Olive Mackintosh-Lowe

Writer & tutor. Writing historical fiction set in London & Paris during the French Revolution. Click the link below for a fortnightly nudge to sit down & write.

[Olive Mackintosh-Lowe @OliveMLowe]

Nudge is my brand new creative writing newsletter.

Every two weeks I will curate a mixture of practical writing advice and creative writing exercises.

Think of it as a fortnightly nudge to sit down and write!

#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #substack https://t.co/zfatto9ra7

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

Girl on a Spacehopper, 1971, Byker, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK by Finnish photographer
Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen #womensart #Saturday

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Applications for the BBC Writers Open Call opportunity will open from 12 noon on Tuesday 5th November 2024 until 12 noon on Tuesday 3rd December 2024. Time to get polishing those scripts!

You can find the terms and conditions of entry on our website, and make sure to have a read through before applying. Best of luck writers🤞

#TVWriters #TVWriting #Screenwriting #NewWriting #Scripts #TVDrama #WritingOpportunity

[Olive Mackintosh-Lowe @OliveMLowe]

No one has ever been as exhausted as a cat that has napped all day.

[Paintings of London @PaintingsLondon]

'The George Tavern', Stepney Green (2022) by Jonathan Madden
https://t.co/RRJODYI8xQ

[Paintings of London @PaintingsLondon]

The theme for @artukdotorg's #OnlineArtExchange today is peaceful art.
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Here's 'View of Southwark Bridge at Night' (1882) by John Atkinson Grimshaw

(Ashmolean Museum, Oxford)

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He’s perfect. 🕵🏻‍♂️

[Laura Elliott @TinyWriterLaura]

good morning from hercule! he hopes you’re all having an excellent friday

[Olive Mackintosh-Lowe @OliveMLowe]

The absolute joy of finding and falling for a new author.

The Postmistress of Paris by @MegWClayton was 👌

#BookTwitter

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@TheBookshopMan Sir! You simply have to tell us the titles !

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Some top tier spredges

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C. S. Lewis, advice to a young writer

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My latest creative writing newsletter explores the fictional women who raised us and finding your characters core beliefs. #AmWriting #Substack

https://t.co/D6rbqHvJAo

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

The poem 'Dangerous Coats' by contemporary Irish writer Sharon Owens #womensart Home Office surveillance photograph of suffragette Olive Beamish, 1914
#WomensHistoryMonth

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@LauraPAuthor What a bananas way to behave?!

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The only true reason to use ChatGPT

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@marklewismd

[Paintings of London @PaintingsLondon]

'Early Morning, Harrow Road' (2008) by Caroline Coon
https://t.co/VpxhMw2SQb

[Paul Couchman - Regency Cook @TheRegencyCook]

Where to put your pistachio cream? Next to the asparagus & just across from the larded & roasted capon is just fine. Serve not at dessert but during the second course (oh yes).

Richard Briggs, The English Art of Cookery (1796).

Interesting?

[Olive Mackintosh-Lowe @OliveMLowe]

Seems paradoxical that I have to both do my taxes AND pay them. #selfemployed

[Catherine Curzon @MadameGilflurt]

On his way to start the French Revolution.

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So far the most unrealistic thing about B&B Merry is the number of coats this woman has packed for her Christmas getaway!

#hallmarkchristmasmovie #christmovie