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Rose Fortune

@rosethingamajig.bsky.social
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Irish writer she/her Founding editor of the defunct but delightful Tales From The Forest talesfromtheforest.net

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 26/09/2026
Visits to public libraries around Ireland have increased by two million in the last two years. New figures show that almost 16 million visits were made to Ireland's libraries in 2025, compared with nearly 14 million in 2023
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Public library visits increased by two million nationwide
Visits to public libraries around Ireland have increased by two million in the last two years, new figures show as National Public Libraries Open Day takes place nationwide.
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Lauren the Flute @laurentheflute.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Trans folks coming out and being themselves are eleventy billion times braver and cooler and more creative than dumbass transphobes and we should all pay eleventy billion times more attention to trans folks than to transphobes
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Rose Fortune @rosethingamajig.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
#WeeknightWriters A2 Fortunately or otherwise, I have a new idea for a really fun new WIP to start next. This is only a struggle because I really need to focus on finishing the WIP in front of me. And not the shiny new one.
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Rose Fortune @rosethingamajig.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
#WeeknightWriters Medium! Work has been hectic and it's been difficult finding time (or energy) to write.
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Rose Fortune @rosethingamajig.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Hi! I'm Rose and my WIP is a fantasy novel about a mad king and his town of ghosts. It's a slow writing week for the WIP, but I did finish a scene at the weekend that I'm reasonably happy with. And one of the main characters has just picked up a side quest I had not planned for.
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Rose Fortune @rosethingamajig.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The struggle to keep writing my nearly finished but still not quite there WIP when I have a shiny new idea and a brand new notebook for said shiny new idea
Photo of an A5 sized turquoise journal with a cover reading ONCE UPON A TIME...
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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"I don't understand why you, a fantasy writer, don't appreciate the value of making bargains with the fae."
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Rose Fortune @rosethingamajig.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
#AI is a menace for so many reasons, not least because the suggestion of AI use in your novel can completely derail your chances of publication like in this case. deadline.com/2026/07/ai-q...
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AI Questions Spoil Book & Movie Heat On 'Call Me, I'll Hide The Body' Novel
That screeching sound you heard from international publishers and film rights buyers was an abrupt application of the brakes after a fevered pursuit of the unpublished debut novel.
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Maytera Marble @mayteramarble.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Harrison Ford, the actor behind loveable scoundrels Han Solo and Indiana Jones, started his career as an on-set carpenter. That makes him a roguelike deckbuilder.
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Writers’ HQ @writershq.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Manifesting a beautiful, equitable, abundant utopia where you are safe to be exactly who you are and no one steals your books and you can write and create with wild abandon and all the billionaires are shot into the sun.
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Rose Fortune @rosethingamajig.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Meta have announced today that due to backlash, they have now removed the send killer button. "We misjudged this one," said Meta. "Our intent was to give people control over whether a killer was dispatched to their home." Of course, many users had already been killed during the rollout period.
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Rose Fortune @rosethingamajig.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Five living writers that you’ve read five books by each: T. Kingfisher Joe Abercrombie Chloe Gong Leigh Bardugo Christopher Brookmyre
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Rose Fortune @rosethingamajig.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Any tips for running a #BookClub? It's in my workplace, so physical meetups, nothing online. Only 3 of us in it to start with so it's a very small one!
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Helen Alexander @bawley.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Colours.
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Janna Sophia 🏔️ @jannaphia.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Please help me finish my thesis so I can finally be free of academia 🫶✨ aidetectionsurvey.carrd.co
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kass!! 🪲 shop open ! @beetlebards.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
a true knight fights for everyone ⚔️🏳️‍⚧️ (chivalry is gay!! happy pride!!)
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I wished on a monkey's paw that monkey paw wishes would just be normal and now they are but do NOT wish upon a star
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Frank&Stein @brandtandstein.com · 20/06/2026
Ok chums, it’s the weekend, which means you know the drill: my DMs are open to ANY new or aspiring comics creators who want advice regarding writing, art, or the industry at large. Ask ‘em if you got ‘em!
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Rose Fortune @rosethingamajig.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Hey, I'm trying out this new thing. if you have any friends you've fallen out of contact with but you'd like to find out how they're doing - even if it's been years - you can always just send them a message clear out of the blue. You might not get an answer. But on the other hand, you might.
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Rose Fortune @rosethingamajig.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Q3. I've started listening to the audiobook of Eye of the World by Robert Jordan, narrated by Rosamund Pike. I'd never read them. Rosamund Pike as a narrator is a delight. #WeeknightWriters
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Rose Fortune @rosethingamajig.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Q1. This week went by in a day. But it's been an okay week overall. #WeeknightWriters
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Rose Fortune @rosethingamajig.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Hi #WeeknightWriters! My WIP is a fantasy novel about a town full of ghosts and its mad king. I'm slowly working through the second draft at the moment. This week went well. Got some editing done.
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Rose Fortune @rosethingamajig.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Currently reading:
Space Crone, by Ursula K. Le Guin (paperback, in purple)
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Count Jackula @countjackula.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Catbus is REAL!!
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Oh, they can feck right off with that shit. #SpeirGorm
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Rose Fortune @rosethingamajig.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
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Wicklow Hotel Insists There’s A Perfectly Good Reason Peter Thiel Needed The Pentagram Room
POWERSCOURT Hotel in Wicklow has denied there is anything sinister about co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, Peter Thiel, requesting the pentagram room for an upcoming retreat at the estate this summer...
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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 28/05/2026
So I’ve started Pride and Prejudice, and already I feel bad for Mrs Bennet.
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Rose Fortune @rosethingamajig.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
So it seems Powerscourt are allowing Peter Fucking Thiel to host a nightmare event for nightmare people in August. www.irishexaminer.com/business/com...
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Palantir's Peter Thiel has plans for Irish retreat with private group leaked
Over 220 people have been named in a leak outlining plans for a secret retreat in Ireland this summer
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Rose Fortune @rosethingamajig.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Illustration by Gordon Brewster, seen at the Museum of Literature Ireland. #literature #art #EvilLiteratureMenace
Classic print illustration of a tentacled octopus-style monster using its tentacles to slither its way from the sea onto a landmass. 
The landmass has IRISH FREE STATE written on it. 
The tentacles themselves have text reading EVIL, LITERATURE and MENACE.
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Legacy Update @legacyupdate.net · 14/06/2026
Is the Microsoft Office Ribbon causing people to have fewer children? A provocative new working paper explores the persistent drop in birth rates since Office 2007 was introduced nearly two decades ago.
The top-left corner of Microsoft Word 2007, showing the ribbon.
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Rachel Cohen @cohen489.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I just—like, sure, being a trillionaire is cool I guess but what’s it all for if you haven’t even seen the wreckage of the titanic firsthand
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Rose Fortune @rosethingamajig.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
#WeeknightWriters A4 Stop stressing about the day-job. Put my phone on airplane mode every once in a while. And write more.
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Rose Fortune @rosethingamajig.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
A3 - Widow's Bay penultimate episode (how'd they make a horror show that's so funny?) This #WeeknightWriters chat, which I've never taken part in before but is absolutely lovely. And I watched a magpie building a nest.
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Rose Fortune @rosethingamajig.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
#WeeknightWriters I'm trying to stay connected with people, but also stay offline so I don't get overwhelmed with the world. Balance is tricky. And writing wise, I've realised my third act is weak at the moment and I need to flesh our the characters a bit more and add in a big event scene.
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S. Morgan Burbank | Project Tasman Releases Nov. 11 @anotherindiewriter.com · 11/06/2026
Universal Basic Income
Purple background with black text reading "write an erotic story in only three words"
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Davinia Evans (Dee) @cupiscent.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Dear USA, are you after a summer read full of scrambling shenanigans, but also kinda angry? Maybe a queer romance cherry on top? Been thinking of picking up NOTORIOUS SORCERER for these or other excellent reasons? Available digitally for $2.99 today (1st June) only! (Amazon, Kobo, maybe others!)
The cover of Notorious Sorcerer by Davinia Evans, featuring a silhouette in a red coat flourishing fire, while a winged woman soars in the background, within a ring of writhing stylised fire. Next to the cover, text reads: Get in, load up, get out... $2.99 Today only!
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Yes, I use dashes. Yes, I use the Oxford comma. Yes, I sometimes say: “Not… but.” Fuck anyone who thinks those things belong to AI. Who did you think they were stolen from in the first place?
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David Wynne @davidwynne.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Just a little PSA- Neil Gaiman has reactivated his Bluesky account. Because he deactivated before a lot of people could unfollow him, and/or because Bluesky doesn’t remove you from a person’s followers when you block them, a LOT of you are still publicly listed as following him. You should check.
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Writers’ HQ @writershq.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
We are all the angry frog this morning
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Rose Fortune @rosethingamajig.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Editing went fairly well today. I scrapped a scene that wasn't working and rewrote it from scratch from the other character's POV. On the other hand, I also left this problem for my future self to solve. Best case scenario, it makes me laugh when I get back to it. #writingcommunity #editing
In a Comment box in Microsoft Word, a note for my future self to come back to. The incredibly helpful note is, in all capitals, 'ADD MORE SCENE'
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Author Daniela A Wolfe @danielaawolfe.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Whatever you do, do NOT read my queer fantasy book. You might accidentally get invested in rune magic, reality-warping storms, religious trauma, and a cryptid with a third eye and opinions. Protect your peace. a.co/d/07azS0AY #FantasyBooks #QueerBooks #IndieAuthor #BookSky #LGBTQFantasy
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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
"Did you know you can apply for a Reader's Ticket for the National Library of Ireland by using our online application form?"
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Titania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Art by Ana Jiménez
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Titania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
"Sorry I can't, I have plans" The plans:
Illustration of a badger reading in bed inside of a cozy burrow.
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Rose Fortune @rosethingamajig.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I've been to Edinburgh before, but today was my first time seeing this in the Scottish National Gallery: Macbeth, by John Martin. #Edinburgh #Classical #Art
Classical oil painting in a fine gold frame. 

Macbeth and Banquo stand alone at the top of a hill. 
Their army legions are barely visible trailing them in the distance, but only Macbeth and Banquo have made it to the top. There's an ominous vortex of clouds overhead, but the sky beyond is clear. 
The three witches are just visible in the lefthand corner, floating in midair and beckoning to the men.
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Queen RanDumb @invisihole.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
In the future fiction authors are gonna have some stiff competition with historians.
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Rose Fortune @rosethingamajig.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Okay, but counterpoint after watching the full ad: m.youtube.com/watch?v=3CYz... Plumbert is simply a successor to Roald Dahl's BFG. Plumbert is the Big Fruit Giant. The kid on the shoulder. The fruit/veg to the bully's face. The cauliflower at full force through a kid's window.
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The Fruit Giant | Tesco
YouTube video by Tesco
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Patrick Freyne @patrickfreyne.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Anyway: www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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Patrick Freyne: Here’s why AI is making us dumber and more lonely
Writing forces people to resolve internal contradictions and confront their own bullshit. It’s why it’s hard. It’s why it’s beautiful
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
I dunno, this sounds more like the builders of the data centres, y’know. . . *lied*, about the environmental impacts? Anyway, the Irish government should take note. #SpeirGorm www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Officials hugely underestimated impact of AI datacentres on UK carbon emissions
Revised figures increase fears about energy-intensive datacentres worsening climate emergency
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
A near-embarrassing number of enticing doors in garden walls on my walk today, but this was my favourite.
A fabulously mysterious door in a Dorset garden wall, with a camellia flowering beside it.
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