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I’m back after my month long break.

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Hi, Everybody.

I’m back from my July break, now and am once more starting my weekly blog.

Here’s a poem for today from my poetry book July to December, One Poem a Day. It’s today’s poem in the book.

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Decisions.

I went out for a coffee
To my local coffee house
The girl who was serving me
Smiled and brushed her blouse.
“What would you like?” she said quite clear
And then listed all the options near.

“Americano, or flat white
Espresso, Latte, that’s quite nice.
You can have mocha, if you must
Or cappuccino with chocolate dust.
We serve iced coffee when it’s hot
And Irish coffee when it’s not.”

There was far too much choice.
What were these things she offered me?
I was confused. I lost my voice.
Once upon a time, you see,
This was all you’d hear her say
“Black or white for you today?”

So what have I been up to during this time?

Well, the first thing I’d like to tell you is that I’ve just sent the manuscript of Book 4 of The Wolves of Vimar series to Next Chapter, my publisher. It’s called Immortal’s Death. I hope the title is intriguing. What do you think of it?

Now begins the waiting game to see if they accept it!

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I finished the first draft what seems like ages ago. Yes! It was ages ago. Then began the editing and re-writes.

I ran it through Grammarly to help with the grammar and spelling, then it went onto Scribophile for the critique process. That took ages because there is a limit to the number of words you can submit. Usually a chapter is OK to fit into their limitations, but occasionally one has to be divided into 2 parts.

This story is more complicated than the other books. The group of friends, called Wolf, split up and do different things, thus causing the POV to change. I labelled each chapter with the POV character’s name to make this clear.

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Muldee, a little dragonet with telepathic powers, insisted he had a larger role in this book. His ability to read minds is important on several occasions, and so I gave him his way.

Basalt, a dwarf, still hates water and horses, and incidents in the book re-enforce this.

Randa’s horse, Storm, a feisty black stallion, has a bigger role than previously, too.

King Perdillon II and Duke Rollo have important parts. The king especially. He is finding it difficult to make decisions as he has to decide between his duty to his country and his family.

And War comes to Grosmer.

I’ll keep you updated as to what is happening with the book, but it will be a while before I hear anything more.

What have you been up to during July? If you have any comments, please add them to the comments box. I love hearing from you.

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20 thoughts on “I’m back after my month long break.”

  1. Hey, welcome back and loved the poem! I wanted to ask, do you recommend Next Chapter publishers? Well, I suppose you do since you use them, but would you recommend them for historical romance and mystery? I write both and my current publisher is difficult to contact. Are they responsive? Thanks!

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  2. Good to see you back online and I hope your break went well. Your new book sounds intriguing. If we could only imagine our book and then–Poof!–there it is, fully written and edited! Oh, sorry, I think that sounds like someone using AI (artificial idiocy) to write a mundane book (if you’re lucky!). I guess we could hope AI would hallucinate to add spark to a story… NO! Just kidding. Welcome back–I also like how you expressed frustration with too many choice like when ordering a simple cup of coffee! Take care, RJ

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  3. Welcome back from your break, Viv. I hope it was wonderfully relaxing. Yes, so many coffee options! Lol. Your poem made me smile. “Cream and sugar?” was the only question back in the day around here.

    And congrats on getting your book off to the publisher. It’s a lot of work, isn’t it? I get tired just thinking about it. Still recovering from the last one. It sounds like there’s a lot going on with the story!

    Have a wonderful August. ❤

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  7. How satisfying it must be to have gone through the process – I trust the wait now will be worthwhile 🙂 My July has been filled with family and – as my blog posts show – seeing a lot of wild animals 🙂 🙂

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