Hello there.
Well I hope you managed to get away for a holiday or two
during the summer, and that you had decent weather. Lots of holidays are now spent on cruise ships,
and they are giving pretty good value, I hear.
My wife and I didn’t go anywhere.
Between us we have health issues, so it isn’t possible to travel much. We don’t mind. We live in a beautiful part of the
world. Except for chores at home that we
have to do, we consider ourselves on holiday all the time.
My excuse for not updating the diary is that I have been
writing another Angel book. It is
finished now and I have posted it to the publishers. It is called, THE MURDER LIST. It’s a bit of a new departure for Angel and
tests his ability more than most situations I have put him in before. If it is accepted, it will be out in 2015. I’ll keep you posted.
The book I finished last May was accepted but the title has
been changed. It is now called ANGEL AND
THE ACTRESS, which is a far easier to remember and indicates something about
the story. It will be published late
this year or early next.
Since I last wrote, my weight has been yo-yoing a bit, but
overall I have managed to lose only a few pounds. I am the same weight I was when I was about
twenty. Sexy Linda from Change4Life
doesn’t think I should be worrying about it, but I do. I get weighed again on Friday next 26th, I’ll
report back the result. I’ve still not been
able to reduce further the size of my ample stomach, but I am keeping on at
it. I will have to eliminate absolutely
my pinching of pieces of fruit from the fridge.
It is the over consumption of fruit that I think is hindering me.
By the way, did you know that a typical glass tumbler full
of fresh orange juice (not the stuff sold in wax packets in supermarkets but literally
fresh orange juice with nothing added
and nothing taken away) contains 5 or 6 teaspoonsful of sugar? And I thought it was about the healthiest
drink you could have! As sexy Linda pointed
out to me, there would probably have to be the juice of two or three oranges to
make a tumbler full.
I understand the rights have been bought to bring out an
audio of THE FRUIT GUM MURDERS, so that the blind can enjoy Angel being read to
them by well-known actors. I believe this
book will be read by that famous actor Jonathan Keeble who has recorded some of
my other books and catches the northern style perfectly.
By the way, on Thursday next, September 30th, THE MONEYTREE
MURDERS in hardback will be in the shops and libraries. It’s about some trickery and murders in a TV
studio. I hope you will look out for it
and enjoy reading it.
Wherever you are, whatever your age, enjoy your
reading. And remember, you’re only young
once so make the best of it. Take care.
