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On the publication of my debut novel...
Tender is available in UK bookshops and online!
Sep 25, 2025
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"Personal Growth": How I wrote my debut novel
Get it?? Personal growth… And it’s a botanical body horror book? (sorry)
May 23, 2025
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There has been so much becoming
This is a debut substack post about my debut novel and my debut child
Apr 29, 2025
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Candles for the dark: thoughts on structuring novels
Understand gothic, uncanny, literary, and surreal fiction with these alternatives to traditional structure
Feb 14
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Lady Death | Short Story
A returning kitten, returning memories, returning bones
Jan 30
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Candles for the dark: thoughts on structuring novels
Feb 14
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There has been so much becoming
Apr 29, 2025
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Weird Girl Fiction, a.k.a. the genre I seem to be writing by accident
May 17, 2025
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Lady Death | Short Story
Jan 30
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On mast years in trees and writing craft
Thinking about nature and writing as winter rolls in
Nov 7, 2025
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The scene(s) I almost didn’t write
The ending can be the scariest part, and not just because I'm writing horror...
Oct 30, 2025
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For the curious: All about Tender, my debut novel
A quickfire guide to my book before it comes out in late September 2025!
Sep 15, 2025
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The Branches | Short Story (Interactive Fiction)
An interactive sci-fi piece, now available on itch.io!
Sep 10, 2025
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June by the Lake | Short Story
"She wanted only to watch the blithe body ahead of her, dancing through the grass as sunlight wove through her hair." A short story about healing...
Sep 3, 2025
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How to write a book using my totally unique methods!
(Disclaimer: they are not totally unique, and might also be the unhinged ravings of a busy-brained art mum)
Aug 29, 2025
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Store me in a cool, dark place | Short Story
Self-preservation turns toxic in this (short!) short tale
Aug 22, 2025
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Fictive Figments with Lauren du Plessis
Words and wanderings from a debut fiction author. Weekly folkloric and speculative flash fiction or short stories. Blogs on my writing journey and author life. 🌷TENDER is out in Sept '25
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