Fiona

FINISHED IT!

The first draft of ''Making Whoopee' as it's now entitled, is with my publishers awaiting a verdict. All is therefore being crossed here in Somerset, and after a couple of decent night's sleep. I'm feeling almost human again. It was a labour of love towards the end because I was writing through the night several times a week, and I was completely wrapped up with it and the huge cast of characters including Tash and Hugo, the Lime Tree Farm mob, Rory , Faith and some of the Lodes gang and a few new faces. It's an unashamedly big, loved up, fun, fast and furious bonkbuster with a very warm heart, and I really hope it appeals to all my readers. It should be out next summer.

While I await the inevitable list of rewrites and edits that will be needed, I have time to finally reply to the lovely emails I get through this site, which are always so welcome and are a great motivation to write faster, but which I neglect appallingly when I'm finishing a book. I must also tidy my study, which looks as though it's been occupied by a mad woman throwing paper around for six months (oh...it has), and finally tackle my accounts, groan. Most of all, I'm going to spend some more time with Dora and Winnie, who have got far too used to having a mother who appears occasionally to make coffee, looking like a zombie, muttering incoherently about cliff hangers and plot twists.

I'll keep this blog updated with my publisher's reaction to the book, and also details of Love Hunt in paperback, which will have a whole new jacket look. Finally, I'm going to be at a few literary festrivals through Sept/Oct, so I'll post up details anon in case any readers feel the urge to see me stand up and blither cheerfully about my writing.

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