Nicola Martin
@nmartinwriter.bsky.social
Author, #TheGetaway and #DeadRinger | Lover of weird art, sad songs and cute cats | She/her | nicolamartin.com
Achievement unlocked! I got an idea on the wheel. 😎😎😎 #RAANAP (my fave podcast, btw)
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RAANAP 305: Worst Roommate Ever – RobHasAwebsite.com
This week, Rob and Akiva discuss listener-submitted roommate horror stories.
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October 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Achievement unlocked! I got an idea on the wheel. 😎😎😎 #RAANAP (my fave podcast, btw)
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Here are all the marketing things I WISH I'd known when I was a debut author.
💐 9 Things Even a Marketing-Phobic Author Should Do: authorwebsitemarketing.com/9-things-eve...
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Writers #WriteSky
💐 9 Things Even a Marketing-Phobic Author Should Do: authorwebsitemarketing.com/9-things-eve...
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Writers #WriteSky
9 Things Even a Marketing-Phobic Author Should Do - Author Website Marketing
You should be thinking about marketing your book, even though you really, really don’t want to. Here's the bare minimum you need to do.
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October 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Here are all the marketing things I WISH I'd known when I was a debut author.
💐 9 Things Even a Marketing-Phobic Author Should Do: authorwebsitemarketing.com/9-things-eve...
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Writers #WriteSky
💐 9 Things Even a Marketing-Phobic Author Should Do: authorwebsitemarketing.com/9-things-eve...
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Writers #WriteSky
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Celebrating 1500 sales in my shop with 15% off through the end of the month 🥳 saralouisevintage.etsy.com
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October 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Celebrating 1500 sales in my shop with 15% off through the end of the month 🥳 saralouisevintage.etsy.com
It's been months in the planning, years in the dreaming, but my freelance marketing business is finally live: killer-marketing.com
To celebrate, I'm running two frankly ridiculous offers: 40% (FORTY percent) off website design and build, and a chance for a free (no strings) marketing review.
To celebrate, I'm running two frankly ridiculous offers: 40% (FORTY percent) off website design and build, and a chance for a free (no strings) marketing review.
October 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM
It's been months in the planning, years in the dreaming, but my freelance marketing business is finally live: killer-marketing.com
To celebrate, I'm running two frankly ridiculous offers: 40% (FORTY percent) off website design and build, and a chance for a free (no strings) marketing review.
To celebrate, I'm running two frankly ridiculous offers: 40% (FORTY percent) off website design and build, and a chance for a free (no strings) marketing review.
Read an article in the FT about the romance reader to hockey fan pipline, and got irrationally irritated that the author didn't know the genesis of "cinnamon roll" was an Onion headline, "Beautiful Cinnamon Roll Too Good For This World, Too Pure."
I've worked the salt mines of fandom. I KNOW. 😡
I've worked the salt mines of fandom. I KNOW. 😡
October 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Read an article in the FT about the romance reader to hockey fan pipline, and got irrationally irritated that the author didn't know the genesis of "cinnamon roll" was an Onion headline, "Beautiful Cinnamon Roll Too Good For This World, Too Pure."
I've worked the salt mines of fandom. I KNOW. 😡
I've worked the salt mines of fandom. I KNOW. 😡
*falls down in a heap* I've spent the last 50 billion hours (rough estimate) working on the websites for my new business (freelance marketing for small businesses and authors) and... I'm finally done! So I'll be ready to launch in the next week. Phew. 🎉
September 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
*falls down in a heap* I've spent the last 50 billion hours (rough estimate) working on the websites for my new business (freelance marketing for small businesses and authors) and... I'm finally done! So I'll be ready to launch in the next week. Phew. 🎉
Regret to inform that I am now on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@nmartinwrit...
(I know, you didn't know I was secretly 18 years old, did you?)
I'm actually having fun posting dumb videos about books and writing, so if that's what you're into, be my friend.
(I know, you didn't know I was secretly 18 years old, did you?)
I'm actually having fun posting dumb videos about books and writing, so if that's what you're into, be my friend.
Nicola Martin 📚 Author's Creator Profile
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September 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Regret to inform that I am now on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@nmartinwrit...
(I know, you didn't know I was secretly 18 years old, did you?)
I'm actually having fun posting dumb videos about books and writing, so if that's what you're into, be my friend.
(I know, you didn't know I was secretly 18 years old, did you?)
I'm actually having fun posting dumb videos about books and writing, so if that's what you're into, be my friend.
Getting ready to send out this month's newsletter! It contains an article from me about cutting down on screentime, book recommendations, and an interview with a psychological thriller author. Sign up to get it in your inbox: nicolamartin.com/list/
September 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Getting ready to send out this month's newsletter! It contains an article from me about cutting down on screentime, book recommendations, and an interview with a psychological thriller author. Sign up to get it in your inbox: nicolamartin.com/list/
Getting ready to send out this month's edition of my e-newsletter. I'll be sharing my TOP SECRET (well, maybe) ten-step process for how I plan my mystery-thriller novels. Don't miss out!
Sign up for the email (and get a free ebook on story characterization) here: nicolamartin.com/list/
Sign up for the email (and get a free ebook on story characterization) here: nicolamartin.com/list/
August 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Getting ready to send out this month's edition of my e-newsletter. I'll be sharing my TOP SECRET (well, maybe) ten-step process for how I plan my mystery-thriller novels. Don't miss out!
Sign up for the email (and get a free ebook on story characterization) here: nicolamartin.com/list/
Sign up for the email (and get a free ebook on story characterization) here: nicolamartin.com/list/
New blog post: 5 thrillers to read on the beach (or at home under a blanket) 📚🌴 www.nicolamartin.com/2025/07/5-th...
#crimefiction #thrillers #booksky
#crimefiction #thrillers #booksky
5 thrillers to read on the beach (or at home under a blanket) - Nicola Martin
Regardless of where you are, pick up a beach-read to pass the time. Here are five of my recommendations for fast-paced, fun, and crime-y reads.
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July 31, 2025 at 2:24 PM
New blog post: 5 thrillers to read on the beach (or at home under a blanket) 📚🌴 www.nicolamartin.com/2025/07/5-th...
#crimefiction #thrillers #booksky
#crimefiction #thrillers #booksky
Free 40-page ebook on how characterization can improve your fiction: www.nicolamartin.com/the-15-minut...
I've been working on this for literally months and I'm sooo proud of the end result. Here it is! Everything I know about writing great characters! I'd love it if you checked it out. 🥰
I've been working on this for literally months and I'm sooo proud of the end result. Here it is! Everything I know about writing great characters! I'd love it if you checked it out. 🥰
July 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Free 40-page ebook on how characterization can improve your fiction: www.nicolamartin.com/the-15-minut...
I've been working on this for literally months and I'm sooo proud of the end result. Here it is! Everything I know about writing great characters! I'd love it if you checked it out. 🥰
I've been working on this for literally months and I'm sooo proud of the end result. Here it is! Everything I know about writing great characters! I'd love it if you checked it out. 🥰
Two of my favourite things: books and puppies.
Took quick trip to Oxford last week to visit family. Cinnamon, my dachshund niece, just wants to live free and chase pigeons. Dream big, little dog, dream big.
Took quick trip to Oxford last week to visit family. Cinnamon, my dachshund niece, just wants to live free and chase pigeons. Dream big, little dog, dream big.
June 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Two of my favourite things: books and puppies.
Took quick trip to Oxford last week to visit family. Cinnamon, my dachshund niece, just wants to live free and chase pigeons. Dream big, little dog, dream big.
Took quick trip to Oxford last week to visit family. Cinnamon, my dachshund niece, just wants to live free and chase pigeons. Dream big, little dog, dream big.
The Getaway is out in paperback today! 🥳 I can confirm that the paperback is very cute and small and perfect for shoving in a bag as you head off on your summertime adventures.
If you're looking for a twisty mystery-thriller set in an exotic location, pick it up. www.nicolamartin.com/the-getaway/
If you're looking for a twisty mystery-thriller set in an exotic location, pick it up. www.nicolamartin.com/the-getaway/
June 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The Getaway is out in paperback today! 🥳 I can confirm that the paperback is very cute and small and perfect for shoving in a bag as you head off on your summertime adventures.
If you're looking for a twisty mystery-thriller set in an exotic location, pick it up. www.nicolamartin.com/the-getaway/
If you're looking for a twisty mystery-thriller set in an exotic location, pick it up. www.nicolamartin.com/the-getaway/
I've decided to make a light pivot from blogging to sending out a monthly e-newsletter, where I will... bascially blog, but you'll get it in your email inbox instead.
I'll be sending out the first of my monthly e-newsletters later this week, so please sign up for free at: www.nicolamartin.com/list/
I'll be sending out the first of my monthly e-newsletters later this week, so please sign up for free at: www.nicolamartin.com/list/
June 2, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I've decided to make a light pivot from blogging to sending out a monthly e-newsletter, where I will... bascially blog, but you'll get it in your email inbox instead.
I'll be sending out the first of my monthly e-newsletters later this week, so please sign up for free at: www.nicolamartin.com/list/
I'll be sending out the first of my monthly e-newsletters later this week, so please sign up for free at: www.nicolamartin.com/list/
I had a stress dream where I only had a month until an A-Level exam on a subject I'd never studied.
Woke up being like... huh. That sounds a lot easier than the thing I actually have to do, which is write another novel. 🫠
Woke up being like... huh. That sounds a lot easier than the thing I actually have to do, which is write another novel. 🫠
May 31, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I had a stress dream where I only had a month until an A-Level exam on a subject I'd never studied.
Woke up being like... huh. That sounds a lot easier than the thing I actually have to do, which is write another novel. 🫠
Woke up being like... huh. That sounds a lot easier than the thing I actually have to do, which is write another novel. 🫠
There comes a time in your life where you simply must begin making statements like: oooh, now that's a lovely viaduct.
Took a sunny walk from Pensford to (a part of Pensford I didn't mean to go to, and then back to the middle of Pensford, before going to) Stanton Drew. Ya girl loves a stone circle.
Took a sunny walk from Pensford to (a part of Pensford I didn't mean to go to, and then back to the middle of Pensford, before going to) Stanton Drew. Ya girl loves a stone circle.
May 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
There comes a time in your life where you simply must begin making statements like: oooh, now that's a lovely viaduct.
Took a sunny walk from Pensford to (a part of Pensford I didn't mean to go to, and then back to the middle of Pensford, before going to) Stanton Drew. Ya girl loves a stone circle.
Took a sunny walk from Pensford to (a part of Pensford I didn't mean to go to, and then back to the middle of Pensford, before going to) Stanton Drew. Ya girl loves a stone circle.
One of my favourite parts of being an author is getting to see my name on the flyleaf of a book. Look! It's meee. I wrote that! Makes me feel like a big kid.
I'm doing a final proofread of my third novel, #TheSpotlight, before it's bound up into ARCs (advance reader copies).
I'm doing a final proofread of my third novel, #TheSpotlight, before it's bound up into ARCs (advance reader copies).
May 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
One of my favourite parts of being an author is getting to see my name on the flyleaf of a book. Look! It's meee. I wrote that! Makes me feel like a big kid.
I'm doing a final proofread of my third novel, #TheSpotlight, before it's bound up into ARCs (advance reader copies).
I'm doing a final proofread of my third novel, #TheSpotlight, before it's bound up into ARCs (advance reader copies).
The German translation of #TheGetaway is officially out now, published by Tropen Verlag as #TheIsland and translated by Benjamin Mildner.
The German audiobook also comes out this week, read by Cornelia Tillmans. Danke schön!
The German audiobook also comes out this week, read by Cornelia Tillmans. Danke schön!
May 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The German translation of #TheGetaway is officially out now, published by Tropen Verlag as #TheIsland and translated by Benjamin Mildner.
The German audiobook also comes out this week, read by Cornelia Tillmans. Danke schön!
The German audiobook also comes out this week, read by Cornelia Tillmans. Danke schön!
How long does it take to write a book? For me:
📚 Two months of planning
📚 Six months to write a readable draft (I write a draft zero, plus another draft)
📚 Six months of structural edits (hell)
📚 A few weeks of line edits, copyedits, proofreading (here are my last few edit notes to myself)
📚 Two months of planning
📚 Six months to write a readable draft (I write a draft zero, plus another draft)
📚 Six months of structural edits (hell)
📚 A few weeks of line edits, copyedits, proofreading (here are my last few edit notes to myself)
May 8, 2025 at 11:35 AM
How long does it take to write a book? For me:
📚 Two months of planning
📚 Six months to write a readable draft (I write a draft zero, plus another draft)
📚 Six months of structural edits (hell)
📚 A few weeks of line edits, copyedits, proofreading (here are my last few edit notes to myself)
📚 Two months of planning
📚 Six months to write a readable draft (I write a draft zero, plus another draft)
📚 Six months of structural edits (hell)
📚 A few weeks of line edits, copyedits, proofreading (here are my last few edit notes to myself)
Sunny days are for reading in the park. 🌞 (Yes, I have #selfemployedpersonprivilege and can skive off in working hours, but I'm also skint, so it balances out, right? 😆)
My most recent read is I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai. 📚 #booksky
My most recent read is I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai. 📚 #booksky
April 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Sunny days are for reading in the park. 🌞 (Yes, I have #selfemployedpersonprivilege and can skive off in working hours, but I'm also skint, so it balances out, right? 😆)
My most recent read is I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai. 📚 #booksky
My most recent read is I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai. 📚 #booksky
When people learn that I extensively plan my novels before writing them, their reactions range from "how on earth do you do that?" to "doesn't it get boring?"
Here's my secret: at least some of my plan turns out to be absolute dogshit and I have to replot on the fly. Keeps things interesting. 😅
Here's my secret: at least some of my plan turns out to be absolute dogshit and I have to replot on the fly. Keeps things interesting. 😅
April 30, 2025 at 10:49 AM
When people learn that I extensively plan my novels before writing them, their reactions range from "how on earth do you do that?" to "doesn't it get boring?"
Here's my secret: at least some of my plan turns out to be absolute dogshit and I have to replot on the fly. Keeps things interesting. 😅
Here's my secret: at least some of my plan turns out to be absolute dogshit and I have to replot on the fly. Keeps things interesting. 😅
Reading true crime alone in a forest.... A great thing to do... 👀 Definitely not an ironic way to get murdered. 😬
My current read is My Dark Places by James Ellroy, where he writes about his own mother's murder. A fascinating glimpse into LA in the 1950s, and the prose cuts like a knife. #booksky
My current read is My Dark Places by James Ellroy, where he writes about his own mother's murder. A fascinating glimpse into LA in the 1950s, and the prose cuts like a knife. #booksky
April 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Reading true crime alone in a forest.... A great thing to do... 👀 Definitely not an ironic way to get murdered. 😬
My current read is My Dark Places by James Ellroy, where he writes about his own mother's murder. A fascinating glimpse into LA in the 1950s, and the prose cuts like a knife. #booksky
My current read is My Dark Places by James Ellroy, where he writes about his own mother's murder. A fascinating glimpse into LA in the 1950s, and the prose cuts like a knife. #booksky
It's all happening! #TheGetaway is in Kobo's Easter sale for just £1.99, but if you prefer something you can hold in your hands, the paperback is out in only 7 weeks. If you pre-order it, it'll be a lil gift from you to you when it drops through your letterbox. 🥰🎁
www.nicolamartin.com/the-getaway/
www.nicolamartin.com/the-getaway/
April 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
It's all happening! #TheGetaway is in Kobo's Easter sale for just £1.99, but if you prefer something you can hold in your hands, the paperback is out in only 7 weeks. If you pre-order it, it'll be a lil gift from you to you when it drops through your letterbox. 🥰🎁
www.nicolamartin.com/the-getaway/
www.nicolamartin.com/the-getaway/
I love doing a zero draft of my novel, because I can just describe a reaction with the words FACE CRACK and not elaborate in the slightest. #amwriting
March 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I love doing a zero draft of my novel, because I can just describe a reaction with the words FACE CRACK and not elaborate in the slightest. #amwriting
Murder? I hardly know 'er!
Last night, the year was 1929, the setting was a sumptuous country house (actually, a falling down community hall) and the murder weapon was POISON.
I had a lot of fun organising a little murder mystery evening for my Toastmasters (public speaking) club.
Last night, the year was 1929, the setting was a sumptuous country house (actually, a falling down community hall) and the murder weapon was POISON.
I had a lot of fun organising a little murder mystery evening for my Toastmasters (public speaking) club.
March 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Murder? I hardly know 'er!
Last night, the year was 1929, the setting was a sumptuous country house (actually, a falling down community hall) and the murder weapon was POISON.
I had a lot of fun organising a little murder mystery evening for my Toastmasters (public speaking) club.
Last night, the year was 1929, the setting was a sumptuous country house (actually, a falling down community hall) and the murder weapon was POISON.
I had a lot of fun organising a little murder mystery evening for my Toastmasters (public speaking) club.