"I appreciate you..."

September 9, 2018

Three little words, my friends, and they mean so much to everyone.

"I appreciate you."

When I live by those words, and appreciate everyone around me, I watch people bloom.

Try it, if you need to spruce up your relationships.

"I appreciate you..." and "Tell me more..." are two of the best ways I know to say I love you.

Enjoy your weekend, everyone! Be fun to live with.

Love, Catherine x

PS.

News on Jacaranda Snow, my new picture book, coming next weekend! Yay!
We love Scrabble. I always lose; Luther always wins. He digs in with the determination of an athlete about to blitz his competition. I laugh and sing 80s songs and joke around with the boys and eat stuff. This was me last night...and it was a terrible defeat.

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Beach perfection. 🇦🇺 And dog perfection.

Thank you @bookbookowl - what a pretty photo of #lovelierepeat 💗

I took LOVE LIE REPEAT to the beach! You guys, it was soooo fun to read my own book at my favourite beach in the world!!💗 Can you believe how pretty Australia is? 💗 And btw, “Dashie” in #lovelierepeat is Holly irl. 💗Thanks for the squinty-eyed beach photo @luther_poier

“A YA Liane Moriarty...” 💗Thanks @thecosyreader 💗 . I would be beyond HAPPY to be a YA #lianemoriarty from Australia. . Fun fact: Liane and I live two suburbs apart!! We’re both upper north shore SYDNEY writers, both around the same age, both living the same vibe with kids and schools. 💗

Oh, just a million orchids outside my Woollies. 🌿 🌿Australia, you are such a pretty place to live. 🌿

Love Lie Repeat at an Aussie beach. 💗 . Thanks for the beautiful photo @jules_vanmil 💗

You guys! My new happy ring! $2 . Crystal Gold Metal cocktail ring @colettebycolettehayman . How much fun can a person have for $2? Answer: lotsssssss. 💗

LOVE, friends & the pressure to be perfect. 💗🖤 . Pre-order now! Free worldwide postage. Link in bio. . If you’re in 🇦🇺, #lovelierepeat is at your local bookshop 5 March. 💗

Love Lie Repeat’s on fire. 🔥👇🏻 . A little bit of this is going down: Penguin has sent Advance Reader Copies to smart and savvy people! . Isn’t the book wrapping gorgeous? . 19 days until it hits the shelves! . If you’ve preordered, thank you! Your support helps authors so much.

Baking for a new friend’s dinner party. Because why take wine when you can bring LOVE? ❤️

#frankiemagazine is out! I found a surprise inside...💗. . Thanks @penguinteenaus and the amazing Jen, who is so incredible at her job!💗 . Thank you @frankiemagazine for creating such a beautiful, thoughtful magazine! We all love it. 🇦🇺🇦🇺

Sydney! 💛❤️

Something pretty for you. 🇦🇺

Scribbly Gum. (Yes, really!) . Can you see why I love Australia so much? Even the trees are groovy. 🇦🇺 . Ya gotta get here, everyone! Then do a long, slow bush walk and look around at all the simple beauty.

The most exciting day of my life! 💗 . #lovelierepeat is beautiful! . What’s it about? 💗Girls, guilt and power...and why we hurt the people we love. . It’s also a love song to #sydney 🇦🇺 and to Canada’s #pacificnorthwest 🇨🇦. . . Quick, juicy, chilling, beautiful. 34 days until it hits the shops in Australia. Want it overseas? Link in bio. 💗💗 . Thank you for cheering me on, Instagram friends. (I’m excited, nervous, happy and trying to let myself be a beginner at this!)

Whip Bird! 💚Can you hear it? Love an Australia Day weekend bush walk. If you’re Aussie (too), thank you for welcoming us in this beautiful country. 🇦🇺🇨🇦

WIN a copy of my debut novel, LOVE LIE REPEAT, or my favourite RING! . LOVE LIE REPEAT is out 5 March — publishers at Penguin Books say it’s “intoxicating domestic noir” … “chilling and unputdownable.” . To me, it’s Scott Fitzgerald meets Daphne du Maurier, set in the privileged world of Sydney’s upper north shore! . To enter: . 1.Answer in the comments below: Is it ever okay to lie? . 2.Tag a friend you can always trust to tell you the truth. . Entries close on 1/02/2019. Open worldwide and limited to one entry per person. Two winning entries will be chosen (one for the novel, one for the ring) based on originality and creativity, and I’ll announce the winners on my Instagram. I’m running this promotion without any sponsorship, endorsement or association with Instagram. Just because I appreciate you!!

Gertrude & Alice bookshop cafe 💙OK, Aussies are the grooviest. 💙This cafe. Bondi 💙

Next book! Hope it’s coming your way next year! 🔥 . Finished it 1 Jan...then revised it again! Submitted yesterday to @penguinbooksaus 🧡 . I’ve said this a million times: the best part about publishing a book is sitting quietly and writing the book. Loving it as you write it. Drinking a million cups of coffee. Dreaming up a world. . If it’s your dream, you can do this! Just write the book. Write, write, write, write. Finish it. Then see what happens.

Six weeks until it hits the shelves. 💗 . #lovelierepeat . If you want to cheer me on, thank you!! To preorder, visit your local bookshop in Australia. Rest of world 🇨🇦🇺🇸🌍online link in my bio, free postage worldwide. . I appreciate you more than you know! 💗