Back Home Again

The holiday was great. Back home in the town I grew up in. It managed to completely reaffirm something that I already knew. I am just so glad I got out of England.

England has a proud, proud history, and even I am proud of that, but the current … well lets say past, current and from I have witnessed future generation(s) are happily destroying it by being nothing but ungrateful, lazy slobs who do not want to do anything that isn't all about them. That however is a post (or two) for the coming days. An advance warning, these posts will no doubt be very controversial.

I figured that after such a long absence I had better start with something writerly.

As you will remember (I hope) my novel Highway to Hell is currently with the editors, and sadly, or should I say embarrassingly enough, it is taking longer than expected. I spoke to him whilst on holiday and discovered I have a slight problem – ready very large problem – with run on sentences. Something I am not going to work hard on eradicating from work.

They good news is that the worst problems were this, grammar issues, and not large plot holes or terrible prose. Which I find thanks to my rather fragile self-esteem to be a huge relief.

I should be getting the finished work back sometime this week, and the same with my cover art. All in all I am delighted that my editor – Everything Indie – was so brutally honest with me because it means that A. they know what they are doing, and B. I know what I need to focus on with my second novel.

Also, I has given me the idea to start a weekly post about Grammar. Starting at the very beginning and working my way through.

As it is now time to unpack the bags and get a cup of that good dutch coffee I have been craving all week, I will bid you farewell. It is great to be back and I am pleased to see you all.