Emma Claire and I have had a busy summer with our website Something Rhymed.
Following our article for the Independent on Sunday, we wrote another related piece about female writing friendships for Writers & Artists.
We’ve also been working on plans for some related events and projects, including an appearance on 15 October at the Ilkley Literature Festival.
I’ll be posting some more information about this event over the next few weeks, but you can go to this page to find out what we will be doing that evening.
As I mentioned in a recent post on Something Rhymed, Emma Claire and I are very keen to celebrate positive representations of women’s friendship on-line. With this in mind, we’ve just launched our #SomethingRhymed hashtag on Twitter with this tweet:
Women’s relationships are too often seen as bitchy & backstabbing. Tell us about a time when a female friend supported you. #SomethingRhymed
We’ll be sharing our own stories (in 140 characters or less), and, whether you’re a writer or not, we’d love to hear about your positive experiences of female friendship too. If you’re not on Twitter, but would still like to add your voice to the conversation, you can leave a message in the Comments section at the end of all of our Something Rhymed posts.
Do remember too that you can keep up-to-date with the blog by typing your email address into the box beneath the banner on the right hand side of the screen, and then clicking on the ‘Follow’ button beneath. On mobile devices, you need to scroll down to the bottom of the page to find the box and ‘Follow’ button.
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