It's almost Lent. This year, I can't give up gorgeous cake as I've already had to give that up in my pursuit of weight loss, so I've decided I'm giving up Abe books and Amazon. Once those last few books arrive, that is... I'm sure I shouldn't have this much fun doing background reading. At the moment, very little is set in stone and I'm just following trails of thought and seeing where they lead. It's so exciting! And being on holiday now is perfect - this is all I've been wanting to do since Christmas. I'm spending the week on a 'writing and researching' retreat in my own home, (punctuated by little trips out to the dentist and clothes shopping and the Royal Mail Depot to pick up the book parcels they've tried to deliver!)
The first 3000 words and a synopsis of The New Book were entered last week for the CWA Debut Dagger competition. I was entry 506 apparently. As always, I was still tinkering with things up to the last minute, and I don't delude myself that this new venture is really going to appeal to many people except me, but as I had 3000 words under my belt, I thought it was worth a try! 'In it to win it' and all that...
The tree is in St James's Park, taken on a trip down to London a few weekends ago: a totally magical weekend. Pretty sure this one is an Ent...
Happy birthdays to Tom and Sam xx
