Penstricken @penstricken.bsky.social · 09/10/2026We're vaguely thinking about compiling some kind of resource of writers on this subject to help with research. Not sure what form it will take, or if it will even come to fruition yet, but it's something we're thinking about, so we're curious to hear your thoughts. 🧐 010
Penstricken @penstricken.bsky.social · 09/10/2026People with jobs besides writing: what's the one thing fiction authors always get wrong about your profession? 🧐😬 #writersky #fiction #research 231
Penstricken @penstricken.bsky.social · 08/10/2026So many submissions to read, so little time. But read and respond to them all, we shall. 📖👀 040
Penstricken @penstricken.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Thanks for your patience while we read through all your submissions to Journeys. We've deliberately given ourselves more time to read everything this time so we can do a thorough job reviewing and responding to everyone. We think that's important. 🗺️✈️ 020
Penstricken @penstricken.bsky.social · 26/09/2026We'll be publishing this story + an author interview in our upcoming Winter 2026 issue, Journeys, so keep an eye out for this issue dropping sometime in December this year! 🗺️✈️ 120
Penstricken @penstricken.bsky.social · 26/09/2026We're very excited to announce the winner of our 1,000-Word Short Story Competition is... Gayle Beveridge with her beautiful short story, 'Beneath the Willow Tree'! 🏆 We loved this story for its beautiful prose, its strong protagonist and its touching plot. 😍 151
Reposted by PenstrickenRob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social · 18/09/2026#horrorwriter #amwritingfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity inventingrealityediting.com/2...inventingrealityediting.comWriting Inspiration: It’s okay to do lessWrite a little less. Don’t lower your standards but lower your output so you can spend time meeting with your friends or being with your family. After all, you can’t be a good writer if you fi… 023
Penstricken @penstricken.bsky.social · 17/09/2026We plan to announce the winner of our 1,000-Word Story Competition at the end of next week, probably around the 26th Sept. It's just so hard to pick only ONE winner – but we will! 🏆 221
Penstricken @penstricken.bsky.social · 12/09/2026We're passionate about supporting authors and building an ad-free, ai-free platform for #writers to share their work freely with the world, but we need your support to do it. If you love what we do, please consider making a small donation to help us keep going 🙏🤗. Penstricken.com/support-uspenstricken.comSUPPORT USSupport Us We are a tiny, independently run literary journal. Our mission is to create a platform for writers to share their work with the world, but we need your help to keep going. Here’s h… 131