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Sue Leather

@sueleather.bsky.social

Double award-winning writer. Story Editor. Educator. Humanist. Proud Mancunian. http://sueleather.com/links

274 Followers  |  63 Following  |  44 Posts  |  Joined: 11.11.2024
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Interested in what @womenwritersnet.bsky.social think of this.

18.12.2025 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Slopification anyone? A writer’s thoughts on AI slop

Slopification anyone?
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18.12.2025 00:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Check out my latest post at sueleather.substack.com

10.12.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'I absolutely love writing, but there can be no doubt that it is sometimes physiologically demanding and often mentally exhausting.

So what on earth is the strange compulsion that makes us write, that makes *me* write?'

Read more at sueleather.substack.com

27.11.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sometimes it's fun, sometimes it isn’t. πŸ˜€

21.11.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A6 Finish my novel and publish it. #WomenWritersNet

21.11.2025 05:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A3. Writing the first draft of my novel. I finished it , got feedback from my DE and am now working on a second draft.

21.11.2025 05:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Is writing dramatic? A detour to New Jersey:

I took a bit of a detour to New Jersey this week to discuss whether you can show the writing process on film?

18.11.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My new post is on Substack.

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13.11.2025 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hard to explain as it's quite unusual. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

07.11.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry, that should be Etgar Keret . Quite ironic that Autocorrect autocorrected my spelling of the name of the author of Autocorrect.

06.11.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Writing a novel is easy, isn't it? Mind the gap

My latest post on Substack, in which I write about creative gaps and the pain of giving birth (to stories).

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#amwriting #writers #novel #WomenWritersNetwork

06.11.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch & Autocorrect by Edgar Kerry.

06.11.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, I have. Not sure really. Sometimes, I think it’s better to got with a like-minded friend. Then you can talk about it afterwards.

31.10.2025 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I've just spent ten hours working on a short story that I wrote some time ago, so yeah, this speaks to me.

#writing #writers #WomenWritersNetwork

31.10.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So glad it resonated with you!

31.10.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m not sure what exactly you want the link to. If you go to Amazon and search for my name, you’ll find my books.

29.10.2025 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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In which I write about why we write anyway, and some other stuff.

#writers #writing #fiction

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29.10.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Amazon.

29.10.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This one is contemporary crime fiction with a strong historical background.

28.10.2025 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Do you mean this novel? About a year and a half from conception. But I've been writing original fiction for learners for a number of years.

28.10.2025 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi Lucy Jane. Sort of. Writing my first novel, though have had other things published.

28.10.2025 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Beginnings Me and the empty page

My first post on Substack, in which I talk about why on earth you'd want to write a novel in the first place, staring at a blank page, going on detours, and finally... getting an idea.

#Fiction #amwriting #novel #CreativeWriting #WomenWritersNetwork

sueleather.substack.com/p/beginnings...

24.10.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Beginnings Me and the empty page

I'm just getting the first draft of my novel ready to go to my development editor. I also started a Sustack 'My Writing Journey' to talk about writing a first novel. I hope it will be of use to others embarking on the journey.

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24.10.2025 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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23.10.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hey! I've just started a Substack reflecting on my journey to becoming a novelist!

#writing #amwriting #WomenWritersNetwork #writers #author

23.10.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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First draft finished. Phew.

#amwriting #writing #writers

10.06.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Vancouver Night.

10.06.2025 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Needed a break from writing, so I painted some California Poppies.

05.06.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€˜The past is never dead. It’s not even past.’ William Faulkner

17.05.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0