Wandering the Hills
Wandering the Symi hills is not something we’re doing today (Monday). It’s windy out there, and although I have something to post, I think I’m going to stay home and edit rather than risk being blown down the Kali Strata. The high winds also mean it’s not suitable to traipse across the hillside, though I don’t need an excuse not to do that. Neil was planning to head up to Stavros Tou Polemou, the highest monastery on the island, but that’s been postponed for a calmer day. Last week, he and Clare did a 12-mile walk across the hinterland where they were rewarded with spectacular views.
As Adriana said in a recent post on her blog, many people are taking up walking, as it is something we’re allowed to do during his extended lockdown, with permission and with restrictions. More and more photos are appearing on Facebook where people share the images from their walks, in pairs or small groups, and thanks to the unusually warm and calm weather so far his year, they have been wandering afar and going to some hard-to-reach places. Even I managed a quick hour up and down the hillside on Saturday.
Apart from that, I’ve been beavering way editing ‘Negative Exposure’, the next story in my ongoing, Victorian mystery series. I’m releasing a short extract from this up-coming novel via my newsletter. If you’re signed to it by Saturday, you will be able to have an exclusive read on Valentine’s Day. The book itself should be out by the end of the month, and you’ll be able to find it on my other author page here.
Back to the line edit where I read each sentence word by word, check various grammatical and style points such as adverbs, structure, repeats, sentence length, readability, clichés and overused words. I fiddle about so much, I then have to reread each paragraph to make sure it still makes sense. It’s detailed but fun, and over time, helps my overall writing style. I still miss typos though, the thorn in any writer’s side.
