@mrjamesob.bsky.social Got it. AI can't feel. I won't worry until it can. At which point humankind will probably have a LOT more to worry about in any case...

Welcome to my stop on the @rararesources.bsky.social #BlogTour for #TheVillageCafeInTheLoire by @gillplusfive.bsky.social ☕🥐❤ Slow down with a coffee, and a slice of summer escapism Gillian Harvey style! 💙📚 Out now from @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social brownflopsy.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...

Looking for a parent who spends a lot of time being a taxi to their child/children. Adding it up, you're driving hundreds of miles a week. #journorequest (UK based)

Women 40+ Looking for women who are 'Christmas carollers' every year. Do you go door to door bringing festive cheer? Are you part of an amateur choir? For a piece in a lovely mag (UK based) #journorequest #prrequest

Women 40+ (UK based) Do you have a family heirloom you bring out every Christmas? Doesn't have to be valuable, other than for sentimental reasons :) #journorequest #prrequest for lovely magazine piece

Women 45+ (UK based) Do you make your own Christmas gifts? I'd love to speak to you for a piece I'm writing. #journorequest #prrequest

I really enjoyed this beautiful, enchanting Women’s Fiction relationship story set in France that carried so much truth & wisdom. The Village Café in the Loire held my attention from the first page to the last. @gillplusfive.bsky.social @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social www.cindylspear.com/news/review-...

Delighted to share my Q&A in advance of my role of "ambassador" for Bologna Book Plus, which kicks off next week 🙂 #Bologna #BolognaBookPlus www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/free-ar...

Can I ask a favour? I'm creating a new blog - just a monthly round-up with a few extras - and I'd love it if you could sign up to get me started. myfunnylife.substack.com/subscribe

My forthcoming novel (out 12th July) is now on Netgalley. Reviewers, bloggers - I'd love you to give it a try! It's uplifting, funny and full of heart.

Thrilled to announce that since joining Boldwood in Sept 2022, I've sold 500,000 copies of my books!

With all the negativity in the press about adolescents, it's great to have interviewed some really great teens who show how enterprising and brilliant young people can be. In today's Times. www.thetimes.com/business-mon...

So, you want to write a novel? Join me and other bestselling writers as we explore different ways of getting that book written! open.substack.com/pub/gillianh...

Am trying to write something a bit different, which is a challenge for me but a nice one! One piece of advice on the course I'm doing is to write it by hand. I just tried. I managed a page of notes and I JUST COULDN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!

Has anyone sold something at auction to raise a little extra cash in recent years? Doesn't have to be an enormous profit or an amazing sum of money or anything like that. It's for a piece I'm writing #journorequest UK based.

I have five kids, but as I lived in France until April last year, this is my first World Book Day. Only my youngest (9) wanted to participate, and it was so cute/such fun. But I couldn't help be relieved I never had to try organising FIVE costumes. I love books but... 😬

Like all authors I've had my share of criticism and 1* reviews. But that makes the thoughtful, wonderful reviews all the more special. Thank you to everyone who's taken the time to read and rate/review 'Midnight in Paris' - I am so thrilled that readers are loving it!

I don't always write at the weekends. But this morning I realised I was furious, anxious, annoyed, exhausted, tearful for no apparent reason (except, ungrateful kids, lack of sleep, relentless chores that is). So I decided rather than smash up the kitchen, I'd write.

Did you know you can get audiobooks on #Spotify? There's a great selection in their 'new and trending releases' including a certain someone's book called 'Midnight in Paris' ;) open.spotify.com/show/4Rqzoiq...

I love it when my teenager gives me unsolicited parenting advice

There's this moment in the day when I take a break from my work, my husband goes out to collect our five kids from school. And I am alone. It's 20 minutes every day max. I never really do anything special. And I love it when my kids walk in the door. But in that tiny 20 minute window I just breathe

All of my Boldwood babies! I can't wait to share number 7. A makeover story with a twist🧡

There's a weird kind of excitement once a book reaches 65,000 words and you see the end in sight. You know this is just the start of things - that edits will definitely be needed. But also YOU ARE GOING TO FINISH THIS!!

Welcome to my stop on the @rararesources.bsky.social #BlogTour for the emotional #MidnightInParis by @gillplusfive.bsky.social - make sure you have the tissues handy for this heart-wrencher. 📚💙 You'll need them! 😭 Out now from @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social brownflopsy.blogspot.com/2025/01/midn...

Blog Tour - Midnight in Paris by Gillian Harvey @gillplusfive.bsky.social @rararesources.bsky.social @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social #boldwoodbloggers #PublicationDay #BookReview #RespectRomFic #MidnightInParis bookescapes.home.blog/2025/01/14/b...

Yee-haa!!! Flying a BESTSELLER flag for gothic romance this morning, over some pretty impressive competition! #gothicromance #histfic She is coming... She will replace me... She must die... mybook.to/RavenswoodWitchSocial

Back to normality! Whatever that is. As my 10yo said once. "what's normal anyway? put on a suit and work in an office and have no feelings?"

'Midnight in Paris' is available to pre-order now. In this social media age, we throw around the phrase #soexcited far too much. But I am so looking forward to sharing this story with you. Christmas time can be crazy - but if you get a chance to pre-order your copy, I'll be thrilled. mybook.to/9gcAW

So difficult to focus when I'm really worried about one of the kids today :( He's OK. Just a bit sad/angry. And my heart 💔💔💔

Anyone else feel that if they can JUST FIND the RIGHT diary, all the organisational, time-management and other issues they have will vaporise?

I suspected when Midnight in Paris was complete I'd written something special. So was particularly nervous about pre-publication reviews. Which makes it all the more thrilling when I get write-ups like this one! #midnightinparis #boldwoodbooks #tbr #bookreview #netgalley

Nothing as scary as when reviews start coming in! Happy to say the first for Midnight in Paris is 😍

THREE books in #PrimeReading!!! Got an #AmazonPrime subscription? Then I've got you covered; #history #romance #ghosts #witchcraft #timetravel #slidingdoors #mystery and #MURDER!!! You're welcome 🤣🤣🤣 mybook.to/RavenswoodWitchSocial mybook.to/burlingtonsqsocial mybook.to/strokemidnightsocial

My forthcoming novel 'Midnight in Paris' is now up on NetGalley for reviewers to request. Usually there's about a 2 month window before publication but thanks to Covid there were delays with this one! www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book... @netgalley #bookreviewers #bookbloggers #midnightinparis

Until he was 8, DS thought "mistletoe" was "missile toe". A dangerous digit that appeared around the festive season. Yesterday he (now 12) was singing along to 'Last Christmas' . When the line goes 'friends with tired eyes,' he said. 'Tie-dyes! I've got a t-shirt like that! Love him.

Looking for your next festive read? My latest for the NY Observer. observer.com/2024/12/book...

Look, I like ALL the chocolates in #celebrations, but we're all agreed the #Bounty is the least popular, right? My 11yo LOATHES them but risked a Celebrations advent calendar. 1st Dec. Bounty. 2nd Dec - BOUNTY! 'Open day 3 instead,' I said to her this morning. Another bloomin' BOUNTY!!

My bestselling 1920s sliding doors tale is now on a #KMD AT JUST £1.19! Considering a 1st class stamp is now £1.65 in the UK, I'd say this as a bargain 😀 One house. Three lives. A decision that will change everything... mybook.to/burlingtonsqsocial

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First Xmas lights event in YEARS yesterday. Choir out of time with music, Morris dancers, three confused miniature donkeys in a little enclosure, DJ that nobody listened to. Then the countdown... 10...9... 1: No discernible difference. One star on a lamppost. So bad that it was actually brilliant.

Thanks to the lovely @rte.ie Culture. They are lovely... www.rte.ie/culture/2024...

Too soon? The Midnight Hour paperback out 5th December. 🎁 Mincepie bought for promo purposes only, obvs. (Was delicious.) #books @michaeljbooks.bsky.social

Well, The List of Suspicious Things got through to the knockout stage of #TheBerties #BertsBOTY24 and I am THRILLED. If you loved either mine OR @MichaelHWood novel it would be so fab if you voted on @bertsbooks.bsky.social Instagram stories or Twitter #booksky

Hello from Harrogate International Festivals! Obligatory first post on Bluesky – please RT to let people know that we are here. Looking forward to finding friends and building networks!

🥁 A ‘little bit’ of writing news (for anyone out there)!! 🥁 As many know, I’ve been writing & dreaming & hoping for 10 years (including launching The Redeemer & The Associate into the world). I’m delighted & excited to share that I am now represented by Elinor Davies at @mmagency.bsky.social 😱🎉💜

My 10yo daughter has just taken up violin. She just attended an afternoon with lots of other violin 'beginners' of a similar age. They did a concert. It sounded exactly as you might expect. But you know what? It was so bad, it sort of looped back around to being good. 😍

Hello Bluesky! 👋 Many of you will know the SquadPod gang from Twitter and IG - we are a group of bookbloggers/reviewers who are dedicated to sharing the book love. Follow our feed for wholesome bookish content, recommendations and details of what we are reading for our monthly #SquadPodBookClub 📚💖

Have Covid. Feels kind of retro.