Catherine Balavage Yardley
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Catherine Balavage Yardley
@catherineby.bsky.social
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Author of Ember and Where The Light is Hottest. Freelance writer. Editor-in-chief of Frost Magazine. Words in The Sunday Times, Mslexia, The Bookseller, The Guardian, Metro.
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What a cover! I cannot wait to read this amazing book with my children. I love Greek myths. Such a great concept and @honestmum never misses. Congratulations 🥂 It’s already had amazing reviews. #book #booksbooksbooks #authorssupportingauthors
I feel a Diane Keaton film marathon coming on.
Farewell to my beloved robot hoover. Murdered by a toy hamster. I will miss you. 😢
I have a photographer coming today to take pictures for a piece I’m doing for a dream publication. So of course my daughter dropped a glass bottle of fish oil and my house smells like sardines now. 😂😱
I have been told I’m in the new Downton Abbey movie in a flashback scene. Anyone else seen it and can confirm?
Love before kids: please never die. I couldn’t live without you.
Love after kids: please never die. There is no way I could take care of these kids without you.
Apropos of nothing: my mother always said the best way to judge a person’s character was by their friends.
Wanted to buy myself something nice that my children definitely wouldn’t like. Anyway,
Guess what their favourite snack is now. 🤦‍♀️😱😭😂 #chocolate #darkchocolatecherries #m&s
‘I tried to be softer, prettier, less awake,’ Beyonce in ‘Hold Up.’
Things that are dangerous in pregnancy: a high fever and inflammation.
Things that solve fever and inflammation: paracetamol. Also known as Tylenol.
Had the most amazing time at the launch of Murder in Moonlit Square by @paul_waters_author at @goldsborobooks Also had a lovely catch up with @authorivyngeow whose book, In Safe Hands, is out in November. #booklaunch #authorcommunity #authorlife #authorssupportingauthors
It’s been a tough week so far, and only Tuesday. So I took myself to Champneys for a massage, mani, pedi and eyebrow shape. As someone who is self employed I am harder on myself than any boss. I need to practice more self care and treat myself better. Came home to books. 😍❤️
Imagine if people put as much effort into making the lives of people with autism easier than they do obsessively trying to find out the reason they dare to exist in the first place. #AutismAwareness #autismacceptance
Ended last week with a lovely writing commission and have started this week with another one.
Now that’s a cake! Happy birthday to my husband. ❤️🎁🥂
Ending the week with a lovely writing commission. Happy me. #WritingCommunity #writerlife
I don’t know who Charlie Kirk is, but no one should die because of their beliefs.
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I think in September it's OK to consider all Christmas foods early rather than late. 😁