Book finished!  Now there's a novel thing...

Have spent the weekend like a lost sheep. The novel, mine and Val O's, is done. Dusted. I feel like my babies have left home. 

The past year has been the proverbial roller-coaster. Culling more than 100k words is not easy. Not physically or emotionally. It was like drowning puppies. 

A couple of extracts from the novel can be found under My Fiction.

So will now wait and see what transpires. But if I can be permitted to dig out my trumpet - well it's my blog, so I will anyway - I'd like to share this, an actual review! 

From Jen Fishler:

Beautifully written, a compelling read that takes hold and doesn't let up. Characters are finely drawn, descriptive passages not one word more - or less - than required, to transport the reader into the places and lives.

The dialogue flows so naturally, one forgets one is reading and beings to 'hear'. Add to all this a plot that builds inexorably until what must be accounted for is tallied - and you have a read not soon to be forgotten.

Thank you for taking me there. 

Thank you, Jen.  

Jen is also a writer, and examples of her work can be found here:  http://www.novelkicks.co.uk/