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Claire Carroll 🌊🌊

@ccrrll.bsky.social

πŸͺΈ writer | PhD researcher | editor | beach goth 🐚 rep'd by Ludo Cinelli at Eve White Agency πŸ’₯ 'The Unreliable Nature Writer' published by Scratch Books, 2024 》 https://tinyurl.com/pukwycyz 🦐 ccrrll.co.uk

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Claire Carroll 🌊🌊@ccrrll.bsky.social · 2y ago

I had a very nice time last week in Dublin @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social ! Big thanks to everyone who came to listen to me bang on about dead birds and the short story from, and big big thanks to Declan and all at HF (and Tom, despite the fact that he never tags me in anything!)

Scratch Books@scratchbooks.bsky.social Β· 2y ago

Well that was great fun! Thank you @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social and @declanmeade.bsky.social and everyone in Dublin who made it such a great evening!

Claire Carroll 🌊🌊@ccrrll.bsky.social · 2y ago

Herewith declaring a 2025 thread of short story collections that I have read and liked or loved. (I read novels too, I do, but short fiction is my soulmate....) Recommend these to all the readers in your life who claim not to like short fiction. 😚

C. Robert Cargill@crobertcargill.bsky.social Β· 2y ago

β€œThere he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.” ― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

David Lynch, squinting, holding a cigarette weirdly between his fingers while standing against a cement wall.
Claire Carroll 🌊🌊@ccrrll.bsky.social · 2y ago

If you fancy dusting off that draft this January and need a little support, I have spaces for editorial and mentoring in the early part of this year! My rates are based on Β£200 per day, but I can tailor bespoke packages for projects of any scale. Drop me a line on cccrrllwriter[at]gmail[dot]com

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TheBlindboyPodcast@blindboyboatclub.bsky.social Β· 2y ago

Art should be funded like science. To properly fund art, you fund failure. Funding failure will give you occasional excellence. Creating any art with the aim of it being popular enough to make money, will give you consistent mediocrity. Arists need funding to play and fail because that's the process

OisΓ­n McGann@oisinmcgann.bsky.social Β· 2y ago

Let me tell you about the weird business that delivers art into our lives, and the impact it has on the long-term careers of artists. This is a thread prompted by yet another article on authors' incomes, and the inevitable reactions from the 'people-would-pay-if-it-was-worth-it-to-them' brigade. 1/

Gary Grace@gary-grace.bsky.social Β· 2y ago

"We made it, baby!" Christmas has come early. Feeling euphoria having signed on to be represented by Steve Evans at Eve White Literary Agency. On the mobile view, Claire is right above me. Beach Goth Dark Angel that I could not have gotten my manuscript in the shape it's in.

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Claire Carroll 🌊🌊@ccrrll.bsky.social · 2y ago

I'm horribly biased, for reasons that will become clear when you read the piece, but this does actually go very hard. Eternally proud of this lad. 🚌🚬🌊

The Pig's Back@thepigsback.bsky.social Β· 2y ago

"We look comical together, Kenny and I. He looks like Father Karras, the priest in The Exorcist, only better looking. Smiling but serious. I look like a reject from Good Charlotte." β€” The Woman in the Water, Gary Grace (@gary-grace.bsky.social)