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Robin Brooks

@robinbrooks.bsky.social
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Writer from Nova Scotia. Stories about regret, redemption, & how it's never too late to make peace with your ghosts. www.robinbrooksauthor.com Published in Door Is A Jar.

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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Moodboard for my latest project. Speculative historical fiction, multi-POV, dual timelines. When a bookshop sends a woman to 1934, she must confront her grandmother's fascist past, opinionated ghosts, and shifting history to save her family from an authoritarian regime intent on erasing them.
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Delighted to share my first published words! My short non-fiction piece was published in the Fall 2025 edition of @doorisajarmag.bsky.social. Click on the Youtube link below to listen. *Potentiel triggers: miscarriage, suidical thoughts, accidental death. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwt3...
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Thunk by Robin Brooks
YouTube video by Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Thanks for the encouragement!
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Despite my nerves, I had fun at a reading event with @doorisajarmag.bsky.social last night. I read my short non-fiction piece, Thunk, and enjoyed listening to the other contributors. Will post the video link soon!
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
It's pub day for #doorisajarmagazine's ten-year anniversary issue! I'm thrilled my creative non-fiction piece, THUNK, is included. Copies available here: www.doorisajarmagazine.net/issues/fall-.... Digital only $3.99! Check out my IG story @robin_brooks_writes for a photo related to my submission.
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
I'm honored to be a contributing author to the ten-year anniversary issue of @doorisajarmag.bsky.social. Pre-orders are available now. www.doorisajarmagazine.net/issues/fall-...
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Fall 2025
Door is a Jar is a print and digital literary magazine of poetry, short fiction, nonfiction, drama and artwork. Our publication focuses on writing that is accessible for all readers.
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Beautiful! I'm honored to be one of the contributors!
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
I attended the magnificent launch of A Most Puzzling Murder by Bianca Marais last night. To be surrounded by so many book lovers was a remarkable experience. Congratulations to everyone for a fabulous event. Go get your copy! I'm starting mine today.
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
😆 Too funny. Yes, they have minds of their own.
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Interesting article! open.substack.com/pub/honested...
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The submissions process...
Why does it take so long to hear back from publishers?
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Just listened. Terrific episode. Really needed to hear this today. Thanks to you both.
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
New writers appreciate support. Some of us also appreciate Sam Heughan, but that's a separate thing altogether.
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
A horromance.
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Yes!
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a leprechaun driving a car with the words happy st. patrick 's day below him
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Thank you!
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
That's terrific! Congratulations!
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Any other writers get warm fuzzies reading the endings of your own books?
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Thanks, Kirk. Can't wait to talk about it. I've learned so much about the British Union of Fascists in the past six months. I hope this book appeals to many.
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I'll have to add that to my To Be Watched.
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I'm sure that's what she wanted to say.
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
🤣🤣🤣🤣
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a care bear says i 'm an intensive care bear while holding a cane
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
😆 It forces us to behave IRL so we aren't suspects. Or provides reasonable doubt!
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Happy belated!!!
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Yes!
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Word!
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Now, more than ever, we need stories to make sense of the world.
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
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a cartoon cat with the words you got this written on it 's chest
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Perhaps...writer's block is fear. Of not measuring up, "wasting" time on something bad, dying unexpectedly and someone reading it & thinking, "Wow, this sure is crap!" When I fear the page, I pretend I'm a successful author who can do no wrong. This frees me from that pesky, uninvited guest, Fear.
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a cartoon of snoopy holding a piece of paper
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Thanks, Rob!
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Kirk Rafferty ✨is editing✨ 📖 @kirkrafferty.com · 29/01/2025
📚I almost never self-promo, so bear with me. I just released my free historical fiction research guide, WRITING THE PAST. Packed with everything I've learned about crafting authentic historical fiction. Grab your copy through my newsletter signup (link in bio). #HistoricalFiction #writingcommunity
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
My five-year old phone died, so I'm temporarily using a ten-year old phone, which seems just as good. This is why I write books that take place before 1995.
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two men are standing next to each other and one of them is saying `` hello , computer ? '' .
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Synop-nope.
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a cartoon of homer simpson with a white cat in his brain and the words " i better have a brain tumor after all this "
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Sounds like someone I'd like to know!
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Which is better: saving the day or not caring about being labeled a "bitch"?
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Thank you!
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Yes please! If you still have room.
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
My WIP is inspired by the life of my grandmother, who joined the BUF in the 30s. She was so ashamed that she never spoke of it. As I edit my manuscript, I wish I could ask her about the seduction of extreme thinking. Photo from a video of a BUF march. She is wearing a white shirt.
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Kind of like life. One of these days, I'll get it right.
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Could be!
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
No, I wouldn't.
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
A unique essay, for sure!
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
I was thinking the same thing!
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
I know, right?! Hindsight, I guess.
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
An old quote that probably rings even truer today. My grandmother often saw Huxley checking out his sales at bookshops in 1930s London. Unfortunately, she never approached him or I might be in possession of a first edition signed copy of Brave New World. Sigh.
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Great looking website!
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
I recently had the honour of being a guest on the podcast Writer Unblocked. Check out today's episode on Spotify. Happy listening. open.spotify.com/episode/6hMD...
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#008 From Rejection to Representation
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Thank you! So kind.
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Robin Brooks @robinbrooks.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Great stuff, Kirk!
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