The Delamere Dilemma

I thought it was time for a quick update on the next and probably last book in the Delamere files. The Delamere Dilemma.

At the moment, I am up to 120,000 words of the first draft, and am approaching the time when things will start to come together and head towards the climax. How I am to achieve what I want to achieve at the climax, while keeping it realistic, is yet to be seen, but I have a good idea where Jack and his men are leading me.

Interestingly, this story has presented me with a dilemma of its own. Part of the story takes us back to the days of the East End Ripper and the events of Deviant Desire (the Clearwater mysteries book one), the story that set off all three series and all 30 books, plus a couple of spin-offs.

The dilemma is: The Delamere Dilemma names the Ripper, something you don’t find out in ‘Deviant Desire’ until near the end of the book, but you do find out, so it will only be a spoiler if you haven’t read the Clearwater books. Maybe.

Still, there’s nothing I can do about it now, as this is the way the series has to end, and it will also end the trilogy of series. Anyway, that is still ongoing, and there’s a lot more work to do.

Spammers

I’ve given up naming them all on the page I set up. I have just deleted about 20 from this week so far, and they really are not worth my time. They don’t even deserve a mention. I shall post some of the funniest and most dreadful ones when I think they might entertain. Hopefully, newbie authors will have picked up on the obvious: that these praising, offering, too good to be true offers and approaches really are too good to be true, and you should not pay them any heed. No publisher or even agent will approach an indie, self-published author offering to get you ‘properly’ published, so just give them the old ‘spam-and-bin’ routine.

Meanwhile, at Home

Meanwhile, we are having an up and down spring here in Greece, with the weather remaining unpredictable, but it’s due to start being summer soon. I have been working on this book and hardly seeing anything of the world, which is fine by me, as I need to be free of it before I can start relaxing, and as I said, there’s still a way to go.

Promos

I didn’t enter many of these this month, but I am still publicising for others. So, here’s a collection of 52 titles with new authors and established writers side by side, all doing our bit for each other by cross-sharing these promos, with folk who like to read, and thus, support indie authors.