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Photograph of Anna Bianchi, author

Sharing with you our latest student blogpost. "For years I was a shadow artist, supporting others to fulfil their creative dreams while neglecting my own." Anna Bianchi tells us how and why she finally stepped out of the shadows to publish a book of her own!
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New author Carys Shannon has written a blog post for Writing Room Org UK describing her writing journey to date.

Award-winning authors of YA and Children's books, Sita Brahmachari, one of our tutors at Writing Room Org UK

There's a new writer for you to meet:
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Carys Shannon's debut literary novel Truth Like Water is out in Sept (Parthian). With it signed off, Carys joined our course Writing Into the Heart of Childhood Experience with Sita Bramachari and found new inspiration!
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Exciting submissions opportunity Writing Roomers! Nothing like a deadline and people who are keen to read your work. Good luck! ✏️📘🌟💙

This should be a fantastic hour of guided writing on the theme A Moment of Silence, with poet and editor @lisadmkelly.bsky.social , exploring the idea that silence can be as important as speech in communication, and responding in poetry, life writing, fiction or a mixture!
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Fantastic to have you join us Lisa and we can't wait for your workshop on silence! ✏️📘💛

Fantastic to see so many people joining us here at Bluesky! We love featuring new Writing Room writers on our blog, so do have a look at the latest post, by upcoming poet and storyteller, Alex Murdoch. He starts "I was never the most expressive person in the world..." ! 😀 💙 ✏️
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THE RESURRECTION – Aoife Sadlier Old Jim surveyed the crab through the porthole opening of the plastic bag. It was wriggling and writhing, as if freshly electrocuted. It was brown and speckled and shiny and hard. He was sure of those...

Anyone fancy reading a highly entertaining short story about an irrepressibly feisty crab super? See the lastest Masque & Spectacle for Writing Room writer Aoife Sadlier's first published piece!
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Yes I LOVED this book of yours so much! Amazing to think it was 25 years ago 😊

Photo of new writer Kathryn, a great new addition to our productive and creative Writing Room community of developing and established poets, fictionistas and memoirists.

Great new blog post on our website by new writer Kathryn Bodenham - blog.writingroom.org.uk

“Everyone has a book in them.”
I’ve heard that so many times. Could it be true? Could I be harbouring the Next Great Novel? If I was, I was keeping it so well hidden, I didn’t know it was there…

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Take note, Writing Roomers! Really worth looking into this comp for LGBTQ+ writers. 📕📙📙📗📘💟

Flash fiction anthology contest - open to all who identify somewhere on the LGBTQ+ spectrum - to be judged by V.G. Lee and Jake Arnott.

Enjoying Bluesky and the friendly chat! Can anyone recommend more people to follow for further book and writing related conversations? Fiction, poetry, memoir, comps, prizes, publishers. Thanks!

This idea made me smile so much!

How will you begin to make these come true with the objectives you set for the coming week?

What are your hopes for your writing across the coming year?

What three words do you choose for your writing in 2024, thinking positively?

What three words typify your writing in 2023?

How did you feel as 2023 turned into 2024?

Always lifts my heart to come across snowdrops - thank you ivv on Unsplash for these snowdrop woods of childhood!

Thought I'd share the process questions for this morning's Start Your Writing Week - the first of the term and of 2024.
Do answer them if you want to!

Is January 1st different for you to any other 1st of the month?

Goodness. Yes forgot you were in Norwich not London! Although the path across Alexandra Palace looked like your photo two days ago!

Where is this Sam?

YES!! Joe Bloggs speaks Spanish, and I speak French. Joe Bloggs likes Bluesky, and so do I. Joe Bloggs and I like this title... (And so do I in fact!)

Writing Roomers take note! It's always inspiring to see someone getting an acceptance. Really worth sending your work out because you never know!

Jenny Parrott at a sunny Harrogate Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival

Any writers out there at the stage of wanting help editing their WIP? We have a new 6-session eve course on Zoom with the amazing Jenny Parrott of award-winning indie press Oneworld! So excited about this one.

We'd welcome help spreading the word via reposts!
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Thanks to Nyran Serito on Unsplash for these orange and yellow mountain flowers, blue skies above.

Today our Spring 1 term starts bright and early with our Life Writing & Memoir students in their first interactive Zoom session with Gio Iozzi. Our courses are wonderfully full which means we have the pleasure of working with around 80 new writers over the coming weeks! Welcome all and enjoy! ✏️📘

This is such a lovely post from Writing Roomer James Woolf! I'd be thrilled with that too James - very well deserved! 👏✏️📘🤩

This looks good Writing Roomers! ✏️💙🤩

Love this idea! 👏📘💛

I love these lines - both the written lines and the lines in the sky! 🌟✏️💛