future 16 March 2010
The new novel takes place in one spot throughout a year…but different years…and part of it is set in the 22nd century. This is where I have started on the rewrites as both Clare and Himself had various issues with it. And so I have to tell you there is a problem with the future. But, also, I want you all to know that as of now I am FIXING the future, so please don’t panic. By the time you get there, to the Future, all will be well.
In the meantime a little bit of my past is beginning to unravel. I have had a lovely, cotton, blue and white striped duvet cover since I was a student. That makes it some 30 years old. I remember when I bought it, at a sale in Laura Ashley, I had fallen in love with the thing but couldn’t really afford it. This morning (early) lying in bed and sipping the lovely mug of tea I have trained Himself to bring me, I noticed that it is beginning to fray. I refuse to let it go gently and am resolved to mending said frays and letting it stay a while longer with me. And I’ll tell you what – it doesn’t owe me a red rex of what I spent on it all those years ago and, in fact, was and is probably the best value item ever.
