Claire McCauley
@clairemccauley.bsky.social
Award-winning author
Quiz, puzzle & strategy game fanatic
5 kids, 1 dog 😅
Agent: Tanera Simons, Greenstone Lit
Linktr.ee/clairemccauley
Quiz, puzzle & strategy game fanatic
5 kids, 1 dog 😅
Agent: Tanera Simons, Greenstone Lit
Linktr.ee/clairemccauley
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We’re doing introductions? I live in Oxford, read books in all genres and love theatre and history, plus quizzing, puzzles and strategy games. I use all of the above as inspiration for the contemporary romantic comedy fiction I write. I also have 5 teenage/young adult children 😅
Butter wouldn’t melt… but Our Dog and Visitor Dog are being naughty in the night, so tonight it’s separation time, with one in the downstairs shower…
August 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Butter wouldn’t melt… but Our Dog and Visitor Dog are being naughty in the night, so tonight it’s separation time, with one in the downstairs shower…
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Non-members - try a copy of the society magazine Whispering Gallery for free if you are one of the first 20 people to email [email protected]. There’s no obligation to join the Society but we would love it if you would share a brief review with us (anything from a few words to a few hundred).
July 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Non-members - try a copy of the society magazine Whispering Gallery for free if you are one of the first 20 people to email [email protected]. There’s no obligation to join the Society but we would love it if you would share a brief review with us (anything from a few words to a few hundred).
Watching #geniusgame on ITV and #thedevilsplan on Netflix back-to-back is glorious but also leaves me yearning to rewatch OG Genius.
May 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Watching #geniusgame on ITV and #thedevilsplan on Netflix back-to-back is glorious but also leaves me yearning to rewatch OG Genius.
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The Romantic Novel of the Year Awards 2025 will take place on Monday 19th May 2025. The RNA’s Romantic Novel of the Year Awards are presented annually, recognising and celebrating the very best in romantic fiction.
romanticnovelistsassociation.org/rna-events/r...
romanticnovelistsassociation.org/rna-events/r...
March 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The Romantic Novel of the Year Awards 2025 will take place on Monday 19th May 2025. The RNA’s Romantic Novel of the Year Awards are presented annually, recognising and celebrating the very best in romantic fiction.
romanticnovelistsassociation.org/rna-events/r...
romanticnovelistsassociation.org/rna-events/r...
Sometimes feel like I live my life in service to my diva of a coffee machine. It’s always whinging about something.
March 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Sometimes feel like I live my life in service to my diva of a coffee machine. It’s always whinging about something.
Filled the home library of my dreams too quickly, so the man of my dreams extended it 😍
Now get to buy more books 🤣
Now get to buy more books 🤣
March 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Filled the home library of my dreams too quickly, so the man of my dreams extended it 😍
Now get to buy more books 🤣
Now get to buy more books 🤣
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🗓️ Save the Date! It may be the last day of Romance Reading Month today, but there’s plenty to look forward to!
#romanticnovels #romanticfiction #romanticnovelists
#romanticnovels #romanticfiction #romanticnovelists
February 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🗓️ Save the Date! It may be the last day of Romance Reading Month today, but there’s plenty to look forward to!
#romanticnovels #romanticfiction #romanticnovelists
#romanticnovels #romanticfiction #romanticnovelists
I loved the British Library’s #medievalwomenintheirownwords exhibition last week. Got straight home and ordered a copy of the Paston letters.
February 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I loved the British Library’s #medievalwomenintheirownwords exhibition last week. Got straight home and ordered a copy of the Paston letters.
My dog is obsessed with perching on this one small cushion to scowl at me today 🤷🏻♀️
#authorswithdogs #wirehairedvizsla #dogsinlibraries
#authorswithdogs #wirehairedvizsla #dogsinlibraries
February 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
My dog is obsessed with perching on this one small cushion to scowl at me today 🤷🏻♀️
#authorswithdogs #wirehairedvizsla #dogsinlibraries
#authorswithdogs #wirehairedvizsla #dogsinlibraries
Blissful hour starting my Christmas jigsaw and listening to #thedarkisrising on BBC sounds.
December 23, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Blissful hour starting my Christmas jigsaw and listening to #thedarkisrising on BBC sounds.
I love Macbeth and Jekyll & Hyde. Or rather, I *loved* Macbeth and Jekyll & Hyde, until helping the 3rd of my kids in 4 years to revise English Lit GCSE. Now I want to put them in the bin. And An Inspector Calls, while I’m at it. Kudos to English teachers - how do you stay sane? 🫠
#gcse #mumlife
December 11, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Like most writers, I have a lot of books, but I am finally - finally! - on the verge of having enough shelf space for them all.
Ninety two shelves to fill… should keep me going for a while!
Ninety two shelves to fill… should keep me going for a while!
December 8, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Like most writers, I have a lot of books, but I am finally - finally! - on the verge of having enough shelf space for them all.
Ninety two shelves to fill… should keep me going for a while!
Ninety two shelves to fill… should keep me going for a while!
My romantic comedies are each only 0.99 in December, thanks to a Kindle monthly deal 🎄
#booksky #romanticcomedy #kindle
#booksky #romanticcomedy #kindle
December 5, 2024 at 6:05 PM
My romantic comedies are each only 0.99 in December, thanks to a Kindle monthly deal 🎄
#booksky #romanticcomedy #kindle
#booksky #romanticcomedy #kindle
I’m not sure I’d have managed to keep going without the massive boost, early in my journey toward a writing career, of a long-listing from @bathnovelaward.co.uk Highly recommend entering.
✒️Upcoming submissions opening and closing dates
🌟2024 Bath Children's Novel Award (📚MG, YA, CB, PBT) closes 30 Nov
🌟2025 Bath Novel Award (📚A, YA) opens 1 Dec (2024) thru 31 May (2025)
🗺️Open to emerging writers everywhere
👐Sponsored entries always available
bathnovelaward.co.uk
#writersky #booksky
🌟2024 Bath Children's Novel Award (📚MG, YA, CB, PBT) closes 30 Nov
🌟2025 Bath Novel Award (📚A, YA) opens 1 Dec (2024) thru 31 May (2025)
🗺️Open to emerging writers everywhere
👐Sponsored entries always available
bathnovelaward.co.uk
#writersky #booksky
November 28, 2024 at 11:31 AM
I’m not sure I’d have managed to keep going without the massive boost, early in my journey toward a writing career, of a long-listing from @bathnovelaward.co.uk Highly recommend entering.
I’ve driven 80 miles to visit my parents. 😇
Okay, okay… I’ve driven 80 miles to visit my parents’ dog.
Can you blame me though?
#goldenretriever
Okay, okay… I’ve driven 80 miles to visit my parents’ dog.
Can you blame me though?
#goldenretriever
November 22, 2024 at 10:47 AM
I’ve driven 80 miles to visit my parents. 😇
Okay, okay… I’ve driven 80 miles to visit my parents’ dog.
Can you blame me though?
#goldenretriever
Okay, okay… I’ve driven 80 miles to visit my parents’ dog.
Can you blame me though?
#goldenretriever
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OK, my BOOKS & DOGS Starter Pack is up and running for any readers and writers who also love dogs. To be added pls share and comment with a pic of your pooch! 🐾
go.bsky.app/Tpw1Zej
go.bsky.app/Tpw1Zej
November 19, 2024 at 3:30 PM
OK, my BOOKS & DOGS Starter Pack is up and running for any readers and writers who also love dogs. To be added pls share and comment with a pic of your pooch! 🐾
go.bsky.app/Tpw1Zej
go.bsky.app/Tpw1Zej
I’m deep in the flow of my WIP, which I love more than anything, but also makes me struggle to concentrate on anything else/can’t read anything new/just called one of my kids the wrong name 🫣 Cannot wait to type THE END very soon, but also dread it because of saying goodbye to my characters.
November 20, 2024 at 7:45 AM
I’m deep in the flow of my WIP, which I love more than anything, but also makes me struggle to concentrate on anything else/can’t read anything new/just called one of my kids the wrong name 🫣 Cannot wait to type THE END very soon, but also dread it because of saying goodbye to my characters.
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💙📚I’ve been “reading” audiobooks more than books because I’m still healing chemo brain. Does anyone know if audiobook purchases help authors (bestseller rankings) & if they profit the same as for physical:digital books? I want writers to be supported as much as possible! #authors #writers #books
November 17, 2024 at 10:49 AM
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A starter pack of authors who are members of the Romantic Novelists' Association
bsky.app/starter-pack...
#authors #romancelandia #romancebooks
bsky.app/starter-pack...
#authors #romancelandia #romancebooks
November 14, 2024 at 7:11 PM
A starter pack of authors who are members of the Romantic Novelists' Association
bsky.app/starter-pack...
#authors #romancelandia #romancebooks
bsky.app/starter-pack...
#authors #romancelandia #romancebooks
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November 15, 2024 at 6:37 PM
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We’re doing introductions? I live in Oxford, read books in all genres and love theatre and history, plus quizzing, puzzles and strategy games. I use all of the above as inspiration for the contemporary romantic comedy fiction I write. I also have 5 teenage/young adult children 😅
November 15, 2024 at 7:35 PM
We’re doing introductions? I live in Oxford, read books in all genres and love theatre and history, plus quizzing, puzzles and strategy games. I use all of the above as inspiration for the contemporary romantic comedy fiction I write. I also have 5 teenage/young adult children 😅