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Rebecca Toltz @rebeccatoltz.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

What I am currently reading: - ‘The girl and the ghost’ by @jacquelineharvey.bsky.social - ‘Maddy McAllister: shipwreck detective’ by Deb Fitzpatrick - ‘A very special moon mission’ by @rebeccafung.bsky.social

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

The Design of Books was an interesting and informative book on book design, cover and interior for different kinds of books. I liked its accessibility for non-designers - it steps through books and explains terms and considerations for readers and self-publishers.

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Gleebooks @gleebooks.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Love this Rebecca! Hope you had fun and see you again soon! #globalbookcrawl

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

I went to a talk by Tristan Bancks at Apple Sydney on storytelling and how to use Freeform to work through story ideas. He's an interesting speaker and gave some useful tips for writing, including free writing and storyboarding. If only the iPads were free not just on loan!

Tristan Bancks presenting at Apple Sydney

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Sometimes you have a day when both good and bad news comes. I had some disappointing news. I also had someone order multiple copies of both #Septopus and Princess Hayley's Comet. Thanks for putting much-needed sparkle in my day! Order at owltitude.com

Princess Hayley's Comet and Septopus both by Rebecca Fung and illustrated by Kathy Creamer. Next to them is a blue plush octopus

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

On Gallant Wings by @drhelenedwards.bsky.social is a WWII middle grade historical fiction bringing up the dilemma of whether wrong things can ever be right, exploring how families were affected by the Darwin bombing, and exploring the wartime pigeon postal service. Very interesting read.

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

The annoying thing that many of us authors, especially self-published authors, find, is that even when self-published there are so many others who demand a hefty cut of your sales yet you seem to be doing all the work. Platforms for selling. Distributors. Bookstores.

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Last day of #globalbookcrawl! I visited @gleebooks.bsky.social Here is Septopus in the kids' section. I am honoured to be placed next to some amazing books, including On Gallant Wings by @drhelenedwards.bsky.social which I'm reading right now. Trot into Gleebooks and check us both out!

Septopus by Rebecca Fung illustrated by Kathy Creamer in Gleebooks next to On Gallant Wings by Helen Edwards (left) and The Spirit of the Crocodile (right)

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Legend of the Lighthouse Moon @drhelenedwards.bsky.social - is a middlegrade historical tale that blends mystery and magic, set at a lighthouse. I love the sea atmosphere and the warmth that pervades the book - a beautiful sense of family while exploring the magical environment.

Legend of the Lighthouse Moon by Dr Helen Edwards

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Should I not have visitors, so there is no need to scurryfunge?

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Signed copies of #Septopus are now available at Read on Books in Westfield Eastgardens. Support this wonderful independent bookstore - the staff are an absolute delight. I saw some kids peeking at my book as this photo was taken - I hope the shark didn't scare them!

Rebecca Fung outside Read on Books Westfield Eastgardens with her middle grade novel Septopus, illustrated by Kathy Creamer. This charming independent store is on L1.

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Thank you to Better Read Than Dead bookshop at Newtown for stocking my book, #Septopus! For those who buy the book in this store, there's a fun little surprise between the pages - more fun with Septopus! Happy reading.

Rebecca Fung at Better Read Than Dead Newtown with her book, Septopus. There is a surprise hidden in the pages of the book!

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Allison Tait @allisontaitwriter.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Super excited to be on both the adult and kids’ programs at SWF this year! www.swf.org.au/writers/al-t...

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Two lovely-looking reads by @drhelenedwards.bsky.social arrived today! I look forward to exploring them both. On Gallant Wings and Legend of the Lighthouse Moon.

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

I love unusual #words like this. I'm looking forward to dropping this in a conversation sometime. I have a meeting today so maybe I will absquatulate just so I can say it!

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

It's March, so march into Abbey's bookshop in the Sydney CBD and pick up a signed copy of #Septopus! Thanks to all those who've already done so and please keep spreading the word!

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Thank you to readers of #Septopus and Abbey's bookshop in Sydney CBD! We had to restock twice in two weeks because of your eagerness. Keep buying and keep telling your friends - signed copies still available. Join the Septopus Admiration Society! (find out more in the book!)

Thank you for being a Septopus fan! Books in Abbey's bookshop

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gazrj @gazrj.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Hey! I have a #newrelease 🏳️‍🌈 A new episode in my WW2 spy thriller series, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝐷𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐚𝐫 is set in 1942. There's murder, kidnapping, assassinations and forays across the Atlantic and meetings with Nazis in war-torn Europe. #historicalfiction #spythriller #writeLGBTQ

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SF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

My top tips for #NationalStorytellingWeek: 1) Write the story YOU want to read. 2) No writer can write a perfect story in one draft. You need to write, read, edit, rewrite. Rewriting IS writing! (see art below, by Charles M Schulz) 3) Whatever happens - NEVER GIVE UP! sfsaid.com/2017/01/thre...

Cartoon showing Snoopy by Charles M Schulz writing and rewriting. Caption: "Good Writing Is Rewriting"

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I heard someone use the word 'cad' yesterday. I used 'pash' today. Does anyone else use these words or do they sound hopelessly dated? Are there any words you use that you think most people wouldn't use or understand ... But you use them anyway? #words

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DeRicki Johnson @derickijohnson.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

“Foolscap” is A yellow notepad’s Funny Nome de plume Don’t know why They call it that Tradition I assume As #umbrella Friend used one To shield self From the rain His poems Got washed away Wet “fool’s cap” Is to blame To be fair— Tho friend’s no fool It’s funny All the same #vss365

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Alt: a person is holding a yellow notebook with a green pen in their hand. They draw a raindrop on the paper.

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Children's books are everyone's books! I told this to someone just the other day. You can derive much from reading children's books as an adult. And if you read and enjoyed a book as a child, if it was great it often lives on inside you in adulthood. Even when you're not thinking about it.

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Sydney Writers! Are you interested in joining or starting a writing group? There's an information session on writers' groups hosted by Writing NSW this Saturday 15 February - free but you have to register. I thought it may be good to meet other writerly types. writingnsw.org.au/whats-on/eve...

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Writing Group Information Day: Find Your People

Join Writing NSW for an interactive session of activities and information for everyone interested in starting or joining a new writing group.

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I went to the opening of Sydney CBD's Dymocks' new children's book department. It's a lovely fun new space and today's event included activities, giveaways, colouring-in and talks/drawing lessons from Jacqueline Harvey, RA Spratt, Jade Goodwin and Bill Hope.

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Happy #YearoftheSnake! In #Septopus, Stanley involves some sea snakes in a special mission - here I read from Chapter 4 - Stanley and the sea snakes. www.instagram.com/reel/DFcggbK...

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

#Septopus has been restocked, signed copies at Abbey's Bookshop in the Sydney CBD! We want to thank those who bought all the last stock and please ... Head down and buy more and tell your friends! This 7-legged octopus is so grateful to have readers #middlegrade #childrensbooks

Septopus by Rebecca Fung restocked and signed at Abbey's bookshop

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

From Nine Nasty Words: John McWhorter's observations on Russian usages of some nasty words!

Table from Nine Nasty Words by John McWhorter showing some usages of the Russian word for 'dick' and English equivalents

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Excerpt from Nine Nasty Words by John McWhorter. I have a fantasy that someone 'fires my ass' someday so I can say this!

Excerpt from Nine Nasty Words by John McWhorter. 'The boy ate the ham - you put the accent on ham. But here, it isn't 'I'm gonna fire your ASS,' but 'I'm gonna fire yer ass.' That is, you accent your ass exactly as you would accent - or better, unaccent - you. This means you ass means you, and thus your ass is a pronoun. You only notice the butt facet if you have occasion to think about it. No one sane would ever respond, 'Okay, but even if my ass is fired, the rest of me will still be coming back to work, and I hope you don't mind me working assless.'

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Nine Nasty Words is a fascinating exploration of the world of offensive language. This is a book for #word geeks. If you like taking a word and teasing out history, etymology, social impacts, usage, analysing the [bad word!] out of it, like I do, this is for you. I loved it.

Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter by John McWhorter

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Buy the books you love now, series or not. You are supporting the author/illustrator/publisher 1. The creators may be encouraged to turn them into a series. 2. The creators may be supported/encouraged by success to make more books, more of that book style is likely to get out there.

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

I completely understand why you should support an author early and haven't even read all of John's thread - it's like a TV series, it'll get cancelled if the first ones don't take off - but publishers PLEASE keep the series cover styles same as book 1 then!

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Author James Fuller @authorjfuller.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Just how far will a father go to save his daughter? Where does the moral scale between survival and savagery lose its balance? Can he save her? Will it cost him everything? www.amazon.com/Demon-Ever-D...

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The Demon of Ever-Dale

The Demon of Ever-Dale - Kindle edition by Fuller, James. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Demon of Ever-Dale.

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

A list of sorely missed Victorian-era slang… Got the morbs = temporary sadness Gigglemug = always smiling Scandal water = tea Bitch the pot = pour the tea Sauce-box = mouth Cupid’s kettle drums = breasts Dash my wig = OMG Tight as a boiled owl = drunk Poked up = embarrassed Not up to dick = unwell

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Look what I received for Christmas! Someone of impeccable taste gave me this, I will have a lot of fun summer reading! By @adamcsharp.bsky.social It's been on my wishlist for a while.

The Wheel is Spinning but the Hamster is Dead by Adam Sharp

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Less than a week till Christmas! Give #Septopus to someone you love ... Or even just like ... Or feel indifferent to. They will enjoy Stanley's story just the same! At Abbey's Book Shop Sydney CBD and St Ives Book Face (Berkelouw) or email sales@owltitude.com $16.99 AUD

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Writing & Editing @wrtrstat.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Note to self: Remember no draft has to be perfect except the final one. But it needs to get done, so you can review the story and have the other drafts after it. Finish your first draft and make a book possible. - Wrtr #amwriting Keep Writing. #author #writing #writer ~ #authorsky

Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers. - Isaac Asimov ~ Background shows an ink splotch on the left side of the words in the quote.

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

This gives hope to many of us that our books that aren't finding immediate success may be successful later. But gosh it's a long time to wait! #books #classics #Mobydick #booksky

On November 14, 1851, Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick was published, but it was not well-received. It sold fewer than 4000 copies. It was not until the 1920s that the novel eas rediscovered.

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

The joy of finding the right words - a writer's happy place! #Snoopy #writingcommunity #words

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

That is the kind of Christmas I want. Frog and Toad make everything better.

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Reader, I googlied him

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Googly eyes have been added to the cover artwork

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Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Why did no one tell me that Queen Elizabeth I had a guinea pig for a pet?

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TiNK (Blumen Ära) @tinkoceraptor.eurosky.social · 11/12/2024

I like the German saying “do you expect fried pigeons do just fly in your mouth” (erwartest du, dass dir die gebratenen Tauben in den Mund fliegen), for someone who expects results from doing nothing.

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Names for a lazy person from eight different languages: 8. A lazybones (English) 7. A sluggish banana (Danish) 6. A flaccid fish (Norwegian) 5. A snake king (Cantonese) 4. A free-bread-getter (Serbian) 3. A day-thief (Flemish) 2. A nothingdoer (Hungarian) 1. Director of Free Air (Lithuanian)

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 13/12/2024

How to draw an owl

Two drawings - one of circles under which it says ‘draw some circles’ the second drawing is of an owl well drawn under which it says ‘now draw the rest of the fucking owl’

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Last minute Christmas shopping? You still have time to buy #Septopus for Christmas, perfect for 8-12 year olds! It's in @abbeysbookshop (signed), Book Face St Ives or order from sales@owltitude.com for $16.99 (+ shipping) Review here: www.buzzwordsmagazine.com/2024/12/sept...

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Rebecca Fung @rebeccafung.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

I would love there to be more short brilliant books like Animal Farm, A Christmas Carol and Of Mice and Men. I know they may seem to disappear on the bookstore shelf. But seriously these are amazing and have stayed with me way more than many longer books. The value in their brevity is enormous.

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