Lyn White 💙

Meet Mackenzie Bly (not his real name; see back cover). I wanted to write something purely funny, but I fell in love with my lead character along the way. It's out in August, but the lovely proofs have just arrived. Retweet before tomorrow (Sun) evening, and I'll pick 2 winners.

See you next week in Linlithgow, very excited to hear about Jimmy Perez's new adventure

Neda is eleven and lives in Afghanistan. Because she is a girl, there is no more school for her.

@stevenveerapen Thank you @stevenveerapen for my prize which has just arrived. I am on holiday from 18th September so this is going in my suitcase! Lovely inscription too. Thank you .

This was great fun - and whoever did this advertisement is an absolute hero!

I restarted my online workshops for women in Afghanistan today. I asked them what sort of poem they would like to write. Wisna expressed her longing for freedom. She also longs to be heard. Please pass it on. @WDIAfghanistan @WRNAfghanistan

It’s publication day for witches! To celebrate, I’m giving away a copy - like and/or retweet and I’ll put a name out of a Toby Jug on Saturday! 🎉 amazon.co.uk/Witches-Kings-… #witches #witchcraft #History #HistoryWriters

GIVEAWAY TIME: Next Friday night I’ll pick one random winner and send them a free copy of THE STAND gift edition. Slipcased and lavishly bound and illustrated. All you have to do to be eligible is Follow and Retweet. Good luck!

@KilkennyChris Brilliant news Chris... Congratulations to you all 😄

WE ARE PREGNANT!!!! 💙❤️ Now that we’ve told the kids, they were shocked and super excited. Now more than happy to let my friends, family & colleagues know that me and Steph are expecting a little bundle of joy in the first week of December. really good healthy happy scan today!

And what do you achieve in Holyrood @jackiebmsp Was it "arrogance" when @Douglas4Moray stood for Westminster & Holyrood ... no because he is a #Tory same as you

So this is not a return to universality but restating the current position of @UKLabour Highly misleading @AnasSarwar so how are you going to measure "need" suspect those on pension credit. More lies from @ScottishLabour

If everyone who has been grateful for an NHS doctor followed and retweeted we would reach a million followers this evening and be much stronger together

Should have gone to #Specsavers ...

Absolutely agree, this was a brilliant read but no surprise there as everything I have read of #JohnBoyneBooks is brilliant. Looking forward to the final part of the quartet #books #amreading

@Andy_Jonesy @Kidney_Research So sorry we couldn't be with you Andy, we said a quiet goodbye to your mum ... such a kind heart ❤️ RIP Marl

Thanks to donations at my mums funeral this week, along with dad doubling the money, we were able to send nearly £750 in mums memory to @Kidney_Research between us. Thanks to all who donated to a cause so close to our hearts. RIP Mum xx

#NHSScotland was certainly there when I needed it. From diagnosis to life-saving surgery in 3 months. Stop moaning & scoring cheap political jibes & appreciate what we have. The amazing, caring hardworking staff deserve praise not criticism @ScottishLabour

Please repost for all the paramedics and ambulance staff who are working this evening We really could not be more grateful you are out there

Happy #HistoryWritersDay24. My latest novel, The Secrets of Blythswood Square just came out in paperback & has been longlisted for the Saltire Prize 🎉 I’m giving away a signed copy. Will post worldwide. Follow & RT to enter. Winner chosen tomorrow am at random. Good luck.

@KilkennyChris @SLMacdonaldd Wonderful news Chris ... May you always be as happy as you are today 😊

We kept this quiet but today Me and @SLMacdonaldd got married today in glencoe in an intimate ceremony ❤️

I am not sure if anyone cares what a 27 year old with autism and special needs has to say, but I want to help inspire others. I lost both my parents when I was 19. I was attacked and bullied. But it hasn’t broken me. Can you retweet this if you care what I have to say?