Erica Basnicki
@ericabasnicki.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Reader and writer living in the UK.
Copywriter during business hours. Time zone may vary.
Copywriter during business hours. Time zone may vary.
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Erica Basnicki
@ericabasnicki.bsky.social
· Jun 20
Insomnia persists. Possibly a little unhinged and/or incoherent (though my filter isn’t great when I’m fully rested, either #neurospicy).
I don’t usually watch tennis. This #Wimbledon championship has me positively riveted. Like this is is DRAMATIC. I don’t care who wins, I’m just here for the story.
July 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I don’t usually watch tennis. This #Wimbledon championship has me positively riveted. Like this is is DRAMATIC. I don’t care who wins, I’m just here for the story.
What started as insomnia quickly revealed itself as the next battle of a long war called Protracted Withdrawal From SSRIs Sucks Rotten Eggs. But hey, I’m functional again, so that’s good.
July 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
What started as insomnia quickly revealed itself as the next battle of a long war called Protracted Withdrawal From SSRIs Sucks Rotten Eggs. But hey, I’m functional again, so that’s good.
Insomnia persists. Possibly a little unhinged and/or incoherent (though my filter isn’t great when I’m fully rested, either #neurospicy).
June 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Insomnia persists. Possibly a little unhinged and/or incoherent (though my filter isn’t great when I’m fully rested, either #neurospicy).
Oh my god I’ve been confusing Mansfield Park with Middlemarch 🤦🏼 So, I read a lot because I’m prone to insomnia, which makes my brain prone to scrambling. And today is one of those weeks.
June 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Oh my god I’ve been confusing Mansfield Park with Middlemarch 🤦🏼 So, I read a lot because I’m prone to insomnia, which makes my brain prone to scrambling. And today is one of those weeks.
Ok, I guess my algorithm is working.
“I found myself … addressing hundreds of people in a marquee, gesticulating at a flipchart and yelling at them to read Moby-Dick and Middlemarch.”
You just never know where Inventory is going to take you. 😉
You just never know where Inventory is going to take you. 😉
A new instalment of INVENTORY is available now via the @backlisted.bsky.social Patreon. Sign up at Locklistener level and you’ll get this plus a bunch of other stuff, all while supporting the podcast. This week: 'Orange Juice' by Stanley Brinks and the Wave Pictures. www.patreon.com/backlisted
June 19, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Ok, I guess my algorithm is working.
This is the best fact I never knew about my own country.
🔴 NEW VIDEO 🔴
Did you know Canada has a maple syrup reserve?! Like, an actual vault of maple syrup barrels. And it got ROBBED in 2012. Only in #Canada 🇨🇦 #maplesyrup
youtu.be/qIDTOAZrv1M
Did you know Canada has a maple syrup reserve?! Like, an actual vault of maple syrup barrels. And it got ROBBED in 2012. Only in #Canada 🇨🇦 #maplesyrup
youtu.be/qIDTOAZrv1M
REVEALED: Inside Canada's Secret Maple Syrup Reserve (no really)
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
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June 18, 2025 at 5:02 AM
This is the best fact I never knew about my own country.
Following my whole Jane Austen FOMO thing, I am delighted to read that @iammilliam.bsky.social (Who seems to have disappeared. Andy, are you ok? Are you ok, Andy?) did not >love< Jane Austen. Sure, I’m caught up in the celebration, but the fear still exists: WHAT IF I HATE IT.
June 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Following my whole Jane Austen FOMO thing, I am delighted to read that @iammilliam.bsky.social (Who seems to have disappeared. Andy, are you ok? Are you ok, Andy?) did not >love< Jane Austen. Sure, I’m caught up in the celebration, but the fear still exists: WHAT IF I HATE IT.
Ok. I’ve read at least one book by #JaneAusten for a university course. I don’t remember loving it or her. Just watched “Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius” on BBC. Um, she was a BADASS?! And I think I need to give her a second chance.
June 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Ok. I’ve read at least one book by #JaneAusten for a university course. I don’t remember loving it or her. Just watched “Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius” on BBC. Um, she was a BADASS?! And I think I need to give her a second chance.
Well, I needed to read this today. Maybe you do too.
February 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Well, I needed to read this today. Maybe you do too.
A different kind of butt pain, from a different kind of Taco Bell.
There will never be a good time to write. Life won't stop until you're dead and then you really can't write. Do it now.
February 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A different kind of butt pain, from a different kind of Taco Bell.
This is a fantastic lesson on how to scream on the page without resorting to screaming.
February 7, 2025 at 9:48 AM
This is a fantastic lesson on how to scream on the page without resorting to screaming.
1 read, 2 in my library, 4 for the BATTL list (Books Added To The Library). This is the only version of meta that I want in my life. 💙📚
These recent meta books show you can experiment with style, without undermining story.
7 Meta Books That Question the Boundaries of Storytelling - Electric Literature
These writers blur the line between fiction and reality, challenging how we define and experience literature
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February 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
1 read, 2 in my library, 4 for the BATTL list (Books Added To The Library). This is the only version of meta that I want in my life. 💙📚
Reposted by Erica Basnicki
There are many takes on the William Carlos Williams original of this poem but this one sounds most like it is being spoken by someone from Leeds.
February 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
There are many takes on the William Carlos Williams original of this poem but this one sounds most like it is being spoken by someone from Leeds.
I keep telling my British friends that Canadians are excellent at passive aggression. Because we are.
February 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I keep telling my British friends that Canadians are excellent at passive aggression. Because we are.
February 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Lazy Sunday vitamin D. So bright I can’t see my book. For once, reading can wait. 💙📚
February 2, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Lazy Sunday vitamin D. So bright I can’t see my book. For once, reading can wait. 💙📚
January 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
“He saw the beauty and the hope of a revolution to come.”
There’s a nice dose of hope in this article. History has repeated itself so often we can now take lessons from those who have lived through similar dark turns.
Hope is a small rebellion. Lead the way, Mr. Orwell. I’ll follow.
There’s a nice dose of hope in this article. History has repeated itself so often we can now take lessons from those who have lived through similar dark turns.
Hope is a small rebellion. Lead the way, Mr. Orwell. I’ll follow.
Now is the moment (to read George Orwell).
Now might be a good time to re-read George Orwell.
“Is it or is it not fascism” is a debate we’re going to be having a lot in the next few years, I’m afraid. And while there is perhaps an intellectual rigor to sussing out an answer, there are also …
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January 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
“He saw the beauty and the hope of a revolution to come.”
There’s a nice dose of hope in this article. History has repeated itself so often we can now take lessons from those who have lived through similar dark turns.
Hope is a small rebellion. Lead the way, Mr. Orwell. I’ll follow.
There’s a nice dose of hope in this article. History has repeated itself so often we can now take lessons from those who have lived through similar dark turns.
Hope is a small rebellion. Lead the way, Mr. Orwell. I’ll follow.
I have graduated from purchasing the same book twice, to borrowing a book I already own from the library.
I haven’t quite made it to reading the book. Yet. But I saved money, so it’s a win.
📚💙 #booksky
I haven’t quite made it to reading the book. Yet. But I saved money, so it’s a win.
📚💙 #booksky
January 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I have graduated from purchasing the same book twice, to borrowing a book I already own from the library.
I haven’t quite made it to reading the book. Yet. But I saved money, so it’s a win.
📚💙 #booksky
I haven’t quite made it to reading the book. Yet. But I saved money, so it’s a win.
📚💙 #booksky
Found this in the donation bin at the local Co-op. Best donation I have ever made. Let the tour begin! I think @tripfiction.bsky.social would approve. #literarytourism
January 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Found this in the donation bin at the local Co-op. Best donation I have ever made. Let the tour begin! I think @tripfiction.bsky.social would approve. #literarytourism
That’s it, I’m printing new business cards. #copywriting
Ad agencies, advertising themselves. Drake & Associates, 1990. "Advertising. Public Relations. Minor Miracles." #advertising #adsforadagencies
January 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
That’s it, I’m printing new business cards. #copywriting
This, as part of my “Happy” mix of Liked songs.
Did I break Spotify? Am I broken?
Did I break Spotify? Am I broken?
The Turning of Our Bones
Arab Strap · The Turning of Our Bones · Song · 2020
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January 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This, as part of my “Happy” mix of Liked songs.
Did I break Spotify? Am I broken?
Did I break Spotify? Am I broken?
Jamaica Inn is a real place?!!! Apparently tacky, but I still want to visit. #Literarytourism is my new favourite reason to travel.
January 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Jamaica Inn is a real place?!!! Apparently tacky, but I still want to visit. #Literarytourism is my new favourite reason to travel.