Cats! And a bit about the next book
The internet loves pictures of cats, and as I support five of them, I thought I might as well use them for a bit of blogging. We have five cats because whenever we go on vacation, my daughters act like magnets to local stray kittens. In addition, I am convinced my house is the go-to location on the cat-equivalent of Google Maps for pregnant strays dumped in the local forest who need a receptive home. So, there are a few cute cat pictures below this text.
The headline news from me, and the reason why this is my first post this year, is that today I typed “THE END” on, er, the end of my next novel, the tenth. Hopefully, then, this blog will become a little more active in the weeks ahead: next in the process is for me to design and create the cover, fix the publication date, and put the book up for pre-order. Then all that’s required is structural editing, continuity editing, line editing, beta reading, final editing, proofreading, and final proofreading. Oh, and it might require some more editing and proofreading as well.
In any case, The Repulse Chronicles, Book Five: The Race against Time now exists somewhere other than just inside my head. And yes, the irony of writing a series of novels based on a cowardly, murderous, deranged psychopath killing innocent Europeans is not lost on me given current events.
Take care and stay safe, peeps. Here are the cats:
Wafer in the downstairs bathroom (underfloor heating)
Bonnie on the couch
Bonnie on the kitchen floor (underfloor heating)
Wafer again
Bonnie again
All three tabbies together: Wafer, Bonnie and Joey
