Rebecca Lomax
@rebeccalomax.bsky.social
Author in a self-editing loop. Reader. Bird watcher.
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authors: your work may have already had a huge impact on someone who youve never met and you will never know this unless they tell you
readers: tell them
readers: tell them
July 4, 2025 at 6:01 AM
authors: your work may have already had a huge impact on someone who youve never met and you will never know this unless they tell you
readers: tell them
readers: tell them
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You can only have a bestseller if you sell copies.
Readers, which would you prefer: a book written by a human being, or an artificial copy of a book, made up from the hashed-up pieces of millions of stolen books, with a free side of global warming and drought? Interested parties need to know.
Readers, which would you prefer: a book written by a human being, or an artificial copy of a book, made up from the hashed-up pieces of millions of stolen books, with a free side of global warming and drought? Interested parties need to know.
Yeah. Because if there’s one thing publishing is short of, it’s fucking books.
Step away from the lathe of heaven, Philip Stone, please.
July 1, 2025 at 10:21 AM
You can only have a bestseller if you sell copies.
Readers, which would you prefer: a book written by a human being, or an artificial copy of a book, made up from the hashed-up pieces of millions of stolen books, with a free side of global warming and drought? Interested parties need to know.
Readers, which would you prefer: a book written by a human being, or an artificial copy of a book, made up from the hashed-up pieces of millions of stolen books, with a free side of global warming and drought? Interested parties need to know.
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How To Be a Writer: #2651414:
Open work-in-progress
Stare hungrily into the abyss
Consider that maybe the abyss is also hungry
Offer the abyss a biscuit
One of the nice ones, an oatie
maybe a chocolate Digestive
Tea.
Open work-in-progress
Stare hungrily into the abyss
Consider that maybe the abyss is also hungry
Offer the abyss a biscuit
One of the nice ones, an oatie
maybe a chocolate Digestive
Tea.
June 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
How To Be a Writer: #2651414:
Open work-in-progress
Stare hungrily into the abyss
Consider that maybe the abyss is also hungry
Offer the abyss a biscuit
One of the nice ones, an oatie
maybe a chocolate Digestive
Tea.
Open work-in-progress
Stare hungrily into the abyss
Consider that maybe the abyss is also hungry
Offer the abyss a biscuit
One of the nice ones, an oatie
maybe a chocolate Digestive
Tea.
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How To Be a Writer, #1835356:
Open laptop
Observe the disintegration of the world you know
Write some words
See how the words begin to knit the world back together again, like nanobots rebuilding reality at the molecular level
This writing lark. Good, innit?
Tea
Open laptop
Observe the disintegration of the world you know
Write some words
See how the words begin to knit the world back together again, like nanobots rebuilding reality at the molecular level
This writing lark. Good, innit?
Tea
June 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
How To Be a Writer, #1835356:
Open laptop
Observe the disintegration of the world you know
Write some words
See how the words begin to knit the world back together again, like nanobots rebuilding reality at the molecular level
This writing lark. Good, innit?
Tea
Open laptop
Observe the disintegration of the world you know
Write some words
See how the words begin to knit the world back together again, like nanobots rebuilding reality at the molecular level
This writing lark. Good, innit?
Tea
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I found frogspawn in our garden today - tiny little magazines full of of naked frogs.
June 2, 2025 at 6:36 AM
I found frogspawn in our garden today - tiny little magazines full of of naked frogs.
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It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.
May 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.
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I didn't know my mum was writing promotional emails for Nintendo now
May 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I didn't know my mum was writing promotional emails for Nintendo now
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There's going to be a brilliant comedy gig in Exeter on Wednesday 21 May featuring Mike Wozniak, Spencer Jones and a bunch of other comedians, to raise funds for the the comedy festival in June. There are plenty of tickets left so please spread the word! www.exetercornexchange.co.uk/whats-on/exe...
May 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
There's going to be a brilliant comedy gig in Exeter on Wednesday 21 May featuring Mike Wozniak, Spencer Jones and a bunch of other comedians, to raise funds for the the comedy festival in June. There are plenty of tickets left so please spread the word! www.exetercornexchange.co.uk/whats-on/exe...
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A summery cartoon for @newscientist.com
May 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
A summery cartoon for @newscientist.com
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Martial Arts for Authors - My cartoon for this week's @theguardian.com Books
May 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Martial Arts for Authors - My cartoon for this week's @theguardian.com Books
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 2466: Writing takes resilience. You will sometimes be afraid. You will sometimes be rejected, criticized, disappointed. Don’t try to avoid those things. Feel them. Learn from them. Use them. Tell yourself that you have already done the hardest part. You have begun.
May 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 2466: Writing takes resilience. You will sometimes be afraid. You will sometimes be rejected, criticized, disappointed. Don’t try to avoid those things. Feel them. Learn from them. Use them. Tell yourself that you have already done the hardest part. You have begun.
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A Jane Austen cartoon for @theguardian.com
April 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A Jane Austen cartoon for @theguardian.com
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These guys came to me one by one and now we solve mysteries together in and around Chester.
April 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
These guys came to me one by one and now we solve mysteries together in and around Chester.
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The house keeps its own secrets
April 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The house keeps its own secrets
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gofund.me/b40157db
We have raised £800 in three days! #Curae is a unique initiative in writing and publishing for unpaid carers. It’s a national scheme, which has not been funded by Arts organisations and every penny we raise goes to our three winners in poetry, fiction & non-fiction. Do share.
We have raised £800 in three days! #Curae is a unique initiative in writing and publishing for unpaid carers. It’s a national scheme, which has not been funded by Arts organisations and every penny we raise goes to our three winners in poetry, fiction & non-fiction. Do share.
Donate to Dr Anna Vaught: Curae Writing Bursaries for unpaid carers, organised by Anna Vaught
Hello everyone,
I am Anna (aka Dr Anna Vaught - and you may kno… Anna Vaught needs your support for Dr Anna Vaught: Curae Writing Bursaries for unpaid carers
gofund.me
April 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
gofund.me/b40157db
We have raised £800 in three days! #Curae is a unique initiative in writing and publishing for unpaid carers. It’s a national scheme, which has not been funded by Arts organisations and every penny we raise goes to our three winners in poetry, fiction & non-fiction. Do share.
We have raised £800 in three days! #Curae is a unique initiative in writing and publishing for unpaid carers. It’s a national scheme, which has not been funded by Arts organisations and every penny we raise goes to our three winners in poetry, fiction & non-fiction. Do share.
Under the dimpse
Buttercups glow, daisies close
A wood pigeon coos
#haiku #devon #dailyhaiku
Dimpse: West Country dialect. It’s supposed to be a specific type of grey light but I prefer it to mean a specific time between day and sunset. One when the Devon light it just magical. Pronounced Dimp-See
Buttercups glow, daisies close
A wood pigeon coos
#haiku #devon #dailyhaiku
Dimpse: West Country dialect. It’s supposed to be a specific type of grey light but I prefer it to mean a specific time between day and sunset. One when the Devon light it just magical. Pronounced Dimp-See
March 31, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Under the dimpse
Buttercups glow, daisies close
A wood pigeon coos
#haiku #devon #dailyhaiku
Dimpse: West Country dialect. It’s supposed to be a specific type of grey light but I prefer it to mean a specific time between day and sunset. One when the Devon light it just magical. Pronounced Dimp-See
Buttercups glow, daisies close
A wood pigeon coos
#haiku #devon #dailyhaiku
Dimpse: West Country dialect. It’s supposed to be a specific type of grey light but I prefer it to mean a specific time between day and sunset. One when the Devon light it just magical. Pronounced Dimp-See
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This fantastic #Curae prize makes a huge difference to the entrants. All are writers facing enormous obstacles because they are carers with little respite. Anna is 25% there with raising the funds needed for this year’s bursaries for the winners. Please share and donate if you can. #WritingCommunity
The #Curae was created by @bookwormvaught.bsky.social to give full time carers creative writing opportunities. Take a look 🙏
gofund.me/074eee36
gofund.me/074eee36
Donate to Dr Anna Vaught: Curae Writing Bursaries for unpaid carers, organised by Anna Vaught
Hello everyone,
I am Anna (aka Dr Anna Vaught - and you may kno… Anna Vaught needs your support for Dr Anna Vaught: Curae Writing Bursaries for unpaid carers
gofund.me
March 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This fantastic #Curae prize makes a huge difference to the entrants. All are writers facing enormous obstacles because they are carers with little respite. Anna is 25% there with raising the funds needed for this year’s bursaries for the winners. Please share and donate if you can. #WritingCommunity
Thank you!
Also, thank you to @rachloudriscoll.bsky.social for setting a really challenging prompt this month as well.
Also, thank you to @rachloudriscoll.bsky.social for setting a really challenging prompt this month as well.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for #WriteCBC this month! Shout-outs go to: @vickybookerlit.bsky.social, @cali-warham.bsky.social, @shoequeeny.bsky.social & @rebeccalomax.bsky.social 🥳
And a special thank you to our guest
@rachloudriscoll.bsky.social for setting such a wonderful tip and task.
And a special thank you to our guest
@rachloudriscoll.bsky.social for setting such a wonderful tip and task.
#WriteCBC task from @rachloudriscoll.bsky.social: Write a mini-scene where the setting is central. Is it friendly, hazardous, or a victim? Try to convey not just the place, but the importance of its role. That might mean bringing in conflict or raising a question that involves the setting.
March 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Thank you!
Also, thank you to @rachloudriscoll.bsky.social for setting a really challenging prompt this month as well.
Also, thank you to @rachloudriscoll.bsky.social for setting a really challenging prompt this month as well.
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If you work in a library and are currently cataloguing a garden book by an author with a better name than TWIGS WAY then I'd like to know about it.
#WorldBookDay2025
#WorldBookDay2025
March 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
If you work in a library and are currently cataloguing a garden book by an author with a better name than TWIGS WAY then I'd like to know about it.
#WorldBookDay2025
#WorldBookDay2025
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#WriteCBC task from @rachloudriscoll.bsky.social: Write a mini-scene where the setting is central. Is it friendly, hazardous, or a victim? Try to convey not just the place, but the importance of its role. That might mean bringing in conflict or raising a question that involves the setting.
March 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
#WriteCBC task from @rachloudriscoll.bsky.social: Write a mini-scene where the setting is central. Is it friendly, hazardous, or a victim? Try to convey not just the place, but the importance of its role. That might mean bringing in conflict or raising a question that involves the setting.
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oh no
no no no
I have things to do, but the pigs. The pigs they need stacking.
no no no
I have things to do, but the pigs. The pigs they need stacking.
February 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
oh no
no no no
I have things to do, but the pigs. The pigs they need stacking.
no no no
I have things to do, but the pigs. The pigs they need stacking.
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cndnsd mlk
you have not heard the end of thi
get your sh it together
mor ing has broken
n
you have not heard the end of thi
get your sh it together
mor ing has broken
n
February 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
cndnsd mlk
you have not heard the end of thi
get your sh it together
mor ing has broken
n
you have not heard the end of thi
get your sh it together
mor ing has broken
n
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nice novel you’ve got there. would be a shame if you finish writing it & have to reread & revise the whole thing
February 19, 2025 at 4:24 AM
nice novel you’ve got there. would be a shame if you finish writing it & have to reread & revise the whole thing