Well I guess they did forecast wintry weather for today so its no surprise to have had a bit of sleety hail amid the sunshine today - not that yesterday was great but I did get a nice ride in.
Well my writing has gone particularly slowly since midweek so the chances of me finishing the next bit of book for tomorrow are exactly nil! Sorry about that, i'm not exactly happy about the lack of progress myself.
Things are going the right direction so it shouldn't be a long delay, I just need to knuckle down to it.
Off for a ride in a few, shake the cobwebs out and get my head in the right place.
So I managed to get two complete chapters down yesterday and started on a third. I'm a little behind where I really want to be but i'm still aiming for a Sunday book release to sort of coincide with Gaby's birthday on Monday.
Another bright day here but it often snows around Gab's birthday so it can't last!
Well, it's been a mild-ish day hereabouts, I had a short walk earlier around the nearest town to me (I live 10km from Sheffield Centre but less than 2 from Dronfield and 9 from Chesterfield even if my address is Sheffield!)
Then I set to at the KB and after a full ten hours, i've completed the final part of 1902 Sunbeam Safety! I'm pretty happy with it, it would have been so easy to have spun it out but that was never my intention with this. I'll get it edited and so on and you should be able to read it over the holiday.
Yes there is some good news from Sheffieldland today - the first part of the new Gaby book just needs a run through the spell check and it's ready to go, cover illustration is selected' yup, Sunday is the day!
The wrist, having been confirmed not broken yesterday, improves by the hour but it still hurts like F! The problem now is the trauma to my hand, it got well rattled and the compensatory pains and strains - suppose I could take something for the pain but that's never been my way. I'm just fed up of hurting, can it go away now?
Very much so i`m afraid, nice bright morning. Bit of frost so I was keeping to busier clear roads and looking out for ice on the road. Next minute i'm accelerating into an unstoppable off on some black ice!
Well to cut a long story short my right wrist took a whack and currently it's very painful to even hit a key on the phone! Which is a double blow as I had intended getting on with Gaby this evening ready to release tomorrow. Not sure what i`ve done, don't. Think it's broken but it's at least a bad sprain so things may be put back a bit.
you were going to get previews and all sorts today but after I spent an hour doing it the site dumped it all. I've not got the patience or time to do it all again so here is Uniform Result instead.
Well i'm having a bit of a time of things this week but I have got 1902 Sunbeam part 2 completed. The plan is to post it tomorrow.
Another mild day today, blue skies and sunshine this afternoon and some new lanes explored. Was a bit disappointed when I got to my Lunch stop of Rufford Abbey that they were having a Christmas Fayre! It's barely mid November, I thought Xmas was in late December?
Thursday and with a nice dry and mild day I went for a ride - well you all know that's what I do for relaxation / inspiration. Today I heade east to Conisbrough Castle which overlooks the River Don not far from Doncaster. You might not know the name but it's where Ivanhoe was set and there are connections with the whole Robin Hood folklore thing (Robin actually came from Sheffield, Loxley is the home to Titanium manufacture believe it or not)
So, got home last night, turned PC on and a minute later - nada!
Yep you got it, Mad's PC has issues, it won't boot. There was no indication of an issue previously, no warning, its never been connected to the internet so not a virus but it's effectively dead.
The only good news is that the only work I can't access is the half chapter of Gaby book 24 I wrote on Monday. I'm sure everything is there still, just need to get to it!
There may be a delay in getting stuff out but hopefully it's just a short blip.
Just a quickie - well I got my ride in, 115km (that's @ 75 old fashioned miles I think) and visited the Sandal's up near Wakefield. Had my sandwich and flask of coffee sat overlooking the Castle which, after the 'good ole boys' (aka the Parliamentarians, think Trump but with a more vindictive nature) got done with it in the 1640's is but a shadow of its former self.
Well only a short break. Instead of writing new Gaby today i've been going at a short stand alone story. It's been slower going than i'd hoped but i've got over 2000 words down, there may be another couple of thousand to go - I know the plot, it just needs fleshing out.
I'm making no promises but it might be ready for Wednesdays update. No spoilers other than to say there are bikes involved, a death and the lead character is rather bland.
Well i'm off to bed, the weather is set fair for tomorrow so i'll get a bit of a ride in.
Well that's what I think! The whole purpose went south years ago and now its more of an inconvenience than a help to 99% of those affected. Bring back Summer time!
Yes indeed, Gaby Ontario has soared all the way to number one in the youth sport category on Kindle thanks to you lot! No mean feat in a popular category dominated by horse and soccer stories. For a cycling story to break this grip is very positive and will hopefully engender a few more non TG readers!
So a great big thank you to you all and remember that if you bought through BC the site gets a kickback which goes towards continuing this great asset.
We'll start with the new book, The full fat version of Book 23, Ontario is now published! 300 plus pages of typical Gaby adventure and angst, excitement all the way to the last paragraph!
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