Finally fixed on my New Year’s resolution for 2025. It’s a tough one. I’m giving up doom scrolling. Not sure how long this will last.🙄

I’ve found myself in a fragile elderly parents - baby grandchildren sandwich. Time and headspace is precious as priorities change. It’s meant I’ve barely noticed coming off X. Feel so much better without.

My 11 week old granddaughter can raise one eyebrow. I am so jealous. Always wanted to be able to do that.

These are the two books I’ll be bridging 2024-2025 with. On Audible #ComeAndGetIt by Kiley Reid which I absolutely adore. Brilliant narration by Nicole Lewis. And #BeMine by @bylizzybarber.bsky.social Have just begun this and am completely hooked!

Exciting Christmas Book post from Datura Books. Be Mine by the fabulous @bylizzybarber.bsky.social Can’t wait to read it. 🤗

Last talk of 2024 this afternoon, in Sunbury where @janicehallett.bsky.social and I will be discussing how to craft a thriller and giving a broader look at the challenges of writing compelling crime fiction. Really looking forward to rounding off a lovely year with this.

I don’t mind a bad review, it’s part and parcel of being an author who is sadly unable to please everyone all of the time. What I do object to is when the reviewer gets all public spirited 😇 and warns others not to waste their money on this pile of💩That is trolling. I see the rot in your hearts😉

Looking forward to getting together with the West London Authors this evening. We’re a word-of-mouth & friend recommendation group from a vast swathe of West London. Authors, journalists, biographers, screenwriters. If you consider yourself a WLA & would like to be invited next time send me a DM. 😁

Just passed a beauticians offering ear candling. I don’t know what that is but it sounds gross.😬

I don’t normally cry my eyes out watching the six o’click news but the latest news out of Afghanistan is devastating. Those women and girls 😪. It’s unbearable.

A gorgeous cover for an incredible book! You're all going to love this one next year

Another fantastic thriller from @nikkismithauthor.bsky.social. They Had It Coming⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Those of you who know me will know I’m very fond of an exotic holiday-themed thriller, because I don’t much like holidays. And this one didn’t disappoint.🏝️ things going badly wrong in Bali! 😱

Lovely job for someone!

Readers do you care whether a location in a novel is real or made up?

Our thoughts on the AI in publishing debate; we think there'll be uses for it, in the background, with the mundane, non-creative gubbins that any large industry engenders. But it should have no place in anything creative or nuanced; not proofreading, editing, designing or narrating.

This should be really interesting. Looking forward to meeting John Lincoln and hearing about his books😁

Tune in to #ResonanceFM 8pm tonight Thurs 28 Nov for Literature Live. I’ll be joined for readings and chat by two great crime and thriller writers: @emmacurtisauthor.bsky.social and John Lincoln aka @johnelwilliams.bsky.social! Broadcasting live from the Resonance studio in #London SE1 — join us!

Lovely pic sent by a friend of #TheCommuter rubbing shoulders with Harlen Coben and other greats at T3 Heathrow 🛫❤️💙❤️💙❤️

Looking forward to this. An interview IRL not Zoom🥳

Off to see Gladiator 2 this evening. Read some bad reviews but a friend has said it’s brilliant. Trust the friend not the reviewer.

What a lovely surprise on a stormy day. 💙💜💙💜💙Thank you Penguin. Books for my ARC. This is just what I need right now. They Had it Coming by the brilliant 💜💙💜💙💜@nikkismithauthor.bsky.social

Gearing up for Christmas in the wonderful community I live in. We're kicking off in #HamAndPetersham with an evening with @essiefox.bsky.social on the 5th December. I'll be interviewing Essie about her fabulous gothic tale The Fascination. @orendabooks.bsky.social

Ten all time favourite novels* The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe. Pride and Prejudice These Old Shades Poldark Flambards Villette Jane Eyre This Thing of Darkness (Harry Thompson) The Book Thief Captain Corelli's Mandolin *Subject to change on a whim

Cried my eyes out watching the penultimate episode of The Long Shadow last night.

A huge thank you to all the #BookBloggers who took part in #TheBabysitter book tour this month. I'm so grateful. And I love all the spooky autumnal pictures. Thanks to Anne Cater for organising🎃

There is only one working landline in this house at the moment, and it feels like 1982.

🗡️Chuffed to bits to be sharing a panel with three such talented and lovely authors. Claire Douglas, BA Paris and I will be discussing all things bookish and murderous with SE Lynes as part of Richmond Reads literary events.🗡️ www2.richmond.gov.uk/richmondbook...

There's a giveaway going on for publication week! Head over to @emmacurtisbooks on the platform formerly known as Twitter for a chance to win one of these gorgeous books. That cake (not made by me) was outrageously delicious and gluten free btw. 😍 #TheBabysitter.

Today's Five on Friday with Emma Curtis @emmacurtisauthor.bsky.social

Book 7 delivered! 😀💪. What a relief. Now the wait begins... Every time I write a book I tell myself to keep it simple, and it never happens. The next book I start, I will keep simple. I said it here. It'll be two people in one room. Damn. Stephen King already aced that in Misery.

It was harder than I expected, but I really enjoyed delving into myself to answer these questions. Thanks for having me, Jill! jillsbookcafe.blog/2023/10/06/f...

Current reads: I'm listening to Stephen King's Holly on Audible. My book at bedtime is Still Life by Sarah Winman and my book for writing breaks is Iris Costello's The Story Collector. Very different books. I'm enjoying them all.

A very happy audio book publication day to me and The Babysitter. Read brilliantly by Jess Nesling.🤗📙🧡 www.amazon.co.uk/Audible-The-...

I love my books when I begin them, hate them by the time I've written the umpteenth draft and only tentatively begin to love them again when someone I don't know says they've enjoyed them. Doesn't sound very healthy! Does anyone out there love their books unconditionally?🫤

Total ⭐Eureka!⭐moment this morning! I feel like I've kicked down the last hurdle in this tricky WIP. 🤗

Huge congratulations Becca!

Rage against the machine today; and the greed behind it.

📚FOLLOW FRIDAY 📚 OK, so this could be a tumbleweed moment, but seeing as we're all still trying to find our friends here... how about #authors #bloggers #readers #writing Like and Comment on this post, and follow everyone who does the same. (And repost to get it out there 😀)

I'm currently working on a document I've called 'new new end', to distinguish it from a doc called 'new end', and one called 'end.' Hoping new new is the one...

Louise this a brilliant and heart-breaking article. I am so sorry it was such a painful struggle. I hope your authors go on to write more. Helen Kitson, Diana Cambridge and SJ Norbury are among my top books and IMO should be on the shelves of all bookshops, as should yours.

My eyes can see these words but my brain doesn't know what to do with them. 😕

Now that I've got to the end of my edits I've realised that, with the ripple effect of all the changes, the end no longer fits. ARRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH! Nothing to see hear. Everything is fine🙄

I hope once this grows we'll be able to DM people. It's such a useful feature of Twitter. Do you think this will work long term if we can't?

Reminder to Bluesky noobs to check your settings and make sure your number of likes to see a reply is set at zero. The default is set at 2, it'll be a pretty quiet feed for a while if you don't adjust that. Cheers!

Well I’ve landed! Trying to find people by looking at other people’s follower lists, but any reposts appreciated 🙏

How long do you have to be on here, before you are allowed to invite a friend?

Husband has left for Liverpool with his red and white scarf. I have a whole day stretching ahead of me, with nothing to do but crack on with this book, tidy up a bit, go for a walk and read. Absolute bliss! Thank you Liverpool FC 😘

Having a lovely morning with a university friend I haven’t seen in years. How’s yours going?

Always happy to get #BookPost that suits my trees🌴#TheIsland by #CatherineCooper😁 Thanks #HarperCollins for the ARC. Looking forward to diving in🤿 😁

Page proofs for my next LC North book have landed. It’s called Clickbait and it’s about a reality tv family who get dragged into the historical disappearance of a teenage boy by a true crime YouTuber 🎥🎥🎥