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Lindz McLeod

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Scottish writer/editor. Queer AF, she/they. PhD student in Creative Writing @Apexmag @Pseudopod_org @Assemblemedia etc Repped by @LZats ; fiancée @pegasusunder1

Edinburgh, Scotland

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Joined June 2010

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Lindz McLeod

7 months

I am UNBELIEVABLY EXCITED to announce my first trad pub deal!! I've always wanted to give Charlotte Lucas a second chance at life and love. Flowers and queerness and learning to forge your own path in life, oh my! Also, I killed Mr Collins off in the first line. Heh.

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

A LOVE STORY: Three years ago, I met a girl in NYC while visiting. We went out on a date on my last night there (the single best date of my life by a country mile). She said it was a shame I was flying home so soon. I said I was actually going to Denver first to hang out (1/6)

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2 years

Twitter, please settle an argument—if I said to you "Annie, are you okay, are you okay Annie?" would you recognise these (famous) song lyrics without looking them up?

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

Oh and if you got this far and you want to know at which point during our first date I was totally starry-eyed, it was when she complimented my tattoo (Robert Frost lines in Jane Austen's handwriting) and casually said she had Whitman on her back. WE WERE MEANT TO BE.

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

I am so, so lucky and blessed to get to wake up to my soulmate and the love of my life every single day. She's my first reader, my loudest cheerleader, and the absolute bestest, funniest, coolest, most amazing person I know. Happy anniversary weekend, cutie @pegasusunder1 (6/6)

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

When the pandemic hit, we were physically apart for 7 months, which sucked, but we always made time for each other. Three years on, now engaged and having bought a house together, we've gone through personal griefs, happiness, success, and rejections. (5/6)

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

with my best friend. Imbued with several cocktails worth of confidence, I invited her to Denver. When I arrived, my BF said, confidently, "no girl is going to fly 4.5hrs across the country on the basis of one date." Reader, she was wrong. (2/6)

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Lindz McLeod

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We kept in touch, obviously smitten, pretending we weren't; later, she insisted on videoing me at midnight to be the first one to wish me happy birthday. I sent her care packages full of chocolates and poems and books. We emailed every single day, and fell madly in love. (4/6)

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

Z arrived, having only my email address and a physical address to go on since my phone wasn't working. We spent an awesome weekend together in the mountains and I assumed that would be the end of our affair (and was gutted). Reader, I was wrong. (bit of a pattern here) (3/6)

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Lindz McLeod

1 year

Sighing, she retrieves the milkshakes from her yard. Another day, another disappointing haul. A shape appears, ambling without haste. "I hope I'm not too late?" he asks. She studies his pale, wrinkled face, his long grey coat. Not a boy, but a man. "No," she says. "Come in."

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

Okay here is my forearm tattoo, by popular demand 🤣

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Lindz McLeod

24 days

Today is our 5 year anniversary ❤️ half a decade together! Finally planning our wedding!

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

If you like this, please consider following my darling @pegasusunder1 as she is a wonderful writer and person; I also have a newsletter if anyone cares to follow me/my writing/our adorable lives & cats (there will be photos)

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

I think I might actually be able to convince Z to write this book with me! Watch this space...

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Lindz McLeod

3 years

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single cat in possession of a good human, must be in want of a box." -Fitz

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

Out for our anniversary dinner 🍽

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

Americans: please settle an argument for me. I've heard you use the phrase "kitty corner" a lot and yet my American fiancée (Maryland born) claims to have NEVER heard of it. Its real, right?!

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

SHE SAID YES SHE SAID YES SHE SAID YES SHE SAID YES SHE SAID YES SHE SAID YES SHE SAID YES SHE SAID YES SHE SAID YES SHE SAID YES SHE SAID YES SHE SAID YES SHE SAID YES SHE SAID YES

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2 years

@RachelFinston Haha thank you—I'm starting to think I should write it...

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2 years

@gwendolyn_reade Clearly you have excellent friends 👏 I guess I need a new wife, sigh. I was so attached to her, too.

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Lindz McLeod

1 year

Yes, Kelis and Bill Murray are dating.

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‘Milkshake’ singer Kelis is dating 72-year-old actor Bill Murray, according to The Sun.

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Lindz McLeod

1 year

Since this is taking off—I don't want to promote anything today. Buy yourself a treat instead. Give a gift to someone you adore. Pet your children. Enrol your cat in school. Buy the writers on strike a pizza. Put love back into the world.

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Lindz McLeod

3 years

"The crinkle toy is tolerable, I suppose, but not handsome enough to tempt me." - Fitzwilliam

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

@moonbornewriter Hahahahaha!!! Honestly people have said we should turn it into a movie... maybe we will! then you can cry more!

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Lindz McLeod

4 years

Twitter, what do YOU call the end pieces of bread? My family refers to them as "the outsiders" and I've only just realised how weird that is.

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

I think if threads take off you're supposed to promote stuff, right? Hateful idea. Definitely don't check out my forthcoming short story collection. Don't you dare.

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Bear Creek Press

Weird books for Weird people

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

Half of our family - too beautiful to bear!

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

I don't normally get emotional about acceptances but I just had one land in my inbox and it is HUGE. It's my dream mag, my white whale. I am genuinely shook.

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Lindz McLeod

4 months

If you read one article today please make it this incredible breakdown of the new Lohan film, Irish Wish. I laughed so hard I wept.

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Irish Wish Is a Crypto-Fascist, AI-Generated Signal of Doom

Netflix’s latest Lindsay Lohan vehicle is cluttered with right-wing dog whistles and ChatGPT-like dialogue.

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Lindz McLeod

1 year

About a year ago, I wrote a tweet about my wonderful partner that I didn't think anyone would read, which went unexpectedly viral. Our 4 year anniversary is tomorrow ❤️‍🔥 and I never stop being grateful that Z exists, or that we met in a chance encounter that changed both of our

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Lindz McLeod

3 years

Show yourselves!

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Lindz McLeod

2 months

Generally *hate* taking photos of myself but this one might be a new author photo.

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Lindz McLeod

1 year

It's my darling Z's birthday today! 🎂 featured are the special champagne & peach snow-house pancakes I made for her this morning.

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Lindz McLeod

13 days

@JayMoneWrites Hey if anyone knows who the original querier was, please send them to me for a free query edit and whatever help they need (that I won't steal from, because the bar is that fucking low)

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Lindz McLeod

3 years

"Please sir, can I have some more?"

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Lindz McLeod

3 years

Fitzwilliam's eyeliner never fails to amaze me.

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2 years

@m00n_mint @pegasusunder1 look! This is my favourite meme on the entire thread 🤣🤣

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

Well 🥰 being counter-proposed to in Sir Walter Scott's study was really rather lovely (photo of library behind)

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

@JessBengel I see I have been left no choice in the matter! Expect the book forthwith!

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Lindz McLeod

3 years

A sudden noise. The Christmas tree has toppled. A suspect, giving his best innocent face. Do you believe him?

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Lindz McLeod

9 months

I just found out this tweet was about me 😱😭🥰 Holy shit, what a compliment!

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1 year

I just read a submission that was so good it made me look up and buy the writer's short story collection 👀

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Lindz McLeod

3 years

Rejections are part and parcel of being a writer; some slide off without even ruffling my feathers, and then there's the occasional one which inexplicably feels like DOOM and ETERNAL FAILURE for absolutely no reason. You feel me?

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

Absolutely overjoyed to announce my debut novel 'Beast', forthcoming with the incredible @BrigidsGate in March '23! If you ever wanted to read a speculative Beauty & the Beast meets The Remains of the Day take, set at the time of the French revolution... well, here it is.

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

Me: babe we're kind of viral? Z:

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

Happy Pride, everyone 💖

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

We've reached the point where friends who are not even ON Twitter are texting us saying "you guys are viral?? wtf" 🤣

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Lindz McLeod

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AND THE NEWS IS OUT! I'm absolutely thrilled to have a queer pirate book coming out with @DarklitPress —it's been so hard keeping that silent for weeks!

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

@Mickcollins32 Oh now THIS is the right answer.

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Lindz McLeod

1 year

It's my birthday, and this bloody hellscape is crumbling. It's REALLY frigging hard to sell books and even harder when social media doesn't function in even the most basic of ways. So today all I'm asking is that if you see this, you retweet it. I have a short story collection

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

Beach trip 🥰

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Lindz McLeod

3 years

@vanjchan I swear to all the gods this sounds like an insufferable guy I used to know, whose work was Actually Super Feminist And Liberal If You Really Understand What Those Things Should Be (spoiler: it wasn't, at all, surprising no one).

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

Contract signed; I can announce that my story 'The Immortal Game', a chess-and-controlled-chaos murder story, will be published by @apexmag !!! I'm absolutely overjoyed 🥰

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Lindz McLeod

3 years

Lit mags are like, "Carve nonsense into our skulls and force us to believe it. Slither into our ears and speak honeyed poison. Scourge us with the sheer beauty of language until our tortured wails rise to the exact key of the Forbidden Note. Double-space your prose."

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

So a holiday MIGHT have been a good idea, I admit it.

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Lindz McLeod

3 months

WE MET PIPPIN!!

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Lindz McLeod

11 months

I just got a pass from an agent because she's "fallen behind" on her queries. I've been signed with someone else for almost three years. My dude I sincerely hope you're okay, maybe consider getting an assistant.

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Lindz McLeod

1 year

Z and I were interviewed recently by CNN, who'd heard about our ridiculous meet-cute movie-worthy love story— here's the article! Complete with photos and a direct quote from me that Magic Mike XXL is in fact the most feminist of the Magic Mike movies.

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

My grandfather died about 6 weeks ago. Days after his death, my mum accidentally smashed an ornament he'd given her as a wedding present. She was so sad (he rarely gave her anything thoughtful). I managed to find a replacement on ebay—arrived today, *just* in time for Christmas.

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

I'm on the shortlist! I'M ON THE SHORTLIST! 🤯🥳

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We are thrilled to announce our short-list for the winter Oxford Flash Fiction Prize 2022. If your story is listed, please do not identify which story belongs to you, as the judges are hard at work making their decisions. ➡️

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Lindz McLeod

1 year

Finally out for our anniversary!

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

A troll just told me he'd rather wank with razor blades than read my work, and I think it's great when people are passionate about their hobbies. Have fun, bud!

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Lindz McLeod

26 days

Oh hey Z and I are on the FRONT PAGE OF @CNN talking about our romantic meet-cute, which was 5 years ago on 12th June!

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She flew four hours for a second date. Hear what happened next | CNN

Lindz McLeod and Z. K. Abraham matched on a dating app while Lindz was visiting New York for a writers’ conference in 2019. After their first date, Z. took a leap of faith and travelled four and a...

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

Cute reminder that the vet had to ask me to stand aside while she checked his heartbeat, because every time Fitzwilliam saw me, he purred so loudly it interfered with the check 🥺😭 my sweet baby!

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Lindz McLeod

1 year

YOOOOO IT'S MY DEBUT NOVEL!!!! CHECK OUT THAT FIRE COVER!!!

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Brigids Gate Press

1 year

Coming in April: BEAST by @lindzmcleod The tale of a castle butler trapped between loyalty to his employers, his desire to survive a peasant rebellion, and a creeping, insidious curse. Preorder coming soon!

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2 years

Right, where should I post him?

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

Super super excited to finally announce that come January I'll be a PhD student in Creative Writing with Manchester Met! 🥳 My thesis will be based around forms of intimacy in Jose Saramago's Blindness, and hopefully the accompanying novel I'll write will be a worthy companion.

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Lindz McLeod

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Want my advice? Write what you want. Write what you love. Write because the story inside you begs to be born. Don't be afraid to try new things. Be kind, because so many people in this industry aren't.

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

My mum called me yesterday; they bought a waterproof outdoor house for the stray cat that is Definitely Not Being Adopted By Them because they're worried she doesn't like the rain, oh and the cat now has MY BABY BLANKET to ensure maximum comfort. This cat knows what she's doing.

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1 year

My favourite part is where Fitz pauses and winks at the camera before recommencing beating up his fishie 🤣

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5 months

🌟BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT🌟 I've teamed up with Stanchion to produce my most ambitious project yet! Over the course of a year, starting in July, I'll be working with one chosen collaborator per month to produce a piece of fiction as well as an companion piece of non-fiction, where

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3 years

Uhhhh...

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2 years

Merry Christmas y'all 🎅 sending our love out into the world!

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1 month

Just signed a sci-cli-fi book contract that I am SO HYPED about! Let's GOOOOOO! (clue in gif)

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2 months

The news is out! I'm absolutely honoured to join the Darklit team and work with these amazing people. Let's make some beautiful horror 💀

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1 year

I JUST STUMBLED ACROSS AN OLD PIC OF FITZWILLIAM AS SMOL BEBE TINY RIDICULOUS PUDDLE OF NONSENSE THAT IS NOT EVEN A BIG CHAIR

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🎊ANNOUNCEMENT! 🎊 My sci-cli-fi novella about a cinnamon roll boy in a broken world, trying to stop cult members from kidnapping his fellow survivalists is forthcoming from the wonderful @press_android ❤️ Climate optimism! Saviour complexes! A pink fairy armadillo sidekick!

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11 months

My new sweater is AMAZING 👏

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1 year

🎊 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT 🎊 What's that, Fitzwilliam? Turducken 🦃 has been reprinted by a fantastic new press?? And it's available to buy in ebook, paperback, AND a fancy hardcover edition?! Imagine that.

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3 years

I don't like being called out this way...

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Lindz McLeod

22 days

I'm not expecting to win anything at all, but I have been nominated in three categories for the British Fantasy Awards! Here's the list for voting, if anyone would like to (most votes wins)

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

"Okay, one photo. ONE."

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@ricky_ballboy To be fair that is an EXCELLENT cover

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2 years

@markedwithanm People including my darling fiancée, who then added, in response to my panic, "I don't even know how many of his songs I could name. Uh. Thriller?" AND THEN SHE STOPPED.

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

Finished my current novel! 🥳🤯 These are the most glorious words to write and oh boy am I glad to see them.

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1 year

IT IS I, A FLEDGLING PHD STUDENT 🐥

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When I run a lit mag, I promise never to include a prissy "this just didn't quite work for us" in my rejection letters. God, I hate it so much. JUST SAY NO THANK YOU.

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

I'm so close to 10,900 followers: whoever follows me in the next 24 hours and likes this post will be put into a draw for a free query/synopsis tweak (and I will likely choose multiple winners). You can nominate people too! Go go go!

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3 years

Just got an acceptance for something I submitted over two years ago 😂 the Halloween spirit hath risen.

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2 months

Make that TWO book contracts this weekend! And another one coming this week?!

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20 days

Happy 3rd birthday 🎂 to our sweet baby Fitzwilliam Darcy! He's grown up from the littlest cloudpuff into a fine young man with ten thousand a year.

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2 years

Z: do you ever think maybe we have too many books? Me: so you're choosing violence today, huh

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2 years

Waking up to a 271-day acceptance is a great way to start the weekend 🥳

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2 months

Goodbye to Crete; our holiday was beautiful and restful and EXTREMELY necessary 😘

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4 months

Applications are now open for 'An Honour and a Privilege', the ambitious collaborative fiction/non-fiction book coming late 2025 from Stanchion! If you're interested in working with me and being part of this unique project, check out the link below! RTs VERY much appreciated—I'd

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I'd like to spread some festive joy SO if you have a query you're planning on sending in January, like and RT this post for a chance to win my free editorial eyes on it! My success rate with queries is pretty damn good 😁 I'll pick 5 at random on Sunday so get in/tag yr friends

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Lindz McLeod

3 years

Our newest family member! This is Fitzwilliam Darcy, aka Fitz 😍

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3 months

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *breathes in* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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One reason I've enjoyed reading fiction by women throughout my life is because they aren't obsessed with sex like so many male writers are.

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Lindz McLeod

2 years

I'm on the longlist. I'M ON THE LONGLIST!

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Oxford Flash Fiction Prize

2 years

We are thrilled to announce our long-list for the winter Oxford Flash Fiction Prize 2022! Congratulations to all of the writers who have reached the list and for all those who entered this round. Find out more here:

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