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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Five Things I Love About You has has had a facelift…. And is now called A Chance Worth Taking! What do you think of the new cover/title?

Two book covers on a pink background - one is green and is called ‘Five Things I Love About You’ and the other is pale blue and called ‘A Chance Worth Taking’

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Reading For Leisure @debbiehartuk.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Some lovely book post from @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social and @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social. Thank you very much. If you like a little romance with a north-east setting then this book could be right up your street. #BookSky #BookBlogger Check out my review here tinyurl.com/3x5fvb39

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

I’m halfway through writing book 13 which means it’s almost time to decide it’s the worst book ever written and start all over again. Why doesn’t never get any easier?!!

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

It’s been a whirlwind publication week - but Five Things I Love About You is finally here!

Clare holds a copy of her book. The book has a green cover and pale yellow writing spelling out Five Things I Love About You

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

I’m thrilled that my thriller No Son of Mine has just been accepted into Amazon Prime - which means it’s ABSOLUTELY FREE to download! (and if you don’t have Prime, it’s still only 99p and I’d love you forever if you downloaded it anyway!)

Yellow background with a black and yellow book cover saying ‘no Son of Mine’. Arrows from the book say it’s for fans of Lisa Jewell, dark secrets, full of twists and totally addictive

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Reading For Leisure @debbiehartuk.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

#FiveThingsILoveAboutYoy from @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social and @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social was such a lovely, heartwarming romance. I’m excited to start #BadInfluence from C. J. Wray (aka Chrissie Manby) and @orionbooks.bsky.social as I loved #TheExcitements

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Reading For Leisure @debbiehartuk.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

It was great catching up with familiar characters in the cosy crime mystery #TheCornishCastleMurder from Fiona Leitch and One More Chapter. Now it’s time for a little romance with #FiveThingsILoveAboutYou from @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social and @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social #booksky

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I turned 50 this week and when I see the number written down it looks really old. But I don’t feel old. I still feel like me in my twenties (if a bit more tired). So I’m reframing it all as lucky, and am determined to achieve all of my dreams - or at least try my hardest! Watch this space…

Clare blowing out candles on a birthday cake with fairy lights in the background

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I have a new book coming out! Five Things I Love About You is out on 24th April and is a story about love, fate and searching for happiness.

A book with a green cover and yellow lettering spelling out the title: five things I love about you, sits in front of a field of flowers

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I love writing love stories of all kinds but I’d say this is the most unashamedly romantic book I’ve ever written. What’s your favourite love story?

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

I love writing books, but I ADORE writing these two words. This book, my second thriller, has been a tricky one to write with several false starts and a couple of pauses to replan along the way. But this evening, finally, I hit 83561 words and it feels brilliant!

Word document with the words ‘The End’ typed on it

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I’m trying to get my book finished this week so of course I’m going to spend most of it faffing around on social media….

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

How many cups of tea per day is too many? Asking for me

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Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Wow. it must feel terrible when someone takes something you made and uses it without permission or payment

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I have news! My psychological thriller, No Son of Mine, has dropped to 99p/0.99c on kindle! So if you fancied giving it a go, now’s your chance!

A black book with yellow lettering spelling No Son of Mine, against a brick wall painted blue, and a red circle with 0.99

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Copy edits for book 11 to go through this weekend and am already irritated by them. Am on page 7 of 222 🤣

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

AI has its uses, but giving it the capability to steal work and pass it off as original is not one we should be striving for.

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

My publisher asked for a photo of me holding No Son of Mine and this is the slightly startled result. Anyway, please buy my book, I promise it’s good!

Clare is standing in front of a bookshelf holding a copy of No Son of Mine, a book with a black background and yellow lettering

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

I’m 76k words into my WIP and I’ve hit a brick wall and can’t seem to find an ending. Please send help!

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

The light was lush out and about on my walk yesterday. This is the longest walk I’ve managed since my knee op and I’ve really missed it

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Did you know that as well as women’s fiction, I also write psych thrillers as CL Swatman? Here's a little story about how it all began. . . When I started writing No Son of Mine, I never intended it to be a thriller. I had an idea for a story that explored the 'nature-versus-nurture' theme. 1/1

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Thank goodness for electric blankets. *shivers*

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Scuse me, can someone write my book for me please because I’ve forgotten how….

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

This is an interesting article - and as a full time writer who has considered quitting and finding a salaried job numerous times, quite a depressing read…. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Impoverished authors are told they should do it for the love. Try saying that to a dentist | Gareth Rubin

The average income for a writer is now £7,000. For our sake and the country’s, we need financial assistance

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

I’ve had three books out this year and I still don’t believe I’ve worked hard enough ;) Happy new year to everyone. Let’s hope 2025 is a good one x

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

The thing I love best about the period between Christmas and new year is that I sleep SO much! It’s 9.24am and I’ve only been awake for 10 mins. As a menopausal woman this feels like a Christmas miracle!

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Merry Christmas ya filthy animals! Hope you all have a happy, peaceful one. Xx

Clare sitting in front of a Christmas tree with a pile of the books she has written, including Last Christmas and No Son of Mine

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Lovely afternoon having a long overdue catch up with the brilliant @lisatimoneywrites.bsky.social and @laurapauthor.bsky.social. Thanks ladies, I needed that! X

Lisa, Laura and Clare sitting at a table grinning like loons

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Uptoolatereading @uptoolatereading.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Heard about Last Christmas @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social on Bluesky and promptly downloaded it to my kindle. Full review over on insta but spoiler alert I loved it! www.instagram.com/p/DDrbMK1CYn... #bluesky #uptoolatereading

Last Christmas by Clare Swatman on kindle. Kindle lying on wooden floor with New York snow globe in corner.

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

I went out for dinner dressed in double glitter and I’m very pleased with myself. How much glitter is too much glitter anyway?!

Clare standing in front of a Christmas tree wearing a black glittery top and a black sequin blazer

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

I finished structural edits for the next Clare Swatman book last night. Today, I’ve been trying to get my head back into my next thriller because I need to write at least another 10k words before Christmas. My brain hurts

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Gah, such a tease - SO close to the Amazon top 100, yet so far!

Photo shows Last Christmas at number 130 in the Amazon kindle charts

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

I didn’t let storms, crap trains or a knee operation get in the way of getting to Newcastle Noir today! Had such fun talking about No Son of Mine with fellow panelists

Clare and jacky standing in front of the Newcastle Noir banner

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

After much faffing and cancelled trains this morning, I’m almost in Durham and will be in my second favourite city, Newcastle, tomorrow for the brilliant Newcastle Noir Crime Writing festival. Hooray!!

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MoMoBookDiary @momobookdiary.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

It's the #ChristmasReadalong hosted by @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social We are reading #LastChristmas by @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social Grab a copy and join us for a few days of fun! amzn.eu/d/fgMACQz #LastChristmasReadalong #ClareSwatman #BoldwoodBooks

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I’ve just bought a mattress that’s so expensive I’m considering selling a kidney to pay for it, but also can’t wait for it to arrive. This is middle age, folks

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Eek! It’s publication day for my first psychological thriller, No Son of Mine! It never gets less terrifying.

Black book jacket with the title in yellow capital letters: No son of Mine

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

I might* have eaten this entire massive slice of fruit cake. Burp *took me about 45 seconds

An enormous slice of fruit cake on a plate in front of a laptop

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

This is the face of a knackered author who was awake at least once an hour last night but is now trying to make sense of her structural edits. I look and feel ANCIENT!!

A photo of Clare, looking really tired, wearing a pink sweatshirt with ‘The Smashing Pumpkins’ written across it

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

[interview] "Any weaknesses?" "I sometimes let myself down in interviews" "I think you're doing ok" "You would. You're a fucking idiot".

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Clare Swatman @clareswatmanauthor.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I’ve just realised that my very first thriller is out THIS WEEK, and it’s fine I’m TOTALLY CALM ABOUT IT! 🤣🤣

Book cover with black background and the words NO SON OF MINE in yellow capital letters, and the name CL Swatman in white

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