Reaching the end, Page proofs and Library talks- my writing week
This week I finished writing the first draft of my eighth saga novel set in the coalmining village of Ryhope in 1919. I can't yet tell you anything about this one, or the title and there's still a long way to go before I send it to my publisher and consider it 'done'. I'm now in the process of editing the book and then I'll print it again, read it again, edit it again and keep on doing this until I'm truly happy with the finished result. Only then will I send it to the publisher. But it's still a milestone and one I'm celebrating! I had a short story called The Social Media Girl in this week's Best magazine. It's a fun story about a woman who takes on a new role creating social media content for a wildlife park. But then strange things start to happen in her new role when her wild side begins to appear. Thank you to Scarborough Writers' Circle for this wonderful write-up in the Scarborough News about my talk to the group earlier this mo...
