242 words added today. New MS total: 63,186 BUT I also wrote a ~300 word book blurb, so I feel like I should get extra credit. Cause for some reason I have more trouble writing that blurb than I do writing the whole book. #MotherhoodInTudorEngland

Words added tonight: 1,022 New MS total: 64,208

Words added tonight: 492 New MS total: 64,700 Hoping for 67,500 by the end of the week… Can I get there? #MotherhoodInTudorEngland

Ok so the answer to my previous tweet was “NO”, but tonight I added 1,014 words, so there’s that! New MS total: 65,714 Let’s try to hit 67,500 by the end of THIS week! #MotherhoodInTudorEngland

Words added last night: 593 New MS total: 66,307 Wasn’t planning on writing at all last night, so that was an unexpected triumph! Hoping for ~1,000 more today… We’re in the home stretch. #MotherhoodInTudorEngland

Words added tonight: 667 New MS total: 66,974 All that’s left is the Introduction and Conclusion. 🥹 And a whole lot of revising. #MotherhoodInTudorEngland

Words added today: 952 New MS total: 67,926 #MotherhoodInTudorEngland #6WeeksLeft

Words added tonight: 791 New MS total: 68,717 Working on the introduction! #MotherhoodInTudorEngland

Words added tonight: 542 New MS total: 69,259 With bibliography, that’s 70,881. We are getting so close to the finish line, I can almost taste the revisions! #MotherhoodInTudorEngland

Words added: 1,593 New MS total: 70,852 With Bibliography: 72,499 I HAVE FINISHED THE ROUGH DRAFT! I can’t believe I’ve just typed those words, but this is it. An intro, 15 chapters, and conclusion. It’s rough (probably very), so next step: Revision. #MotherhoodInTudorEngland

Finished my initial proofreading and polishing of my manuscript tonight! Next steps: finishing up gathering my images, switching over spelling to British English, and writing the acknowledgements. 12 days until submission! #MotherhoodInTudorEngland

So begins the final step. (…of draft one!) #MotherhoodInTudorEngland

Manuscript has been submitted! #MotherhoodInTudorEngland

Found adorable Prince Edward at Washington DC’s National Gallery of Art.

More research is underway…

🔥 New books have landed at P&S HQ! 🔥 📚 What are you reading this weekend? 🤓

It’s UK Publication Day!!! I am SO excited to welcome my latest book to the world. This was such a joy to write and I’m so happy to see the positive reviews so far. Truly can’t wait to hold it in my hands. Link to purchase here: pen-and-sword.co.uk/Raising-the-Tu…

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#InTheSpotlight 📖 Raising the Tudors – Motherhood in Sixteenth-Century England by Stephanie Kline 🏵️ 🔗 buff.ly/VknCcGZ