And we're off!! My latest thriller FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE is now on Netgalley!!!! You can request it here: ow.ly/rtNZ50VaU15 #netgalley #reviewers #thrillerbloggers #thrillerbookblogger

WIN!! I'm giving away three signed copies of Clickbait to my newsletter subscribers this week (UK postage only) ... To be in with a chance to win just sign up for my newsletter on my website: www.lauren-north.com/mailinglist I only send newsletters when I have news and you can unsubscribe anytime!!

NEWS!! New name, new genre and a lot of 🌶️🌶️🌶️ coming in September from @bellanorth.bsky.social. Thrillers still coming too! I’m not leaving the dark side. 😂

Today I'm preparing to put my WIP away for a month while I work on something else. This kind of juggle happens a lot. If it happens to you, be kind to your future self with a little note reminding you where you're up to and what's next. Don't assume you'll remember! 🤯 #writing #planner #author

The strange thing about this industry is that there are times when it's mad busy and times when you're in a waiting zone and it's quiet. Trying to make the most of it. Christmas shopping is done. Edits back tomorrow. #romanceauthor #spicyromance #debut2025

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Thought I'd do a thread on writing tips that I might add to from time to time... 1) I've cited this one before on the other place... A description of a person or a place should tell you as much about the person doing the describing as the person or place being described. Examples below.

I'm always so amazed by authors with other creative talents. Crochet, pottery, painting, drawing, baking. You guys blow me away. I can string a sentence together most days but there ends my creative talents. Show me your magic!!! #Authorlife #hobbies #authors #writing #creatives

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️I loved every single moment. Without question, this will be one of my books of the year. 🌻Escape the chill and escape into a book! Come to sunny #Cornwall today. Visit Rose's garden and discover the magic!🌻🌹 👉 bit.ly/3Z2ejI5 #fridayfeeling #writingcommunity #booksky #writingandbooks

Today’s poem is called ‘First Date’.

Love this cover!!! This is the perfect escape read for next summer!!! 😱❤️😱

Update: I have an opening line and four paragraphs. Stopping to clean the house for a few hours. Not quite the glamorous profession people assume 😜

A new episode of In Suspense podcast publishes today & our topic is Mining Trauma for Fiction - and who better to discuss this with than the fabulous @jojakeman.bsky.social whose latest book, ONE BAD APPLE, is out now – paperback coming early next year! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

Today’s poem is called ‘She’d Dance’.

I've been struggling to write lately due to publishing setbacks and lack of confidence. I've found a few things that help and thought I'd share. Please tell me what works for you. - Setting word targets - Getting outside and exercising - Absorbing all sorts of art - Remembering why I started.

I'm starting a new book today. That blank page never stops being daunting no matter how many times I do this. The fact that it will become an 80,000 word novel seems quite impossible right now, but as my character would say, "chin up, tits out, let's do this." #newbook #author #writing #thrillers

Off to a book group tonight to talk about my debut thriller - The Perfect Betrayal. It was 14 books ago but still holds a special place in my heart ❤️ #bookclub #bookgroups

Actual footage of me determined to get to lunch with @emilyfreud.bsky.social @charduck.bsky.social @laurennorthauthor.bsky.social @laurapauthor.bsky.social @emmacurtisauthor.n.social @nikkismithauthor.bsky.social today! (Disclaimer I’m still finding my feet here and may have missed someone out 😱)

Amazing lunch with these fabulous authors today. 2025 is looking just a little bit busy (thanks for that @bellanorth.bsky.social 😂🙄) so it was brilliant to see these fabulous women. I’m so grateful to have such amazing friends in this business #authorlife #writing #thrillerwriter

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️I loved every single moment. Without question, this will be one of my books of the year. 🌻Get cosy in #Cornwall today. Visit Rose's garden and discover the magic!🌻🌹 👉 bit.ly/4bwwf1G #BookAddict #booklovers #readers #Gardening #Tuesdaynews #writingcommunity #booksky

If you could give my pal Bella a follow, I'd appreciate it! 😆

Hello 👋 Thanks for all the new follows! For those who don't know me from the other water coolers, I write psychological thrillers. Here are some of my most recent ones. I also write in a few other genres too, but more on that soon 😉 #Hello #thrillerwriter #kindleunlimited #author #bookbluesky

I’m off to London today for a bookish lunch with some beautiful people ❤️

Why am I scrambling to cook a roast dinner on a Monday night? Let me tell you why… reader, I went to the pub yesterday afternoon. Past me, you selfish cow 🤣

If you’re a grown adult in a front seat on the top of the bus and there’s little kids around, let them sit there

If you're a panster and you think your structural edits would be so much lighter if you could plan first, let me put your mind at ease! It won't. I'm a massive planner and I just had to rewrite a very saggy 100page middle 😭 #writing #authorlife #structuraledits #thrillerwriter

Hello Blue Sky! Happy to be joining you here. We love to talk about all things books here - come say hello!

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Sign up to the Bert’s Books Secret Santa by 30th November, and pick a book you'd like to gift to someone else. I'll work out the best person to send that book to - and in return you'll get a book to unwrap too! bertsbooks.co.uk/secret-santa

The sign of a good book is being caught up in the story. The sign of a great book is wanting to see what happens after the final page as I did with You Are Here by David Nicholls. A wonderful story of loneliness, love & starting over in the middle. fromfirstpagetolast.wordpress.com/2024/11/18/y...

It's Monday again!!!! What's everyone working on this week? I'm plotting my next thriller and all the terrible things I'm going do to my characters *cue evil laughter* #writing #bookchat #authorlife #arehashtagsathing

Here's the URL, folks: bridportprize.org.uk/news/residen...

How to say “he’s lazy” in different countries…   5. He works less than Tarzan’s tailor (Spain) 4. He eats like a bear and works like a bug (Bulgaria) 3. Work is smelly for him (Hungary) 2. He doesn’t even snap a green bean (Cuba) 1. If there was work in the bed, he’d sleep on the floor (Ireland)

Delighted to be sharing the cover for #TheTeachersSecret OUT 23.02.24!! On a sunny Friday afternoon, beloved teacher Mrs Walker and her 8yo son wave goodbye to their friends in the school playground. But they never make it home… Pre-order here: geni.us/B0CLKZ9WTPau...

📚Hello from a very wet Monday Morning here in Suffolk! 📚 What plans and excitement have you got on this week? I have another cover reveal today (yes I know, 2 in 2 weeks is very greedy of me 😂), copy edits to finish and cracking on with my WIP. 💪 Have a great week #writingcommunity #authors

Home from a sunny walk to discover @laurennorthauthor.bsky.social in my post box! Thriller Clickbait is coming from Bantam on 11th April 2024 and is a very welcome surprise! My thanks to Chloe Rose at Penguin Random Hose for sending it my way 📚❤️

Woo woo Clickbait is on Netgalley 😍😍😍

It’s one of those fab author days when I get to have lunch with some fantastic authors I admire 😍 #authorlife #writingcommunity

I have a very exciting cover for my next L.C. North book!!!

📚Hooray for Monday!! And back to school day. 📚 I've had a break from my WIP for a few days and so I'm taking the opportunity to go back to the start and add in some much needed and fill in some plot holes. What are your goals for the week?

I’m on a mini break!! It’s going to be roarsome 🐯🎢

As Halloween approaches, here’s a #terrifying poem called ‘Bride of Dracula’.

Anyone else still struggling with the clock change? Feeling frazzled and in need of nap and it's not even lunchtime. #writers #authorlife #books

My submissions are open again, and you can find out what I am looking for here: www.dhhliteraryagency.com/david-h-head...

📚Happy Monday Blueskies 📚 Hit me with your plans for the week! We're still on half term and have a night away to a theme park planned at the end of this week, so it's a race to get to 50K words in the first draft for me. #writing #writingcommunity #thrillerbooks

Want to learn how to stay positive and develop a thick skin as a writer? I'm very excited to be teaching not one but TWO workshops on 'Rejection & Resilience.' Join me 21 November at @jerichowriters.bsky.social (online) and 12 January at ABC Bookshops, Amsterdam (in person and totally free).

Morning #5amwritersclub ✍️😊 How is everyone? Good weekend? Who's aiming for end-of-month deadlines? #amwriting #writingcommunity

Thanks so much to everyone who's ordered signed copies of the book so far. For those who just want to grab an unsigned paperback and get next day delivery - feel free to order on Amazon. If Kindle is your thing - you can pre-order on Nov 7th. Links in the comments.