What a confusing world we live in!
Everything seems to be happening at once. And like my mother said, it might get worse before it gets better. But it will get better, really it will. One day.
Everything seems to be happening at once. And like my mother said, it might get worse before it gets better. But it will get better, really it will. One day.
I usually
go to the USA every year at least once, to attend conventions and to
visit the friends I've made over the years. I miss them all, and I'm so
sorry that I can't see you all this year. Kathryn Falk and her beautiful
home in Texas, and the amazing one she shares with her husband in New
York. Rosechel Sinio, and her fantastic bookstore in Los Angeles. Laurie
Pennison and her lovely home and family in New Orleans, one of my
favourite places in the world. I miss so many more people I've spent
time with and shared good times with.
And now
we're all trying to get used to a new way of life, and a new way of
being. We have to find our own ways of coping, and I daresay we've all
been downright depressed, or sad, or just out of sorts. Remember the old
proverb? Well, we certainly live in interesting times! I'd love to know
what you all do to get through these times.
Seriously though, my heart goes out to anyone who is worried or confused and who is facing hard times ahead.
My answer
is to read, write and go for long walks. I'm lucky enough to live close
to a beautiful park, where I can spend at least an hour a day. I've
shared a picture I took of the rabbit warren. Why we have wild black
rabbits I'm not sure, but we do! There's another warren with the normal
brown kind, too. I go and sit on the bench, and just watch them. They
don't care about politics, or Covid, or anything else. They just get on
with it.
The only
thing I can suggest, and I know it's not nearly enough, is to get lost
in a good book. I've read a lot of them recently, and I'm trying to
write one!
I'm
making an effort to do more promotion, although I'm not the best at it.
Although marketing was my career, there's a huge difference between
selling yourself and selling desserts for Kraft Foods!
Anyway in
the spirit of promotion, I've joined a company that puts out regular
newsletters. I entered this month's with a book I loved writing,
Lightning Unbound, about the Roman gods alive and well in 18th century
Britain. I've put the link to the newsletter, which has lots of fun
books for summer reading, and an extract from my contribution.
You can find the newsletter here: https://books.bookfunnel.com/longlongago/b36l7a1w9t
This book is featured in the newsletter:
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Lightning Unbound |
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When Gerard Sterling, Earl of
Ellesmere, races to Bedlam asylum to rescue a wrongly committed friend,
he’s astonished to find Lady Faith Bradley. Fascinated and enchanted by
her, and inspired by her dedication saving her brother from the horrors
of the Incurables ward, he includes them in his rescue mission. But woo
her he cannot—not with a fatal disease that saps more of his strength
every day.
When Gerard discovers he is
the god Jupiter, they face a deadly enemy—Kronos, whose plan to regain
power includes Gerard’s death. To foil his plan, Gerard and Faith must
defy Fate itself.
Each book in the Even Gods Fall in Love series is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order.
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