Archive for the ‘My Writing Life’ Category

SICK HEART RIVER

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011 Posted in BOOKS FROM MY BOOKSHELVES, Books, DIARY, My Writing Life | 2 Comments »

[caption id="attachment_818" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Magdelena Fjord"][/caption] I have just finished reading SICK HEART RIVER by John Buchan. It has been on my bookshelves since 11th September 1942 !! Oh, yes I have read it before, but just lately I had an urge to ...

Whitby – Jessica Blair

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011 Posted in Jessica Blair Country, My Writing Life | 2 Comments »

Whitby  Whitby on the Yorkshire coast was a leading whaling port in the late 18th and first half of the 19th centuries. It appears in many of Jessica Blair's novels.

Antiques Roadshow

Friday, July 29th, 2011 Posted in DIARY, My Writing Life, The Other Side Of Me | 1 Comment »

Yesterday I was in York for the Antiques Roadshow, held in the Museum Gardens. I had two interviews which seemed to go OK. The interviewers were great and all the team most helpful and obliging. Fortunately I had appointments otherwise ...

Publishing Day

Thursday, July 21st, 2011 Posted in Books, DIARY, My Writing Life | No Comments »

Two of my novels, by Jessica Blair, SEALED SECRETS, and WINGS OF SORROW  published today as Digital Downloads by Hachette Digital.  Originally published in hardback and paperback by Piatkus

Writing World keeps turning

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011 Posted in DIARY, My Writing Life | No Comments »

A beautiful morning. I went for a walk. Blue sky with a hint of whispy clouds and no wind. Peace and tranquility enveloped the countryside and me. It made me think that if everybody in the world could experience this ...

A Writer’s Life

Saturday, July 16th, 2011 Posted in DIARY, My Writing Life, Work in Hand | No Comments »

I'm half way (50,000 words) into my new novel. Itching to get on with it. Progress interupted by having to check the edited copy of THE ROAD BENEATH ME which is wanted by the publisher, Piatkus, by 26th.  Rain helped today ...

Write, write, write

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011 Posted in DIARY, My Writing Life, Work in Hand | No Comments »

It's all go at the moment. Novel is nearly half way so progress is good. Just arrived - copy-edited script of THE ROAD BENEATH ME. Publisher wants it checked and back by 26th July. Books for review keep coming. so ...

Downloads

Friday, June 17th, 2011 Posted in Books, DIARY, My Writing Life | No Comments »

Great news from publisher; 2 Jessica Blair novels (unabridged) will be available for download via iTunes and Audible on July 21st  and 10 more at the end of August. My new novel with the background of 1912 to 1946 is going ...

News

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 Posted in DIARY, My Writing Life, Work in Hand | No Comments »

I am now on TWITTER  as distant_harbour Hit 25,000 words of new novel yesterday. 75,000 more to go. deadline February

The new novel

Thursday, May 5th, 2011 Posted in Books, DIARY, My Writing Life, Work in Hand | No Comments »

I am 16,000 words into the new novel, so another 84,000 to go. It is shaping up nicely with all the lead characters  in place and reacting to each other and their environments. The working title I have given it ...