The Creative Collective
The Creative Collective was founded to unite creatives in a space where inspiration meets opportunity. We believe that creativity thrives in collaboration and that every artist deserves access to the tools, connections, and support needed to succeed.
@jamieart2708.bsky.social
Artist, scottish independence, singer of soulful songs, occasional poet, animal lover, pescetarian, krav maga master, left of centre and all round good egg.... Not a fan of idiots and scammers.. My blocked list is expanding.
@alicewilkes.bsky.social
UK-based writer and artist. I make and sell flowers, fairy wings and painted mirrors, and take commissions. Open to work offers. Alicewilkes.us #artpost #art #artist #cat #cats #fairy #faery #butterfly #butterflies #cosplay #costume #writer #writing
@thestrovinator.bsky.social
Old. Married to Christine. English living in the Highlands of Scotland, where my bones will rest for eternity. Not even a tiny bit right-wing. Fairly soft and nice, I write, paint and design stuff, average as average can be but I try 😊
@fiona-webster22.bsky.social
Physician-writer-artist who loves animals, trees, literature, science, sharks, Patti Smith, David Lynch, Lady Gaga, rock-n-roll, horror fiction, splatter flix. I will 🌊REZIZT🌊 by making art. All my 🦋 posts are under the Feeds tab. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇦☮️
@thespookyauthor.bsky.social
Writer of Middle Grade Fiction & Children’s Illustrated stories. All spooky,👻of course. Educator. Counsellor. Consultant.(Fun guy!) www.thespookyauthor.com
@mamanunn.bsky.social
retired educator/author of "Magic in Room 216." Fights against inequities& for DEI. Trying to level the playing field. You cannot erase history or ignore its people!
@caramartin.ca
Elbows up 🇨🇦 💪 Canadian & Irish novelist of character-driven fiction from horror to sci-fi to contemp. Film school grad. Ottawa dweller. Humanist. Pro-human rights, pro-democracy, pro-science 😷 INFJ www.caramartin.ca | www.ckkellymartin.com
@darcyshoop.bsky.social
Happily married 32 years! Mom, attorney, former musical theatre actor, 💙🐱 🐱🐶🐶 cooking, baking, painting, kayaking, walking. I block all solicitations.
@markdavidgerson.bsky.social
Author of more than 20 books, including critically acclaimed titles for writers, award-winning fiction and compelling memoirs, and founder of The Mark David Gerson School of Writing. www.markdavidgerson.com
@mdanielsmith.bsky.social
Author of novels in multiple genres (M. Daniel Smith, Novels, Google or Amazon) Retired, married, living close to nature New-Englander, Mid-Coast Maine Socially active Poetry, my true writer's passion, and novels.
@jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social
Poet, apparently. Forward Prize, BOTN and Pushcart nom. Occasional horseman, remote rural Spain. Words in blackbough, iambapoet, eatthestorms, Modron, Madrid Review, Bad Lilies, Dark Mountain project and more. https://linktr.ee/jamesmcconachiepoet
@anjalijoseph.bsky.social
Award-winning writer of four novels & the Substack The Writing Life. Doodler.
@freyaanduin.bsky.social
#Danish #author,#writer, #historian. Writing #truish-crime, #historical-fiction, #novels, #books, #cosy-crime, #mystery, #fact-and-fiction, #KidLit #MGLit #A #MG #M #HS #C #R. MA comm. + hist. ⌨️📖💙📚 ⏳ ⚡️ ASD, web: freyaanduin.com lendorphandlacour.com
@saltasoles.bsky.social
Chatty musician and cheerful storyteller. Synthesizer guy and hybrid soundtracks. Sounds to make your story unforgettable. No fash! English y español Bandcamp and more: https://linktr.ee/saltasoles
@gelfycheriru.bsky.social
🎨🖌️Artist/Designer/Photographer/Crafter 🖼️📷 🥄 Spoonie/Disabled ♿ Neurodivergent 🕸️ Alternative&Witchy🕸️ 🦹♀️She/her🧙♀️ 🚫No Ai/NFT https://beacons.ai/gelfycheriru - for all links https://ko-fi.com/gelfycheriru - for support, memberships, and shop
@sstein.bsky.social
Latest novel: THE GREAT AMERICAN BETRAYAL "Best Comedy Books of 2022" —Vulture English professor, novelist, satirist, father, husband, dog owner, gardener, liker of good beer https://scottsteinonline.com
@mdbell79.bsky.social
Writer, teacher. Out now: APPLESEED, a novel (2021, @marinerbooks). REFUSE TO BE DONE, a guide to novel revision (2022, @soho_press). He/him.
@thelincoln.bsky.social
Author and professor type person. SF noir novel! 🤖🕵️♂️🧬 http://tinyurl.com/5f6nxu24 Newsletter: http://countercraft.substack.com
@ericsmithrocks.bsky.social
🏠 Founder & Agent at Neighborhood Literary. 📚 Award-winning Author. 👴🏽 Perpetually Tired Dad. Latest book: With or Without You (a Junior Library Guild selection!), out now!
@rebeccamakkai.bsky.social
Pulitzer finalist for THE GREAT BELIEVERS; new novel, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU, out now. Artistic Director at StoryStudio Chicago. Trying to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. You should, too. rebeccamakkai.substack.com https://rebeccamakkai.com
@sequoian.bsky.social
Prof & Writer - How High We Go in the Dark, a National Bestseller and NYT Editors’ Choice & Where We Go When All We Were is Gone. Minneapolis by way of the SF Bay Area and Hawai’i http://SequoiaNagamatsu.com - Star Trek 💫 and wristwatch ⌚️ obsessed.
@paulwitcover.bsky.social
Writer, editor, dean of SNHU Online MFA, Bowie fan, paulwitcover.com
@maeganpoland.bsky.social
Writer. Creative writing professor. Sleep-deprived toddler mom. www.maeganpoland.com https://linktr.ee/maeganpoland
@gabino.bsky.social
Writer/reader/speaker/music lover/book reviewer (NPR, Locus, etc)/freelancer/photographer/PhD/New York Times horror columnist. Words in many places. I want to do all the things, so invite me! https://linktr.ee/gabinoiglesias
@adamroberts.bsky.social
Writer, FRSL. Prof, RHUL. Literature and science fiction. https://profadamroberts.substack.com/
@stephvanderslice.bsky.social
Writes,teaches,reads. Partner: John V., Proud parent: Jackson, Wilson. Huge Bluey Fan. Fiction: See above, NF: Teaching Creative Writing: The Geek's Guide to the Writing Life; Rethinking Creative Writing & more. Memoir & novel ip, taking their sweet time.
@jessie-sholl.bsky.social
Developmental editor, writer, part-time faculty at The New School and The Loft Literary Center. Animal enthusiast. E-biker. www.jessie-sholl.com She/her
@jonny-walker.bsky.social
⚡️Mythology, Poetry & Nature Teacher. 📚 Children's author. 🏕️ Run creative writing retreats for children/educators worldwide. 🇬🇧East London 🌍 Teaching in UK, US, India and Greece.
@nirele.bsky.social
Writer of stories and (mostly TTRPG) games. Early Career Fellow and Creative Writing Prof at UT Austin. Writing Excuses co-host. Storyteller. She/her. writingbyerin.carrd.co
@timwaggoner.bsky.social
Weird Fiction Meets Extreme Horror. Multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author and creative writing teacher.
@alexanderchee.bsky.social
Novelist and essayist, most recently author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Professor of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. He/him. Agent: Jin Auh, The Wylie Agency. alexanderchee.net
@jonathangibbs.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at City St Georges, Uni of London. I curate the short story project apersonalanthology.com. Novels are Randall or The Painted Grape and The Large Door. Poetry is Spring Journal. https://linktr.ee/jonathangibbs
@arunikashyap.bsky.social
Assoc Professor of Creative Writing, University of Georgia. l Harvard Radcliffe Fellow 2024I How to Date a Fanatic (Harper Via 2026) www.arunikashyap.com l linktr.ee/arunikashyap l 🏳️🌈 He/Him l https://www.instagram.com/aruni https://experts.uga.edu/703
@sophiecoulombeau.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in English Literature & Creative Writing. Burneys, book history, 18thc reading habits & naming practices. Novelist: MONSTER: A TALE coming from @northodoxpress.bsky.social in 2026. Maker of radio. Mother & carer. Yotam Ottolenghi superfan.
@tobylitt.bsky.social
Writer. Activist. Diarist. Head of Creative Writing at Southampton University. https://tobylitt.wordpress.com/shop/
@christophercoake.bsky.social
Author of WE'RE IN TROUBLE (stories); YOU CAME BACK (a novel); and YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME NOT TO (stories). Professor in the residential MFA program in creative writing at U of Nevada, Reno
@tltrent.bsky.social
Author, Editor, Adjunct faculty in SNHU's online MFA program and at UNM-LA. Patreon at patreon.com/tltrent
@megkearney.bsky.social
Award-winning author/poet w/ 8 books & 1 forthcoming (kids, teens, adults, megkearney.com); Founding dir, Solstice MFA Low-Residency Program, Lasell U (MA): dedicated to nurturing an inclusive, safe community of writers since ’06.
@patrickcrerand.bsky.social
“Built for comfort, not for speed.” Writer, teacher, Director of DeSales MFA Program. Not the Man Utd player, but I wrote about our shared name here: https://xn--wgiaa.ws/3-united-a-story-by-patrick-crerand-x-on-x
@kdunkelberg.bsky.social
Poet & Professor Director of MFA in Creative Writing Mississippi University for Women Author of Tree Fall with Birdsong, Fernwood Press, 2025 Barrier Island Suite, and A Writer’s Craft. Alumnus of Knox College, Univ. of Texas at Austin
@theferocity.bsky.social
Poet and cultural critic. Also, I co-host the podcast VIBE CHECK. Artist-in-residence at Harvard rn. BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World. saeedjones.substack.com
@susanperabo.bsky.social
Fiction writer, professor. Needs include baseball, dogs, Chekhov, the sun, black coffee, and a functioning, humane democracy.
@judahmahay.com
Alaskan SFF author who revels in subverting genre into the literary. English Professor by day. Hockey player by night. SFWA Member ✨ Vegan 🌱 Rep’ed by Lukas Ortiz https://linktr.ee/judahmahay https://www.judahmahay.com
@carriemarshall.bsky.social
Proud liberal professor living the life in South Florida. Former radio personality. Champion of critical thinking, tolerance, and higher ed. ✨dog mom✨ 🏳️🌈🎓🐾💙🦄🦋🦩🌎🇺🇦
@keflann.bsky.social
Writer, 4 books, incl. How to Survive a Human Attack: A Guide for Werewolves, Mummies, Cyborgs, Ghosts, Nuclear Mutants, and Other Movie Monsters. Words in McSweeney’s, Boston Globe, WaPo, Slate, HuffPo. Member HWA, SFWA www.kathyflann.com
@leighherenow.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 editor/curator: Khôra | writing: BOMB, Longreads, McSweeney’s, The Rumpus + | teaching: Corporeal Writing | rep: Kent D. Wolf | Philly 🏙️ | she/her/hers/we
@josakeyes.bsky.social
Novelist, poet, health, travel and features writer, creative writing teacher. http://amzn.to/3xTrVJh MA, distinction, outstanding dissertation prize, Brunel University London.
@kimannjosouth.bsky.social
💚 poet, phd, professor, editor, human, mama, aries, eagles 💚
@alanauthordrew.bsky.social
Author of the novels THE RECRUIT, SHADOW MAN, and GARDENS OF WATER. Director of Villanova Program in Creative Writing, Villanova Lit Fest, native Southern Californian loving Philly. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/78292/alan-drew/