This week’s WIP update.
‘A Night of Opposites’, the Delamere Files book 11, is currently open on my desk, where I am giving it its last read before preparing for publication. It’s back from the proofreader (always a little like waiting for your end-of-school report), and I am doing my final check. Andjela is finalising the cover, and as we’re making some changes, I can’t show you that just yet. When it’s ready, the first to see it will be members of my private Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/jacksonsdeviantdesires, if you’re not already in, join! It’s all free.

Here, though, is the title – not that it gives anything away.

And after this one? I hear you ask. Well… I have already made a start on Delamere 12, and this will be the last in the series. In fact, it may well be the last in the Clearwater world. But… I mean in terms of full-length, 100 K novels. I may do some more shorts along the lines of ‘1892’ and ‘1893’, or some side stories based around the characters, but not a full-on mystery. I think it will soon be time to turn my hand to something else.

I was recently contacted by HarperCollins about my book, ‘Bobby’, and they encouraged me to seek representation so they might consider doing something with it. It would have to be a second edition, perhaps with substantially more information, if I can find any to add, or with more embellishments, though without spoiling the ‘voice’ of the existing piece. On the back of that, I approached an agency via their recommendation, and they are currently reviewing ‘Banyak & Fecks’ not for publication, but to see how I write fiction. The ‘Bobby’ biography would be much different, and once Delamere 11 is up and running, I may get back to them about how to ‘move Bobby forward.’ However, I shall not be ‘Reaching out.’ I will write them an email.

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Here’s a bonus. I uploaded this photo by accident. It was meant for my other blog, the one about living in Greece, but here it is anyway. Monday morning at 04.30 heading down the hill to catch a boat.