Just another new year post

Yesterday I finished my very last copy edits for Tony Hogan. I spent the day in the luscious hush of the British Library, having tea and cake while trying to work out how best to explain the layout of towerblock council flats and googling Chesney Hawkes lyrics.

Last year I travelled across Russia by train and I worked for a Sultan in a Paris Chateau. And, of course, I wrote Thirst. I continue to work on Thirst but 2011 was the year it became a real book. 

I was never more grateful for writing in 2011; it was my constant and my foundation at times when things were very hard indeed.

In 2012 there will be cover-art and proofs and publication and then whatever else will follow on from that. I will just be focussing on writing as well as I can and being curious about the world around me so I can feed the monkey on my back and stop it pulling at my hair.

I leave you with the words I plan to live 2012 by: Work hard and be kind.

And the picture that made me happiest in 2011 (because it is always worth looking up):

Here's to 2012 and all the things it may bring. Happy New Year folks.