SSkeel.Writer
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Favourite line ever came from Alice's Caterpillar: "Whooo are youu?" Still working on that one. Learning from the greats: Poe, Philip Roth, Coetzee, Lawrence Durrell, Anthony Burgess, Peter Cary, Ian McEwan ... #writerslife #writing #amwriting
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It sometimes feels like the most problematic parts of different banned books were twisted together to create the crazy world we are living in 😔
January 27, 2026 at 6:53 PM
It sometimes feels like the most problematic parts of different banned books were twisted together to create the crazy world we are living in 😔
Love it! #Canada is #advertising for business investment with the line "Where Bold Feels at home". Mirroring #MarkCarney giving the finger to #Trump. Go Canada! #uspolitics #writingcommunity #Davos
a lion is sitting on a hill with a quote from proverbs 28
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January 26, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Love it! #Canada is #advertising for business investment with the line "Where Bold Feels at home". Mirroring #MarkCarney giving the finger to #Trump. Go Canada! #uspolitics #writingcommunity #Davos
Some artist in #Seville #Spain had fun with this cat. Not sure I can bite into another one with a clean conscience. #writingcommunity #art #amwriting #cats
January 25, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Some artist in #Seville #Spain had fun with this cat. Not sure I can bite into another one with a clean conscience. #writingcommunity #art #amwriting #cats
Ya gotta read this. The Director by #DamielKehlmann. Funny, fascinating, heart-rending. And a story that stays with you. A #bookerprize international author. #writingcommunity #skybooks #amwriting #writing #books
January 24, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Ya gotta read this. The Director by #DamielKehlmann. Funny, fascinating, heart-rending. And a story that stays with you. A #bookerprize international author. #writingcommunity #skybooks #amwriting #writing #books
I'm wondering. What is the 'rights protocol? At an art museum with newish friends should you stick with them or is it OK to peruse the work alone and keep track of each other? #writingcommunity #art #touring #artgalleries.
squidward from spongebob squarepants says it 's beautiful
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January 24, 2026 at 8:04 AM
I'm wondering. What is the 'rights protocol? At an art museum with newish friends should you stick with them or is it OK to peruse the work alone and keep track of each other? #writingcommunity #art #touring #artgalleries.
Now I've seen everything...
Six monarchs, three ex-Soviet apparatchiks and a leader sought by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes — those are among the inaugural members of the US president’s rival to the UN, which he is expected to unveil at Davos. ft.trib.al/acCThWH
January 22, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Now I've seen everything...
TraaaDah!! My first ever cat photo! Sunning above the mountains in Jain Spain. #writingcommunity #amwriting #writerslife #catphotos #books
January 22, 2026 at 6:38 AM
TraaaDah!! My first ever cat photo! Sunning above the mountains in Jain Spain. #writingcommunity #amwriting #writerslife #catphotos #books
Mixed feelings about this one. #YouPeople Some great writing and interesting characters, but not a lot going on to stir up the old...What's Gonna Happen?? I'm sure many will disagree. #writingcommunity #writing #books #blueskybooks
January 20, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Mixed feelings about this one. #YouPeople Some great writing and interesting characters, but not a lot going on to stir up the old...What's Gonna Happen?? I'm sure many will disagree. #writingcommunity #writing #books #blueskybooks
Walking at dusk in Hampstead. Quiet. Still. Beautiful. Keeping the xxx NEWS at bay
#Writingcommunity #writerscafe #amwriting
#Writingcommunity #writerscafe #amwriting
January 10, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Walking at dusk in Hampstead. Quiet. Still. Beautiful. Keeping the xxx NEWS at bay
#Writingcommunity #writerscafe #amwriting
#Writingcommunity #writerscafe #amwriting
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🚨 NEW VIDEO 👇🏽This puts an end to all the lies. Horrific.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
January 9, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Anyone who's ever been young will recognize the scenes in this #coetzze #book Youth. #writingcommunity #writing #books #blueskybooks
January 9, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Anyone who's ever been young will recognize the scenes in this #coetzze #book Youth. #writingcommunity #writing #books #blueskybooks
Bit disappointed with #DavidSzalays #Flesh as @thebookerprizes.com winner. Read that and #TheLandinWinter and felt Andrew Miller's book was unique and exemplary. Flesh was fun. .... #writingcommunity #books #writers #greatbooks #blueskybooks
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Bit disappointed with #DavidSzalays #Flesh as @thebookerprizes.com winner. Read that and #TheLandinWinter and felt Andrew Miller's book was unique and exemplary. Flesh was fun. .... #writingcommunity #books #writers #greatbooks #blueskybooks
Now for something different. For #writers a form of meditation that is captivating in its reality and honesty. #BenMarkovits tells a tale many may relate to. Love it. #writingcommunity #writing #amwriting #books
October 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Now for something different. For #writers a form of meditation that is captivating in its reality and honesty. #BenMarkovits tells a tale many may relate to. Love it. #writingcommunity #writing #amwriting #books
Acerbic wit at its best is shown by one of the main characters in Stephen Benatar book When I was Otherwise. You'll positively wince....and laugh. Red hot! #writingcommunity #writing #books #blueskybooks #amwriting
October 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Acerbic wit at its best is shown by one of the main characters in Stephen Benatar book When I was Otherwise. You'll positively wince....and laugh. Red hot! #writingcommunity #writing #books #blueskybooks #amwriting
A good friend in California Sent out 45 queries over many months to #literaryagents for her novel. And she just got asked for the full script by one! Keep at it fellow writer Rottweillers! #writingcommunity #amwriting #writerslife #books #writing
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October 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
A good friend in California Sent out 45 queries over many months to #literaryagents for her novel. And she just got asked for the full script by one! Keep at it fellow writer Rottweillers! #writingcommunity #amwriting #writerslife #books #writing
#Quilt my oldest,dearest friend from #Canada (home of the free!) made for me. Quite something isn't it? #happymonday, #writing community #writing #writers life #amwriting
October 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
#Quilt my oldest,dearest friend from #Canada (home of the free!) made for me. Quite something isn't it? #happymonday, #writing community #writing #writers life #amwriting
This man is WILD! #willself rips out your funny bone and chews it to oblivion. Just keep a #dictionary on hand. Highly recommended. #books #blueskybooks #writingcommunity #writers #amwriting
October 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
This man is WILD! #willself rips out your funny bone and chews it to oblivion. Just keep a #dictionary on hand. Highly recommended. #books #blueskybooks #writingcommunity #writers #amwriting
How about that. Just on a London tube and seated were: 3 people reading #BOOKS, 10 staring into space or on headphones. Only THREE on their phones. A quiet revolution.? #writingcommunity #writerslife
September 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
How about that. Just on a London tube and seated were: 3 people reading #BOOKS, 10 staring into space or on headphones. Only THREE on their phones. A quiet revolution.? #writingcommunity #writerslife
Writer #WillSelf is a riot. Take this description of an #Anglican church out of his #book Liver: "with their tepid air of state assisted piety". And the #Catholic : "musty battlefields where lust and repression fought it out, in the process of torturing wooden effigies". #writingcommunity #writing
September 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Our problem isn't a lack of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Our problem isn't a lack of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
September 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Our problem isn't a lack of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Our problem isn't a lack of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
Enough of the mad orangutan. Time for #Goodbooks! Oldie but goodie this one. @marksarvas.bsky.social presented this in class as a good eg. Of subtext. Writers take note. #writingcommunity #writing #amwriting #writerslife #blueskybooks
September 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Enough of the mad orangutan. Time for #Goodbooks! Oldie but goodie this one. @marksarvas.bsky.social presented this in class as a good eg. Of subtext. Writers take note. #writingcommunity #writing #amwriting #writerslife #blueskybooks
Cutting funds, controlling material....Trump does not want children educated to think for themselves. #writingcommunity #education #trump
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Trump’s war on America’s schools
The US president wants to destroy them, but most Americans still support them
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September 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Cutting funds, controlling material....Trump does not want children educated to think for themselves. #writingcommunity #education #trump
#richardrusso writes people like noone else. A few sentences and I care about them. An artist! #writing #writingcommunity #books #greatbooks #writerslife #blueskybooks
September 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
#richardrusso writes people like noone else. A few sentences and I care about them. An artist! #writing #writingcommunity #books #greatbooks #writerslife #blueskybooks
Perfect novel sentence - 'He and Paula had been married for 30 years, thanks in large part to a mutual willingness to let an arched eyebrow do the heavy lifting of a soliloquy." #richardrusso in Trajectory. #writingcommunity #amwriting #perfectsentence #writing #greatbooks Got to 😍
August 30, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Perfect novel sentence - 'He and Paula had been married for 30 years, thanks in large part to a mutual willingness to let an arched eyebrow do the heavy lifting of a soliloquy." #richardrusso in Trajectory. #writingcommunity #amwriting #perfectsentence #writing #greatbooks Got to 😍
Love these #pictograms at #Japanhouse in #London. They've ruled!! from hieroglyphics to the #Olympicgames to #emojis. #writingcommunity #amwriting #writerscafe
August 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Love these #pictograms at #Japanhouse in #London. They've ruled!! from hieroglyphics to the #Olympicgames to #emojis. #writingcommunity #amwriting #writerscafe