Voices 2 on the Drawing Board

Voices – An Excerpt Spooky Chart Surprise

Voices 2 on the Drawing Board

I’ve never been a big fan of movie sequels. With one or two exceptions, they always pale into insignificance at the side of the original.

The same can be said of books. I’m not talking series like the STAC Mysteries, where each book is independent of the original and which can be read in any order. I’m talking sequels where the next book is a continuation of events hanging over from the original.

And one such book is my novel, Voices.

I spent a good deal of 2009 and 2010 writing the original and I consider it one of my best works. Based on sales, most people don’t agree, but then, most people don’t even know it exists.

The solution to this invisibility, it has been pointed out to me many times, is a sequel. The problem with a sequel, as I have pointed out many times, is I don’t have a story strong enough to warrant it.

Well, now I have.

Having the story and writing it, ensuring it comes up to the same high standards as the original are different matters. This thing is not likely to hit the virtual bookstands this month. It’s unlikely to hit those bookstands this year. It may never get to those bookstands, because I will not pass it to my editor, Maureen Vincent-Northam, or my publisher, Crooked Cat Books, until I’m satisfied with it, and it won’t see the light of day until they’re satisfied with it, too.

But, I have the hook and the story. All I have to do now is get on with it. Watch this space.