Rosetta Yorke Author

@rosetta

Gothic romance, horror & time travel author. Writes short stories & drabbles. #TurtleWriters Published by Black Hare Press, Stygian Lepus, Undertaker Books, Mocking Owl Roost, HorrorAddicts.net Press, Dark Rose Press, & Dragon Soul Press.

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Rosetta Yorke Author@rosetta· 23d

"I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn." - Anne Frank Good luck with your writing, and whatever else you may need it for, #turtlewriters 🙂🐢🍀❤️ Love & ((hugs)) #WritingCommunity

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Rosetta Yorke Author@rosetta· 24d

“Literature was not born the day when a boy crying "wolf, wolf" came running out of the Neanderthal valley with a big gray wolf at his heels; literature was born on the day when a boy came crying "wolf, wolf" & there was no wolf behind him.” ― Vladimir Nabokov #turtlewriters🙂🐢#WritingCommunity

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Rosetta Yorke Author@rosetta· 25d

“You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.” ― Octavia E. Butler Take care & stay safe, #turtlewriters 🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity

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Rosetta Yorke Author@rosetta· 27d

“...There aren’t any new words. Our job is to give new meanings & special overtones to absolutely ordinary words.” ...It means that vast, unknown stretches still lie before us, fertile territories just waiting for us to cultivate them.” - Haruki Murakami #turtlewriters🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity

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Rosetta Yorke Author@rosetta· 28d

“Just remember that Dumbo didn't need the feather; the magic was in him.” ― Stephen King Believe in yourself & anything is possible, #turtlewriters 🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity

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Rosetta Yorke Author@rosetta· 28d

“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” ― Anton Chekhov Take care & stay safe, #turtlewriters 🙂🐢🍀❤️ #WritingCommunity

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Rosetta Yorke Author@rosetta· 29d

“Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for.” ❤️❤️❤️ ― Ray Bradbury Write from your heart, always, #turtlewriters ❤️🙂🐢🍀 #WritingCommunity

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Rosetta Yorke Author@rosetta· Jul 13

“Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere.” – Anne Lamott So be brave & write those first words - no-one can read your story until you have written it! Take care & stay safe, #turtlewriters 🙂🐢🍀❤️ #WritingCommunity

A table on which lies a large open book containing, on the left hand page: a palm tree, open treasure chest full of jewels, and a Pirate with drawn sword; and, on the right hand page: a pirate galleon sailing on the high seas.

Rosetta Yorke Author@rosetta· Jul 12

'We writers are always stronger when we stand together & support & encourage each other – so let’s do it!' 🙂🐢❤️ Take care & stay safe, #turtlewriters 🍀 #WritingCommunity

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Rosetta Yorke Author@rosetta· Jul 11

“One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.” ― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel Write from your heart, #turtlewriters, & your words will tug at your readers' heartstrings too! 🙂🐢🍀❤️ #WritingCommunity

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Rosetta Yorke Author@rosetta· Jul 10

"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers." ~Charles W. Eliot Stay safe in the comfort of your favourite books, #turtlewriters #WritingCommunity 🙂🐢❤️

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Rosetta Yorke Author@rosetta· Jul 9

I have been successful probably because I have always realized that I knew nothing about writing and have merely tried to tell an interesting story entertainingly. – Edgar Rice Burroughs I find this very reassuring, #turtlewriters 🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity

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Rosetta Yorke Author@rosetta· Jul 8

“First, find out what your hero wants, then just follow him!” – Ray Bradbury Take care & stay safe, #turtlewriters 🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity

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Rosetta Yorke Author@rosetta· Jul 7

“There is only one plot — things are not what they seem.” – Jim Thompson That's why writing is so much fun! Good luck with your next session. Take care & stay safe, #turtlewriters #WritingCommunity 🙂🐢❤️🍀

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Rosetta Yorke Author@rosetta· Jul 6

“... The Book is more important than your plans for it. You have to go with what works for The Book ~ if your ideas appear hollow or forced when they are put on paper, chop them, erase them, pulverise them and start again...” ― E.A. Bucchianeri #turtlewriters #WritingCommunity 🙂🐢❤️🍀

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Rosetta Yorke Author@rosetta· Jul 5

"‘Write what you know’...I write about imaginary countries, alien societies on other planets, dragons, wizards... I know these things...better than anybody else possibly could, so it’s my duty to testify about them.” — Ursula K. Le Guin #turtlewriters 😀🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity

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Rosetta Yorke Author@rosetta· Jul 4

“I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame.” - Alice Walker Take care & stay safe, #turtlewriters! 🙂🐢 ❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity

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Rosetta Yorke Author@rosetta· Jul 3

“My horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading...poems, seeing a painting, listening to some music, some opera, which has nothing at all to do with a volatile human condition or struggle or whatever. It enriches me as a human being.” - Wole Soyinka #turtlewriters! 🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity

Rosetta Yorke Author@rosetta· Jul 1

“The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.” – Ralph Ellison Take care & stay safe, whatever shadows you may revisit, #turtlewriters! 🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity

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Rosetta Yorke Author@rosetta· Jun 30

"The instructor said, Go home and write a page tonight. And let that page come out of you — Then, it will be true.” — Langston Hughes Good luck with your writing. Take care & stay safe, #turtlewriters! 🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity

Rosetta Yorke Author@rosetta· Jun 29

“I know when it’s the best I can do. It may not be the best there is... I know that one of the great arts...the writer develops is the art of saying, No. No, I’m finished. Bye. And leaving it alone... I will not write the life out of it. I won’t do that.” - Maya Angelou #turtlewriters 🙂🐢🍀 #writers

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Rosetta Yorke Author@rosetta· Jun 28

“Nothing is lost. . .Everything is transformed.” - Michael Ende Even fragments of stories you put away in a drawer a year ago can transform into something new. So think positive! Keep writing. Take care & stay safe, #turtlewriters! 🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity

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Rosetta Yorke Author@rosetta· Jun 27

"If we are bold enough to point out problems, we must be brave enough to try to solve them." – Robert Alan Silverstein Take care & stay safe, #turtlewriters! 🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity

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Rosetta Yorke Author@rosetta· Jun 26

"Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots." - Frank A. Clark Let's be constructive but gentle! Take care & stay safe, #turtlewriters! 🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity

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Rosetta Yorke Author@rosetta· Jun 25

'We writers are always stronger when we stand together & support & encourage each other – so let’s do it!' 🙂🐢❤️ Take care & stay safe, #turtlewriters 🍀 #WritingCommunity

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Rosetta Yorke Author@rosetta· Jun 24

“People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin Take care & stay safe, #turtlewriters! 🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity

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Rosetta Yorke Author@rosetta· Jun 23

“Writing a story, regardless of length, begins always with a single word.” ― Don Roff And any word written is better than staring at a blank page or screen! So, let's go for it, #turtlewriters! Write! Good luck & ((hugs)) 🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity

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Rosetta Yorke Author@rosetta· Jun 22

“Ageing is an extraordinary process whereby you become the person you always should have been.” - David Bowie You're never too old & it's never to late to write the story inside you, #turtlewriters! So go for it! 🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity

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Rosetta Yorke Author@rosetta· Jun 21

“I must write now and quickly, before I begin to prefer the perfect version that lives in my head.” ― Lettie Prell How familiar does this cry from the heart feel? Good luck with your writing, #turtlewriters! 🙂🐢❤️🍀 #WritingCommunity

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Rosetta Yorke Author@rosetta· Jun 20

"Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, & a lethargy steals over all the finer nerves & faculties of the soul. She becomes all outer show & inward emptiness; dull, callous, & indifferent." Virginia Woolf Be yourself, #turtlewriters! Write your story! #WritingCommunity🙂🐢❤️🍀