Molly Rookwood
@mollyrookwood.bsky.social
Jewish romance writer; sci-fi, fantasy, and romance editor; university writing coach; Jane Austen enthusiast
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Repped by Christina Miller at Nancy Yost Literary Agency
📍Halifax, Nova Scotia
Find me professionally at www.rookwoodediting.com
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📍Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Molly Rookwood
@mollyrookwood.bsky.social
· Nov 10
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Lots of new folks around here! I'm Molly, a book person wearing too many hats. I...
- write Jewish romance with a Jane Austen twist
- edit sci-fi, fantasy, and romance via rookwoodediting.com
- teach uni students to write better essays
- sell books at @kingsbookstore.bsky.social
Say hi below! 📚💙
- write Jewish romance with a Jane Austen twist
- edit sci-fi, fantasy, and romance via rookwoodediting.com
- teach uni students to write better essays
- sell books at @kingsbookstore.bsky.social
Say hi below! 📚💙
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My editor, @mollyrookwood.bsky.social, is a great editor plus she gets me.
By the way, it's National Editor Appreciation Day.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
My editor, @mollyrookwood.bsky.social, is a great editor plus she gets me.
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Oh, the year was seventeen seventy eight
You can ring my be-e-e-ll, ring my bell!
November 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Oh, the year was seventeen seventy eight
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One month left for Early Bird tickets! The all-weekend pass is just $85, and mystery t-shirt pre-order, $20! Prices on both will go up Dec 21st.
3 days of panels, workshops, lectures, launches, and networking with other writers & creatives in speculative genres? Yes plz!
tricon-halifax.com
3 days of panels, workshops, lectures, launches, and networking with other writers & creatives in speculative genres? Yes plz!
tricon-halifax.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
One month left for Early Bird tickets! The all-weekend pass is just $85, and mystery t-shirt pre-order, $20! Prices on both will go up Dec 21st.
3 days of panels, workshops, lectures, launches, and networking with other writers & creatives in speculative genres? Yes plz!
tricon-halifax.com
3 days of panels, workshops, lectures, launches, and networking with other writers & creatives in speculative genres? Yes plz!
tricon-halifax.com
Dissatisfied by the changes to the music in Wicked Part II, I spent the car ride home belting along to the original Broadway recordings, and it is amazing how deeply Wicked imprinted in my brain for a musical I saw once at eleven (and then, fine, listened to on repeat for the next several years) 💚🩷✨
November 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Dissatisfied by the changes to the music in Wicked Part II, I spent the car ride home belting along to the original Broadway recordings, and it is amazing how deeply Wicked imprinted in my brain for a musical I saw once at eleven (and then, fine, listened to on repeat for the next several years) 💚🩷✨
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Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
.
Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
Canadians, if you bought bread ever between 2001 and 2021, you too are eligible for a $25 bread price–fixing settlement. It takes one minute and in 6-12 months, Big Bread will pay you $25 to apologise for all the price gouging.
veritaconnect.ca/canadianbrea...
veritaconnect.ca/canadianbrea...
veritaconnect.ca
November 19, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Canadians, if you bought bread ever between 2001 and 2021, you too are eligible for a $25 bread price–fixing settlement. It takes one minute and in 6-12 months, Big Bread will pay you $25 to apologise for all the price gouging.
veritaconnect.ca/canadianbrea...
veritaconnect.ca/canadianbrea...
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Want to read some fabulous queer writing? The Queer Writers of Calgary just launched a Kickstarter for their anthology! Get your copy now! 😊 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ksc...
Unlocking Queer Futures
A Queer Writers of Calgary Anthology
www.kickstarter.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Want to read some fabulous queer writing? The Queer Writers of Calgary just launched a Kickstarter for their anthology! Get your copy now! 😊 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ksc...
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November 15, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Charles R. Saunders, father of "Sword and Soul", was an author & journalist whose work established him as a pioneer of Black specfic.
TriCon is proud to present readings from winners of NS's Charles R. Saunders Prize, as well as a lecture on Saunders from his biographer, Jon Tattrie!
TriCon is proud to present readings from winners of NS's Charles R. Saunders Prize, as well as a lecture on Saunders from his biographer, Jon Tattrie!
November 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Charles R. Saunders, father of "Sword and Soul", was an author & journalist whose work established him as a pioneer of Black specfic.
TriCon is proud to present readings from winners of NS's Charles R. Saunders Prize, as well as a lecture on Saunders from his biographer, Jon Tattrie!
TriCon is proud to present readings from winners of NS's Charles R. Saunders Prize, as well as a lecture on Saunders from his biographer, Jon Tattrie!
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My editor kind of found me? @mollyrookwood.bsky.social and I have friends in common and either she commented on a skeet of mine or vice versa. We started talking and I realized she's a fellow Jew who writes romance, but also edits. She did a sample edit for me and I hired her.
For those of you that self-publish, how did you find your editor? #writer #writing #selfpublished
#booksky #writesky
#booksky #writesky
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
My editor kind of found me? @mollyrookwood.bsky.social and I have friends in common and either she commented on a skeet of mine or vice versa. We started talking and I realized she's a fellow Jew who writes romance, but also edits. She did a sample edit for me and I hired her.
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Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
First little dusting of snow this morning! It's not going to stick, but there's something so magical about the first snow of the year. ❄️
November 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
First little dusting of snow this morning! It's not going to stick, but there's something so magical about the first snow of the year. ❄️
Another night of all of Canada getting auroras and Nova Scotia being firmly covered in clouds 😩
November 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Another night of all of Canada getting auroras and Nova Scotia being firmly covered in clouds 😩
Really enjoying the costuming in Frankenstein, particularly the way all of Elizabeth's clothes are absolutely arsenic green.
November 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Really enjoying the costuming in Frankenstein, particularly the way all of Elizabeth's clothes are absolutely arsenic green.
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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Ok ok Northanger Abbey is a masterpiece. I have abandoned my previous condescension towards this novel. I was a sad little shatter-brained creature before but now I have had a change of feelings and spirits and am in perfect felicity.
I am going through it finishing re-reading Northanger Abbey today to teach it this week (for the first time, mind you). I had just had enough of this silly business but now the romance is over, I’m crying and laughing on literally each page. The writer you are Jane Austen.
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Ok ok Northanger Abbey is a masterpiece. I have abandoned my previous condescension towards this novel. I was a sad little shatter-brained creature before but now I have had a change of feelings and spirits and am in perfect felicity.
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I have my students co-develop class policies, and they pretty much unanimously chose to ban AI in the class. There were a few questions about using Grammarly, but those were the only real exceptions any students expressed (and even then, we talked about alternatives to that and they were open to it)
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 7, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I have my students co-develop class policies, and they pretty much unanimously chose to ban AI in the class. There were a few questions about using Grammarly, but those were the only real exceptions any students expressed (and even then, we talked about alternatives to that and they were open to it)
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we're still shipping all over Canada for only $5 and we now have a tugboat to help us spread the word! how do we do it? that's really none of your business
November 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
we're still shipping all over Canada for only $5 and we now have a tugboat to help us spread the word! how do we do it? that's really none of your business
Belting Golden in the car because I'm late for chorus and need a vocal warmup that hits a high A 🎶
November 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Belting Golden in the car because I'm late for chorus and need a vocal warmup that hits a high A 🎶
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What kind of programming will you find at TriCon? All kinds of stuff, like the Blue Pencil Cafe!
Sign up for a 1-on-1 session with an editor! Spaces are limited, & sign-ups open December 22nd!
Featuring @englelaird.bsky.social, @mythaxis.bsky.social, and @heartlines-spec.com, with more to come!
Sign up for a 1-on-1 session with an editor! Spaces are limited, & sign-ups open December 22nd!
Featuring @englelaird.bsky.social, @mythaxis.bsky.social, and @heartlines-spec.com, with more to come!
November 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
What kind of programming will you find at TriCon? All kinds of stuff, like the Blue Pencil Cafe!
Sign up for a 1-on-1 session with an editor! Spaces are limited, & sign-ups open December 22nd!
Featuring @englelaird.bsky.social, @mythaxis.bsky.social, and @heartlines-spec.com, with more to come!
Sign up for a 1-on-1 session with an editor! Spaces are limited, & sign-ups open December 22nd!
Featuring @englelaird.bsky.social, @mythaxis.bsky.social, and @heartlines-spec.com, with more to come!
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What is ‘artificial intelligence,’ anyway? The confusion is the point
Morning File by me
Morning File by me
What is 'artificial intelligence,' anyway? The confusion is the point - Halifax Examiner
The confusion and misunderstanding that is purposefully built right into the term 'artificial intelligence' is a power grab.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
What is ‘artificial intelligence,’ anyway? The confusion is the point
Morning File by me
Morning File by me
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a great article from the UK outlining the human cost of amazon orders
Many months in the reporting - my investigation into Amazon warehouses is finally live today. A huge thank you to the workers and others who spoke to me, on and off the record. inews.co.uk/news/human-c...
Broken bones, heart attacks and chemical burns - the human cost of Amazon orders
2,500 serious injury incidents have been recorded in UK Amazon warehouses in the last ten years - roughly one injury every day and a half
inews.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
a great article from the UK outlining the human cost of amazon orders
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As we read about Sodom in this week's Torah portion, a brief reminder that according to Jewish tradition the sin of Sodom had nothing to do with sexuality, it was that they criminalized helping the poor and the visitor.
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
As we read about Sodom in this week's Torah portion, a brief reminder that according to Jewish tradition the sin of Sodom had nothing to do with sexuality, it was that they criminalized helping the poor and the visitor.
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I love that Mary Shelley's masterpiece is being recreated closer than ever to her original vision by one of the most compelling directors in cinema at the same moment that Percy Shelley's masterpiece is being spontaneously reimagined as every shitpost meme on the internet.
#RelationshipGoals
#RelationshipGoals
October 31, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I love that Mary Shelley's masterpiece is being recreated closer than ever to her original vision by one of the most compelling directors in cinema at the same moment that Percy Shelley's masterpiece is being spontaneously reimagined as every shitpost meme on the internet.
#RelationshipGoals
#RelationshipGoals
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Enjoyable list of unscary films: some undeniable greats, a deserved number one and many films I now want to see. But I think Stuart Heritage has forgotten the Vietnam reminiscence scene in The Straight Story and the various allusions to people burning to death www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
The least frightening films ever – ranked!
A Halloween screening doesn’t have to mean being scared witless. From serene sushi-making to a shell with shoes on, we run down the finest films for those of a nervous disposition
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Enjoyable list of unscary films: some undeniable greats, a deserved number one and many films I now want to see. But I think Stuart Heritage has forgotten the Vietnam reminiscence scene in The Straight Story and the various allusions to people burning to death www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...