Claire Ormsby-Potter
@okyeahbut.bsky.social
I'm not obsessed with my cat, you're obsessed with my cat • editor at Gollancz/SF Gateway 🚀🦄 • it's totally ok to send me unicorns • she/her
LOOK AT THESE BEAUTIES.
April 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
LOOK AT THESE BEAUTIES.
If anyone wants confirmation that 2025 is cursed, in the roughly six weeks since it started my baby has had flu, an ear infection and this morning presented me with chicken pox all over her body.
February 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
If anyone wants confirmation that 2025 is cursed, in the roughly six weeks since it started my baby has had flu, an ear infection and this morning presented me with chicken pox all over her body.
Staging a rebellion. (Snuggling under the fancy handmade blanket we got for Christmas that Jon won't let me use because we might damage it)
January 31, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Staging a rebellion. (Snuggling under the fancy handmade blanket we got for Christmas that Jon won't let me use because we might damage it)
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I heard people wanted to hear the Pidgin in Hammajang Luck spoken! my accent isn’t the greatest, but here’s the passage I first wrote in Pidgin. it came out spontaneously, and even when I tried to rewrite it in Standard English, it felt wrong. so it stayed!
January 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I heard people wanted to hear the Pidgin in Hammajang Luck spoken! my accent isn’t the greatest, but here’s the passage I first wrote in Pidgin. it came out spontaneously, and even when I tried to rewrite it in Standard English, it felt wrong. so it stayed!
I just stumbled across this Kickstarter pitch for a fascinating and lovely-seeming documentary about an extraordinary man who sculpted for animation studios. There's 33 hours left to pledge, I'd love to see it come to life.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...
Untitled Kent Melton Documentary
A documentary celebrating the life and work of legendary animation sculptor Kent Melton.
www.kickstarter.com
January 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I just stumbled across this Kickstarter pitch for a fascinating and lovely-seeming documentary about an extraordinary man who sculpted for animation studios. There's 33 hours left to pledge, I'd love to see it come to life.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...
In retrospect, eating 24 pigs in blankets on my own in the space of an hour because I forgot to do them on Christmas day and they expired today was perhaps not the smartest thing I've ever done.
December 28, 2024 at 2:52 PM
In retrospect, eating 24 pigs in blankets on my own in the space of an hour because I forgot to do them on Christmas day and they expired today was perhaps not the smartest thing I've ever done.
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after spending the evening with my loved ones, celebrating this book that I poured so much of my self into—my heart is so full!!!
I went into this with low expectations: maybe I’ll get an agent. maybe I’ll get a deal. maybe a few people will like it. my expectations have been blown out of the water
I went into this with low expectations: maybe I’ll get an agent. maybe I’ll get a deal. maybe a few people will like it. my expectations have been blown out of the water
December 13, 2024 at 3:42 PM
after spending the evening with my loved ones, celebrating this book that I poured so much of my self into—my heart is so full!!!
I went into this with low expectations: maybe I’ll get an agent. maybe I’ll get a deal. maybe a few people will like it. my expectations have been blown out of the water
I went into this with low expectations: maybe I’ll get an agent. maybe I’ll get a deal. maybe a few people will like it. my expectations have been blown out of the water
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thank you @keiralekseii.bsky.social for fighting for this book. thank you @okyeahbut.bsky.social and Bethan Morgan for loving it. thank you friends & family for inspiring and supporting me. thank you everyone who has left a kind word. thank you @ranial.bsky.social who was the first to believe in me
December 13, 2024 at 3:51 PM
thank you @keiralekseii.bsky.social for fighting for this book. thank you @okyeahbut.bsky.social and Bethan Morgan for loving it. thank you friends & family for inspiring and supporting me. thank you everyone who has left a kind word. thank you @ranial.bsky.social who was the first to believe in me
Bleak bleak bleak. This is why publishers like Knights Of are so important. When they hit the scene and did so well I hoped it would mark a sea change. I'm so sad it didn't.
🔊 Our 7th annual #ReflectingRealities report is out now! This year’s report shows a significant drop in the presence of racially minoritised characters in books published for children in 2023 in the UK.
November 29, 2024 at 9:09 AM
Bleak bleak bleak. This is why publishers like Knights Of are so important. When they hit the scene and did so well I hoped it would mark a sea change. I'm so sad it didn't.
Today on Things People Didn't Think Through
November 20, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Today on Things People Didn't Think Through
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Just spent a busy day with my 9 month old daughter going swimming and then for a walk and then to soft play, and let me tell you babies have joy and happiness absolutely sussed.
November 20, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Just spent a busy day with my 9 month old daughter going swimming and then for a walk and then to soft play, and let me tell you babies have joy and happiness absolutely sussed.
Me waking up to a load of notifications from an app I'd forgotten I had installed
a large group of people are walking in the desert .
ALT: a large group of people are walking in the desert .
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Me waking up to a load of notifications from an app I'd forgotten I had installed
I would like to inspect these scientists for wings and murder beaks.
March 31, 2024 at 11:22 AM
I would like to inspect these scientists for wings and murder beaks.
The ADHD feeling of desperately needing a nap, but also being too bored to nap.
February 13, 2024 at 4:57 PM
The ADHD feeling of desperately needing a nap, but also being too bored to nap.
It's Pancake Day!
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Pancake Day - Maid Marian
It's Pancake Day, yes it's pancake day, yes it's P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P Pancake day! - Classic I laugh every time I watch this. Maid Marian & Her Merry Men - Pancak...
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February 13, 2024 at 12:46 PM
It's Pancake Day!
youtu.be/gj_aHCpZl4k?...
youtu.be/gj_aHCpZl4k?...
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I've just returned to my flat in Manchester to find several lovely surprises in my letterbox, including this very kind Christmas present from @okyeahbut.bsky.social at Gollancz - an early copy of HIGH VALUTAGE by Chris and Jen Sugden! I can't wait to start reading.
January 2, 2024 at 3:49 PM
I've just returned to my flat in Manchester to find several lovely surprises in my letterbox, including this very kind Christmas present from @okyeahbut.bsky.social at Gollancz - an early copy of HIGH VALUTAGE by Chris and Jen Sugden! I can't wait to start reading.
Watching the Sound of Music as a kid, I never realised the Baroness was mean.
Watching it at Uni, I realised she was.
Watching it at 36, I feel like she's rather bloody justified, given as she's all but engaged and this randomer comes along and ruins it.
Watching it at Uni, I realised she was.
Watching it at 36, I feel like she's rather bloody justified, given as she's all but engaged and this randomer comes along and ruins it.
December 24, 2023 at 10:28 PM
Watching the Sound of Music as a kid, I never realised the Baroness was mean.
Watching it at Uni, I realised she was.
Watching it at 36, I feel like she's rather bloody justified, given as she's all but engaged and this randomer comes along and ruins it.
Watching it at Uni, I realised she was.
Watching it at 36, I feel like she's rather bloody justified, given as she's all but engaged and this randomer comes along and ruins it.
Stood at the window waiting for Santa to do his drive-by, like a proper grown up.
December 23, 2023 at 7:31 PM
Stood at the window waiting for Santa to do his drive-by, like a proper grown up.
In the queue at the butcher's earlier.
"Do you have pigs in blankets?"
"No, we have the ingredients to make them yourself."
"Do you have pigs in blankets?"
"No, we have the ingredients to make them yourself."
December 22, 2023 at 4:49 PM
In the queue at the butcher's earlier.
"Do you have pigs in blankets?"
"No, we have the ingredients to make them yourself."
"Do you have pigs in blankets?"
"No, we have the ingredients to make them yourself."
Some quality prizes up for grabs in tonight's Christmas Quiz.
December 17, 2023 at 9:16 PM
Some quality prizes up for grabs in tonight's Christmas Quiz.
I was not emotionally prepared for Klaus.
December 17, 2023 at 2:28 PM
I was not emotionally prepared for Klaus.
Just looked at the GCHQ brainteaser for children and though what a good job I am not a child.
December 14, 2023 at 10:58 AM
Just looked at the GCHQ brainteaser for children and though what a good job I am not a child.
Idk if I'm supposed to copy all my tweets over to here or what. You guys could be missing out on all my hot DuckTales takes from recent days.
December 11, 2023 at 11:30 PM
Idk if I'm supposed to copy all my tweets over to here or what. You guys could be missing out on all my hot DuckTales takes from recent days.
Inaugural post cat picture.
December 11, 2023 at 11:27 PM
Inaugural post cat picture.