Matt Kendrick

@mattkendrick

Writer | editor | teacher | joyful Ninja Turtle | chronically ill Words: Craft Literary, Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction, Wigleaf Top 50 Website: Craft newsletter:

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Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick· 23d

Sorted 😂

The flash potatoes - Farhana Khalique, Claudia Monpere, Dawn Steffler, Cole Beauchamp, James Montgomery and Matt Kendrick. no bad photoshop skills were used in the creation of this picture!

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick· 26d

Baaaaaabaric happenings outside the kitchen window this evening. There was a good minute of bed-lamb before this video. Gonna miss this when I leave tomorrow. 🐑🐑🐑

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick· 27d

Yesterday was "changeover day." I lost @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social & @electrarhodes.bsky.social but I gained @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @dawnsteffler.bsky.social & @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social There may have been train station music and dancing 😀

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick· Jul 12

If you want 30 seconds of absolute joy, watch @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social riding a zipline and then...😂😂😂

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick· Jul 11

It’s so beautiful here. Thought you’d enjoy this pic from my morning walk 😍

A country track through green fields with a copse of trees in the background

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick· Jul 11

So far, having most amazing time. A cow from my morning walk!!

A white cow at a water trough in the morning sun

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick· Jul 11

So far it has been magical. Here’s a sheep from my morning walk.

A brown and white sheep with a white time-glass face staring at the camera.

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick· Jul 3

Meanwhile, over on Facebook, apparently we're turning illness into a competition. BIG SIGH! (I'm not even friends with this person; not sure how he's able to comment?) Makes me all the more appreciative of all the amazingly lovely people out there in our writing community who just "get it" ❤️

A screenshot of someone saying "I'll see your condition Matt and raise you one dead pancreas. Your turn."

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick· Jun 28

Today I went to a willow weaving workshop. It was so much fun. Made a dragonfly for my garden.

A willow sculptue of a dragonfly on a red-brick wall.

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick· Jun 27

Progress being made on the hypothetical micro craft book this afternoon. Mostly the progress is drawing pink flamingos and pirates and sailboats...

An ink drawing of a flamingo. The text reads: "Craft notes: a pink flamingo on the rush hour commute. Another problem with tiny things is that it’s harder to make them truly unique. A novel can’t help but be different in some ways to every novel that’s ever been written, but the potential for overlap becomes much bigger the shorter the story becomes. A writer of microfiction therefore has to work a lot harder than their novelist cousin to make their story stand out. The aim I always think is to make it like a pink flamingo among the hordes of businesspeople on the rush hour commute."

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick· Jun 5

Just a small thing I'm currently working on... 😎

Screen grab showing a text with the words "The Heaven in a Teacup, a book of, and about, the tiniest of stories. Matt Kendrick. The Welkin Press. First published 2027.

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick· May 16

Oh my goodness. Look what goodies just arrived in the post. Thank you @lmbayley.bsky.social for such a lovely gift. ❤️ Brightened up my day.

A book - “Camera Roll” by Linda M. Hayley. In front is a round red and white magnet.

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick· May 10

New artwork slowly coming to life.

On a table scattered with paints and brushes, an acrylic painting of a steam train with maroon carriages and a maroon and silver engine. A billow of smoke is pluming up into the baby blue sky. To the right, there are bushes and trees. In the foreground, there is a wild flower meadow.

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick· May 7

I’ve started a collection of fridge magnets from writers across the world. A wonderful reminder of the brilliant and lovely people I’ve had the privilege of getting to know through my writing journey so far.

Fridge magnets on a silver fridge. A kangaroo. York shambles. And a Melbourne bus in yellow and green.

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick· May 4

My May #CraftArticle is about "pond dipping", thinking about what we can learn from other artistic pursuits. It includes a new hybrid story / artwork from me that reimagines the Garden of Eden (slightly) - hope you'll give it a read: prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/pond-dipping

Against a backdrop of leaves and a purple flower, a pomegranate hangs behind the tail of a snake. To the right hand side, there's another branch on which there's a weighty pear. Between the charcoal/chalk drawings, the text reads:

Gravity

See the human,
thinks the snake.
A feminine human
with brown hair
which falls like
rivers over her
immoderate breasts.

Her back is
pressed against
a pomegranate tree
where a fruit is hanging,
juicy and small.

Slither slither

The pomegranate falls.

As it plummets
through the sinless air,
it carries the weight of destiny
onto the feminine human’s
unsuspecting head.

Oh, she thinks,
a weighty pear.

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick· May 3

The last day of my new course today. It has been such a fascinating course to teach. Hope those who've been taking part have enjoyed it and gained lots of new techniques for editing their work. If you're intrigued, the next available dates are in October: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/the-editoria...

Write Beyond the Lightbulb. The Editorial Funnel Part 1: Structural Engineering. 3-week editing course. Online, asynchronous. Pay-what-you-can pricing.

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick· May 2

Facebook just reminded me what I was doing a year ago... So it feels appropriate that today's #GloriousWords are RISER (the "up" bits), TREADER (the bits you tread on), and WINDERS (steps that change direction). I also love the term BULLNOSE STEP which is one with a lip (usually at the bottom).

A screen grab from Facebook showing a poster for my stairclimb challenge and how I was about to attempt my first few steps...

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick· Feb 11

Laughing at myself because I've just finished writing the notes for my new editing course & they're *a bit* lengthy (27k 😬) Also funky videos (here's a teaser) & fun-filled exercises & other stuff. Interested? One place left in April. Running again in June: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/the-editoria...

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick· Feb 9

I have promised cake. There will be people calling you “duck”. Sausage rolls? 🧐 Yorkshire is more about Yorkshire puddings. And yes, there WILL be writing. And also MAGIC!! Maybe even some music?

Ginger loaf with gingerbread flowers, butterflies and bees

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick· Feb 2

Evidence of cake that might manifest itself…

Chocolate tiffin with a feathered milk and white chocolate topping

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick· Jan 11

A wonderful thing. Today is the FIVE YEAR anniversary of my first ever #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb course. Can't quite believe it's been that long. So, so grateful to everyone who has taken one of the courses since then. There have been A LOT of you. Today I'm starting course number FORTY!!!!

Lightbulbs in a divided square with one half in orange and the other against a blue sky. The text reads #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick· Jan 5

Here we go...

Sumitra Singam wearing a gold and blue cartoon crown

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick· Dec 29

Things that are bringing me joy this year number 28. I made it to the theatre for the first time in 10 years!!! So much joy in listening to music live. Went to see Molotov Jukebox who are fab!

A stage lit up in blue and purple. There’s an upright piano to the left hand side.

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick· Dec 26

Things that are bringing me joy this year number 22. I finished knitting my scarf!!!! So proud of this. For a beginner knitter, I don’t think this is that shabby.

Matt modelling a scarf in stripes of blue, red, green, grey and pink. The scarf is finished with blue tassels.

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick· Dec 23

Things that are bringing me joy this year number 15. Reading some brilliant novels. Favourites from the year include The Expansion Project, Yellowface, Orbital, and a Luminous Republic. Also loved The Ministry of Time (not pictured). What about all of you?

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick· Dec 22

Things that are bringing me joy this year number 12. This sign that seems to promise a more water-based Christmas than usual. MER CHRISTMAS all 🧜‍♂️🧜‍♂️🧜‍♂️

I light sign on a fence that says “Mer Christmas”

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick· Dec 21

Things that are bringing me joy this year number 10. Baking stuff I can’t actually eat. Yes, they’re homemade custard creams. Yes, that’s a chocolate hot air balloon. I like to take baking to the extreme 😂

Homemade custard creams and jammy dodgers

Homemade ginger loaf with gingerbread flowers, butterflies and bees

A chocolate hot air balloon with brandy snap basket and vanilla ice cream

A Victoria sandwich topped with icing and decorated with fondant bunting, butterflies, flowers and a tree

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick· Dec 20

Things that are bringing me joy this year number 5. The joy of growing things, especially my heritage carrots and purple cauliflower 🥕🫑🍅🥬

An allotment plot with tomatoes surrounded by wigwams

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick· Dec 16

I've taken the reins for this month's #Mondettes - it's my end-of-year round-up of some of my favourites from 2025, also known as the MAFFIAS!!! mondettes.substack.com/p/december-2...

Against a black background the gold text reads "The MAFFIAS. The Matt Flash Fiction Awards 2025." There is an icon of a maffiosa also in gold.

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick· Nov 22

I did. Never quite know what I’m doing but I dabble. Started a new piece this morning: