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Molly Rookwood

@mollyrookwood.bsky.social
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Jewish romance writer; sci-fi, fantasy, and romance editor; university writing coach; Jane Austen enthusiast ✍✡️📚 Repped by Christina Miller at Nancy Yost Literary Agency 📍Halifax, Nova Scotia She/her Find me professionally at www.rookwoodediting.com

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Elliott Gish @elliottgish.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
My For You page on every streaming service: "Look at all these period dramas. Bet you wanna watch every single one of them, you fucking loser. Never met a big ole hat you didn't like, did you?" They got me there.
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king's co-op boo store 👻 @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
a nobel prize is cool i guess but Anne Carson also received a Sappho finger puppet from yours truly and just look at that smile
anne carson with a Sappho finger puppet next to a bearded bookseller
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Molly Rookwood @mollyrookwood.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Thank god my baby is asleep" *spends an hour looking at pictures of said baby instead of reading or sleeping*
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Elizabeth DeLoria II: THE GHOST DIMENSION @yourdadloves.me · 03/10/2026
A two panel meme of the Simpsons. The top panel has kirk van houten gesturing to a race care bed. The text reads "im an AI guy. How many local models do YOU run?" The bottom panel is homer with a pope hat photoshopped onto his head. The bottom text reads "I run the catholic church."
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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 03/10/2026
Again, I will never tire of Ahab referring to himself in the third person and punctuating all his sentences with “man” like he’s the Dude from the Big Lebowski
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Waverly @waverlysm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
conversely, I think about the US English names for music notation and find myself parched for some fucking whimsy (i am joking; i am not actually mad about music notation)
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
okay I'm sorry to literally beg for this, I've done part time jobs and you all have been amazing sponsoring for me doing work around the community But I go 1400 a month rent is due at the end of the month and I'm freaking out, they can delay it until the 8th but I think I honestly can't pay it
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TriCon @tricon-hfx.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
WE HAVE DATES! We are delighted to confirm that TriCon Halifax will be returning in 2027! May 21-23 2027 at the NSCAD Port Campus. And TODAY ONLY we are taking EARLY-Early bird weekend pass registrations at the @halconscificon.bsky.social Stories from the Stars book fair!
A red and yellow card reads "We're Back!" with TriCon brand and dates.
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king's co-op boo store 👻 @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
bring your online anger to the public where it belongs with our new tote bag! proudly ruin parties, annoy the tech bros, and effortlessly make it known where you stand in the fight against AI Slop with this season’s hottest fashion accessory. Pre-order yours at kingsbookstore.ca/AISucks
a black tote bag that says DO NOT TALK TO ME ABOUT AI
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Molly Rookwood @mollyrookwood.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Quick reminder to anyone on parental leave right now that you are in fact employee of the month in an extremely demanding work environment and thus you absolutely deserve a nice little treat as a reward for all your hard work.
Molly, a white woman with glasses and dark curly hair, wears her napping baby in an orange baby wrap
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Mythcreants @mythcreants.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Need a Frankenstein type story about how humanity created the post-credit scene as a fun easter egg but then it turned on us and now we don’t know what’s happening in the show if we stop the episode when it appears to be over.
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Molly Rookwood @mollyrookwood.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Do you like really excellent space opera sci-fi with ethical, non-AI production of art and audiobooks? Below is the Kickstarter for one of my favourite books I've ever edited, and the next goal is for the audiobook! Highly recommend this one; it's fantastic. www.kickstarter.com/projects/aeh...
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Not by Sword - A Space Opera Novel
A. E. Henry's debut novel is an ancient story with stellar scope.
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Molly Rookwood @mollyrookwood.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I love it when my baby heaves a big, heartfelt sigh in his sleep. What do you have to sigh about, kid? You're two months old. You don't even know about the internet yet.
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026
It's always a good time to share this.
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I'm forever frustrated by how little frivolity and humanity we let slip into the K-12 history curriculum. We spend so much time teaching history as a struggle for survival and dominance, we treat the act of being a person and enjoying life like an afterthought. Humans did more than try to survive.
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Molly Rookwood @mollyrookwood.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
In today's episode of Being A Parent, I learned that when your baby starts spitting up on you, the best course of action is to lean them forward and accept the offering. Your shirt is already compromised; might as well spare the baby the same fate.
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Molly Rookwood @mollyrookwood.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I was reminded today why I am not a big city person when a friend told me it was easy to get to her house from the airport, then said, "You just take the Pearson Express and then the subway and then just one bus!" I know I've been spoiled by my small city, but three types of transit is not "easy."
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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
There is no gray area on Scrooge. He is the most explicitly caricatured figure in all of Dickens. A Sistine Chapel level finely filigreed precise depiction of every miserly trait boiled down to an aromatic reduction. A Platonic ideal of the form.
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Molly Rookwood @mollyrookwood.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
There are things I'll miss about the tiny newborn phase, but my baby now smiles whenever I come into his line of vision and that might be the best thing I've ever encountered in this world.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The way that AI does absolutely nothing but simply repeat back to you whatever you’ve said using a different order of words and expects us to believe that means the computer understood us makes me want to TEAR MY FUCKING HAIR OUT
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Rohan Maitzen @rohanmaitzen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
CBC reminds us, in case we needed it, of where the lake's name comes from. The toddler-in-chief can call it whatever he wants but he can't actually "rename" it.
From CBC news: "the lake's name comes from the Huron Indigenous people's word 'oniatari:io' (sorry can't do the special characters) which means 'lake of shining waters' and it predates European settlement in the region"
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Molly Rookwood @mollyrookwood.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"Jolene" took on a level of adaptability comparable to the Shia LaBeouf song. Currently subbing in lines from The Gruffalo, and I think Dolly would have loved that. "Her eyes are orange, Her tongue is black, She has purple prickles all over her back, Please don't eat me, Gruffalo Jolene" 🎶
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Molly Rookwood @mollyrookwood.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Currently in the "what if my baby never wants to sleep again" part of the newborn trenches. Also someone's car alarm is going off. 🙃
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Molly Rookwood @mollyrookwood.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Editor: The cup was empty half a page ago when she placed it on the table but she just took a drink from it; please add in an action where she fills it up so we have continuity here.
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king's co-op boo store 👻 @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
what should we do with our new antique podium that is almost certainly haunted
an antique wooden podium with a hand painted sign that says BOOKS on the front and is definitely haunted
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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I cannot stress enough: the AI bubble has already popped it is just being kept on life support by corporations trying to squeeze even a dollar more out of their shit investment, and tech bros doing the same before abandoning their shit company startups. keep hating on AI, you're winning
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Gord McGladdery @asitp-gord.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
believe it or not you can just cancel amazon prime and stop buying anything from amazon & nothing truly bad will happen
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Katie @katieversion2.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
LOVE TO SEE THIS. PLEASE MORE UNPROBLEMATIC AUTHORS DOING GOOD THINGS. I'm so tired of hearing of the vile things the wizard author does with her money that this is a breath of fresh air!
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Elliott Gish @elliottgish.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Sixth Famous Book of 2026: Persuasion, by Jane Austen. A few pages in: Man, Anne Elliot is a bit of a sadsack. A few more pages in: ANNE ELLIOT IS MY BEST FRIEND AND I WOULD DIE FOR HER ACTUALLY.
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king's co-op boo store 👻 @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
emily wilson’s odyssey is still sold out everywhere but we’ve got tons because we’ve always been that store 🤓
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The experience of reading Middlemarch for the first time
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Xxiisoul Thanos Glowing Gauntlet
Alt: Thanos Glowing Gauntlet
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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Big boat REALLY stuck
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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
It’s #InternationalCatDay, and the ratings are in! 🐱 Come and celebrate with some of the undomesticated cats that have clawed their way into our hearts… 🐾
“Rating our favourite wild cats for International Cat Day* *in a totally biased and unscientific way” over a front view of a Pallas’s cat, an incredibly fluffy grey cat with green eyes, flat low-set ears and a stocky build.
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Molly Rookwood @mollyrookwood.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
An unexpected element of having a summer newborn is that you don't actually get to do a lot of summer stuff. Pretty much all summer activities are too hot & sunny for a little guy with no ability to regulate temperature or wear sunscreen. Still, I'll take it over being postpartum in midwinter.
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Horned Lark Press @hornedlarkpress.com · 06/08/2026
*yodels*
Submissions Are Now Open
Submit Your Sci-Fi or Fantasy Novella at hornedlarkpress.com
Seeking anti-authoritarian stories with happy endings
(Submission Deadline: August 31 2026)
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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This is the only puzzle game I play. It's *great* for word nerds, and I usually have a decent showing, but today was just BOOM. (Currently at #3 in the WORLD, and though that'll certainly go down as more players play before the next one drops tomorrow, but STILL.)
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king's co-op boo store 👻 @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
ebooks are coming to @libro.fm! soon youll be able to buy ebooks and support your favorite bookstore (🥹👉👈) at the same time instead of the big evil guys! if you haven’t signed up yet for libro now is an excellent time to check them out! libro.fm/kingscoop
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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
One cool thing Judaism has that I think other cultures should adopt is a certain amount of measured, optimistic caution when someone is pregnant. We know that pregnancy can go catastrophically badly overnight; the most common reply to a pregnancy announcement translates basically to “in good time”
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Molly Rookwood @mollyrookwood.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I grew a human inside me for thirty-eight whole weeks, and I am already forgetting what it felt like to be pregnant—the intense fatigue, the overwhelming fullness, the little (and big) kicks and movements. It feels unfathomable that something so all-encompassing could so quickly be fading.
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 06/08/2026
THERE IS NO WAY
IKEA Advertisement for a wicker bench that reads “husband material,” clearly making reference to the spicy discourse surrounding the film Wicker
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 05/08/2026
Harry Potter has been on the NYT Children's & Young Adult Series list for NINE HUNDRED AND FIVE WEEKS, in case you're wondering whether anyone gives a shit about giving the terf queen their money. And know that every pull to publish, fanfic, tattoo, pin, whatever the fuck keeps these books relevant.
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 05/08/2026
JKR explicitly said she considers anything Potter-related, even fan-made, endorsement of her politics. And every time you engage with this franchise, you signal to the industry that there's still money in it and they should keep pumping out content from full-cast audiobooks to book box partnerships.
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king's co-op boo store 👻 @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
now in stock, Pride and Prejudice: The One With the Sluts
A lady came in yesterday, walked right up to the cash wrap where I was checking in new books, and said she wanted the original Pride and Prejudice and not the rewritten one "with the sluts." So I showed her all the different copies I have and she looked through each one, checking to see, in her words, "if they snuck the sluts in." She kept asking if these were the original copies, and I assured her it was the original Austen story without sluts.
By this point, I really couldn't continue
the conversation without also saying the words "sluts" since that was the language she was stuck on. Weird!
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Carolina VonKampen 📚 Freelance Editor @carolinavonkampen.com · 05/08/2026
With fantasy especially, stereotypes and problematic tropes can pop up. @mollyrookwood.bsky.social has a great article about on antisemitism in fiction and fantasy, for instance: www.rookwoodediting.com/post/antisem... #StetChat #fictionediting
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Antisemitism in Fantasy and Fairy Tales
I recently had the privilege of giving a presentation on antisemitism in fiction and fantasy, a topic I care about deeply. Antisemitism is ingrained in our stories and storytelling in ways we often do...
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Molly Rookwood @mollyrookwood.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Finally reading Wuthering Heights, and so far my opinion is that Emily Brontë liked "ejaculated" too much as a speech tag.
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Molly Rookwood @mollyrookwood.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Instead of going to sleep like I suggested, my baby just punched himself in the face and then got very mad about the injustice he had faced.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 01/08/2026
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
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Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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king's co-op boo store 👻 @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
why do we live in a world with so many bad fonts
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