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I woke up a few days ago dreaming of an outline of the first pages of the new
book. I wanted to go back to sleep to keep it going, but of course it started
to fade so I hurriedly started scribbling so that I wouldn’t forget. I read it
over this morning. Complete rubbish. But...some was salvageable.
This
has never happened to me before and I am trying to remember what I was doing
before I went to sleep. Was it the overdose of chocolate or the shrimps and dip?
Or maybe that extra helping of mashed potatoes with the horseradish and cream
cheese that was heaven on earth. Couldn’t have been the wine or the eggnog with
a sprinkling of nutmeg and a teaspoon of brandy but the vodka martini’s......Now
if I try them one at a time I could eliminate and find the culprit to these
nocturnal musings. Liz is not impressed. She says we will start afresh in the New
Year minus all of the above. Such a spoil sport.
I
have been at my desk most of the day catching up with emails and sending
pictures of the family to friends. It’s a winter wonderland outside and very
distracting for a writer. Hoards of birds came swooping in reminiscent of
Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Birds’ movie but just as quickly left. It’s still snowing
lightly and is a good night to stay home.
Santa,
as usual, was very good to me but then I am usually a good girl even though I
do enjoy vodka martinis. I have four books to read and not sure which one to
start tonight.
I
have Barbara
Kingsolver’s ‘Flight Behavior’. Barbara of the Poisonwood Bible
fame. This is a favourite book so I am looking forward to this one.
I
was given Hilary
Mantel’s ‘Bring up the Bodies’. Winner
of the 2012 Man Booker prize. It is not my usual fare but I am all for an
education. Tudor England, Anne Boleyn, and that rascal Thomas Cromwell. This is
the second book in a trilogy so may start with the first. I’ll let you know if
I become a fan.
Peter
James
latest book ‘Not
Dead Yet’ is a police procedural and to quote his website, is the
first book to knock 50 Shades Trilogy off the top of UK paperback best seller
list!
Rebus is back. ‘Standing in Another Man’s Grave’. After a hiatus
into retirement the Edinburgh CID’s most famous cop is back. Ian Rankin captures Edinburgh’s gritty side and for me
it’s a trip down memory lane as we traverse the streets of the old and the new
town. Not that I frequented the pubs that Rebus seems to spend his time in but
I love hearing about my home town even through the eyes of fictitious
characters.
Liz and I want to wish all our followers and friends on
facebook a happy and prosperous New Year.
As they say in Scotland...Lang mae yer lum reek! (Long may
you always have coal for your fire).
Slainte, ( meaning Health -a drinking toast)
Pam
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