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Rachel Wight @rachelwight.bsky.social · 23h

A blessing and a curse 😎

Rachel Wight @rachelwight.bsky.social · 1d

Me: Even as a kid, I wondered why Hogwarts students didn't die more. They let kids carry and train with the equivalent of guns. Also, you're telling me a school with moving staircases doesn't have daily instances of accidental murder?
Interviewer: I meant questions about the job...

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Rachel Wight @rachelwight.bsky.social · 2d

I was able to predict a significant call back in a show my husband and I were watching last night. He said, "How'd you know that would happen?" I shrugged and said, "It's good writing..." Then, after a beat, we both said in unison, "Or it's the ADHD."

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Rachel Wight @rachelwight.bsky.social · 2d

Media pushes the idea that to be a strong female character she must be masculine. There are things about womanhood that are feminine AND strong. Give her flaws that move the story. Give her strengths that celebrate her identity.

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Rachel Wight @rachelwight.bsky.social · 4d

I asked my brother to borrow a banned #book through his library for me and found out he's NEVER had a library card. He's in his mid-thirties...

He's getting one to help me and, somewhere, a librarian got her wings 🧚🏼‍♀️

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Rachel Wight @rachelwight.bsky.social · 6d

🎃BOOK CLUB🎃

Local Missing Woman builds tension through its shifting timelines and distinct perspectives. The twists were genuinely satisfying. I'll admit I got impatient at times, but that's probably a me problem instead of a pacing issue. Kubica makes you earn every reveal.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Rachel Wight @rachelwight.bsky.social · 4d

Kindle doesn't make money if you send library books to it. I don't buy books on Amazon/Kindle.

Rachel Wight @rachelwight.bsky.social · 4d

I do small things as a reader to put my dollars and attention where it matters. I started using StoryGraph instead of Goodreads. I order from ThriftBooks instead of Amazon and I only use my kindle to read library #books. It isn't much, but it helps me sleep at night 🤷🏽‍♀️

#writingcommunity #booksky

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Rachel Wight @rachelwight.bsky.social · 6d

🎃BOOK CLUB🎃

Local Missing Woman builds tension through its shifting timelines and distinct perspectives. The twists were genuinely satisfying. I'll admit I got impatient at times, but that's probably a me problem instead of a pacing issue. Kubica makes you earn every reveal.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

#booksky #books

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Rachel Wight @rachelwight.bsky.social · 16d

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Rachel Wight @rachelwight.bsky.social · 20d

This rapture is the most boring one I've ever been to 🙄

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Rachel Wight @rachelwight.bsky.social · 22d

Everyone online keeps talking about the rapture but I'm still team alien invasion 👽🛸

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Rachel Wight @rachelwight.bsky.social · 23d

When writing, every attempt of practice produces an original piece. Unlike music or the visual arts, where many beginners learn by mimicking the great works of the past, writing demands immediate ingenuity.

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Rachel Wight @rachelwight.bsky.social · 24d

Oliver helped me weed the strawberry patch this morning ❤️

#caturday

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Rachel Wight @rachelwight.bsky.social · 25d

My husband will start to form the word why for the hundredth time and I have to just shush him haha

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Rachel Wight @rachelwight.bsky.social · 25d

There’s a full-on bromance between the lifeguards at my local rec center. They use hand-signals from across the pool to make each other laugh and make a point to cross paths just to swap pleasantries during rotations. Do mine eyes deceive me, or is a plot idea brewing? 👀

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Rachel Wight @rachelwight.bsky.social · 26d

Me: an ADHD writer explaining my half baked plot idea
Autistic husband: can't process more info without pointing out the plot holes

JUST LET ME COOK 😤

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Rachel Wight @rachelwight.bsky.social · 26d

The worst part about being an ADHD bookworm is when you figure out a twist before you get to the reveal.

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Rachel Wight @rachelwight.bsky.social · 26d

Being abandoned by the irreplaceable people in your life simply because you’ve become your most authentic self might be the quietest betrayal of all. It’s devastating.

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Rachel Wight @rachelwight.bsky.social · Sep 14

With the way the world is going right now, I could use a good book to escape into.

#booksky

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Rachel Wight @rachelwight.bsky.social · Sep 13

Have you tried StoryGraph? I prefer it over Goodreads.

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Rachel Wight @rachelwight.bsky.social · Sep 12

Six years ago, I sold the car that got me through high school and college to a kid in the neighborhood for $500. My husband just texted me this... 🥹

Rachel Wight @rachelwight.bsky.social · Sep 12

I've come across lots of arguments online the last couple of days. At least we can all agree our TBRs will bury us before the discourse does.

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Rachel Wight @rachelwight.bsky.social · Sep 11

My favorite word to say out loud is schmear. My favorite word to write in cursive is life. My favorite word I use in my writing is desperately.

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Rachel Wight @rachelwight.bsky.social · Sep 11

My favorite word to say out loud is schmear. My favorite word to write in cursive is life. My favorite word I use in my writing is desperately.

#writingcommunity

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