Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026My personal philosophy is that writers need to leave room for the creativity if the artist. After all, every reader reads a different book. The noun 'river' and I see the Chena River near Fairbanks. 'Mountain' is Alyeska or Tahoma. But your Elric is always my Elric 0171
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Have you seen the price of a packet of hot dogs lately? The good kind, no gluten, were $10 for five hotdogs. 000
Reposted by Robin HobbVictoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"On 9/24, the...Advisory Council on Historic Preservation terminated the Section 106 review process for the proposed Monumental or Triumphal Arch..., before consultation was finished. We urge you to raise your voice in opposition." Deadline: 11:59 pm ET 9/29/26. savingplaces.org/monumental-a...savingplaces.orgMonumental Arch | National Trust for Historic PreservationMembers of the public have the opportunity to provide input on a proposed Monumental Arch at Memorial Circle on the George Washington Memorial Parkway, near Arlington National Cemetery and along the P... 02417
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It's not just old people like me with hearing issues. IMO some actors do not enunciate as they once did. 6392
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I should say thank you to you, but the image triggers other emotions in me!!!! (Thanks anyway.) 010
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026So. We will now have Choose Your Own Adventure books for adults. I am righteously angry that some will be 'Reimagined' classics. Jane Austen!? 5312
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I wish the major television news shows would reserve a box at the bottom or top of the screen for closed captioning. Sometimes the captions cover info such as the name of the person being interviewed. 6906
Reposted by Robin HobbJim_Writes @jpwwrites.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Copyright & AI: Best Practices for Authors & Narrators Tuesday, September 22, 2026 1:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. PT Free to attend Perfect Timing @authorsguild.org . Membership has its perks. 064
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Happy birthday! And many thanks for your translating work on my books! 140
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I try to remember to be glad that we live in a time when surgeries can fix things. Still wish our bodies were ever renewing. Best wishes. 0210
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Its nice when old people like my spouse and I have friends who check on us. Several times a day, he gets a phone call. There's always a cheery greeting and a 'how are you doing today?' I try not to feel jealous. Someday I will meet Potential Spam and thank her for her solicitude of him. 61033
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026So. If my ballot isn't counted. Who can I sue? Who is left holding the bag? 010
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Awful!! I hope we can get this figured out. Are these bots doing this? AI? Some of the claimants don't make sense. 140
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Are these fakes of The Nerd Reich also in brick and mortar book stores? 220
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 06/09/2026This is horrifying. How does a new reader find out which is the real book to buy it? Identical titles, identical 'author' name. 371
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I believe they are now in a lawsuit over stolen music. You make a good point. 130
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 04/09/2026So. What is safe to buy and eat in the US right now? Tainted produce. Metal bristles in processed food. Salmonella eggs and chicken. Trust lost is hard to regain. 6341
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026You are not alone. I think a lot of people get a post project drop in feelings 020
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I learned a lot from a panel about saving film to digital. I went for Kat who had a schedule conflict. I'm not a film person so I didn't get all the vocabulary but still learned a lot. Also got a hug in passing from GRRM. Met Jay Kristoff. Saw old friends, made new ones. 030
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Unpacked the night I got home. Laundry done today. Repack con essentials kit into con suitcase. Saves so much hassle later. (Ibuprofen, hand sanitizer, comb, brush etc ) 170
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 01/09/2026It's the law of cons. The three panels you really want to see are always simultaneous. Or when you are terribly hungry. 060
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Con rule. If you want to see something, it will happen at exactly the time you have to do something else. I have a 1:30 panel on Sunday. :( 130
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 22/08/2026To be clear. I am not advocating this. Writers and discerning readers won't be the buyers or sellers. Will copyright matter if you can crank out scores of new tales in a few hours? Say an AI digital novella costs 99 cents. Who would bother stealing it? To what end? 4291
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 21/08/2026You know we will listen for as long as you read! Day and time? I'm filling out my want-to-do list for Worldcon. 130
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Aug.2026. The startup publisher who takes AI or the publisher that starts an AI imprint is going to make millions. Many readers enjoy formulaic romance, detective, fantasy and Western fiction. Cheap quick reads. It could be created by interns inhouse. No need for writers, no royalties, no advances. 12352
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 19/08/2026No. But I do remember a Disney program where we tuned a radio to a certain frequency while the Disney show was on. And it was in STEREO!!!!! 160
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 16/08/2026But if a 'publisher' asks a writer for money up front . . .Run Away!!! 020
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Indy writers invest a lot in their dreams but I believe they control their expenditures themselves. Many make the final equation work and money again flows toward the writer. 230
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Money flows toward the writer in traditional publishing. 060
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I raise my own chickens. Hate the slaughtering. Love knowing the meat is clean. 000
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I planted German giant radishes this year. Huge radishes. And butter crunch for quick lettuce. I wish my growing season was longer. 010
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I missed that news story. Poor creature. I am very partial to frogs . 120
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I do not think I will ever buy a bagged salad again. They were always a second choice. Convenient but always had a faint taste of the wash used to clean them. I miss having a fully functioning Federal Department of Agriculture. I relied on those inspectors. 2575340755
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Okay, western Washington state. I have gone my part. Laundry is on the laundry line. The Make It Rain magic is invoked. 61003
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 07/08/2026The Little Rover that Could. " I think I can. I think I can." And the brave little rover trundled up another dune. 000
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 06/08/2026People we knew died. A mom we knew died. I was horribly ill pre-vaccine with Covid. I think we all need to lift voices and tell stories of how bad it was. As a kid, I had measles, mumps and chicken pox. Believe me, those were not trivial childhood diseases for me. Shout out your covid experience. 1241
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Amen. I blame Covid for my slowed reading speed. And the stacked very pretty ARCs do not get read as fast as they once did. Plus there are books I buy because I want to read them. It's a dilemma. And it's a peeve that publishers send me an arc of the first in a trilogy, but never the 2nd or 3rd. 1200
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Worst ever was a pit bull with quills in the roof of her mouth. My poor puppy-girl. 010
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Oh no. If no vet, clip ends of quills to let air out and make it a bit less painful to pull out with needle nose pliers. 110