Monday, November 19, 2012

Kiss me once...

...it's been a long long time...

I have an excuse, many excuses, but the main one is I finished the major draft of book 4 -
North Sea Requiem, only twelve days ago and the very idea of opening a computer made me exhausted.

Plus the very same day the manuscript was sent off, I boarded a plane to New York and stepped out into air so cold, I caught a cold - a horrid sniffing sneezing snivelling cold. Haven't had one of those since Scotland.

So there I was, doing the rounds of bookshops, signing books, meeting fabulous people, having the thrill of seeing my books on shelves in shops for the very first time, then retreating, miserable to overpriced and underwhelming hotel rooms in New York, feeling crap.

But nothing could ever take away from the thrill, the unbelievable high of seeing those book up there with other authors, especially authors I adore, and thinking, it was all worth it; the backache, the loneliness, the isolation, the insomnia, the rift with friends and family as you immerse yourself in writing, it was worth it.

Back it the real world, travelling, exploring parts of the United States is exciting, and stimulating, and most of all, hearing from readers how they engage with the novels had given new impetus to continuing with the series.

After delivering the manuscript I was thinking, this is it, I'll never write another of these again, I want to write anything other than this series.
Then a lovely woman at Atria my publisher said, the only problem with your books is I have to wait a whole year for the next one. Awwwwe. How can I resist comments like that?

                 
                           Me, the author (it now seems real - I now believe I really am an author)
                                               Mysterious Books, TriBeCa, New York.

2 comments:

  1. Thank you, thank you for persevering! I pre-ordered Beneath the Abbey Wall and received it on the 15th of Nov. I have 3 more vintage mysteries I have to finish before the end of the year for a challenge I am doing, so I won't let myself start it until I finish those. It is laying on the table shouting at me to read faster!
    All the best to you, Deborah!

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    1. Thank you Peggy,
      It is so encouraging to hear from readers as sometimes the sheer hard work of writing a book makes you want to run away and lie on the beach reading other writers hard work.
      The other resolution is to buy a better chair - my one gives me backache. Plus exercise more.
      Deborah

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