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Laura Pick

@laurapickwrites.bsky.social
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Fantasy Author; sometimes it's easier to create a world, than live in this one. I've worked in theatre for the past 24 years in various roles, using that experience to set my fantasy novel in a theatre. ko-fi.com/laurapickwrites

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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'm returning from a glorious week at the Garsdale Retreat where I was able to complete my first draft after 5 previous attempts. It's not great, but it exists... that's all that matters. Next week, editing. #writingcommunity #writesky
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Writing somewhere new today, Portobello in Edinburgh... gorgeous. #writingcommunity #writesky
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Writing somewhere new today, Portobello in Edinburgh... gorgeous. #writingcommunity #writesky
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
My writing partner is taking a nap while I struggle on with the third draft of my WIP. Is this the hardest draft? It feels like it is because I know the characters, I know the world and now I'm finessing the plot and rules. I might take a nap too. #writingcommunity #writesky #5amwritersclub
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I am not writing. I am procrastinating, unable to focus because I'm going away and my cat has left it to the last minute to learn how to get in and out of the flat through a window. Today she did it and I'm super proud, however I am not writing and I blame her. She doesn't care. #5amwritersclub
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Beatrice the rescue cat is keeping an eye on me today, making sure I edit the chapter before heading out for the day. #5amwritersclub #writesky #writingcommunity
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Almost finished reading this gorgeous book, it's giving me so many ideas for my WIP and making me long to travel to the Carpathian Mountains. #booksky #writesky #5amwritersclub
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Ever hopeful...never successful. #catsky
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Last night, as a storm ripped around my house I demolished the last half of Love, Sex and Frankenstein. I cannot recommend this book enough. It's by Caroline Lea and it is incredible. Go, read it, right now, go...I'll wait #booksky #writesky #readthisbooksky #writingcommunity
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Today's reading, in between mowing the lawn and demossing the patio. A good day's work and a really interesting read. #booksky #writingcommunity
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
I can't say no to this face ❤️
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I'm not well, you know that level of sickness where you can still get up and do stuff if you have to? I'm that. I'm going to work so I should sit and write like normal...and yet, it's just taking a little more effort. Even the rescue cat isn't awake. #5amwritersclub #writer #writingcommunity
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
The rescue cat is now inside, telling me all about her harrowing morning getting locked outside. This is not what I'd planned for my Tuesday morning. I have words to write, puss cat! She doesn't care. #writingcommunity
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
This is the tyrant who makes sure I wake up on time for #5amwritersclub ...or feed her... mostly feed her. Introducing the rescue cat... #writer #writinglife #catlife
A very contented cat with ginger and white fur draped across a bed
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Perfect Sunday, researching a new world, piecing together the politics and the impact they have on my story...plus lots of delicious coffee #writing #writer #researchlife #perfectsunday
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Reading... #booksky #readsky #writer #toxicvampires
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Time for my villain era... Can't wait! @mrbsemporium.bsky.social another great choice from Hannah! #booksky #mrbssubscription #readsky
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Distracting myself from writing, by reading about writing, which is still productive but requires less focus this #5amwritersclub #writing #writesky #booksky #readsky
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
This morning is brought to you by the colour blue... weirdly this book has always felt a deep blue to me. I don't know what that means, but I'll probably find out by the time I finish writing it. #writing #5amwritersclub #writing #booksky
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Sleep. Coffee. Write. Repeat. Is my current lifestyle choice. #5amwritersclub #write #writing #booksky
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Having imagined The Wilds for so long in my book, I spent the day walking them. How lucky am I that this is in my mum's back yard!! Now, I just have to figure out how to get home... #thewilds #booksky #readsky #walking #5amwritersclub
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
My next read, something a bit out of my usual genre and style. #booksky #currentread #readsky
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
New obsession. #writer #amwriting #theatresky #playwrighting
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Well, it's officially autumnal #5amwritersclub, I'm back in my little pool of light to write this morning.
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
This is home! The wilds of Derbyshire and my mum's dogs admiring the view ❤️ #writing #inspiration #booksky #theatresky #5amwritersclub
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
This #5amwritersclub research. I'm getting my historical feminism on. #booksky #readsky #research #amwriting
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Morning #5amwritersclub, coffee and feminism to start the day right, what more do you need? #writer #booksky #amresearching
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Just finished this, pretty much in one sitting. Fun easy to read, with hints of gothic horror. The cover doesn't really match the dark, politically gritty nature of the book IMO. #booksky #readingrecs #readsky #fantasybooks
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
A really rainy day in Stratford upon Avon, this is the view from the 4th floor of the theatre. It's a terrible view, and you have to stand up to look out but as anyone who works in technical theatre will agree, at least we have a window. #theatresky #workinghard #viewfromwork
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
July had some good books! As long as the lemon trees grow was another stand out book. #readsky #booksky #amreading #writer
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Sunshine and a new book, I'm 100 pages in and couldn't wait to finish work to get back to As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow. It's set in Syria and is a long way from my lived experience but that's the wonder of books. #booksky #readsky #recommended
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Did I mention I finished this book too? David Starkey's book focuses on Elizabeth's early life and how it impacted later decisions. It's a great read and very accessible. #writer #research #booksky #readsky #amwriting
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
North Woods is a glorious book. I had no idea what it was about when I picked it up but it's a gorgeous history of a plot of land. The people who cultivate and love it and the changes that occur over the centuries. It's a book about nature and humanity; I highly recommend it. #booksky #readsky
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
The TBR pile is getting a little out of hand... #booksky #readsky #writer #reading #recommendations
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
This is up next... #5amwritersclub #readsky #booksky
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Just finished The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten, such an interesting concept and brilliant trio of main characters. Can't wait to move on to the next one... #5amwritersclub #readsky #booksky
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Reading this for some inspiration, Ronald Hutton always makes me feel like I'm studying, he writes with such an academic tone. Anyone have any similar titles to recommend? I'm researching The Wild Hunt, and Scottish mythology in particular. #writing #reading #readsky #booksky #5amwritersclub
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
I love a rainy morning... until I have to go to work, but I don't need to do that for hours yet and all I have to do now is write. Life is good. #5amwritersclub
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
I'm under the lilac tree, with my book and cold coffee. We have blasted through Henry's first 5 wives and now I'm waiting for Catherine Parr to appear. (This book is a history of the Dudley family who lived through the Tudor era, though many of them ended up beheaded for treason.) #readsky #booksky
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
This is my #5amwritersclub read, so good! It reads like a novel, so full of detail and atmosphere. #research #writer #booksky
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
I'm learning to love the in-between moments of writing. When you finish one thing and step back ready to shift yourself over to another. This is when I sit in my garden researching, and get to see the sun sliding down the tree. #5amwritersclub #writing #researching #booksky
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
This post was brought to you because my computer is updating...
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Haven't shared a reading in the garden picture for a while, so here's my view while I sink into The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem. It's chapter 2 and I'm hooked. #readsky #booksky
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Also, England is weird...
A ww2 jeep with Budweiser written on its front sat in front of a row of Tudor buildings.
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
On bus 1, I saw; Lavender fields shining blue in the morning sun, the fluffiest dog, a fallen down house, a cat thatched into a rooftop (not a real cat, that would be cruel), glorious rolling hills, wooded copses, hidden mansions, a medieval church, and a Morris dancer
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Excited!! I love it when an author you trust has a new book out! #booksky #readsky #veschwab
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Can't wait to get stuck into my June book from @mrbsemporium.bsky.social I love that until yesterday I had no idea there was a comedy fantasy book set in Manchester - a city I grew up in, had my first flat in, my first job, and absolutely adore. So excited! #readsky #booksky #booktok
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
I read some brilliant books last month; There are rivers in the Sky and The Familiar have stayed with me long after the final page and both were not books I would normally pick up. #booksky
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Visiting home for the day for dog walks and cafe lunches...plus gathering inspiration for the novel. Nothing beats a bit of nature. #writer #inspiration #dogwalk
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Laura Pick @laurapickwrites.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Another beautiful day reading in the sun! This is such a beautiful book, I find myself fascinated by the story, the history, the culture, all told in beautiful prose. Can't wait to find out what happens! @elifshafak.bsky.social #booksky #readsky #recommend
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