Poetry published via social media – according to Chinese technology titan Tencent, 'the volume of contemporary poetry created in China every single day now exceeds the entire body of classical Chinese poetry ever written.'
www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
There are some great unique tips here:
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#poetrytips #writertips #writingtips #writebetter
Yes, aren’t there -- thank you for sharing. Refreshingly useful!
In-person workshop, Saturday 2nd May, for any writers who want to know how to publish a book.
Sorry that the info is mainly a huge picture of my face 🫣. More details if you click swiftly past it!
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Good to see this being discussed @thebookseller.com
"...for most of us, writing books is already a second or third revenue stream to make ends meet. Is adding in a fourth realistic?"
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Demystifying self-publishing webinar advertisement. 31 March 2pm CIEP
There are stacks of sign ups for this session tomorrow apparently. Really looking forward to it. I’m going to leave plenty of time for questions because in my experience the @the-ciep.bsky.social community ask great ones!
And here's Brittin telling journalists to use AI or "risk missing out".
The BBC board has made a terrible error. Like the UK press, it's trapped in a 90s bubble where Google's a whizzy start-up & tech will save us...the most dangerous myth of our time
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A white line drawing on black background of a standing figure with spirals for hair, no face, a spiral for a torso and over long arms hanging down and spindly legs. The hands and feet are denoted by ton weights. The drawing is called A Ton of Ideas.
A white line drawing on black background of a figure behind a table with a double spiral for their face, a spiral for a torso and coiled lines for hands holding a hugely oversized pencil and an even larger paint brush. Scribbles forming a large cross is laid over the image of the figure painting and drawing on the table. The drawing is called Push Don’t Push.
A white line drawing on black background of a lying down figure with spirals for their head and torso they are holding knitting needles and surround by tangled lines. The drawing is called Flat Out Tangled.
A white line drawing on black background of a semi-prone figure with cross hatching for a head and more cross hatching forming the rough shape of a torso and where legs would be. Arms are over long and devoured by lines ending in spirals for hands with further curls for fingers. The drawing is called Our Lady of a Thousand Sleeps.
Creativity In An Ill Body - a series of sketches.
#chronicillness #invisibleillness #chronicpain #chronicfatigue #creativity #art #drawing #blackandwhite
On Friday, 1 May, Jem Calder will discuss his debut novel, I Want You to Be Happy, at Foyles’s Spring Debuts Panel.
www.foyles.co.uk/events/sprin...
thank you!
The Art of Pacing Poem, from ‘Poetry for Life and Other Chronic Conditions’ by A. K. Davidson
The art of pacing…! (From my book 🙂😅)
Promotional graphic for a free printable medical folder from https://www.google.com/search?q=longcovidadvoc.com. The top of the image features the text "FREE PRINTABLE MEDICAL NOTES" in large white and pink letters against a dark blue background. Below this, a collage displays five different tracking forms: Appointment Summary, Symptom Tracker, About Me, Supplement Tracker, and Healthcare Providers. A bright pink circle on the right side highlights "20+ SECTIONS." The bottom of the image includes the description, "Comprehensive printable Medical Folder so you can keep track of your own history. Handy for all conditions. With a focus on chronic, complex needs," followed by the website URL and a "DOWNLOAD ON WEBSITE" button.
A collage of six medical tracking forms on a dark blue background, with the "Long Covid Advocacy" logo and "Certified Social Enterprise" seals at the bottom. The top row includes: "Treatment Summary" for tracking medications and costs, "Family Medical History" with sections for Mother, Father, Siblings, and Grandparents, and "Medical History" for listing diagnoses and dates. The bottom row includes: "Supplement Tracker" with color-coded improvement levels, "Appointment Summary" for logging HCP details and questions, and a "Symptom Tracker" with a monthly grid to monitor symptom severity.
A dark blue graphic titled "Medical Binder" with a purple and blue hand icon at the top. Large white text below says "22 Sections - 40 pages." Two columns of white text list the binder sections: Appointment Details, Covid Infection History, Symptom Tracker, Vaccination History, Supplement Tracker, Food Intolerances, Medical Budget, Symptom Summary, Medication Tracker, Healthcare Providers, Aides, Period Tracker, About Me, Medical History, Treatment Summary, Appointment Summary, Testing Summary, Possible Testing, Family Medical History, Functional Capacity, Note space, and Impact.
We are aware #LongCovidAwarenessDay isn't the easiest of days.
So instead of asking you to do anything we thought we'd give you a present! 🎁
You can download for FREE our medical binder here 👇
🖇️https://www.longcovidadvoc.com/toolkit
Today is #LongCovidAwarenessDay
Long Covid changed my life beyond recognition. I got ill. I never recovered. Lost my job. Became housebound. I rely on others to do things for me. I lie on my bed most of the day.
Watch the Guardian's short film about my life with #LongCovid 👇
Catherine smiling in sunspecs in front of a large ferris wheel (the London eye).
A wall of hearts: the uk covid memorial.
A view along the river Thames with a wall of hearts on the right: the UK covid memorial
It's #LongCovidAwarenessDay & co-incidentally my 4th anniversary of #LivingWithLongCovid.
Good news: every month I get that little bit better. I am the Queen of pacing!
Bad news: there is no cure, no treatment, just patience.
Sending love & spoons to all my fellow #ME/CFS #LC friends today.
Left Out Poem
I described in my book how having #LongCovid felt for me. This is one of the poems.
#LongCovidAwarenes #LongCovidAwarenessDay
Poetry for Life and Other Chronic Conditions: short poems from Long Covid amzn.eu/d/03C0YR0Z
This moves me so much. I got my first Covid infection in March 2020 too. I cannot begin to describe how fortunate I feel to be finally recovered - nor how dismayed I am that the illness is still invisible: to friends & family, but also, catastrophically, to medics & policymakers. #longcovidawareness
Today the world comes together for International Long Covid Awareness Day
Events are being held in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal Calgary to amplify the voices of people living with #LongCOVID. 😷
See the full list of events organized by @CanCovSoc
and ways to get involved: covidsociety.ca/priorities/lon
g-covid/events-lcad-2026/
#LongCovidAwarenessDay #LongCovidAwareness
Teal background with a tan square with text and a red heart, inside it are concentric circles and in the middle there's a Long COVID ribbon in gray and teal. On this Long COVID Awareness Day, make a difference for your friends and family with Long COVID: ask them how you can help them. Many Long COVID patients need help but are hesitant to ask for it. Reach out to them. #LongCOVIDAwareness PHAN logo
This Long COVID Awareness Day marks six years of COVID, and another marker in a hard road for Long COVID patients. Make a difference for someone in your life with Long COVID by asking them how you can help.
#internationallongcovidawarenessday #longcovidawareness
Millions of people are still waiting for answers, treatments and a path to recovery. Progress depends on sustained research.
Fund Long Covid research for the answers.
Longcovidsos.org/research
#longcovidawareness #fundlongcovidresearch
#everyheartbeatcounts
White background with a red heart with a heart beat trace across the middle. Black text around the heart reads Every Heartbeat Counts. Below is written hashtag Long Covid Awareness Day.
The NHS England GP Patient Survey 2025 asked approx. 700,000 people if they have #LongCovid.
Yes: 4.2%
I don’t know: 9.5%
These figures are staggering evidence of the likely prevalence of symptomatic people & the continuing lack of education on Long Covid.
#LongCovidAwareness
A group of individuals is gathered around a table in an office setting, engaged in discussion. Laptops displaying graphs and charts are on the table. The image features the text: "Now available: Long COVID Resources for Community Recovery." The ASTHO logo is visible in the corner.
Recovery from Long COVID takes a team.
International #LongCOVIDAwareness Day is a reminder that millions continue to experience lasting impacts beyond clinical care.
Access ASTHO resources that support collaboration and community recovery: https://discover.astho.org/4c5LBhm
Saviez-vous que…?
Chez certains patients atteints de #CovidLong, le passage à la position debout entraîne une accélération excessive du cœur (POTS), avec vertiges, fatigue et palpitations.
#LongCovidAwareness
#LongCovidHeartBeats
#LongCovidAwarenessDay
#LongCovidAwarenessMonth #ApresJ20
IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Graphic of a stick figure, with the Long Covid Awareness logo and the ME Association logo at the bottom. Heading - Common symptoms of Long Covid. The following symptoms are in bubbles around the stick figure: Cognitive dysfunction/brain fog, Pain, Headaches, Pins and needles/paraesthesiae, Sleep disturbances.
IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Graphic of a stick figure, with the Long Covid Awareness logo and the ME Association logo at the bottom. Heading - Common symptoms of Long Covid. The following symptoms are in bubbles around the stick figure: Loss of taste and/or smell, Breathlessness, Cough.
IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Graphic of a stick figure, with the Long Covid Awareness logo and the ME Association logo at the bottom. Heading - Common symptoms of Long Covid. The following symptoms are in bubbles around the stick figure: Fatigue and PEM, Hair loss, Skin rash, Nausea, stomach pain and diarrhoea.
IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Graphic of a stick figure, with the Long Covid Awareness logo and the ME Association logo at the bottom. Heading - Common symptoms of Long Covid. The following symptoms are in bubbles around the stick figure: Chest pain, Palpitations, PoTS
Long Covid awareness Day (March 15) aims to raise awareness of the long-term health problems people may experience after a COVID-19 infection.
You can find out more about Long Covid and the symptoms here: https://meassociation.org.uk/vqei
#LongCovid #LongCovidAwareness #LongCovidAwarenessDay2026
Screenshot from LA Times headline: “Long COVID leaves thousands of L.A. county residents sick, broke and ignored”
New from @latimes.com:
“Yet new COVID infections are producing new #LongCovid patients. People who were healthy and active just a few months ago are still arriving at USC’s clinic with cardiovascular and cognitive problems that have upended their lives.”
“You’re not just becoming disabled, you’re realizing how easily society at large and people in your life will abandon you when you cannot offer them things.”
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#LongCovid
#LongCovidAwareness
#LongCovidHeartbeats
Landmarks across Scotland are lighting up teal for #LongCovidAwareness - but is Scotland doing enough? ( Spoiler Alert - No, nowhere near) Read this update to find out what's happened, why it matters, and what we can do about it together #LongCovid www.longcovid.scot/blog/upd...
‘Going to the boulangerie exhausted me so much I had to sleep for two hours afterwards’
