New Rafferty & Llewellyn crime novel

Been working a little on my new Rafferty crime novel this morning. Don't usually work on Sundays, but I've been struggling to set up a humorous sub-plot for this one. I've now got one that I think has legs and managed to add eight pages - though not typsescript pages, alas! Shorthand notebook pages only, so it will type up much shorter. But it's a start.

The main plot is going pretty good. Still waiting for the witty one-liners to surface. But they'll come. They always do. All it takes is thinking about the book and the characters. Still can't quite make my mind up about the murderer. I have two prospects. Must plump for one or the other. Hmm. Anyone out there working on a new book? Post a comment about how you're getting on. I'd be interested to hear.

It's lovely and sunny here (Norfolk, England), so will be going out the garden later to do some more pruning. Place looks like that neighbour's house who has the rusted car on bricks surrounded by weeds, at the moment, just minus the car. Haven't had time and my hubby's been too poorly to do it. We'd get a gardener in to sort it out but funds are too low at the moment to indulge in such a luxury. Waiting for my royalties and several advances. You know the feeling. A Regular paycheck would be nice. Sometimes, anyway. Though having to do the job that comes with it aint so attractive...

Hope to go down to London next month to stay with George's son, Mark. He lives in a swish flat in Earl's Court, which I have yet to see, so I'm looking forward to that. Even though I'm a Londoner, I haven't been to The Smoke for a few years as my family have all left the capital and are spread far and wide.

Must go. The pruning shears are calling. Till next time.

Guest authors for next month

This is my first venture into having guest bloggers, so I thought I'd start at the top. Hopefully, it won't be a case of working my way down...

You probably want a bit of variety? Right? So next month (October), you're getting it. I have two guest blogs scheduled. The first is British author, Sheila Quigley, who will tell us about her new novel, Thorn in my Side. This is a new departure for Sheila, with whole new characters. You're going to love it. Watch this space.

Also guest blogging next month, is American suspense author, Chris Redding. You'll learn more about Chris, more about her latest book, and hopefullly post a few comments, so we can get feedback.

I'm really looking forward to hosting these two fellow crime writers. I hope youll give them a warm welcome.

Dowm Among the Dead Men ebook

Down Among the Dead Men, my first ebook, is now up for sale on kindle. This book, the second in the Rafferty & Llewellyn crime series, was originally published in hardback by Macmillan in 1994. It's so exciting. It took a few weeks getting it ready as Kimberly 'Hitch' Hitchens, the lady who masterminded this, was a hard taskmaster and seemed to expect me to proofread it three times. Three! My print publishers have never expected more than one proofread. Anyway, I thought two was plenty, so two it got. If you go to amazon and click on 'books' and then 'kindle books' and type my name, you'll see it. It's a bargain at £2.23. I really love the cover. The book is also shortly to be available as an epub for ipads,
B & N, etc.

Book Trailer for Down Among the Dead Men

Here's the book trailer for my first ebook. Would have put it up before, but I forgot how to do it!

Rafferty & Llewellyn crime series

Just heard that Deadly Reunion, my next Rafferty & Llewellyn crime novel will be published in hardback in February 2011.

And the paperback of Death Dance is coming out in March 2011.

Also, Soundings Audio are to bring out three more of my Rafferty books: Blood on the Bones, A Thrust to the Vitals and Death Dance. These will be out sometime in 2011/2012.

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