Lauren North

Thank you :-)

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NEWS!! New name, new genre and a lot of 🌶️🌶️🌶️ coming in September from @bellanorth.bsky.social. Thrillers still coming too! I’m not leaving the dark side. 😂

Ha ha. @bellanorth.bsky.social has the answers Sarah! x

Today I'm preparing to put my WIP away for a month while I work on something else. This kind of juggle happens a lot. If it happens to you, be kind to your future self with a little note reminding you where you're up to and what's next. Don't assume you'll remember! 🤯
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The strange thing about this industry is that there are times when it's mad busy and times when you're in a waiting zone and it's quiet. Trying to make the most of it. Christmas shopping is done. Edits back tomorrow.
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That's beautiful!

WOW! That's amazing!

Love those colours!

Oh wow Mia. That's so cool!

a cartoon character from aladdin is standing next to a cartoon character from jafar . ALT: a cartoon character from aladdin is standing next to a cartoon character from jafar .

WOW. Though this was a photo.

I write down the beats of the chapter and few sentences of description or dialogue I've been mulling over. The very first line is important so I play around with it for a while, and then I stick a last line in that connects to the first. Then I write the chapter and rewrite and rewrite it again 😂

That sounds super tricky! Good luck!

Edinburgh Young adult Fiction Prize — Scottish Arts Trust For writers and illustrators of novels and graphic novels created for readers aged 12 years and older. All genres including humour, romance, drama, horror, queer, contemporary, realist, speculative f...

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Oh that is one cute Raven in a frogs hat. I also absolutely love the creativity of your nephew. 😍

This looks suspiciously like an art gallery 😆

They are super gorgeous. Brag away!! I'm here for it!

So many talents! Love it!

And thank you for sharing it!!!

That is so cool!!

Thought I'd do a thread on writing tips that I might add to from time to time...
1) I've cited this one before on the other place... A description of a person or a place should tell you as much about the person doing the describing as the person or place being described. Examples below.

I'm always so amazed by authors with other creative talents. Crochet, pottery, painting, drawing, baking. You guys blow me away. I can string a sentence together most days but there ends my creative talents. Show me your magic!!!
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️I loved every single moment. Without question, this will be one of my books of the year.

🌻Escape the chill and escape into a book! Come to sunny #Cornwall today. Visit Rose's garden and discover the magic!🌻🌹

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First Date    We’d so much in common, that was clear from the start:  a marriage of souls, like de Beauvoir and Sartre.  The connection was instant, almost irrational:  simply simpatico, fully compatible.    You confessed you loved winter, north Yorkshire, and cats.  ‘Me, too!’ I responded. ‘How amazing is that?’   You were wild about Wharton: you loved Ethan Frome.  ‘His best,’ I said, thinking I’d read him when home.     You praised a revival of Pinter’s Dumb Waiter.  I nodded along. I should google that later.  The discussion then turned to things that you hated:  Pulp Fiction, you thought, was quite over-rated.    ‘You make some good points,’ I eventually said.  I could always hide that poster under my bed.   You spoke of a loathing of poetry that rhymed  and I said yes,  that stuff’s awful.  Brian Bilston

Today’s poem is called ‘First Date’.

Very big outliner. I have a chapter plan and that really helps me get going when the word count is 0

Love this cover!!! This is the perfect escape read for next summer!!! 😱❤️😱

So true!

Update: I have an opening line and four paragraphs. Stopping to clean the house for a few hours. Not quite the glamorous profession people assume 😜

A new episode of In Suspense podcast publishes today & our topic is Mining Trauma for Fiction - and who better to discuss this with than the fabulous @jojakeman.bsky.social whose latest book, ONE BAD APPLE, is out now – paperback coming early next year!

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