iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Nancy Freund

Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 1h

Congratulations, Anne Carson!

0222

Reposted by Nancy Freund

Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 1h

Anne Carson

Lights on late at night.

I cannot live without her.

Her, this word that explodes.

Lights still on in the morning.

1257

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thank you! Good news at the doc, and I'm only in the first essay, but Ithe book is GOOD! So glad I bought it. <3

000

Reposted by Nancy Freund

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology @thelancetendo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#MentalHealth problems can impair self-care behaviours & contribute to the development of some types of #diabetes & diabetes complications www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #T1D #T2D #GDM fear of #hypoglycaemia diabetes #distress #depression disordered #eating #sleep disorders #MedSky #EndoSky

AN=anorexia nervosa. BN=bulimia nervosa. GD=gestational diabetes. RR=relative risk.T1D=type 1 diabetes. T2D=type 2 diabetes. OR=odds ratio.

086

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My OB/Gyn always runs late. Must choose the right book to bring. Today, it’s Jayne Marshall’s Line Drawn or Printed, with hopes that I’ll transport to #Madrid from that waiting room. Also, wish me luck. All kinds of conversations planned for today.

110

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Got to discuss the @saloneurope.bsky.social with an excellent Parisian/Manchester writer/translator I've met a couple times at conferences. It's incredibly gratifying to find someone interested in a thing you value hugely. And to connect them with each other. A small part of a day, #BigImpact.

010

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I wish they hadn't sprayed Roundup outside. Three days later, I can still smell it & maybe I have a cold all of a sudden, or maybe the fatigue and sore throat are psychosomatic. Or maybe it's the Roundup. I'd rather have weeds. #WeedsPlease!

001

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm cool with all the beautiful food, lovely containers, et al, but seriously, paintings in the fridge? No.

110

Reposted by Nancy Freund

European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Enjoyed Madrid and want more? Or perhaps you missed out and want to see what all the fuss is about? Come to PARIS in November with us for 2 days of writing, reading and exploration.

066

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hi Daniel, thanks loads for the repost. You just never know who might see it and know something. Much appreciated!

000

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Long shot here. I took this crazy reflection picture of a beautiful small square #painting in a #madrid gallery window on #calledeatocha. A bunch of bodies. Maybe 10x10. I keep wishing I’d gone in to ask for details. Anyone know the gallery’s name??? Or artist? Or anything? Thank you.

152

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Interesting convo at the @saloneurope.bsky.social in Madrid - as a #writer, how do you deal with #distraction? Ideas: Pomodoro Method. Or: embrace it, Agatha Christie's method, write by dictation while you do something else. Do dishes. Go for a walk. Play a YouTube tutorial in the background.

130

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Great chat today w/a Cambridge CW MSt student re PhD's. Conclusion was you've gotta pin down 4 strands in advance. 1) PROJECT (form & content) 2) supervisor 3) institution 4) location. We talked for 90 minutes, but this was the gist of it. I coulda used this info when I started researching! #write

020

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

ENSFR is a welcoming, enriching community of short story writers and readers across Europe & UK... wonderful line-up of events! I've attended two of their conferences in person - both magical.

011

Reposted by Nancy Freund

Novelicious @novelicious.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If it doesn’t come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don’t do it. CHARLES BUKOWSKI #amwriting

021

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Yes!! And intenet off, brain engaged. Baby steps... :-)

010

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"Talent could give you nothing. Without work, talent is only talent, promise, not product." -- @alexanderchee.bsky.social Chee on being a student of #AnnieDillard. In @themorningnews.org. In other words, per Britney, you better work, bitch.

120

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Posting beautiful b day pics for my husband and goddaughter and asking the internet for weasel scat images because life is #absurd. Good news is I think it’s rabbits.

010

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"It was a private thing to be alive. He understood this now." - Artie in Elizabeth Strout's The Things We Never Say. An interesting novel.

010

Reposted by Nancy Freund

Fiction Writing Tips @fictionwritingtips.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody; it is only for those who are willing to undergo the effort needed to understand it. – Flannery O’Connor #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #WritersQuotes #WritingQuotes #WritersCafe #FlanneryOConnor

033

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Fish. I saw it on Saturday Kitchen! (??)

010

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"The best drink in existence is the pan-galactic gargleblaster, the effect of which is like having your brain smashed down by a slice of lemon wrapped around a large, gold brick." --Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I don't actually want to experience this, but I love the words that describe it.

010

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Can't wait to run a little literary #fragmentation session in Madrid for @saloneurope.bsky.social! Last night I had #teaching dreams about my supplies & timing & engagement. Back in the day, I loved teaching. Today I'm loving my fragmenting heroes & PhD. #AliSmith #EimearMcBride #JennyOffill.

000

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

YES! And do you get the idea of the >? (I should have known you'd get it... AND you'd be on Bluesky right when I asked). 😘

110

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In a short story I wrote that a student had a sticker on their laptop saying 42>420. Can I just ask whether anyone here has any idea what that refers to? Thanks.

111

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Renting, not (yet?) buying. Hope is still a little bit alive?

000

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Just got this new school year's "Freshers isn't just for freshers" email from #Brunel. Going back to school as a "mature (!) student" is such a delight. Last year the email about where to get my Halloween costume was particularly fabulous. And as always, a little #absurd.

010

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

You've made the book hoarder (and ink-pen annotator) in me very happy. Radical act!

031

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"Broken down kitchen, top of the stairs Can I mix in w/your affairs? Share a smoke, make a joke Grasp & reach for a leg of hope Words to memorize, words hypnotize Words make my mouth exercise Words all fail the magic prize Nothing I can say when I'm in your thighs" - Violent Femmes, Add It Up

020

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

If you've read #Martyr! Watch Dua Lipa's insightful interview w/Kaveh Akbar. If you haven't read it, watch anyway! It's a gorgeous, funny, intense, intelligent, generous book. So is their conversation. #addiction #immigration #Iranian-Americans, #LGTBQ, #art, #death. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mktt...

youtube.com

Martyr!: Dua & Kaveh Akbar On Addiction, Art & Exile

YouTube video by Service95

030

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Correction: It was "Writing the Everyday When the World Is on Fire." An important distinction.

110

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Excellent session @saloneurope.bsky.social. #Writing the ordinary in extraordinary/difficult times w/@deborahzafer.bsky.social. We read an extract of this story by Brecht de Porteere @brechtdp.bsky.social. I then read it in full immediately. The Rest Is Silence. WOW. hudsonreview.com/2025/05/the-...

hudsonreview.com

The Rest Is Silence | The Hudson Review

141

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

2 1/2 years now, every month since our short story week w/@DavidGaffney & KJ Orr @arvonfoundation.bsky.social. Last night they workshopped a new hermit crab CNF I'd written after the @hapi-conference.bsky.social on #fragmentation & now I can't wait to work on it more. Love this group. #Mojo.

040

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I just read #BarbaraKingsolver's #DemonCopperhead. Fabulous friends pointed me to their podcast conversation about it. Pure gold! They're discussing 100 books here. I will definitely dive in for MORE. Jay & Stacey are amazing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCCL...

youtube.com

Kingsolver’s Conversation with Dickens: Demon Copperhead

YouTube video by Between The Covers Podcast

000

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Not sure a Facebook video will show on BlueSky, but this is a nice little synesthesia lesson from Mayim Bialik. She's great! But for what it's worth, "unicorn" is totally white. Everyone knows that. www.facebook.com/MissMayim/vi...

facebook.com

Video

000

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

NOT a pointless post - for me this is BIG. I managed to put contacts in my eyes. My 5th round of trying (after 3 prior failures at the optometrist's). @teonipassereau.bsky.social gave me advice & then I found a GOOD youtube & 1st try, GOT IT. I can see! & I feel v empowered. #KeepAsking #KeepAtIt

120

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Evidently I am the #phoenix #deatharchetype. Sounds about right. Fascinating stuff. Sometimes writing a book HAS to be about the rabbit holes. For me anyway. And no, it's NOT procrastination. :-) www.deatharchetypes.com/result?code=...

deatharchetypes.com

I’m the phoenix. What are you? Take the test and find your type.

Death is not the end.

000

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I join the world mourning the loss of Dolly Parton - absolute gem of a human being. What she did for #literacy, #books, #women & #music!! But I just learned we also lost #TimCurry. What that guy did for big, bold, joyful #LIFE. #RockyHorror www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCZD...

youtube.com

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) - Sweet Transvestite Scene (3/5) | Movieclips

YouTube video by Movieclips

110

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The #fragmentation @hapi-conference.bsky.social finished in Bristol a week ago. Incredibly rich & inspiring. A friend asked about Lucy Durneen's #poetry - I shared this stunner #lyricessay from Sweden. It's #grief, #depth. #astrophysics #sky #love #tea #olives & MORE. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWLS...

youtube.com

Morgonpoesi med Lucy Durneen

YouTube video by Litteraturcentrum Kvu

052

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Half an hour from now is my 9th Brunel PhD supervision, discussing my novel's development. A year ago I hadn't even started & now I'm fully IN IT, absolutely loving being in it. You think your life's rolling forward a certain unchangeable way - think again. #DoTheThing. #KeepAskingKeepAtIt.

020

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

This is my favorite thing today. 😂

010

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Lovely piece of braided flash that moves you swiftly through a very thoughtful, poignant experience.

210

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I think the internet is swamped with eclipse pics. Hampstead Heath was a party! I want to show you but I can't seem to process anything. SOOO slow! But I brought a box lid and an egg poacher up there. And a vodka vanilla thing in a can. Made friends. It was fun. #eggpoacher #mcguyver

010

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Big soulless mall. Chain store w/character. AllSaints. I buy a dress, 20% off for signing up for the newsletter. I open their email, find a Spotify playlist, discover 80's Cleaners from Venus who distributed chiefly by mailed cassette. Love. Amazed I've arrived here: open.spotify.com/track/1p8Fz4...

open.spotify.com

Summer in a Small Town

The Cleaners From Venus · Under Wartime Conditions · Song · 1984

120

Nancy Freund @nancyfreund.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

For my last book, she was the first agent I was encouraged to query - by both my US & UK networks. My novel wasn't right for her, but I still (and NOW) have a huge soft spot for her. Thanks for sharing this. "Lovely" is wonderful.

020