Two months from today my debut THE SEA CHILD is out in the US!!! 🌊 That will be 5 days after my birthday, what a perfect way to celebrate 🩵 A magical love story set in 1800s Cornwall, it’s out with Ballantime PRH in Jan and S&S UK in Feb! #debutauthor #WritingCommunity

I’M A PUBLISHED AUTHOR!!! My debut novel THE SEA CHILD is out in Germany this week! This is the 1st time a book of mine has been published anywhere which makes it even more special 🩵🌊 Out in the US in January & the UK in February! 💙 #authorlife #debutauthor #writingcommunity

I’m so lucky to have gained quite a few new followers lately so I thought I’d share a bit about my debut novel THE SEA CHILD (preorder & Netgalley links in bio 🙏) 🩵🌊 If you love romance, sea magic, smugglers & adventure this one may be for you 💙 #debutnovel #writingcommunity

I took this photo 2 years ago in Kalamata, Greece & it’s still one of the most spectacular sunsets I’ve seen. I’d just started working on book 2 while there & now I’m finishing up my publisher’s edits 💜 Happy Friday everyone! 🩵🌊 #authorlife #seapic #sunset #writingcommunity

Calling all US ARC readers! 🩵🌊 Advance reader copies of THE SEA CHILD are available on Netgalley so if you enjoy adventure, romance & a little magic, I’d be so grateful if you’d request a copy & leave a review! Thank you 🩵 #debutnovel #authorlife #writingcommunity #arcreader

One of my favourite reads of the year, this gorgeous, sweeping novel of love & loss set in WWII Britain and the island of Île de Ré in France is out tomorrow! I so highly recommend THE DARK OF THE MOON by the brilliant @fionavalpy.bsky.social 💜💜💜 #amreading #authorlife #writingcommunity

Still can hardly believe it, the words in my heart (and on my laptop) are now an actual book! 🩵 I took some pics of the proof copy of my debut novel THE SEA CHILD & wanted to share one with you 🌊🌊🌊 Available for preorder & out with @simonschusterUK in Feb! #debutauthor

It’s here!!! Amazed, happy & emotional to find a proof copy of my debut novel THE SEA CHILD on my doorstep! I have dreamed of the moment I’d get to hold a book I wrote since I was a little girl. Absolutely wild that this moment has come! Out with Simon & Schuster UK on Feb. 12 🩵

Boats in Falmouth during one of our visits. Missing Cornwall today, I can’t wait to visit again soon! And will get to visit through writing this month as I’m working on edits for book 2!! 🌊🩵 Have a lovely Wednesday everyone! #authorlife #falmouth #cornwall #WritingCommmunity

Very cool to see a family of swans fly in one by one on our walk. Lots of writing inspiration in nature as usual! 🩵 Wishing you a great start to your week! #writingcommunity #authorlife #debutauthor

Sea post… with my debut The Sea Child out in January & about a million pictures of the sea on my phone, I thought I’d post a sea pic from time to time 🌊 🩵 This one is from our recent trip to Brittany. Have a great Thursday everyone! #authorlife #debutauthor #writingcommunity

Lovely summer skies on our walk today ☀️ I spent the morning working on book 3 & the afternoon hanging out with the kids who are still enjoying their summer break. Keep getting distracted by my current read—Fourth Wind (yes! 🤗). Have a great weekend everyone! #WritingCommunity

One of my favourite reads of the past years, I absolutely LOVED this stunning novel by the wonderful @fionavalpy.bsky.social ❤️ I couldn’t stop turning the pages, highly recommend! #amreading #booktwitter #thedarkofthemoon #authorlife #writingcommunity #histfic

Hard to tell where the sea ends and the sky begins 🌊🩵 Sorting through a few more holiday photos from the past two weeks whilst back to writing this morning ☀️📖 Have a lovely Wednesday everyone! #authorlife #seascape #debutnovel #WritingCommunity #brittany

Two pics from our visit to the late Victorian lighthouse Phare d’Eckmühl in Penmarch, Brittany. Serious writing inspiration! 🌊 #authorlife #writingcommunity #writinginspiration #penmarch #bretagne #breizh #lighthouse #pharedeckmühl #debutauthor

Another evening walk on the beach, the sunsets here are breathtaking 🌊☀️ Wishing all of you a wonderful Friday! #authorlife #debut #brittany #breizh #writinginspiration #writingcommunity

Early morning on the beach, sticking our feet in the surf 🌊 Going for a swim later, but first: coffee! ☕️🤗 Have a great weekend everyone! #authorlife #writingcommunity #debutauthor #theseachild #beachwalk #summerholiday #seascape

Luna looking golden and happy during our evening walk on the beach last night ☀️ #debutauthor #seascape #goldenretriever #sunset #dogwalk #beach #brittany#breizh #writingcommunity

Another picture of the sea because, why not?? 😊 My debut novel is called The Sea Child after all (out in January US & February UK!) 🌊🩵 and we’re staying a 3-minute walk away from one of the most gorgeous beaches in Brittany 🇫🇷 #authorlife #writinginspiration #debut

We’re here! Took a quick walk to the beach after we arrived in #finistère #bretagne #breizh last night 🌊🩵 One of the inspirations for my debut novel The Sea Child! Wishing you a sunny and book-filled weekend! ☀️📖💕 #authorlife #writinginspiration #writingcommunity #debut

Fields and big skies, view from the car window as we zoom across Normandy on our way to Brittany ☀️ One of my recent writing projects is set in Brittany so I plan to do some research too. Have a wonderful weekend! #writingcommunity #debut #AuthorLife #normandy #normandie

Sunset on our walk last night ☀️ It was Luna’s birthday so we took her for a walk in her favourite wood. Spent the morning before that editing and the afternoon packing — we’re off to Brittany in France today 🇫🇷 Happy Friday everyone! #authorlife #countrywalk #sunset

I met up with my wonderful writer friend @tracyreesbooks.bsky.social today & had so much fun chatting I forgot to take a picture! 😊 Hence this pic of a random London street & Waterstones Piccadilly which I got to visit 💕 Now back to copyediting! #authorlife #writingcommunity #debut #london

Caught this family of swans on the lake, with no less than 6 young ones! 🦢 Doing some editing today but hoping to get out for a walk again later if it isn’t raining by then. For now I must have more coffee ☕️😂 Hope you are having a lovely Sunday morning! #writinginspiration #writingcommunity

Enchanting cloudscape on our walk last evening 🩵 I spent most of the weekend writing - that lovely last stretch of a book where it goes fast! Wishing you a great start to the week ☀️ #writingcommunity #authorlife #amwriting #cloudscape

Look what arrived 😍 One of my favourite reads of the year, The Secrets of Harbour House by @lizfenwick.bsky.social is a feast of a story, full of love, heartbreak, grief and the importance of women’s art set in Cornwall & Venice ❤️❤️❤️ #amreading #writingcommunity #authorlife #cornwall

We got back from Venice last night and the city is still singing in my head 🇮🇹 This gorgeous display of books about the sea is at bookshop Studium! I’m dreaming of the day my debut The Sea Child might be featured in such wonderful company 🌊 #bookshop #venice #writingcommunity

Piazza San Marco, Venice last night. Watching dusk fold over the lagoon was one of the highlight of our trip so far 🌅 After a quick break at our hotel just now, we are now off to what will no doubt be another highlight: bookshops! 📚 #authorlife #venice #piazzasanmarco

More gorgeous Venice 🇮🇹 Isabel, the main character in my debut novel The Sea Child would love this place with the lagoon and myriad of canals, not to mention the sense of magic I feel is such a part of this city 🌊🌊🌊 #debut #authorlife #debutnovel #venice

Nevermind the windblown hair, this is the face of someone who has just arrived in Venice! Lots of photos to come! Wishing all of you a wonderful weekend ☀️ #authorlife #venice #writingcommunity #debut

Nearly a mirror image from an earlier post as we headed back to the mill pond of the 18th century mill not far from our village 🩵 Makes me feel closer to the time of Isabel, 1808, in my debut THE SEA CHILD 🌊 #authorlife #debut #debutnovel #writinginspiration #writingcommunity

Look what arrived today 💚💚💚 I can’t wait to start reading The Art of a Lie by the brilliant Laura Shepherd-Robinson 📖 Look at that cover! 🍍So excited! #bookstagram #amreading #histfic #writingcommunity

Sunset on our walk last night ☀️ We cut through the wood and emerged on the edge of a sea of wheat on the other side just as the sun was setting. As always, finding plenty of writing inspiration in nature 📖 Happy Thursday everyone! #writingcommunity #authorlife #debut

The sun on the lake during our walk today. Perfect weather for it and warm enough that Luna loved going for a swim (and promptly shook herself right next to me so I may as well have gone for a swim, too 😂). #writingcommunity #authorlife #dogwalk #lake

Seven months and six days from now The Sea Child publishes in the UK! Yes that’s the randomest number 😂 To be honest I really just wanted an excuse to post the cover as I love it 🩵🩵🩵🌊🌊🌊 #debut #amwriting #writingcommunity

I got to visit Oxburgh Hall in Norfolk today, a Tudor moated country house where Mary Queen of Scots embroidered the most amazing tapestry which included such folkloric creatures as a phoenix, unicorn and cockatrice. Tons of writing inspiration! 📖 #writingcommunity #Tudor

Ever since reading Tom Wolfe’s brilliant The Right Stuff some 20 years ago I have been hugely interested in the space program. SO excited to read this! And a love story to boot… how am I supposed to get any work done today?? 📖 #taylorjenkinsreid #writingcommunity #amreading

The sun setting behind the trees on our evening walk tonight ☀️ Writing imspiration in nature 📖🖋️ #writinginspiration #authorlife #WritingCommunity #amwriting

Inspired by my lovely friend @EllieLevenson I’ve taken the plunge and am working in a cafe today as opposed to my quiet study at home. Do you like writing in cafes or other places? I’ll have to do this cafe writing thing again sometime! #writingcommunity #amwriting #authorlife

It isn’t the sea, but my eldest daughter and I loved swimming in the mill pond of this 18th century water mill today! Just like Isabel, the main character in my debut novel The Sea Child, I love swimming outdoors 🌊 #writingcommunity #amwriting #authorlife #HistFic

Lovely visit to Wimpole Hall’s home farm today. And a wonderful surprise to find this book om the history of Coverack in Cornwall in the second hand bookshop, as Coverack appears in my debut novel The Sea Child 🌊 #writingcommunity #amwriting #histfic #cornwall

Happy Friday everyone! I very happily got to spend the whole day writing today 📖 Wishing all of you a wonderful weekend ☀️ Pic is the sea at Kynance Cove in Cornwall 🌊 Hoping to visit again soon! #writingcommunity #amwriting #authorlife #cornwall #histfic #kynancecove

Luna action shot in our favourite wood this evening. Yes, she looks crazy 😂 One of those days where everything took much longer than it should and I didn’t get nearly enough writing done but we did make it to the wood for a late after dinner walk. #amwriting #WritingCommunity

Impressive skies and lovely wildflowers on our walk today! Took a day off from writing as we’re celebrating my husband’s birthday this weekend 🎂 Back to it tomorrow! 📖🖋️ #writingcommunity #amwriting #countrywalk #authorlife

A few more pics of our day in Cambridge. I took a break from writing for the day to explore together with my husband and our eldest daughter, visiting some of our favourite places. Loved it! #writingcommunity #cambridge #authorlife

Independent Bookshop week part 2! I was in Cambridge today and got to visit the lovely Bodies in the Bookshop 📚 Felt very lucky to pick up a signed copy of The Tarot Reader of Versailles by Anya Bergman which was published today! #histfic #amreading #independentbookshop

It’s Independent Bookshop week and I stopped by our local bookshop @nichecomics.bsky.social today 📚 Super excited to pick up signed copies of The Man She Married by @alisonstockham.bsky.social and Wish You Were Her by Elle McNicoll 💕 #amreading #indiebookshopweek #bookstagram #independentbookshop

After a productive morning of writing, enjoyed a little treat to celebrate my eldest finished her exams! So proud of her ❤️ #writingcommunity #amwriting #authorlife #pinklemonade

Pic from our walk today. It was hot (26 degrees!) and sunny and everything is so impossibly green at the moment. Kimbolton Castle in the distance (writing inspiration!) ☀️ #writingcommunity #amwriting #authorlife #castle

Four months from today The Sea Child publishes in Germany as Die Tochter der See with Atlantik at Hoffmann und Campe 🌊 I adore the cover!! And… sprayed edges 🩵🩵🩵 #debutnovel #amwriting #writingcommunity #histfic