I can't believe we're already in September. It won't be long until the large tins of Christmas chocolates start appearing in the shops. Mind you Christmas starts earlier every year anyway. Soon the stores will start draping tinsel over the beachwear.

My deadline of November for publishing second novel, Nothing Ventured, is fast approaching. This is the current blurb: -

Sometimes you need to take a chance in life to make something happen. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Several residents in sleepy Ryan Harbour find themselves in this exact situation. While a bucket list brings enemies, Diana and Lou, together; landlord Jamie Taylor’s events to attract new customers to his pub don’t quite turn out as planned. Robert and Grace’s sexual experimentation is quite an eye-opener to them and Dr Bryant’s infatuation with his new locum could get dangerously out of hand if his wife finds out. With some unplanned public nudity, sexual roleplay and being responsible for the extinction of an entire species of beetle happening (among other things) the harbour town certainly becomes less sleepy; but with love and friendship blossoming, there’s everything to gain.

I'm still ploughing through a final grammar edit of the novel, which is taking ages to do. Five chapters down, eighteen to go! I used to think paying an editor to check my novel was a luxury I couldn't afford. It's fast starting to sound like a necessity.