Fran Hawthorne
@hawthornewriter.bsky.social
I tried publishing my 1st novel when I was 12yo. It took a few years...but my 3d, HER DAUGHTER, will be published in Jan 2026 by Black Rose Writing. (in between I wrote 8 nonfiction books, won awards, wrote a lot for newspapers & magazines etc)
For #WorldChildren'sDay today, please remember 1 of the less-known forms of child abuse--#ParentalAlienation when 1 parent gaslights the child/children against the other parent. It's painful, too widespread & the focus of my newest novel HER DAUGHTER #BookSky #families #writingcommunity
November 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
For #WorldChildren'sDay today, please remember 1 of the less-known forms of child abuse--#ParentalAlienation when 1 parent gaslights the child/children against the other parent. It's painful, too widespread & the focus of my newest novel HER DAUGHTER #BookSky #families #writingcommunity
For #WorldChildren'sDay today, please remember 1 of the less-known forms of child abuse--#ParentalAlienation, when 1 parent gaslights the child/children against the other parent. It's painful, too widespread & the focus of my newest novel HER DAUGHTER #BookSky #families #writingcommunity
November 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
For #WorldChildren'sDay today, please remember 1 of the less-known forms of child abuse--#ParentalAlienation, when 1 parent gaslights the child/children against the other parent. It's painful, too widespread & the focus of my newest novel HER DAUGHTER #BookSky #families #writingcommunity
Here's how I juggle #bookstores: Today I bought a #book ("Good Hair Days" by #GraceHelenaWalz ) at my #local #indie #communitybookstore.bsky.social & I also celebrated the reopening of the local #barnesandnoble.com by buying a desk calendar there (which Community Bookstore doesn't sell) #BookSky
November 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Here's how I juggle #bookstores: Today I bought a #book ("Good Hair Days" by #GraceHelenaWalz ) at my #local #indie #communitybookstore.bsky.social & I also celebrated the reopening of the local #barnesandnoble.com by buying a desk calendar there (which Community Bookstore doesn't sell) #BookSky
So the 1995 #film version of #SenseandSensibility is being re-released, w/ #EmmaThompson #KateWinslet #AlanRIckman & #HughGrant. If only #JaneAusten were alive so we could ask her what she thinks of it! (I suppose she'd hate the idea of a movie... but who knows?) #BookSky #writingcommunity
November 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
So the 1995 #film version of #SenseandSensibility is being re-released, w/ #EmmaThompson #KateWinslet #AlanRIckman & #HughGrant. If only #JaneAusten were alive so we could ask her what she thinks of it! (I suppose she'd hate the idea of a movie... but who knows?) #BookSky #writingcommunity
Just saw the movie #Nuremberg. Excellent acting & important themes but the problem w/ fictionalized #history is that you don't know which parts to believe. I think I'll stick w/ documentaries from now on #BookSky #writingcommunity
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Just saw the movie #Nuremberg. Excellent acting & important themes but the problem w/ fictionalized #history is that you don't know which parts to believe. I think I'll stick w/ documentaries from now on #BookSky #writingcommunity
Why is today #ILoveToWriteDay ? Every day is I Love To Write Day--except when I'm working on a 1st draft & staring at a blank screen, in which case it's This Is Hopeless Day #BookSky #writingcommunity
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Why is today #ILoveToWriteDay ? Every day is I Love To Write Day--except when I'm working on a 1st draft & staring at a blank screen, in which case it's This Is Hopeless Day #BookSky #writingcommunity
A fascinating tour behind-the-scenes at #LincolnCenter in #NYC today. Here's one sample, backstage at Alice Tully Hall. I'll post more on Instagram next week #hawthornewriter. #BookSky I love oddball cultural tours. What are your favorites?
November 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
A fascinating tour behind-the-scenes at #LincolnCenter in #NYC today. Here's one sample, backstage at Alice Tully Hall. I'll post more on Instagram next week #hawthornewriter. #BookSky I love oddball cultural tours. What are your favorites?
#local #indie #bookstores are my 1st choice but of course I'm gonna applaud that the #barnesandnoble.com near me has reopened. The more (nonAmazon) places to buy #books, the better! (Also, indie bookstore mgrs have told me they see BN as an ally against Amazon) #BookSky What do you say?
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
#local #indie #bookstores are my 1st choice but of course I'm gonna applaud that the #barnesandnoble.com near me has reopened. The more (nonAmazon) places to buy #books, the better! (Also, indie bookstore mgrs have told me they see BN as an ally against Amazon) #BookSky What do you say?
My #bookclub split between liking & LOVING "Trust" by #HernanDiaz. Some were put off the finance jargon; some focused on the role of women. Me? Put me in the LOVING column for the incredible layering of narratives #booksky
November 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
My #bookclub split between liking & LOVING "Trust" by #HernanDiaz. Some were put off the finance jargon; some focused on the role of women. Me? Put me in the LOVING column for the incredible layering of narratives #booksky
My #bookclub split between liking & LOVING "Trust" by #HernanDiaz. Some were put off the finance jargon; some focused on the role of women. Me? Put me in the LOVING column for the incredible layering of narratives
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 AM
My #bookclub split between liking & LOVING "Trust" by #HernanDiaz. Some were put off the finance jargon; some focused on the role of women. Me? Put me in the LOVING column for the incredible layering of narratives
If you like novels like "The Good Mother" by #SueMiller, check out my list on #shepherdbooks.bsky.social for my own upcoming novel HER DAUGHTER! #booksky
November 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
If you like novels like "The Good Mother" by #SueMiller, check out my list on #shepherdbooks.bsky.social for my own upcoming novel HER DAUGHTER! #booksky
Please check out FRAN HAWTHORNE (me) on #Shepherd.com Shepherd finds new ways to connect #books & #readers. Like connecting my new novel HER DAUGHTER w/ novels by #JoyceMaynard #SueMiller #JessamineChan #LynnStegerStrong & #HilaBlum-- on the theme of #mothers who may lose their daughters #Booksky
October 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Please check out FRAN HAWTHORNE (me) on #Shepherd.com Shepherd finds new ways to connect #books & #readers. Like connecting my new novel HER DAUGHTER w/ novels by #JoyceMaynard #SueMiller #JessamineChan #LynnStegerStrong & #HilaBlum-- on the theme of #mothers who may lose their daughters #Booksky
Please check out FRAN HAWTHORNE (me) on #Shepherd.com Shepherd finds new & intricate ways to connect #books & #readers. Like connecting my new novel HER DAUGHTER w/ novels by #JoyceMaynard #JessamineChan #SueMiller #HilaBlum & #LynnStegerStrong -- on the theme of mothers who may lose their daughter
October 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Please check out FRAN HAWTHORNE (me) on #Shepherd.com Shepherd finds new & intricate ways to connect #books & #readers. Like connecting my new novel HER DAUGHTER w/ novels by #JoyceMaynard #JessamineChan #SueMiller #HilaBlum & #LynnStegerStrong -- on the theme of mothers who may lose their daughter
For a post on #shepherd.com I calculated that I read 75 #books in the past year. (average length probably 325 pp) I don't usually calculate those kinds of things, so what should I think of this number? #booksky
October 25, 2025 at 5:46 AM
For a post on #shepherd.com I calculated that I read 75 #books in the past year. (average length probably 325 pp) I don't usually calculate those kinds of things, so what should I think of this number? #booksky
I'm thrilled at the review of my new novel "Her Daughter" from #KirkusReviews! #booksky #fiction #families #divorce #motherhood #parental_alienation
October 16, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I'm thrilled at the review of my new novel "Her Daughter" from #KirkusReviews! #booksky #fiction #families #divorce #motherhood #parental_alienation
Congratulations to my friend #MaryAnnMcGuigan on her wonderful new collection "That Very Place"--beautiful, powerful, understated. #booksky #fiction.
October 13, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Congratulations to my friend #MaryAnnMcGuigan on her wonderful new collection "That Very Place"--beautiful, powerful, understated. #booksky #fiction.
Walked along the #HudsonRiver 3.5 mi from the #Verrazano Bridge to Owl's Head Park & now that I've read both "The Island at the Center of the World" & "Taking Manhattan" by #RussellShorto, I can picture Henry Hudson & also Richard Nicolls sailing up the river toward #Manhattan #booksky #history #nyc
October 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Walked along the #HudsonRiver 3.5 mi from the #Verrazano Bridge to Owl's Head Park & now that I've read both "The Island at the Center of the World" & "Taking Manhattan" by #RussellShorto, I can picture Henry Hudson & also Richard Nicolls sailing up the river toward #Manhattan #booksky #history #nyc
What a day! Advance copies of my new novel HER DAUGHTER arrived & my revamped website is live
www.hawthornewriter.com
& my freebie book-postcards are ready...So I guess MY NEW NOVEL IS ACTUALLY GETTING PUBLISHED!! January 22
www.hawthornewriter.com
& my freebie book-postcards are ready...So I guess MY NEW NOVEL IS ACTUALLY GETTING PUBLISHED!! January 22
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September 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
What a day! Advance copies of my new novel HER DAUGHTER arrived & my revamped website is live
www.hawthornewriter.com
& my freebie book-postcards are ready...So I guess MY NEW NOVEL IS ACTUALLY GETTING PUBLISHED!! January 22
www.hawthornewriter.com
& my freebie book-postcards are ready...So I guess MY NEW NOVEL IS ACTUALLY GETTING PUBLISHED!! January 22
Thrilled that #inksweatandtears.co.uk just published my story "Gold Medal"--it's my 1st-ever CNF (creative nonfiction) AND my 1st "Flash" of any kind. (It's 200 words vs my new novel HER DAUGHTER at approx 93,000 words)
September 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Thrilled that #inksweatandtears.co.uk just published my story "Gold Medal"--it's my 1st-ever CNF (creative nonfiction) AND my 1st "Flash" of any kind. (It's 200 words vs my new novel HER DAUGHTER at approx 93,000 words)
Reposted by Fran Hawthorne
Fran Hawthorne's 'Gold Medal is everything but predictable. Exploring themes of relationships, recognition and visibility, you'll never see the end coming. @hawthornewriter.bsky.social
Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/fran-hawthor...
#InkSweatandTears #FlashFiction #Submission
Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/fran-hawthor...
#InkSweatandTears #FlashFiction #Submission
September 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Fran Hawthorne's 'Gold Medal is everything but predictable. Exploring themes of relationships, recognition and visibility, you'll never see the end coming. @hawthornewriter.bsky.social
Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/fran-hawthor...
#InkSweatandTears #FlashFiction #Submission
Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/fran-hawthor...
#InkSweatandTears #FlashFiction #Submission
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