But before that fun stuff, comes edits, which is when the book you wrote becomes the book that finally gets to appear in public. It’s a process of concentration and fine tuning, so pardon me if this post is short.
After some exchanges with my editor, the book has taken a sudden turn for the dark, which pleases something disturbingly black in my soul and meant that I spent Saturday afternoon organising a murder. We writers have interesting lives.
Strawberry Hill |
I’m doubly happy about being encouraged to go darker, as this means that the next in series can follow the lead of its older sibling, and I can indulge myself in some Gothic style shenanigans, which will be great fun. (See black soul, above.) Gothic has taken my mind back to a visit a few summers ago to Strawberry Hill. Something to think about later.
I have to go now, but will find a picture of something pretty to prove I’m not entirely gone to the dark side.
This is apt, as the WIP has a garden, with roses. |