to the book?
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If anyone’s looking for alternatives to GoodReads, I highly recommend StoryGraph. It’s owned by a black woman, and the platform is so much more accessible and easy to use.
November 15, 2024 at 12:51 PM
If anyone’s looking for alternatives to GoodReads, I highly recommend StoryGraph. It’s owned by a black woman, and the platform is so much more accessible and easy to use.
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Hey, Bluesky writers! Next Saturday, from 1-4 p.m. UK time, @lunchontuesday.bsky.social and I will host Submission (Im)possible on Zoom! We all work on our submissions in a supportive environment, Ingrid and I answer questions in the chat, and it's free!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/submission....
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/submission....
Submission (Im)possible! - Autumn 2024 Edition
Get your work out there! Join us for four hours of submitting your poetry, short stories, novels, etc. in a supportive community.
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November 16, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Hey, Bluesky writers! Next Saturday, from 1-4 p.m. UK time, @lunchontuesday.bsky.social and I will host Submission (Im)possible on Zoom! We all work on our submissions in a supportive environment, Ingrid and I answer questions in the chat, and it's free!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/submission....
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/submission....
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We started Bluemoose to find great new writers and cracking stories and to see them travel from Hebden over the border to Lancashire to readers worldwide is wonderful.
Ghost Mountain by @ronanhession.bsky.social has just been published in Germany by Penguin, translated by Andrea O'Brien.
Ghost Mountain by @ronanhession.bsky.social has just been published in Germany by Penguin, translated by Andrea O'Brien.
November 14, 2024 at 11:43 AM
We started Bluemoose to find great new writers and cracking stories and to see them travel from Hebden over the border to Lancashire to readers worldwide is wonderful.
Ghost Mountain by @ronanhession.bsky.social has just been published in Germany by Penguin, translated by Andrea O'Brien.
Ghost Mountain by @ronanhession.bsky.social has just been published in Germany by Penguin, translated by Andrea O'Brien.
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Announcing the shortlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2024! From Brazil to South Korea to Poland, we honour superbly translated work from great writers of the present and the recent past.
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October 31, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Announcing the shortlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2024! From Brazil to South Korea to Poland, we honour superbly translated work from great writers of the present and the recent past.
tinyurl.com/3uff923y
tinyurl.com/3uff923y
Another rejection today, even though I'm aiming for a 100 rejections, it still feels personal!
November 14, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Another rejection today, even though I'm aiming for a 100 rejections, it still feels personal!