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Noémi Scheiring-Oláh @itssonoemi.bsky.social · 3d

waaahh couldn't resist 🫠🙃 @bathflashaward.bsky.social

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Noémi Scheiring-Oláh @itssonoemi.bsky.social · 6d

Big congratulations! 😊

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Noémi Scheiring-Oláh @itssonoemi.bsky.social · 6d

It was a delight and an honor to interview AJ O'Reilly about their wonderful story published in @smokelong.bsky.social. Thank you for the opportunity! 😊🌻

SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 9d

"We all need extremes to feel like ourselves." AJ O'Reilly, on their story "Code of the Mosh Pit". AJ is our featured author this week. Read their interview in SmokeLong. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...

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Emily Devane @devaneemily.bsky.social · 12d

Later today, I'll be talking specificity in this online workshop for the fine folk at Smokelong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social. It's not too late to join me 👇

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The Art in the Detail: Specificity in Flash, September 27th! - SmokeLong Quarterly

In this webinar, Emily Devane will explore how to fine-tune your micros with the perfect words and details that stick in the reader’s mind long after the last sentence. Using examples and prompts, she...

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · Sep 7

Really looking forward to my "Story Shapes" workshop in October where I'm going to get writers writing Cinderella narratives against the clock and crafting stories across different sized bits of paper.

7th Oct 7pm BST or 11th Oct 9am BST.

www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...

Write Beyond the Lightbulb. Story Shapes. Pyramids, Fishes, Spirals and Trees. Online workshop on creating story structure and emotional build.

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Owen Wyke @owenwyke.bsky.social · Sep 3

With everything turning from terrible to horrific, I write. I write. I finish the damned novel and hope someone will read it. I have no leads, no contacts, I will have to act like a nobody-hero. Here I go!

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · Aug 24

Last day to enter this today. Drawing names tomorrow at midday BST.

Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · Aug 18

**WIN** a free spot on 1 of my courses

To win, quote this post + tag a friend + say why they're fab

Post for a new friend every day + get your name in the hat multiple times

Friend wins a micro edit, you win a course place or vice-versa, you decide

Names drawn next Monday

DETAILS IN THREAD:

Write Beyond the Lightbulb. Go With The Flow. Anchors | Bridges | Stitches | Threads. 2-week writing course. Online, asynchronous. Pay-what-you-can pricing.

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Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · Aug 23

TONIGHT TONIGHT!!! I close out the 2025 Philly Book Crawl with pictures of cats and travel stories about the places in which they live around the world. Come say hi!!

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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · Aug 16

So a couple of years ago I feverishly wrote this thing about mothers and kids, pretending it had nothing whatsoever to do with my own mothering or childhood (hahahahahaha) and @publishedbyjake.bsky.social want to publish it (WHAT?). Coming towards the end of the year!!!

JAKE @publishedbyjake.bsky.social · Aug 16

ICYMI, yes, Sumitra's book Mother Karma, is coming soon!

Ben Shahon @beansbaker5.bsky.social · Aug 16

Re-reading @pleomorphic2.bsky.social's upcoming JAKE chapbook for edits, and damn, this is really a good one.

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Noémi Scheiring-Oláh @itssonoemi.bsky.social · Aug 18

Woohooo! Huge congratulations, Sumitra! Can't wait to read it! 😍

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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · Aug 12

I never want cost to keep anyone from joining my zoom writing workshops so there are always free, concessionary and pay-what-you-can options. Find out more about my Sept Writing Muscle & Art of the Swerve workshops here - join us, whatever word-shapes you write! www.tickettailor.com/events/tania...

A screen shot of my Ticket tailor page yo book one of my Unbox Your Words workshops. One the left hand side is a white square with Unbox Your Words in several.colours, underneath is the text Unbox 1Hour writing muscle workout sept2025, tues2 Sep 2025 7pm to8pm BST, online, zoom. On the right is a black square with the words Unbox Your Words : Permission to play, and under, Unbox Your Words Art of the Swerve writing workshop, Sunday 21 Sept 2025 7pm - 8.30 pm BST, Online, Zoom

Screen shot of the four ticket options for my Zoom workshops: general admission, free place, concession and pay-what-you-can.

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Noémi Scheiring-Oláh @itssonoemi.bsky.social · Jul 30

Yaaay! Huge congratulations, Tommy! 😊🌟

Noémi Scheiring-Oláh @itssonoemi.bsky.social · Jul 27

Congratulations, Eleanor! 😊👏👏👏

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Kathryn Aldridge-Morris @kazbarwrites.bsky.social · Jul 24

It's hard to overstate how much I have learned from @smokelong.bsky.social workshops. The first course I ever took in CNF a few years ago was an absolute epiphany and many of the stories in my collection emerged from Fitness prompts. Sign up!!

SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · Jul 21

It's sign-up time to begin Fitness on August 1st! If you're a flash or flash-adjacent writer passionate about workshopping, come write with us! www.smokelong.com/smokelong-fi...

SmokeLong Fitness — The Community Workshop - SmokeLong Quarterly

Please note that due to A SmokeLong Summer 25, we are accepting new participants starting August 1st. If you book now, you’ll be able to start August 1st. In September 2022 SmokeLong launched a works...

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Noémi Scheiring-Oláh @itssonoemi.bsky.social · Jul 25

Loved meeting you in person, Sarah! 😊❤️ Also, big love to @writershq.bsky.social for making me feel like catching up with old friends! It was a wonderful feeling! 😍

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Noémi Scheiring-Oláh @itssonoemi.bsky.social · Jul 25

James, I love your writing! And so lovely to meet you in person too! You're so kind. 😊❤️ And same goes for YOUR collection/novel/new flash stories...etc! Can't wait to have them on my bookshelf!

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Noémi Scheiring-Oláh @itssonoemi.bsky.social · Jul 25

Aww, it was all YOU, Cole 😊 thank you for encouraging me to try karaoke. I loved it! ❤️

Noémi Scheiring-Oláh @itssonoemi.bsky.social · Jul 25

You're so kind, Laura! ❤️ I loved chatting with you too. And I just remembered - I'll DM you about PayPal. 😊

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Noémi Scheiring-Oláh @itssonoemi.bsky.social · Jul 25

Lovely to meet you too, Susmita! 😊❤️ Your workshop was 🔥!!!! And yes, I also would've loved to chat longer. Please feel free to DM me about your potential move - it's a big change!

Noémi Scheiring-Oláh @itssonoemi.bsky.social · Jul 25

Thank you so much, Matt! 😊 We talked about your wonderful Lyrical Writing workshop with @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social, which was essential for both of us! And I also loved that you showed us James' Maudlin House piece. 😊

Noémi Scheiring-Oláh @itssonoemi.bsky.social · Jul 25

Same! 😍💜

Noémi Scheiring-Oláh @itssonoemi.bsky.social · Jul 25

So lovely to meet you too, Farhana! 😊 I love your inspiring workshops! And you also have a beautiful, calming voice, which encourages participation. 😊 And I had no idea cronuts existed! Love that! 😊❤️

Noémi Scheiring-Oláh @itssonoemi.bsky.social · Jul 25

All thanks to @nomad-sw18.bsky.social - she brought out my karaoke side 😊🎤❤️

Noémi Scheiring-Oláh @itssonoemi.bsky.social · Jul 25

You too, Fiona! Felt so good. ❤️🌻

Noémi Scheiring-Oláh @itssonoemi.bsky.social · Jul 21

❤️❤️❤️❤️

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