🤭🤣 I got a stitch reading this out! 🤣 Thanks, will definitely quote you on this in the next show (if I don't collapse into a snorting heap before I reach the end)!
British award-winning author, writes weird/ comtemp. fantasy. Inspired by a surrealist word game played live on podcast, Brainstoryum. Join in! At www.annatizard.com. Stories are doorways into the mind. 🌟✍️📚 No DMs unless u know me 😉
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🤭🤣 I got a stitch reading this out! 🤣 Thanks, will definitely quote you on this in the next show (if I don't collapse into a snorting heap before I reach the end)!
Writers, it's time for a new #writingprompt challenge! Can YOU describe a story idea, or write a short scene (1 para) or poem based on: "the dreaming sea mist"? 🤔✍️ Respond by Friday evening if you'd like to be included in the next Brainstoryum podcast. See profile for 🔗. #vss365
It's here! Your fortnightly dose of laughs, weirdness & story-play, where your imagination takes a plunge down the rabbit hole. Today's Brainstoryum show has some seriously zany #writingprompts, stories from listeners, & a new dark fantasy tale: The Shadow Harvest. www.annatizard.com/brainstoryum
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It's here! Your fortnightly dose of laughs, weirdness & story-play, where your imagination takes a plunge down the rabbit hole. Today's Brainstoryum show has some seriously zany #writingprompts, stories from listeners, & a new dark fantasy tale: The Shadow Harvest. www.annatizard.com/brainstoryum
Wow! Congratulations, Eric! 👏👏👏🥳
Four more of my haiku have been published in #575haikujournal! Thank you to Editor DJ Tyrer for accepting all 10! #poet #poem #haiku #writing #poetsofbluesky 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2025/08/28/h...
I've been neglecting #bluesky relay... (and many other prompts, theres so many good ones...) time to try and come back Vipers fang, with a Tincture of belladonna. Gives a long night's sleep. #Haiku #poem #blueskypoet #tincture
Tomorrow's Brainstoryum #podcast features amazing flash fiction from the talented: @nickleevee.bsky.social @daletudgehumor.bsky.social & @madp03t.bsky.social Then the usual insane #writingprompt game makes me laugh, go "Ooh", & write a brand new dark fantasy story.✍️ See profile for ⛓️💥
"Seek what you will at the bottom of a glass. But only lift the lid of a teapot if you want to know what's inside." 🧙🫖☕️ 👻 Check out Brainstoryum #podcast episode 87. Fresh stories inspired by YOU! (And plenty of laughs, too.)
Thank you, Dale! 🥰🙏
The ancient dessert—a dense orb of ceremonial fruit—very old, and quite aware. It waits until spirits are high before revealing itself. At the height of the feast, it manifests. No, it’s not Nan’s recipe. Hers was the one with the rum sauce. #horror #ancientdessert #writingprompts #vss
Oh my God, I love this! @daletudgehumor.bsky.social may I quote both of these on the next Brainstoryum show? I feel like I want toquote the original post first, then your recent one...? May I quote you as Dale Tudge or is there another name you'd prefer me to use?
There's still time for your flash fiction or poem to be included in the next Brainstoryum. But please respond to the prompt (the ancient desert) by the end of *today* 👀✍️⬇️⬇️ #WritingPrompts #vss365
There's still time for your flash fiction or poem to be included in the next Brainstoryum. But please respond to the prompt (the ancient desert) by the end of *today* 👀✍️⬇️⬇️ #WritingPrompts #vss365
The Ancient Desert is an encrypted archive that has logged everything online since 1969. Deleted packets, expired blogs, broken links, and that questionable picture you sent someone. All preserved. No one agrees on how deep it goes. No one ever reaches the bottom.
If you've listened to the latest Brainstoryum (story brainstorming podcast), you'll know that the new #writingprompt is: "the ancient desert". 🤔 Can YOU think of a story idea/ short scene based on this that you'd like shared on the next show?✍️ #Poetry also welcomed! #vss365
🥰 I hope you have the highly necessary Excel spreadsheet set up?? 🤓
Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 22-AUG-25 is: Even & Edge #Prompt
Ohh... 😲💭 Thanks, Eric, will def quote you! 🙏
If you've listened to the latest Brainstoryum (story brainstorming podcast), you'll know that the new #writingprompt is: "the ancient desert". 🤔 Can YOU think of a story idea/ short scene based on this that you'd like shared on the next show?✍️ #Poetry also welcomed! #vss365
Great atmosphere. I'm intrigued!
The #VSS365 prompt was #mundane
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I love that my interview has had 51 views already! I know that's not a lot for some folks, but it's a lot for me & I'm grateful. 🤗 That's 51 ppl who've enjoyed a window into my slightly surreal, Wonderland-weird approach to imagination and #writingprompts. 🙏
Check out our latest episode with the legendary @joannechocolat.bsky.social, where we talk about the vital role smells and sounds play in world building! Listen on your fav podcast platform!
So, have you seen the *scary shots* yet of my @spotlightindie.bsky.social author interview with @frasierarmitage.bsky.social & @hollytinsl3y.bsky.social Can anyone work out what we are thinking/ saying at these exact moments...? 😆 m.youtube.com/watch?v=BwIR... #writingcommunity #podcast
Your weekend is not weird enough without Brainstoryum #podcast! May my INSANE #writingprompt game feed yr imagination✍️ With stories & word suggestions from @nickleevee.bsky.social @spotlightindie.bsky.social @frasierarmitage.bsky.social @timhardieauthor.bsky.social Listen on Sat--see profile👀
#blueskyrelay #prompt #veil cherry blossoms fall her smile half-hidden beneath a drifting soft veil #haiku #skypoets #poetry
The lone Sean dies but the pack survives. Or does it? Join DM Alex S. Bradshaw an players @jordanloyalshort.bsky.social, @dlawsonauthor.bsky.social, @hollytinsl3y.bsky.social and @hannafordjenny.bsky.social for a Very Northern, Sean Bean-themed Live RPG on Sat 16th August, 7pm BST. Link coming soon.
Gorgeous! Hey, whereabouts is this? I lived in Cardiff for about 5 years! 🏴Didn't do enough exploring.
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There are just two short stories left to write in The Wolf Throne. What started out as a short story experiment might just become my best novel to date. I'm writing the penultimate story, A Blade in the Shadows, this afternoon.
Yep. Although chocolate is also about a little bit more than chocolate! ☺️
As a chocoholic, I relate to this poem very much. ☺️🙏
#vss365 #prompt #brownie #poetry #lovepoetry #writing
We came, we thought, we weirded ourselves out a bit, then we laughed! All part of a deep-thinking interview about short story writing. Thanks to @spotlightindie.bsky.social @frasierarmitage.bsky.social & @hollytinsl3y.bsky.social for another great discussion! m.youtube.com/watch?v=u0M6...
They are just songs…until they speak to you in a heavy moment…then they become the laws of your inner kingdom.
Writers & imaginists! It's your turn for a #writingprompt from the Brainstoryum podcast. Can YOU think of a story idea or character based on: "the infuriating inglenook (recess around a fireplace)"? It could be the fireplace itself that's infuriating OR a haunted inglenook? 🤔 #writingcommunity
Hello! Everyone says how important it is for artists to have a mailing list. I've been working for 7 years, and have 60 people on my list 😞 I don't even mail very often - no spam from me! If you like my work, would you like to get my newsletter? 1/2 isobelhamilton.com/newsletter/
#7syllablesentence #prompt He kissed the #pill, then vanished. #writing
We came, we thought, we weirded ourselves out a bit, then we laughed! All part of a deep-thinking interview about short story writing. Thanks to @spotlightindie.bsky.social @frasierarmitage.bsky.social & @hollytinsl3y.bsky.social for another great discussion! m.youtube.com/watch?v=u0M6...
#FromOneLine 384 The prompt was “It was just a box.” But what if it wasn’t? #prompt #fiction #writing #microlit #blueskyfiction #writingprompt #blueskywriters #blueskyreaders #writingcommunity
Fancy reading a new contemporary/ urban fantasy story--a sneak peek into my next book-length collection? 😲 It has a graveyard, a cracked mirror, and a weird presence by the fireplace... Temporarily available at annatizard.com/weird. (August only!) #fantasy
#vss365 #prompt #elm Moonlight slips like sweat he counts bullets by the sink elm scent on her scarf #haiku #poem
If you enjoy character-driven fantasy stories then The Brotherhood of the Eagle might be for you. The complete series is my love letter to the genre, which will appeal to fans of Robin Hobb, Giles Kristian or John Gwynne! You can find the first book, Hall of Bones, here books2read.com/HallofBones
Revealing the cover for @frasierarmitage.bsky.social’s upcoming sci-fi novel CAGE OF STARS, releasing on Sept. 9th! It was so much fun designing this cover (with art by grandfailure), and I’m also working on a really cool interior for the paperback edition. Pre-order it here: a.co/d/6t4BiHJ
Some exciting things are happening in the build up to the CAGE OF STARS release on September 9th. Keep your eyes peeled for a cover reveal very soon ☺️
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So, have you seen the *scary shots* yet of my @spotlightindie.bsky.social author interview with @frasierarmitage.bsky.social & @hollytinsl3y.bsky.social Can anyone work out what we are thinking/ saying at these exact moments...? 😆 m.youtube.com/watch?v=BwIR... #writingcommunity #podcast
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Thanks so much for a fun interview! 🤗
It's another Sunday Video! We were joined this week by @annatizard.bsky.social, creator of the Brainstoryum podcast to talk about the Book of the Exquisite Corpse, the Socks of Destiny and to find ask - who is the Raging Snail? youtu.be/BwIR5lcaqy4
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People pass in pairs, holding hands with purpose. I hold my breath instead. #Together tastes like burnt copper, stuck to the roof of my mouth. It walks past me in boots that don’t scuff. It laughs through walls I can’t break. I reach. It recoils. #vss365 #prompt #poetry
#vssdaily #prompt #anywhere #poetry A word with no borders, no fences to hold it down. It means everywhere at once and nowhere in particular. It’s the promise of open doors, the shrug of a wandering soul, a quiet dare to keep moving. It doesn’t care where you’re going, just that you don’t stop.
🎧 Heading into the studio today to record the next Prompted! episode, "Is That Even a Haiku?" Writing short, thinking deep, and knowing the rules you’re breaking. #promptedpodcast #poetsofbluesky #newepisode #writingtips #podcast #podsky #poetry #haiku podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
#2WordPrompt #poetry #limerick The inn had no books on its shelf, just keys and a clock stuck at twelve. No keeper in sight, but the hallway had light and footsteps that answered themselves. #blueskypoetry #poet #poem #writingprompts
Ooh - keep me posted! My pleasure. 🥰
Love it! Thank you, Eric. Will be sure to remind my listeners of your podcast, too. 😉🌟
How is this? :-) No one remembers where the hat came from. Only that it speaks, but never loud, and never kind. It whispers things no one should know: who’s lying, what’s missing, what waits beneath the floorboards. Some say it feeds on secrets. Others say it leaves them behind. #storycraft
Lovely; resonant. Don't suppose you could squeeze out any thoughts in that lovely, resonant brain of yours about... a susurrant hat? (I know it's weird one this time. Brainstoryum does that to me sometimes. 😆 But if a hat could whisper, what would it say?)
#SenseWrds #prompt #microlit Something had arrived. It didn’t step or breathe. It gathered at the center like dust pulled into shape, a hush coiled in the air around it. The room adjusted. Weight shifted. Shelves cracked open. Every object turned, just slightly, to face what wasn’t there.
#vss365 #prompt #enigma #poet #poem #poetry #skypoets #freeverse #poetrylovers #blueskypoets
Yes! Unusual and striking. 😀
Fantasy is the most playful of the genres & doesn’t always have a big battle between good & evil. Traditionally, it’s a tale of an individual on a journey that changes them, but this is like an undercurrent to a story which can be as wildly imagined as u like.And I like 😁 annatizard.com/brainstoryum
Writers: "What can you do with too many choices? Sometimes the blank page can be daunting because you can literally take any path. The surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse is a great way to narrow down those overwhelming choices w/ a unique challenge." annatizard.com/brainstoryum
In today's Brainstoryum: How a story showed me what I need; how a story showed me what *it* needed; and how to write fight scenes with purpose (with a ton of examples - I recommend you listen with a pen!). Don't miss out. Go to annatizard.com/brainstoryum #WritingCommunity #vss
Tomorrow's Brainstoryum show includes awesome poetry from @dennisone.bsky.social, microfiction from @nickleevee.bsky.social. Plus, how to find purpose in your fight scenes (before you write them), more crazy story brainstorms and a new, wickedly dark short story. Enough to be getting on with?! 🤪😍
Have you ever knowingly put an odd number of socks in the wash, in the faith that another one will be lost so soon that they'll be even-numbered again? It's been that kind of a week! 🤪😆
#inkMine #prompt #treasure Map torn long ago— treasure hums beneath my feet. Shh. The ground is loud. #haiku #poetry #writing
If you haven’t ready any of the previous parts that have been filling up what will eventually be chapter one, they’ve been arranged here for ease of access: nvracar.wordpress.com/claire-and-b...
Wrote a part six for my ongoing Claire and Bethany series, titled Claire and Bethany Play Games With a Wizard, based on the Brainstoryum story prompt: “The forgetful wizard played roulette with the oblong mushroom.” nvracar.wordpress.com/2025/06/08/c...
@mrericmontgomery.com did it again! A fascinating podcast on writing techniques with intriguing prompts to try. 🥳✍️ #writingprompt #vss365 #promptedpodcast www.thepromptedpodcast.org/podcast/how-... How to Write Atmosphere That Lingers
Want to know more about Brainstoryum? Follow @annatizard.bsky.social And also check out the podcast itself: www.annatizard.com/brainstoryum...
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In today's Brainstoryum (story brainstorming podcast): more #writingadvice on fight scenes, this time comparing the restrictions & advantages of prose versus the movies. Plus a bizarre new tale begins, inspired by the surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse! ⬇️ #writingpodcast
Excited for tomorrow's Brainstoryum show, which contains: *MORE technical tips on how to write fight scenes *CRAZY writing prompts & *the beginning of a (newly prompted) story draft that has got me wandering through a wonderland... Tune in tomorrow or miss out! (🔗in profile.)
This morning at my desk I thought, why am I writing this crazy short story? It's utterly bonkers & keeps getting more bonkers as it grows. About 30mins later I'm tapping away, thinking, I LOVE this crazy short story! It keeps getting more bonkers as it grows! Wonderland vibe 🐇
Writers! Who'd like to be a part of my next Brainstoryum? (Story brainstorming podcast with deep insights into writing process & a zany prompt game.) Can YOU think of a chara/ story idea based on: "the villainous connoisseur"? (An expert in what? & how do they turn it into a crime?)
I cross the worlds in silence, No maps, no masters, no chains. Each step is a question, Each breath, a flame. I don't belong to one land — I belong to the path. #BetweenWorlds #NoBorders #FreeSoul #PoeticFire
Submissions open for ENTER HERE anthology on June 1! Get those #SFF #horror short stories ready! cjsubko.com/enter-here-a...
It's here! The Brainstoryum Fight Scene Special. www.annatizard.com/brainstoryum With advice & tips from no less than 9 experienced writers. Plus the most insane writing prompts ypu'll find anywhere... Don't miss it!
ghostly guardian justice cloaked in mist a silent shield, he haunts the night egregious wrongs screech #horrorprompt 1795 #haikuhorrorprompt 1363 6-8-6 modern #haiku #prompt #prompts #poem #poetry #brevity #poet © #OddlyMe #art of #writing #micropoetry #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #photography
“No matter how roomy and comfortable, a cage is still a cage.” - Daniel Lowry (from Boucher's World: Emergent, Book 1 in the Boucher's World Trilogy by P.B. Cannon) #scifi #scifantasy #extrasensoryabilities amzn.to/43osXeX
"People aren’t just running around screaming, or plotting tactics, working out weapons to try against the monster. It's about personal fear. "Always, the heart of the story beats with the reason why." For more, listen to the latest Brainstoryum show: annatizard.com/brainstoryum 🥰
On the Miss Peregrine series: "The characters’ fear of the monsters is probably more potent than the monsters themselves. The way they react – what the dangers mean to them personally (it’s always more than just a life & death matter) – makes the story gripping & relatable." /1 ⬇️
Did anyone else read and LOVE Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs? 😍📘 In the latest Brainstoryum show I ask, "WHY do I love this so much? What can I learn from this, as a writer?" ✍️ Have a listen at annatizard.com/brainstoryum. #WritingCommunity
#VELLICHOR Betcha you can’t separate words from wood pulp. Betcha you can’t distinguish author from idea. Betcha you can’t dam the river of ink that flows from Gutenberg’s press to Nostalgia’s used bookstore. #vss365 #poetry 225/365
Writers, miss this at your peril! @mrericmontgomery.com's #promptedpodcast just gets better & better! Lush & lyrical, sentences good enough to swim in. Thrilled hear The Last Stitch, Eric's interpretation of a prompt from my own show, Brainstoryum: 😍✍️⬇️ www.thepromptedpodcast.org/podcast/rhyt...
Writers! Have you got any tips or hot takes on how to write fight scenes, if you've not done any fighting yourself?✍️ P.S. depending on feedback, I may ask to quote some responses with an author shout-out in my podcast, if that sounds good to you. 😉
Which one of these randomised word combinations makes the most intriguing writing prompt? 🤓✍️ The plush poltergeist The crumpled vestibule The shadowy victim (Each of these came up in my latest Brainstoryum podcast where I play a writing prompt game for inspiration & laughs - see 📌 for details.)
42 days. Then it begins. Ready? Nope. But since when has that mattered? I’ll show up with nerves, #coffee, and a brain that runs like a storm— loud, wild, and inconveniently brilliant. #poetry #mylife
A question for writers who are juggling more than one project: When your time and brain (!) are squeezed, how do you manage to organise yourself without losing the fun/ joy in your writing? #WritingCommunity
Ah yes, that is definitely better - except that I'm going away for a couple of weeks so I've had to bank up some shows in advance. Have a great week!
Oh gosh - I hope it's quick and easy to do! I'm in danger of getting massively confused around these extra pods I'm recording in an advance batch... Potential overlaps of material can get like that, I guess! 😬
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I was just talking about @annatizard.bsky.social and her Brainstoryum #podcast while in the studio recording the next episode of Prompted! :)