HeyJaredBijoux, From Author Natasha Lester
Come behind the scenes of author Natasha Lester's writing life for daring women, good books, writing wisdom, fashion, France and other bijoux gems!
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What to Read, Watch, and Look Forward To! (opens the original)
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Right now I’m in Sydney, as I’ll be appearing at the Northern Beaches Readers Festival this weekend. I arrived a couple of days early because the weekend coincides with my birthday and I wanted to spend some birthday time with my girls, who are here for university. I think I might be the only person from Perth who won’t be glued to the television for the AFL grand final, which I confess to having a hostile relationship with because it’s ALWAYS on my birthday and I’m forever having to move lunch
Following In a Heroine’s Footsteps Through France (opens the original)
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In August, I started a monthly post, writing about an incredible woman from history who’d inspired me with the way she moved through the world with grace and dignity, bravely (and often humorously!) fighting against all barriers that were put in her way. The first post was about the indomitable Martha Gellhorn.Today I’m going to talk about Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, the heroine of my novel, The Mademoiselle Alliance. I’ve already written <a href="https://natashalester.substack.com/p/the-forgotten
An Ode to Handwriting (opens the original)
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I feel like I say this every time, but is time moving at quadruple speed lately? How can there only be 4 months left of 2026? Time has felt especially nebulous lately because I’ve been completely focused on the second round of structural edits for GIRL OF THE YEAR (2027), which means I’ve essentially been ignoring every part of my life except writing and my family. No social media, only replying to the most important emails (sorry if you’re waiting for a reply from me!), no appointments unless a
Bring the Beautiful: My New Mantra. And You Have to Watch This Movie! (opens the original)
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Hello everyone! My life as a writer is pretty boring right now. I’m in the second stage of edits on GIRL OF THE YEAR, so all I do is sit at my desk and dive so deeply into my manuscript that I look up in the late afternoon and wonder why I’m not actually at the Rolling Stones first ever concert in New York in 1964 and where all my friends are! It’s a strange feeling—to be not just imagining, but feeling a story; to be almost convinced that you are the character through whose eyes you’re seeing—a
The Woman Who Had to Stow Away in a Ship's Bathroom to Get the Job Done (opens the original)
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My fortnight of rest and relaxation has been going well! I watched television during the day, which I’ve never done before, and it was so decadent! I ate chocolate while I watched television, I walked down to the beach and just stared at the water, I had a bubble bath, I started reading Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey (much better than the traditional translation I read while at uni) and I had dinner with my author pals , , and . And my brain feels all the better for
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