Cynthia Murphy

Thank you!

Oh she'd be good! #KeepYourFriendsClose #UKTeenchat

Thanks so much for having me on #UKTeenchat to talk about
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I'll try to catch up on messages here for a while but I'm not usually here - you can find me and Loli over on Insta!

I'm always terrible at this question, but I always imagined Priyanka Chopra when I was writing Dr Patel in #WinLoseKillDie! #KeepYourFriendsClose #UKTeenchat

Don't compare yourself to anyone else! It's so hard and I still do it sometimes, but comparison really can be the thief of joy. Write what you want, how you want.
And finish the bl**dy book!
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Maybe I should rethink! #KeepYourFriendsClose #UKTeenchat

I'd love that to happen, but even if it was in the pipeline I wouldn't be able to tell you! I'd love for them all to be, but I do think #SignedSealedDead would make a good 90 minute movie, if @netflix.com are reading...
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No! Sorry...
I am just finishing some edits and it is coming sooner than planned ... it's very, very weird but has been my favourite part of this year and an absolute joy to write.
I can't wait to share it, I just don 't know when that will be!
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Yes, fantasy scares the pants off me! Though I think I'd write the food scenes well :) #KeepYourFriendsClose #UKTeenchat

No real rituals, but I have a lovely home office. This year we got a pergola for the garden, so I've spent many happy hours out there! My office is my favourite room though, it's hot pink and full of books, skulls and other weird objects. #KeepYourFriendsClose #UKTeenchat

Oh yeah
EMMA DELETE THE LAST THING
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Yes exactly! Can't fix what's not there. #KeepYourFriendsClose #UKTeenchat

The Midnight Game! It's got such great 90s pulp horror vibes, especially the US font. #KeepYourFriendsClose #UKTeenchat

I liked season 1-3 and season 7. Nope to the rest!

I hate cutting so I'd rather have a vague plan before I go in! #KeepYourFriendsClose #UKTeenchat

I doubt it. I like to think they're all cut-throat CEOs who stay in touch very begrudgingly.
And Chloe deffo dumped Theo.
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I think they'd be more boing and I'd be disappointed. #KeepYourFriendsClose #UKTeenchat

Holding a finished book and meeting readers is the BEST. I get very 'in my feelings' during drafting (I never seem to remember how to do it until it's written) and I do like editing, but sending it out into the world is so wonderful, even though it's terrifying too. #KeepYourFriendsClose #UKTeenchat

I know the big bits and just run from one to the next. The characters constantly surprise me! #KeepYourFriendsClose #UKTeenchat

I've only just watched Angel! #JusticeforCordyandFred

Noooooooooo.
Too much regular socialising for me! And I'd probably forget to go and get kicked out anyway. Plus I'm TERRIBLE at keeping secrets. #KeepYourFriendsClose #UKTeenchat

That used to be my brain but now I do have to write things down. But notes on my phone or a notebook help, especially at the beginning of a book! #KeepYourFriendsClose #UKTeenchat

I love Chloe's arrival at Morton for second year. She knows everyone is screwing her over but she just plays along and has quite an unhinged inner monologue. There's a lot of awful people so it was very fun! #KeepYourFriendsClose #UKTeenchat

SO MANY BUFFY REFS IN #KeepYourFriendsClose #UKTeenchat

Yes. I had to, because there are so many moving parts between this and the subplot in #WinLoseKillDie so I had to be faithful to that AND create a whole new idea. Do not recommend haha! #KeepYourFriendsClose #UKTeenchat

Oh, yes. Yale have a 'secret' society called Skull and Bone that I looked into, also Old Josef is a reference to The Society of OddFellows. There's also a lot about class systems in there! #KeepYourFriendsClose #UKTeenchat

Thank you! We found our fan! #UKTeenchat

We have Lambrini in #KeepYourFriendsClose... #UKTeenchat

hahahaha same! and hi Katina! #UKTeenchat

I was at school in 1999 so allllll the references are from my teens! #UKTeenchat