L.C.Winter

Thank you 😊

Me smiling in front of some art, holding a hardback copy of Spider, Spider.

Author copies of my book are here! #booksky #histfic #gothiclit

Cheery was aware that Commander Vimes didn't like the phrase 'The innocent have nothing to fear', believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like 'The innocent have nothing to fear'.

My path to publication, part 2 From agent to debut!

Part two of my Path to Publication. Agent to debut.

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My path to publication Part one - getting a wonderful agent

Today I wrote about my path to publication on my substack. Ups and downs and in betweens! Spider, Spider is my third or fourth book, depending on how you count, so this is how I got there (part 1 - up to getting my agent).

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Thanks for the intro!

"Move fast and break things," say the people who, in an uncanny coincidence, are responsible for breaking the entire planet at a terrifying speed.

Ha! Thank you.

I somehow managed to miss this when it first came out. Lots of exciting books here!

Gothic fiction, Wuthering Heights, unreliable narrators, and writing from a ghost’s point of view.
We’re joined by @essiefox.bsky.social on the latest Rock Paper Swords episode.
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In Fiction We Love Poison Isn’t the perfect murder one in which no-one even realises there’s been a murder?

It's only two months until my book Spider, Spider is out - it's a gothic historical revenge story and if that's your kind of thing you can follow my substack where today I had a ramble about arsenic and a look forward to 2026.
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Oh no! Packets being not what they say they are is so frustrating.

Make art. It doesn't have to be "good"--it's all good--it just has to be real.

Here’s my list of things the public doesn’t seem to know, but historians broadly agree upon 👇

Gorgeous!

Do you have any Iris chrysographes 'Black Form'?

Farlane on Writing newsletter subscribers go in the Feb draw for a copy of Loss Adjustment signed by the author Linda Collins

Loss Adjustment by Linda Collins

With thanks to author @lindacollins.bsky.social for this signed copy of Loss Adjustment.

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Winner of this copy chosen in Feb 2026.

Link in bio to my author website - for more info and the Farlane on Writing sign up form

Happy Yule to all who Yule.

(I tried to put y'all in there - it appeals to the puntastic poet in me but I just couldn't do it. As a Brit I already say dude an inappropriate amount, importing y'all is a step too far.)

This book, that book and other things in 2025.

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Is it two words? Although there's not much of a gap the flourish on the end of the m (or n) looks a bit like it ends a word. Until I saw you said the first letter was a D I was thinking John ??

Robin Williams' daughter, Zelda Williams, also recently slammed people who are making Al-generated videos of her late father, calling the clips "gross." She added, "To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough, just so other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop pup-peteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it."

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If you want to get this through a particular bookshop, have a chat with the shop and they should be able to order it in advance.

Good luck!

Spider, Spider 'L. C. Winter is fantastic writer. If you liked The Silence Factory by the splendid Bridget Collins, I think this is for you' Natasha Pulley, author of The Hymn to Dionysus and The Watchmaker of Filig...

Exciting news! There's going to be a special edition of my book! With foil and gold edges. 😍 It's an independent book shops edition and is available as a pre-order through @goldsborobooks.bsky.social
(Release date 5th March.)
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Thank you!

I've had a few 'what do you do' convs recently, and everyone on hearing I'm an author comes out with "so how do you come up with ideas?", just like every book or movie about a writer has them staring numbly into space because they don't have an idea for the next book. And look, that is Not It.

Thanks for reposting Surekha 🙂

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If you're interested in reviewing my book it's now available on NetGalley!
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Currently reading: 'Estella's Revenge' by Barbara Havelocke. A darkly imaginative book about the life of Miss Havisham's daughter. Gorgeous! Making me want to re-read Great Expectations. @authorbarbara.bsky.social

My publisher is doing a giveaway of a copy of the proof of Spider, Spider! Unfortunately for bluesky it's on Instagram but if you head over there you can find it on my grid. Deadline this Friday. 🕷️🕷️🕸️

Last day of this promotion! Check out the other books you can pre-order too there's some brilliant writers there.