Stuart Smith

Writer and recovering musician. Currently working on a psychological romance novel 'Future Echoes' and attempting to spell 'substack' correctly.

[Stuart Smith @replaceable_me]

Bye, bye, Twitter! It's time to stop with Elon's haunted shark-tank. You can find me on https://t.co/XQbwQuxlZm and of course https://t.co/oXKv6mmjXU 👍Join me there for more positive vibes and less fascism. 😀

[Stuart Smith @replaceable_me]

Yes. I do the ten-mile run, too. And the washing up. And the day job. And write 10,000 words a day. I can also purify water by passing it through my ears. It's great to be a writer.

[Sophie Flynn @sophielflynn]

So funny, this is my exact first draft routine too

[Stuart Smith @replaceable_me]

32nd anniversary of the #bijlmerramp yesterday. At the tree that saw everything https://t.co/FUIfPiXaP9

[Stuart Smith @replaceable_me]

Massive congrat.s to @AndreaW_author - runner up for the #mosiewcharranprize 2024 and bloody well deserved. Looking forward to seeing Deity of a Drowning Realm in the shops someday soon...! 🙏🥳🍾🏆👏

[Stuart Smith @replaceable_me]

@AndreaW_author @hodderscape @molluskey @saaraelarifi @natasha_nq @SanguMandanna @mmbcreativeuk @THRIVEHachette Thrilled? You're not kidding!!! Absolutely excellent news! 🥳🍾🏆👏 The only thing that gets me down off the ceiling is - this doesn't surprise me at all. You're a gifted writer with a heart of gold, and you deserve this. (And more! 🚀)

[Stuart Smith @replaceable_me]

When in Brussels... https://t.co/Ji50Xg7KJ8

[Stuart Smith @replaceable_me]

Of Soundtracks and Gauguin ...or why I'm listening to Mid-Air Thief while writing this... https://t.co/jHdXf7ayKb

[Stuart Smith @replaceable_me]

It's publication day 😃 ... two days ago 😱 https://t.co/cfhg6yKaAZ This is how catastrophically bad at Twitter I am. Fortunately @FictiveDream does it much better.

[Stuart Smith @replaceable_me]

@brantleywrites I am most definitely a writer. I just checked, and my #shortstory Munch’s Piano https://t.co/mwazanuaBs really is published in @FictiveDream. 😍 I still can't believe it. 🙏

[Stuart Smith @replaceable_me]

Wow. Thank you, @polyscribe2 . I'm becoming lost for words for the amazing reactions to Munch's Piano. 🙏#shortstories @FictiveDream #munchs_piano

[Mike Fox @polyscribe2]

'tortured by his inner demons, screaming his angst across a thousand canvasses' - So many elements in this exquisitely crafted, highly visual story. One of the most vivid short stories I can remember reading.

[Stuart Smith @replaceable_me]

@kpbooksnstuff Yes. Some say hope is a dangerous drug. Others say Hope is a town near Buxton, and every small victory is an immovable paving stone on our road to success. They can't take it away from you. 💪

[Stuart Smith @replaceable_me]

Don't sleep!! CELEBRATE!!! 🥳😍 @kpbooksnstuff #amquerying

[Kala is ✨️querying✨️ & ✍️🏽 something 💫new💫 @kpbooksnstuff]

A full request! I just got my first full request! 😱 Never thought it would happen to me! I've just submitted my full manuscript. 🤞🏽🤞🏽Yes, it's 2.30am and I don't think I'll sleep tonight, and it might not come to anything...but I'm just so thrilled!!!
#amquerying

[Stuart Smith @replaceable_me]

Thank you! 😍 My little typing fingers are getting sore replying to all the good vibes this afternoon! 🤣 Big honour to be featured in @FictiveDream. #shortstory

[Stuart Smith @replaceable_me]

Wishing I had my time again? Sounds rather like the idea behind my WIP...! (Which still isn't mainstream enough to get agentland interested enough, it seems...) Keep going! #amquerying

[Mel Reynard is on 📷🧵🦋⏰ @MelJRey]

This querying business is the worst.
You try to make your novel sound like other novels with tropes & comps, thereby making it sound completely generic and losing all sense of originality 🤯 Kind of wishing I had my time over again.

[Mel Reynard is on 📷���🦋⏰ @MelJRey]

This querying business is the worst.
You try to make your novel sound like other novels with tropes & comps, thereby making it sound completely generic and losing all sense of originality 🤯 Kind of wishing I had my time over again.

[Stuart Smith @replaceable_me]

I'm delighted too, @FictiveDream . You have no idea. 😄

[Stuart Smith @replaceable_me]

Astonishing how faithful the published version is to that 'scrappy' original. Encouraged by this, my leaky biro stands poised. Thanks, Emma. 😍

[Emma Cooper @ItsEmmacooper]

I’ve found my very first attempt for the opening for The Songs of Us!
Who would have thought that this scrappy bit of writing would be read all over the world?!
So this is just a reminder that all you need is a notebook and a leaky biro to write a novel.
If I can, you can too 💪

[Stuart Smith @replaceable_me]

Getting something published. I can't believe I just wrote that. https://t.co/mnpWR0W3H3

[Stuart Smith @replaceable_me]

@atgeiger11 Chapter titles, definitely. With a theme. An unexpected one. A hidden message, in twenty-six parts. (Easier pontificated about than done, I know.) 😉

[Stuart Smith @replaceable_me]

Hi #writingcommunity, Stuart here. Serial genre-buster, I've moved from romance to parody thriller (Valentine Klimt and the Revolution of Love - https://t.co/wxw85powqv), to rock-n-roll sci-fi - It's Only the End of the World (pitch: Spinal Tap, in space.) Must be mad. 🙄