Olive Mackintosh-Lowe

Nudge is my brand new creative writing newsletter. Every two weeks I will curate a mixture of practical writing advice and creative writing exercises. Think of it as a fortnightly nudge to sit down and write! #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #substack open.substack.com/pub/oliveml/p/…

Girl on a Spacehopper, 1971, Byker, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK by Finnish photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen #womensart #Saturday

Applications for the BBC Writers Open Call opportunity will open from 12 noon on Tuesday 5th November 2024 until 12 noon on Tuesday 3rd December 2024. Time to get polishing those scripts!   You can find the terms and conditions of entry on our website, and make sure to have a read through before applying. Best of luck writers🤞   #TVWriters #TVWriting #Screenwriting #NewWriting #Scripts #TVDrama #WritingOpportunity

No one has ever been as exhausted as a cat that has napped all day.

'The George Tavern', Stepney Green (2022) by Jonathan Madden maddenlondon.com

The theme for @artukdotorg's #OnlineArtExchange today is peaceful art. ----- Here's 'View of Southwark Bridge at Night' (1882) by John Atkinson Grimshaw (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford)

He’s perfect. 🕵🏻‍♂️

The absolute joy of finding and falling for a new author. The Postmistress of Paris by @MegWClayton was 👌 #BookTwitter

@TheBookshopMan Sir! You simply have to tell us the titles !

Some top tier spredges

C. S. Lewis, advice to a young writer

My latest creative writing newsletter explores the fictional women who raised us and finding your characters core beliefs. #AmWriting #Substack open.substack.com/pub/oliveml/p/…

The poem 'Dangerous Coats' by contemporary Irish writer Sharon Owens #womensart Home Office surveillance photograph of suffragette Olive Beamish, 1914 #WomensHistoryMonth

@LauraPAuthor What a bananas way to behave?!

Love being tagged in a reel that has my book named as the person’s biggest disappointment of February.

The only true reason to use ChatGPT

Gram positive

'Early Morning, Harrow Road' (2008) by Caroline Coon stephenfriedman.com

Where to put your pistachio cream? Next to the asparagus & just across from the larded & roasted capon is just fine. Serve not at dessert but during the second course (oh yes). Richard Briggs, The English Art of Cookery (1796). Interesting?

Seems paradoxical that I have to both do my taxes AND pay them. #selfemployed

On his way to start the French Revolution.

So far the most unrealistic thing about B&B Merry is the number of coats this woman has packed for her Christmas getaway! #hallmarkchristmasmovie #christmovie