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Editor, writer, attempted comic, nerd. Funny bits @reductress @thedailymash 🃏 Top buyer of lemon & coriander cous cous at my local Sainsburys. She/her. 🐉🧙‍♀

Joined May 2013
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It's that time again! The BBC's open door comedy show @DMsAreOpenBBC is BACK and you're going to write for it. Here's a blog with all the details, fully updated for series 4 thecomedyloser.com/2022/05/1… Go get a credit as a BBC writer! #writingcommunity #comedywriting @5tevieM
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In response to alarmingly low levels of reading enjoyment in children, we are launching the Action! Prize 💥 We are calling for filmic and action-packed adventure stories, with three winners receiving a publishing contract. thebookseller.com/news/faber…
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1/ WGGB strongly opposes @ITV s recent decision to appoint a Head of Generative AI Innovation, whose role will include using technology to help create ‘shows, films and digital-first content’
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Vicky Richards retweeted
🚨 Listen to our sketch pilot SHARED DRIVE below 🚨 @A_GarrickWright @RobGilroy @emalcolmson @rhiannoneshaw @beakachu @chriscomedyuk @SophLouiseHall @ThisisDouch @A_GarrickWright @VickyERichards @amyxander27 @ItsKalumMan @maxtothek @PaulReadWrites @alexmjsmith @TheRealKAB
🚨SHARED DRIVE - an audio sketch pilot!🚨 Available NOW! 🔥 🔊Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/5Iv… 🔊Acast shows.acast.com/66dd972d3723… 🔊 Apple podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas… 🔊 Pocketcasts pca.st/episode/0d5ce5ec-f22b… (or search "Shared Drive sketch show" wherever you get your podcasts)
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Vicky Richards retweeted
Solidarity with Virginia Woolf and her summer writing goals
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All of us during the Olympics:
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Vicky Richards retweeted
She has my full support. Caterpillar cakes are a notoriously male dominated industry.
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#WriteNow is back! 🥳 Our programme to give writers from under-represented backgrounds in publishing the tools, information and access needed to navigate the book industry. Find out more and apply by Sunday 16 June 👉 bit.ly/4aCF8qJ
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Vicky Richards retweeted
After a few years of trying to find a publisher for my picture book, I’ve decided to self-publish. It’s called CHEESE! and I think it’s pretty good. This is a passion project for me that I’ve been working on in the background between jobs and I’m almost ready to release it.
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Vicky Richards retweeted
Ever wanted to write comedy and hear it broadcast on the BBC? @DMsAreOpenBBC is open for submissions. Here's a blog explaining everything you need to get started! Fully updated to include details of the changes for series 3, produced by @gwynrhysdavies thecomedyloser.com/2022/05/1…
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What did the snowman say to Suella Braverman? Blimey, I thought I was cold #GoldCrackers
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Vicky Richards retweeted
Mom Misses Cute Age When Children Were Entirely Beholden to Her Godlike Authority: ow.ly/fobl50QbxTS
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Vicky Richards retweeted
I want to watch a programme where five writers are put on the daily routines of other writers from the past. For a month. And then we can read what they wrote.
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mcdonalds needs to do a McBeth™ burger and itshould have beef, lamb and turkey in it and the advertising tagline should be "when shall we three meat again"
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Me: Yeah I've been writing for a while now - I'm used to feedback and rejection, so I'd say I've developed a pretty thick skin My skin every time I get a new rejection email:
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As the weather gets cooler and spooky season approaches, don’t forget to get that costume ready.
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They didn’t bring you a little treat back from the shops: six major relationship red flags buff.ly/45w3kZf
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Sibling needing a kidney should have thought of that when they pinched your Wotsits in year two buff.ly/44JEZ1B
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