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One Month’s Notice: Opposites attract in this fu

One Month’s Notice: Opposites attract in this funny, heartwarming sweet office romance by Katie Lou. Available from 16th May 2024.

Opposites attract in this heartwarming office romance that will have you on the edge of your seat! Join Nat, a talented yet insecure interior designer, as she navigates the challenges of working for Michael, a serious and successful CEO. Will their connection survive the pressures of corporate life? 🔥💔

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Warning: The following read may cause blushing, he

Warning: The following read may cause blushing, heart flutters, and an inability to concentrate at work after being introduced to your newest book boyfriend! 💘 I'm accepting ARC signups for my swoony sweet office romance, One Month's Notice. Who's ready to meet Michael? Sign up via the link in my bio by 3rd May!

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#amwritingromance #goodreads #indieromance #sweetromance
#OfficeRomance #OppositesAttract #ForcedProximity #SlowBurnRomance #HappyEverAfter #InteriorDesign
#SlowBurnRomance #OfficeDrama
#friendstolovers #arcreader
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Another weekend over and it's been a lovely one ❤️

✅ Round 3 of paclitaxel chemo on Friday (only a small dose of steroids this time, so I managed to get some sleep!)
🛏️ Sleeping in the back room to keep away from Troy's cold!
✍🏻 Book editing finished
🎨 More work on the book cover
🌞 Walks in the sunshine and saw a rainbow 🌈
🌿 Planting in the garden after all of my recent garden centre purchases!
🍰 Eating cake

#amwriting #amwritingromance #breastcancerwarrior💕 #breastcancer #breastcancerawareness #chemofriday

Me after round 7 of chemotherapy today... normal s

Me after round 7 of chemotherapy today... normal speed after the steroids kicked in 🤣
✅ 4 rounds of EC
✅ 1 round of Docetaxel
✅ 2 rounds of paclitaxel

I will NOT be sleeping until the early hours!

#chemo #breastcancerwarrior💕 #breastcancerawareness

Chemo Friday!! This was round 2 of paclitaxel and

Chemo Friday!! This was round 2 of paclitaxel and I am FULL of steroids💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 Many thanks to my wonderful friend @story_dad who was today's chemo buddy and kept me very well entertained ❤️

😷 My chemo rash looks like it's improving and the cream has worked wonders. Hoping it stays that way 🤞🏻
🧠 Sleep is not going to come easily for my little noggin so I am highly likely to be awake until the early hours
✍🏻 This will give me time to carry on with the romance novel writing I did this afternoon. I've had some valuable feedback and I need to incorporate that
🤫 I have an incredibly exciting writing project starting up. It has been a little seed for about 18 months, but is fully starting to sprout 🌱 and I can't wait to see where that goes

Have a great weekend ❤️

#amwriting #romancebooks #chemowarrior #chemofriday #breastcancer #romanceauthor

A birthday 🎂 Sunshine with family 🌞 More boo

A birthday 🎂 Sunshine with family 🌞 More book editing ✍🏻 Exciting concepts for book cover arrived 📕 Round 6 of chemo done 💪🏻

My liver has NOT behaved 😔 so I've been moved onto weekly chemo. Although grateful to my wonderful oncologist for being so thoughtful about looking after me and my organs!

I had the first session of paclitaxel yesterday. 9 more to go if everything goes to plan 🤞🏻 But as we know with cancer journey, when does anything go to plan?!

This week will be busy properly sorting the book cover art (I'm so excited to share more soon as I already love what I've seen) and more editing as I want to get the book out in early May if possible. Hoping the chemo side effects don't bugger up my plans.

Have a great weekend everyone 🎉

#amwriting #romanceauthor #romancebooks #romancewriter #editing #chemowarrior #breastcancerawareness #breastcancer

It's been a fabulous weekend ❤️ Staying with f

It's been a fabulous weekend ❤️ Staying with family for a couple of days felt like a real treat - a bit of normality away from treatment. My next chemo is on Friday if my liver plays nicely. I also managed a very slow run 💪🏻

I've completed some book edits since the development feedback, so One Month's Notice has now gone out to beta readers. The feedback is very positive so far 💕

While I wait for more feedback before the next round of edits, I need to crack on with sorting a book cover and my marketing strategy. Definitely out of my comfort zone on this one 😳

Hope you've all had a good weekend - spring is definitely in the air 🐇🌷💐🌹☀️

#amwriting #romanceauthor #betareaders #onemonthsnotice #romcom #romancebooks #breastcancer #chemowarrior

It's International Women's Day today... The perfec

It's International Women's Day today... The perfect day to give an important reminder about a nasty little disease that affects mainly women. Please, please, please check your boobs. This is me having my 5th round of chemo today (3 more to go!) 💪🏻 KitKat being my snack of choice 🍫😋

I can't thank my family and friends enough for the endless support I've had over the last few months. You all ROCK 💖💖💖

Checkout these charities for more info:
https://breastcancernow.org/
https://coppafeel.org/

#IWD2024 #internationalwomensday #breastcancer #breastcancerawareness

I've bloody done it!!!! The complete first draft o

I've bloody done it!!!! The complete first draft of my romance novel is finally done. Now it's time for the fun to start - the editing!! I'm genuinely excited for this next bit as it's like turning the lump of clay I've thrown down onto my literary pottery wheel for me to shape into something beautiful. And I chickened out on the smut in the end... It's a tame fade to black. My kids are going to be so relieved 🤣 I will have disappointed plenty of others though!

#amwriting #romanceauthor #romancewriter #romancebooks #happyeverafter

A wonderful Sunday ❤️ I have reached the halfw

A wonderful Sunday ❤️ I have reached the halfway mark of chemo (4 down, 4 to go). I had a lovely walk and catch-up this morning with someone I haven't seen for far too long, then a garden centre trip (of course) with @yvette333 which is always good for the soul (not the bank account). We even found a lovely sentimental gift for her husband (see pic 5 🤫).

The writing is coming along well and I've almost hit the 50k mark - this is big news!!!

#amwriting #romanceauthor #romancebooks #romancewriter #breastcancer #sundayfunday

Experimenting with wigs is fun!!!!

Experimenting with wigs is fun!!!!

New year... New look. My hair started coming out q

New year... New look. My hair started coming out quite quickly just over 2 weeks after my 1st round of chemo. It was time to brave the shave the day before my second chemo yesterday. I was dreading it, but it was absolutely fine (with a huge help from my husband and daughters who had great fun helping ❤️). So while I rest now, it's time to get back to writing after a busy Christmas and New Year.

#amwriting #romanceauthor #romancewriter #breastcancer

Round 1 of chemo done 💪🏻 A bowl of homemade

Round 1 of chemo done 💪🏻 A bowl of homemade chicken stoup from my mum (good old Jewish penicillin ❤️) is making the world right again. Her food should be available on the NHS! I feel like I have a terrible hangover, but without the great time the night before! Sharing photos of great nights out with @yvette333 is pure joy (but the pics are way too embarrassing to share on socials 🤣)

#kickcancersbutt #breastcancer #chemowarrior

I absolutely love advent calendars 🌲☃️⭐🎁🎄🎅 happy 1st December. I'll be having my royal blend tea this afternoon ❤️

Sunday writing vibes 😈 I've got to the chapter

Sunday writing vibes 😈
I've got to the chapter where we meet the antagonist of my main female character. This is fun 🤣
Powered by @oliviarodrigo, caffeine, and pistachios

#amwriting #romanceauthor #romancewriter

I got my knitted knocker yesterday, complete with

I got my knitted knocker yesterday, complete with nipple! What a delight to receive this through the kindness of volunteers and @knitknockersuk

#breastcancer #knitting

It's been a busy and productive week 👌🏻 Afte

It's been a busy and productive week 👌🏻
After a spot more writing today, time to spend the rest of the weekend like my cat... Eating and sleeping 🍜💤
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Back to work next week 🥰

#amwriting #romanceauthor #romancewriter #romancebooks #breastcancer

Mastectomy recovery is going well, mainly due to m

Mastectomy recovery is going well, mainly due to my wonderful husband, my courageous daughters, my whole family, my 🦞 and my friends looking after me ❤️

Also powered by a lot of chocolates and treats 😉

#breastcancer #strong

This time 2 days ago I was getting ready to go int

This time 2 days ago I was getting ready to go into hospital for my mastectomy. What a way to spend Halloween! I was home the same evening and have been happily relaxing at home ever since being extremely well looked after by all my family. I'm feeling much better than I expected and the pain is easing. I'm hoping to get some writing done today ❤️

#romancewriter #romanceauthor #amwriting #breastcancer

Having been diagnosed at the end of September, I s

Having been diagnosed at the end of September, I start my treatment for breast cancer tomorrow with a single mastectomy and axillary node clearance. This has been a good kick up the backside to get cracking with my romance novel, so I'm making the most of some time today to make progress. I'm at just over 13,000 words and I plan on finishing this book alongside my treatment. Best get cracking!!

#romancebooks #amwriting #breastcancer

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I've been planning and plotting for months and mon

I've been planning and plotting for months and months, but now is the time to really get going with my romance novel. I'm writing under a different pen name (Katie Lou) and you can follow me on Insta @katie_lou_romance
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I've also recently been diagnosed with breast cancer and have just started my treatment. I've decided to keep any posts I want to share about that purely on my romance account.
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Please follow me if you love a bit of romance!
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#romancewriter #romancewritersofinstagram #amwriting #romancereader

I've been a little quiet on Insta lately as there

I've been a little quiet on Insta lately as there has been lots of non-writing stuff going on. But something exciting is brewing in the background and I will be starting to share more soon... Watch this space!!!
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#creativity #creativewriting #storytelling #stories #writersofinstagram #writer #writingcommunity
#writingwomen #amwriting #femalewriter #bookstagram #novel #chapterbooksforkids #fiction #highconcept #chapterbook #kidsbooks

Happy Mother's Day to me ❤️ Time to treat myse

Happy Mother's Day to me ❤️ Time to treat myself with a little writing time ✒️✍🏼

Sending love to those celebrating today, but even more love to those finding today difficult 💖

#amwriting #womenwriters #mothersday #selflove #author #authorsofinstagram

Happy World Book Day to you all!! I have had, quit

Happy World Book Day to you all!! I have had, quite possibly, the BEST DAY EVER!! I am a governor of a local primary school and I wanted to spend the day with them doing something fun with writing.
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So I spent the whole day, starting with a whole school assembly to generate ideas. I then had half an hour with each class writing a chapter each to move the story forward.
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We started at 9am, and 6 hours later, I stood up and read our 2,500 mystery story to the whole school. It was incredible and the kids had the most amazing ideas.
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I've just emailed the final version to the headteacher while travelling down south ready for a day in a Bristol school tomorrow!

#happy #worldbookday #lovereading #author #authorsofinstagram

A book recommendation for Valentine's Day! This is

A book recommendation for Valentine's Day! This is a truly beautiful collection of short stories about love by Bolu Babalola. Her writing is so powerful, I found it hard to choose my favourite one. I had to share some of the intro to the book as well - just a taster of how incredible the writing is. I can't wait to read more of Bolu's work. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

#bookrecommendations #valentines #love #bolubabalola #bookreview #loveincolour

My first read of 2023 and I got through it in abou

My first read of 2023 and I got through it in about 3 days! Those who have read it will understand the irony of me posting a photograph of the book 😜 A really funny look at a dysfunctional family in the modern world, with an impressive use of hashtags throughout. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

#booksofinstagram #bookreview #reading #readmorebooks #cancelled #nohateplease #virtuesignalling #bekind #johnboyne #theechochamber

One of the best things I did this year was become

One of the best things I did this year was become a school governor for a local primary school with responsibility for wellbeing.

Today I spent the day with the children and got to help Santa this afternoon.

If you are thinking about a volunteering role, I highly recommend looking into being a governor ❤️

#schoolgovernor #volunteering #fatherchristmas #santa

Sunday morning vibes! #catsofinstagram #cat #cats

Sunday morning vibes!

#catsofinstagram #cat #catstagram #lazy

A day in London town being tourists ❤️ Visited

A day in London town being tourists ❤️ Visited poets corner to see Philip Larkin's plaque (well, he is my second cousin twice removed!), amazing street food in cucumber alley (Covent Garden) and finishing in Hard Rock Cafe. I need a lie down!

The rodents are getting suspicious... Time for cla

The rodents are getting suspicious... Time for claw and order! Follow me for updates on this story as it happens.... Or buy the book to find out more! Links in bio
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#thecatswhowantedmore #greed #fatcats #catsofinstagram #picturebook #ChildrensBooks #EnoughIsEnough #cats #rodents

Incredibly chuffed with my birthday present - the

Incredibly chuffed with my birthday present - the fabulous Days Like These by @brian_bilston And what's even better, the poem for the 17th October is a tribute to the spreadsheet, which is my nickname ❤️ It's like it was written just for me!! Sad news is that all the signed copies were sold out so I've just got a regular copy 😭
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#brianbilston #dayslikethese #poetry

Oh yes 💪🏻😜 #bringiton #strongwoman

Oh yes 💪🏻😜 #bringiton #strongwoman

Get cats, they said. But cats can be naughty! The

Get cats, they said. But cats can be naughty! The perfect song for The Cats Who Wanted More!
#thecatswhowantedmore #fatcats #greed #EnoughIsEnough #catsofinstagram #cats #caturday #picturebook #ChildrensBooks

Those naughty fat cats are up to no good. Find out

Those naughty fat cats are up to no good. Find out whether the rodents get their own back in The Cats Who Wanted More - https://www.owletpress.com/product-page/the-cats-who-wanted-more

#enoughisenough #greed #fatcats #thecatswhowantedmore #picturebook #childrensbook #costofliving #ukpolitics

I had the pleasure of attending an infant school o

I had the pleasure of attending an infant school on Thursday for National Poetry Day to share Little Glow. The children all listened beautifully and asked some great questions. I chuckled when a boy asked if I had ever written a swear word in one of my stories 🤣 They wrote some beautiful versions of Little Glow that they shared with me ❤️🕯️
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#nationalpoetryday #poetry #littleglow #schoolvisit #inclusive #inclusiveeducation

It's nearly Halloween time! Here's the gorgeous sp

It's nearly Halloween time! Here's the gorgeous spread from Little Glow with a gaggle of ghouls on the lookout for treats!
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#littleglow #halloween #pumpkin #cats #diversity #books #picturebook #childrensbook

Fat cats getting fatter... A great infographic to

Fat cats getting fatter... A great infographic to describe trickle down economics. The glass at the top just gets bigger and bigger!
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#greed #fatcats #economics #trickledowneconomics

#Repost @booksforchange_ with @let.repost • •

Making mouseholes for the launch of The Cats Who W

Making mouseholes for the launch of The Cats Who Wanted More was great fun. We've had requests for more from bookshops so it's time to get the paints out again! #picturebook #booklaunch #thecatswhowantedmore #ChildrensBooks

#Repost @owletpress with @let.repost @naomitipping

#Repost @owletpress with @let.repost @naomitippingillustrator
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Check out Naomi's fantastic window at @wearebuk for #thecatswhowantedmore 🥰
#illustratorsoninstagram #illustrations

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