Kathryn Griffiths

Aspiring #YAauthor current #wip: crime novel THE MAFIA’S HEARTBEAT 🤞Wife, mum of two (+ Ozzy the shih tzu) teacher, nomad, occasional travel blogger.

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@UPS you have lost my daughter’s bag (lilac backpack) at your Grande Vista Vernon hub with everything that’s precious to her in it, and we return to UK tomorrow. Devastated #nohelp #upsgrandevista #ups #upsgv #unitedstatespostalseevice

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@RachelDelahaye Your hormones need some tlc. Read ‘Fast Like a Girl’ by Dr Mindy Peltz. Despite being perimenopausal and on thyroid meds, I lost 10kg of belly fat and have never felt better.

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Mum: Did you know Southend was hotter than Spain yesterday?

Me: Erm.. ok, I think I’ll move back then 🤔

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Despite me constantly quoting facts and figures about its extreme difficulty, my mum and dad’s belief that I will get my novel published one day is unwavering. And I often think about this when I’m on revision 56977, stuck for ideas and plagued with imposter syndrome. #amwriting

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@kathryninman9 the British economy

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Just had an agent 121 and it’s a gamechanger #writingcommunity. Having an industry pro read my work to give me practical advice was highly motivational and potentially saved me from a pointless round of querying before I was ready (well apart from the few I already tried ☹️)

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My music cover lesson with an excluded kid turned into a great chat about rap music and what great wordsmiths they are. Mainstream ed isn’t for every kid, and we need to embrace their passions outside of the perceived norm.

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That fresh bit of querying, before you've received any rejections is a bit like 'spending' your lottery winnings just before the numbers are drawn... #amquerying #writingcommunity

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Any ideas for a recent YA (or even adult) book that involves organised crime? Pref without magic? #writingcommunity I need your help to find my comps! #amwriting #amediting

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Query letter done apart from the two giant gaps that I left for my comp titles that will inevitably take five years of sweat and tears to select (by which time they’ll be out of date!) #amediting #writingcommunity

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Current #wip is ‘resting,’ now I need to find some mafia/gang type YA books to read for comp titles… any ideas? 🤔 #WritingCommunity

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Good morning #manilva

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“When you become part of the mafia’s heartbeat, you have to be prepared to sacrifice your own.” First draft complete. Praise be. #WritingCommunity #amediting

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No matter how much I keep telling myself it’s only a first draft, I always find the end of my #wip so difficult, as the overthinking demons keep whispering ‘anticlimax’ in my ear….what part of your novel is the hardest to write #WritingCommunity?

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Dog walk with a view

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Me: Year 9, please check that your stories don’t contain too much waffle

Student: Aw look at you miss digging it with the young people’s words!

Me: 🤔

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After months of working out how to tie a couple of loose plot ends together, I had an epiphany. This only happened because I kept pushing myself to write regardless. Keep going folks!

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Aghh! Overthinking has brought the last 10K of my #wip to a snail’s pace

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#WritingCommunity what life event of yours sounds like it has come straight out of a novel?

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@CWeaverAuthor https://t.co/IluRfnPd1X has been my lifesaver 😊