Fulfilling Week

It’s been quite a week, one way or another. Having finished and read through my manuscript, I printed it out (double spaced) for my wife, Pat, to do a read-through. By page two she was happily wielding the red pen and completed the MS by the end of the week. I value her contribution because she sees many things that I don’t, which is an enormous help. I began my read-through yesterday, Saturday, and hope to have it completed by the end of this week. Then it will be sent to my publisher. If she rejects the book, I will publish it myself on Amazon, but probably under a pseudonym. The reason for this is because it is written in a totally different genre to all my other books.

I had a nice surprise come through the post when my royalty statement appeared. The sale of THE BOY FROM BERLIN e-book had gone above 1700 for the six months from January 1^st. For me this is a staggering amount and actually supports the argument, in my case, for sticking with a traditional publisher. Hopefully this will increase the sales of my other titles. Oh, and before anyone asks why I will self-publish my latest book if it’s rejected, the reason is that I would almost certainly not find another publisher, and at my age I would be wasting my time doing so. Amazon is the quickest way for me.

On the domestic front, we had a second viewing on our villa during the week. There is now a wait until the clients return to UK, but they have promised to let us have an answer within a couple of weeks.

Friday morning I was at hospital for an appointment. This was followed by a prayer meeting at my local, Christian Fellowship. On Saturday we attended a lunch with Adrian Plass; a minister who is probably as funny as any of the top comedians you would watch anywhere; either on TV or live. Not one swear word (naturally) and he had us all in fits of laughter with tears rolling down our faces. A very funny man and, a brilliant wordsmith: he has published many books.

Another passion of mine is speedway, and on Saturday night it was the Polish Speedway Grand Prix from Torun. I watched it on Eurosport. It was the end of the season and an English rider by the name of Tai Woffenden won the world title. Point scoring is achieved throughout the year. Brilliant night and smiles all round.

So, my week went well. Now I will get down to the third read through of my manuscript. Wish me luck!