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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I am pleased to announce that my latest novel is up for pre-order. 🥳🎊 Release date is November 18th. #HistoricalFiction

Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Available for Pre-Order! An anthology of short stories from select authors (one of them being me! 😄) Journey through winters gone by and discover the light that endures in every cold season. #HistoricalFiction mybook.to/echoesofwinter

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I will post it on my YouTube channel once i have set a book release date. 🙂

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Now for the most difficult thing about writing a novel. So bad that I saved it for last: writing the blurb! 😝😔

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I don't know if anyone watches these, or if it does any good whatsoever, but I had fun making a video trailer for my upcoming novel in PowerPoint this morning. 😀

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Busy formatting in the library for my ebook, which is a drudgery. But my heart is full of joy seeing a small group of young lads playing D&D in the room at the back, just as I had done over 45 years ago. 😊

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Advice please, authors. I pasted this on the copyright pages of my two books in 2025, but a year is a long time. Any suggestions of good ant-ai wording, or do you think this is still ok to use? #WritingCommunity

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It's definitely because you are such an entertaining podcaster. Your warmth and enthusiasm for history radiates from your voice in a way that is not quite possible from the written page.

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I would be flattered except I know that their bots are absorbing all my hard work for their ai 🫤

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

They were truly a lovely couple - they tried to divorce but that took an Act of Parliament back then. They finally got an anulment after 20+ years of marriage as they were underage when they took their vows.

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I suppose I should be flattered by the bots being all over my site... 🤔😐

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

When you ask google a question, but then it just references your website as it considers you to be the expert on the subject. 🤨

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sorting out chapter images for my next novel. 😊

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is fro. Louise Allen's Regency Slang Revealed. I couldn't find anything on embarrassment, but here are some insults. Not sure how far a teen against a parent get away with in those days!

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

13 years ago, I attended a one day course at The Guardian entitled Writing Fiction Through Family History. This resulted in me finally getting my act together to write and publish my series of novels: The Chronicles of Miss Searle #HistoricalFiction

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I had B labelled legs in the place where the C labelled legs needed to go. This was all very difficult to see in the diagram with no words and unclear drawings. 🤪

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sorry, it's not DIY furniture unless you discover you've put the legs in the wrong place, have to take them off and start all over again. 😅😭

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Umm, not to get into the Charles Spencer vs the Royals debate...but just so you know, as a local, I know he's made a huge packet from selling land nearby recently. He doesn't need to publish his new book for money.

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Cover reveal! The anthology from the Historical Writers Forum will be available for pre-order from the 1st of October. 😃🥳

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Oh my gosh! I really wasn't expecting this to happen today. Book number four - finished! 😌

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

#historicalfiction Coming soon! A new anthology of short stories from the Historical Writers Forum. (And I have a story in it!!😃)

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

A map of a woman's heart, from the Regency-era.

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

#Netflix I've just endured The Last House on Netflix. I have come away feeling angry and bored. The talented actors did their best, but there was zero character development and plot holes the size of Texas. Over $35 million on this trash, whilst loads of brilliant indie authors' books go unread.

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I got pipped in the charts by Shakespeare! 😂

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I will be in Leamington Spa on Aug 2nd, selling my Regency-era novels in the Regency-era Pump Rooms! Come and see me. 😀 🤩

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Today, I got to see my book cover inspiration up close and in real-life! This is Mrs Dottin by John Hoppner. (He must not have wanted to paint hands as he had hers hidden! 😅)

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Saying goodbye to two of our foster kitties this morning. Farewell Cheerio and Weetabix! And much happiness in your new home! 🥹😻

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Sometimes having nothing to do can be more tedious than being maniacally busy.

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Do you get paid for your time either way Keith?

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Autism was my field of expertise, and I agree. He is a complete moron.

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I just saw your post on X and I've followed you on both. 😇

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

What is the strangest book you have ever read? This is mine: a circus freak show family that actively creates mutated humans for their troup. Both compelling and repulsive. Spectacularly awful ending. I sent it to the charity shop immediately, yet 35 years later I still think about it.

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I mean, the video isn't great. But the song is absolutely appalling. Perhaps if sung by someone who could sing and had some kind of presence, one could go somewhere with it. I'm going to be humming this song all day now, right? 😅

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

There's a great scene in the film What's Up Doc? when Ryan O'Neil falls down and Barbara Streisand shouts "He's fallen on his coccyx! Oh, I hope you haven't broken your coccyx!" And I hope the same for you - take care!

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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 02/06/2026