Well, that's it - I've written 'The End' on 'Death at the Happiness Club'. I don't feel morally obliged to write any more this month, but as I've started to go back and pick up some dropped stitches I might as well finish doing that before I abandon the novel for a while. I've got …
the end in sight!
This is just a quick post again to say that the end of 'Death at the Happiness Club' is in sight, although a couple of gaps have opened up in the middle which will need to be filled. I didn't realise they were gaps until I got a long way past them, much as you …
waiting for the murder…
I don't have enough words left in me today to write very much here! I've been storming through my new Pitkirtly novel at a ridiculous speed - so fast, in fact, that I haven't managed to stop and murder anyone yet. I have blown something up but I *think* nobody was seriously injured! I hope …
Hallowe’en in Pitkirtly
A gentle tale of Hallowe'en is now available on the 'Encounters' page (above right).
warming up
Much to my own surprise, I've now embarked on another Pitkirtly short story which I hope to complete before the 1st of November. I think the only word for this, although it's completely out of character, is 'yikes!' This is a Hallowe'en story, 'Encounters', which at the moment meanders a bit too slowly through the set-up, …
back from limbo
With only a couple of weeks to go until the start of NaNoWriMo, I've collected quite a few ideas about what to include in this year's visit to Pitkirtly. During last week I added another one to the list. I decided it was time we found out what had happened to Christopher's sister Caroline - …
little extras
While preparing for NaNoWriMo, I suddenly remembered 'Conclusions'. It's a short (2,000 words or so) story set in Pitkirtly which I intend to publish in time for Christmas, since it has a sort of Christmas theme. I will probably only put it on Smashwords and on this blog, since it is too short to ask …
preparing for November
It's only the start of October, but I already feel the urge to get ready for National Novel Writing Month in November. Every year I worry that the magic won't work for me and I will end up with no novel, or, perhaps even worse, a novel with no recognisable plot. I hope to inoculate …
interview with a character – Christopher Wilson
CW: Are you sure you wouldn’t rather start with Amaryllis? She’s much more interesting than me. What do you do for fun? CW: I suppose I like to relax with friends over a drink in the Queen of Scots. But sometimes ‘fun’ and ‘relax’ aren’t the right words for that – especially if Jock McLean …
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jargon
I seem to have absorbed a piece of marketing jargon through my skin - we are surrounded by it everywhere these days - so I think what I am in the process of doing at the moment is a 'soft launch' for my latest mystery novel 'A Reformed Character'. I have publishe d it today …
Cecilia Peartree - woman of mystery 