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I found this nice photo on my phone from when I visited Oxford last summer—where part of the story is set—with my writing group (@thenovelry). Minor observations: • I had very tanned hands. • Wish I’d lined up the pavement with the blue of the split cover. • I went into Oxford bookshops and gave the booksellers proof copies; only one looked at me like I was a murderer. (Easily the scariest/weirdest part of being an author, along with drifting into bookshops and asking/mumbling if they’d like me to sign stock 😬😱) • The Tolkien exhibition was great. • Writing groups can drink a lot, hey? • The city is so beautiful and if I wasn’t a born and bred Londoner, I’d move there. • A cyclist rode into me immediately after this photo was taken. Stay street safe, bookstagrammers and authors! 🌇🌃🥂✨
Nice to see the neighbourhood cats gathering for the annual black cat convention on our garden wall. Happy Easter! 🐣
Weekend plans. I’m on my own; my whole family has buggered off somewhere. Nothing for it but lots of chocolate and reading. I’ll be diving into my pile of proofs! Pictured are forthcoming and recently published books I’m enjoying and excited by 💖 #happyeaster #currentlyreading #givemeallthechocolate . 📚 Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams - OUT NOW 📚 Almost Adults by Ali Pantony - June 📚 The Girl at the Window by Rowan Coleman - August 📚 Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid - OUT NOW 📚 The Furies by Katie Lowe (reread) - May 📚 Your Truth or Mine? by Trisha Sakhlecha - June 📚 Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want to Come by Jessica Pan - May
Goodbye stripey highlights and six months of growing out my roots (DOOM). Hello, my natural colour blended with some nice blondes, courtesy of @knockoutnina.matineegirl ✨ Nina’s a hair magician and we did 3 hours of book chat. Recommend!!! 💇‍♀️💁‍♀️ (Thank you if you voted in my unscientific poll to choose my haircut. The age of social media is wild, isn’t it? The President of the United States ranting on Twitter; elections swayed by fake news on Facebook; hairstyles chosen by polls on Instagram Stories. What a time to be alive!!!) ⚡️
Ok I am totally posting this to separate two photos of my face. But doesn’t London look nice in a storm? 🇬🇧
I went mental with the accessories today. I actually balked at posting this ENORMOUS PHOTO OF MY FACE, but I spend money on clothes and accessories and jewellery and makeup, all of which I enjoy, so I really need to get over that thirties female thing of saying, “I don’t like my face” or “nobody wants to see that” and just post whatever the heck I like. And I really like these earrings! And my antique rings from my mum! And my charm bracelet! And Frida on my head! And this jumper which I have not taken off so far this year because I am a sloth and it’s cosy!
My book in Taiwan!!! 🇹🇼 It’s never not a thrill to see people reading a story I wrote in different languages, in varying formats and jackets around the world! Hold Back the Stars is a bit of a bonkers book but I’ll always be glad it was the first I wrote 💙 📸 @readmoo . 這故事會先讓你心碎，再以世上最美的方式，在你受傷的心狠踹好幾下。 這不是那種既有模式的愛情劇本，因為翻開第一頁，故事立刻進入倒數：90 分鐘──是他們能夠相處的最後時光。 隨著氧氣存量下降，故事切換到相愛的起點──他們究竟在什麼樣的世界相遇？為什麼會來到太空中面對致命倒數？ 當生存機會浮現，他們會一同獲救，或是墜入無垠星空？ #墜入星星的九十分鐘 📖 #mooInk #Readmoo #讀墨 #ebook #eInk #電子書
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