Sunflowers: Writing the Bright Spirit of Summer - designed to boost your creativity and wellbeing! open.substack.com/pub/jennyale...
Sunflowers: Writing the Bright Spirit of Summer - designed to boost your creativity and wellbeing! open.substack.com/pub/jennyale...
I thought, βIf I donβt die in the back of this ambulance, Iβm going to be old, and that means I need a plan - what do I want my old age to be?β open.substack.com/.../the-inne....
Summer as a resource in ourselves that we can draw on throughout the dark times of the year - that's worth celebrating! jennyalexander1.substack.com/p/sunβ¦
I've been substacking! jennyalexander1.substack.com/p/the-key-to...
I'm substacking! Three sections, newsletters, writing and being positively old (coming soon). You can subscribe or unsubscribe to all or any jennyalexander1.substack.com
The Penzance Litfest programme is out! Last year my workshop sold out very quickly and so did the one I wanted to go to - I missed my chance then, so this time I've straight away looked and booked! You snooze, you lose
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I have a substack! jennyalexander1.substack.com I was just looking to move my newsletter after 10 years in mailchimp, but it looks like there are a lot of potential developments
Signed and shared
Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
My soul card - tap the energy of yours with a bit of memoir writing in session 3 of 'Writing the Tarot' jennyalexander.co.uk/writing_work...
@samillingworth.com @kirstenjack.bsky.social can you share?
It doesn't happen often but it's happening next month - and there are only three places still available! jennyalexander.co.uk/writing_work...
I loved my time as a write in residence @gladlib.bsky.social in February 2018, where I had a revelation about what I was doing and thinking about what would become #SomeOfUsJustFall as well as the poetry I intended to focus on there. Apply, apply apply! www.gladstoneslibrary.org/news/volume/...
Coming soon! April 24th -my new adult novel, with beautiful cover art and design by @owengent.bsky.social. When the ground shifts, where can one true thing be found? www.writersreviewpublishing.co.uk/our-books/th... #newbooks #newfiction #bookgroups #readinggroups #art #protest #purpose
I'm listening now! Waterstones Welsh book of the month - amazing!
Yes, yes. The joy of writing, it makes life bigger!
I have a newsletter. It comes out on the first of every month. Here's today's. It's got a cat. mailchi.mp/78daaa014279...
The Fool is the wonderful energy of beginning - see how he sets aside fear of the future he steps blithely into the unknown! You can harness that energy in yourself when you grab a place on my 'Writing the Tarot' course, starting soon jennyalexander.co.uk/writing_work...
Hereβs a wishlist of what #literaryagents at Curtis Brown are looking for.
Hope it is useful.
#publishing #writerscommunity
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I love writing retreats but I never try to write anything! I'm there for the writers, the lovely creative atmosphere, but perfectly happy to enjoy the local area in the daytime when other people are at their desks
Last year I celebrated Burns' Night at my granddaughter's school in Orkney - I'm missing my usual winter stay. No Burns' Night here in Hampshire
π give it time! Signs are for instant meanings - symbols unfold. It was lovely having you in the group Sophie
Big yes to this
Yes yes yes - Frank Cottrell Boyce doing a great job for children and children's reading
www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ar... Kindness is children's word of the year - it's one of my words of always www.amazon.co.uk/Dare-Care-Ch...
Please do keep sharing and telling people! Some beautiful work so far but numbers are much smaller than in 2022. #carers #writingcommunity ππ
Author SF Said with covers of his books Varjak Paw and Tyger
TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS, PARENTS! If you're looking for a free bookish activity for your kids, here's a lesson-long virtual school visit I did with @booktrust.bsky.social, all about how I went from being a young reader to writing books like Varjak Paw & Tyger! #BookSky
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It's microsoft office's one that's driving me nuts - they imposed it, no opting in, and it's impossible to find out how to get rid of it. Infuriating.
Thank you #PLR and thank you to all the librarians out there - especially in the childrenβs section. What youβre doing is incredibly important in this time where money is tight for so many families. To be able to find books and read widely is crucial for children. #SupportLibraries