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Lucy Waverley

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Book reviews (historical fiction, history, art), writing, studying. Happiest in the hills. Then in the bath with a book. And a whisky.

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06.01.2026 15:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
FOR A STUDENT WHO USED AI TO WRITE A PAPER
Now I let it fall back in the grasses.
I hear you. I know this life is hard now.
I know your days are precious on this earth.
But what are you trying to be free of?
The living? The miraculous task of it?
Love is for the ones who love the work.
-Joseph Fasano

FOR A STUDENT WHO USED AI TO WRITE A PAPER Now I let it fall back in the grasses. I hear you. I know this life is hard now. I know your days are precious on this earth. But what are you trying to be free of? The living? The miraculous task of it? Love is for the ones who love the work. -Joseph Fasano

I don’t know. I love this Joseph Fasano poem and have it pinned on my office door but I don’t know what to actually do about any of this.

04.06.2025 09:08 πŸ‘ 342 πŸ” 89 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3
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Faber Launches 2025 FAB Prize with a Publishing Deal for the Winner Faber announces the opening of the 2025Β FABΒ Prize for undiscovered writers and illustrators of colour, with a publishing deal for the winner.

From Faber the FAB Prize highlights new talent from underrepresented backgrounds with a publishing deal for the winner.

Please share :)

21.04.2025 22:03 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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London traffic yesterday 🐴

28.02.2025 06:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just hanging out in the library with Hozier and some unicorns. (Serious study, albeit a bit of a side quest)

18.12.2024 07:31 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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When you accidentally attend an eighteenth-century dancing lesson and accidentally buy a biography of the Duke of Wellington #history #amreading

15.12.2024 15:51 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Early bird catches the moon, the owls, and some time to read about whisky and taxes. Fun times.

15.12.2024 06:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nothing says Thursday like coffee cake and an article on illicit whisky in the long eighteenth century. Let the dissertation commence πŸ₯ƒ

#history #amstudying #student #cake #eighteenthcenturylife

12.12.2024 11:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hairdresser time equals a perfect opportunity to catch up on some ARC reading. This eARC of @lorajones.com’s β€˜The Woman in the Wallpaper’ is glorious so far and the illustrations are πŸ‘ŒπŸ» (gifted / PR product) #amreading

11.12.2024 10:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent! πŸ’–

11.12.2024 07:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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POV: you’re thinking about POVs and persons.
I always thought third was my favourite, but I’m learning to love others.
A new character materialised earlier this week and she wants this novel to be first person. She also wants to address the reader directly, and kiss the antihero #amwriting

10.12.2024 20:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Coffee of the day. More coffee plotting. Thinking about carriages and coachmen. And library books.

10.12.2024 16:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yesterday was coffee cake and plotting; today is copyright quibbles and stale stollen. Apprehensive about what tomorrow might bring.

10.12.2024 09:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A rare moment when all the right ingredients came together!

10.12.2024 09:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cake and plotting πŸ‘€
At the wonderful stage of a novel where all the potential is visible and none of the plot holes 😝

09.12.2024 12:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Giveaway alert (but please don’t enter too much as I would like to win, please and thank you).

09.12.2024 11:39 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Daughter’s history homework. Genius.
#historyjokes
#gameofthrones

01.12.2024 19:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Flashes of colour in the frost this morning. Helping my thoughts on Frankenstein, Walter Scott, and piracy.

28.11.2024 11:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Incentives to finish this essay: some fabulous historical fiction ARCs. Halfway through Sycorax, which is a sensory wonder so far, debating whether to go for revolutionary wallpaper or Victorian art mystery next?

27.11.2024 11:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hope the ideas stayed put until you could write them down and that all went well!

27.11.2024 05:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes πŸ˜†

26.11.2024 12:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ll tick two of those.

The tutor I’m currently for whom I’m currently writing about Frankenstein would say that, strictly speaking, I am not Gothic but have Gothic elements. And those elements are fascinating.

24.11.2024 05:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Obligatory snow picture. Very helpful for Frankenstein reading.

19.11.2024 08:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Celebrating my first 1k followers on πŸ¦‹ by giving away a hardback copy of my fave book of 2024, #Costanza by Rachel Blackmore! πŸŠπŸ’›

All you have to do is follow & repost. Happy to ship internationally, so tell your friends.

Will pick a winner next Friday. #BookSky πŸ“š

17.11.2024 14:49 πŸ‘ 129 πŸ” 99 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 9
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β€˜Makes my heart beat faster’: why I Know Where I’m Going! is my feelgood movie In the first of a new series in which writers explain their favourite mood-lifting watch, an ode to a charming 40s romance

If you’re looking for romantic cheer in the gloom this is essential viewing and it’s on iplayer now.
Seems I’m not alone in my love for this 1944 magical, mystical, whimsical masterpiece from #PowellandPressburger
Lovely piece in today’s guardian:

amp.theguardian.com/film/2024/no...

18.11.2024 10:31 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

One of my all time favourites πŸ₯°

18.11.2024 10:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Image shows a set of silver backed false teeth from the mid nineteenth century in a display cabinet.

Image shows a set of silver backed false teeth from the mid nineteenth century in a display cabinet.

How I spent my Saturday: looking at the Duke of Wellington’s false teeth. Nice.

17.11.2024 09:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hello Bluesky. Here for history, art, books, and writing.

15.11.2024 16:39 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Epic in every way! Well done!

21.08.2024 05:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0