Monday, 9 May 2016

The Elusive MacGuffin

With The Pink Herring now away at the editors, I started work on the next Shaun Young book today - working title The Elusive MacGuffin. It is set some six months after The Pink Herring and begins with an elderly man arriving on steam train at Sheringham station, the end of the line. 
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Friday, 6 May 2016

First Draft Completed!

Celebration!
Cheers! It's taken just under 3 months to complete the first draft of The Pink Herring and I'm quietly impressed with the words per writing day average I've managed. The word count for the book stands at 100,176, so a reasonable size and I've managed no less than 66 versions, saving each new edition as I finish the working day.
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