Earlier this week, I drew a line under ‘The Whispering Woods’. Or, more precisely, I typed “-oOo-” which is shorthand for…

Thing is, though, Whispering Woods is a story about what happens when Tilly and her good friend Sylvia go on a vacation to the Pacific Northwest. What of the third musketeer? Their roommate, Ruth, hadn’t seen her family all year so I felt that she’d have to head south.

I always work on at least two stories at a time. It’s the only way to avoid a post-book slump, ...