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Although it’s Easter weekend here in Greece (and elsewhere), I am at work. Well, I am doing a little work, so I thought I would do one of those posts where I share my view. I am currently sitting at the computer table (not shown), and my desk is behind me. It’s all a bit messy at the moment as I was doing some research yesterday and haven’t put the books away. I was looking for a quote, so the blue book on the left is the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. Beside that is the Complete Works of Shakespeare, and then comes my larger notebook where I was reminding myself of Jack Merrit’s year of birth (1866, which makes him 26/27 in book eight of the Delamere Files). On top of that I have my smaller notebook, which goes back to pre-Deviant Desire days and holds all the info for the Clearwater series and most of the Larkspur series. Then comes the Oxford book of Modern Grammar, which I dip in and out of, and still get my grammar wrong at times. Finally, my A to Z street maps of London, dated 1888 (the maps, not the book).

As you can see, the desk needs dusting.

Also on it is the compass I used in the Larkspur Legacy, a model of a sextant, more notebooks, a tankard I bought 100 years ago in Cornwall, one of my magnifying glasses, and half a coconut shell I bought in Split, Croatia, on my honeymoon because I liked the colour.

Now then, let’s tour that side of the room from left to right, starting with the photo board top left, which contains images of my grandfather (in his priest robes), my dad and uncle when young, me and my brothers, and my nephew. Beneath that is a photo of the waterfalls at Plitvice Lakes National Park (Plitvička jezera), also in Croatia. On the wall beneath the clock that has never worked is a tapestry of a house we used to live in back on Romney Marsh, and the portrait is of my uncle when he was in his 30s. The second row of the bookcase is all Jackson Marsh books, and the rest are research books and my limited edition reprint of Dracula. The flag is the flag of Romney Marsh. By the desk, the box contains wedding memorabilia, and on it is my clarinet and the oboe I still can’t play, while the LV trunk beneath the window contains all our photos. I’ve had that trunk since I was eight, but the thing itself dates from 1912, and the inside has seen better days. The small one on top of it contains stationery, and the old minidisc and CD players need to be put or thrown away.

There you have it. One side of my office described on a day when I can think of nothing else to tell you, other than I will be here next week with a catch up of where I am with ‘Holywell Street’ (chapter eight at about 26,000 words, today), and to give you another chance to boost some indie authors by clicking around these promos where you can pick up new titles and bargains. Happy Easter!

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