Amanda Austen

Straddler of Hemispheres, 🌏🇦🇺🦘🇬🇧Freelance TV/Radio 📺📻 Producer & Writer. 📕📝✏️

[Amanda Austen @Amandaausten]

Am taking heart watching the BBC series “Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius”. I didn’t realise it took her 17 years, connections and alleged bribery to get “Sense & Sensibility” published…
#amwriting #WritingCommunity #writing

[Amanda Austen @Amandaausten]

Still getting the hang of Substack, but it’s making me write which is something. #amwriting #writingcommunity

https://t.co/gPcvJwo0St

[Amanda Austen @Amandaausten]

Am giving Substack a go. Writing when you are just not feeling it…
#amwriting #writingcommunity

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[Essie Fox Author @essiefox]

Oh my! All kneel in awe of this Christmas tree! Via @emma_darwin.

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

oh my god 🖤🖤🖤

[Lisa Highton @mslisahighton]

‘Things are definitely opening up’: the rise of older female writers. Quoted here because I feel strongly that diversity is also about age (and opportunity, etc) let’s celebrate experienced voices even more. https://t.co/aSuLcQ5QIE

[Jennifer Coolidge @JENCOOLIDGE]

Trying out Tik Tok! 💋👀 @JLo

[Mark Hamill @MarkHamill]

And the Oscar goes to...

👀👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[TheBossRoss 🇪🇺 🧶 ❄ 📷 6x💉 @BettinaSRoss1]

This is fabulous!

How Presidents Walk.

Credit: Stefan Leonhardsberger
Via: michaelschulteshow /IG

[Lisa McGee @LisaMMcGee]

When I was first writing Derry Girls I asked people I grew up with to send me photographs that might help me rebuild the past. My friend Laura sent me this. Look in the corner. Incredible #DerryGirls

[Tansu Yegen @TansuYegen]

Ambidexterity world record holder Aadi Swaroopa from India. She writes 45 words per minute…

[Amanda Austen @Amandaausten]

Sick in bed, so binged on BBC's #Crossfire. Was relieved that Jo chose trainers over flip flops with all that running around.

[Amanda Austen @Amandaausten]

I wonder if the blonde woman ever found her suave European gentleman?

[BBC Archive @BBCArchive]

What sort of thing did Australians expect to find in England? 🌏

#OnThisDay 1961: Alan Whicker interviewed some Aussies just before they set sail from Melbourne to Essex.

[Amanda Austen @Amandaausten]

Might put this on a post-it above my desk:
“The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof, shit detector.” —Ernest Hemingway
#WritingCommunity #amwriting

[The Chaser @chaser]

Scott Morrison's resume leaked exclusively to https://t.co/aecOGy9DG3

[Amanda Austen @Amandaausten]

Sitting on a fan and hugging an ice pack while listening to Kit & Sam. #WritingCommunity #amwriting

[Sam Baker @SamBaker]

How brilliant is @KitdeWaal? Very bloody brilliant if the new episode of #TheShiftpodcast is anything to go by. https://t.co/tPocmV9xQC

[Amanda Austen @Amandaausten]

Hand feeding my frog with a fresh slug was so satisfying. He looked so hot and bothered.🐸🐸🐸

[Amanda Austen @Amandaausten]

Just bought the strongest antihistamines and shut all the windows. Never thought I would wish rain on London. Anyone else suffering with #allergies?

[Amanda Austen @Amandaausten]

Now have Olivia's "Magic" on a loop in my head. #OliviaNewtonJohn 🐨🐨🐨🦘🦘🦘🇦🇺🇦🇺🕺😢

https://t.co/VtGsrxJlsX via @YouTube