CAROLINE DEACON
Writer, reader, creative writing tutor
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Beginning to look a lot like #Christmas
All ready for #Christmas in our new home - waited till storms past before putting our this #wreath
#tbt to visiting the Brontës’ parsonage in Yorkshire. Felt like they’d just put down their pens and nipped out for a walk on the moors.
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#brontesisters #brontë #brontecountry #charlottebronte #charlottebrontë #annebronte #annebrontë #emilybronte #emilybrontë
My new #desksetup is done and Bertie is all ready to choose the #moodmusic #catsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #writingcommunity #writersofig #writingwithcats
Cats are settling into our new home. They’ve never seen stairs before but seem to like them #catsofinstagram #blackcatsofinstagram
Almost forgot to mention this #sundayreads . After a long day unpacking boxes about to collapse under the duvet with this recommendation from @drnaturegirl and out there on front desk at the lovely @toppingsedin #sundayreading #bookstagram #booklover #amreading
#tbt to a warmer time this year, when I was in #Morocco just before lockdown. I was at a fabulous writers’ retreat, working on a rewrite of my middle grade novel, Green Eyed Monster.
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#throwback #throwbackthursday #instascene #middlegradebooks #middlegradefiction #writersretreat #marrakesh
This week’s #sundayreading is new(ish) #yafiction from the UK, chosen by last week’s poll (so thanks!)
Realise haven’t read any UK YA for a while. Not since the fabulous Bearmouth by @londonbessie This one is near future dystopian thriller, so far so good #bookstagram #booklover #book
Have a #spooky #halloween
Paper recycling about to go out ... oh wait hang on #catsofinstagram #blackcats #catsinboxes
We are moving! Not sure Bertie is keen. #catsofinstagram #catsandboxes
#edinburgh #waterofleith looking moody in #autumn
This #sundayreading is 900 pages long so maybe it will turn into next #sundayreads as well! So far I’m loving it. The only negative is that it’s damn heavy to hold... I admit to struggling to like the last Cormorant Strike book but glad I’m giving him another chance #bookstagram #books #booklover
What should I read next? The theme this week is #yabooks. Answer on my story poll and let me know here - one with most views I will read next!
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#booksofinstagram #igreads #igbooks #instabook #instabooks #instaread #instareads #goodreads #bibliophile #bookworm #booklover #bookish #booknerd #bookaddict #bookaholic #bookwormlife #booknerdigans #readinglist #bookstagram #igbooks #reading #bookish #booknerd #igreads #bibliophile #booklover #bookaddict #bookaholic #bookwormlife #booknerdigans #bookstagram
#throwbackthursday to visiting #sylviaplath’s grave in Heptonstall near Hebden Bridge (where Happy Valley is filmed).
“Even amidst fierce flames the golden lotus can be planted.”
In this picture it says Sylvia Plath Hughes - though people used to chip off “Hughes” as they blamed her husband - the former poet laureate - for her suicide.
Also note all the pens in her grave...I didn’t much like the cheap biros. What was that about?
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#yorkshire #plath #poet #poetry #tbt
This #sunflower seeded itself in my window box from last summer. It only began to emerge recently and is now flowering in the #autumn gloom of #Edinburgh. It must be wondering WTF happened?#triumphofhopeoverexperience
Only just started this #sundayreading but as with all Linda Grant’s books I am completely immersed. Discovered her only recently; she is marvellous at evoking certain times and places. Loving this story of daughter of refugees in London. #sundayreads #bookstagram #booksworthreading
A sad time waiting for my step-father’s funeral so popped into the bookmark fabulous bookshop in @grantownonspey #bookhaul #bookstagram #booksworthreading
Last bit of the longest day on #caterantrail . Not seen another person all day! #wilderness #scotland #hikingadventures
This #sundayreading #nanshepherd seems appropriate as I walk the #caterantrail which dips into #cairngormsnationalpark - the setting for one of the most evocative pieces of nature writing. And in case you’re wondering where you heard the name, nan shepherd is on the Royal Bank £5 note
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