The daffodils are in full bloom in Durham and it's a year since I started this blog so I'm going to finish it now. I don't want to repeat myself, I think a year is a good time for some things. John Braine said that a novel should be set within a year. It's a nice idea but most novels cover several years. Mine do.
I'm ending on a high note, after several months I have had my novel accepted for publication. I'm pleased and grateful because times are so hard and I don't want to go on and work at something else. I don't know that I would be offered anything else but having been a writer all my life and published for thirty years it is part of who I am. I know I've been lucky to stay in there during the ups and downs of publishing and of my own life and I'd like to stay published for as long as I can. Hopefully there will be plenty of work to do.
My new novel should be out in the autumn and is called Dragon's Field. It's about a girl who moves away and marries a fisherman and a man who had suffered childhood abuse whom she rescues when they are very young. I hope people like it.
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What great news. Like you after so many years as a writer the idea if not writing a new story - whether it takes place over a year or ten years - is unthinkable. Looking forward to the new novel about the fisherman. Sounds like a great idea. wx
ReplyDeleteGreat news Liz and much deserved - I will definitely read it. Sorry to see you go though. Sx
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry you're leaving this blog. Delighted to hear about the new book, of course, but sad, otherwise. It's been delightful
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