Canterbury

I've said it before and I'll say it again, this city is special. It's without doubt the most cosmopolitan, 'European' city in England (London, excepted...).

When the sun is shining, the cafe culture and tourists all combine to transport the mind across the Channel even though the body remains firmly on English soil.

Amazon and other things

I have to admit that I still check Amazon from time to time to see how Asboville is doing. Yesterday I was down in the dumps when it was in 309,000 place or something ridiculous like that. Today it's at 17,000 which is much more respectable me thinks. Of course this probably means they sold one copy. Tomorrow it may well be languishing again.

Writing can be a frustrating business, mostly because of the waiting. Currently my new novel is with my agent where I'm hoping it's receiving a good grilling so I can make it better. Another work is at the contract stage and plodding on slowly, yet another sitting on an editor's desk awaiting acceptance/rejection. Meanwhile life goes on.

I've sent out a load of unpublished short stories to various magazines (fingers crossed) and have one or two articles and reports to write but the passion at present is in the three novels currently lying dormant and without them I feel a little lost. I suppose it's about wanting to put some closure on those things before I move on to the next project, of which I have three possibilites to choose from. We'll see what happens...