Robin Hobb

@Kacey_Combs I wrote so many books at soccer practice and dance lessons and baseball practice and roller rink. Parent-,writers owe a huge debt to organized activities for kids.

So I’m sitting in my car at my son’s baseball practice yesterday - windows down, enjoying the sun, computer in my lap while I edit. I realize when this lady walks by eyeing me, that I’ve been acting out dialogue for several characters way too loud as I edit. Pretty sure the entire team thinks I’m bananas. 🤣

@justfredimelda Why would any writer want an AI created cover?

Will you refuse to buy a book with an AI generated cover providing that everything else is human written? #writingcommunity

@tommysantos14 In our dreams.

When Trump leaves office: The Department of War will go back to being the Defense Department. The Trump Kennedy Center will go back to being the Kennedy Center. The Gulf of America will once again be the Gulf of Mexico. The unfinished East Wing (it won't be finished by the end of Trump's term) will be rebuilt by the next president, and it will not be a ballroom. Federal agencies packed with unqualified loyalists will fire those people and rehire the career experts Trump fired. The Department of Justice will go back to enforcing the law instead of protecting the president. Scientific agencies like NOAA, the EPA, and the CDC will go back to publishing research without political interference. The U.S. will re-align with its allies and not with its enemies. The presidential pardon power will stop being used as a rewards program for loyalists. Inspectors General will go back to investigating corruption instead of getting fired for it. The White House press room will go back to having briefings, with real journalists and not podcasters. U.S. foreign policy will stop revolving around flattering dictators. And the world will progress as though Donald Trump never existed.

@Odel_diaries_8 No no no. 20,000 words lost by stupidity and working when too tired. I reverted to earlier saved versions of the files and am reconstructing. I will prevail but thank you for caring.

Acabo de enterarme de que @robinhobb perdió un manuscrito de 200mil palabras. 😱 Qué horrible sensación. Cómo escritora, me dolió un buen, pero ella actuó con calma. Dijo "si pude escribir 200mil palabras, podré de nuevo". La admiro muchísimo. Sé que le quedará mil veces mejor.

Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb - Illumicrate special editions. I can't express how beautiful these books are. The artwork is truly amazing 🥲

@AuthorTRobare I will add, don't depend on publisher PR. Announce this everywhere on social media. Ask your friends to repost and link. And ask the gathering. Hey, how did you know about this event? Take note of that answer. Good luck. Take extra pens and those bookmarks you printed yourself.

@AuthorTRobare It happens. If less than 5 people show up, you take every one out to coffee and pastries and have a great conversation at the table. Fun for all.

So nervous about my book signing. What if they hate me? What if I get no sales? What if I die? Ugh....😅😅

@PetraLord @HenryHolt @MacmillanUSA @HarperFireBooks Hi Petra! I'm hoping to connect with you before our panel at Wondercon. Sorry to reach out this way, but I couldn't find an email or 'contact' for you. Please ping me back if you'd like to chat about our panel before hand!

I am utterly thrilled to announce that my trans YA fantasy, QUEEN OF FACES, is publishing in Winter 2026 with @HenryHolt / @MacmillanUSA and @HarperFireBooks with two more books to follow. publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/ch…

@MartinLucco Happy birthday! I hope you enjoy the books.

@robinhobb Hoy es mi cumpleaños y me regalaron dos libros tuyos!! 🫶

Beware the Ides of March.

@TheKJA Alphacatical?

@TheKJA I hope they are alphabetical

We store Nikola and Percival vertically, to save floor space.

@lippyent Yes.

I know I'm from rural Ohio but... Hmm 😒 🤔?¿

@PJSkinnerAuthor I should of. No. I should have.

Good Grammar? Let's have fun. What's the phrase that most annoys you as a grammatical pedant (or average English speaker). Mine is 'I was stood, I was sat' etc instead of 'I was standing, I was sitting.' Also 'he gave it to myself' Argh - 'he gave it to me'. What's yours?

@deimos_poet @festivalcelsius Maybe next year. 2027.

@robinhobb Can we hope to see you at @festivalcelsius this year?

Just updated my website at robinhobb.com with Wondercon appearances. And yes. I will sign any books, comics or graphic novels you bring.

@NatalieO73314 Yes. If you took 50 writers and told them to retell Cinderella, you would get 50 very different tales. Write your book.

I’ve just discovered a book is due to be published this year that has the same premise/hook as one of my WIPs. It’s YA rather than adult and the themes, plot, setting, etc., are very different but idk. Is it even worth pursuing now? 🥺

@WonderCon Time to build my schedule of panels I want to see.

📣Calling all attendees! 📣The full #WonderCon programming schedule for March 27–29 is now available to view on our website! Plan your #WC2026 weekend and grab your tickets here: bit.ly/4bvkD2q

@Dr_TheHistories Incredible book. Well worth the read even now.

In 1959, Texas journalist John Howard Griffin decided to test a claim often repeated in the segregated American South: that racial inequality was exaggerated. Rather than argue from a distance, Griffin chose a radical approach. With the help of a dermatologist and medication that darkened his skin, he disguised himself as a Black man and began traveling through Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. Carrying only a small suitcase and notebook, he lived for six weeks under the same laws, customs, and daily humiliations that Black Americans faced during segregation. What he experienced was immediate and stark. Griffin was denied service at restaurants, forced to use separate facilities, insulted in public, and constantly aware of the danger that surrounded him. Simple acts like trying to use a restroom, buy food, or find a place to sleep became difficult and sometimes frightening. At times he also encountered kindness and quiet solidarity from Black communities who assumed he was simply another man trying to survive the rigid system of segregation. Griffin recorded every interaction carefully in his journal. When he revealed the experiment and published his account in 1961, the book Black Like Me became an international bestseller and a powerful firsthand look at racial segregation in the United States. The reaction in his home state of Texas was far less welcoming. Griffin received threats and hostility so intense that he and his family temporarily relocated to Mexico for safety. His work remains one of the most unusual and controversial pieces of immersive journalism of the twentieth century, offering readers a rare inside perspective on life under segregation. #drthehistories

@JJWatt I tip because I can. My kids learned to count money by rolling my tip coins. That was our grocery money. At that time, state law was that I was paid less than minimum wage because it was expected tips would make up the difference.

Genuine question on a restaurant situation: You walk up to a counter to order. You find your own table and seat yourself. If you order coffee, they hand you a cup and you go fill it up yourself. If you order food, they hand you a buzzer and when it goes off, you go pick it up yourself. The iPad has a “20%, 25%, 30%, Other” tip option, with 20% already preselected. What’s your move?