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Hibernating to recover the social battery, but I did get some words down on Dog 5. And part one isn’t… too horrible. #authorlife #dayinthelife #introverting
Look at the fluffy feet! LOOK AT THE FLUFFY FEET! 🥰 (And yes, he’s overdue a trip to the groomers. Next Wednesday, okay?)
Sometimes you just need one thing to go right to give you the encouragement to keep writing - and this was mine. This short story was the first piece of writing I was paid for, or indeed the first thing ever accepted for anything. It appeared in the
Inspired by @charduck , here’s my post-Harrogate selfie. I absolutely adore events like Harrogate and get so much motivation and strength from seeing and hanging out with other authors, but I now need to sit in my office in complete silence wit
Home, and a delicious lunch of quail eggs, courtesy of @flisschester and her flock of fluffy potatoes. They were delicious! (And for live quail updates of Quailer Swift and her friends, tune into @quailyfans …)
Homeward bound in the fun bus (aka the evil Tesla) with the BEST company! And a final goodbye at the Premier Inn.
Harrogate is a crime writing festival, yes, but that’s not why I love it. It’s a chance to get together and catch up with the absolute best people - and laugh, and commiserate and celebrate the job that we all adore. Thank you to everyone
Friday at Harrogate was cake at Betty’s, a launch for CD Major’s brilliant new book, a trip to a Harrogate wines with our books in the window, and dinner with the fantastic team at HarperCollins. Plus Disher! Anyone who’s followed m
And we’re back! Thursday at Harrogate began with a very loooong drive but it was off to drinks and then dinner and then the tent! Lost my voice within ten minutes, but so nice to be at the home of crime fiction! Bring on the weekend! #theakston
I very rarely reread books but with the adaptation of this coming out in September, I thought it was the perfect time. I loved this book - and Adam Carlsen - when I first read it and maybe even enjoyed it more second time around. (Chapter 16, anyone

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