R J Oakley
@rucksackwriter.bsky.social
#amwriting 1st novel 'The Space Between'. #RA #fibro #spoonie 🥄 #MH warrior, #travel, #SCUBA. Follow ≠ endorsement. 🚫No DMs unless known IRL. INFJ.
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I'd like to live in a world where scratch disks are never full
January 15, 2026 at 9:09 PM
I'd like to live in a world where scratch disks are never full
Yesterday I drove my neighbours mad with the smell of roasted tomato soup, today it's a delicious chicken casserole with rosemary, wine, garlic... tonnes of veg. Working on getting ALL the vitamins.
January 11, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Yesterday I drove my neighbours mad with the smell of roasted tomato soup, today it's a delicious chicken casserole with rosemary, wine, garlic... tonnes of veg. Working on getting ALL the vitamins.
Covid booster 12 🦠
Hoping 'novid' for another 6 months😷
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Immunocompromised life!!
(No negativity please - we all have differing views on vaccination)
Hoping 'novid' for another 6 months😷
💉💉💉💉💉
💉💉💉💉💉
💉💉
Immunocompromised life!!
(No negativity please - we all have differing views on vaccination)
October 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Covid booster 12 🦠
Hoping 'novid' for another 6 months😷
💉💉💉💉💉
💉💉💉💉💉
💉💉
Immunocompromised life!!
(No negativity please - we all have differing views on vaccination)
Hoping 'novid' for another 6 months😷
💉💉💉💉💉
💉💉💉💉💉
💉💉
Immunocompromised life!!
(No negativity please - we all have differing views on vaccination)
It's international corgi day. Willow says enjoy her day!
June 4, 2025 at 9:46 AM
It's international corgi day. Willow says enjoy her day!
Finally made it to open water swimming after a virus and an arthritis flare. Really enjoyed it. Dragonflies hovering at the edges near the reeds, swans gliding around us. Just 250m for now. Will go again. Muscles starting to scream at me though 😒
May 31, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Finally made it to open water swimming after a virus and an arthritis flare. Really enjoyed it. Dragonflies hovering at the edges near the reeds, swans gliding around us. Just 250m for now. Will go again. Muscles starting to scream at me though 😒
Third draft complete, 67471 words, 47 chapters.
Now we go through it again.
#amwriting #writingcommunity
Now we go through it again.
#amwriting #writingcommunity
May 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Third draft complete, 67471 words, 47 chapters.
Now we go through it again.
#amwriting #writingcommunity
Now we go through it again.
#amwriting #writingcommunity
Typing up some new material for the book and realise I keep changing the names of my antagonist's drinking buddies. They are side characters really but how many can he have?! 😂
#amwriting #WritingCommunity
#amwriting #WritingCommunity
May 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Typing up some new material for the book and realise I keep changing the names of my antagonist's drinking buddies. They are side characters really but how many can he have?! 😂
#amwriting #WritingCommunity
#amwriting #WritingCommunity
I *think* I've sorted a lot of the problems, now to type up all the new words and take in corrections. The rest of my editing will be on screen. As someone who works in publishing I've handled many manuscripts. I'd like to take a moment though as THIS is one I wrote. #amwriting
May 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I *think* I've sorted a lot of the problems, now to type up all the new words and take in corrections. The rest of my editing will be on screen. As someone who works in publishing I've handled many manuscripts. I'd like to take a moment though as THIS is one I wrote. #amwriting
Writing, writing, writing, writing... am enjoying not being at the day job. Bit of a slow start this morning as I struggled how to start the scene but moved along nicely and have a chapter written. #amwriting #WritingCommunity
April 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Writing, writing, writing, writing... am enjoying not being at the day job. Bit of a slow start this morning as I struggled how to start the scene but moved along nicely and have a chapter written. #amwriting #WritingCommunity
Well this is traumatic. My oldest, softest joggers have just ripped... a moment please... 😔
March 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Well this is traumatic. My oldest, softest joggers have just ripped... a moment please... 😔
Fun fibromyalgia fact: these days when I cough too hard I get shooting nerve pain across my back and down my arms until my wrists burn. 😩
March 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Fun fibromyalgia fact: these days when I cough too hard I get shooting nerve pain across my back and down my arms until my wrists burn. 😩
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Where's the evidence that mental health is being "overdiagnosed"?
March 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Where's the evidence that mental health is being "overdiagnosed"?
Just smashed my bathroom scales - not sure if that was my unconscious not so subtly taking control for a moment...
March 14, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just smashed my bathroom scales - not sure if that was my unconscious not so subtly taking control for a moment...
Car breakdown - because I needed that today. Waiting for a 'very nice man' to come and hopefully get it going again!
March 9, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Car breakdown - because I needed that today. Waiting for a 'very nice man' to come and hopefully get it going again!
Egg rack had egg in it which had clearly slightly cracked as it and the one below were stuck. What I didn't bargain for when cleaning it was to get splashed in the face with rotten egg juice. 🤢 top in the washing machine, face cleansed and hair wash ... gross, gross, gross🤢🤢
March 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Egg rack had egg in it which had clearly slightly cracked as it and the one below were stuck. What I didn't bargain for when cleaning it was to get splashed in the face with rotten egg juice. 🤢 top in the washing machine, face cleansed and hair wash ... gross, gross, gross🤢🤢
En route to church when a really scary car alarm sounds with 'engine malfunction' flashing. Stopped, tried to restart and it wouldn't. Looked up AA details and then tried again - all fine, brought it home - all fine, idled for 10 mins at home - all fine. What was that about?!!
March 2, 2025 at 11:13 AM
En route to church when a really scary car alarm sounds with 'engine malfunction' flashing. Stopped, tried to restart and it wouldn't. Looked up AA details and then tried again - all fine, brought it home - all fine, idled for 10 mins at home - all fine. What was that about?!!
Embracing my new 50+ era. Three sets of glasses: reading and distance along with go faster sunnies 😎
February 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Embracing my new 50+ era. Three sets of glasses: reading and distance along with go faster sunnies 😎
Needing glasses for distance vision was not on my 2025 bingo card... 😑
Had them for years for reading but thought distance was OK... three pairs later... le sigh.
Had them for years for reading but thought distance was OK... three pairs later... le sigh.
February 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Needing glasses for distance vision was not on my 2025 bingo card... 😑
Had them for years for reading but thought distance was OK... three pairs later... le sigh.
Had them for years for reading but thought distance was OK... three pairs later... le sigh.
Spending my birthday / Christmas money and facing that age-old question: 'How many books is too many?' 📚📚📚
January 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Spending my birthday / Christmas money and facing that age-old question: 'How many books is too many?' 📚📚📚