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But don’t worry! You won’t need wellies or a rain coat. I’ve already got cold and wet and windblown on your behalf researching my next book, Storm Singing, and it’s very nearly here!
 storm singing cover And isn’t the cover fabulous!
I’ve actually held my own first copy of Strom Singing. In fact I’ve even read out loud from it, to some classes in Edinburgh and some classes in North Ayrshire, just to see how it sounds and how they reacted. And luckily for me, they all wanted me to read on… But of course I didn’t, because my publisher was there, giving me a hard stare until I said: If you want to know what happens next, you’ll have to read the book! (available in all good bookshops and libraries etc…)
And now, this is the nerve-wracking bit for me, waiting for the actual publication date next week. Because now I’m waiting to see what you all think of it – waiting til someone reads Storm Singing at top speed, then writes to me or emails me or posts something on my blog or chats to me in a bookshop and TELLS ME WHAT THEY THINK OF IT!
I don’t think it’s really a book until other people have read it. Otherwise I could just mutter stories to myself in my study, and be happy with that. I write books to share them with other people, so waiting to see what you think of what I ask my characters to do, and how they react, is really important! And in Storm Singing, I think I may have asked them, especially Helen, Rona and Yann, to do more difficult things than anything I’ve asked of them before…
So, once you’ve got your own Storm, let me know what you think!
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I’m hoping to be at the launch! It’s so exciting!!!
Emily and I are looking forward to getting our hands on a real live copy at the launch. We seem to have been waiting (im)patiently for ages!
Oh. That (im)patiently makes me feel guilty for taking so long to write Storm Singing! Though I didn’t really take that long – about 9 months to write and 6 months to edit. But it’s also making me feel VERY guilty about the next one, the fourth AND FINAL one in the First Aid series. Because I haven’t even started writing it yet. Aaaargh! I’m sorry. And it’s not because I don’t have any ideas (I have lots) and it’s not because I don’t have a first line (at a guess, it will start ‘clip, clop, clip…’) It’s because I’ll be spending most of the summer reading Storm Singing in shops and libraries and so on, reliving all the excitement and fun of writing this one. And it would just be too weird to send the fabled beast team off on their next adventure when I’m still so absorbed in this one. But I’m doing lots of research, and lots of thinking, so when in September (probably) I sit down and type those first words, the first few chapters will probably be ready to roll out. However even if the story comes fast, the long process of getting the words right and the research right, will still mean a bit of a wait. But when you see what I’m going to do to them next, you might be glad of a breather first! (And in the meantime, once you do have a real live copy of Storm Singing (will it wriggle in your hands, do you think?) please do let me know what you think of it!)