...and it's getting closer...

~



Ta-da! The Book of Shadows front cover.

 

Master Nalgah flew past at just the right moment, his wing beats slow and languorous, as if he was flying underwater ...

~

 

~

Something wicked this way comes...

The passage was full of shadows...

~

Final throes...

After a couple of days in the editing suite...

... the manuscript was passed on to the Editor-in-Chief for final approval ...

... and she signed it off with a few typos and a couple of sentences needing a tweak.

Her verdict? "Brilliant." But then she did want something extra nice for tea...

Now the odd "i"s are dotted and "t"s crossed, so on to fiddling with gutters and margins and bleeds and all that layout stuff, then the final bits and bobs such as cover design etc ... so not long now.

Finished.

11.35pm.

Finished.

Just the editing to do.


Which is a bit like saying the king is dead.

~

Book Launch reading

Really chuffed to have been invited to read at Terry Quinn's latest book launch this week! I took Terry's first collection Away - literally! - when I sailed across to Denmark and Norway, and it was the perfect poetic companion for that journey so I'm really looking forward to his latest collection.

Terry has been on the road launching his new collection The Amen of Knowledge, and his Preston launch is going to be a fantastic feast of live literature with the talents of Rebecca Charnley, Martin Domleo, Sue Hicks, Ron Scowcroft, Lorna Smithers, and Dean Taylor, and of course, Terry Quinn will be reading selected poems from his latest book! Oh, and I'll be performing my ha'penny's worth too as Terry has asked me to read! Really looking forward to a great night amongst so many fab writers :o) - come sup with me at this feast of delights!