THE END (and the beginning!)

Finishing a novel – or any novel-shaped book – is a funny thing. Most books of course are finished more than once.  So finishing a first draft brings a huge sigh of relief, maybe a few happy tears for getting the characters out of the muddle I put them in, followed by some mulling time which can be anything from a week to a year.  Then it’s back to the drawing board for Drafts 2, 3, 4… because in my experience it’s only at the end of a first draft I know what I was trying to do. (And if I don...