I've been away. I'm back, for some urbanism. Thank you, Scarfolk.
Scarfolk@scarfolk.bsky.social · 4y ago
Gill Kirk
@gillkirk.bsky.social
A constellation: pol comms strategist (restricted), playwright/screenwriter & tutor, media law & Norsk student, on/off French horn player & proud Glaswegian. Ex SW1, now Trumpton (Bath). All fab. www.gillkirk.com
Scarfolk@scarfolk.bsky.social · 4y ago#Expensive. The new play that's been lumbering to be born. About Nimbyism, protest, art, jade eggs and wee. And saving the planet. Or not.
The New Play Is “Done” (and we might be, too…)
My new play is lumbering to be born: #Expensive. About Nimbyism, protest, art, jade eggs and wee. And saving the planet. Or not.
gillkirk.com
Golly. Watching newsnight on catchup and surprised to see Max Headroom. Unless someone’s got “prettify me” turned on their remote interview camera. Surely not.
That’s telling. I typed “climate” into my phone when I wanted to check the weather.
There is a new play coming There is a dirty, funny, wild thing in the cauldron, splattering all over the walls. Now it’s climbing out onto the page.
There is a new play coming
There is a dirty, funny, wild thing in the cauldron, splattering all over the walls. Now it’s climbing out onto the page.
gillkirk.com
Flashback Post: Tales From The Midden, July 22nd, 2017 Wordpress just did the “memory thing”, sharing this 9-year old post about housework, focus and discipline. For everyone who has distractions, this is for us: I’m doing The Artist’s Way all over again, straight after completing the 1st…
Flashback Post: Tales From The Midden, July 22nd, 2017
Wordpress just did the “memory thing”, sharing this 9-year old post about housework, focus and discipline. For everyone who has distractions, this is for us: I’m doing The Artist’s Way all over again, straight after completing the 1st go-round. And now, just reading The Artist’s Way for Parents, I’ve had … Tales From The Midden
gillkirk.com
Just misspelt ceiling as ciel-ing and saw the French word for sky. AHA!!! #etymology
When the big swears come unbidden Got a bit of a shock when I opened Facebook this morning. Saw this.... It's a cutting from The Guardian Guide...
When the big swears come unbidden
Got a bit of a shock when I opened Facebook this morning. Saw this.... It's a cutting from The Guardian Guide...
gillkirk.com
Tears, growth and bastard things that carry on regardless
Tears, growth and bastard things that carry on regardless
Disappointment’s bitter slap really took me by surprise…
gillkirk.com
“The new lodger is a special flavour of awful: as familiar – and as welcome – as the smell of the school gym.” Yes, it’s review time! #SingleWhiteFemale www.bristol247.com/culture/thea...
Review: Single White Female, Theatre Royal Bath – ‘Kym Marsh and Lisa Faulkner are outstanding’
The pair co-star in this world premiere stage production
bristol247.com
FOLK = HORROR What’s a freak? It’s anyone or anything worth talking about, and peering at, for its exposed so-called ‘weirdness’. Those best friends in Central Perk cafe are freaks (and that’s before the Meat Trifle). That Lear bloke who cast out his loving youngest daughter for not being a…
FOLK = HORROR
What’s a freak? It’s anyone or anything worth talking about, and peering at, for its exposed so-called ‘weirdness’. Those best friends in Central Perk cafe are freaks (and that’s before the Meat Trifle). That Lear bloke who cast out his loving youngest daughter for not being a toady. Dracula, well - obviously. Madame Bovary - a monster, and delicious. Horror doesn’t have the monopoly on freaks and that, friends, is very helpful indeed.
gillkirk.com
“The new lodger is a special flavour of awful: as familiar – and as welcome – as the smell of the school gym.” Yes, it’s review time! #SingleWhiteFemale www.bristol247.com/culture/thea...
Review: Single White Female, Theatre Royal Bath – ‘Kym Marsh and Lisa Faulkner are outstanding’
The pair co-star in this world premiere stage production
bristol247.com
FOLK = HORROR What’s a freak? It’s anyone or anything worth talking about, and peering at, for its exposed so-called ‘weirdness’. Those best friends in Central Perk cafe are freaks (and that’s before the Meat Trifle). That Lear bloke who cast out his loving youngest daughter for not being a…
FOLK = HORROR
What’s a freak? It’s anyone or anything worth talking about, and peering at, for its exposed so-called ‘weirdness’. Those best friends in Central Perk cafe are freaks (and that’s before the Meat Trifle). That Lear bloke who cast out his loving youngest daughter for not being a toady. Dracula, well - obviously. Madame Bovary - a monster, and delicious. Horror doesn’t have the monopoly on freaks and that, friends, is very helpful indeed.
gillkirk.com
Writers are all about understanding humans. But how can we do that?
Hear the music of your planets
….and if you do this, you are paying heed to that gorgeous, complex, frustrating-as-hell, magnificent universe that is you. That’s all.
gillkirk.com
Here's a fun book challenge to try if you like. It's always interesting to see what books influence and inspire other #Writers. #WritingCommunity
HansKI@hanksi-art.bsky.social · 7mo ago📚 BOOK CHALLENGE 📚 Choose 20 Books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge (14/20)
A mind-bending short story, published here for the first time. Enjoy it. Or don’t - both are possible ;-)
Time of Death
“ONE TIME, IT WENT LIKE THIS. “Time of death, twelve twenty-three.” He looks again at the head wound. Why can’t he make it make sense? He did not, could not, he still cannot find that bloody bullet. Entry wound, but no exit. Now she’s finally dead, it’s tempting to get stuck in. But he’s been here before. The pen-pushers dislike a messy body. But it must be there. Sod it. The woman is dead….”
gillkirk.com
A mind-bending short story, published here for the first time. Enjoy it. Or don’t - both are possible ;-)
Time of Death
“ONE TIME, IT WENT LIKE THIS. “Time of death, twelve twenty-three.” He looks again at the head wound. Why can’t he make it make sense? He did not, could not, he still cannot find that bloody bullet. Entry wound, but no exit. Now she’s finally dead, it’s tempting to get stuck in. But he’s been here before. The pen-pushers dislike a messy body. But it must be there. Sod it. The woman is dead….”
gillkirk.com
APRIL and MAY gigs include: Edinburgh 🏴 Newcastle 🏴 Dordogne 🇫🇷 Hawick 🏴 Ayr 🏴 Stirling 🏴 Arbroath 🏴 Paisley 🏴 Peebles 🏴 Leeds 🏴 Manchester 🏴 Didsbury 🏴 Mold 🏴 London 🏴 Fareham 🏴 Bude 🏴 More dates to be added ✌️ Check website for full details: jocaulfield.com/live/
Thank you, Ruth, for chatting with us, and thank you to all who took part in tonight’s #AuthorInterview. To find out about future events, make sure to follow us on Bluesky and the hashtag #WomenWritersNet. @ruthwriter.bsky.social
WGGB members are invited to a Spring social hosted by our London Branch rep Jamie Rhodes It takes place on Weds 8 April (6-8pm) in central London To find out venue and other details and RSVP, email admin@writersguild.org.uk
Energy-boosters for all you lovely #writers in #rewrite land this Easter… gillkirk.com/2026/04/05/r...
Rewriting, using comic book techniques, and other energy-boosters….
Tips and resources to get the energy going when it’s time to rewrite…
gillkirk.com
Energy-boosters for all you lovely #writers in #rewrite land this Easter… gillkirk.com/2026/04/05/r...
Rewriting, using comic book techniques, and other energy-boosters….
Tips and resources to get the energy going when it’s time to rewrite…
gillkirk.com
The sublime. The ridiculous. (“Maybe aye, maybe no…” #iykyk) Second Page Books in #Bristol. A dragon’s hoard of #secondhandbooks.
There’s a 6-minute long #audio tale waiting for you on the other side of this click 👇 Give me 4 minutes and some survey answers and it’s all yours. (Folk quite like it. A lot). ✂️ 🎧 🎭 gillkirk.com/2026/03/25/g...
Give me 4 minutes and I’ll read you a story for 6
Give me 4 minutes of your time by completing a survey for me, and I will reward you with 6 minutes of free, super-sizzling storytelling. That’s gotta be a win, right?
gillkirk.com
From Sutherland to Orkney : Stories of Clearance theorkneynews.scot/2026/03/27/f...
From Sutherland to Orkney : Stories of Clearance
‘the increase of 71 is the settlement of a colony of Highlanders, who had been forced to emigrate from Strathnaver, where their farms were converted into sheep pasture.’ – The Sta…
theorkneynews.scot