J.S. Watts
@j-s-watts.bsky.social
Writer (poet, novelist, short story writer and sometime reviewer) amateur photographer and very amateur musician. Website: https://www.jswatts.co.uk/
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J.S. Watts
@j-s-watts.bsky.social
· Apr 16
By way of a belated introduction to my writing life, a selection of my published books - Novels: Witchlight; Old Light; Elderlight; A Darker Moon. Poetry: Cats and Other Myths; Songs of Steelyard Sue; Years Ago You Coloured Me; The Submerged Sea; Underword.
Still feeling decidedly 'ick today -a bit like hitting a brick wall. So, here's Pic 41 in my brick wall series. More dutch brick from back in the summer when I felt healthy and all of energy . #brickinthewall
December 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Still feeling decidedly 'ick today -a bit like hitting a brick wall. So, here's Pic 41 in my brick wall series. More dutch brick from back in the summer when I felt healthy and all of energy . #brickinthewall
So, sadly I was too sick to make it to the concert yesterday. Am now contemplating solid foods with the same level of anxious uncertainty that yesterday I contemplated blowing into a French Horn.
December 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So, sadly I was too sick to make it to the concert yesterday. Am now contemplating solid foods with the same level of anxious uncertainty that yesterday I contemplated blowing into a French Horn.
So, I've been up over half the night with an upset stomach and am now wondering how viable playing in an orchestral concert this afternoon is going to be... #BaldockCommunityOrchestra
November 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
So, I've been up over half the night with an upset stomach and am now wondering how viable playing in an orchestral concert this afternoon is going to be... #BaldockCommunityOrchestra
It's tomorrow, if you are in the area. #Baldock #Letchworth #Hertfordshire #BaldockCommunityOrchestra
November 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
It's tomorrow, if you are in the area. #Baldock #Letchworth #Hertfordshire #BaldockCommunityOrchestra
Very pleased to have a new, illuminating story in the second Midnight Ink anthology. The story is called "Candles".
November 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Very pleased to have a new, illuminating story in the second Midnight Ink anthology. The story is called "Candles".
Pic 40 in my brick wall series. Contemplative brick. #brickinthewall
November 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Pic 40 in my brick wall series. Contemplative brick. #brickinthewall
A belated Happy Birthday to my poetry collection #Underword which is three year's old today. I'd almost forgotten. Bad me. #BookSky
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A belated Happy Birthday to my poetry collection #Underword which is three year's old today. I'd almost forgotten. Bad me. #BookSky
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We are now open for Submissions for our annual '12 Days of' feature. @helenivory.bsky.social will be looking at your poetry and short prose, while Sairah Ahsan wants to see your word & image and filmpoems. More at inksweatandtears.co.uk/submissions/
#InkSweatandTears #TwelveDaysofChristmas #Slanted
#InkSweatandTears #TwelveDaysofChristmas #Slanted
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We are now open for Submissions for our annual '12 Days of' feature. @helenivory.bsky.social will be looking at your poetry and short prose, while Sairah Ahsan wants to see your word & image and filmpoems. More at inksweatandtears.co.uk/submissions/
#InkSweatandTears #TwelveDaysofChristmas #Slanted
#InkSweatandTears #TwelveDaysofChristmas #Slanted
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Jimmy Cliff’s charisma and fearless creativity expanded the horizons of reggae | Lloyd Bradley
Jimmy Cliff’s charisma and fearless creativity expanded the horizons of reggae | Lloyd Bradley
Cliff, who has died aged 81, took every opportunity that he was presented with, and created plenty more himself. It resulted in a career path like no other
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Jimmy Cliff’s charisma and fearless creativity expanded the horizons of reggae | Lloyd Bradley
Next in my series of AI spambot reviews: Elderlight delivers a thrilling conclusion to The Witchlight Series with mystery, magic and a strong heroine navigating deadly secrets within the Grand Coven. Holly’s journey resonates with readers who love dark fantasy, witchcraft, and high-stakes intrigue.
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Next in my series of AI spambot reviews: Elderlight delivers a thrilling conclusion to The Witchlight Series with mystery, magic and a strong heroine navigating deadly secrets within the Grand Coven. Holly’s journey resonates with readers who love dark fantasy, witchcraft, and high-stakes intrigue.
2nd in my series of AI spambot reviews and another one for my novel "Witchlight" - "Witchlight has everything readers crave — sharp humour, real emotion, and a dash of unpredictable magic"
November 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
2nd in my series of AI spambot reviews and another one for my novel "Witchlight" - "Witchlight has everything readers crave — sharp humour, real emotion, and a dash of unpredictable magic"
Apologies for anyone waiting for my story to drop at Literally Stories. Publication date has now been confirmed and it's April 2026. Oh, the anticipation! literallystories2014.com/watts-j-s/
Watts, J.S.
J.S.Watts is a British poet and novelist who weaves the fantastical and the literary with other vibrant strands to create glowing, multi-faceted writing. Originally from London, she read English at…
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November 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Apologies for anyone waiting for my story to drop at Literally Stories. Publication date has now been confirmed and it's April 2026. Oh, the anticipation! literallystories2014.com/watts-j-s/
I'm getting so many spam emails about my (and others'!) books, I thought I'd start a series of spammer reviews. As their AI bots have scanned existing reviews, it's gotta be a realistic summation, right? The first one is in the comments below, coz I'm running out of words.
November 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I'm getting so many spam emails about my (and others'!) books, I thought I'd start a series of spammer reviews. As their AI bots have scanned existing reviews, it's gotta be a realistic summation, right? The first one is in the comments below, coz I'm running out of words.
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‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
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The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.
The document also has stinging criticism of a “toxic and chaotic” culture inside Boris Johnson’s Downing Street – which it said the then prime minister actively embraced – in which the loudest voices held sway and women were sidelined. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Worth a read - a fair summary of what's going on out there. Currently one keeps emailing me to say I haven't replied and asking me to say yes or no. I didn't ask for their email in the first place. They don't deserve a response and responding to them just encourages the "Tribbles" to breed.
Here's an excellent article that was just shared with me about the latest scams aimed at writers. Read on, "great author"...
#aspiringwriter #authorlife #amwriting #writingcommunity #writerscommunity
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#aspiringwriter #authorlife #amwriting #writingcommunity #writerscommunity
annerallen.com/2025/11/update...
Update on those flattering AI book marketing scams
Those AI book marketing scams are proliferating like Tribbles. Here are the new variations authors are getting now.
annerallen.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Worth a read - a fair summary of what's going on out there. Currently one keeps emailing me to say I haven't replied and asking me to say yes or no. I didn't ask for their email in the first place. They don't deserve a response and responding to them just encourages the "Tribbles" to breed.
Another victim of the Cloudfare outage. It makes hitting deadlines very difficult when you can't access the platform you need to in order to do the work 😒
November 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Another victim of the Cloudfare outage. It makes hitting deadlines very difficult when you can't access the platform you need to in order to do the work 😒
I actually managed to produce a new photoblog post. Go me! wouldbephotography.blogspot.com/2025/11/summ...
Summer - Autumn - Winter?
A blog about photography and writing, specifically the work of J.S.Watts
wouldbephotography.blogspot.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I actually managed to produce a new photoblog post. Go me! wouldbephotography.blogspot.com/2025/11/summ...
Pic 39 in my brick wall series. Brick wall in autumn #brickinthewall
November 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Pic 39 in my brick wall series. Brick wall in autumn #brickinthewall
This is not my cat, though it is my garden and my garden table. He can be found in my garden a lot. Yesterday evening he turned up at my front door and sat there until my cat went out to join him. Normally they just scream at one another. Now I'm not sure what is going on. #Caturday
November 15, 2025 at 10:53 AM
This is not my cat, though it is my garden and my garden table. He can be found in my garden a lot. Yesterday evening he turned up at my front door and sat there until my cat went out to join him. Normally they just scream at one another. Now I'm not sure what is going on. #Caturday
The UK take on the current Trump furore. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
US justice department investigates Epstein's alleged ties to Clinton and banks after Trump request
Democrats are accusing Trump of using the justice department to deflect from his previous relationship with Epstein.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The UK take on the current Trump furore. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reminder that we are now open to submissions for flash fiction over the next month! Submission guidelines are below and it is a paid opportunity:
www.dreamtheory.media/submission-g...
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Submission Guidelines
Submissions are currently OPEN - November 10th through December 12, 2025 11:59PM EST!
Last updated: November 10, 2025
Flash Fiction
We're looking for submissions 300 to 1,000 words in length, fr...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Reminder that we are now open to submissions for flash fiction over the next month! Submission guidelines are below and it is a paid opportunity:
www.dreamtheory.media/submission-g...
www.dreamtheory.media/submission-g...
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Re broken governance structures in/around #Cambridge: A local hospice had its grant cut by a local NHS trust. What should be a local issue is not because of over-centralisation & Treasury banning councils from raising revenues from much wider ranges of taxes. So now @pippaheylings.bsky.social …>
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Re broken governance structures in/around #Cambridge: A local hospice had its grant cut by a local NHS trust. What should be a local issue is not because of over-centralisation & Treasury banning councils from raising revenues from much wider ranges of taxes. So now @pippaheylings.bsky.social …>
I now have an author's page on Literally Stories. There will be content to follow in due course... literallystories2014.com/watts-j-s/
Watts, J.S.
J.S.Watts is a British poet and novelist who weaves the fantastical and the literary with other vibrant strands to create glowing, multi-faceted writing. Originally from London, she read English at…
literallystories2014.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I now have an author's page on Literally Stories. There will be content to follow in due course... literallystories2014.com/watts-j-s/
As this is one of my starter packs, I guess, with thanks to Paul Connolly, I ought to repost it.
Here's another thread of great starter packs. First up the brilliant @j-s-watts.bsky.social brilliant Poets and Writers starter pack. Please follow and repost if you can #poetsonbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #booksky
November 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
As this is one of my starter packs, I guess, with thanks to Paul Connolly, I ought to repost it.