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I
have been absent from this blog, and from Trifolium Books, for far too
long. Family affairs, my own writing, and my involvement with two local
Wigton organisations: the
Fountain Gallery and the
John Peel Theatre, have consumed nearly all my time for the last five months.
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I
sometimes have the feeling that emails and paperwork are a sort of
hundred headed Hydra monster- deal with one and another hundred spring
up in its place. Flag another email and it simply pushes the other
important emails down the list! I was well on my way with this post
yesterday when just such an ugly head popped up. I chopped away with a
will, and finally I am back here!
The
first book of the Northern Kingdoms Trilogy is back in my sights and
from today, I aim to proof-read at least 10 pages a day until it is
done. The cover is nearly ready, and I am about to draw the name of the
person who gets the prize of the first copy off the press. (Reminder of
what that was all about
here)