Spine. Bleed. Gutter.

spine pic courtesy grasshopper3d.com

My daughter's right.

This publishing lark is fun, and the terminology for layout reads like the keywords of a particularly gruesome thriller.

Spine. Bleed. Gutter. There's definitely a story in there.

A Writer's Challenge

I've been set two challenges (well, one is more of a dare) to achieve by November - but I can only choose one of them...

Rob set me the challenge of writing the first three chapters of my next novel Ivan Wolf by the end of November.

My daughter set me the challenge of publishing Witherstone by November. Self-publishing, obviously. She thinks it would be great fun.

Oh Buzzer.

Managed to get the new website all sorted in time to get back to writing Witherstone Book 2 today... only the bees have other ideas.

A mass of bees at the entrance to Hive 3 (aka The Ritz) means they need more living space asap so I need to get in there and sort that out before they decide to leave!

Good news is the rain is keeping them there for now. Bad news is they don't particularly like being out in the rain when I'm rearranging their living accomodation. Neither do I, come to that.

Another (non)writing day, sigh...

Shh...

Don't tell anyone but I've just set up laptop in the garden to work on Book 2 ALL MORNING!

Lost and Found

Printing off Witherstone Book 2: The Hunt Begins with progress so far to take on holiday and grab the opportunity of Time at last, and get back into Hephzibah Creswell's world.

Just have to remember to staple the pages together as the webcam shows that beach is lookin pretty windy...!