Okay so it was a couple of weeks ago and I should have had it put on this blog by now, but I have been truly busy with stuff…honest. This is a pic of me signing copies of DarkIsle at the Edinburgh Book Festival. I love that festival. The place is just buzzing. Hopefully, I’ll get to do a reading session at a future festival…you never know. Am signed up to do Glasgow’s book festival next year - Aye Write! - which is great and I’m really looking forward to that.
Ref the ’stuff’ I’ve been up to. Well I truly have been busy working away on my writing career including (and I really should get Brownie points here) starting the first edit of DarkIsle 2 (as the sequel is currently being called - it’s the working title, not the actual title). Started four days ago and am on chapter four. Hope I can keep the momentum going and continue to do a chapter a day, that way I’ll be finished the first edit (hopefully) in another 24 days time. Life has a funny habit of putting things in the way however, so it’ll probably take longer than that.
I’ve also been up to my eyes in it completing the coursework planning for an evening class I’m teaching at Glasgow University on writing novels for children. That course starts in October. It was a lot of work (planning the classes, reading a lot of children’s books…fantastic…etc), but I’m really looking forward to taking a class.
What else have I been up to? Well, the usual work and home stuff. Haven’t been getting out and about lately as much as I’d like although we have actually managed to visit our local library lately. The problem with our library is that it only opens at certain times on certain days and not at the weekend. This means I have to work it that we go there on a Thursday afternoon in a short space of time I have between the library opening and me and the kids meeting up with friends for tea and cake. It’s a dinky wee library and the librarian, Lesley, is lovely. She always allows my daughter to scan and stamp the books, which she (my daughter) thinks is just great.
Am due to start a new job tomorrow. Yes, like most authors, I also have a day job that helps to pay the bills. Unfortunately, we’re not all rich. Such is life. However, I’m looking forward to taking up my new post…it’s still with the Health Service and it’s still PR and communications, it’ll just be more varied, so that should be good.
Before I sign off, I want to say a quick hello to the members of Erskine Writers Group who invited me to give a talk to them recently. I had a great time and would like to thank you all for inviting me.
Right, that’s me for now. See you soon
Dawn x