Laura Sweeney
@lauracsweeney.bsky.social
Writer of uplifting, emotional women’s fiction.
Debut novel: My Grandmother’s Secret OUT NOW
Occasional cocktail drinker
Has an out of control TBR pile
https://linktr.ee/laurasweeney
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Debut novel: My Grandmother’s Secret OUT NOW
Occasional cocktail drinker
Has an out of control TBR pile
https://linktr.ee/laurasweeney
🩷💜💙 🏳️🌈
Little video to mark publication day for my third book, My Mother’s Photograph.
November 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Little video to mark publication day for my third book, My Mother’s Photograph.
It’s publication day. Book 2, My Great-Aunt’s Diary is out now! ow.ly/yRRV50WyzKi
August 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
It’s publication day. Book 2, My Great-Aunt’s Diary is out now! ow.ly/yRRV50WyzKi
July 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Almost two weeks on from publication and I am totally overwhelmed by all the lovely things people are saying about My Grandmother’s Secret. She’s making her way up the charts too.
July 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Almost two weeks on from publication and I am totally overwhelmed by all the lovely things people are saying about My Grandmother’s Secret. She’s making her way up the charts too.
Look at that!!
#bookpost just hits differently when you know the author personally! I am so excited to have my copy ♥️ #booksky @bookouture @lauracsweeney.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Look at that!!
Cover reveal!
My Great-Aunt’s Diary is the second book in the Dovecote Cottages series. Out August 5th. Available for Kindle pre-order now. geni.us/B0DVBQZS97au...
My Great-Aunt’s Diary is the second book in the Dovecote Cottages series. Out August 5th. Available for Kindle pre-order now. geni.us/B0DVBQZS97au...
June 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Cover reveal!
My Great-Aunt’s Diary is the second book in the Dovecote Cottages series. Out August 5th. Available for Kindle pre-order now. geni.us/B0DVBQZS97au...
My Great-Aunt’s Diary is the second book in the Dovecote Cottages series. Out August 5th. Available for Kindle pre-order now. geni.us/B0DVBQZS97au...
My photo memories presented this beauty today. Thought @museumbums.bsky.social would appreciate it.
June 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
My photo memories presented this beauty today. Thought @museumbums.bsky.social would appreciate it.
My baby is on NetGalley
www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
All sorts of feelings, mostly fear, at the prospect of the first reviews 🫣
www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
All sorts of feelings, mostly fear, at the prospect of the first reviews 🫣
May 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
My baby is on NetGalley
www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
All sorts of feelings, mostly fear, at the prospect of the first reviews 🫣
www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
All sorts of feelings, mostly fear, at the prospect of the first reviews 🫣
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Proof this guy is full of SITH.
In Star Wars. those who have embraced the Dark Side of the Force wield red lightsabers. So, in other words, perfect.
May 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Proof this guy is full of SITH.
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🧵NOT BY ME, this is a post from someone who wants to remain anonymous but works extensively with trans people pre-transition. They were asked by someone “why do you think that’s so much [coverage of trans people] in the news at the moment?”
This was their response:
This was their response:
April 20, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🧵NOT BY ME, this is a post from someone who wants to remain anonymous but works extensively with trans people pre-transition. They were asked by someone “why do you think that’s so much [coverage of trans people] in the news at the moment?”
This was their response:
This was their response:
I am beyond excited to reveal my debut novel. My Grandmother’s Secret is out in July, but it can be pre-ordered right now. geni.us/B0F38NBB9Qau...
Isn’t she gorgeous!!
Isn’t she gorgeous!!
April 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I am beyond excited to reveal my debut novel. My Grandmother’s Secret is out in July, but it can be pre-ordered right now. geni.us/B0F38NBB9Qau...
Isn’t she gorgeous!!
Isn’t she gorgeous!!
Phenomenal women like Betty were the inspiration for a character in one of my books. Anyone who gets the chance should visit Bletchley Park, what was done there was truly mind blowing.
Bletchley Park code breaker Betty Webb dies aged 101
Bletchley Park code breaker Betty Webb dies aged 101
Betty Webb MBE worked at Bletchley Park during World War Two intercepting enemy messages.
www.bbc.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Phenomenal women like Betty were the inspiration for a character in one of my books. Anyone who gets the chance should visit Bletchley Park, what was done there was truly mind blowing.
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WORLD-FIRST: Ground-breaking research published today in the Ornithologist Journal has, for the first time, translated common UK bird vocalisations into equivalent phrases in the human language.
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
April 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Gritting my teeth and pushing through the pain because I’m going home. How I’m going to manage getting my suitcase up three flights of stairs when I get there is a bridge I’ll cross when I get there.
March 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Gritting my teeth and pushing through the pain because I’m going home. How I’m going to manage getting my suitcase up three flights of stairs when I get there is a bridge I’ll cross when I get there.
Cheerio Arosa. Maybe next time will be better. I won’t hold it against you, though. You’re still one of my favourite places to visit.
Splitting the long journey home in two seeing as I can only move at the pace of an asthmatic sloth in this damned ankle.
Splitting the long journey home in two seeing as I can only move at the pace of an asthmatic sloth in this damned ankle.
March 26, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Cheerio Arosa. Maybe next time will be better. I won’t hold it against you, though. You’re still one of my favourite places to visit.
Splitting the long journey home in two seeing as I can only move at the pace of an asthmatic sloth in this damned ankle.
Splitting the long journey home in two seeing as I can only move at the pace of an asthmatic sloth in this damned ankle.
Just realised that book 3, which is the entire reason I have come to Switzerland in the first place, features a character falling and spraining her ankle. I have been smotted (?) by the writing gods.
March 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Just realised that book 3, which is the entire reason I have come to Switzerland in the first place, features a character falling and spraining her ankle. I have been smotted (?) by the writing gods.
It’s all well and good being an independent woman who goes on holiday alone, until you trip down a step and twist your ankle. I am that person who goes to a ski resort and injures themselves without setting foot on a ski slope.
March 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
It’s all well and good being an independent woman who goes on holiday alone, until you trip down a step and twist your ankle. I am that person who goes to a ski resort and injures themselves without setting foot on a ski slope.
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when you say “duhh ai writing is good actually” you’re the yellow guy. this is u
March 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
when you say “duhh ai writing is good actually” you’re the yellow guy. this is u
one of the things I do when editing a first draft is jot down the first couple of words of each chapter, to make sure I’m not repeating myself or starting each chapter with a description of the weather. It has given me great pleasure to be reminded that chapter 5 starts with the words David Bowie.
March 9, 2025 at 11:29 PM
one of the things I do when editing a first draft is jot down the first couple of words of each chapter, to make sure I’m not repeating myself or starting each chapter with a description of the weather. It has given me great pleasure to be reminded that chapter 5 starts with the words David Bowie.
Printer deployed and green lever arch ring binder activated. Can only mean one thing - it’s red pen time. #TheEditingStrikesBack
March 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Printer deployed and green lever arch ring binder activated. Can only mean one thing - it’s red pen time. #TheEditingStrikesBack
Earlier this week I got very excited about my new kitchen bin, and I’ve just ordered a special battery storage case. I would bemoan the loss of a wild and reckless youth had I ever had such a thing.
February 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Earlier this week I got very excited about my new kitchen bin, and I’ve just ordered a special battery storage case. I would bemoan the loss of a wild and reckless youth had I ever had such a thing.
To Kill A Mockingbird. But also, The Snapper and The Van by Roddy Doyle were fundamental to expanding my vocabulary.
February 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
To Kill A Mockingbird. But also, The Snapper and The Van by Roddy Doyle were fundamental to expanding my vocabulary.
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The Hosking Houses Trust
supports women writers, artists and creative practitioners, usually over the age of 40 to develop their work through short-term residencies at Church Cottage nr Stratford-upon-Avon.
Details in link.
Please share :)
hoskinghouses.org.uk
supports women writers, artists and creative practitioners, usually over the age of 40 to develop their work through short-term residencies at Church Cottage nr Stratford-upon-Avon.
Details in link.
Please share :)
hoskinghouses.org.uk
February 9, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The Hosking Houses Trust
supports women writers, artists and creative practitioners, usually over the age of 40 to develop their work through short-term residencies at Church Cottage nr Stratford-upon-Avon.
Details in link.
Please share :)
hoskinghouses.org.uk
supports women writers, artists and creative practitioners, usually over the age of 40 to develop their work through short-term residencies at Church Cottage nr Stratford-upon-Avon.
Details in link.
Please share :)
hoskinghouses.org.uk
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Microsoft is going to price gouge you by adding their genAI to your subscription without your consent, and they are not transparent about how to avoid this bullshit.
Here's how to change your subscription back to "Classic" for a lower charge without Copilot: answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffi...
Here's how to change your subscription back to "Classic" for a lower charge without Copilot: answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffi...
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January 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Microsoft is going to price gouge you by adding their genAI to your subscription without your consent, and they are not transparent about how to avoid this bullshit.
Here's how to change your subscription back to "Classic" for a lower charge without Copilot: answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffi...
Here's how to change your subscription back to "Classic" for a lower charge without Copilot: answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffi...
