Sign in

Bev

@bevmorris.bsky.social
442 followers 624 following 132 posts

Author, coach, creative consultant, ideas wrangler. Published by Double Dagger Books, Beautiful Dragons and Marvellous Minds bevmorrisauthor.com Owned by a cat (he’ll be helping me decide what to post)

PostsRepliesMedia
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Heated blanket on, snow being appreciated from a warm distance. Rodney’s still not brave enough to go outside since we moved (aka I’m not ready to let him out into the scary world - there’s a Norwegian Forest Cat called Mahler who OWNS this patch) but he’s started to gaze through the window...
030
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Change can be a different way of looking at the same thing or it can be throwing everything up in the air and noticing where it lands... My latest Substack is a simple observation on the joy of looking the other way. ow.ly/Wlvn50XRuSv #joy #nature #change #writing #noticing #wellbeing
010
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Change is a good thing - unless it isn’t. Latest Substack about the impact of an exploding appendix and the relentless nature of change. ow.ly/bqzi50XEwRs
000
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
In the darkness of winter, take time to commit some random acts of kindness and bring a moment of joy into someone’s life 📚💜 #MomentsOfJoy #StockingFiller #GiftIdea #Kindness #Journalling #Joy
000
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
In the darkness of winter, take time to commit some random acts of kindness and bring a moment of joy into someone’s life 📚💜 #MomentsOfJoy #StockingFiller #GiftIdea #Kindness #Journalling #Joy #WorldKindnessDay
000
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Remembrance Day 2025. A reworking of my piece written for VE Day. A sadness that I will probably be reworking this for many years. ow.ly/TvQG50Xi2B8 #ArmisticeDay #Remembrance #WWII #WWI #MilitaryHistory #pacifism
010
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
‘on loving a soldier’ is dangerously close to being ready to release so AI offered to help. It’s now wishing it hadn’t. Latest Substack on writing, dystopias, and what it means to be human. ow.ly/Q5c550XeuSE #dystopia #poetry #AIFail #writing
030
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Creativity is human. Gen AI can't enjoy creating or consuming the arts. It has no place stealing from those of us who need to create for an income, for our passion, for our sanity. Latest Substack - Human-made: Part 2 #GenAI #creativity #humanity #books #poetry ow.ly/kCZv50XetAs
010
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
AI isn’t the only future. Without humans, AI has no purpose. Latest Substack on the importance of being human in the creative process. ow.ly/F2I950XesTE #dystopian #GenAI #creativity #books CreativeConsent
020
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Change is in the air. The chilly air. The clocks fell back, the month marches on. Packing boxes fill every room, half full of memories. Poems are tumbling leaves that defy my numb fingertips. #change #poetry #wintering #MovingOn #WritersWalk #Writing
020
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Apparently, I will not be moving today. I’m allowed to have my laptop on my lap only if my feet are positioned appropriately for hugging duties. #caturday #WritersCat #Rodney #Writing
010
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
A dystopian life is closer than you think. My latest Substack about how I fell into a dystopia of my own making. #dystopia #WritingLife #change ow.ly/RZWC50X8GaB
000
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Moments of joy on a dull day courtesy of a neighbour, a generous allotment, and a change of plans (darn that facet joint). #VillageLife #Community #autumn #ouch #MomentsOfJoy #Joy #kindness
010
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Moments of joy are absolutely scattered through this exquisite album. Take your time, take a breath, close your eyes - enjoy. ow.ly/gm7850Xeswx #NewMusic #MomentsOfJoy #CreativesSupportingCreatives #AlbumReview
000
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Rodney supervised my packing with an iron paw because he objects to all trips. I’m not saying he’s smug but.. my plans changed abruptly. I stretched a mm too far and my inflamed facet joint flared (yes, I swore, loudly). Is it possible for a cat to smirk? #caturday
020
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Thank you to the wonderful team at ELATT for inviting me to speak at the IWM Duxford. The students were a delight and it lifts my heart to know that young people are keeping alive the interest in WW2 and the people who sacrificed so much for us. #WW2 #AviationHistory #MilitaryHistory #Remembrance
000
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
A feather-proud turmeric latte at the community-conscious Mudlarks in Hertford. What’s not to love? #community #friends #autumn #MomentsOfJoy #wellbeing
020
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Life on the left isn’t safe. Life on the right isn’t safe. Join me in the middle where all the best ideas live. Latest Substack about how the politics of today influences my writing - and my life. ow.ly/8ljH50X8px8 #dystopia #writing #books
010
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
On a day when the sky forgot to turn up for duty, the squirrel has a mission. She’s transporting walnuts & hazelnuts from one end of the paddock to her territory - a 6 acre round trip for one nut. Time to pull out my cosy socks #change #autumn
000
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
There is a spider of such epic proportions hanging out in the hallway that I’ve requested it is assigned its own postcode. Until I am able to muster the courage to leap over the top of it, I will be drinking the dregs of my cold tea and quizzing Rodney on his failure to protect me from arachnids.
010
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
#WorldAnimalDay can only mean one thing - bonus Rodney content. #WritersCat #Caturday
030
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
The surfeit of figs this year meant a liberal distribution of fruit to friends. Thank you, Dani! You transformed a bumper harvest into a treat for lunch today.
000
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Any campanologists out there who can name the peal? It sounded joyous even in a rainy Woodstock.
020
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
It’s that fabulous time again - poetry and creative loveliness in the post! Thank you for this mood boost courtesy of the wonderful @hedgehogpress.co.uk
010
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Writing retreat over, sun going down on Eresou. The next sunrise is my call to a new writing life. #change
010
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Writing retreat ahead… #WritingLife L
000
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Inspiration is always around us. This Substack literally fell from the sky (followed by a single clap of thunder!). open.substack.com/pub/tellings... #Dystopia #SpecFic #Writing #Books #Skies
000
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Rodney keeping watch. Not keeping anyone out, keeping me in. Writer on a deadline alert #Caturday
050
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Trying to be more daffodil than thistle today. Trying…
010
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
You're not invincible... new Substack about being a writer, being alive, being imperfect. tellingstoriesthatneedtobetold.substack.com/p/youre-not-...
000
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
In summary, the trip north has provided material. In writer-speak this is not a compliment. It's rather like saying someone has a face for the radio. Talking of faces, this stag is toughing it out. Proud and haughty, but with a broken antler. Somewhat like the hotel. #WritingLife
030
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
I have found the redeeming feature of this hotel 😊 #MomentsOfJoy
040
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
I'm now judging the aforementioned hotel by the 'soup of the moment'. It appears that moment was the transitory passing of a member of the poultry family to the afterlife. Yes, chicken soup. Particularly apposite as there have been 3 wakes in the bar since I've been here.
010
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
I don't usually judge a hotel by it's wifi password but I'll make an exception in this case... Brace for the TripAdvisor review. #WriterOnTheRoad
2174
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
There's a lot going on here... not necessarily the combo I'd have gone with but apparently it's all the rage in Pontefract. #WritingInTheGaps #WritingLife #Motivation
010
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
A whole lot of Monday energy from Rodney. He’s left me researching the women ‘manning’ a Heavy Anti-Aircraft gun on Halying Island in 1941 while he has an extra 5 hours of sleep. #MilitaryHistory #WWII #HistoryIsMoreImortantThanEver
040
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Rodney’s flabbers have gasted, and his noodle has oodled in the face of this human madness 🙀
140
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
I believe you have cheese. My cheese. #Caturday #WritersCat #RodneyRocks
060
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Rodney is working on being awake but #5amWritersClub is hard on his sleep needs:
050
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
One ear in the sunshine #Caturday #BeMoreRodney #WritersCat
060
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Frosty fields #WritersWalk #Winter #Inspiration
030
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
It’s a frosty run for me out there today 🥶
000
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Same - furry rooftop for me.
100
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Furry rooftop.
000
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Frost so hard it transmogrifies into fur. #5amWritersClub #Winter #NippyOutThere
2120
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Reaching for the sunshine. I feel the yearning, Rodders… #chilly #WritersCat #5amWritersClub
060
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Same.
041
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Christmas Day run at sunrise - the sun didn’t get the memo… 🌞 🤭 🎄
010
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Favourite Christmas card 🥰 Hand made by the wonderful Betty (I’m writing her memoir!), using an iris folding technique. 99 yrs old and bringing joy to my life with her creativity and sparkle 😊 #ChristmasJoy
020
Bev @bevmorris.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
'Twas a festive weekend, involving tea, cake, books, dogs (!!), and much merriment. Creative friends are the best. 📚✍️🫖🍰 #WritersLife #Tea #Cake #Friendship #Books #MomentsOfJoy #MomentsOfFriendship
100