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Rosetta Yorke Author
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Gothic romance, horror & time travel author. Writes short stories & drabbles. #TurtleWriters

Published by Black Hare Press, Stygian Lepus, Undertaker Books, Mocking Owl Roost, HorrorAddicts.net Press, Dark Rose Press, & Dragon Soul Press.
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"Don't take anyone's writing advice too seriously."
~ Lev Grossman

Give it careful consideration if it seems constructive, but always remember, it's *your* story* & you must tell it in the way it wants to be told, #turtlewriters! 🙂🐢Good luck with *your* writing!🍀❤️ #WritingCommunity
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January 19, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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“Love is the answer to everything. It’s the only reason to do anything. If you don’t write stories you love, you’ll never make it. If you don’t write stories that other people love, you’ll never make it.”
- Ray Bradbury

Put your heart into your writing, #turtlewriters! ❤️🙂🐢🍀 #WritingCommunity
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January 18, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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“Books and stories are medicine, plaster casts for broken lives and hearts, slings for weakened spirits.”
- Anne Lamott

Every word you write is a little miracle of healing & inspiration in some reader’s day! So put your heart into your stories, #turtlewriters! ❤️🙂🐢🍀 #WritingCommunity
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January 17, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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“Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.”
- George Eliot

We writers are always stronger when we stand together, support & encourage each other – so let’s do it, my friends! We'll all benefit! ❤️ ((hugs)) Take care & stay safe, #turtlewriters! 🙂🐢🍀 #WritingCommunity
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January 16, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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"My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying."
- Anton Chekhov

Good luck with your writing, revising & editing! Take care & stay safe, #turtlewriters ❤️🙂🐢🍀 #WritingCommunity
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January 15, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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“Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for.”
― Ray Bradbury

Take care & stay safe, #turtlewriters ❤️🙂🐢🍀 #WritingCommunity
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January 14, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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“The trick is to turn your own life into something that has meaning for people whose experience is nothing like your own. Write what you know is reasonable advice. Read what you don’t know is better advice.”
– Jeanette Winterson

Good luck, #turtlewriters ❤️🙂🐢🍀 #WritingCommunity
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January 13, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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"The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do."
- Thomas Jefferson

A sound observation, though trying to think of one *right* word instead is often a challenge! Good luck with your writing, #turtlewriters 🙂🐢🍀❤️ #WritingCommunity
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January 12, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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“Literature…can take us anywhere — across time & space, the globe, through the lives of people who can never be like us — into the heart of anguish we have never felt — crimes we could not commit.”
– Jeanette Winterson

#turtlewriters ❤️🙂🐢🍀 #WritingCommunity
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January 11, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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"If there's a single lesson that life teaches us, it's that wishing doesn't make it so."
~ Lev Grossman

Good luck with taking that first step towards making that wish a reality. Love & ((hugs)), #turtlewriters 🙂🐢🍀❤️ #WritingCommunity
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January 10, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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‘A house without books is like a room without windows.’
~Heinrich Mann

Give your mind & heart a little respite from the cares & challenges around you, #turtlewriters - there are infinite worlds just waiting for you to open a book! 🙂🐢🍀❤️ #WritingCommunity
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January 9, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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"Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself…"
— C.S. Lewis (The Four Loves)

Remember, you're not alone, #turtlewriters! Love & ((hugs)) to you, 🙂🐢🍀❤️ #WritingCommunity
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January 8, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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"Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself."
— Roy T. Bennett (The Light in the Heart)

Good luck with everything you do, #turtlewriters 🙂🐢🍀❤️ Take care & stay safe, my friends. #WritingCommunity
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January 7, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "& so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
— J.R.R. Tolkien

#turtlewriters 🙂🐢🍀❤️ #WritingCommunity
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January 6, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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"Everybody is special. Everybody. Everybody is a hero, a lover, a fool, a villain. Everybody. Everybody has their story to tell."
— Alan Moore (V for Vendetta)

You are a writer! So, trust your inner voice & write your story, whatever it may be, #turtlewriters! 🙂🐢🍀❤️#WritingCommunity
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January 5, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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"Isn't it odd how much fatter a book gets when you've read it several times?...As if something were left between the pages every time you read it. Feelings, thoughts...yourself too...preserved...like a pressed flower...both strange & familiar."
- Cornelia Funke

#turtlewriters 🙂🐢 #WritingCommunity
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January 4, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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"There is freedom waiting for you,
On the breezes of the sky,
And you ask "What if I fall?"
Oh but my darling,
What if you fly?"
— Erin Hanson

Follow your dreams, #turtlewriters! Good luck! 🙂🐢🍀❤️((hugs)) #WritingCommunity
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January 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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"I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn."
- Anne Frank

Good luck with your writing, and whatever else you may need it for, #turtlewriters 🙂🐢🍀❤️ #WritingCommunity
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January 2, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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"Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way."
- E. L. Doctorow

Think positive, believe in yourself, & trust your characters, #turtlewriters! You can do this! Good luck! 🙂🐢🍀❤️ #WritingCommunity
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January 1, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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December 31, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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“Don't settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had.”
—Angela Bassett

You have huge potential, #turtlewriters, & a unique writer's voice, so believe in *you* & write the best story you can.🙂🐢❤️ 🍀 #WritingCommunity
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December 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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“Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.”
―Cormac McCarthy

Never give up, #turtlewriters! No matter how long it takes, no matter how many breaks you need, so long as you never stop following your dreams, you will achieve your goals one day. Good luck!🙂🐢❤️ 🍀 #WritingCommunity
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December 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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“…Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it… Once you learn that, you'll never be the same again.”
—Steve Jobs

Even famous writers had to start somewhere, #turtlewriters! 🙂🐢❤️ 🍀 #WritingCommunity
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December 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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“Sometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect.”
—Raymond Joseph Teller

See, #turtlewriters, we may be slow, but we create magic with our words! Good luck with your WIP! 🙂🐢❤️ 🍀 #WritingCommunity
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December 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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"A year from now you will wish you had started today."
—Unknown

Take that first step, write that first word & enjoy the journey, wherever they take you, #turtlewriters. Good luck! 🙂🐢❤️ 🍀 #WritingCommunity
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December 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM