Showing posts with label CHRISTMAS ROMANCE AT WINDFALL LODGE. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CHRISTMAS ROMANCE AT WINDFALL LODGE. Show all posts

Monday, 17 August 2020

Saying goodbye to your characters

 I have finally completed my Christmas novel CHRISTMAS ROMANCE AT WINDFALL LODGE. I have edited it at least ten times, if not more, and each time I have changed something or found a mistake in spelling or grammar or a "he said, she said" too many.

Finally deciding it is fit to publish is always a big step. It is like sending your child to school on that first day. You feel they should do fine but you are just a teeny, weeny bit worried. That is what I felt like when I completed my last edit. I didn't think I could polish it any more but still, there is always this nagging doubt. Could I have, should I have?
 
I get a lot of fun out of writing. It is the only time you can actually change the outcome of certain situations. And I get really attached to all my characters. Some of them are planned from the very beginning while others just show up, as in my previous Christmas novel A CHRISTMAS TO REMEMBER.
 
I hope that my readers get as much kick out of reading my novels as I do writing them. In particular, I hope they enjoy this latest offering of mine.

It won't be available until October. Here is a preview of the cover:


Reading old novels

 I haven't written here for ages but wanted to put my thoughts down on a novel I am currently re-reading. I keep certain novels and read...