Monday again, and this will probably be a short update.
The sun is shining in my part of Lancashire, but it’s still cool.
On the writing front, slow progress was made on my WIP
with around 4000 words added to Half Full
and a few ideas sketched out – as much planning as I do. I also wrote up the
blog post for the introduction of While
You See a Chance for Manifold Press on 1st of April. I’ve
planned up to five posts for the release blitz/tour of this and my other book, My Highland Cowboy, out with Pride
Publishing on 6th June. Ideas have popped into my head for my
possible Christmas story, which I suppose I will need to get on with some time
soon.
For some reason, I haven’t managed much reading this
week. I read Shameless by R. G.
Alexander. The Finn series is a bit of a guilty pleasure, though I’ve not read
them all. I also devoured Play Dead
by Avery Cockburn, who kindly sent out an ARC of this story. More Colin and
Drew this time and an angsty tale that I loved. I can’t recommend this series
enough if you like Scotland and football, as I do, combined with a bit of
politics and religion.
This week’s box set, after finishing Supernatural S2, is the
original UK version of House of Cards
which stands the test of time and is interesting because of how it saw the
future of the monarchy as well as politics. Supernatural S3 will be next. On
Saturday, I watched the whole of S3 of Frankie
and Grace which I enjoy more for the women than the men. I love Lily Tomlin,
and have even warmed to Jane Fonda, but, although I’ve been in love with Martin
Sheen since The West Wing, I can’t quite
get my head around his character, or that of Sam Waterston, and they seem
awkward together. Still watching Black
Sails and worrying what will happen to Flint. All the pieces pre-Treasure Island are starting to fit into
place.
This week, I need to get some more writing done to see if
I can get WIP over 70K words, and make a start on the blog posts, although I’ve
found a new family tree to do so that always distracts me, and I’ve been
updating my own. I ended up having an interesting set of messages with someone
in Australia about how people in the past change their names and basically lie
about who they are and where they are from, but I’ve a blog post to write about
that maybe.
Oh well, that short update became a bit longer than I
expected.
Have a good week everyone.