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R.J. Anderson @rj-anderson.com · 24/05/2026

Honestly, just reading her Wikipedia page is making me tear up right now. Talk about inspiration.

During the early stages of her career, Park struggled with the comedic requirements of the genre. She noted the difficulty of anticipating what audiences would find amusing and admitted that she did not find her own work personally enjoyable, even when it successfully elicited laughter from others. Upon sharing these concerns with her head writer, she was advised to focus on subjects that brought her personal joy rather than forcing a specific style of humor. Park credited this advice with her decision to persevere in the industry, stating that if she had been forced to follow a rigid formula for comedy, she would not have sustained her passion for writing.

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R.J. Anderson @rj-anderson.com · 03/05/2026

And it has a companion piece, which is much more rarely seen:

"Gratitude" by Eric Enstrom, a photograph of a white-haired elderly woman in a black knitted shawl praying over an open bible on which her reading glasses are lying. A pitcher and a small cheese board sit beside her on the table.

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R.J. Anderson @rj-anderson.com · 27/01/2026

Paladin. Also count me unsurprised. www.idrlabs.com/dungeons-dra...

D&D Class Test scores from IDR Labs. Top row shows Cleric at 80%, while bottom row has Paladin at 85% and Wizard at 75%. Lowest score is Sorcerer (20%).

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R.J. Anderson @rj-anderson.com · 02/10/2025

So #P1Harmony got stuck at the border and couldn’t make it to Toronto in time to save the concert from being cancelled. But they put on a li’l consolation show at Trinity Bellwoods Park with just a boombox and some party mics and everyone had a blast, well done #kpop lads

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R.J. Anderson @rj-anderson.com · 21/09/2025

A thin shell of flaky, slightly crisp pastry surrounding a perfectly set layer of rich but not overly sugary filling — I have found my butter tart holy grail at last, thanks to the Belwood Country Store 🎉

A half eaten butter tart with raisins (excuse me while I eat the other half)

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R.J. Anderson @rj-anderson.com · 21/09/2025

My father always carried around a tin of these:

A tin of Meloids, a small black liquorice-flavoured candy advertised to soothe the throat and mellow the voice for speaking and singing

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R.J. Anderson @rj-anderson.com · 20/09/2025

I made the right choice of restaurant tonight for sure

A heaping plate of lamb biryani with raita and a basket of butter naan

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R.J. Anderson @rj-anderson.com · 20/09/2025

This has to be the fanciest mango lassi I’ve ever had

A tall milkshake glass filled with a thick, yellow-marbled mango lassi with a decorative swirl of cream on the top and a black straw

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R.J. Anderson @rj-anderson.com · 30/08/2025

How did I not know until now that P1Harmony's lightstick (aka "Peace Bong") is the cutest thing ever? Seriously, look at this. I want one. #kpop

The P1Harmony lightstick, a white umbrella-type grip topped with a transparent sphere that has a white orb with a black Batgirl-esque-mask and big boba eyes inside

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R.J. Anderson @rj-anderson.com · 28/08/2025

How is anyone supposed to work under these conditions

Sabine, a chocolate point apple head Siamese cat, lies curled on her side on her owner’s lap with her paws folded over her chest and her blue eyes looking up innocently

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R.J. Anderson @rj-anderson.com · 14/08/2025

I forgot to put my sourdough in the fridge before I went to bed last night and my only hope to salvage it this morning was to dump it in a loaf pan and bake it but it was too sloppy to shape or score so, uh, please appreciate this bread loaf that looks like Gwi-ma

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R.J. Anderson @rj-anderson.com · 09/08/2025

Requesting Prince Changbin 😊

Changbin from Stray Kids, wearing a blue-green sleeveless shirt draped with gauzy scarves and hints of gold sequins that make him look like a prince

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R.J. Anderson @rj-anderson.com · 06/08/2025

Please appreciate the very serious bookmark I am using as I start this novel

Library paperback of Hilary Mantel’s WOLF HALL, adorned with a pink Dwaekki (pig/bunny) SKZOO bookmark

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R.J. Anderson @rj-anderson.com · 05/08/2025

One of my favorite reads of the past two years just released! So excited to read the final version of @gamwyn.bsky.social’s WHILE THE DARK REMAINS!

Me holding the beauteous paperback of Joanna Ruth Meyer’s adult fantasy WHILE THE DARK REMAINS

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R.J. Anderson @rj-anderson.com · 05/08/2025

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Cover of A POCKET FULL OF MURDER by R.J. Anderson, showing a blond boy with an eyepatch and a newsboy cap riding a bicycle and a girl with dark, bobbed hair wearing a 1930's style dress sitting behind him as they race down a wooden dock to escape a torch-wielding man

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R.J. Anderson @rj-anderson.com · 29/06/2025

Finally a breakfast that isn’t 50% home fries and toast, thanks Eggsmart!

A rectangular white platter displaying two sunny side up eggs, two slices of ham, a generous bowl of fruit and one piece of toast

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R.J. Anderson @rj-anderson.com · 24/06/2025

And a bit of “Illegal”, the song that got me into 82MAJOR before they even had that name (predebut they were called Rarehouse) or were a full group yet #kpop

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R.J. Anderson @rj-anderson.com · 24/06/2025

Here’s a bit of “Thorns” (one of my fave 82MAJOR songs) from the Toronto concert #kpop

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R.J. Anderson @rj-anderson.com · 24/06/2025

I was (I am pretty certain) the oldest person at the 82MAJOR concert last night and I used that as a talking point to make some new friends so I’m calling that a win

Me, a 55-yo woman, smiling at the camera in a darkened room crowded with mostly 18-25 women (and a few guys) screaming at Korean hip-hop idol group 82MAJOR

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R.J. Anderson @rj-anderson.com · 20/06/2025

Buddy’s making sure the shopping bags don’t disappear #CatSky

Buddy, a creamsicle orange tabby, sits on top of a pile of reusable shopping bags gazing soulfully into the camera.

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R.J. Anderson @rj-anderson.com · 16/06/2025

Added @zdmarriott.bsky.social’s book to my shelves this morning in my usual alphabetical-by-category order and it ended up in the PERFECT place

The Moonlit Maze by Zoë Marriott, sitting right between Susanna Kearsley’s books and Mary Stewart’s

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R.J. Anderson @rj-anderson.com · 11/06/2025

Today’s long (but not too long) awaited book mail from @blackwells.bsky.social! Look at these beauties!

UK paperbacks of Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett and The Moonlit Maze by Zoe Marriott

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R.J. Anderson @rj-anderson.com · 13/05/2025

How am I supposed to write under these conditions #CatSky

Sabine, a chocolate point Siamese cat, is sitting on her owner’s lap in front of the laptop and looking up at the camera with an endearing, almost pleading expression. You would think she had never been petted in her life but that is a LIE.

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R.J. Anderson @rj-anderson.com · 07/05/2025

If you see this, post the most recent picture of yourself on your camera roll.

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R.J. Anderson @rj-anderson.com · 03/05/2025

Every Canadian has only three friends.

Still from the 1979 historical Canadian TV series Matt and Jenny, in which Duncan Regehr helps two orphans played by a young Megan Follows and uhhh… some boy actor find their family

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R.J. Anderson @rj-anderson.com · 19/04/2025

I have my own writing room now, a thing I have always longed for. Excited to be making it my own place to retreat and work!

A pair of dark wooden bookcases filled with three rows of Middle Grade books and two of YA, topped with a basket containing my TBR pile and next to it a special display of books by my online writing/support group. There is a plaque-mounted Tintin print featuring Haddock and Tintin trudging through the desert in "The Crab With the Golden Claws" displayed on the far right of the bookcases.

Reverse view from previous photo, showing a sunlit window framed by dark blue curtains with a small desk and an office chair in front of it. There is a roll-front box on a low table to the left of the desk, and a large, framed colour print of Rory Kurtz's cover art for the UK edition of my novel SWIFT on the wall above it.

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R.J. Anderson @rj-anderson.com · 14/04/2025

I just helped a wandering stranger from Toronto find the grave of the keyboard player from The Band. So that was an interesting bit of hometown trivia I had not known before