Laura Jensen Walker
@laurajensenwalker.bsky.social
Lover of books, tea, & England. Writer of mysteries, “women’s” fiction & historicals. Death of a Flying Nightingale: “Riveting and affecting” - NYT bestselling author Susan Elia MacNeal. Rep: Vicky Weber, CMA
I’m delighted to say my cozy mystery, The Alphabet Sleuths is now up on NetGalley for review! @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social @severnhouse.bsky.social @cmalit.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I’m delighted to say my cozy mystery, The Alphabet Sleuths is now up on NetGalley for review! @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social @severnhouse.bsky.social @cmalit.bsky.social
One of the hardest things about being a writer is the waiting to hear back on a project. And yes, I’ve followed the advice of ‘write the next thing’ and the next, and the next… Oh well. Off to write the next thing now 😎
September 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
One of the hardest things about being a writer is the waiting to hear back on a project. And yes, I’ve followed the advice of ‘write the next thing’ and the next, and the next… Oh well. Off to write the next thing now 😎
My old author photos were pre-pandemic when I was still dying my hair red so I had new ones taken to show me now. These are my Top 3 - which is your favorite?
August 31, 2025 at 4:39 AM
My old author photos were pre-pandemic when I was still dying my hair red so I had new ones taken to show me now. These are my Top 3 - which is your favorite?
Waiting is hard esp. when u write a book u & your agent love—1 she’s convinced a publisher will love. She submits it & u wait to hear. You write another book so you don’t go crazy, finish it & send to yr agent waiting for her response—she loves it! Now you wait to hear about 2 books on submission… 🤞
July 29, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Waiting is hard esp. when u write a book u & your agent love—1 she’s convinced a publisher will love. She submits it & u wait to hear. You write another book so you don’t go crazy, finish it & send to yr agent waiting for her response—she loves it! Now you wait to hear about 2 books on submission… 🤞
Great idea!
1/5 Watched @hcrichardson.bsky.social & Sen. Angus King today. Sen. King spoke of writing your Reps. & Sen. How important it is, it does make a difference. Then saw this. A lot of screen shots but a good idea. Stick to issues effecting you or those you know. Be Specific.
April 18, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Great idea!
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In all the discussions about whether to have a "The" in my new book title, I never thought that without it we'd have "Edinburgh Murders Catriona McPherson". So thank you @hodderbooks.bsky.social and @katenorman17.bsky.social.
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Coming to the UK in April.
[deleted joke about Glasgow]
Coming to the UK in April.
March 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
In all the discussions about whether to have a "The" in my new book title, I never thought that without it we'd have "Edinburgh Murders Catriona McPherson". So thank you @hodderbooks.bsky.social and @katenorman17.bsky.social.
[deleted joke about Glasgow]
Coming to the UK in April.
[deleted joke about Glasgow]
Coming to the UK in April.
Thrilled to share the official PM announcement of my new book deal! 🎉Two clarifications: Death of a Flying Nightingale is nominated for a Lefty, not an Agatha & this is a 3-book deal with @severnhouse.bsky.social with a 2nd Alphabet Sleuths mystery still to come. Thank you, Vicky & SH!
Huge congrats to @laurajensenwalker.bsky.social !
March 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Thrilled to share the official PM announcement of my new book deal! 🎉Two clarifications: Death of a Flying Nightingale is nominated for a Lefty, not an Agatha & this is a 3-book deal with @severnhouse.bsky.social with a 2nd Alphabet Sleuths mystery still to come. Thank you, Vicky & SH!
Thrilled to have signed a contract with Severn House for a new mystery series, The Alphabet Sleuths (think The Golden Girls meets The Thursday Murder Club) & a WWII historical, The Postmistress of Puddlington, the book of my heart I wrote during lockdown when I needed to escape. Thx @vickyweber 🌹🌹
March 7, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Thrilled to have signed a contract with Severn House for a new mystery series, The Alphabet Sleuths (think The Golden Girls meets The Thursday Murder Club) & a WWII historical, The Postmistress of Puddlington, the book of my heart I wrote during lockdown when I needed to escape. Thx @vickyweber 🌹🌹
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Reading a WWII novel set in England by a British author whose other WWII novels I’ve loved. BUT she refers to a young woman making a ‘Bundt’ cake. In 1941 England. Seriously? The U.S. created Bundt cakes (inspired by a dense ring-shaped European cake called kugelhopf) but not until 1950.
February 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Reading a WWII novel set in England by a British author whose other WWII novels I’ve loved. BUT she refers to a young woman making a ‘Bundt’ cake. In 1941 England. Seriously? The U.S. created Bundt cakes (inspired by a dense ring-shaped European cake called kugelhopf) but not until 1950.
Had a great talk this morning with my amazing CMA agent @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social who will be sending my women’s fiction debut about neurodivergent senior Primrose out on submission to publishers next week!🤞🤞
January 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Had a great talk this morning with my amazing CMA agent @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social who will be sending my women’s fiction debut about neurodivergent senior Primrose out on submission to publishers next week!🤞🤞
Thrilled to bits to be nominated for my first Lefty! (For Death of a Flying Nightingale.) I’m honored to be in such great company in the Best Historical category. Congrats to all the nominees! @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social
January 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Thrilled to bits to be nominated for my first Lefty! (For Death of a Flying Nightingale.) I’m honored to be in such great company in the Best Historical category. Congrats to all the nominees! @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social
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* Going to bed early
* Not leaving my house
* Not going to a party
My childhood punishments have become my adult goals
* Not leaving my house
* Not going to a party
My childhood punishments have become my adult goals
January 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
* Going to bed early
* Not leaving my house
* Not going to a party
My childhood punishments have become my adult goals
* Not leaving my house
* Not going to a party
My childhood punishments have become my adult goals
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How to write: Stop not writing. Keep your butt in the chair. Write really bad small sections of the whole—passages, moments, episodes, memories—til you have an incredibly shitty 1st draft. Then take out the boring parts, the lies and pretensions. Then write a better 2nd draft.
January 7, 2025 at 6:51 AM
How to write: Stop not writing. Keep your butt in the chair. Write really bad small sections of the whole—passages, moments, episodes, memories—til you have an incredibly shitty 1st draft. Then take out the boring parts, the lies and pretensions. Then write a better 2nd draft.
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I continue to be deeply moved by this statement to the heavens by President Carter.
December 30, 2024 at 2:30 PM
I continue to be deeply moved by this statement to the heavens by President Carter.
#writingcommunity #anquerying Drumroll… After 2+ years of querying & myriad rejections for 3 books I’m excited to announce that @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social at CMA is my new agent! 🎉 I’m thrilled by Vicky’s love of & vision for my women’s fiction debut about neurodivergent senior Primrose!
December 6, 2024 at 9:42 PM
#writingcommunity #anquerying Drumroll… After 2+ years of querying & myriad rejections for 3 books I’m excited to announce that @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social at CMA is my new agent! 🎉 I’m thrilled by Vicky’s love of & vision for my women’s fiction debut about neurodivergent senior Primrose!
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HUGE congratulations to my client, @christyswiftbooks.bsky.social for this AMAZING review in Publishers Weekly. I couldn't be more proud of her! #Romancelandia...you're going to want to get your hands on this book when it releases!
www.publishersweekly.com/9781538767764
www.publishersweekly.com/9781538767764
Celebrity Crush by Christy Swift
Swift delights in her debut rom-com. Thirteen years after Emmy Ellison’s Hollywood dreams were crushed, she goes viral by creati...
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December 6, 2024 at 4:40 PM
HUGE congratulations to my client, @christyswiftbooks.bsky.social for this AMAZING review in Publishers Weekly. I couldn't be more proud of her! #Romancelandia...you're going to want to get your hands on this book when it releases!
www.publishersweekly.com/9781538767764
www.publishersweekly.com/9781538767764
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Stuck in a scene? Do what the pros do: use brackets. Write what the story beat is:
[Our hero gets out of the fight through clever means]
Then just keep writing what happens after. Maintaining momentum is key to getting the most words on the page. Meanwhile solutions often present themselves later.
[Our hero gets out of the fight through clever means]
Then just keep writing what happens after. Maintaining momentum is key to getting the most words on the page. Meanwhile solutions often present themselves later.
December 4, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Stuck in a scene? Do what the pros do: use brackets. Write what the story beat is:
[Our hero gets out of the fight through clever means]
Then just keep writing what happens after. Maintaining momentum is key to getting the most words on the page. Meanwhile solutions often present themselves later.
[Our hero gets out of the fight through clever means]
Then just keep writing what happens after. Maintaining momentum is key to getting the most words on the page. Meanwhile solutions often present themselves later.
Saw #Wicked today. Wow. It’s everything & more. John Chu did a brilliant job directing & all the actors were fab. Cynthia Errivo & Ariana Grande were pitch perfect as Elphaba & Glinda. And boy can those two sing! Chills. Sheer perfection.
December 5, 2024 at 2:22 AM
Saw #Wicked today. Wow. It’s everything & more. John Chu did a brilliant job directing & all the actors were fab. Cynthia Errivo & Ariana Grande were pitch perfect as Elphaba & Glinda. And boy can those two sing! Chills. Sheer perfection.
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SCOTZILLA fails the p.69 test abysmally: no mention of the wedding and the phrase "dragon slasher" is quite misleading about the book as a whole.
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"Scotzilla"
Catriona McPherson was born in Scotland and lived there until 2010, then immigrated to California where she lives on Patwin ancestral land....
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December 3, 2024 at 9:06 PM
SCOTZILLA fails the p.69 test abysmally: no mention of the wedding and the phrase "dragon slasher" is quite misleading about the book as a whole.
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SCOTZILLA is out there today, stalking the streets. It's set at the Summer Solstice and that's not the only way it's a pretty good antidote to the times.
If you like Schitt's Creek and think weddings have jumped the shark . . . could be the book for you.
catrionamcpherson.com/lexycampbell...
If you like Schitt's Creek and think weddings have jumped the shark . . . could be the book for you.
catrionamcpherson.com/lexycampbell...
December 3, 2024 at 3:00 PM
SCOTZILLA is out there today, stalking the streets. It's set at the Summer Solstice and that's not the only way it's a pretty good antidote to the times.
If you like Schitt's Creek and think weddings have jumped the shark . . . could be the book for you.
catrionamcpherson.com/lexycampbell...
If you like Schitt's Creek and think weddings have jumped the shark . . . could be the book for you.
catrionamcpherson.com/lexycampbell...
Can’t wait to read the latest in the Last Ditch series! These books always crack me up 😂
Dru Ann Love is sort of here - secured her domain but yet to sweep down the steps towards us all, wearing a floor-length cape, with two borzois in diamond collars at her side.
Still, loads of us know what a BFD it is that she said "superbly plotted and wickedly funny" about my new book. Chuffed!
Still, loads of us know what a BFD it is that she said "superbly plotted and wickedly funny" about my new book. Chuffed!
December 2, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Can’t wait to read the latest in the Last Ditch series! These books always crack me up 😂
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Some ALTER EGO love from Goodreads on the eve of release - including being listed as one of the site's Most Anticipated December Books + a lovely mention from bestie @kellyekell.bsky.social!
Most Anticipated: www.goodreads.com/blog/show/28...
20204 overview: www.goodreads.com/blog/show/28...
Most Anticipated: www.goodreads.com/blog/show/28...
20204 overview: www.goodreads.com/blog/show/28...
Readers’ Most Anticipated December Books
At the beginning of each calendar month, Goodreads’ crack editorial squad assembles a list of the hottest and most popular new books hitting shelves, ...
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December 2, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Some ALTER EGO love from Goodreads on the eve of release - including being listed as one of the site's Most Anticipated December Books + a lovely mention from bestie @kellyekell.bsky.social!
Most Anticipated: www.goodreads.com/blog/show/28...
20204 overview: www.goodreads.com/blog/show/28...
Most Anticipated: www.goodreads.com/blog/show/28...
20204 overview: www.goodreads.com/blog/show/28...
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December 1, 2024 at 5:18 PM
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Ok, admit it. Who here has tartled before? I definitely have!
Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
December 1, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Ok, admit it. Who here has tartled before? I definitely have!