When I was 18 I saw a boy wearing a t-shirt that said Reading Festival. I thought it was coolest thing ever to have a festival for books and reading. And yes, I said it out loud and everyone laughed at me. 😂
Sunday morning plotting.
Pink and yellow are my two main characters. Orange are my twists, and blue is what I want the reader to think. Very excited to get cracking with this book!
#plotter
Is there anyone left on Twitter to see this moment of pure genius (a completely lucky fluke. I've never used this as my first word before either)?
Wordle 519 1/6
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
I could not resist putting this amazing man’s face on a bag! He is so supportive of authors and the loveliest guy! I do have a spare if anyone feels their life would be complete with this in their life 😍
1/2 I'm giving away a weekend package to
@HarrogateFest
Crime Writing Festival (21-24 July) to a writer who hasn't been before and who deserves something nice happening to them. All the details are here:
#harrogatebound
#theaskstonscrime
We’re SO THRILLED to welcome author
@Lauren_C_North
to the Bookouture family with two high-concept psychological thrillers.
You can read more along with reactions in the blog post below:
🎉EXCITING NEWS 🎉
I'm thrilled to announce that my next L.C. North book will be published with
@TransworldBooks
@imo_nelson
!
CLICKBAIT delves into the dark ambition of a reality TV family & a teenager boy who disappeared at a party 20years ago!
Writers/Authors, I'm giving away a place at Harrogate Crime Writing Festival (20-23 July 23) in memory of my dad again. It's for any writer (published or unpublished) who hasn't been before. All the details are here:
#Harrogatebound
#Writingcommunity
Me: Edits are back. AAAAaaaaaaaaaggggghhh!
Husband: I don't see why edits are so hard. You've written the book. All you need to do is add a few bits in.
Me: Oh wow, no one has ever explained it like that before. Now I feel completely fine!
#mansplaining
#amediting
🙈🙄🤣
My dad passed away on Sunday. He contracted polio when he was 5 (a year before the vaccine) and survived against all the odds. He lived until 71, travelled the world twice and in his words “whooped it up”
Thrilled to share the cover for
#Clickbait
– my new L.C. North novel coming April 2024!!!
📺A reality TV family.
📷A missing teen who disappeared after one of their parties 20yrs ago.
🎙️A Youtuber journalist who'll stop at nothing to get the truth.
Publication Day is here for
#MyWordAgainstHis
!
So excited to see this book hit the shelves!
Celia and Sam are telling two sides of the same story. Both of them are lying but only one of them is a killer! 🚘
@bookouture
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:
HERE IT IS!! Excited to share the stunning cover for She Says She's My Daughter!! OUT 24 July. Available to pre-order here:
@bookouture
@lucefrederick
@ThePSAA
14 years ago my daughter disappeared. Now a teenage girl has walked into a police station. She Says She's My Daughter - but can I trust her?
HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to
#SheSaysShesMyDaughter
!! OUT TODAY in ebook, audio and paperback 🎉🎉🎉
It’s
#ebook
publication day! I have dusted off the make up and everything 😂
Off for a walk on the beach with my fav girl and Rodney dog and then we’re going to eat all the cake
#onestepbehind
⭐️COVER REVEAL!! ⭐️
I’m so excited to share the cover for THE UGLY TRUTH! Celebrity, Melanie Lange says she’s being held prisoner by her father. He claims his daughter is being looked after. Whose side are you?
#SaveMelanie
#HelpPeter
@TransworldBooks
No box unveiling video as I wasn’t expecting to receive these beautiful copies of
#onestepbehind
so soon and so I let my daughter open the package. But WOW anyway! 😍😍 Thank you for the beautiful quotes!!
You're driving home for work.
It's November.
It's dark.
You stop at traffic lights.
Then a man jumps into your car with a knife and tells you to drive...
#MyWordAgainstHis
is out 26 May and it's now on
@NetGalley
🚘🔪
@bookouture
I am so thrilled to be sharing the cover for my debut
#ThePerfectBetrayal
today!!
Out 14th March next year. What do you think?
#CoverReveal
"I thought she was our friend. I thought she was trying to help us"
It's paperback Publication Day for
#SafeAtHome
!! Thank you so much to the amazing teams of wonderful people who've made this book happen!! And the bloggers and readers who've been supporting it this month!
I 've just seen the gorgeous proof cover for my next book - ALL THE WICKED GAMES (out September)! Authors/bloggers, if anyone would like a proof when they're ready in a few weeks, please let me know🌲🪦
Whoever tweeted earlier this week about women buying men’s jumpers because they are warmer - you are a genius! Thank you! Just tried one on and not only is it warm but the sleeves and body are the perfect length for me 😍🎉
I'm thrilled to reveal the cover of my latest book, SAFE AT HOME! Coming September 2021, and now available for request on
@NetGalley
What if you left your child alone, and something terrible happened? 😱
L👀k at this beauty!
#IAmDust
Rodney is as excited as I am about it*! Thank you so much
@OrendaBooks
@LouiseWriter
for my proof. Can’t wait to read it!
*Or it’s the ham I’m holding to bribe him to pose 🤷♀️
I took my daughter and a friend out for dinner. They didn't want to sit with me, so I sat by myself and ate my food and read a book, and Twitter, it was absolute bliss. 📚
I’m so lucky to have these wonderful ladies in my life.
@LesleyKara
stepped in at a moments notice when poor
@JackJordanBooks
couldn’t make my launch through no fault of his own, and
@Mrssmithmunday
drove over 2hours to be there just to support me 💖💖💖
As if today couldn’t get any more exciting …. page proofs for
#Clickbait
have landed! Proofs will be coming soon 🥳 I cannot wait to share this book with the world
Today I'm editing a book I wrote in 2017. My first thriller!
It has been gathering dust for five years. Until today, because in 2023 it's being published. So never think that book is wasted. You never know what's going to happen!
#Mondaymotivation
#WritingCommunity
The stunning paperback proofs of
#TheUglyTruth
have landed! Out in 4 weeks (04.01.24) and available to pre-order at all the usual places.
Who do you believe?
Thanks so much
@imo_nelson
and the entire team at
@TransworldBooks
team for these beauties!!
"I don’t know who you are or why you’ve come here. But you are not my daughter. You are not Abigail."
Less than a month to go until my next book is out in ebook, paperback and audio! 💃
Here it is! My cover for ALL THE WICKED GAMES!
It's available for pre-order:
And it's on
@NetGalley
too:
The rules don't matter when the goal is revenge!
@TransworldBooks
So excited for
@CrimeFest
that I’m 30mins early for the train I’m catching with
@LesleyKara
😂 But I have my laptop so it’s all good! 10K words and counting
What a fantastic longlist for this year's Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2023!! So many deserving winners here! So glad I don't have to choose between these beauts!
#harrogatefest
Final read through of my latest thriller and also the first thriller I ever wrote back in 2017! So happy to see it out in the world next month
#WritingCommmunity
#nevergiveup
Back writing at the gym this morning. Bump into my hubby. Whilst we're talking, he tucks into the last bit of bacon sandwich that's on a plate beside me. I waited until he'd finished it before mentioning that I'd only just sat down and the plate wasn't mine 🤣
40 days a go I had a book idea that completely consumed me. My back is killing me. I'm dehydrated, emotional and snapping at everyone around me, but I have a first draft of book 5🎉
That's the last book I let take over my life (for this month anyway)!
My 8th Lauren North book is done!!! Coming Summer 2024.
(It will be my 14th published book over all. Obviously not counting the many books and false starts that didn't make it. Quick question - does it ever get easier? 😱🤣)
Don't you just hate those people who smugly tell you they've finished their Christmas shopping and it's not even December yet? I am that smug person. Give me your hate people 🤣
Tell you went to
@HarrogateFest
without telling me you went to Harrogate. I’ll start . . .
I woke up ten minutes ago and I’m already wondering how soon I can have a daytime nap.
#HarrogateBrokeMe
Line edits have landed for my next Lauren North thriller. So happy they are minimal. I worked super hard on the structural edits but it was very stop start during the summer hols so I really thought it would come back with another round of edits. 🎉
Today will mostly be spent working out a shared custody calendar for a fictional dog, who lives with two fictional soon to be divorced people. One of whom is in a spot or bother 😈
#amwriting
After a few weeks of edits and page proofs, I’m dipping my toe back into the first draft WIP today. What’s every else doing this Friday?
#writintcommunity
Yesterday’s “Keep Your Friends Close” panel chaired by the fabulous
@baparisauthor
was so much fun! Here we all are after the book signing 📚🖊
@CrimeFest
What an amazing lunch today with the incredibly talented and all round wonderful
@FionaAnnCummins
! So wise and lovely. Could’ve chatted for hours (more hours anyway)! We did get a lot of chat in 😁😁😁
Number 1 in Hot New Releases on Amazon and
#68
in the charts 😱 After a year (and then some) of working very very hard, this is so good to see 😍
She Says She’s My Daughter is only 99p for one more day! Grab it now
Popped into Sainsbury’s at the weekend and was thrilled to see they’ve increased their book space. This is just adult books. There was a whole other space for kids. Hope it lasts (spotted
@SVaughanAuthor
&
@amymcculloch
too)
My super talented, super kind and super fabulous friend
@LesleyKara
has her new book in supermarkets and I was so happy and proud to grab my copy! So much hard work goes into writing these books and this should be celebrated 💛💛💛💐
Soooo exciting to see
#TheUglyTruth
in the top 20 of Hot New Releases for Audible! There is a huge cast of voices recording this right now at
@TransworldBooks
! They've even asked me to read a little. (I did check they'd heard my voice 🤣) Coming March 23!
Thank you so much
@waterstones_col
for inviting me to host a Book Lovers Book Chat. I didn’t get any snaps of the chat but it was so popular and so lovely to chat books with so many passionate readers!!
I've hit 60K! One more week and this frantic story will be finished. If you love
#Hunted
and
#raceacrosstheworld
then look out for my summer thriller. Coming 2024!
(FYI it's not my next published book, or the one after that, but the one after that. Makes sense, right? 🤣)
Signing off for a little rest and celebration at home tonight! Thank you
@imo_nelson
&
@TransworldBooks
for the fizz! You know me well! See you all for more madness on Monday 💖📸💖 x