Hi everyone,

I had a great time in West Cork, writing away. I managed to finish Amy 3: Bridesmaid Blitz (working title), and I’m now working on the second edit. Or I would be if The LOving Kind copy edit hadn’t bounced back to me.

Main points: I did not tell readers the colour of any of my characters’ hair apparently – oops. So I’ve had to go back in and weave through some references to conker-coloured/blackberry/chestnut manes/locks/strands etc.

Also – I used the word snorted a huge amount of times in the book for some strange reason – so I had to tweak all those to she gave a dry laugh/wry smile/chucked etc etc. As my characters are not all horses, snorting too much is not good.

But I’m half way through the copy edit and getting on grand.

Oh and the Bubblegum Club Book Bash was a great success. For pics of the day see David Maybury’s site here:

http://www.davidmaybury.ie/journal/?p=2284

More on the school visits later this week – and tips for writers visiting young readers and writers. I could have done with them when I started out I can tell you. ie bring a whistle and if they get to noisy, use it!!!
(no, I’m not joking!)

SarahXXX