Writing Restoration – when the story bites back

Where did this come from? I don’t know! All manner of consequences are biting V in the backside in this third book, Restoration (WiP). Bringing the series home.

‘Do you honestly think I—’

‘No, I fucking don’t!!’ Bela yelled. His eyes flashed red, his jaw distended, his very white teeth lengthened and I swear he hulked larger. All just for a second, just for that moment when his temper got the better of him.

Bela had never yelled at me before. Never. And I was fully aware I’d been challenging over the years, like Iditarod challenging, Paris-Dakar challenging, Sydney-to-Hobart Yacht Race challenging. But never, ever had Bela Tepes yelled at me.