Publishing

10-04-23: Progress on ‘The Help’

So…as I have mentioned in the newsletter, I took quite some time to ‘get going’ with the follow up novel. All the various factors conspired to slow me down, but finally, there is progress. I have written 90% of the ending. I have completely written the 1st murder, and am about half-way through the second […]

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28-03-23: Murder…he completed!

Well…. what i started, I have now finished! Wow! That took a lot longer than I thought it would. It’s the research that takes the time but imagine writing something and publishing it, only to be told by some eagle-eyed reader that that was ‘impossible’ or inaccurate! No it has to be checked properly So…one

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14-02-23: Happy Hearts day!

Greetings to Valentines, everywhere. If only I wrote romance novels!! It’s not easy to have a romantic element in the manuscript when one protagonist is killing folks and the other is trying to catch him. Ahh well… I was speaking on Twitter last week about writing in more than one genre. Someone asked if anyone

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05-02-23: Its a waiting game…

I completed the review of the developmental edit and proofreading. I generated 6 pages of comment. I sent it all back, and… …nothing. No comment back. No acknowledgement. Ahh well… this is obviously how it is! While I wait to see if my returned comments are incorporated into the final version, and before we get

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23-01-23: Out with the old and in with the new…

After finishing the Edited manuscript review, I had a day away from writing altogether. My renewed passport was ready for collection in BKK. This is actually an epic to collect. A long drive and then at the end, a stressful drive in Bangkok centre. Then trying to remember where the building is (GPS last time

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