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Writers and their Teenage Jobs

Posted on January 22, 2018 by

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Collected is a weekly series of articles from Royal Literary Fund writers, and this week’s feature is from me. A few weeks ago, I sent out the question: Writers! What was your best and worst casual job as a teenager?  The responses were fascinating… Continue Reading “Writers and their Teenage Jobs”

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Three generations 👩‍🎨✍️👩‍🎨 Feels great to be catching up with all the things and people we missed out on over the past couple of years. Tomorrow my mum turns 78 - please join me in wishing her a very happy birthday! 🥳
I’m running out of shelf space and having to make difficult decisions about what to keep and what to pass on to new readers. In all other areas I’m an excellent declutterer … but books, they’re so hard to cull! #booklover
Lovely to see my work included in The Art of Chichester exhibition at @noviummuseum - celebrating 60 years of creativity, art, music and culture in the city. The exhibition will run until Feb 2023 and is free to enter. Well worth a visit - who knew Bowie played at Chi college in 1972?!
Have I mentioned how much I love our libraries … ?! Yes, I know, I’m a broken record, but truly, they make such an important contribution to community and wellbeing, and to the working lives of writers everywhere. I’ve been spending a lot more time in West Dorset recently, working on my next two novels (which are set here). So, when I had a sort out recently, I wanted to donate my spare author copies to the library, so that more readers might discover my stories. Here are wonderful book champions Alice and Jo from Bridport and Lyme Regis, giving my books a happy @dorsetlibraries home. Thank you libraries and librarians everywhere, for all the great work you do 🙏 Note for booklovers: @librariesweek UK is 3-9 Oct 2022 📚
Happy Birthday to two of the special lads in my life: my lovely husband @carpentercolin_ and our little nutter, dachshund Len (NINE today!) There’ll be special walkies and supper for both of them today 🥰🎂🥳 #BirthdayBoys
I’m taking July away from social media, to give me more headspace to read, walk, think, plot and get started on Book Number TEN! Have a good July folks, and see you again soon … #amwriting
I just spotted the #Dutch edition of Lake Child on Amazon, and it’s made my day! IJS KOUD 🥰 @boekerij #Netherlands
Congratulations to Mary, who entered via Twitter - this lovely book stack will be winging its way to you shortly! Thanks to all who entered, and do stick around for another giveaway next month x
Well, that was fun! I’ve been at Lyme Crime festival this week, talking on a panel about West Country settings in fiction with @william1shaw @amanda_jennings1 & @heidiperks_author - three lovely people and very fine writers to boot. It coincided with the rail strike, so sadly some authors couldn’t make it, but I’m glad to say our brilliant moderator William battled through traffic to arrive just in time for our spot. I’m exhausted now (it being my first REAL book festival since way back before lockdown) but simultaneously energised by the whole experience of mixing with readers and fellow authors again. Hello world, we’re back! Thanks to @marinetheatrelymeregis for hosting us, to @lyme_bookshop for supporting so brilliantly during #IndieBookshopWeek and to the wonderful Paddy Magrane for creating a very special new festival indeed. 🙏❤️🥂 *If you’re near #LymeRegis today, it’s not too late to pop into the theatre for last minute tickets to the final day’s events!
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