# Stop Hiding Under the Desk

helping writers and creatives to stop hiding under their desks and make meaningful work

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## [I Did a Thing](https://helenredfern.substack.com/p/i-did-a-thing)

_2026-08-18 · Helen Redfern_

One of the things I love about Clarkson’s Farm is when Jeremy gets excited because he’s attempted something new and achieved some level of success: helping a ewe give birth to her lamb or lambs (plur…

## [Pull Up a Chair With Erin](https://helenredfern.substack.com/p/pull-up-a-chair-with-erin)

_2026-08-16 · Helen Redfern_

Pull Up a Chair With… is a new series I’ve begun on Substack.

## [CRUMBS FROM THE WRITING DESK #10](https://helenredfern.substack.com/p/crumbs-from-the-writing-desk-10)

_2026-08-12 · Helen Redfern_

A Writer's Diary | Week Beginning 3rd August 2026

## [What's On Your Desk? August 2026](https://helenredfern.substack.com/p/whats-on-your-desk-august-2026)

_2026-08-08 · Helen Redfern_

A space to share what we're hoping to create this month.

## [The Quiet Ones Will Leave First](https://helenredfern.substack.com/p/the-quiet-ones-will-leave-first)

_2026-08-05 · Helen Redfern_

Why ai detectors may discourage the very writers they claim to protect.

## [STORIES FROM MY DESK | July 2026: A Monthly Update on Writing, Reading & Watching](https://helenredfern.substack.com/p/stories-from-my-desk-july-2026-a)

_2026-08-03 · Helen Redfern_

What I've been creating and consuming in the past month.

## [AUGUST'S Virtual Body-Doubling Writing Sessions: Zoom Links Inside](https://helenredfern.substack.com/p/augusts-virtual-body-doubling-writing)

_2026-07-29_

Please note that there will be only two Thursday sessions in August: on the 6th and 20th.

## [Pull Up a Chair With Melanie](https://helenredfern.substack.com/p/pull-up-a-chair-with-melanie)

_2026-07-29 · Helen Redfern_

Pull Up a Chair With… is a new series I’m starting on Substack.

## [Why My Book Proposal Has Taken Seven Years](https://helenredfern.substack.com/p/why-my-book-proposal-has-taken-seven)

_2026-07-26 · Helen Redfern_

I’ve been working on the same non-fiction book proposal for almost seven years.

## [Point a Domain, Start a Pit (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Cfm2AvHlITfc)

_2026-07-26 · **Sponsored**_

Point any domain to a blacked-out, poison-green coming-soon page with an email waitlist.

## [Summer Reads to Refill The Creative Well](https://helenredfern.substack.com/p/summer-reads-to-refill-the-creative)

_2026-07-22 · Helen Redfern_

Over the next few weeks I’ll be spending some time at home, pottering about, and some time away.