@michellewillms.bsky.social' debut memoir NORTHERN GIRLS (Baraka Books) is a collection of 9 true stories navigating generational trauma, parental addiction, & resilience. For Writer's Block, Michelle speaks to writing as a means to heal & overcome fear. Read more at: alllitup.ca/writers-bloc...

A big thank you to @theseaboardreview.ca, and @yukondawn.bsky.social (a fellow northern girl) for reviewing my memoir Northern Girls! Full review linked in my bio. #canlit #memoir #northerngirls

Thank you CBC Books for including my memoir, Northern Girls (Baraka Books), in your list of Canadian nonfiction books you’re excited about! For those interested in reading Northern Girls, or learning more about it, please visit the link in my Bio.

My memoir, Northern Girls: True Stories (Baraka Books), comes out on April 1st. “Fierce, harrowing, and lyrical, these stories ask what it means to survive.” Anna Leventhal, author of Sweet Affliction. To preorder a copy, please visit: barakabooks.com/catalogue/northern-girls/ #memoir #cnf

NORTHERN GIRLS - Baraka Books

Brave, engaging, electric, Northern Girls is a collection of true stories about the fractured legacy of growing up in rural northern Ontario.

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I don't just read your script. Nearly all of my services go through an undisclosed: first read initial notes second read additional notes story breakdown & then story breakdown notes before finally writing my report. That's what it is to be Philmscribed. philmscribe.com #scriptsky

“And then the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” —Anaïs Nin

Deadline Today - Environmental Film & Screenplay Festival filmfreeway.com/Environmenta... We have created a hybrid festival with 4 tiers to enhance your film and your festival experience. All accepted films receive all four tier options: 2 festival screenings. Interviews. Feedback video.

Environmental Film & Screenplay Festival

We have created a hybrid festival with 4 tiers to enhance your film and your festival experience. All accepted films receive all four tier options: Tier ...

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Someone needs your art. Keep creating 🖤

Imagine if burglars openly complained about how asking for permission to enter victims homes would ‘kill’ the burglary business.

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Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

"For years, I’ve put my grief down on pages, taken it off my back and out of my body, shaped it in a new way, thrown it out to the sky. By doing so, I’ve honored, owned, and transformed my own losses..." ~ Anne Pinkerton brevity.wordpress.com/2025/01/20/w...

Writing Through Loss

By Anne Pinkerton I always start with the words of poet Ada Limón: “I think poetry is a way of carrying grief, but it’s also a way of putting it somewhere so I don’t have to heave it onto my back o…

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How did I not know about this mag? “Speculative stories about our inner lives” are very much my kind of thing.

Inner Worlds@innerworlds.bsky.social · 2y ago

We're open for submissions to our sixth issue through January! 🌟 Read the guidelines and submit here: inner-worlds.ghost.io/submission-g... #SFF #SpeculativeFiction #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

#Poets, if you feel your work needs a kick start for the new year why not join me for a 2-part #poetry workshop - relaxed, non-judgemental but challenging. Details here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/finding-yo...

Finding your Voice on the Page

Join us for this two-part poetry workshop with Jenny Mitchell

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Dear fellow eggnog lovers, this cartoon is for you! #cartoon #artistsonbluesky #writersonbluesky #rejectednewyorkercartoons #cartoonist #eggnog

Based on true events with my daughter. 😂 #cartoon #artistsonbluesky #writersonbluesky #rejectednewyorkercartoons #cartoonist

I am learning that the best way to get into a starter pack is to make your own. Please comment below if you'd like me to include you in "Writers who wave back at that one leaf on the tree that is waving at the world" Starter Pack.

In honour of my eldest child becoming a teenager today, here is a cartoon I wrote/drew earlier this year, inspired by him and what he likes to remind me of quite often. 😂

The trick to garlic bread is to make at least 5 times too much of it then eat it all hunched over in the corner of the basement like a rat

Posting this here cos it's from the only tweet I ever bookmarked, and I'd like to be able to find it quickly now that's gone. Also because, as a writer, it kind of knocks me out.

In honour of my eldest child becoming a teenager today, here is a cartoon I wrote/drew earlier this year, inspired by him and what he likes to remind me of quite often. 😂

The Handmaid's Tale is a good book. But did you know that there's a book written by a Black woman about a post-apocalyptic Earth heavily affected by climate change and societal decline. The book was published in 1993, but is set in 2024 following a presidential election 👀 #BookSky #BlackBookSky

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Rankings | Brecht De Poortere

Ranking of the best literary magazines and journals

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An escape room for writers: You must finish your current draft. That’s it.

This is the vibe I hope to bring to Bluesky. 😉

My word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer. Morning.

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The backstory to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein puts unrealistic expectations on how much work you can accomplish in a vacation house.

A lot of people have shared this poem over the past week. It’s a sentiment I think about a lot, especially now. I hope everyone is doing what they need to take care of themselves. One step at a time. One day at a time.

Sandile Hlatshwayo@femmeeconomics.bsky.social · 2y ago

Perfectly expressed, @clintsmithiii.bsky.social.

Good morning fellow writers. Go on, write your stories. The world needs them. It always has.

Happened to pop over to the other place and come across this opportunity. If you still have an account over there - and something that seems like a good fit - might wanna go drop Sofia a DM. #scriptsky #filmsky

Hello! I'm excited to be here! I write short fiction, cnf, poetry, and screenplays. I also draw cartoons and comics. My work has been published in lit mags, and I've won a couple of awards. I'm an associate producer for the award-winning short film QUIET. If you follow me, I will follow you back!