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E.J. Lamprey

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2024 here we come - my seventh year in Spain and the one where I will master Spanish, or at least understand more of it. The problem isn't thinking up what to say, it is working out what is being said in response -

The last time I updated this profile I mentioned I was working on 2 books at once, I'm a little unnerved to realise that it is now 5 books, despite putting out two recently, the second Place book (Joanna Lamprey, and promptly being swept off into too many ideas for the third) and Hotchpotch which is a combination of old and new stories, novellas and shorts, and which I have absolutely no idea how to market. Nothing changes there, then.

My website link still goes straight to the guesthouse page, because fellow writers are my favo 2024 here we come - my seventh year in Spain and the one where I will master Spanish, or at least understand more of it. The problem isn't thinking up what to say, it is working out what is being said in response -

The last time I updated this profile I mentioned I was working on 2 books at once, I'm a little unnerved to realise that it is now 5 books, despite putting out two recently, the second Place book (Joanna Lamprey, and promptly being swept off into too many ideas for the third) and Hotchpotch which is a combination of old and new stories, novellas and shorts, and which I have absolutely no idea how to market. Nothing changes there, then.

My website link still goes straight to the guesthouse page, because fellow writers are my favourite guests (cyclists are my second favourite. Eclectic mix) but all the tabs are obvious, blogs on the home page, the usual. Recent blogs are more about my rescue dog than writing. That may change. I do find marketing the most fearful bore, because I am so very unskilled at it. I like my own books, and (should I even admit this?) re-read them occasionally. I do read lots of other books too. If others like mine I'm elated, but hate telling people I meet socially that I'm a writer. They're always disappointed not to have heard of me and if they do then read something I've written, tell me my books sound just like me. When it's something fairly violent and fast-moving, like Do-Over, that can be a bit unnerving. That's possibly one reason for defiantly submitting Hotchpotch because it is in several voices. Anyway. If we're already in synch, hey, there are two new books out there. If you're wondering whether I'm worth trying - well, I ramble a bit. You probably guessed that. I write cosy stuff, most of the time - you know, cup of tea, muffin, one of my books, we have a match. The "One to Six" box-set for the first 3 whodunits is a bargain. "Do-Over" is rather more hamburger than muffin. "Hotchpotch" is 3 novellas, all completely different, and a scattering of shorts. Wish you'd try it, if only to tell me how to describe it ...

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	One Two Buckle My Shoe 4.21 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Thirteen Fourteen Maids A-Courting (Grasshopper Lawns #7) 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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#siesta van is now a #weekend van – progress of sorts –

Apologies to anyone who might have been waiting for updates on the siesta van because I’m not being particularly forthcoming or speedy – in reality as much as in reporting, although a fair amount has been slowly achieved. It is definitely now a weekend van (although, with back and side doors open to entice breezes, fantastic for siestas).

The van did attain its MOT, 3rd try, and I shan’t go into th

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“Iain now calls you Jessica Fletcher, and he said I can tell you things within reason, and we can both sit back and wait for you to solve our cases. And that he’ll be consulting you on one or two others, but I think he was joking.”
― E.J. Lamprey, One Two Buckle My Shoe

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