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HC Fitzpatrick
@hcfitzpatrick.bsky.social
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She/Her.
#Author of fantasy retelling series the Rose World.
Married mom of amazing neurodivergent kiddo.
Architect in another life.
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#ThursdayThoughts

What inspires me:
nature, creatures, and our
connections with all living things.
Its why my characters spend so
much time outdoors.
An octopus presses against the glass of an aquarium tank in a dimly lit blue room. What inspires me: nature, creatures, and our connections with all living things. Its why my characters spend so much time outdoors.
September 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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#TuesdayTrials:
When you novel no longer goes according to plan and you e hit a wall.
A semi truck is turned and crashed into a wall. Overlaid is the text: trial tuesdays: When your novel no longer goes according to plan and you e hit a wall.
September 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Spare the shrimpathy. Everyone wants body wants to be… my anemone.
#imaginedragons #reimagined
Red orange and yellow anemones in a large aquarium tank.
September 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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If as a writer, you attend a few rock concerts that inspire a fictional series of books about rock stars, then the tickets and merchandise purchase would be expenses for research, right? 😜
#AskingForAFriend
#WritingBusiness #WritingInspiration
A hand holding a Mumford and Sons branded notebook with wings embossed into the vegan leather. Outdoor stadium with the Mumford and Sons band playing below a big screen with Marcus’ head in full singing and the crowd between the camera and stage.
June 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Stickers. 📚💙 #booksky
Stickers say: -. Romance writers do it between the covers -. Novel in progress (with a partially completed bar graph) -. Caution writer at work. Bystanders may be written to the story.
June 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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When your day job inspires your writing life.

#Sci-Fi #Brutalism #velodrome #biodome #writing #inspiration #wolrdbuilding
Brutalist architecture meets a modernist interior. The 1976 Montreal Olympic velodrome became the biodome and learning environment for animal research. A white fabric interior divides the spaces below the concrete supports and organic oval skylights above.
June 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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There’s something so sci-fi about onions flowering.
Onion flower, still encased in a film. Onion flower blooming.
May 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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These navigation tools are from the wrong time period but still inspiring. #RoseWorld #inspiration.
4 sailing and navigation instruments from 1900.
May 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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I may be at a work conference but it’s still inspiring my 3rd novel in the #RoseWorld fairy tale retelling series that starts with Awake. These boats might make an appearance…
A model of a 200 year old boats with multiple sails in glass enclosures with historical text below. A model of a 200 year old boats with multiple sails in glass enclosures with historical text below.
May 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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It’s magnolia season and our neighbour’s tree is stunning.
Magnolia blossoms against a blue sky.
May 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Got some fun stickers from Kobo Writing Life at the Toronto Independent Author’s conference!
2 stickers on a notebook: 1 says: “Pay no attention to my browsing history, I’m a writer.” The other says: “caution, writer at work. Bystanders may be written into your story.” Both are by Kobo Writing Life.
April 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Spring is tough. The season brings up anniversaries of passing, along with deadlines conferences and activities that provide no room to breathes but there sits the orchid that bloomed again thanks to my husband’s care. And in troubled times, we can bloom again too.
Orchids bloom in the window on a cloudy day.
April 21, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Just doing some research for the 3rd instalment of my #RoseWorld series.
Looking up, a light shines through the water, casting a school of fish in shadow.
March 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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It’s trying to rain in the morning light but I’ll take a #Rainbow any day.
A rainbow in the morning light over a golden lit building and a subway station.
March 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Happy St Patrick’s Day, or as we grew up, Fitzpatrick’s Day. Remembering the love of my parents and friends with the ring and charms.
A necklace chain holds 4 items, a ring with a clover, a green 3 leaf clover, a charm with a 4 leaf clover, and a horseshoe.
March 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Okay, I’m super stoked to get my latest installation of @davekellett.bsky.social’s Drive, book 4 from his kickstarter to add my my set. But… these pins… they’re perfectly beautiful. He does NOT skimp on quality.
7 enamel coated pins that are the ships in Dave Kellet’s Drice Sci-fi graphic novel series.
March 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Catching the reflection of historic and modern architecture in the glass of another modern addition. #UniversityOfToronto #ROM
The historic Royal Ontario Museum building with the modern Liebeskind Crystal shard sneaking in, reflected in the glass addition to the Royal Conservatory of Music at the University of Toronto.
March 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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It rained after a snowfall and it’s creating some awesome shadows in the fog.
Light filters through the trees as the fog rises from the snow in the late afternoon sun.
March 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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When your barista is also low key avoiding Valentines Day and just wants to motivate you instead…
Wrapper for food from a coffee chain and the barista wrote “you got this!”
February 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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So excited to celebrate @dianawallachauthor.bsky.social’s book cover release. I would have loved this as a teen. #YA #Horror

THE SILENCED imagines what would happen if the girls who died in their Troubled Teen program haunt their abandoned “school” to get revenge.
February 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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The feeling when you find the missing highlighter in your set and it’s like the Prodigal Son has returned.

No? Just me?

#AmPlanning #WeeklyPreview
6 coloured highlighters and a quote by Jesse Owens : “Find the good. It’s all around you. Find it, showcase it, and you’ll start believing in it.”
January 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Hi friends, my #newsletter Fitzpatrick’s Fables has a link to a new fable tied into my fantasy universe: Rose World. This one is about a young ogre who has to have his teeth pulled to make room for grownup tusks. You can access all my older fables there too.

#RoseWorld #FitzpatricksFables
The intro to a Rose World Tale about being brave and losing teeth. Ogre style. Rose World Tusks (an ogre tale) “I have to lose my teeth?” He asked, hating the rise in his youthful voice. He swallowed, forcing his voice back to normal. The healer chuckled. “Let me just grab my pliers!” He turned around and pulled out a pair of iron scissors with flat ends in leather gloves linked with sheep’s wool. “No, father!” He said, jumping up and away from the healer. “Those are iron! Iron is bad for us!” He shuddered, fearing the flash of heat from them metal. To read more, subscribe to my newsletter at hcfitzpatrick.com
January 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Read Vanessa Vale’s new book and it was such a LOL delight.
I want to reread this just for the family dynamics…
October 31, 2024 at 12:28 PM
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Focused on #Truth and #Reconciliation and #MMIW
October 1, 2024 at 12:16 AM
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My newsletter is going out soon. Here’s a snippet of the fable that you can access with the password in my newsletter #FitzpatricksFables
June 30, 2024 at 6:31 PM