BOOKWORMS AND VILLAINS

Writing progress in The Secondhand Bookworm Series - Thursday 13th August 2020: NEWS! NEWS! BOOKWORM NEWS! This week I sent the finished manuscript of Book 8 in my series of novels set in an English bookshop to my proof reader Anne! It is called 'Valentine's Day at The Secondhand Bookworm' and takes place a few weeks after 'Book Club at The Secondhand Bookworm', following six days with Nora Jolly in The Secondhand Bookworm's used and antiquarian bookstore during Valentine's Week (a new festival put on in the fictional County of Cole). Once the manuscript is ready for release I shall make it available on Amazon to download on Kindle, to read for free with Kindle Unlimited, and to purchase in paperback - I have to say I love the Amazon paperbacks, they do a great job. I have now started writing the next book which is called 'Lockdown at The Secondhand Bookworm' and follows on from Valentine's Day, covering several months of lock-down with Nora Joll...

Book Eight in The Secondhand Bookworm will be available to download and read with Amazon Kindle and Kindle Unlimited or in paperback within the next few weeks - Valentine's Day at The Secondhand Bookworm! I am now reading through the first draft of the manuscript which is great fun. I started the series back in 2008 for my work colleagues and reworked and continued it for my sister and I, for friends and colleagues and, having made it available publicly through Amazon, for those who enjoy reading the eccentric, often funny, ins and outs of a used bookshop in an historic town in England. Valentine's Day takes place over six days during Valentine's Week in Castletown, with The Secondhand Bookworm participating in the County of Cole's newly established festival. Lots of things are happening, with market stalls, street performers, displays, romantic talks, walks and of course, Valentine-themed books - tongue-in-cheek of course with lots of madness. I am now ready to move on...