About the Books
Today’s blog post will be the last of this year, so I want to take the opportunity to thank all my readers for their support through 2025. It’s been a very productive year for me, starting in March with the publication of Acts of Faith (Delamere seven), followed by Holywell Street, Snake Hill, and recently, A Depraved Indifference (Delamere 10). What next for Jack Merrit and Co.? I shall have a think while I am away on our Christmas tour of Europe.
I wasn’t only working on the Delamere series, though. I very recently launched 1893 on the world, and that is now on the Clearwater Tales series page. As that has only just come out, there are no reviews or ratings yet, but I had a lovely comment from a reader who had just read the Barrister’s Tale and described it as reminiscent of an Ealing Comedy. Brilliant! Exactly what I wanted to hear.
Also, during the year, I tried out with some moving book covers, and I continued with my promo activity, hoping to promote other indie authors while also promoting myself. Again, you are a great help with this. The more clicks my promos get, the better reputation I have in the indie community as someone willing to help promote others.
I also signed up to BookBub and Bluesky, so if you haven’t connected there, here are my profile links:
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About the Personal
The Christmas adventure I mentioned starts next Friday. Me, husband, godson and his mum are heading off on a tour of Europe (buts of). This year, instead of spending a fortune on presents and one feast at home, we decided to spend several fortunes on a 12-day trip and have Christmas elsewhere. This isn’t a quick flight to an all-inclusive hotel somewhere, though, oh no. It’s partly ‘The Clearwater Inheritance’ and partly ‘The Larkspur Legacy’ except without the mystery or schooner. Here’s a brief itinerary:
I will be posting photos and updates on my Facebook Page, with special posts in my Facebook Group, Jackson’s Deviant Desires.
Rhodes flight to Athens, Athens flight to Milan. Quick train to Verona for a couple of nights, so we can get it a day in Venice. (Neil as booked us half an hour with a gondolier – I think he meant gondola.) From there, to see the Tyrol and Innsbruck, then on to Salzburg, and from there to Prague for three days over Christmas. Thence, to Transylvania on an overnight train via Budapest and Vienna, for a few days in Romania (hopefully seeing the castle that’s on the front of ‘Inheritance’), and New Year’s even in Bucharest before flying back home. Phew!
For now, though, that’s it. I’m off! Thanks again, and let’s keep in touch via my Facebook and/or Bluesky. JM
