Calie Rydings

Writer. Campaigner. Animal lover. Cake expert. All views my own.

[Calie Rydings @WagtailCal]

It took me 19 years to speak up about my own gang #rape due to #trauma, shame and fear, but thanks in part to @RapeCrisisEandW and their wonderful team, and I will no longer be silent. The time for shame is over. I stand with all #survivors of sexual violence.

[Calie Rydings @WagtailCal]

TW: Today I am waiving my right to anonymity and coming forward as a #rape survivor.
If you or a loved one have been affected by sexual violence, I'm here for you and I support you. The time for shame is over. #TimesUp #MeToo #MyIndependenceDay

[Calie Rydings @WagtailCal]

@bl98 Happy New Year to everyone in the #writingcommmunity - may your ink never run dry in 2020!

[Calie Rydings @WagtailCal]

I may not have read as many books in 2019 as @BarackObama but managed 39, which isn't too shabby with a one year old! Best books of the year (IMO) #ALittleLife by Hanya Yanagihara #4321 by Paul Auster and #BookOfDust by the legend @PhilipPullman - what's been your top reads?

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my #NewYearChallenge for 2019 was to write three novels in a year...with the (self-imposed) deadline only hours away, as soon as I finish work I #amwriting up until the clock strikes 12! Fellow writers...what writing wonders do you have in store for 2020?

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Today over at Write On - the art of diary keeping, how it can challenge & improve #writing & give us a more authentic voice. Oscar Wilde said: “I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train!” https://t.co/l9E3cIJVNU

[Calie Rydings @WagtailCal]

I'm reading my childhood diaries for a new #novel. It's toe-curling stuff...but I'm a sadist so I may tweet some excerpts soon!
So fellow #writers, did you keep diaries as a child? Are they a rich seam of inspiration or an angst ridden nightmare? #amwriting #writerslife

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I'm channeling #Arya Stark today, as I'm doing my own battle with something even more deadly than the Night King. So, #writers, what do we say to the God of Writers Block? #NotToday #amwriting

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Music plays a huge part in my #writing, it is the soundscape on which I paint my words. Fellow writers, what are your 'go to' tracks for writing? Join us over at #WriteOn for musical musings and more! https://t.co/RQPjnGhsS6 #amwritingfiction #writingtips

[Calie Rydings @WagtailCal]

Thank you so much for all your support over at Write On this week! To say thank you, I'll be posting a few teasers from #Unmarked throughout the day.
In the meantime, if you fancy catching up on our previous blogs, why not head on over to: https://t.co/ZAMwcFuyL5

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Are you thinking of becoming an #indieauthor and want to find out more? loads of hints, tips and other musing from successful author JA Harris here: https://t.co/nDpuS8SaEB #amwriting #WritingCommunity

[Calie Rydings @WagtailCal]

@RachMCullimore You can do it!

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Writing: #MakingYourMark is now open! Our new exhibition explores the evolution of writing from hieroglyphs to emojis, a story 5,000 years in the making: https://t.co/6hFozQXxjw

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Huzzah! I've got that #FridayFeeling about our brand new blog from #indieauthor Jill A Harris about the pleasures, perils & peculiarities of #selfpublishing. Visit Write On: https://t.co/nDpuS8SaEB to find out more! #amwriting #amwritingfantasy #amwritingfiction #writingtips

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On #ThrowbackTuesday we're looking back to our very first guest blogger, who wrote an #autobiography about the death of her child 'Memory of a Daughter.' A searingly honest, and painful account of those left behind. #writing
To read more, please visit: https://t.co/L5kgoymDGw

[Calie Rydings @WagtailCal]

Happy Thursday fellow #writers, hope all is well out there in the #WritingCommunity today. #amwrtiting and #editing today, then rewarding myself with the final episode of #Fleabag2 (I know, late to the party!)...it's going to be a good day! #ThursdayMotivation #writingtips

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Woo Hoo! Over at Write On blog we're celebrating 2,000 hits since we relaunched earlier this week. Thank you all so much for your support and as a little freebie, here's a sneaky peak from my new book #Unmarked

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Join us on Friday at Write On Rydings for a tasty treat from guest indie author Jill A Harris. She's author of several #fiction and #nonfiction books.
Can't wait to see you there! https://t.co/JQ6z7ugDEt #writing #indieauthors #write #amwriting #WritingCommunity #writingtips

[Writing & Editing @WrtrStat]

Writing: "It is one of life's bitterest truths that bedtime so often arrives just when things are really getting interesting." -Lemony Snicket #amwriting

This goes for reading too. -Wrtr ..Keep Writing. (Thank you to/Art/Comic By: @inkyelbows)

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How do you #write a really great first line? Head on over to Write On to see what some of your favourite #writers have to say on the subject! https://t.co/2o3pbPHn0l #WednesdayWisdom #WritingCommunity #writing