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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel

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Indie writer publishing 2 books in 2027! Love nature, my family, and My Sweet Bride.❤️ Looking to connect with writers, readers, and other forms of intelligent life. 😀 No politics please. That’s not what this account is for.

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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I have cleaned the bathroom, made lunch, done the dishes, made the bed, and put a pitcher of soon-to-be sun tea on the porch. That means...I've done all the little time wasters and delay tactics. Now, it's writing time! 😀
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I think of my death sometimes Not in a morbid way Not tallying deeds and regrets Nor counting who will be broken by the news I picture a small boat A vast sea of peaking waves and colors I feel a cooling breeze I sense a longing For the promise of the glow beyond the horizon
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
HUGE editing weekend! It's amazing. I would have guessed I was close to publishing but that there would be minor tweaks. (Aren't there always?) But there were WAY more than I expected. It had been a year since I'd read it, and I found some writer tendencies I need to fix. 🫣😬
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
In “Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer,” Roy Clark suggests that we write a mission statement for each book. He says the mission statement should cover (1) what reader experience we want to craft (2) what we want to learn as writers. I love this idea! 😀💜 What do you think?🤔
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
If you have a…situation, I know a guy. But I charge by the letter for an introduction. Simple job with crowbar and mask, Joe $300. Medium job, complete but messy, Guido $500. Hard job, no evidence, no leads, Castillo $800. And then there’s Rumplestiltskin. 😬
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Happy Mother’s Day! Thank you for all that you do, All that you give, And all that you are. You give us our humanity. 💜💜💜
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
I sometimes live my life in 2 minute to 5 minute segments because I can’t possibly begin the next task/phase of a project until the current song ends. 🤪
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” –Oscar Wilde Which way are you looking?
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Career Counselor: What’s something you’re good at that you really enjoy doing? Me: Lying. CC: 👀 Me: CC: Well, your top 3 options are politician… Me: Nope CC: Weatherman Me: I don’t have the figure for it. CC: Writer Me:
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
There are great philosophers, like Douglas Adams, who work to understand the big answers in life. I’m not as smart as them, but I *have* discovered the big problem with life. Life is the tortoise. We are the hares.
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Danielle McMahon @dehm000.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Just putting it out there again: I am happy to do an honest book review exchange with a fellow indie author! Pls LMK if you're interested! Send me a message or fill out my form thingy on my site. forms.gle/AK88LbBGQrw9... #booksky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #writers #authors
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Artists leave themselves in their creations. The gasp of a painter forever captured in colored oil. The racing pulse of the writer pounding through the metered syllables. The delicate vision of a potter. And that is why I believe that we are all shards of God. #vss
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I’m a hugger. I even hug many of my employees. (I’m a manager.) If we ever get the opportunity to meet, I’m going to ask you if a hug is okay. I’m perfectly fine with, “No, Rob.” Not everyone likes them. But I will ask. 😉🤗
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
We are as forgetful as driftwood We are not mere shapes With no past lives But what if we could remember I am a splintered bowsprit You are the elegant curve of a well-carved wheel Maybe, she is the wayward rail from a lost beach house We are beautiful Remember? #vss
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Gwenyth Reitz @gwenythreitz.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
My ARCs are here and they are so pretty! 💜 To my media and book reviewer friends, are you interested in reviewing or unboxing an early copy of YOU'RE DEAD TO ME, REED WALKER? I have some PRINT and DIGITAL #ARCs to share. Please see the form in my bio to sign up! #books #booksky #writingcommunity
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
My baby is cuter than your baby?🤔 My Sweet Bride and I gave a "Cold Eye Read" (after a 6 month hiatus) to our genre-busting children's book. It deals with moving away from family, loneliness, discovery, loss, and reunion. It's SO darn good. 🥹 Of course, I may be biased.😉
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Dear reader, Here, such as it is, is my soul. You will recognize it, of course. It was there peeking at you from the space between words. It loomed in that foggy white space at the end of a paragraph. Please be gentle with it. I tortured it enough by writing. Yours, Rob
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
A moment in the Hatfield household. My Sweet Bride: You’re goofy, but I love you. Me: Keep up that attitude and you’ll never be rid of me. MSB: Okay. Me: Okay😀💗
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Opinion: Casinos are dark, depressing, smelly places that offer only a facade of entertainment. I’ve been to several over the years, hoping to find that spark of fun they show in ads. Nope. I don’t enjoy the spin, or dice roll, or card that determines whether I get to keep my own money. Duh!🙄
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
What happens if when it's my time to step behind the veil I find that the world has reached it's ghostly limit? "Sorry, Rob. All the good ghost seats are taken. All the bad spaces are full. "How do you feel about being the first earthly spirit to haunt the moon? #vss
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Are tears nocturnal? Maybe not all, But they rage as I press my broken face into a pillow in the beautiful stillness of the dark, My body gripped by tremors Gasping As I think of you, My love. These wet gifts cannot shine like gems in sunlight. They must water my dreams. #vss
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
You cannot know something you have not known before. You can see the world spring to life after long winter, but you are deaf to the jubilance of the green. You can spy a red leaf spiraling to the ground, but you can't hear its prayer. You see moments. I see the world. #vss
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Just a quick question: What is the science behind the fact that 9volt batteries in smoke detectors ONLY lose their power and start that annoying, periodic beeping between midnight and 3:30am?
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
I think, therefore I am. How glorious. How cruel. One must dig into the dirt beneath the words to find the evil ore. Why cannot I cease to be simply by not thinking? Not thinking about what I did to us to the world we nurtured like an infant lamb before a roaring fire. #VSS
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
A dark confession: After all these years, I still don’t know about the pompatus of love. 😞🫣
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Layla Hawke - author @laylahawke2.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
My Sweet Bride and I worked on our publishing business plan today! 😀 So excited that this is the year! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
My writing goal for February is to complete the rewrite of my nonfiction book about marriage success for men. 😀 Do you have a writing goal for February?
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Why did I brave the shadows of the alley? It was a shortcut to Somewhere I was hoarding spare minutes for myself But Time waited in the dark With faded leather coat and brass knuckles. I fought. God, how I fought. It took my minutes. It took days. Years. I woke up dazed And 60. #vss
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
What about the simple pleasure of biting into an apple? That sudden puncture Arending crunch Tart sweetness that sends your tongue seeking A dribble of juice down your chin Have we forgotten the gift because it doesn’t come In a cellophane package? Shame on us. Again. #vss
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Vote with your dollars.
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
“I am real!” That’s what I would write, So that you might see and Understand. But, I am a customizable icon, A round image with a white beard And kind, sleepy eyes. I am expected to type In sound bytes Like some ASCII aficionado. Yet, I yearn for you to know, “I am real!”
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Happy New Year! 😀🎉
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Okay, 2026. We need to talk. Do we really want to take on a whole new year? All at once? I think most people agree that was a mistake last time.😬 Maybe we could do a sampler pack to start. I’d like to see a week from March, May, Aug, and October before committing to the whole deal. 😀
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Just heard this in a leadership seminar and I really liked it. It applies to each of us: "Our personal brand is what people say about us when we are not in the room."
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
I know the state of the world is important The politics The economies Human rights The environment But sometimes, I have to give my attention to other matters. What bunnies and squirrels say to each other If deer have a favorite yard Birdsong
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Wishing everyone who celebrates a very merry Christmas! 😀 Wishing everyone who doesn’t celebrate a wonderful day. 💜
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Author Jessica Scachetti @scachetti-jess.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Gift an Indie book this Christmas! My indies are here: www.amazon.com/stores/Jessi...
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Lorna Suzuki @authorlsuzuki.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Forget about the Rum & Egg Nog! Get drunk on high adventure this Xmas! Download #Freesample chapters of my Epic adult #fantasyseries Imago Chronicles here: www.imagochronicles.com Available in print too via Amazon & Smashwords! #ChristmasGift #Readersky #BookSky #writerscommunity 📚🪐⚔️💙
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
If you’re not already following her, I highly recommend it. 😀
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Shida Ketzer (follows back all fiction writers) @wisteraverse.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
🗡️Murdered in cold blood & resurrected through forbidden powers, Quill becomes a formidable assassin. As her latest mission sparks a higher power’s wrath, Quill must avenge the death of her people and her own murder. Failure will cost more than just her life.🪶 #QuestPit #F #P
Killer Quill
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Shida Ketzer

This world, my dear, is the slaughterhouse of noble ideals. 

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Murdered in cold blood and resurrected through forbidden powers, Quill becomes her world’s legendary assassin. She can never part with her eponymous quill. The mythical quill keeps her alive, heals her wounds, and enables her to transform colors into animate objects doing her bidding. In exchange, the quill feeds on her victims’ souls. When her latest mission sparks the higher power’s wrath, Quill must avenge the death of her people and her own murder. Failure will cost more than just her life.

A Wisteraverse novella.
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
It’s true. 😀
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
The world is a book, but those who do not travel read only a single page. - St. Augustine
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
This is MEEEE! 😀💜
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PJ Braley @pjbraley.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
"I wholeheartedly give a solid, five-star rating to The Bookbinder's Apprentice. I only find such a perfectly written book once a year." Mark Schultz, the WordRefiner The Bookbinder's Apprentice - amazon.com/dp/B0FGWWNLBL 📚💙 📚❤️ 📚🌶️ 📚⏳ It's only love.
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild: Black bear (4 different times) Sea turtle Shark (I was snorkeling and it was small) Big Horn Sheep Coyotes
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
I hope some of the good finds its way to you. 🙏🏻💜🫂
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
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Rob Hatfield is working on his 2nd novel @robhatfield.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Grateful for all my BlueSky friends.💜 Thank you for sharing your triumphs and traumas, your soliloquies and sillinesses.🙏🏻 You brighten my days and I’m so glad you’re here.😀🫂
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