Maintaining a #WritersLife like a boss, even when life takes a detour with Emerian Rich
Sat 15 Nov, 4pm GMT
Keeping your writer’s life active even when your personal life spins out of control. How to maintain a healthy work-life-writing balance without burning out.
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Writers’ Conga
Tuesday 11th November @ 8am PT/4pm GMT
Join the chain with novelist and poet Colin Bell. We are all links in this creative exercise so come along with writing equipment and an open mind.
www.virtualwriters.org/events/
Hooks, Lines, and Sinkers
Today at 4pm GMT
Want to grab your reader’s attention and keep them hooked from start to finish? Join us at our virtual coffee shop as crime novelist Susan Agatha Davis shares some of her top writing secrets.
www.virtualwriters.org/events/
Join Lizzie Gudkov for a free Moxie Madness workshop on the benefits of using visual mood boards.
Saturday 8th November, 2025
8am PT / 11am ET / 4pm GMT.
Discover how visual mood boards can spark imagination and deepen your storytelling.
www.virtualwriters.org/moxie-madnes...
Our Moxie Madness (aka Month of Xtra Inspiration & Effort) returns on 1st November. Want to try your hand at drafting a novel in 30 days? We have a fun programme of online events and workshops. Read on for more info. www.virtualwriters.org/moxie-madnes...
Camp Moxie 2025 — begins 1st April #writingbootcamp #campmoxie
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Our Poem-a-Day Challenge begins on April 1st! www.virtualwriters.org/poem-a-day-c...
Here’s to a wonderful year of new writing!
Artwork/Video: Courtesy of Maryna Stryzhak from Canva
This Sunday (24th Nov) at 4pm UK time/8am PST, author (& HorrorAddicts.net hostess) Emerian Rich will lead an interactive workshop on productivity and maintaining a healthy work-life-writing balance. See link for details. #moxiemadness virtualwriters.org/events/
This Saturday (23rd Nov) at 4pm UK time/8am PST, crime novelist Susan Agatha Davis will lead an insightful writing workshop on character discovery & creation. Scroll down to "Upcoming Online Workshops" to see the full schedule with url links. #moxiemadness virtualwriters.org/events/
The Bath Novel Awards trophy in North Parade Passage, Bath.
🎈Calling all emerging children's authors, the Bath Children's Novel Award 2024 is open until 30 Nov! This is our £5,000 international prize for children's novels, YA, picture book texts and chapter books and you can find full details at:
bathnovelaward.co.uk/childrens-no...
Image: A bedroom at night, a face is lit up by the glow of a phone screen displaying cat memes. On the book-cluttered bedside table, three books look on angrily. The lead book waves a large knife and says: "Nobody needs to get hurt... Let's just put the phone down, nice and slowly..." Caption: Bedside reading pile turns nasty
My cartoon for this week’s Guardian books…
Agreed. Over the last few days, follower numbers seem to have increased quite quickly. An indication that more people are jumping across now.
Hello! Great to see so much #kidlitUK activity. I suspect quite a few more may join this weekend. Welcome! If you are wondering how to find UK children’s book people here is a thread of some starter packs.
These two are (mainly) UK children's authors
go.bsky.app/GLnmxCv
go.bsky.app/3hvsJPY
Agreed. We had 23k followers at the other place. Small fry, in the scheme of things, but it takes a lot of time and effort for people to build a presence. So annoying that we have to start again. 😔
We’re still doing the social experiment to gauge which platform gains the most traction for us. At the moment it appears that BlueSky is gaining followers faster than Threads, although both are very slow. We’d be interested in hearing your thoughts. How is it going for you?
Literary agents & agencies! Do you have a Starter Pack, Feed, or List specifically about your agency/agents? Pls make sure your profile is filled out, incl a link to your agency in your bio, then reply w/your info.
I'll add your info to For Agents resource page: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/fo...
🦋 WELCOME TO BLUESKY! I recommend exploring our custom feeds, which are a little like hashtags but more interesting. We have them for academic and professional subjects, sports, cities, hobbies (e.g., gardening, baking), and many more. Search them in the sidebar under Feeds. 🧵
Hello new people! I'm a writer/editor/teacher who spans genres and is EXTREMELY KEEN to foster a community of kindness and support for writers. I offer free work when I can afford to, including query edits for those seeking agents, so watch out for those.
I believe that the publishing industry
As we joined Bluesky and Threads on the same day, we’re doing a little social experiment to see which gains the most traction. Please follow if you’re interested in writing and books.
Illustrated header for 'Debbie’s Unofficial Guide to Bluesky' showing a woman watering a tree against a bright blue sky filled with butterfly silhouettes. Text includes 'by @debbieohi.com' and a QR code leading to the guide at DebbieOhi.link/BlueSkyGuide.
Working on an Unofficial Guide To Bluesky. debbieohi.link/BlueSkyGuide
Still many placeholder pages/info, gradually updating. For each topic, I plan to incl. links to other people's resources relating to topic.
My debbieohi.link/bluesky-tips will eventually point to my new resource. #BlueSkyTips
Are you an educator who is trying to #ClearTheList? Pls post a reply with your location, student grade(s), and info. To all: I encourage you to browse & help a teacher if you can afford it, or help boost this thread. #EduSky
p.s. Psst! Esp hoping to see Canadian teachers post.
This Friday (8th Nov) at 4pm UK time/8am PST, historical fiction author Fiona Forsyth will lead a creative workshop on finding your historical voice. Scroll down to "Upcoming Online Workshops" to see the full schedule with url links. virtualwriters.org/events/
On Thursday 7th Nov at 4pm UK time/8am PST, join novelist Colin Bell as he leads a creative workshop on playful characterisation & getting to know our cast. Scroll down to "Upcoming Online Workshops" to see the full schedule with url links. virtualwriters.org/events/
Join us tomorrow at our sim at 4pm UK time/8am PST for a workshop hosted by novelist Patricia Averbach: "Memoir: Interrogating the Past". Scroll down to "Upcoming Online Workshops" to see the full schedule with url links. virtualwriters.org/events/
#writingprompt #moxiemadness #virtualwriters
That adorable, unassuming little clock is the Milk Wood 30-Minute #writingsprints timer! When we make it to 30 minutes, we each get to ring that gorgeous bell to celebrate!
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#MoxieMadness #WritingCommunity #amwriting #SecondLife #VirtualWriters
#writingprompt #virtualwriters #moxiemadness
The best writing group ever!
Join us at our sim at 3pm UK time/ 8am PST for a workshop hosted by Robinette Waterson: "Write what haunts you." Scroll down to "Upcoming Online Workshops" to see the full schedule with url links. www.virtualwriters.org/events/
