Where I'm At...

I'm not terribly sure. I have been working hard on proofreading and updating, it's so easy for little things to slip through. I am always mortified if they do, but thankfully nothing too terrible. (I forget question marks!)

I'm fairly new to Goodreads, at least, as an active author participant, and this is my first blog on the site. Not sure if anyone's reading it. It would be nice to get one or two likes, just to know I'm connecting. I guess I'll get the hang of it.

My latest book, The Minx, is currently being read by two reviewers, one an ex student, another a friend of a friend, and also another recent acquaintance has just read it. It's early days but so far I am getting such positive feedback and I'm pretty sure it's genuine.

I was anxious about publishing back "in the day" as it's somewhat cross-genre - a saucy historical black comedy with a "true" background. (In other words I have taken many liberties with established truth, but why spoil a good story?) My heroine is a kind of medieval Becky Sharp, and I loved writing her character. She's so ambitious and self-serving, you have to admire her.

So it's brilliant people seem to like the book. I don't think I'm being conceited to say I believe it's well-written, as I have been practising my craft all my life so I should be fairly competent by now. However, I'm not letting on quite how old I am.

This book has never been sent to a traditional publisher as I felt it was a little saucy and my Mum might get hold of it. How prudish I was. It's tame by modern standards. All the same, I think it's fun, and self publishing seemed the way to go. The speed at which modern traditional publishers move towards publication day leaves much to be desired - I want to be still alive and active, still in possession of a full set of teeth and hair, so as to enjoy some of the compliments (I hope.)

So, if you're reading this and you'd like to put The Minx on your list, that will be great.