Actually, the line is ‘Somewhat over indulgent’ and if you sing it to the strains of ‘Somewhere over the rainbow…’ you have Forbidden Broadway’s interpretation of Mandy Patinkin, but that’s another story… Anyway…
I was indulging in a scrape through my past pics and came across a coincidence which allows me an opportunity to further plug a couple of books. It just so happens that on this day in my history last year, I displayed a drawing of the main character from the first book in my Delamere Files Victorian mystery series which is the third series set in my Clearwater world, and here’s that drawing…
I’m currently writing book six in this series which means I must have put out five full-length mysteries in a year, oh, and 1892, a shorter collection of five shorts set in the same world. Gosh.
Then, a little further down I came across this photograph of me with my godfather…
Which is on the back of ‘Bobby, a Life Worth Living,’ his biography which I released a couple of months ago. Oh, so that makes five full-length mysteries, one collection of shorts, and a biography in the last 12 months. No wonder my arm hurts. I started the Bobby book 20 years ago, though, and it was mostly written when I returned to it earlier this year, so it didn’t take long to finish the research and set it free.
On the Symi side of things, I also found this photo of a rather empty harbour in 2020, and we can all guess why, and with it, from, I think, nine years ago this photo of my nephew who was visiting…
Three years ago, the boys were working the bar as they still are…
For how much longer, his season, remains to be seen. Things are very much quieter now than a couple of weeks ago, and it feels much quieter than this time last year. The weather doesn’t know it’s supposed to be autumn, however, and the temperature remains around 27° to 30° on the days without a north wind. (I’ve only recently learnt how to do the ° symbol without having to search the Insert/Symbol menu. Hold down the atl key and type 0176 at the same time (in Word) and you’ll get a °. Fabul°us!)
Moving on, it’s time to get to work. While writing chapter whatever it is, I also have to go shopping and do something startling with half a pound of minced beef, and I did say I’d try getting the hoover out to see if I can manage that, but then again, it could be a difficult chapter to write, so we’ll have to see.
