Nastasya Parker
Writer with stories in The Phare, Funny Pearls, and featured in Stroud and Bristol Short Story Anthologies. Immigrated from New England to Old. I work in secondary education. Inexplicably drawn to not entirely pleasant characters.
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerAre you a woman writer? Do you want to be part of an international group of amazing women writers who support each other and share their words with complete creative freedom? @theprideroars.bsky.social has an opportunity for you!
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Hey #writers, who'd be up for doing a workshop to raise some funds for Minnesota charities? @alexpenname.bsky.social and I are putting something together. Repost and spread the word, please! - Reposted by Nastasya ParkerImportant words. Thanks as always for shari g your thoughtful words with us @nastasyaparker.bsky.social
- Fear can be contagious. How do we make sure it doesn't stifle us? Blog post below about appreciating art and staying creative even when the world feels inhospitable. #WritingCommunity
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerI spent over a year of my life writing this collaborative craft book with eleven other (fantastic! talented! good-looking!) writers. "Sometimes a story emerges fully formed in your mind, and sometimes it’s an onion, requiring several ‘peels’ to get to the real, eye-watering heart of the matter."
- Fear can be contagious. How do we make sure it doesn't stifle us? Blog post below about appreciating art and staying creative even when the world feels inhospitable. #WritingCommunity
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerThis looks like another great event from @wsguk.bsky.social for International Women's Day 2026
- We're delighted to announce our event @foundlingmuseum.bsky.social 8 March 2026, London, 2-4pm: "18th-Century Women, Struggle, Fame or Fortune". Talks will be in the Picture Gallery (free with Museum admission). Full list of speakers via link: foundlingmuseum.org.uk/event/women-... /1
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerIf you weren’t able to attend our @womenwritersnet.bsky.social #AuthorInterview with @lilydunn.bsky.social yesterday, click below to read the whole thread! Happy reading! #memoir #memoirist #IntoBeing @manchesterup.bsky.social
- Thanks to all those who followed our #WomenWritersNet live #AuthorInterview with the amazing @lilydunn.bsky.social tonight. Lily spoke about her latest book, #IntoBeing (@Manchesterup.bsky.social), and about her approach to #memoirwriting. If you couldn’t attend, catch up on the whole thread here!
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerWell. I am on Substack a lot, and teach monthly workshops for my paid subscribers. lilydunn.substack.com
- This is so motivating: "Think small--build up from there." The best defence against the blank page! #WomenWritersNet #WritingCommunity #Memoir
- I teach this a lot. 'moments' are the best defence against the blank page. Think small - build up from there. But by 'moments' I mean those memories that have their claws in you because something was revealed or something was learned. it could be something small like witnessing a raindrop on a leaf.
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerI’m thinking also of your lines, here: “Structure often finds itself [...]. Instead, I focus on ‘moments’, those memories that have resonated [...]. Exceptional moments are those that reveal something more than the events themselves, some deeper meaning or wisdom.” @lilydunn.bsky.social
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerThe obvious way is to pay attention - to see everything around us as potential story. There's a wonderful Rilke quote about this that I often teach with. But also being open to seeing things differently. I think the noticing self can also be nurtured through therapy - the right therapy of course.
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerI guess it's simple. That if you as writer transform or change as you're writing a book - which so often happens whether you're writing fiction or nonfiction, but I think particularly memoir because it's so personal. Then your reader will transform as well because of the energy in the discovery
- #AuthorInterview this Thursday! Join us on #WomenWritersNet to learn from @lilydunn.bsky.social about finding meaning in your experiences and in the creative process itself, to create empowering #Memoir. #WritingCommunity @manchesterup.bsky.social
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerGot today's newsletter? Tell us right here, and remember to tell us how many emails you got in the Great Email Clusterfuck of ‘26 to be in with a chance of winning an annual Gold Star Membership!
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerToday's Pitch Surgery is open for pitches from 8am-3pm! Post your pitch for your work-in-progress (100-words for prose writers; 50-words, plus up to 30 lines of poetry for poets) then tune in 5:30-7pm when Debbie Taylor & Kris Johnson will be reading & selecting 20 for written feedback!
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerA3 #WomenWritersNet being part of a paid writing group is a real help. There is regular feedback, and it acts a bit like a 'gym membership' in terms of 'well I better do the work, I am paying either way.' This is the group I am part of. samblakebooks.com/writers-ink-...
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerA5 #WomenWritersNet For online events, I'm looking forward to @lizchampion.bsky.social write in days (if the timing works out!) and I'm checking out free events from Shut and Write to see what'll work for me. app.shutupwrite.com/online-groups
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerA2 #WomenWritersNet For anyone curious about what a your writing brand might include, here's an article that gives a brief overview of what it generally refers to: intrepidusink.com/your-writers...
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerQ1 Are you planning ahead for the writing year? If yes, tell us about your projects and how you plan to accomplish them. #WomenWritersNet
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerIt’s our first #WomenWritersNet #SkyChat for 2026, so we’ll be discussing #WomenWriters Looking Ahead—a perfect way to jump start this year's #Writing. Do join us and share your questions and insights on how to get started and keep writing through the year. #WritingTips #WritingCommunity #AmWriting
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerTook some time, but here are the #DailyPrompts for the rest of #January 2026 #RetroArtPrompt For your #creative inspiration, Week 23 Theme is #Peace Week 24 Theme is #Love 🦄
- #WritingCommunity #BookSky What goals do you have for 2026, and what strategies and resources help keep you on track? Join the discussion with @womenwritersnet.bsky.social this Thursday 15/1 at 6 p.m. GMT. We'd love to hear your ideas and plans! Follow the hashtag #WomenWritersNet for the chat.
- Reposted by Nastasya Parker❇️ TOO FAR STANDING STILL ❇️ "The author has crafted a dark, relentlessly paced book that is gripping, complex, and mind-bending. At every turn, she reels the reader into an edgy, suspenseful web of intrigue that keeps them fully captivated." mybook.to/TFSS 📗 #suspense 💥 #KindleUnlimited 💥
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerThank you for transporting us to so many beautiful places, @nastasyaparker.bsky.social! 🙏
- From a glorious independent bookshop to where two rivers meet, from the Eiffel Tower to the Charles Dickens Museum to a rural 800-year-old church to 6,288 feet above sea level to the Parthenon... Here are my top adventures of 2025! What were yours? #Travel #BookSky nastasyaparker.com/current-even...
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerDeadline is approaching for the Faber Academy writing a novel course I teach. My previous students include Sarah Harman and Nicola Dinan. faberacademy.com/product/writ...
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerElspells 2026 is looking good! I have writing coaching slots available: monthly 1:1 Zoom sessions for only £40/hour! I'm also taking feedback bookings for February, so if you have a full or partial MS that you'd like honest, helpful, affordable feedback on, get in touch. Please spread the word!
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerHappy New Year 🎉 In my January ✍️ newsletter you will find details of 621 writing opportunities, two workshops and lots of lovely winter writing news ❄️ mailchi.mp/christopherf...
- From a glorious independent bookshop to where two rivers meet, from the Eiffel Tower to the Charles Dickens Museum to a rural 800-year-old church to 6,288 feet above sea level to the Parthenon... Here are my top adventures of 2025! What were yours? #Travel #BookSky nastasyaparker.com/current-even...
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerCheck out our recommended reads for January! booksbywomen.org/recommended-...
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerA glimpse into my #writingretreats, in participants’ own words. Come and join me in March, June, or September 2026! valeriavescina.com/2025/01/27/a... #WritingCommunity #writingworkshop #writers #authorcommunity #writingtips
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerPeople. It's time. These aren't just your writerly gold stars for the month but for the whole entire year. Tag yourself, share your star, print it off and staple it to your forehead. So. How's it been?
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerThank you, @nastasyaparker.bsky.social , for this great round-up of your favourite reads of 2025! nastasyaparker.com/art-and-lite... #booksky #writingcommunity
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerANNOUNCEMENT: Now on MONDAYS! Host: gabrielle pullen mfa #writingcommunity >>>Show Up & Write with us! We are a wee, free peer Writing group. Writers write what everyone else is thinking, but afraid to say out loud... 8:30-10:20am PT EVERY MONDAY! REGISTRATION LINK: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerYearning for space to create and shape your #writing project? ✍️ Whether you’re at the idea stage or revising a complete draft, join me for a six-day #writingretreat in the #Alps 🚠, and connect with like-minded #writers in a stimulating and supportive environment. valeriavescina.com/teaching/wri...
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerJust a couple days left! Calling all last minute submissions!! #writersky #writesky #booksky #submissions #writingcontest
- December is almost over! If you’ve got a short story, short memoir, or poem (or excerpt) to enter into this month’s writing contest, send me your last minute submissions! The theme is WRITER’S CHOICE! #writersky #writesky #booksky #shortstories #poems #writingcontest #submissions #memoir #fiction
- Here are the top ten of my favourite books I read this year! What were yours? Do you recognise any on my list? #BookSky nastasyaparker.com/art-and-lite...
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerSmorgasbord #Christmas Book Fair 2025 📚 #France #Househunting - Fat Dogs and French Estates, Part 3 by Beth Haslam, More Manchester Than Mongolia: by Jacqueline Lambert, #Memoir Repacking for Greece by Sally Jane Smith smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/s... @sallycronin.bsky.social
- I'm turning 45! At least I've fulfilled my childhood goals of going to Europe & not being an "old maid." My mature goal is to take slow moments amidst various endeavours. Are you slow-averse, or do you incorporate pauses in the holidays? #BookSky #WritingCommunity nastasyaparker.com/current-even...
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerFree entry writing competition, publication opportunities and a party invitation. #writingcommunity womagwriter.blogspot.com/2025/12/you-...
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerIt’s the nicest feeling in the world to see a post like this on the timeline! Thank you so much @nastasyaparker.bsky.social for these lovely words about The Lives of the Dead ❤️❤️❤️
- I finished this book today, and loved it! Lives of the Dead mixes the (sometimes fatal-feeling) mundane days of early motherhood with retold fairy tales and somehow both draw out, ultimately, the innate power of women. Excellent writing and storytelling. #BookSky #WomenWriters
- I finished this book today, and loved it! Lives of the Dead mixes the (sometimes fatal-feeling) mundane days of early motherhood with retold fairy tales and somehow both draw out, ultimately, the innate power of women. Excellent writing and storytelling. #BookSky #WomenWriters
- Thank you so much to @smokelong.bsky.social reviews editor @erinvachon.bsky.social and reviewer Emily Webber for this thoughtful review of my novella-in-flash, The Lives of the Dead (available from @adhocfiction.bsky.social and also Amazon) ❤️
- This year, I'm especially thankful for other writers and creatives in my life. They give me such motivation, and I'm thrilled when they say I do the same for them. Here's more about my Writing Showcase which fellow writer Lou featured. #BookSky #WritingCommunity nastasyaparker.com/the-writing-...
- Thanks to fellow writer Lou for showcasing me on her blog! louviewsnewscues.blogspot.com Check out my reflections on the writing process, and my bonus story Centuries, in Burnt Sienna. 'My sister devoured all history, beginning in the summer vacation when she was six...' #WritingCommunity #BookSky
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerCalling all folk-pop dreamers 🌙 I’m DiElle — I make acoustic, travel-inspired music for old souls who are young at heart. If you love Joni, Passenger, Carole King… we might get on well ✨ Let’s connect. Acoustic Advent launches Dec 1. Join the mailing list:
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerI loved @soulscratches.bsky.social's reflection on @nastasyaparker.bsky.social's beautiful blog post of last week. If you haven't seen it yet, read it here: nastasyaparker.com/art-and-lite.... #WritingCommunity #writingtips #womenwriters #booksky
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerFrom friend and @womenwritersnet.bsky.social colleague @lizchampion.bsky.social, a post full of book recommendations! #booksky #womenwriters open.substack.com/pub/lizchamp...
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerFrom friend and @womenwritersnet.bsky.social colleague @nastasyaparker.bsky.social, another great read: a thought-provoking post about the #writing craft and much more. "It takes time to find a story’s heart, front door, and back door." #WritingCommunity
- Reposted by Nastasya ParkerAs usual, the hour passed super quickly. Lovely to chat with everyone. Some great reading recommendations for us to go and check out. Enjoy the rest of the week. Remember, there is no December chat, but we'll be back in Jan for a chat and more author interviews. Thanks everyone #WomenWritersNet
