I can't believe it's well into November and Christmas is only about six weeks away! Where has the year gone! I'm going to bake our Christmas cake today as soon as I finish this.
It's been quite an eventful and busy year. I had the third novel in what has become the Destiny trilogy accepted by the Wild Rose Press and have been busy with edits with my very patient editor, Frances Sevilla, and was thrilled with my lovely cover by the talented Rae Monet, who gave me exactly what I asked for - only better! Hopefully I'll have the release date soon and will be giving a few short 'teasers' here and on my Facebook 'Street Team', where I'll be posting all the news about 'Beloved Enemy' first. If you'd like to join, just pop along to
https://www.facebook.com/groups/118700921405/ I'll be thrilled to have you on board.
I've also been busy with our new 'rescue' Choccy. He was pretty hyper when we first had him, as he'd spent most of his life shut up in a box room, and never being taken out for walks or played with until he went to the Blue Cross, who, along with other rescue centres in this country do such sterling work for abandoned, abused and neglected or unwanted animals. Never having been 'socialised' as a puppy, he tended to bark and spin like a loony when meeting other dogs. I'm glad to say he's a lot calmer now, and doesn't bark so much when we meet
dogs when out and about. We had a
few sessions with a local dog trainer, which we enjoyed very much, and I think that helped a lot. It was his third birthday yesterday, and he had a good time, with two different types of ball (he loves chasing balls), a nice marrow-bone to chew on and a special chicken dinner. He had a great time and is sleeping it off today, lying behind me on my chair as I type.
I'm doing National Novel Writing Month again this year, and am writing a ghost story. It's completely different to the Destiny series and is very horsey, we'll see how it goes. I'm actually behind on my word count so I'd better finish this post and get back to it - as soon as I've made my Christmas Cake.
Have a great week!
What a beautiful dog. Love your book cover. Glad to hear what you are doing.
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Hi Sue, thanks so much for your support, as always. Yes, Choccy is a cute little dog and although I miss my dear old Bouncer, I love Choccy to bits and he's the most loving, affectionate little thing considering the bad start he had in life. So glad you like the book cover, I was so thrilled to have both the models I wanted, and I thought Rae captured the essence of the story perfecty.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your Christmas cake. I love the smell of it cooking
ReplyDeleteThanks Julie, yes, there's something about the smell of warm Christmas cake! :) It's now been 'fed' with some brandy and put away to mature!
ReplyDeleteMy grandmother's recipe lives on my aunt has perfected it just so. Sounds marvellous
ReplyDeleteHi Julie. Funnily enough, the recipe I use is one my Aunt used until she died. I've adapted it and used it for my wedding cake as well as family birthdays and Christmas. It's a lovely way to remember her.
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