8. Amoxicillin, rum, kimonos and maybe a little writing darling, if you can manage it.

 

I was going to give you the recipe for Indian Tea Biscuits, but then I realised it was just a waste of time, a distraction from the work I really need to be concentrating on, I am my own worst enemy. Do I have a fear of success? You can look up the recipe yourselves, that’s what the internet and really good cookbooks are for.

I’m getting better, slowly, if any of you are interested.

I received a letter from God yesterday. You can take that literally or metaphorically if you like. The gist of it was I need to put the past behind me and move on, I need to finish or discard old projects so that I can move on. So, this got me thinking. I am going to finish In the Dark and The Murder of Miss O, 365 Nights will finish itself in due time as long as I keep writing. So this only leaves Vermilion/In a Night Rapunzel, Primordial Soup and The Butterfly Collection as active unfinished projects, the ones I have yet to start can be discarded.

I can discard Primordial Soup. Then that leaves two.

I want to finish the final two, so I will. Sorted.

 

Not a lot of publishers are taking submissions without an agent, and some are just out of business.