Some facts about writing the novel.

 

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• Initially, all I had was the first opening sequence and the last sentence  - just had to fill in the rest.

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• At best my spelling is average and my brain fills in words making me an awful proof reader.

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• Eight months to write 165k words.

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• Six months to rewrite after tutelage from David Richardson - reducing the book to 142k words.

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• Three months in the edit. Reducing to 131k words. Out goes four characters and two storylines.

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• Always I would sulk and throw a temper fit when David edited out a section or character - Always he was right :-(.

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• The first time I opened the printed book at a random page I saw a glaring typo :-(.  Annoyed is not the word I would use.

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• The original title was Circles of Vengeance.

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• The fifth refusal of publication was the final straw - I was now determined to publish no matter what.

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• Deleted an entire chapter just before printing without knowing, thankfully spotted it in a quick flick-through before pressing go.

 

• Most of my plot threads came into my mind around 3 a.m.

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• I regret not studying harder at school.

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• 'Vanity' publishers are basically money scammers.

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• Some of my dear friends read the book in its first draft, and their honest comments prompted me to plough on.

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• My dearest companion Mack, the black lab, sadly passed away after the book had been completed. I immediately wrote him into the chapters.

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• The building pictured above is the 'actual cabin' in the woods.

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