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💙 🇺🇦 NomadicWriter (Fritha Malcouronne) 🇺🇦 💙
@nomadicwriter.bsky.social
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Writer. Home: blank page, screen or stage. Chiefly here to discuss screenwriting, film + TV. Queen of typos. Partnered by my editor-in-chief, Tiggy (cat). Lover of cake, otters, owls, hares and wildlife/conservation.
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No matter how many times I read reports like this one it breaks my heart. Creative talent isn’t bestowed on which class, gender or ethnicity you come from. All too frequently opportunities are. When you silence ‘voices’ you also silence the communities they represent. #ScriptSkyUK #ScriptSky
January 25, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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UK folk: if you have clear skies near you right now there’s a pretty good chance of you seeing the #auroraborealis or #NorthernLights.
Chart from AuroraWatchUK showing a red alert for seeing the aurora borealis in the night sky.
January 20, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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This is the kind of tone we need to hear from our UK PM today and every European PM and president towards this massive bully.

#Greenland
Quote from ‘Love Actually’ film: “I love that word "relationship." Covers all manner of sins, doesn't it? I fear that this has become a bad relationship; a relationship based on the President taking exactly what he wants and casually ignoring all those things that really matter to, erm... Britain.... And a friend who bullies us is no longer a friend. And since bullies only respond to strength, from now onward I will be prepared to be much stronger. And the President should be prepared for that.”
January 18, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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Happy 16th birthday to my wonderful editor-in-chief. Adopting him was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. He’s unconditional pure love, light and joy in a fur coat. So proud of how far this boy has come from his former life as an abused lad. Love you to bits. #CatsofBluesky #cats #AdoptACat 💕
Headshot of two-tone ginger cat laid against a cream faux fur rug. Ginger cat laid on taupe duvet bed with one paw outstretched. Sleeping ginger cat laid under a taupe throw. Two-tone English short-haired cat sitting proudly on top of a gate. He’s looking out into the distance.
January 15, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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I’m Fritha. Studied English Lit and creative writing at MMU (UK); specialising in screenwriting and playwriting. Have hosted live tweets of hit BBC dramas with screenwriters/exec production companies. I write TV dramas, comedy dramas + stage plays. My editor-in-chief is my adopted cat. #ScriptSky
Ginger two-tone cat sat on a windowsill, looking out of the window.
January 7, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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This quote from John Stuart Mill, often misquoted and incorrectly attributed, feels a prescient today as ever.

We’re in an age where our leaders will be judged as much by what they didn’t do or say as what they did do when they see wrongdoing in the world by other leaders or despots.
“Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. He is not a good man who, without a protest, allows wrong to be committed in his name, and with the means which he helps to supply, because he will not trouble himself to use his mind on the subject.”
January 5, 2026 at 3:11 AM
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Signing out for the festive period. Hope you and yours have a wonderful time, find some peace and are loved. Doesn’t matter whether that’s with human beings or your furry companions. Love is love. If you’re finding this time of year tough please reach out and talk. Here’s some contact info… 👇
December 23, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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That’s quite some ‘performance’ by an elected *US president.*
Extract taken from Wikipedia. Text reads: In 2025, President Donald Trump was elected the center's chairman by staff he appointed upon firing the previous board members, including Rutter.[1] In December 2025, the Kennedy Center's board of trustees voted to add Trump's name to the center; by law, however, Congress established the name of the center as the "John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts". It is unclear what effect the proposed name change will have.
December 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Watching… because Rob Reiner brought light into this world through his fabulous movies.
Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal stood facing one another in a park surrounded by trees in their autumn colours. Taken from ‘When Harry Met Sally.’
December 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Not only is this an excellent 🧵 on why AI shouldn’t be permitted within academia, it beautifully explains the main reasons why it’s so damaging to us both culturally and towards our planet. For the creative folk among us take a look at the final lines highlighted here. It can’t think or create.
Highlighted part of an academic’s paper to his students concerning why they should never use AI to do their for them. Think this also works for the creative industries and those proposing to work in them. The red highlighted and underlined piece reads: In short, artificial intelligence (as you will it) isn’t intelligent at all. It is not analysing, translating or thinking and it certainly isn’t an expert in on all things (including genocide). It’s an also a terrible writer.
December 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Here’s what that wallpaper looked like. Have tried hunting it down, including a place that sells discontinued wallpapers. Would have looked wonderful in my home. Particularly in my sitting which doesn’t get any sunshine from mid November to end of January. 😢
Yellow ochre wallpaper featuring a variety of trees, animals, including hares, stags, foxes and badgers. The subsequent two images show a close up of the wallpaper and how it might look on your wall.
December 12, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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I think poet William Blake may have had the right idea. He’s pictured here with pen in hand and looking off into the distance. He had daydreaming off to a fine art. Though he described it as being divine, as reaching into another world. For him it was real as the lived world.
Poet William Blake pictured seated with pen/nib in hand. He’s looking off into the distance.
December 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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In its own way this photo of Hemingway pictured surrounded by books, newspapers and cats is pretty sexy.

But seriously, I agree with @sonicscrewup.bsky.social here. Bet they could and great photoshoots that really show off how great writers are.

“Just dangle that pen… Great. Now look wistful.”
Ernest Hemingway pictured asleep on a sofa, surrounded by cats, books and a pile of newspapers. His eyes are closed and so we’re assuming he’s asleep. He could be plotting his next novel, thinking through some dialogue or a difficult scene. His cats are very chilled out.
December 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Fancy a recap to see how much outreach your #BlueSky account has had during 2025? This was a neat bit of fun. Only takes a couple of minutes to do. Check out anisota.net/harvest to see much more detailed analysis. Can’t imagine why #ScriptSkyUK and #ScriptSky have featured so heavily. 😉
Word cloud demonstrating the most used words and phrases we have used on BlueSky during 2025. Unsurprisingly #ScriptSkyUK and #ScriptSky features heavily. Image cloud featuring the accounts I’ve interacted with most frequently during the past year.
December 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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As we ease into December with the upcoming festivities closely upon us, I can’t help thinking the Icelandic people have a delightful idea about how we to spend Christmas Eve. Frankly, I would happily adopt gifting and receiving a book, going to bed to read and eat chocolate. #Booksky #Jolabokaflod
Image shows a pair of hands holding a Christmas parcel wrapped in paper, string and with a piece of greenery and a pinecone tucked in. It unmistakably contains a book. The text reads: In Iceland, books are exchanged as Christmas Eve presents, then you spend the rest of the night in bed reading and eating chocolate. The tradition is part of a season called Jolabokaflod, or ‘The Christmas book flood, because Iceland, which publishes more books per capita than any other country, sells most of its books between September and November due to people preparing for the upcoming holiday.
December 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Only just heard the very sad news about Tom Stoppard’s passing. He was an incredible playwright and screenwriter. ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead’ immediately spring to mind, of course, but also loved ‘Rock ‘n Roll’ and ‘Arcadia.’ What a legacy of brilliant work he’s left in his wake.
Black and white head and shoulders shot. Young Tom Stoppard, with cigarette in mouth, wearing a roll neck sweater and tweedy woollen mix jacket. His eyes are cast away as if something off camera has his attention. Frankly, most writers’ mind are elsewhere, focused on something far more important than that present moment. 😉
November 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”

The three spirits:
Chris Skelton (played by Marshall Lancaster), Ray Carling (Dean Andrews) and Shaz Granger( Monterrat Lombard) from a scene in ‘Ashes to Ashes.’ (2008-2010)
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Going through some old digital photos, came across this gem quote from David Fincher, about surviving the movie business and getting stuff made.

Think this tenacity and perseverance also works for screenwriters as much as directors.

#ScriptSkyUK #ScriptSky #FilmSky #WritingCommunity.
Quote reads: I always wanted to give a lecture at film schools. You go in and you see all those fresh faces, and you say: ‘You! Stand up and tell me your story. Tell me what your film is going to be about.’ And they start, and you go: ‘Shut up and sit the f*** down!’ And if they do, you go: ‘You’re not ready.’ Because the film business is filled with Shut and sit the f*** down. You get to tell your story in spite of sit-down and shut the f*** up. If you’re going to let something like that derail you, what hope do you have against transportation department? What hope do you have against f***ing development executives?” ~ David Fincher.
November 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Bad enough that they’ve wrongfully attributed that Mary Shelley was inspired by a man to write ‘Frankenstein,’ but just to add insult to injury this article was written by a woman for Cosmopolitan magazine. It ‘exists’ because Shelley bloody wrote it.

#WritingCommunity #Books
Extract from a Cosmopolitan article in which the ‘author’ incorrectly asserts that Byron is the sole reason Frankenstein exists and has nothing to do with Mary Shelley’s brilliance as a writer in her own right.
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old; age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.

#RemembranceSunday #LestWeForget
Image shows red wild poppies in a field against a muted background that suggests it’s sunset.
November 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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The adorable Pauline Collins has left us. An incredible actress on both the big and small screen during her long career. Met her beloved husband John Alderton while making Upstairs, Downstairs. Best known for playing Shirley Valentine in the adaptation of Willy Russell’s play. RIP & thank you!
Black and white shot of Pauline Collins in ‘Shirley Valentine.’ She will be very sadly missed. One of my favourite actresses. Seemed a genuinely lovely person.
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Actor Eddie Marsan makes brilliant points in relation to ‘posh’ actors being promoted over actors from working-class and more diverse backgrounds. Likewise, it doesn’t help when w/c & diverse screenwriters aren’t having their ‘voices’ heard on screen. news.sky.com/story/posh-b...

#ScriptSkyUK
Image is a screenshot of a Sky News article in which British actor Eddie Marsan is discussing difficulties for working-class actors getting on in the TV and film industry. It reads: Eddie Marsan, star of major blockbusters such as the Sherlock Holmes films and Misdion Impossible III, as well as TV series Ray Donovan, and Supacell, said there’s one thing he’s come to notice is how few of his cast mates tend to share his working-class roots. “If you want to become an actor in this country, and you come from a disadvantaged background, you have to be exceptional to have a hope of a career,” he says. “If you come from a privileged background you can be mediocre.”
November 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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We’re on the cusp of hitting a truly brilliant milestone, 40 million user accounts here on @bsky.app. Exciting news. Kudos to TPTB at #BlueSky for everything they’ve done and continue to do to make this best social media platform to hang out on. #FortyMillionBlueSky 👏
Image shows counter recording nearly forty million BlueSky user accounts. Roughly five thousand more and it will hit that fantastic milestone. Quite honestly, I think BlueSky’s the best SM platform I’ve ever used.
October 31, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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The dying embers of a fiery autumnal sky put on quite a spectacle before darkness came.

#sunset #fiery #skies #autumn #photography
Image show fiery flickers of orange and reddish pink light as the sun set against a sky intermixed with whispery clouds.
October 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Heads up #AgathaChristie fans! BBC2 is right now repeating Agatha Christie: @lucyworsley.bsky.social on the Mystery Queen. It’s superb. In this three part documentary you’ll learn how about how her own complex and intriguing background were inspiration for her many novels. Available on BBCiPlayer.
Historian Lucy Worsley seated, wearing a bright red dress with a black seed head pattern. She’s holding Agatha Christie’s novel, ‘The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.’
October 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM