Francesca Robbins (She/Her) 🦓 🏳️‍🌈 🌊 (@francesca

Francesca Robbins (She/Her) 🦓 🏳️‍🌈 🌊

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Francesca Robbins (She/Her) 🦓 🏳️‍🌈 🌊

@francesca_rk

Writer. Stack of chronic illnesses in a trench coat. LL CB First Novel + BNA 20, MM Mentorship 20, Winner #BathNovelAwards 22. WIP Victoriana. Rp @Nelle_Andrew

Brighton, England

Joined October 2012

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Francesca Robbins (She/Her) 🦓 🏳️‍🌈 🌊
@francesca_rk
Sep 21, 2022
I am still in shock...totally overwhelmed to have won the @BathNovelAward, it's a dream come true. Thank you so much @caroambrose and @Nelle_Andrew. Congratulations to everyone else on the long and shortlist. This is going to take a while to sink in!
Bath Novel Awards
@BathNovelAward
Sep 21, 2022
📣With great thanks to judge ⁦@Nelle_Andrew⁩ we are thrilled to announce 2022’s Bath Novel Award goes to ⁦@francesca_rk⁩ for VICTORIANA
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Francesca Robbins (She/Her) 🦓 🏳️‍🌈 🌊
@francesca_rk
Dec 18, 2023
In a sea of dark and frightening news this Xmas here is the story of this pic: a miracle baby✨🎄❤️5 years ago John and I gripped hands as a neurosurgeon delivered bad news. As an afterthought he added “this will make it unsafe for you to carry a baby.” That was all I heard. 1/5
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Francesca Robbins (She/Her) 🦓 🏳️‍🌈 🌊
@francesca_rk
Dec 18, 2023
Replying to @francesca_rk
I can see the exhaustion and elation on our faces in this pic. Now it's our first Xmas as a family of 3. Her coming into being at all was vanishingly unlikely, as was our survival in relative health. Her care was incredible. We feel like the luckiest people on Earth.🎄✨ #NHS 5/5
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Francesca Robbins (She/Her) 🦓 🏳️‍🌈 🌊
@francesca_rk
Dec 18, 2023
Replying to @francesca_rk
At last our miracle girl was allowed home. J had rarely left her side, so everyone was confused when he disappeared...reappearing in a tux. We had barely even changed/showered for weeks! "I’m bringing my daughter home” he said “it’s the most important day of my life."🥲😭❤️ 4/5
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Francesca Robbins (She/Her) 🦓 🏳️‍🌈 🌊
@francesca_rk
Dec 18, 2023
Replying to @francesca_rk
More doctors agreed. When I had a stroke in 2020 we finally accepted we needed to grieve our dream. Then out of the blue this year we discovered I was pregnant at 42. We held our breath. I prayed to Gods I don’t believe in. I spent 6 of the next 7 and a half months bed bound. 2/5
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Francesca Robbins (She/Her) 🦓 🏳️‍🌈 🌊
@francesca_rk
Dec 18, 2023
Replying to @francesca_rk
Multiple pregnancy complications made things even more perilous. Born at 34 weeks, our daughter was rushed to ICU before we could hold her. The first month was a blur of terror and joy. We couldn’t take our eyes off our tiny dream girl. J slept on her incubator. I was v. ill. 3/5
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Francesca Robbins (She/Her) 🦓 🏳️‍🌈 🌊
@francesca_rk
Dec 31, 2020
Ah 2020. Had a mini-stroke (Feb). Began pandemic self-isolating (March). Long listed for Bath Novel Awards (July). Won a Madeleine Milburn Mentorship and was signed (Aug). Got a dog, turned 40 (Nov). V disabled on bad days, able to type a bit on good ones. Still fucking fabulous!
Francesca Robbins (She/Her) 🦓 🏳️‍🌈 🌊
@francesca_rk
Nov 19, 2021
This is 41 - today! I hesitated to share as I’m self conscious about my right-sided weakness in this pic (caused by a mini stroke). But despite everything I feel lighter as I get older. Grateful to still be here, and for every grey hair. And my slightly wonky arm/face 🥴🤩
Francesca Robbins (She/Her) 🦓 🏳️‍🌈 🌊
@francesca_rk
Sep 28, 2022
I've been stuck in bed in a health crash for a week now. But I don't mind half as much as normal, because - and it's still v.surreal to say out loud - I won the @BathNovelAward! Instead of staring at the wall I am gazing at these gorgeous flowers from @caroambrose and her team🥺
Francesca Robbins (She/Her) 🦓 🏳️‍🌈 🌊
@francesca_rk
Mar 31, 2023
I am over the moon to have signed with the utterly brilliant @Nelle_Andrew! So excited to work together on our vision for my WIP, Victoriana. After a long break I cannot wait to get back to writing. @RMLagency
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Francesca Robbins (She/Her) 🦓 🏳️‍🌈 🌊
@francesca_rk
Dec 18, 2023
Replying to @JodieRobins
🥲❤️
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Francesca Robbins (She/Her) 🦓 🏳️‍🌈 🌊
@francesca_rk
Dec 18, 2023
Replying to @hkist
🥲actual footage of me whenever I look at her!❤️
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Francesca Robbins (She/Her) 🦓 🏳️‍🌈 🌊
@francesca_rk
Oct 21, 2022
I get a bit scared when I talk honestly about my limits on socials - there are so many trolls out there who don't understand invisible illness - but I thought it was important to be honest for anyone else struggling to get to the end of a ms, for any reason. Just keep swimming 🐠
Bath Novel Awards
@BathNovelAward
Oct 21, 2022
“Writing a novel is a lonely business, even more so in a pandemic. I have spent a fair few nights in hospital since I started writing it, lying in the ward thinking ‘What if I’m not well enough to finish my book?" Interview with 2022 winner @francesca_rk bathnovelaward.co.uk/interview-fran…
Francesca Robbins (She/Her) 🦓 🏳️‍🌈 🌊
@francesca_rk
Aug 10, 2023
Been back in hospital this week but LOOK at this view from my bed! My husband brought binoculars and we could actually see our house 👀 To the left out of sight are the gorgeous sweeping South Downs #brighton #ncisvoid
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