Matt Kendrick

This so brilliant as always, Sumitra! Thanks for sharing

Wonderful! Did you see my email from the 21st? Should have all you need in there if you want to add stuff to the next newsletter (coming out end of August)

Old fashion typewriter with the text - ekphrastic writing workshop, Monday August 18 11 am or 8 pm

Art & Flash, 18th August 11am or 8pm BST

This month's artist creates 'acoustic installations that use nature & the rhythms of everyday life to investigate the relationship between sound, space and movement.’

#ekphrastic #writingworkshop

🔗 www.anikacarpenter.com/ekphrastic-w...

You're very kind, Emily. Trying to think around this specific question, I wonder about this one which feels like it could be good for older teens? nanofiction.org/archive/2017...

And this has such an interesting form - might be ok?
anmly.org/ap34/stephan...

Thanks so much, Lisa. I look forward to reading.

Thanks so much, Blake. I look forward to reading.

Thanks so much - look forward to reading

Such a vivid and startling piece. I remember reading it when it was first published and being blown away.

Yes, I remember this one - such a startling piece.

Doesn't it? What a dream team!

Look forward to reading - love the look of it on the page

Thanks, Mike. Look forward to reading.

Embracing the Pace August marks two years since I started writing my novel.

‪My #CraftArticle for August is on strategies for pacing yourself as a writer as well as how to deal with writing troughs and what we think of as success:

prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/embracing-...

My Autumn series of workshops open for bookings!!

Hope there's something in here that catches your eye 🧐

Anyone got any examples of dreamscape stories? Especially ones that are a bit timey-wimey?

YES! I was trying to remember where this one was published. Thank you so much! Isn't this such a brilliant piece?

a cartoon of spongebob making a funny face Alt: A cartoon of spongebob creating a rainbow with his hands that reveals the text "In your dreams"

*Help needed!!*

Looking for flash that fully embraces the dreamscape, especially pieces that do interesting things with time (jumping about, going round in circles, exploring alt timelines etc.) - who has examples for me, either your own or ones from others? Thanks in advance for your suggestions!

I love how creative people are being in celebrating their @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social pieces. Wonderful from @karenc.bsky.social

Congratulations, Emily!!!

Congratulations, Jo!!!

a painting of a tree with a rainbow of colors and the words stregobrazy Alt: A tree flaming in blues purples yellows and oranges

Always exciting to start a new session of one of my #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb courses. "Colourful Characters" starting today. Can't wait to see all the brilliant writing that emerges over the next two weeks. Always such a treat.

If you're taking part, check your inbox - you should have emails!

Going to be so much fun. Can't wait. What a dream team of superstars - I'm very lucky with the writers who are taking part in these panel discussions. Myna and Sharon on Tuesday then you and Dawn in November.

Beautiful artistry from the multi-talented @lumchanmfa.bsky.social

"The widow’s eyes changed color like a chameleon, depending on her moods and what she wore"

Such a multi-layered piece from @megpokrass.bsky.social in @centaurlit.bsky.social; great sense of narrative and character focus:

centaurlit.com/color-perman...

"The thing about trauma is that it repeats. In a world of lines, it’s a whorl"

Powerful, resonant writing from @kimmagowan.bsky.social in @centaurlit.bsky.social - a micro that packs a punch

"We Don’t Meet in Buda like we planned, on the right side of the river where the lift took us up to the top of Gellért Hill"

Brilliant sense of place in this fantastic piece from @kelliborges2.bsky.social in @centaurlit.bsky.social, a breathless paragraph that builds and builds

"He hadn’t seen another of his kind in many moons, since she stopped living. Her chestnut fur, the smell of pawpaw and dandelion"

Wonderful unsettling storytelling from @stephiosaurus.bsky.social in @centaurlit.bsky.social

Can't wait - hope you've been coming up with some good questions to ask!!

You get wrapped in wires and told to walk round outside and people look at you funny because you're wrapped in wires 😂

That's so lovely of you, Megan. These are going to be so much fun. Especially the one on humour at the end of the year. Feels like we need a laugh more than ever right now!!!