WEP Get Together – February
If this fails to appear on February 1st, blame HMRC (His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs) for wanting me to file my 2022-2023 tax return by midnight on January 31st, 2024. Failure to submit by the deadline incurs a £100 fine, which increases after 3 months. Unfortunately, I won’t have submitted the return by the time this post appears, as I’m still missing one document.
However, this WEP Get Together may be about more than writing, yet scribbling might distract me from worrying about unforeseen mishaps.
As I wrote in my last blog post, I will continue writing more Freedom Flights episodes until a just peace for Ukraine is reached. I’m aiming for one episode per month and have devised a thread echoing the 2023 WEP/IWSG Challenges movie theme. February’s episode may appear next week.
Graphics by Jonathan Temples – http://jonathantemples.co.uk/
My crucial and ongoing issue is editing. Although I have an excellent editor in London, Yen Ooi, I’m over a year behind on her suggested revisions of Fevered Fuse, my North Wales police procedural… the first novel with Sparkle Anwyl. I’m slow, partly as ‘Freedom Flights’ keeps demanding my attention, but mainly as I struggle with health problems including deteriorating eyesight. I fear another rewrite may be a draft too far, even though my UK editor understands my style and approach. Incidentally, Yen was the UK editor of my first novel, Spiral of Hooves.
Maybe I must seriously consider finding a ghostwriter to ensure that at least two more novels are published. A UK journalist cousin did offer to help… but for a price. As for my American stepfamily, there were no serious offers… at any price.
What price is reasonable? Have you ever considered any form of writing partnership?
“The writing world changes constantly and is not without its challenges.” Denise Covey
For other WEP Get Together posts visit:
https://writeeditpublishnow.blogspot.com/2024/01/1-wep-get-together-february-1-2024.html
P.S. I love Olga’s badge for WEP at the head of this post.
