Author Deborah Levy

Novelist, playwright, poet. Exploring memory, desire, and the politics of being alive. Author of Swimming Home & Things I Don’t Want to Know.

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✨My novel HOT MILK is officially OUT NOW! ✨

A powerful story about desire, identity, and the search for freedom. If you love thought provoking fiction, this is for you

Grab your copy, read, and tell me what you think!

#HotMilk #NewBook #BookLaunch #NowReading #BookTwitter

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Writers, what’s the one small detail in your current work that you’re quietly obsessed with but no reader has noticed yet?
Mine is a small recurring image that keeps changing meaning each time it appears. I’m slightly obsessed with it.
What’s yours? #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

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@GStarkBooks That really comes through in the way you describe it. York in 1189 is powerful piece of history to draw from,I can imagine it stayed with you while you were writing. Was there one particular detail from your research that made you think, “this has to be part of the novel”?

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@am_standish I love that Rhea is both a ship and a system, it gives the story an immediate feeling of scale.

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Indie writers, what's one book promotion strategy that's actually worked for you? I'd love to hear what's made the biggest difference.

#WritingCommunity #WritersLift

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@AmandaJGreene1 I really felt this. Most people only see the finished book, not the countless little moments it took to get there. Sixteen years is no small thing. What kept you believing in the dream on the days when writing felt impossible?

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@EditorBrenna Congratulation!! I love seeing moments like this. Every debut carries a story long before the first page. What part of the journey are you proudest of now that it's in your hands?

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@kady54033 There's something irresistible about stories where the past keeps demanding to be heard. I'd love to know what sparked the very first idea behind this one.

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@jules_macleod @karonsbooks The supernatural twist caught my eye. Blending crime fiction with the unexplained is a tricky balance to pull off. What made you decide this story needed that extra layer instead of staying purely procedural?

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@CassCoopWrites There's something special about watching a book gather its first circle of readers before it even arrives. What part of In Between are you most excited for people to finally experience?

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@AuthorKimberlyQ Congratulations on both milestones! 🎉 Releasing a debut novel is something you'll never forget. Now that launch day is here, what's been the most unexpected part of the experience so far, the excitement, the nerves, or something else entirely?

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@DrSHPhillips @karonsbooks The idea of the last demigod carrying the weight of what's left of humanity is such an intriguing premise. I'm curious which came to you first: the fallen world, or the character who had to live with its consequences?

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@SBLegacyAuthor @karonsbooks Thank you for trusting readers with something so deeply personal. It takes remarkable courage to turn years of silence into a story. As you were writing, was there a moment when you realized this memoir was changing you as much as it might change the people who read it?

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@Workandtwitch That's a satisfying milestone. Around 100,000 words is a world you've clearly spent a lot of time living in. What's been the biggest surprise your story has thrown at you while writing this draft?

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@tarianvale @chamomeriam I completely understand that feeling. Writing and marketing use such different parts of the brain. I reached a point where I accepted I couldn't do both well at the same time, so I work with a small branding team that helps me with the social media side.

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Has a character ever completely ignored the plan you had for them?
I swear some of mine have looked at my outline and said, "That's cute. we're doing something else."
Please tell me I'm not the only writer who's been outvoted by fictional people. ✍️😂

#WritersOfX #WritingLife

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My new novel, Mein Jahr in Paris mit Gertrude Stein, is now available to pre-order in German

Translated by Marion Hertle. I’m so happy to share it with German readers. 💛

#BookTwitter #PreOrder #LiteraryFiction #GermanBooks

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Me: I need to be more productive today.

Also me: writes one beautiful sentence, reads it 19 times, and decides I’ve earned a break.😂😭

#WritingCommunity #WritingLife

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@MeganACarroll This is such a generous heads-up, thank you for sharing it. I imagine your inbox will be wonderfully full before the deadline! What is it about romance and YA that you’re especially hoping to find in a submission right now?