Paula Coomer

IN THE EVENT OF YOUR SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE What would your junk say about you?

A forty-year-old college writing prompt still has me thinking. paulacoomer.substack.com/p/in-the-eve...

Need a place to focus on your writing project? We can help! November 16-20 Clearwater Writers 2025 Fall Women's Retreat. Taking applications now!

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2025 Met Gala Red Carpet: Looks we love Monday is the Met Gala, known as fashion's grandest event, where celebrities from various realms come together at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art to celebrate fashion and each other.

Monday is the Met Gala, known as fashion's grandest event, where celebrities from various realms come together at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art to celebrate fashion and each other.

"A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer; it sings because it has a song."

- Maya Angelou

Newcastle Writing Conference Newcastle Writing Conference is an event for writers at all stages of their careers. It aims to demystify the world of publishing and supports you to connect with peers and industry experts. Across on...

Mslexia's Production Editor, Maxine Davies, will be speaking on the indie presses panel at Newcastle Writing Conference on Saturday 17 May! Come along for a day of author panels and workshops, with the chance to meet and connect with fellow writers. Tickets at newwritingnorth.com/event/newcas...

A novel approach - Blog - Magazine : Mslexia, a magazine for women's writing and women who write. A novel approach - Blog - Magazine : Mslexia, a magazine for women's writing and women who write.

'We celebrate successes, provide consolation for rejections or bad writing weeks, share book recommendations and more.'

Sarah, Ninette, Mel & Georgie hadn't anticipated that they would find a new writing group. Read how The Novelistas emerged on our blog: mslexia.co.uk/magazine/blo... #AmWriting

Good morning and happy Tuesday, Brenda and Crew! 🌞☕💙

Happy Pub Day!🍊
Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange by Katie Goh is out today!

"Goh refuses simple stories, instead conjuring a complex, finely woven exploration of the citrus and the self."
—NPR Books

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Walking the #neighborhood, as always, we came across this #beautiful planting of #pansies.
#johnnyjumpups#viola. The many names of Violas. #gardening
#flowers#photograph#spring

IT'S NOT A SHE SHED How Not to do Business if You Want My Business Again

Even in dire circumstances, we must stop to take a breath. New Substack and the story of a girl's dream. open.substack.com/pub/paulacoo...

Happy #Easter Weekend! 🤣

Privacy nightmare.

"Molly Put the Kettle On" brings me back to sitting in my mentor Joe Thompson's parlour and falling into a trance state of playing with him. Justin Robinson and I recorded this at Joe's home in Mebane, NC with Justin “Demeanor” Harrington on bones.

Getting Over Guilt of Not Writing Techniques for changing your mindset about non-writing time from feeling guilty to feeling productive.

"Writing involves more than time spent with a keyboard or pen. Mulling over ideas, doing research, talking with colleagues or friends—these are all just as important as the act of putting your thoughts into words."

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The Mating Habits of Frogs Or What Happens in Our Pond Stays in Our Pond . . . Mostly

The wild goings on of April.

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Monochrome print of a close-up of a large open blossom facing upwards on a heart shaped leaf resting on water

Water Lily (1920) lithograph by artist printmaker Henrietta Shore #womensart

We have a lot to learn from a prairie. I've started a Subtack to keep track of it all.

Aw! Thank you, Kathy! <3

BACKSEAT BARBIE Remaining Quiet When You Want to Roar

I'm kind of liking this Substack habit!

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Funny....All of a sudden, no one's performing arbitrary sex-change operations on unexpecting grade-schoolers anymore.

My translation 🧿

Build a Pollinator Palace to Display in Your Garden Attract pollinators to your garden with plants. Gather your materials to provide a place for them to find shelter with a pollinator palace.

It's the time of year to build a pollinator palace! We're building 4 of these! #loverust

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WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED A Mother and Her Daughter

How about a little body inventory to put things in perspective?

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A reminder for these times.

Current mood

Cover reveal for my memoir. Hardcover comes out in April, softcover in May.

Confessions of a Paintbrush Addict The first one is not free

New Substack! Take a break from the news: open.substack.com/pub/paulacoo...