CAPTIVE ON A CAROUSEL OF TIME

Long time, no chat. Life has been as busy as ever and my blog has been neglected.

 I returned from an amazing two months visiting New Zealand and Thailand and it’s been good to spread wings, see new corners of the world and re-assess where I want to go in the next months.

I fell in love with New Zealand. When I was in my twenties and living and working in Tanzania, East Africa, my husband I were offered a job in New Zealand, but at the time we discarded the idea.

I know what-ifs are negative but if it were possible to turn back the clock, I’d be sorely tempted. What a country! How beautiful! How empty! What lovely people!  What adventures we had and how we walked off our socks. I so want to return. We now have a Kiwi daughter-in-law, so if we are good, maybe we’ll be invited back.

I have another big birthday coming up next month. My clock is ticking. I want to pack as much in to the remaining years as my body and mind will allow.

Next month Bookouture is publishing Book number seven. I can’t tell you the title as yet and in fact I haven’t even seen the cover they have designed. Watch this space. But here is a hint of one of the settings.

I have decided to take a break before I start writing another novel. I need the head space and time to hunt for different ideas.  Carpe diem – it’s time to think where and what to plunge into next… It’s a phrase that’s been used again and again since Horace in 23 BCE. Nothing original about my decision.

These photos will never put over the beauty that my eyes and head experienced New Zealand, but here are a few to share with you.

I am starting Thursday Chats later this week with author friends and have asked them to share excerpts from their novels. Hopefully I’ll help you discover new books to add to your pile of to-be-reads.

Speak again in a couple of days.