The most important thing that I wanted to say, was that I hope that all of my friends and readers have a very happy Christmas and that I send my good wishes to you all for a healthy and happy New Year.
With love from
Valerie aka Val
xx
Saturday 22 December 2012
Three Sleep Nights to go
As the children of friends might say.
People weighed down with the responsibilty of shopping and preparing for Christmas often say it's for children, which it is, but it's for adults too; it's a time for catching up with old friends and for reflection on the year which has almost gone, and too quickly for most of us. It's also a special time for thinking of those who are no longer with us, except in spirit and deep within our hearts.
For me it has been a satisfactory and busy year, with the paperback publication of my last book The Harbour Girl and the creation of The Harbour Girl Trail which has been so well received, particularly in the libraries, and the November publication of The Innkeeper's Daughter.
My lovely loyal readers have once again shown such support and at each signing have asked will there be another book next year? Yes, I say, should I live so long!
This year of course has been so very exciting with the Queen's Jubilee Celebration and not forgetting the wonderful Olympics. I must confess that I had been rather cynical over the original hype but was won over by the sheer joy and exhilaration of it all, especially when so many Yorkshire athletes brought back their golden accolades. Call it jingoism if you like but it brought a tear to my eye and filled me with delight.
Since I wrote my last blog I have 'cut a ribbon' at the opening of a new office for the charity Beverley Lift, supported the firework display in aid of the Hull Memory Clinic, given several talks on the aforementioned Trail, launched The Innkeeper's Daughter at Hull's Waterstone's where they built a wonderful Christmas tree of books in their window, and where the book sales exceeded those of last year; wrote a short story for My Weekly which is out now and had a mention on Radio 4's Open Book. Oh, yes, and wrote a few more words for the next book, and a quick trip over to Stockholm as a prelude to Christmas where we knew for sure there would be snow!
People weighed down with the responsibilty of shopping and preparing for Christmas often say it's for children, which it is, but it's for adults too; it's a time for catching up with old friends and for reflection on the year which has almost gone, and too quickly for most of us. It's also a special time for thinking of those who are no longer with us, except in spirit and deep within our hearts.
For me it has been a satisfactory and busy year, with the paperback publication of my last book The Harbour Girl and the creation of The Harbour Girl Trail which has been so well received, particularly in the libraries, and the November publication of The Innkeeper's Daughter.
My lovely loyal readers have once again shown such support and at each signing have asked will there be another book next year? Yes, I say, should I live so long!
This year of course has been so very exciting with the Queen's Jubilee Celebration and not forgetting the wonderful Olympics. I must confess that I had been rather cynical over the original hype but was won over by the sheer joy and exhilaration of it all, especially when so many Yorkshire athletes brought back their golden accolades. Call it jingoism if you like but it brought a tear to my eye and filled me with delight.
Since I wrote my last blog I have 'cut a ribbon' at the opening of a new office for the charity Beverley Lift, supported the firework display in aid of the Hull Memory Clinic, given several talks on the aforementioned Trail, launched The Innkeeper's Daughter at Hull's Waterstone's where they built a wonderful Christmas tree of books in their window, and where the book sales exceeded those of last year; wrote a short story for My Weekly which is out now and had a mention on Radio 4's Open Book. Oh, yes, and wrote a few more words for the next book, and a quick trip over to Stockholm as a prelude to Christmas where we knew for sure there would be snow!
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