Rebecca Lomax

You deserve a break. Stop healing. Choose violence. go batshit insane. do it for the plot.

mood.

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

chef’s kiss for ‘burger-jowled legacy’ - brilliant image.

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.

Lifeless eyes stared back at Ari. The tropics cabinet held another macabre lineup of dull feathers and gaping beaks. But there would be no birdsong. She clutched her purse like a buzzard clawing at writhing prey. The lock picks inside dug into her fingers. This time, she couldn’t fail. #WriteCBC

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.

Diesel fumes and stale tobacco leech from his pea coat. Sharp, magpie eyes land on my necklace.

“Just you ‘ere then?” he asks, wedging his boot in the door.

“My boy will be back soon.”
My darling Zeke.

“That right?” His smile greased by the moonlight. “Only it’s Zeke what sent me ”
#WriteCBC

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

I found frogspawn in our garden today - tiny little magazines full of of naked frogs.

It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.

I bought two tickets but can’t go (my mum’s having an op)

Happy to give them away to anyone that can make use of them - if you can RT for visibility?

Gutted I’m missing it - it’s looks like it’ll be a great night!

Nintendo marketing email reading "Why not play these games you already own?"

I didn't know my mum was writing promotional emails for Nintendo now

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...

Caption: “The work was hard and the hours were long, so on sunny days, the professor allowed the team to leave the lab and research their viruses outdoors.” Image: Scientists in yellow hazmat suits work with chemicals, glassware and machinery in the dappled shade of some old trees on the university lawn.

A summery cartoon for @newscientist.com

Title: Martial Arts for Authors A writer and instructor are in the gym wearing white judogi suits with colored belts. The instructor begins to grab the writer, saying: “And this move is how you respond if an attacker starts to mention a negative review of your book”

Martial Arts for Authors - My cartoon for this week's @theguardian.com Books

So many emotions came up when I first shared my fiction for critique. And the second time, and the third. And so on.

It’s taught me that I care deeply about the words I put out into the world and would never want to feel numb to it.

But I’d definitely like it to feel easier!

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.

I took part in the last one - it’s so good.

Marian’s insight was very compelling and gave me lots to think about - and relate to 😄

On our course we also got feedback from @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social which was so helpful. Her words were kind and her critique was thoughtful and constructive.

Alone in the hallway, Ali unravelled into the embrace of her cashmere jumper.

Every thread of Maya’s gift now woven with betrayal. Every whisper of warmth told cruel lies.

She longed to rip the butter-soft kisses from her skin.

Grief numbed her to do anything but sob into her sleeve. #WriteCBC

Title: Microdosing Jane Austen at the Office Panel 1: A woman sits at a desk which has a computer and a coffee on it. She says "I read a line or two of her writing every hour to keep a mild Regency buzz throughout the day." Panel 2: In a conference room with colleagues, she says "Meetings take on the thrill and romance of a glamorous ball." Panel 3: Typing at her computer she says "My emails are elegant, formal and heaving with restrained passions." Panel 4: "I glance demurely at eligible suitors as I daintily nibble a pret sandwich." she says as she looks across at three men at a different table. Panel 5: She leaves the office and says "It's not all been positive: on Tuesday I read a whole page, and before I knew it, I'd declined three proposals, danced several quadrilles and scandalously revealed an ankle!"

A Jane Austen cartoon for @theguardian.com

Five dogs and an enormous pig.

These guys came to me one by one and now we solve mysteries together in and around Chester.

The house keeps its own secrets

As someone who finds your advice posts hugely helpful, please know they are appreciated.

Each one prompts me to think about my WIP and how your experience and knowledge can help me avoid common writing pitfalls and elevate my craft.

She only appeared in darkness. The void, her portal, it beckoned me. Stilled by a cold touch, I knew what followed. Abject pain wasn’t inflicted by sharp teeth, but the prolonged hours of dread in the day. Moonlight revealed her ethereal wisps, my pulse skittish on adrenaline, I succumbed. #WriteCBC

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

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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

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.

The book Virgins Weeders and Queens by Twigs Way

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