Touching on Symi
Well, this is very touching. I recently mentioned the books I was using for research on my Victorian mystery series (pen name genre) and how I was looking out for an atlas. On Sunday, I was at a party in the upper village where Neil joined us after work. He brought news that Ann and Graham had been looking for me and had brought me an atlas. As I write (Monday morning), it’s still waiting for me at the bar, and I’ll be down there later today to collect it, I will post a photo when I have it. That’s incredibly kind of two Symi Dreamers (who I have yet to meet), and I will thank them as soon as I see them. I can’t wait.
In the last few days, we have been treated by other Symi Dreamers taking us out for meals to say thank you for the blog. It’s a bit overwhelming, actually, and very kind of people. It’s humbling too. It’s not the reason I write these pages. They started out as a way of advertising the shop we used to have and my books which were for sale there. When we closed the shop, it became more of what it is now; my varied ramblings about living on the island and writing, and I kept it going to advertise the books which I still do, as regular readers will know. I also try and fill in with news when I hear it – though I am not a journalist, and this isn’t a Symi News site – and then there are the photos.
These used to be taken on my digital camera which went everywhere with me, but now I use my phone. It’s lighter and slips into my man-bag so is much more portable, and the images are only for here and my personal collection, I don’t need them to be taken on a clunky old DSLR. I still have it and use it for holidays rather than morning walks. Still, the phone camera doesn’t do too badly, I hope.
And so, onto another day and the news from the desk is that I have finished draft four of ‘Fallen Splendour’, the fourth Victorian Mystery in The Clearwater Mysteries series (look up that title on Amazon, and you will find three so far). This MS is going off to the proofreader at the weekend, then it will come back to me, and I will have another go through before setting it up for release. Meanwhile, here’s a sneak preview of the front cover.
