It’s funny how many people still ask me what I am doing for the weekend. These days, I tell them I am doing the same as I do on any day of the week. Writing a blog, writing a book, maybe taking a short walk ‘to let some air in’, then researching, chilling, and no doubt watching a film before bed at 21.00, then doing it again the next day.
Recently, we were stood on the balcony watching the harbour scene, and I asked, ‘Is it still Friday?’ to which Neil replied, ‘No, it’s still Saturday.’ I only know what day of the week it is because my pupil appears for a piano lesson on Mondays. We have to have a calendar, so I know what month we are in, and I’m lucky I don’t have to write cheques anymore, else I’d be putting the wrong year. I swear it is worse in the winter when there are no visitors to say, ‘Let’s meet on Tuesday’, forcing me to watch the calendar every day and leave myself notes so I don’t miss the event.
We used to know when it was a Wednesday because luggage would come up the Kali Strata on the back of a mule, heading for a Laskarina property, and there would be an influx of new faces. That’s changed a bit now that there are so few package holiday operators on the island, if any (talking British here). It seems people can come and go as they please with tailor-made holidays, which is all very well, but doesn’t help me know what day it is, not in the slightest.
What exactly does my Friday hold in store, you ask? To which I reply, mind your own business… No, I don’t, I reply the same as I do to the enquiry made by anyone at any time: The same as yesterday, but perhaps, today, with the added excitement of putting a second coat of varnish on the balcony woodwork if I can bring myself to open a can of the stuff with a screwdriver.
What I will also be doing, though, is a little publicity on my new series of Victorian mysteries, because book two is on its way, and I now have the cover. If you want to see it, you will have to head to www.jacksonmarsh.com and keep an eye out for the cover reveal sometime next week. If you want to know more, here’s what I bunged up in a promo group the other day, and I’ll leave you to explore while I get on with my week-never-end.
‘Finding a Way’ is book one in my new historical mystery series, The Delamere Files. The series begins in 1892, in London, and book two, ‘A Fall from Grace’ will be out in October. I have already started on book three ‘Silence and Limelight.’ (I am a full-time writer, and all my novels are full-length, 80 to 100k.)
The Delamere Files mystery series follows on from the two previous series, but there’s no need to have read the ones that went before. They are The Clearwater Mysteries (1888 to 1890), and The Larkspur Mysteries (1890 to 1891). All are historical fact/fiction mixed with MM romance/bromance, action, adventure and some humour, with ongoing characters and storylines, though with a complete mystery per book.
You can find them all under my Amazon author profile, and all are on Kindle, KU and in paperback.
