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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

That moment when you get a Pointless answer @crudengold @TVsPointless

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

5 years

@harriepw Interview at Vogue and the 'holding pen' for interviewees was in a room panelled in v nice mahogany-type wood. When I was called for my interview for the life of me could not find the door. Was all the same wood. No handle. I pushed on 5 walls until I got out. No one laughed.

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

4 months

Today was my last day at HarperCollins. My leaving card was magnificent 🧡

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

2 years

My nearly 10 years of editorial experience now equate to around £7k with this as an entry-level salary. I am so happy for new starters, but I am so demoralised, too. How can companies not see that they should be raising salaries across the board?

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@samatlounge

2 years

Credit where credit is due - these starters MIGHT just be able to survive in London now. >> PRH and HarperCollins raise starting salaries to more than £26k

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

6 years

@GraziaUK I thought this was a click bait headline...but no. Ugh... Grazia, why focus on a clown who earns £40k, lives at home and can't save (?!) when you could write an interesting take on someone actually struggling- and not just obviously living outside their means?

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

2 years

Here we go again. Seeing lots of people criticising this wage. And I agree: it’s not good! But I’m currently 4 levels of seniority up from an entry level job, on around £33k. Publishing salaries need to go up across the board or I’ll end up earning less than an entry level role

Careers at Penguin Books UK

@penguinukjobs

2 years

🐧📢 Do you have a passion for science fiction, fantasy and horror stories? Do you want to play a key part in a thriving commercial SFF fiction team? If so, please apply with your CV & cover letter addressed to Sam by 25th September! More info >

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

3 months

Today was my first day at a new publishing job AND I got a payment through for a piece I wrote a few months ago for a short story collection. I’ve never been paid for my writing before so today has been a Very Good Day 🥳

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

6 years

@GraceSpelman During a (drunken) game of Articulate, my friend was trying to describe a toucan and somehow thought 'dick owl' was a good description- I think she was going for the nose shape, but who knows. She kept screaming it in my face. I nearly wet myself.

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

1 year

This guy can go to hell #HiddenBooksGame

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

I got engaged last night 💍💖💍 and in other news, I also wore my new velvet suit and I love it (but not as much as my FIANCÉ AAAAAAARGH)

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

6 years

@Kav_Kaushik @Shoequeeny @GraziaUK ‘Don’t worry guys, this ones on me mam and dad 👍🏻’

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

Just been sent a Senior Project Editor job listing that boasting £25k a year and can I just say, that is not a reasonable salary for a Project Editor, let alone senior

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

5 years

@cbcreative @claremackint0sh They all sat down for their tasty Christmas feast. There were potatoes and roast parsnips and (to the chagrin of the young ones) sprouts. No meat, though. Not this year. 'Human- it's just so fatty,' Mrs. Turkey had said in the days before. Time for a change, I think. #WriteCBC

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

2 months

@cbcreative @silvanhistorian People told them their love was wrong: first with whispers, then with hateful marches and iron-clad laws. One moonlit night they slipped to the coast, paw clasped in wing. And a pea-green boat set sail hoping to find a land more accepting of love between feline and fowl #WriteCBC

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

4 years

@rebeccamakkai A sweater that has David Attenborough riding a prawn on the front 🦐

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

Hahahaha as if I’m getting married here

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

4 years

@cbcreative @KirstyJaneEyre #WriteCBC He looks at me like I've grown two heads. 'Are you sure?' I feel like chucking the pregnancy tests in my bag at his idiotic head. This is how Mary must have felt, explaining immaculate conception to Joseph. Joseph hadn't had his end in, though. Not like this clown.

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

2 months

On a train and decided to read the last 6 chapters of my novel. It could be, dare I say it… not absolute dogshit? It might actually be… good? Posting this for prosperity because I’m 100% sure I won’t feel this way in a few days. But for now, well done me 👍🏻

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

Will stop posting about Pointless soon, but have to say, being the greatest head-to-head player in history is just TOO GOOD NOT TO SHOUT ABOUT @TVsPointless @richardosman @crudengold

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

6 months

Project editorial are the unsung heroes of publishing so I'm going to SING MY HEART OUT about this: an author has just emailed and said 'Every writer needs a Katy Archer in their life' 💙✍️📘

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

@LynseyJWrites @AnnieBarber1973 'It's out of focus but you can tell there's a lot going on' 💀

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

I wrote and edited 9000 words in four days so I could submit it to the Discoveries prize. I am EXHAUSTED but SO PLEASED WITH MYSELF

Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

Back to say I've completely ditched the novel I was working on for the last six months for something else and it's really scary and I wish I could explain how much I hate writing while also loving it. How far will I get with this new idea in the next two weeks? Time will tell 😩

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

10 months

@seanbeegee @SophLouiseHall I am a peak offender for this and I actually put some out this week in Brockley. BUT SOMEONE TOOK THEM SO THE SYSTEM WORKS!

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

5 years

Officially signed up for an online novel writing course with @cbcreative starting in the new year. I’m so excited! #writing

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

2 years

Excited to finally dive into this properly (and my bubble bath) @4thEstateBooks @lucysmallbark

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

6 years

@cbcreative @HeidiPiercy #WriteCBC Carrie was still focused on the weighted table of Christmas dinner in front of her. Her stomach was growling. She’d almost forgotten about Will. She heard one of the figures murmur: ‘Here she goes.... they never can resist the feast, it’s almost too easy.’

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

2 years

@cbcreative @LawrencePatrice #WriteCBC It wasn't unexpected: people had babies, got married, moved to places with names like Langton Drewery and Picklington. But I'd thought Brie would be different. Single forever, like me. I stared at the mocktail she'd just ordered and tried not to cry. 'Congratulations!'

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

That moment when you get a Pointless answer and win four and a half grand @crudengold @TVsPointless

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

4 years

@cbcreative @abidare_author #WriteCBC Higher than birds can fly, blanketed in violet mist, the ruins stood silent. A factory out in the middle of nowhere. Once there had been workers busy; toys to be made; snow. Now that was only a myth told to small children. For who else would believe in Father Christmas?

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

2 years

Part of my WIP is set in Trieste, so guess where I'm going on holiday in September? I am SO EXCITED. It's got a castle and a literary cafe that Joyce used to frequent AND you can get a train to Venice in an hour. BLISS #writing #amwriting

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

@cbcreative @LucyVAndrew #5ActFestiveStory The baker didn't notice it at first: she'd left it so casually it blended into the red and green counter display. But inside the globe, a familiar static figure suddenly unfroze, disturbing the flakes beneath their feet to reveal a tiny trapdoor. It was time.

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

5 months

PROUD WRITER MOMENT: 70,000 words and a full first draft done ✅ A LOT of editing ahead but hey, at least that's what I do best, right?🙃

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

I made an igloo cake because it’s Christmas and I needed some festive cheer (I also gave the penguins little hats) 🐧🥳

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

5 months

@cbcreative @samuelburr Her eyes flick from her phone screen to the door, like one of those kitschy cat clocks he'd told her she couldn't buy. 'Put it back, it's rubbish,' he'd said. But maybe now she could get one? Blood smears slightly on the screen as she opens a new tab to start her search #WriteCBC

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

1 year

I got married to @crudengold in this beautiful house today and I feel like the luckiest gal in the world 💕

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

1 year

@cbcreative @arrroberts #WriteCBC A new cleaner started today. The most expensive, the highest spec you can get. I left it merrily buffing the floor of the study. Now I'm home, looking at an echoing shell of a room. 'My books,' I whisper. The bot blinks. 'They were obsolete. They have been discarded.'

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

6 months

@cbcreative @jess_emolloy At first it was the smell: sharp and sweet, he sneezed almost immediately. Then the hum of unseen insects made him itch as if they were burrowing into his very skin. The grass under his feet was uncomfortably damp. Everything was alien: not like the steel city he called home

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

1 year

I’ve read a lot of brilliant books this year but I think this might be my favourite so far. Clever, gripping, surprising: all the things you want from dystopian fiction. Out in November @4thEstateBooks @NaomiAllthenews

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

7 years

ARE YOU KIDDING ME PAUL AND PRUE ARE YOU ACTUALLY KIDDING ME #GBBO #justiceforliam

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

2 years

The William Collins/4th Estate Christmas tree is up 🎄📚 I honestly think it’s my biggest contribution to the division over the whole year

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

1 month

Thanks so much @frazzledlitmag for accepting my little short story: excited to see it in the inaugural issue, and to read the rest of the amazing submissions! 🥳

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

2 years

Obviously: pay. But also, I find it difficult to sugarcoat things anymore when younger people ask me about the industry. It’s a lot of work for little reward, even if you love it. And only the very few will end up as CEOs and MDs, as described in this article.

The Bookseller

@thebookseller

2 years

"Coming up in publishing used to be hard but also brilliant, so how are we failing the next generation, who are quitting in droves?" writes @Nelle_Andrew in her comment piece on the "alarming dwindling" of the next generation of talent. Read more:

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

@cbcreative @EKLeeWriter as if the sunlit room had been drenched in darkness; but the glow from her phone lingered, even as it dropped to the floor. She wasn't sure how long she stood, shivering, trying to erase the image from her mind: another woman in a white dress, standing next to him #WriteCBC

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

9 months

@cbcreative @jennieg_author #WriteCBC 'Ow do,' boomed an old man walking a small, wiry dog. Elias didn't answer. Moments later, a woman smiled and waved at him over her low garden wall. Elias kept his eyes on the pavement. The one day he wanted to be left alone and half the village were out in full force

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

10 months

This year I have: organised a wedding and got married; cleared all my debts; written a novella; started a novel (45,000 words and counting); ran over 300km; learnt how to make choux pastry; ziplined off a mountain; worked on 37 amazing books that are now out in the world!

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

@cbcreative @StasiaWrites #5actfestivestory A kindly face looked down at her. As snow flurries eased in the shop around them, he reformed the globe with a click of his fingers. ‘You may want to be more careful with heirlooms of Santa Claus my dear’. A twinkle in his eye, a ‘ho ho ho.’ And then he was gone

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

Sometimes feel like project editorial teams are forgotten about a bit in publishing. But we’re vital for getting books published on time and to a high standard. And paying under £30k for a senior position (the job advert says you’d be managing schedules of 100 books?!) is mad

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

2 months

A nice way to end the week!

Curtis Brown Creative

@cbcreative

2 months

Our #WriteCBC runners-up are Katy @ldnkatyarcher and lindsey armstrong @ArmstrongLinz ! ✍️ Many congratulations to you both, you’ve each won a £50 course discount! We can't wait for you to join one of our courses soon:

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

5 years

@cbcreative @StephT2000 #WriteCBC I sit on the roof watching the hot air balloons go higher and higher. There are red ones and green ones and ones that are blue like Ducky before he'd gone into the washing machine. I dreamed about floating away in one of the coloured sky baubles; but I was too little.

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

2 years

@cbcreative @katemosse #5ActFestiveStory Her friend nodded, his breath hanging in the air, illuminated by one lonely lamppost. 'Lucky that she's never in on Christmas Eve.' Midnight mass saw to that. And so, like two burglars – but much less agile – the two pensioners crept down Mrs Fry's garden path

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

Also I got a promotion at work and I should shout about that more I guess. I’m a senior desk editor! I’m good at it! I can help turn words sat in a manuscript into a book! It was my dream job when I was at university. 20 year old me would have been hyped

Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

Things I have done this year that I’m proud of: created a piece of feminist art for a local exhibition; made my TV debut on Pointless, spent my winnings on an excellent suit; completed two writing courses; joined a writing group; ran a 10km; survived another pandemic year 👍🏻

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

@cbcreative @Little_Emma19 Miles away, the feed to Mr Claus’ spy cam went black. ‘Delphine!’ he shouted down the phone moments later. ‘Some idiots chucked the snow globe. We’ll need to go to Plan B.’ He hung up. He’d been trying to get that gingerbread recipe for years. Today was the day #5actfestivestory

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

6 months

Anyone else looking for Roisin’s dress from tonights Interior Design Masters: I got you (though unfortunately it’s very expensive)

meera - ombré bloom black

The Meera gown by RIXO is a silk and gold lurex gown with long sleeves, a deep V-neckline, a ruched waist, and a split maxi skirt.

rixolondon.com

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

2 years

My writing resolution for 2023 is to write the book I want to write. I know it won’t be perfect and I know it’s going to take ages until I have a proper first draft. But I’m not competing with anyone. And as long as I’m happy with it, that’s all that matters. Right?! #amwriting

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

11 years

@Grazia_Live @nailsinc #manicuremonday Rudolph has a few more red nosed friends today! http://t.co/7hzlWIAXF8

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

@bethanyrutter I feel this way about The Tattooist of Auschwitz too. It simplifies and dumbs down a topic in a way that makes it more palatable for readers. But it’s just horrifying to do that with a subject so brutal, dehumanising and complex. UGH

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

2 years

Decided to push myself and have actually entered the @BathStoryAward this year, just before the deadline. I don’t expect it to place but it felt good to edit down a story I like and make it as good as I possibly could! ✍🏻

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

1 year

@cbcreative @lucysmallbark #WriteCBC 'Darling, you are 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔!' Eve's voice parted the crowd, champagne glasses tinkling as trays and bodies were swept to the side as she glided across the room. Surprised, Gina cradled her stomach, her cheeks flushed pink. Eve beamed. 'Does Jim know it isn't his?'

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

2 years

Miramare, you are stunning (and also the setting of my novel and I got to visit you today and it was really weird but also cool and I nearly cried and I can’t wait to start rewriting scenes using all the details I saw) ✍🏻✍🏻✍🏻

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

2 years

@cbcreative #WriteCBC Some people think stars can guide you home. Tiny pinpricks in the sky, telling you where to go. But Ben thought that was stupid. He followed streetlights. They were more real to him than random balls of gas millions of miles away. And maybe one day, they'd get him home

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

4 years

@cbcreative @mserinkelly I couldn’t believe it was her. She’d even styled her hair the same as mine. Her shoes were the same. I’d only bought these last week: how could she possibly know which ones I had? She was sat behind me, blatant, not even trying to hide. That, I think, was the point #WriteCBC

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

Things I have done this year that I’m proud of: created a piece of feminist art for a local exhibition; made my TV debut on Pointless, spent my winnings on an excellent suit; completed two writing courses; joined a writing group; ran a 10km; survived another pandemic year 👍🏻

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

5 years

This has been me for the last 18 hours. Feel like vomiting with joy. #CBFirstNovelPrize

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@crudengold

5 years

. @ldnkatyarcher got onto this novel writing longlist - I am so so so proud of her 🤩🤩

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@ldnkatyarcher

2 years

Aaand…. SHE’S DONE. I’ve written every day for 28 days. I wrote 20,000 words on my novel, plus a short story because I’m a maniac. I’m now going to log off and enjoy a few days in the Derbyshire countryside 👋🏻 #nanowrimo #amwriting

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

@mandapen Hey 👋🏻 It’s from Sugarhill Brighton! I don’t think it’s in stock anymore but they do some lovely knitwear 😊

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

1 year

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

6 years

@cbcreative @lucycmorris 'Mary, it's...how are you going to explain?' 'For God's sake, if you don't shut up...' 'But it's a baby, it's not like you can just tell people it appeared out of thin air.' 'I really don't appreciate your tone.' 'What will Joseph say?' 'Oh for GOD'S SA...wait...' #WriteCBC

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@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

@cbcreative @BonnieGarmus #WriteCBC It was akin to the worst visit to a chiropractor ever. The child was kicking the back of my seat like he was running a stationary 100m dash. His parents asleep, I turned around and hissed that if he didn't stop, I'd open the emergency exit and throw him out. Head first.

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@ldnkatyarcher

4 months

… and the back! With lots of lovely words from some of the authors I’ve been lucky enough to work with (Original cover and card designed by the amazing @joey_thoms )

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

5 years

@cbcreative @gordonwise #WriteCBC there was tunnel- half a tunnel really, soupy mud and collapsed wall meant it was impassable. But still, the opening was tempting. What if we just kept digging? It’s only another 15 feet. We have an extra day to dig it out now. We hadn’t counted on the leap year.

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@ldnkatyarcher

4 years

@cbcreative #WriteCBC It's checkmate. Saffy hasn't realised, she's considering a move, circling our toppled piece: but I can see. The board stretches across the courtyard, each stone piece as big as a real bishop or queen. For a moment, I'm relieved. But then, out of shadow: the king moves.

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@ldnkatyarcher

6 years

@cbcreative @laurajm8 ‘I just want to say that you look... you look wonderful tonight. I didn’t expect you to come, if I’m honest.’ He looked ruefully across the table, running his fingers rakishly through his hair, as the men behind the one-way mirror looked on, furiously taking notes #writecbc

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@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

An awful action shot of me running the Kew 10km this morning. But at least I was smiling (inside I was crying and screaming and cursing the day I decided to sign up)

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

2 years

Just saw Craig David in the lobby at work and it is the first time I’ve been gutted I didn’t stop to ask for a photo. I didn’t want to bother him! But it’s really cheered me up on this rainy Wednesday (and has made the trip into the office 100% worth it)

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@ldnkatyarcher

4 years

Lockdown 3 has been particularly bad for my creativity (or doing anything other than work, eating mini eggs and watching Bridgerton tbh) so excited to start the Writing Historical Fiction with @cbcreative today! YAY POSITIVE THINGS ✍🏻

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@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

@cbcreative @mikebmann #WriteCBC The view from my desk is bookended by St Paul's and the Tower. But they almost fade into the skyline, hazy white, the thick falling snow bleaching the view. I scan what river I can see between them. Boats that weren't prepared are stuck, ice shackling them to the Thames

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@ldnkatyarcher

1 year

@cbcreative @JonnyGeller #WriteCBC There are times at court when I feel I am being swallowed whole – the gaping mouths of king, queen, husband and courtier eating me alive – and I wonder if the world would be truly altered if I wasn't in it.

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@ldnkatyarcher

2 years

Blocking out my calendar for the whole day, why bother pretending I'll do work

National Book Tokens

@book_tokens

2 years

Booklovers, it's almost time! 🎉😈📚 Thursday 10th November 2022. #HiddenBooksGame

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@ldnkatyarcher

6 years

@cbcreative @MarianKeyes It was frightfully cold the day they came for us. We woke as normal, breakfasting together, reading the post (‘A card from James! An invitation from the Gowers!’), watching the snow flurry outside. The chair I sat on was red and fraying. It would soon be outside. Broken #writecbc

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@ldnkatyarcher

11 months

It’s that’s time of year again! The 4th Estate/William Collins Christmas tree is up, with David Attenborough taking prime position as the star at the top 🎄💫

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@ldnkatyarcher

5 years

Big congrats to Chikodili! Can't wait to read all these wonderful shortlisted entries on my lunch break. Thank you @cbcreative for running such a great prize. It's been amazing to be part of it! 📚📚📚

Curtis Brown Creative

@cbcreative

5 years

We're thrilled to announce that the winner of the inaugural #CBFirstNovelPrize is Chikọdili Emelumadu! Head judge @Tracy_Chevalier said: 'I would not have guessed this was a first novel; Emelumadu seems to have writing naturally in the blood.'

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@ldnkatyarcher

2 years

@cbcreative @EmiliaHartBooks #WriteCBC I was born with dirt in my mouth, the earth almost engulfing me before I could take my first breath. That's what mother says: that I was filthy, troll-like, mud and muck sticking to my slick, small frame. Sometimes I wish she'd left me there – safe, alone – in the woods

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

In the last three weeks I’ve written a 5,000-word short story I’m not completely ashamed of, a full novel summary and I’ve rewritten 13,000 words for a competition. This productivity cannot last but I’ll bask in it while it does #amwriting

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@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

@cbcreative @LexyNeedham #5actfestivestory The globe, once a beacon of festive spirit, was now spewing cold, though it burned Delphine like fire. The shop, doors flung open from the force, was a wintery cave. She summoned the broken pieces, using all the effort she had, and reformed it in mid air

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@ldnkatyarcher

2 years

Knowing the only way I will finish NaNoWriMo is with bribes, I’ve decided if I write everyday in November I’m allowed to buy a YSL bag. I realise I am a ridiculous human being but THIS IS THE ONLY THING THAT WORKS FOR ME

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Katy

@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

I just entered my first ever completed short story into the @CostaBookAwards Short Story Competition. So that feels productive! 👩🏻‍💻 #amwriting

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@ldnkatyarcher

2 years

I love the shelves over my desk. They are very 4th Estate/William Collins heavy, obvs. With a sneaky signed Murakami in there for good measure. And an Attenborough autograph, framed (naturally) 📚💙

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@ldnkatyarcher

2 years

I made my own menstruation crustacean station in my bathroom and I love it 🦀

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@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

Just been to the launch for this and hands down, it was the best book launch I’ve ever been to. Full of the best people. Celebrating the best book. Also I am very drunk. Buy it!

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@ldnkatyarcher

1 year

I have officially finished a first draft of part 1 of my novel. Only 6 more parts to go 🫠 #amwriting

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@ldnkatyarcher

1 year

@cbcreative @AlexHayBooks #WriteCBC His life's work fluttered through the burning Berlin sky like paper snow. Across the darkened courtyard, a fire raged, fueled by his magnum opus: it would remain classified forever. He would disappear, too, he knew, though not into smoke and ash. For Argentina awaited

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@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

I’m on just over 21,000, actually happy with that 🥳

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@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

A month ago I started a new WIP and in 4 weeks I've written 15,609 words. Let's get to 25,000 by the middle of March (I feel like I need Twitter for accountability so expect a monthly word count check in!) #amwriting

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@ldnkatyarcher

6 years

@cbcreative @Jenna_221b #writecbc Will looked around frantically, trying to think of something, anything. He suddenly thought of the scariest thing possible. ‘A bear!’ Sure enough, a bear appeared by the table, pulling cables and throwing laptops, and angrily pursued the shadow figures... stage left.

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@ldnkatyarcher

3 months

✨New Job Time✨

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@ldnkatyarcher

5 years

With a flourish, I just tried to get through work security with a sanitary pad and not my work pass. It’s been a long week.

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@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

Managed to finish a first draft of a full book summary today. Which is a small thing but still a thing I am proud of #amwriting

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@ldnkatyarcher

1 year

@cbcreative @StephT2000 #writecbc A dark crust encircled the Earth like a scorched hulahoop. Nothing remained except the animals who could adapt: geckos with mirror scales, lemmings buried deep underground. What was left of human civilization had moved to the sky – floating arks watching a burning world

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@ldnkatyarcher

1 year

I did it! 25,000 words with a beginning, a middle and an end 🥳 it is 100% trash but that wasn't the point. The point was to get a first draft finished and I did. I'll wait a few days to start editing though... 😴 #amwriting @NaNoWriMo

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@ldnkatyarcher

3 years

A writing milestone reached today: I have passed 40,000 words on the WIP. Yes, only 15,000 of those are words I'm actually happy with. But it's progress. And maybe it means I'm over the hump?! #amwriting

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@ldnkatyarcher

2 years

@cbcreative @HeatherDarwent #WriteCBC 72 miners started the morning shift. 6 came out alive. With soot and blood-smeared hands, Ed shouted obscenities at the sky, circling. He howled and shook and thrashed. Stronger men tried to hold him, but his grief spilled out and pooled at their feet: furious and black

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