Residential Writing Course: Non-Fiction Writing the natural world with Jay Griffiths, @wylmenmuir.bsky.social and Michael Malay.
Learn how to transmute the world around you into vivid and unforgettable work on the page : arvon.org/writing-cour...
25-30 August 2025 | The Hurst, Shropshire.
You are on a roll! This is wonderful news:)
'Even if what you’re writing is very personal to you, you can gain a lot by listening to others’ perspectives on it.'
Multi-award-winning author @wylmenmuir.bsky.social shares his four top tips for aspiring narrative non-fiction writers and memoirists.
New growth on old trees.
Reflections from the evening star.
The man in the tree says ‘Preorder The Heart of The Woods in paperback from @waterstones.bsky.social this weekend and receive 25% off the RRP.’
Enter PREORDER25 at checkout. Only available online: www.waterstones.com/book/the-hea...
Paul, many thanks for the kind review! I’m so pleased you enjoyed it.
Apparently what I do mostly at university is point. youtu.be/UmxVcNK0AKA?...
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Il est un terrible poser.
It really was amazing to see. I saw it not far from Newquay just as the light was fading this evening.
An afternoon spent on the north coast cliffs in an attempt to flood the zone with sea. Spent the last few minutes of light in the presence of a humpback whale and some gorgeous seals, gannets, fulmars, cormorants and gulls.
This is the draw of the sea. #humpbackwhale #cornwall #whalewatching
That, right there, that’s my scene.
Riders on the storm.
Some great jelly ear fungus action in the valley this morning.
Yes, you *need* a chip golem the way I need a hot dog golem. There's a wonderful one on the A30 that makes my day each time I pass it, and I would love to bring joy like that to people passing my house.
Entirely agree- I loved it.
If you got some book vouchers for Christmas, here’s a bunch of recommendations from Northern Soul’s writers and contributors. I put @tawseefkhan.bsky.social @jenniegauthor.bsky.social and @wylmenmuir.bsky.social on mine.
www.northernsoul.me.uk/best-reads-2...
Thank you, Adam! 🙏🙏
Wishing you all the happiest of Yules.
The view from this evening’s office.
Agreed, though my big question for Mr Furnival is why opt for ‘Santa’ when ‘Father Christmas’ would, surely, suit his message better?
'Even if what you’re writing is very personal to you, you can gain a lot by listening to others’ perspectives on it.'
@wylmenmuir.bsky.social shares four tips for aspiring narrative non-fiction writers and memoirists.
Slightly geeky trivia - the album cover that brought fame to the Guild M-20. Drake didn't play it on the album but it was sitting in the studio and served for the photo, so the guitar became inextricably linked with him.
The view from today’s office.
Very cool news :
Newly discovered footprints show that at least two hominid species were walking through the muddy submerged edge of a lake in Kenya’s Turkana Basin at the same time, about 1.5 million years ago.
bit.ly/4f5ZDxD
Source : @science.org on the other side
Enjoy the frozen north, Emily!
I like term novelist - it’s sexy and dangerous. Like being a duelist.
Obviously, it’s mostly crying and sitting down, but still.
The views from yesterday’s offices were the wild seas off Porthleven and a very fancy coffee machine, upping my caffeine intake and barista skills with the knowledgeable Geo at Origin Coffee.
This is not the view from today’s office, which was a grey box in a library (an incredibly productive one), so here’s a lovely tree from yesterday’s instead.
