A really fun and varied show.
It's Friday! The day to catch Sherry's Shorts on @highlandhradio.bsky.social at 12 noon UK time--featuring short stories with a connection to the Scottish Highlands. Listen anytime via the Mixcloud link⬇️ Thanks to @ruralunease.bsky.social @veewalker.bsky.social & Keely O'Shaughnessy for fab stories.
The April episode of Sherry’s Shorts with
@highlandhradio.bsky.social is now available!
Featuring fantastic stories from Highland writers @veewalker.bsky.social &
@ruralunease.bsky.social as well as Keely O'Shaughnessy. Here's the link to listen: www.mixcloud.com/invernesshr/...
Still some copies of my collection Things Grown Distant available from @confingopublishing. Here's my favourite review: manchestereviewofbooks.wordpress.com/2024/10/15/t...
So... my funny short story Front Page News, based on a real incident, is set in Fortrose on the Black Isle in the early 2000s. One character mentioned is real, but which? It's the second story read, about 15 minutes in, free here - thanks again, Sherry! 👇
www.mixcloud.com/invernesshr/...
Thanks Sherry, my pleasure to participate.
That'll do, Black Isle. That'll do. ☀️ #BlueSky
I couldn't possibly comment... maybe he only keeps her alive so long as she is useful to him 🤣🤣🤣
I've kept my account but flagged that I have moved elsewhere. Twitter was all bots by the time I jumped ship!
I used to dread the dentist but as I have aged the fear has diminished and the gratitude increased. Nothing they do to you now is half as bad as the pain of toothache or an abscess. Thank God for dentists!
J'ai même un petit AirBnb pour la visite si ça vous intérèsse... airbnb.com/h/chanonrybolthole. J'accueil pas mal d'écrivains et de français 😊
Oh là là, oui alrs ça vaut le coup! Si jamais vous vous trouvez en visite dans les Highlands nous avons souvent des repas ou des promenades avec des d'autres enfants.
La Franco-Scottish Society est très active à Edimbourg ainsi que l'Institut Français franco-scottish.org.uk/branches/edi.... Notre CFH fait des activités un peu plus sociales et moins académiques que la FSS mais ils font des trucs chouettes aussi! 🇲🇫 🏴
Great #scotwriterpitch2025 entertainment here today, thanks and welcome to all new followers... and 👏👏👏 to @peterurpeth.bsky.social and team 🙏
Vous êtes française ou francophone? Je gerais autrefois le Club Francophile des Highlands, la ci-devant Franco Scottish Society 🇲🇫
Good! Always intriguing.
Imposter syndrome gets us all from time to time. Just keep writing! Good luck! 📚
Hope it's been good overall? I've been combining it with some overdue editing so a bit intermittent this time.
I'd read this!
One young woman put to death, another trying to keep her alive
#scotwriterpitch2025
And finally... still 1919. Joe is the only son of Mary and Henry. They are my paternal grandparents. But Joe is not my father. 📚 Anyone fancy a long, immersive, escapist read about two real families, one of them Indian/Irish and royal, the other Canadian/British - and my own? #scotwriterpitch2025
Writers!
Keep them pitches coming!
Publishers & Agents!
Follow the hashtag #scotwriterpitch2025 for some very good book ideas!
What time does it end, Peter?
This one makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck, always a good sign!
I am just reluctant to spend more time on social media than I already do... it eats into my writing and editing time!
Good luck! It's fun seeing what's in vogue each year. Picking up on a desire for escape, adventure and optimism this time.
(Cont'd.) These two books based on real events. Mary and Henry are my paternal grandparents. Joe (pictured here as a boy with Mary) is Mary and Henry's only son. So... if Joe fails to return to Vancouver from India in 1919, will I ever be born? 😳 Saga/Historical Fiction/autism #scotwriterpitch2025
It has the merit of not being a Meta-based platform too.
Just curious, fellow #scotswriterpitch2025 folk. Did you set up your account just in order to do this event? I've had a BlueSky account here for a while but found it hard to fathom at first. Have been more active on Threads since leaving TwiX last year. Enjoying today though!
No pressure 😊
