Whilst the I Cannot Write stage is a certified inevitable writer affliction (why does it have to be like this?!) and I'm just a reader looking forward to Saltcrop, please tell your brain from me that your books are ace and it can stop being mean to you right now and let you get on π
12.08.2025 09:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Wow, I think that's the worst one I've heard yet! Just, why?!
12.08.2025 08:32 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Oh no, that sounds horrible. Hope youβre feeling better soon.
02.08.2025 21:29 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
OMG what are you waiting for? They will accept NO EXCUSE! π
31.07.2025 08:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
A grey schnauzer dog sits on a light blue and grey rug. He is averting his eyes from the TV which is showing the penalty shootout at the end of the Womenβs Euros 2025. A Spanish player is about to take a penalty.
As the Lionesses celebrate with the fans in London, Max allows himself a moment to remember the tension of the penalty shoot out. #WEURO2025 #Lionesses #WOSO #Schnauzergang #dogsofblueaky
29.07.2025 12:20 β π 18 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Small black dog lies on a sofa with his head on a pile of blue A4 papers, a pen discarded to his side. He is lying on a grey rug on a blue sofa. He looks like itβs time for a tea break.
My assistant seems to have had enough! #amediting
28.07.2025 15:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Cute grey schnauzer dog sitting by a red cushion on an armchair that is covered in a navy blue rug. The dog is not really sitting like a dog - he is sitting more like a pudding, a sack of spuds or a little human.
You too! Max also says hi and that he is every bit as cute as Jack is fang you very much
28.07.2025 14:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
They WERE funny! Or, at least, I found them funny too. Really enjoyed last nightβs group, thanks Sarah. Looking forward to the teeny tiny stories in August.
25.07.2025 12:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Ooh and yes to Garbage!
25.07.2025 12:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A scene from some years ago:
Me: I canβt sing.
Wife: Course you can!
Some time later:
Me:*sings along to radio*
Wife: *looks appalled* Good god, you really canβt sing!
******
Hasnβt stopped me yet though! And thanks, beginning to settle now π
25.07.2025 12:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Oh yes, weirdly so does mine usually but Iβd put it through social and sensory hell in the week and it was threatening meltdown by Friday evening and not socialising-ready til Sunday morning. Brain will initialise quicker next time and bad singing will be guaranteed.
25.07.2025 09:36 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Very cute little black dog with sticky uppy ears stands with front paws in one terracotta plant pot he shouldnβt be in and back paws in another. Green leaves of various garden plants in the background. All set on decking which the ickle bugger has also got stuck under on more than one occasion.
Just leaving this hereβ¦
25.07.2025 08:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Lovely to meet you too, Jude!
24.07.2025 17:39 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
He is every bit as mischievous as he looks!
24.07.2025 17:38 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Super cute small black schnauzer dog with a long snout and sticky uppy ears looks at the camera with a mischievous glint in his eye. He sits on a black dog rug with grey paw prints on which is on garden decking. Blurry green foliage in the background with a few red flowers.
Back with this guy after ace w/e at @flashficfestuk.bsky.social Learnt so much and met such lovely people-thank you all. Great to meet @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social and @christopherallen.bsky.social not on Zoom! Regret that autistic brain said no go karaoke after tough week, but next year, next yearβ¦
22.07.2025 16:48 β π 17 π 3 π¬ 5 π 0
Is βeveryone never pay the licence feeβ a very boring version of Never Have I Ever?
19.07.2025 13:29 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Sounds like we all have! After considering this too much, I think the specificity of trousers combined with the use of βdentist-levelβ (and so not actually dentist-done) sends this hurtling off track. Or thatβs my excuse for taking four reads to make sense of itβ¦
10.07.2025 15:59 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
One more day to back a bit of queer rage with @bonabooks.bsky.social - go, go, go!
01.07.2025 08:06 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Congrats!
17.06.2025 13:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Thatβs dreadful. Iβm so sorry for your friends. They probably already know, but @transactualuk.bsky.social has really good resources on rights and healthcare.
17.06.2025 07:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
No, nothing in that judgment should lead doctors to think they can refuse to take on trans patients. It has spawned a lot of nonsense talk though. Trans healthcare is also a pre-existing disgrace and having to change GP to get gender-affirming care, particularly hormones, isnβt rare unfortunately.
16.06.2025 21:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Rounded a corner into a narrow Cambridge street. Very nearly threw a bottle of water over Stephen Hawking.
14.06.2025 17:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Oh wow! Maybe we were a bit behind the curve in the UK.
10.06.2025 22:14 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Oh dear, I really am 100 arenβt I? Just wait til they find out that not only would you not have a private line but that the one phone line was so not private that anyone could pick up another phone in the house and listen in π±
10.06.2025 21:49 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
I might be wrong, but as far as I'm aware it's mainly Slack - and I think Zoom for the online meet ups and training.
04.06.2025 09:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
(Iβm nothing official there btw- I just spotted your question and really like the association!)
04.06.2025 06:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Hi, yes, itβs still going strong. Were you thinking of joining? Thereβs an online discussion board, which Iβve found really helpful. and regular online meetings.
04.06.2025 06:37 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Dark Angle space marine holding a flag painted in the colors of the progress flag.
Pride month begins, so let's all be as loud and proud as possible !
#warhammer40k #warhammercommunity #lgbt
01.06.2025 05:12 β π 5010 π 847 π¬ 86 π 12
Sounds familiar π Found a few completed drafts recently and it was so unexpected it took me a while to register that they were mine and not examples Iβd savedβ¦
30.05.2025 10:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Hi @aestheticaves.bsky.social, welcome to Bluesky! I also collaborate with ADHD to start multiple stories at once π #flashfiction
30.05.2025 08:07 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
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