HC Fitzpatrick

Morning commute

Nothing makes me question my existence as much as when the infrared faucet doesn’t sense my hands in a public washroom and nobody makes eye contact while I figure it out…
#MondayMorning #ExistentialCrisis

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.

#ThursdayThoughts

What inspires me:
nature, creatures, and our
connections with all living things.
Its why my characters spend so
much time outdoors.

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.

#TuesdayTrials:
When you novel no longer goes according to plan and you e hit a wall.

Red orange and yellow anemones in a large aquarium tank.

Spare the shrimpathy. Everyone wants body wants to be… my anemone.
#imaginedragons #reimagined

And in between are the people who see it like a movie or as a side character, or it depends on the authority POV, or like someone is telling them directly.

I love this. Ever since I found out that people don’t “perceive” the story the same ways. Yours is a bit new to me. I’m the person who puts myself into the characters POV, so it’s always happening to me. But on the opposite side my husband has aphantasia, and doesn’t picture anything.

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.

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

I only want to be prolific enough to write the number of ideas in my head.

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.

Stickers. 📚💙 #booksky

I’m a couple of days late to start due to travel but testing out the #Novel90 Summer Camp by @autocrit.bsky.social to see if I can get back into the swing of things.
#Plantser #AmWriting #InTheMargins

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.

When your day job inspires your writing life.

#Sci-Fi #Brutalism #velodrome #biodome #writing #inspiration #wolrdbuilding

Whoops, I just ate the whole bag…

Oooh, this is fun.

#SFFChat A: Whenever I get stuck I draw a little iconographic map of my characters and where they are vs where they go for conflict and emotion.

Shared the snippet with a friend and they think it’s also for goodreads arcs. Honestly none of that helps a reader decide on the book. Or the writer know if they actually enjoyed it.

Or are looking to pad reviews so they can get arcs from other authors wanting social proof of book reviews?

I mean, it’s a book review, why are they even summarizing these things? What did you like? What didn’t you like as a justification for the star… who’s writing these AI book reports?

So very true.

Onion flower, still encased in a film.

Onion flower blooming.

There’s something so sci-fi about onions flowering.

My #Roseworld sequel has been stalled for lots of reasons, the main being I’m heading into major revelation & #AllIsLost moment, so I’m trying to figure the exact right sequence for maximum impact.
The perils of being a linear writer.
#AmWriting #WriterSky

Yes. Or, I did this thing as a child that resulted in a thing that would traumatize any child but oh, let me just do it again as a teenager as if it means nothing!

Any time people ignore trauma. And I don’t mean they’re ready to deal, but there should be signs that it’s affecting them.

4 sailing and navigation instruments from 1900.

These navigation tools are from the wrong time period but still inspiring. #RoseWorld #inspiration.

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.

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…

Listening to yesterday’s @comiclab.bsky.social podcast and I now have to know what Susan McTaggert’s husband has to say. Will Mr McTaggert make an appearance? @davekellett.bsky.social @bradguigar.com

It’s not the size of the dog, but the size of its heart. ❤️

Magnolia blossoms against a blue sky.

It’s magnolia season and our neighbour’s tree is stunning.

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.

Got some fun stickers from Kobo Writing Life at the Toronto Independent Author’s conference!

Congratulations! Do something for yourself. A glass of wine. A nice piece of chocolate. Something…