Snowdrops

          I received a snowdrop plant this week.

All Time

For Summer’s warm embrace we await,

Spiralling in and out, not yet awake,

For mere mortals here are we,

No strangers, but visitors to this land

And carefully tread we must till

Some Divinity does take us by the hand.

Then into some warm and nestled place

We will be led,

Forever With Me

I don’t think I quite realised the effect completing a book would have on me.  I had greatly underestimated the sense of loss I would feel, once there was nothing left to work on.  I have two other books awaiting my attention for editing.  However, they cannot compare to the first book.  It is finished, written, edited, soon to be sent to agents.

Biting the Langseax...

It's finally arrived; the fated moment when I realised I could do no more redrafting and my first of a trilogy was ready to wend its way to agents.  Heaving a deep sigh, I have begun the task of printing what must constitute half a forest.  Not as many agents accept electronic submissions as I thought, but several will retain your MSS for shredding and recycling, which acts as a bonus.

How Do You Start a Novel?

It is something I have always yearned to know from other writers but never asked.

Are You a Quirky Tapestry?

I get carried away...often.  Banish images of a damsel in the arms of a white knight.  I’m talking about excitement, enthusiasm, joie de vivre!  It can take a while.  Many a party have I attended and spent mindless hours listening to talk of surveying contracts, annual report and accounts, print runs and the like (such is my diverse past employment).  However, now and again something crops up and ‘BANG!’  My ears prick up, like a young filly breathless for the gun at the racecourse, and I’m off.  Impressionism, foreign languages, feline welfare, Anglo-Saxons, short crust pastry, aromatherapy and other varied topics of which I am a Jack of.

In Denial

I think it is safe for me to say I don’t have enough books.  I have a LOT of books, but I don’t have anywhere near enough of them.  I have at least eight on my Yuletide gift list and am certain to see some more very soon.