Roz Morris

Strangers in my photos – writing prompt and tip for developing a story’s world Who’s that lady with the handbag, sneaking out of shot while Dave was taking a picture of me at the Bluebell Railway museum? The strangers in our photos are the people we aren’t meant to notice. Pe…

While we're looking for inspiration, what about the strangers in your photos? nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2012/09/30/s... #writingtips #writingprompt #authorlife #writingcommunity

Excavate, Scrape, and Shape: Using Discards to Improve Your Craft By Kim Pittaway It was a slushy Saturday in January, and I had a few solitary hours tacked onto the end of a busy conference week to spend wandering in New York before heading home to Canada. The M…

What treasures lie in your discarded writings? I'm going to try these exciting exercises with my notebooks. Thank you @kimpittaway.bsky.social @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2026/03/06/e... #writingcommunity #authorlife #writingtips

Editing Like a Journalist Will Make Your Publishing Journey Easier | Jane Friedman Making the leap from short online articles to longer, narrative work brought one writer into contact with a new challenge: being truly edited.

Why being edited as a novelist is nothing like being edited as a journalist. @julietizon.bsky.social at @janefriedman.com janefriedman.com/how-editing-... #writingcommunity #writingtips #authorlife

V quickly: Turn Right At The Rainbow is out today.
I wrote it without any particular market in mind. I don’t know any other books like it. I went where it wanted to go. Fortunately, my early reviewers said:
'OMG.... such a lovely book!' books2read.com/rightrainbow #WorldBookDay2026

V quickly: Turn Right At The Rainbow is out today.
I wrote it without any particular market in mind. I don’t know any other books like it. I went where it wanted to go. Fortunately, my early reviewers said:
'OMG.... such a lovely book!' books2read.com/rightrainbow #WorldBookDay2026

Honoured - thank you so much! #worldbookday

New releases (besides mine!), awards being won, fascinating interviews... preview.mailerlite.com/w8w5i5v2p7/2...
my friends at @vineleavespress.bsky.social #WorldBookDay2026

Gentle atmospheric pic from @timharford.ft.com . Geeky pun from @davemorris.bsky.social
Thank you to all my contributors for your creativity. This has been a joy. I'll be putting all the tiles in a finale edition shortly.
Turn Right At The Rainbow launches tomorrow books2read.com/rightrainbow

I made this! Turn Right At The Rainbow is now available

It's been nearly five years since I published a book. About time I published another. I am thrilled to announce the launch of Turn Right At The Rainbow: A Diary of Househunting, Happenstance & Home. What's it like? Here are a few reviews to…

Gentle atmospheric pic from @timharford.ft.com . Geeky pun from @davemorris.bsky.social
Thank you to all my contributors for your creativity. This has been a joy. I'll be putting all the tiles in a finale edition shortly.
Turn Right At The Rainbow launches tomorrow books2read.com/rightrainbow

How Still Images Can Enhance Your Memoir By John Garrison & Nicole Stanton John Garrison When we think of the role of photographs in memoir writing, we might immediately think of images used to capture “me through the years.” However,…

How to start telling your story? Try this with some of your photos. @jsgarrison.bsky.social & @nicolestanton.bsky.social at @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2026/02/16/s... #writingcommunity #memoir #authorcommunity

Field Guide to the Everyday TAoN No. 205: How to discover your own kitchen. Plus a new Icebreaker, and more

I love this! The idea of taking a fresh look at places we cease to notice. I'm already a nosy person but now I just got nosier. Thank you, @notrobwalker.bsky.social robwalker.substack.com/p/field-guid...

Two new entries arrived last night! @RosslynCarlyle in Esperanto. @battlegames.bsky.social in Caran d'Ache. Because home is made from random things that arrive and stay.
My memoir Turn Right At The Rainbow launches tomorrow, #WorldBookDay ! books2read.com/rightrainbow

#househunting #humour

Houses are hunted. But homes are found.
Eeek, launching tomorrow! #memoir #WorldBookDay2026

Tile 21! Home finds you. Thank you @ECBattista for the canine view, @deborahsword.bsky.social for the snowy arboreal hollow, and my little horse for the muddy squirming.

My #memoir Turn Right At The Rainbow launches Thursday #WorldBookDay ! books2read.com/rightrainbow #househunting #humour

When a Poet Writes a Memoir Then a Novel and Returns to the Memoir By Lisa Rizzo When your father begins to fade into dementia, you find yourself writing a memoir about your distant relationship and how illness is taking away any chance of reconciliation. Surprisi…

The journey to write your most difficult book - @lisarizzowriter.bsky.social @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2026/03/02/w... #writingcommunity #writinglife #memoir #creativenonfiction

Reading as a Writer I don’t remember the time before I was a reader, just as I don’t remember the time before I was a writer. I’ve always read for the joy of it. Now, as a published author, I read fo…

Do writers read differently? @theladygreer.bsky.social writerunboxed.com/2026/03/02/r... @writerunboxed.bsky.social #books #booklove #authorlife #writingcommunity #WorldBookDay

Home. Where everything starts.
Launching on #WorldBookDay!

Thank you, Sandy! Really looking forward to talking to you 'properly' in May.

Tile 20! Only a few days until launch.
Today's crop is about the significant moments that gather within our walls.
My new memoir Turn Right At The Rainbow launches on Thursday, #WorldBookDay books2read.com/rightrainbow
#househunting #humour #billbryson #Relocation #worldbookday2026

Thanks, Valeria! And it turns out I'm launching on #worldbookday!

8 Tips for Writing an Unreliable Narrator Writing an unreliable narrator? Learn to gradually reveal their unraveling mind while building reader empathy for this unusual character.

8 tips for writing an unreliable narrator @beccapuglisi writershelpingwriters.net/2026/02/8-ti... #writingcommunity #writingtips #writinglife

Who Writes Better: Results of Contest Human vs. AI Storytelling Storywise ran a contest with real submissions vs. AI Storytelling versions. 5 takeaways from the contest. Guess who won?

AI storytelling vs human storytelling: who's better at what? @storywise.bsky.social put it to the test. @annerallen.bsky.social annerallen.com/2026/02/writ... #writingcommunity #AI #publishing #books

Morning! Monday! Launch week for Turn Right At The Rainbow, so lots of prep to do. One of those tasks is writing names on scraps of paper and putting them in a cake tin for the prize draw. Also I'm deep in the developmental edit of a client's memoir. How does your week look?

Map to the best place.

Tile 19! I think we all know how this feels. I'm keeping today's artist anonymous just in case, but you know who you are. Thank you for making this for me and get well soon. x books2read.com/rightrainbow
#turnrightattherainbow #newbookrelease #memoir #househunting #humour #Relocation

Tile 18! Artist @sarahrossthompson.bsky.social Sarah's usual tools are paintbrush and scalpel but recently she's started drawing with thread. I'm thrilled she's made me this.

Turn Right At The Rainbow launches in less than a week! books2read.com/rightrainbow

#memoir #househunting #Relocation

The Unafraid Creators of Unafraid Books take inspiration from Kelcey Ervick and honor your obsessions

All art starts with someone thinking 'I need to pursue this'. If it doesn't fit with the marketable tastes of the day, that doesn't mean nobody will value them. I like the people who lift lids that aren't usually lifted. TY @bethkephart.bsky.social thehushandthehowl.substack.com/p/the-unafra...?

Tile 18! Artist @sarahrossthompson.bsky.social Sarah's usual tools are paintbrush and scalpel but recently she's started drawing with thread. I'm thrilled she's made me this.

Turn Right At The Rainbow launches in less than a week! books2read.com/rightrainbow

#memoir #househunting #Relocation

Absolutely. For some people, swearing is their normal. Others hardly swear at all, it's simply not in their vocab. It all comes down to character.