Vanessa Gebbie
@VanessaGebbie
I write. Among many other things.
Writers- in need of a deceptively simply named challenge? Flash Fiction is anything but simple. And so fascinating - endlessly morphing and switching in shape. Brilliant for zapping writers block too but that’s another story. Join us!
We're so excited that Vanessa will be teaching our four-week Writing Flash Fiction course! Unleash your creativity and get started with flash fiction on this lively, inspiring Zoom course. Starts 24 Feb, enrol now: curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/writing…
Giving up on the other place, Blue thingy. Every day it’s such a waste of time blocking unwanted followers- and no way of stopping them. Usually so called single men, or single bots! Disappointed.
Wow - writers - what a fantastic offer from @cbcreative - A *free* lesson in how to write a gripping opening to your narrative, long or short... get in there!!
Kickstart 2025 with a free creative writing lesson! Receive a free lesson on how to write an gripping opening to your novel or story. You'll get video advice, a task and a free resource from our founder Anna Davis. Sign up now: curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/taster-lesson
Get flashing!
Excited to announce that FlashFlood will open its doors on Sunday 20 April until Saturday 26 April. Flashes up to 300 words. Previously published accepted. Get writing, folks! More details here: nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/flas…
When you stumble on a fabulous review fifteen years later... stingingfly.org/review/short-c…
📚 Excited to announce that Thin Skin is attending The London Book Fair (LBF) from March 11-13, 2025 at Olympia London! 🎧 Connecting with the people (like us!) who are defining the future of creative content. 🤝✨ #LBF25
Where to send your writing this week! Use our nifty lit mag database to find everything you could possibly want to know about these places: chillsubs.com/browse #WritingCommunity
Zelensky is a wartime leader watching his people suffer and die under Russian attacks every day. To be lectured and lied to by Trump and Vance, as they defend the war criminal dictator committing these atrocities, is unimaginable agony. An everlasting shame for America.
There has never been anything like this. Trump and Vance look like children talking about accommodating Putin. Zelensky holds his ground and defends his nation… and the free world.
Submissions for Issue 3 close on March 31st. Get writing!
Huge fun at Clue Cracker in Tunbridge Wells with the grandkids!
My novel began as a piece of flash fiction. That became a short story. That became the novel… flash fiction can be amazingly powerful, with the potential to take you over! Beware!
We're so excited that Vanessa will be teaching our four-week Writing Flash Fiction course! Unleash your creativity and get started with flash fiction on this lively, inspiring Zoom course. Starts 24 Feb, enrol now: curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/writing…
Finger in the wind- Russia ends war. Keeps all territory. Trump “negotiates” rare earth sole supply from Ukraine. Sends 50% back to Russia. Russia sells oil to USA in return. Trump gets Nobel Peace Prize. Some years hence, Russia tries again.
My son Toby Gebbie is fundraising for St Peter & St James Hospice in Sussex. Check out his @JustGiving page and please donate to this extraordinary cause if you can. All contributions are gratefully received, no matter how little. Thank you! #JustGiving justgiving.com/page/tobygebbi…
Happy camper at @JaipurLitFest and @crossword_book #TheInheritance @hoperoadpublish 💃🏻
Our first 🎤 in 2025 - new writers very welcome tickets : wegottickets.com/WordKitchen to bag a reading spot contact me.
Last one of the Grist to the Mill online creative evenings next week, so I'm busy creating fun/wacky/challenging games for my writers. If you'd like to explore joining us for the next series (April to July, one busy, informal evening a month) do ask. Small group. 12 max.
Join us for #WriteCBC over on 🦋! Let us know your 2025 writing goal and you could win a free course (worth £230). Find out how to take part: curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/blog/how-to-ac…
What will you do in 2025? We're going to be looking for the best of the best to feature in Thin Skin. Submissions for Issue 2 close on January 10th so pick up your quill and get writing! Thin-skin.com
1000 piece jigsaw of Sistine Chapel ceiling- done - ten days later on n off- to find one piece missing. Do we care? Nah! Still v proud of sticking with it. (A bit like writing…)
"Aging is not ‘lost youth’ but a new stage of opportunity and strength" Betty Friedan