Magic and Mayhem...

...is the title of Raven Mysteries Book V, which I am writing at the mo. I'm about halfway through which is good, because I promised myself I'd have it done by Christmas, and if I'm still writing at five minutes to midnight on Christmas eve, I'll nod at Santa as he comes down the flue of the log burner and jolly well keep on writing.

All is going fine so far, and the 'plot' has frequent mention of cabbages, bunnies and the lethal combination of the two. Obviously. I have to confess I'm getting some help with this one; rabbit names are being supplied by the best rabbit namer in the country (that's official), and my very own daughter told me the funniest thing I've heard in years the other day, so that's going in too!

Now, how many hours till Christmas exactly? Oh, dear...

Blooming Christmas

Except I'm actually quite enjoying it this year. Of course the house always looks better with a giant inflatable Homer Simpson Santa outside ;-)

Apologies for the profanities displaying on my Twitter feed - I've deleted it now as it seemed to have been infiltrated by people with lots of bad words in their naughty little heads...

Ghosts and gadgets interview with Martin Jarvis

He is such a gent, I cannot tell you. Whether it's his Christopher Lee impression or his thoughts about Derren Brown, I remain in awe of his skills....

Hallowe'en...

As my daughter says, you gotta love it.

And we certainly had fun. Dressed as (inept) Victorian Vampire Hunters, we welcome visitors to the ghostwalk at Wicken Fen. An almost full moon, mist drifting in from the fen, and some fantastic tableaux, including a werewolf chewing on someone and howling, and zombies emerging from the reeds!

Here's how we looked: www.marcussedgwick.com/vampirehunters.html

Oh, why is next Samhain 12 months away?!

Things Can Only Get Better...

When the first date of your world domination book tour is cancelled with 6 hours notice, you know things can only get better. Shame, I was looking forward to extricating myself from my studio and remembering what talking to other people is like, rather than all the voices in my head (these are characters I'm talking about here, people. Honest)

So instead I'm going to have to keep talking to those characters for another 24 hours and hit the road tomorrow instead. What miffs me the most is I was planning a sneaky trip to All Saints in Spitalfields first...

Onwards and upwards.

The Raven Mysteries Website is alive!

Please pop along and take a look:

www.ravenmysteries.co.uk

The Sun Also Rises...

...As Ernest Hemingway once said.

This picture is yesterday's sunset, I'm just sorry I didn't snap sunrise this morning too, as it has been absolutely beautiful. Again.

Anyway enough romanticising. More pressing matters, like that thumping great re-write I'm working on await me. Shucks. But when that book is put to bed then it's time for the sun to rise on the next one, and that is always the most exciting part of writing, I find. When all is fresh and new and you haven't had time to doubt what you're doing...

Ok! To the book!