Hi, all,

Today, I am over the water in Rhodes, but I thought I’d jot something down for today ahead of time, and include two new promotions, one of which starts today.

Firstly, though, Holywell Street, The Delamere Mysteries book eight…

I have started on chapter four of the first draft, and so far so good in terms of flow. However, I need to take a pause to get a few things straight in my head, or else I will be typing for hours only to rip the pages from the invisible typewriter and have to start again.

Having what I call first draft ideas on the page isn’t a bad thing, but you have to be able to tell the difference between talking to yourself and writing a novel. For example, by the time Holywell Street opens, the dynamic in Delamere House has shifted, and so has some of the furniture. I write out a couple of pages of what was what, and what room has changed to what, but this isn’t for the book, it’s to get things straight in my own mind.

As an example, what was the sitting room is now an office housing Baxter and Charlie, with a desk also for Jack who, though he now has the study, often prefers to work alongside his men.

One day, I’ll put up a fuller description so you can take a walk with me around Delamere Houe, but I shall need to draw a plan, and I’m not very good at that. If anyone has an architect’s program that will draw rooms/layouts and wants to draw me a floorplan…

Never mind, I’ll get to it one day. So, the news is that Book Eight is progressing at the rate of roughly half a chapter a day, and I hope it’s another intriguing case. Meanwhile, ‘Acts of Faith’ is doing well and proving popular – thank you for the private messages! And I am off to get ready for a day on a different island, so… back soon.

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