Cecilia Peartree – woman of mystery
setting the scene in Pitkirtly
After leaving 'The Heir to Nothing' unfinished for a month while I got on with other stuff ranging from short stories and Christmas letters to trying to get the sills on the Panda welded, an unexpectedly lengthy process, the Christmas break has at last meant I've had time to read through the story so far …
I'm still not entirely convinced it was a good idea to try and write the third novel in this particular series for National Novel Writing Month this year. For a start, the series was only supposed to have two books in it, but I left so many loose ends after the second one, which is …
As I come out of the post-publication slump which often happens, I've decided to set aside September for planning, thinking and possibly researching - that depends on how the planning and thinking goes. Although I am always happy to plunge into a bit of research, especially if it ends up taking me somewhere nice. When …
At times it seemed like a Mission Impossible, although without the chase sequences involving various kinds of transport, and definitely without the disguises, especially the masks, but I've managed to complete and publish both the novels I've been working on in recent months, and still leave a whole week free for plotting the next one …
The first of November only means one thing to me - apart from the fact that I need to arrange for my car to have its MOT test in the next couple of weeks, that is. It's National Novel Writing Month! Last year at this time I was facing the month ahead with some trepidation …
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A Merry Christmas to all my readers, and please welcome my guest, Matthew Drzymala I think if you read on you’ll see why it’s particularly appropriate to post my interview with him today, Christmas Eve. Our writing has something in common, which is that we write stories set in places that haven’t quite got themselves into …
We are now on the approach to NaNoWriMo again - how did it come round so quickly? I suppose taking part in the summer camp version in June is what has made the time flash past! The November one is definitely still the main event, with tens of thousands of participants and lots more activity …
I've been very pleased so far with the reception given to 'Death at the Happiness Club' so far, and this has encouraged me to adapt my annual writing plan (a very flexible thing at the best of times) so that I can write another Pitkirtly novel in July instead of waiting until November. Of course …
I was recently interviewed as part of an 'author interrogations' series - I thought the questions were very interesting and I hope you'll find the answers tell you a little bit more about the mysterious Cecilia Peartree! http://joobook.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Cecilia%20Peartree
So it's 'au revoir' from me as we come to the end of French month on my blog. I've enjoyed revisiting some holiday destinations and I feel inspired to use France as a setting again in future, especially when the weather here in Scotland really gets me down! I am hoping one day to spend …
Cecilia Peartree - woman of mystery 