Another Step Forward.

Earlier in the year, while travelling back from Scotland, we stopped off in Pickering, a small market town in North Yorkshire. It’s a place I love to visit as I always feel as though I’m stepping back in time. It’s reminds of Chelmsford in Essex, where I grew up. Chelmsford was once a busy market town, with a main street lined with all kinds of different shops.

The main reason for stopping off at Pickering was I wanted to visit a recently opened independent bookshop. The shop has an interesting history in itself as it started life as a cottage in the heart of Pickering in the 1700s. Russell and I visited the building when it was a mixed shop that had a little of everything, from wool and craft materials to an antique and collectors shop.

As I had my books with me, I decided to see if the Pickering Book Tree would be interested in stocking my books. The owner chatted with me for quite a while about my writing journey and books. He then explained that the books had to be read by a reading panel to see whether they were suitable for his shop.

Yesterday, I received an email telling me that they had accepted Stone Angels a gothic crime novel, and my collection of short dark tales, Days Pass Like a Shadow. I’m delighted to finally get closer to having my books in a shop. Now, we just have to wait to see if the books sell.