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My personal challenge.

I have a craving to do something different. Having written seven novels to formats based on the regurgitated advice of all those who purport to provide the 'ten best' or the 'greatest' publishing tips and resources to become a successful writer, I have finally 'flipped'.

This time, I have the title and the book cover...but, as yet, no plot and no characters. I have merely planted a seed in the incubator of my imagination. Watch this space to see what develops as winter gives way to spring...with the promise of new shoots.

New Day, New Month, New Novel

For this latest HF novel, I spent 8 months on research

( including traveling 300 kilometers across France to visit a town where I stayed in a hotel featured in the novel in order to ascertain how it appeared during WWII ). 

I also relied heavily on the wealth of information I gleaned from authoritative history books about the period, combined with visits to museums and numerous sites of historical value. I spent the next 4 months writing the first draft of the manuscript.

I must admit that the fact-finding missions were far more inspiring than sitting at a keyboard tapping out my prose, but gained great satisfaction from knowing that the facts were accurate.

Now the hard work really starts...attending book-signing events amidst an on-going  publicity campaign.

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