Etiquette has been six or seven years in the making, and I've spent the last few weeks up to my eyes in cover art and formatting disasters and endless proofreading. I have therefore spent the last few weeks looking like this: But it's DONE. I can finally hold the fruits of my labours - all three hundred and fifty-four pages' worth - in my hands. Finally, I have a book on my shelf with my name on the spine - and this time, it isn't a five-page book about cats that four-year-old Isabel wrote in crayon and stapled together herself.
On a more personal note, I finally decided to push forward with publishing Etiquette because this year's events have shown me that if you wait for a good time to do something, it will never get done. Examples: I've been looking morosely at my shelf of Really Good Wine that I wanted to save for an undefined special occasion - now, I've lost my sense of smell and can't enjoy wine half as much as I used to. Over winter, I put off visiting much-missed old friends until I had more time - and then lockdown happened. I had all sorts of plans and surprises and even presents in place for people who've drifted out of my life. So, visit your friends and give them their Christmas presents early. Publish that book. Drink the darn wine. Etiquette, the ultimate back-to-school essential, is available in paperback and Ebook formats on Amazon. Praise for Etiquette: "I loved it! It's literary comfort food: intrigue, lashings of scones, and an impressively drawn main character. A fabulous page-turner! Read it in one sitting and wanted more. I wish I'd gone to Multhorpe Hall - such fun!" - Tyne O'Connell, bestselling author of Pulling Princes. "A fast-paced, funny and clever debut" - Paula Byrne, bestselling author. "A delightful young adult novel, with a strong northern female main character: she's fun, rebellious and a fish out of water at her new school" - Sheffield Telegraph.
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