Writer Jo Malby
@jomalby.bsky.social
Neurodivergent writer (features+fiction) & poet | bibliophile & cinephile | CRPS veteran & advocate | artist
Sharing haiku, photography, literary loveliness & writing tips.
Eternal student. Finding wonder in nature & beauty through life's challenges.
Sharing haiku, photography, literary loveliness & writing tips.
Eternal student. Finding wonder in nature & beauty through life's challenges.
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Writer Jo Malby
@jomalby.bsky.social
· Jan 22
dusk
the mute hour
between us
~ Lisa Alletson, @lisaalletson.bsky.social / lisaalletson.com // #Photography: ‘Misty Church’ by Piotr Skrzypiec / piotr-skrzypiec.pixels.com #vss365 #haiku
the mute hour
between us
~ Lisa Alletson, @lisaalletson.bsky.social / lisaalletson.com // #Photography: ‘Misty Church’ by Piotr Skrzypiec / piotr-skrzypiec.pixels.com #vss365 #haiku
“What makes choice such a powerful #narrative moment are the stakes… There’s no option to ‘do nothing’ because the failure to act also has a consequence… Some of the most interesting moments in #literature are centered around this kind of plight.” https://buff.ly/VEEQ5c1 #writingtips #writesky
December 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“What makes choice such a powerful #narrative moment are the stakes… There’s no option to ‘do nothing’ because the failure to act also has a consequence… Some of the most interesting moments in #literature are centered around this kind of plight.” https://buff.ly/VEEQ5c1 #writingtips #writesky
“Once I learned to value and respect my characters, I could really hear them... The important thing is not to censor them. What they are talking about may not seem to have anything to do with what you as a writer are #writing about but it does.” ~ August Wilson
December 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“Once I learned to value and respect my characters, I could really hear them... The important thing is not to censor them. What they are talking about may not seem to have anything to do with what you as a writer are #writing about but it does.” ~ August Wilson
“The plot is only the framework. The true essence that keeps readers turning pages is everything else: emotional appeal, character motivation, and the protagonist’s relentless struggle toward a goal.” https://darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/writing-a-synopsis-101
#Synopsis #WritingTips #WriteSky
#Synopsis #WritingTips #WriteSky
December 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“The plot is only the framework. The true essence that keeps readers turning pages is everything else: emotional appeal, character motivation, and the protagonist’s relentless struggle toward a goal.” https://darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/writing-a-synopsis-101
#Synopsis #WritingTips #WriteSky
#Synopsis #WritingTips #WriteSky
“I remember awakening one morning and finding everything smeared with the color of forgotten love.” ~ Charles Bukowski, What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
December 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“I remember awakening one morning and finding everything smeared with the color of forgotten love.” ~ Charles Bukowski, What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
blue morning
I pull the clouds
back over my head
~ Elisa Bobbiesi, @wildolivewrites.bsky.social // #Photography: ‘Stepping Stones’ by Zack Clothier / http://zackclothierphotography.com #vss365 #haiku #3lines
I pull the clouds
back over my head
~ Elisa Bobbiesi, @wildolivewrites.bsky.social // #Photography: ‘Stepping Stones’ by Zack Clothier / http://zackclothierphotography.com #vss365 #haiku #3lines
November 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
blue morning
I pull the clouds
back over my head
~ Elisa Bobbiesi, @wildolivewrites.bsky.social // #Photography: ‘Stepping Stones’ by Zack Clothier / http://zackclothierphotography.com #vss365 #haiku #3lines
I pull the clouds
back over my head
~ Elisa Bobbiesi, @wildolivewrites.bsky.social // #Photography: ‘Stepping Stones’ by Zack Clothier / http://zackclothierphotography.com #vss365 #haiku #3lines
“At its heart, voice is about style…a flow, a rhythm, a cadence to the writing…recognizable style… We leave fingerprints all over our work. That part of you is what makes it something that no one can duplicate.” https://nathanbransford.com/blog/2010/05/how-to-craft-great-voice #writesky #writingtips
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
“At its heart, voice is about style…a flow, a rhythm, a cadence to the writing…recognizable style… We leave fingerprints all over our work. That part of you is what makes it something that no one can duplicate.” https://nathanbransford.com/blog/2010/05/how-to-craft-great-voice #writesky #writingtips
Autumn stories
Beautifully lost
Among the trees
~ Joe F, @frghtndmn // #Photography: ‘Komorebi’ By Martin Rak, @martinrak.bsky / #haiku #vss365
Beautifully lost
Among the trees
~ Joe F, @frghtndmn // #Photography: ‘Komorebi’ By Martin Rak, @martinrak.bsky / #haiku #vss365
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Autumn stories
Beautifully lost
Among the trees
~ Joe F, @frghtndmn // #Photography: ‘Komorebi’ By Martin Rak, @martinrak.bsky / #haiku #vss365
Beautifully lost
Among the trees
~ Joe F, @frghtndmn // #Photography: ‘Komorebi’ By Martin Rak, @martinrak.bsky / #haiku #vss365
“We’re bound to each other by the smallest filaments of hope & possibility… Live the creative life you’ve built—then get back to #writing or whatever it is you do—we’re an #art-making species—no one but you can make your art.” https://poormansfeast.substack.com/p/please-stop-and-take-a-breath-please
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“We’re bound to each other by the smallest filaments of hope & possibility… Live the creative life you’ve built—then get back to #writing or whatever it is you do—we’re an #art-making species—no one but you can make your art.” https://poormansfeast.substack.com/p/please-stop-and-take-a-breath-please
“And so we stood together like that, at the top of that field for what seemed like ages, not saying anything… while the wind kept blowing… and for a moment, it seemed like we were holding onto each other because that was the only way to stop us from being swept away into the night.” ~ Kazuo Ishiguro
November 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
“And so we stood together like that, at the top of that field for what seemed like ages, not saying anything… while the wind kept blowing… and for a moment, it seemed like we were holding onto each other because that was the only way to stop us from being swept away into the night.” ~ Kazuo Ishiguro
rainy night
I listen to
the solitude
~ Andrea Cecon / amazon.com/stores/Andrea-Cecon/author/B00955O0CA // #Photography: 'Man in the Fog' © Stephen Colbrook #haiku #poetry
I listen to
the solitude
~ Andrea Cecon / amazon.com/stores/Andrea-Cecon/author/B00955O0CA // #Photography: 'Man in the Fog' © Stephen Colbrook #haiku #poetry
November 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
rainy night
I listen to
the solitude
~ Andrea Cecon / amazon.com/stores/Andrea-Cecon/author/B00955O0CA // #Photography: 'Man in the Fog' © Stephen Colbrook #haiku #poetry
I listen to
the solitude
~ Andrea Cecon / amazon.com/stores/Andrea-Cecon/author/B00955O0CA // #Photography: 'Man in the Fog' © Stephen Colbrook #haiku #poetry
“A writer's voice is not character alone, it is not style alone; it is far more. A writer's voice lines the stroke of an artist's brush—is the thumbprint of her whole person—her idea, wit, humor, passions, rhythms.” https://nownovel.com/finding-your-writing-voice-5-points-to-consider #writingtips
November 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“A writer's voice is not character alone, it is not style alone; it is far more. A writer's voice lines the stroke of an artist's brush—is the thumbprint of her whole person—her idea, wit, humor, passions, rhythms.” https://nownovel.com/finding-your-writing-voice-5-points-to-consider #writingtips
“I turned the silence and night into words. What was unutterable, I wrote down.
I made the whirling world stand still.”
~ Arthur Rimbaud, Une Saison en Enfer #WriteSky
I made the whirling world stand still.”
~ Arthur Rimbaud, Une Saison en Enfer #WriteSky
November 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“I turned the silence and night into words. What was unutterable, I wrote down.
I made the whirling world stand still.”
~ Arthur Rimbaud, Une Saison en Enfer #WriteSky
I made the whirling world stand still.”
~ Arthur Rimbaud, Une Saison en Enfer #WriteSky
Autumn stories
Beautifully lost
Among the trees
~ Joe F // #Photography by Martin Rak, @martinrak.bsky / linktr.ee/martinrak / #vss365 #haiku
Beautifully lost
Among the trees
~ Joe F // #Photography by Martin Rak, @martinrak.bsky / linktr.ee/martinrak / #vss365 #haiku
November 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Autumn stories
Beautifully lost
Among the trees
~ Joe F // #Photography by Martin Rak, @martinrak.bsky / linktr.ee/martinrak / #vss365 #haiku
Beautifully lost
Among the trees
~ Joe F // #Photography by Martin Rak, @martinrak.bsky / linktr.ee/martinrak / #vss365 #haiku
“You’re not writing a finished book today. You’re writing words… Editing is where you make art. Drafting is where you mine the ore.” https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/10/12/plan-smart-write-fast-finish-strong-my-guide-to-writing-a-novel-in-30-days @rozmorris.bsky.social #WritingTips #WriteSky
November 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“You’re not writing a finished book today. You’re writing words… Editing is where you make art. Drafting is where you mine the ore.” https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/10/12/plan-smart-write-fast-finish-strong-my-guide-to-writing-a-novel-in-30-days @rozmorris.bsky.social #WritingTips #WriteSky
“It's the clichés that cause the trouble. A precise emotion seeks a precise expression. If what I feel is not precise then should I call it love?” ~ #JeanetteWinterson
November 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“It's the clichés that cause the trouble. A precise emotion seeks a precise expression. If what I feel is not precise then should I call it love?” ~ #JeanetteWinterson
a quiet night
in my cup
a sip of stars
~ Tanja, @joypops.bsky.social // #Photography by Zack Clothier / zackclothierphotography.com #vss365 #haiku
in my cup
a sip of stars
~ Tanja, @joypops.bsky.social // #Photography by Zack Clothier / zackclothierphotography.com #vss365 #haiku
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
a quiet night
in my cup
a sip of stars
~ Tanja, @joypops.bsky.social // #Photography by Zack Clothier / zackclothierphotography.com #vss365 #haiku
in my cup
a sip of stars
~ Tanja, @joypops.bsky.social // #Photography by Zack Clothier / zackclothierphotography.com #vss365 #haiku
“Write toward that moment when your #characters surprise you… when they’re so real that readers will want to follow them—the Robert Frost no surprise for the #writer, no surprise for the reader… It’s always about the characters.” https://advicetowriters.com/interviews/eyonsvan7j1vfli15h1od3xui5oja5
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“Write toward that moment when your #characters surprise you… when they’re so real that readers will want to follow them—the Robert Frost no surprise for the #writer, no surprise for the reader… It’s always about the characters.” https://advicetowriters.com/interviews/eyonsvan7j1vfli15h1od3xui5oja5
“The objective of fiction isn’t grammatical correctness but to make the reader welcome and then tell a story… to make him/her forget, whenever possible, that he/she is reading a story at all.” ~ Stephen King #writersky
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“The objective of fiction isn’t grammatical correctness but to make the reader welcome and then tell a story… to make him/her forget, whenever possible, that he/she is reading a story at all.” ~ Stephen King #writersky
morning fog…
this urge to find
my place
~ Hifsa Ashraf, @hifsays / http://hifsayz.wordpress.com/author/hifsaku // #Photography by Vanda Ralevska / mylenscapes.uk #vssnature #haiku
this urge to find
my place
~ Hifsa Ashraf, @hifsays / http://hifsayz.wordpress.com/author/hifsaku // #Photography by Vanda Ralevska / mylenscapes.uk #vssnature #haiku
November 8, 2025 at 9:23 AM
morning fog…
this urge to find
my place
~ Hifsa Ashraf, @hifsays / http://hifsayz.wordpress.com/author/hifsaku // #Photography by Vanda Ralevska / mylenscapes.uk #vssnature #haiku
this urge to find
my place
~ Hifsa Ashraf, @hifsays / http://hifsayz.wordpress.com/author/hifsaku // #Photography by Vanda Ralevska / mylenscapes.uk #vssnature #haiku
“When you’re trying to write your way through to that teetering stack of a finished draft, a quick injection of suspense is a great way to keep your #story’s engine fuelled. Suddenly, you’ll very much want to write on to find the answer.” https://buff.ly/2bB8HBH #writingtips
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“When you’re trying to write your way through to that teetering stack of a finished draft, a quick injection of suspense is a great way to keep your #story’s engine fuelled. Suddenly, you’ll very much want to write on to find the answer.” https://buff.ly/2bB8HBH #writingtips
“I love the rain. I love how it softens the outlines of things. The world becomes softly blurred, and I feel like I melt right into it.” ~ Hanamoto Hagumi
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“I love the rain. I love how it softens the outlines of things. The world becomes softly blurred, and I feel like I melt right into it.” ~ Hanamoto Hagumi
evening chill
the heat of your hand
in mine
~ petro c.k. // #Photography: Edouard Boubat, Paris 1964 #haiku #micropoetry
the heat of your hand
in mine
~ petro c.k. // #Photography: Edouard Boubat, Paris 1964 #haiku #micropoetry
November 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
evening chill
the heat of your hand
in mine
~ petro c.k. // #Photography: Edouard Boubat, Paris 1964 #haiku #micropoetry
the heat of your hand
in mine
~ petro c.k. // #Photography: Edouard Boubat, Paris 1964 #haiku #micropoetry
“Writers get fragmented by considering the elements of fiction individually… We can forget that a novel—like a great symphony—is vastly more than the sum of its parts; it’s how they come together in harmony.” https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-fiction/turn-elements-novel-masterpiece #writers
November 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“Writers get fragmented by considering the elements of fiction individually… We can forget that a novel—like a great symphony—is vastly more than the sum of its parts; it’s how they come together in harmony.” https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-fiction/turn-elements-novel-masterpiece #writers