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Katharine Rogers - author @katrogersauthor.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

I am so glad to see this account here. Yesterday, we finished watching the tv series on Kafka that came out last year, and I know I wouldn’t have considered seeing it had I not read some of the delightful Kafka quotes posted by this account. Thank you for making me see his sunny side!

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Katharine Rogers - author @katrogersauthor.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Beautiful sunrise. But also looking forward to the mornings when the sun will rise earlier than 8.47am, when I took this pic.

Snowy path through trees framing a bright orange sunrise

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

You will be visited by three spirits… ✨ An outline. ✨ A synopsis. ✨ And a rough draft of a novel you keep saying you’re going to write.

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Nick Brown @steamtraen.eu · 13/12/2024

Yup

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Katharine Rogers - author @katrogersauthor.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Post someone you’ve been told you look like who you definitely don’t look like.

A black and white photo of the dark-haired and absolutely stunning Hollywood actress Natalie Wood, who I was once told I look like and definitely do not look like.

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Oliver Cromwell's house festooned with Christmas lights. The man would be spinning in his grave, if he hadn't already been exhumed and dismembered.

Half-timbered house, outside which stand mannequins of a man and woman in 17th-century clothing. Christmas lights are hung in the windows and along the roofline.

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A.J. Demas @ajdemas.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Optimist: The cup is half full. Pessimist: The cup is half empty. Historical romance writer: brb got to go research cups for several days

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed. (Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).

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Katharine Rogers - author @katrogersauthor.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

This pantser is about to try out the sequences trick by Alexandra Sokoloff for plotting and writing (yes, @rachelblackmore.bsky.social, I know - finally!). Hoping it can help me work out just what should happen in the middle of the story 😆

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Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Agent: The cup isn’t a good fit for my list

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Mel Reynard @meljrey.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Attention Canva users! Sharing this in case you didn't see my repost last night. Check your privacy settings, as the default is switched on to train their AI services! You need to go into your privacy settings and switch it off! #WritingCommunity

Screenshot of Canva privacy settings which shows how they use data and both testings are turned "off".
"Your data is important for helping improve and personalize Canva, and you have control over how it is used.
You can change these settings anytime if you feel like playing a part in our development. Learn more.
Allow your general usage to improve Al
We're always improving Canva by reviewing your general usage and the feedback you give us, but when it comes to Al, we want you to have the choice to opt-out.
When set to on, Canva and our trusted third-party partners will train Al using information about your general usage which includes fonts, colors, search queries and instructions you input. This does NOT include any of your uploaded images, videos, or designs."
There is a 2nd box underneath about content improving AI:
"Allow your content to improve Al
Your content is yours and we want to develop better Al features to help improve the way you create it in Canva. We have strict controls and policies in place to protect your content when building Al, but we still won't use it without your consent.
When set to on, Canva and our trusted third-party partners will improve Al using your content, which includes the text in your designs and your uploads (such as photos, videos, audio, and files)."

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Rach 🍂📚☕️ @rachelmayquin.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Celebrating my first 1k followers on 🦋 by giving away a hardback copy of my fave book of 2024, #Costanza by Rachel Blackmore! 🍊💛 All you have to do is follow & repost. Happy to ship internationally, so tell your friends. Will pick a winner next Friday. #BookSky 📚

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Maria Vale @mariavalewrites.bsky.social · 16/04/2024

PSA for 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 #romancewriters. Simon & Schuster Books and the City editorial team are "flinging open our doors to prospective new ‘contemporary commercial women’s fiction’ authors writing specifically in the Romance space." Pitch between 8am to 8pm GMT on Monday 15th July 2024. deets below.

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History Clippings @historyclippings.bsky.social · 15/04/2024

Network Rail, the corporation that maintains the UK's rail infrastructure, has a corporate archive full of digitized engineering drawings, timetables and other documents. A great resource for the rail historians out there! 🗃️ #c19th #c20th #c21st history.networkrail....

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Katharine Rogers - author @katrogersauthor.bsky.social · 27/01/2024

Yesterday, cupcakes were baked. This morning, cupcakes were iced. And this afternoon, they were eaten…

A cupcake with purple icing / frosting and gold dusting

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 25/01/2024

Scam solicitation alert: "literary agent" using email address @independentliteraryagents.com. The pitch: a major publisher wants your book. One author got fake offer letter & contract from PRH (first they had to pay for "book re-licensing"). Names associated w/ the scam: Chris Cortez, Adara Lopez

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Katharine Rogers - author @katrogersauthor.bsky.social · 15/12/2023

Somewhere, in one of my notebooks, I scribbled down all my thoughts on the main characters for my new novel. Can I now find said notebook? Of course not 😱 (But this absolutely does not mean I have too many notebooks…)

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Katharine Rogers - author @katrogersauthor.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

Have paused with revising the first novel and thinking out the next for a couple of weeks. Yesterday, on a long train journey, my second novel’s POVC’s name suddenly popped into my head, plus a couple of scenes. Love when this happens. Thinking time is writing time! #authors #historicalfiction

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

Holy shit twitter just rolled out audio and video calling and made it the default setting that ANYONE you follow can call you. Go into your settings and turn it off for your own safety: Settings—>Privacy/safety—> Direct messages —> disable audio and video calling

Holy shit twitter just rolled out audio and video calls and made it the default setting that ANYONE you follow can call you.

Go into your settings and turn it off:

Settings—>Privacy/safety—> Direct messages —> disable audio and video calling

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

A friendly reminder about all writing advice: Rules aren't RULES. They're guidelines about audience expectation. Any rule can be broken if you break it well enough - that is giving the audience something better than they expect. The best way to break the rules is understanding and mastering them.

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Garth Nix @garthnix.bsky.social · 18/09/2023

Being a writer is rather like being a medieval merchant. You dispatch your manuscript, and it will be a year and more before you know the outcome. Will your argosy bring home riches? Disappear without trace? Return, but in disarray? One thing is certain, pirates will attack …

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 30/08/2023

Have you gotten an email inviting you to enter the Barnes Book Awards? It's a #scam . You have to buy a review to enter at a cost of $399. Claims it was est'd in 2015 but web registration just 14 days old (to an address in the Philippines) #WriterBeware www.barnesbookreview.com

barnesbookreview.com

Home | Barnes Book Review

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Katharine Rogers - author @katrogersauthor.bsky.social · 24/08/2023

Last read: Mrs Porter Calling - AJ Pearce Current read(s): Pachinko - Min Jin Lee and We Were the Lucky Ones - Georgia Hunter Next read: The Orchid House - Lucinda Riley #amreading #historicalfiction

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Katharine Rogers - author @katrogersauthor.bsky.social · 21/08/2023

Had a wonderful few days of writerly chat, craft discussion, laughter and community at the Stockholm Writers’ Festival this weekend. There is little better than finding your tribe and spending time with them 🧡

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Katharine Rogers - author @katrogersauthor.bsky.social · 02/08/2023

✨Introduce yourself with 1 book, 1 film, 1 tv show ✨ Book: Still Life (Sarah Winman) Film: North by Northwest TV show: Band of Brothers

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Katharine Rogers - author @katrogersauthor.bsky.social · 25/07/2023

(Re-)introduction time Pen name: Katharine Rogers Pronouns: she/her Hobbies: writing (while trying not to edit), editing, falling down research rabbit holes, stupid little walks for my stupid mental health (when my best ideas come), devouring a good book, avoiding cooking. #histfic #authors

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Katharine Rogers - author @katrogersauthor.bsky.social · 16/07/2023

Currently in that stage of letting the novel marinate. I love this stage and all the little thoughts and ideas that percolate when in a different environment #histfic #historicalfiction

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The Gray Gay @graygay.bsky.social · 11/07/2023

I'm just say’n we haven't seen any new Banksys since Betty White died.

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