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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 23d

When journalism was cool. And risked everything to challenge power.

Robert Redford on the phone, plus Dustin Hoffman. From All the President’s Men

[email protected] @fionajanemack.bsky.social · 27d

Having had a recent airing on Inverness Hospital Radio, my Tahitian Princess in Scotland story is now re-published in the stellar (and very kind!) @bulbculture.bsky.social as of today! My grateful thanks to them for being such stalwart supporters of my writing. 🙏

Bulb Culture Collective @bulbculture.bsky.social · 27d

The light is on for Fiona J. Mackintosh! @fionajanemack.bsky.social💡

“The Other Half of the Sky” is an arresting and astonishingly written piece of historical fiction set along the east coast of an early 20th century Scotland.

Check out Fiona’s supremely gorgeous writing over at the site!

The Other Half of the Sky - Fiona J. Mackintosh — Bulb Culture Collective

Even now, I can only love him when the candles have been pinched and our light and dark is hidden by the night. 

www.bulbculturecollective.com

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[email protected] @fionajanemack.bsky.social · 27d

Thanks so much for your very kind words, @bulbculture.bsky.social! And for re-publishing my story. 💖

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Sherry Morris 💙🇺🇦💛 @uksherka.bsky.social · Aug 22

Hooray! It’s Friday! Which means there are 2 ways to listen to Sherry’s Shorts today: live at 12 noon UK time on HHR.scot or use the Listen Again anytime link below for brilliant stories from @fionajanemack.bsky.social @Lindy biller & me.

Sherry Morris 💙🇺🇦💛 @uksherka.bsky.social · Aug 9

The August episode of Sherry's Shorts on @highlandhradio.bsky.social is here! Featuring @fionajanemack.bsky.social's
fabulous Tahitian princess tale, @lindybiller.bsky.social's 'Good Baby' & 1 little story from me. Have a listen to these 5🌟 'Outsider' tales: www.mixcloud.com/invernesshr/...

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Keith Pilapil Lesmeister @keithlesmeister.bsky.social · Aug 21

Cutleaf Journal will be open in Sept for collaboratively written short fiction up to 4k words. Guest editors for this call are @kimmagowan.bsky.social & Michelle Ross, who wrote a collab story in Cutleaf which you can check out here. Also included: an interview with them abt their process.

Deluxe Scrabble - Cutleaf Journal

When I was a kid, I had this friend named Sunshine. Sunshine’s house was filthy, and if I walked barefoot on her family’s tile floors, the soles of my feet would turn gray-black.

cutleafjournal.com

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[email protected] @fionajanemack.bsky.social · Aug 9

The NY Times has a new article on the Fife Coastal Path. Pic 1 shows the Isle of May, the setting for my novel in progress As Birds to Sky, and pic 2 shows the beach in Anstruther where we scattered my mum's ashes in 2022. 💞https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/travel/scotland-hiking-fife-trail.html

An Inn-to-Inn Walk on Scotland’s Idyllic East Coast

www.nytimes.com

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[email protected] @fionajanemack.bsky.social · Aug 9

Delighted to have my story The Other Half of the Sky featured on Sherry's Shorts on Inverness Hospital Radio. It's about a young Tahitian Princess who marries a Scottish merchant and finds herself the subject of unwelcome attention in her new home town (which is also mine!). 🌏

Sherry Morris 💙🇺🇦💛 @uksherka.bsky.social · Aug 9

The August episode of Sherry's Shorts on @highlandhradio.bsky.social is here! Featuring @fionajanemack.bsky.social's
fabulous Tahitian princess tale, @lindybiller.bsky.social's 'Good Baby' & 1 little story from me. Have a listen to these 5🌟 'Outsider' tales: www.mixcloud.com/invernesshr/...

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[email protected] @fionajanemack.bsky.social · Jul 18

Thanks for this. I've checked out your page and will follow you here as well. Right now I have a couple of leads for people with first hand experience of Down syndrome so I'm going to approach them first over the next couple of weeks, but I'll get back to you if they fall through. All the best!

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[email protected] @fionajanemack.bsky.social · Jul 18

Many thanks for responding. Do you have a website I could check out?

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[email protected] @fionajanemack.bsky.social · Jul 15

Awww. And it's preeetty! x

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[email protected] @fionajanemack.bsky.social · Jul 14

Oof.

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[email protected] @fionajanemack.bsky.social · Jul 13

I appreciate it. It's a very long novel though the character in question is probably only in half of it, but that's still a major chunk.

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[email protected] @fionajanemack.bsky.social · Jul 13

Thank you for reposting.

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[email protected] @fionajanemack.bsky.social · Jul 13

Thank you!

[email protected] @fionajanemack.bsky.social · Jul 12

Can any of my fellow writers on here recommend a sensitivity reader (for a historical novel) who specializes in disability issues (Down's syndrome)? Someone you've worked with personally and liked their work? Thanks!

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[email protected] @fionajanemack.bsky.social · Jul 2

I hope it looks better than the one in Shanghai! 😮

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[email protected] @fionajanemack.bsky.social · Mar 26

I'm sorry to be missing the cherry blossoms in DC, but I found some at Isabella Plantation in Richmond Park instead. 🌸🌸🌸🌸

Woman looking up at flowering cherry trees at Isabella Plantation in Richmond Park.

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[email protected] @fionajanemack.bsky.social · Mar 23

These stories are gorgeous, Fiona Mc! xxx

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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · Mar 14

As more and more Americans get their news from online shows and streamers, our analysis found that this expanding media ecosystem is overwhelmingly right-leaning. 🧵: www.mediamatters.org/google/right...

Bubble chart of follower counts for top right-leaning versus left-leaning online shows

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[email protected] @fionajanemack.bsky.social · Mar 13

Lots! Most recent stellar read was Sally Rooney's "Intermezzo."

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Rep. Summer Lee @repsummerlee.bsky.social · Mar 10

Kidnapping an activist and jailing him in the middle of the night is a brazen act of authoritarianism.

Punishing dissent by revoking legal status is a dangerous precedent to set.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · Mar 9

NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.

Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.

His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.