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Melanie Jones

@jonesmonster

Writer of short stories and beginner of novels. Birkbeck PhD student. Teacher specialising in anxiety, depression, and autism.

 London
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Joined December 2008
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Today is my last day at Bridge Cottage. I still have to pack up a lot of stuff and have a ratger large to do list. So of course I woke up in the night with a migraine.
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🚨 NOW NOT ACCEPTING ANY NEW CASES We need to raise 15k and fast…. To donate. PLEASE use one of the links. This is a beyond desperate post. 💔 paypal.me/straycatrescueteam… (Please select the ‘Friends & Family’ or ‘Someone You Trust’ option)
Image from Stray Cat Rescue Team West Midlands (@StrayCatsWM)
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And to everyone getting their results today. Remember this is one performance on one or two nerve wracking days. It doesn’t change what you know about the subject or what you gained from studying it. Whatever the grades, you know more than you did.
Two Bs and a D for my students. Not exactly what we were hoping for but still worth celebrating. Especially as that Philosophy paper was tough!
Meet Persephone! The pandemic started shortly after she was adopted, so she is not used to visitors. She gets scared and hides under the blanket. The other cat, Sebastian, comforts her. If she gets to know you, she is cuddly. Sometimes if you sing to her, she’ll meow back.
A white cat with black markings on her face, ears, and back. She is sitting outside next to a tiny pink flower growing from a thin stalk.

ALT A white cat with black markings on her face, ears, and back. She is sitting outside next to a tiny pink flower growing from a thin stalk.

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Meet Sebastian! He is very large but kind to everyone. His family calls him a gentle giant. He is a caregiver to the whole family. He comes and shows love when he sees his family needs it. He even takes care of the smaller cat in the home, looking after her when she is scared.
An all-black cat (Sebastian) sitting upright outdoors in a flower garden. He is next to small pink and white flowers. He has green eyes.

ALT An all-black cat (Sebastian) sitting upright outdoors in a flower garden. He is next to small pink and white flowers. He has green eyes.

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I have a lot of things I should be doing, but I've spent most of the day drawing pets for @ARLIowa's #poorlydrawnpets fundraiser and it's the most fun I've had in a long time.
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What an absolute joy to talk to the NAWE conference this morning about anxiety, horror and MR James. Thanks to everyone who came along so early on a Saturday and to @NaweWriters for organising such a wonderful conference! #mrjames #anxiety
A ghost on a beach. Photo by Eddie Brazil.

ALT A ghost on a beach. Photo by Eddie Brazil.

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I will be speaking on Saturday morning! My workshop ‘How is a short story like a panic attack?’ explores anxiety in horror fiction and the ways fiction seeps into reality. There are so many amazing panels, it’s all very exciting!
NAWE (@NaweWriters) profile pictureNAWE@NaweWriters2 Mar 2022
Less than a week to go! Join fellow writers in education & the community around the UK & beyond at #NAWEconf2022. Special events include UK Arts Councils: Literature Panel: @ace_national @ArtsCouncilNI @LitWales @CreativeScots. bit.ly/3jgXMup #writingineducation
UK ARTS COUNCILS: LITERATURE PANEL with SARAH CROWN (ACE), PAUL MCVEIGH (ACE NI), LLEUCU SIENCYN (LITERATURE WALES), and ALAN BETT (CREATIVE SCOTLAND) Friday 11th March 11.00 - 11.50am

ALT UK ARTS COUNCILS: LITERATURE PANEL with SARAH CROWN (ACE), PAUL MCVEIGH (ACE NI), LLEUCU SIENCYN (LITERATURE WALES), and ALAN BETT (CREATIVE SCOTLAND) Friday 11th March 11.00 - 11.50am

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Look what came in the post today! Thankyou @popshotmag for liking my story. And what a lovely illustration by @nekoojiang.
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Here it is! Read my story and others in the latest issue of Popshot! As a writer and a sort of artist, I've loved this magazine for a while now and I'm so happy to be a part of it. popshotpopshot.com/posts/202…
It's so beautiful!!!
Popshot Quarterly (@popshotmag) profile picturePopshot Quarterly@popshotmag3 Feb 2022
The Water Issue is here! Find it in all good newsagents, book shops and online now popshotpopshot.com/posts/202… #WritingCommunity #litmag #shortstories #poetry #flashfiction #writerslife
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The Water Issue is here! Find it in all good newsagents, book shops and online now popshotpopshot.com/posts/202… #WritingCommunity #litmag #shortstories #poetry #flashfiction #writerslife
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Very excited to have a story published in the next issue of the wonderful @popshotmag. It's a story about a hot tub! So @actel should probably buy me a hot tub to celebrate.
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So happy to be a part of this great essay series. Here I am ranting about exams!
I thought about that a lot (@allconsuming_20) profile pictureI thought about that a lot@allconsuming_2012 Dec 2021
In 2021, I thought a lot about the misery of exams. ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/th…
image text says: if i was hiring someone, i would much rather have the word of someone who knows that person, than a string of out of context exam results. ithoughtaboutthatalot.com

ALT image text says: if i was hiring someone, i would much rather have the word of someone who knows that person, than a string of out of context exam results. ithoughtaboutthatalot.com

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Ok, I've been studying really hard for 2 days, probably time to go on holiday for 4. #phdlife #camping
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Today's challenge is trying to make arguments about Freud's The Uncanny without just pasting in pictures of zombies from Buffy. (Familiar/unfamiliar) #phd #buffy #thezeppo
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Just enrolled for what I hope is the final year of my PhD, probably a good time to come back to Twitter, right? #phdlife
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I'm reading this book now and it's amazing.
Galley Beggar Press (@GalleyBeggars) profile pictureGalley Beggar Press@GalleyBeggars5 Sep 2020
Replying to @GalleyBeggars
If you are eager for one of the first editions, now is the time to head to @blackwellbooks, @Waterstones, and your favourite independent bookshop. (We also have a final 30 - just 30! - in our offices, and you can buy one here: galleybeggar.co.uk/paperback…) /2
MORDEW — Galley Beggar Press

MORDEW — Galley Beggar Press

‘This novel… oh my goodness, this novel. It is amazing.’ — Interzone READ AN EXTRACT HERE For further details, including important information on shipping rates ,* see below.

galleybeggar.co.uk
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There’s a myth that education struggles to shed. One that holds students back. And that makes life much harder for teachers than it should be. It’s the myth of learning styles. A thread 👇👇👇👇
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