Edinburgh Writers' Club

Official account of the Edinburgh Writers' Club, bringing the community together—from Edinburgh and beyond! Alexander @McCallSmith is our president.

[Lauren J McMenemy 👻🧛‍♀️🔮😈 @novicenovelist]

Meet @StevenJPoore, who'll be reading your entries to the BFS short story comp. Because you're definitely entering, right?

[Lindz McLeod @lindzmcleod]

Fun news dropped; I am SO excited to write this novelization about a Killer Haggis!

[Edinburgh Writers' Club @Edinburghwrite1]

@OlgaWojtas @ruthaylett @MSparkSociety @lyceumedinburgh This was a fabulous production!

[Stanchion @StanchionZine]

Wanna work with the remarkable @lindzmcleod and be published by Stanchion next year? Read all about An Honor and a Privilege!

https://t.co/ReInC2Nruv

[Olga Wojtas @OlgaWojtas]

A @MSparkSociety outing to see the brilliant production of "The Girls of Slender Means" at the @lyceumedinburgh, complete with Schiaparelli dress. The programme included info about the plans for a statue of Dame Muriel.

[Lindz McLeod @lindzmcleod]

🔥EXCLUSIVE NEWS 🔥 dropping in this interview about my future, check it out!!

[✨🌻 Z. K. A.🌸🪐(HIATUS) @pegasusunder1]

Tweeting again to maintain the something or other! Also I got accepted into @FracturedLit recently with a flash piece I adore and can't wait to share!!! thank you @TommyDeanWriter <3 !!!

[Lindz McLeod @lindzmcleod]

Make that TWO book contracts this weekend!
And another one coming this week?!

[Lauren J McMenemy 👻🧛‍♀️🔮😈 @novicenovelist]

We've opened our spring submissions window at @HorrorTree's flash fiction zine, Trembling With Fear—but it closes again on Monday! We're looking for dark and speculative short stories of up to 1500 words to publish on the site (free fiction!)... Details 🧵⬇️

[Lindz McLeod @lindzmcleod]

I'm actually emotional about my debut collection TURDUCKEN being named Bravest, Newest, Weirdest by an amazing press that I admire so much—thank you, Tenebrous!!

I'm proud of this misshapen baby bird, and if you wanted to check it out, I would be incredible grateful. Link below

[Olga Wojtas @OlgaWojtas]

Love this. Also, the sign in Fife for Crook of Devon, under which someone wrote "twinned with Thief of Baghdad."

[Lindz McLeod @lindzmcleod]

In much nicer news, I've been working on 'The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet' edits and since my editor suggested we open some chapters with letters, I've sprinted with that idea 🤣

[Edinburgh Writers' Club @Edinburghwrite1]

The mind of our club president is a scary (albeit very funny) place... 🤣

[Lindz McLeod @lindzmcleod]

So excited for you all to read my latest collab flash, "The Real Monsters Were the Children We Terrorized Along the Way", co-written with Sage Tyrtle. We had SUCH a blast writing this one!
https://t.co/QPbOojyunB

[Lindz McLeod @lindzmcleod]

It made my day to discover that my 2022 novelette 'Love, Happiness, And All The Things You May Not Be Destined For' was reviewed so positively!
Logline: after meeting her adult self, 10 yr old Georgia learns that she's about to meet a boy and fall in love, but her destiny has

[Edinburgh Writers' Club @Edinburghwrite1]

@OlgaWojtas @ScotAWriters @k_blackadder Fantastic news!! Congratulations to the winners!

[anne stenhouse @anne_stenhouse]

#edinburgh

[Olga Wojtas @OlgaWojtas]

Congratulations to the @Edinburghwrite1 prizewinners at the @ScotAWriters conference. @k_blackadder: short story, highly commended; 2nd place for flash fiction. Lizbeth Ann Crawford: teen novel highly commended; 3rd place for historical novel. Roz Preston 3rd place for memoir.

[Lindz McLeod @lindzmcleod]

So excited for you all to read my latest collab flash, "The Real Monsters Were the Children We Terrorized Along the Way", co-written with Sage Tyrtle. We had SUCH a blast writing this one!
https://t.co/QPbOojyunB

[Edinburgh Writers' Club @Edinburghwrite1]

Congratulations to the @Edinburghwrite1 prizewinners at the @ScotAWriters conference. @k_blackadder: short storry, highly commended; 2nd place for flash fiction. Lizbeth Ann Crawford: teen novel highly commended; 3rd place for historical novel. Roz Preston: 3rd place for memoir.