Its three weeks now since I wrote my last blog entry and
a great deal has happened in that time. Most of it, probably all of it, has
been to do with re-inserting ourselves back in the British way of life, and
what a pleasure it has been. This doesn’t mean that our previous Spanish way of
life was inferior to what we are discovering over here in England, but it’s all
so ‘user friendly’, if that’s the right way to put it. No doubt a major element
of that is the language and how natural it all seems to us. There’s no need to
continually translate as we go along, and dealing with officialdom and
bureaucracy has not been the drama we thought it might be. We’ve completed the
major purchases that were necessary: park home, car, TV and TV license, suite
of furniture and assorted bits and bobs, and have dealt with learning our way
around Bognor and the local area. We’ve been to two churches but will continue
looking until we find one in which we feel “right”. We attended one this
morning and was amazed when they announced a coffee break twenty minutes after
the service started.
a great deal has happened in that time. Most of it, probably all of it, has
been to do with re-inserting ourselves back in the British way of life, and
what a pleasure it has been. This doesn’t mean that our previous Spanish way of
life was inferior to what we are discovering over here in England, but it’s all
so ‘user friendly’, if that’s the right way to put it. No doubt a major element
of that is the language and how natural it all seems to us. There’s no need to
continually translate as we go along, and dealing with officialdom and
bureaucracy has not been the drama we thought it might be. We’ve completed the
major purchases that were necessary: park home, car, TV and TV license, suite
of furniture and assorted bits and bobs, and have dealt with learning our way
around Bognor and the local area. We’ve been to two churches but will continue
looking until we find one in which we feel “right”. We attended one this
morning and was amazed when they announced a coffee break twenty minutes after
the service started.
So what’s the plan now? For me it’s all about getting
back into the swing of writing while getting on with the jobs that need doing
around the home. Two days after arriving here, the proofs of my next novel
turned up. I was expecting them, but because there had been a delay in
receiving them (my decision), I had to crack on and read them through. They are
now back with my publisher. The book is due out in January, and the e-book will
be released in February. Something to look forward to.
back into the swing of writing while getting on with the jobs that need doing
around the home. Two days after arriving here, the proofs of my next novel
turned up. I was expecting them, but because there had been a delay in
receiving them (my decision), I had to crack on and read them through. They are
now back with my publisher. The book is due out in January, and the e-book will
be released in February. Something to look forward to.
I also need to get back to my marketing and promotion
work. It’s amazing how disconnected I feel simply by not being involved in
pushing my current Amazon titles. My sales have dropped considerably while I’ve
been ‘off the air’ for three weeks, and I really need to get back into that
area as soon as I can. I have one or two marketing ideas up my sleeve, but not
being an expert in that field, I will have to rely on my very subjective way of
promoting myself. Wish me luck!
work. It’s amazing how disconnected I feel simply by not being involved in
pushing my current Amazon titles. My sales have dropped considerably while I’ve
been ‘off the air’ for three weeks, and I really need to get back into that
area as soon as I can. I have one or two marketing ideas up my sleeve, but not
being an expert in that field, I will have to rely on my very subjective way of
promoting myself. Wish me luck!
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