About @patchiesteve
Engineered for a life in the automotive industry, Steve is forever escaping out to sea, somewhere off the coast of the kitchen table on a boat made from newspapers and old books.
As a youthful Edward, he is often lost in a fog of inky adventures until wife and kids tow him back to shore.
Favourite character: Stick
Favourite story thread: I am Pigeon. I am Hope.
Favourite prompt word: violet (by @voimaoy, #vss365, 9 March 2018)
About @teabeesea
When not wishing she is Dunster but feeling more like Dover, Tamsin is a proud fundraiser for a charity that supports people of refugee background into meaningful employment.
She likes new beech leaves, bees, and assonance, and is grateful to her long-suffering husband for humouring her #writingcommunity obsession.
Favourite character: Eliot
Favourite story thread: Stick Destroys a Castle
Favourite prompt word: widdershins (by @TheWritingKind, #vss365, 13 September 2020)
Thanks*
Written in Hope only exists because of the wonderful #writingcommunity. Talented writers and enthusiastic readers who found each other on Twitter (X?) and are now branching out across platforms as diverse as Mastodon and BlueSky. We’re so grateful for the creativity and commitment of the writing prompt creators and hosts whose daily words fuel our stories, and for every reader whose support keeps them alive. We would like to make special mention of:
The ambassadors, hosts and, most importantly, the creator (Mark A. King – @Making_Fiction) of the mighty #vss365. Plus vss365today.com developer and guardian @cely717.
The multi-word delights of #microprompt (@microprompt)
The out-of-this-world wonders of #scifansat (@scifansat, @Jason_H_Abbott)
We would also like to pay tribute to Janie Gouge (@janiegouge), who very sadly passed away in December 2020. Although Janie’s #hangtenstories prompts don’t feature on this site, they were amongst the first to draw us both into the excitement of writing and reading stories on Twitter. We are so grateful for Janie’s creativity and encouragement, and she is much missed.
* #vss365 prompt word, 29 September 2018 (by @whithernow)