Today is #TransDayofRemembrance when we honor and remember trans lives taken by violence. How horrifying that a deadly attack upon the LGBTQ+ community in Colorado Springs should occur right before this solemn day.
Hate isn’t born in us. It is taught. It must end.
This starts with our political leaders, who must cease their cynical attacks against our community before another attack occurs.
Call out the hate. Remind them of its consequences. Hold them to account.

Am I in time for #caturday? This is a statue of the cat goddess Bastet that I saw at the British Museum. Does it count? I love how proud she looks.

Brexit is dead. The Sunday Times tomorrow is reporting Sunak will take the UK into a Switzerland-style relationship with the #EU. That will inevitably be the first step, leaving a sensible government to keep moving the country back to where it should be at the heart of the EU. Bring on the coming Conservative civil war but brace yourself for the return of poundshop Mussolini Nigel Farage.

Hello Mastodon! I’m a psychological thriller #writer based in Islington, London. My debut, MY NAME IS ANNA, won the Daily Mail/Random House First Novel Prize, and 2nd, OUT OF HER DEPTH, was a Richard&Judy Pick. Book 3, A GIRL LIKE THAT is out next year.
Plot twist: I also work in the restaurant biz, so you’ll find me on here wanging on about #food as well as #books …plus much about the crazy joys of life with my nut job 3yo old, Marlowe. Do say hi! #BookToot #writingcommunity #foodie #mumlife