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Jimbo:
I like your wife!

The preview option does allow people to decide, doesn't it? I was brought up in a very religious household. My father was a preacher, so absolutely no swearing. But that is not like the modern world. Swearing is a stress marker in speech, and it is very general, and always has been. There's swearing in Chaucer and Shakespeare, but the words are different. It was a constant moan amongst writers on The Bill that the language was not realistic - or the instruction that tired coppers should never "accidentally" hit some toe-rag's head on a car door. The language in EastEnders is very unrealistic. But those are prime time TV - a novel is not.

Two characters in the novel swear. Plenty of others don't. I think that's pretty true to life, really. I've tried to have Johnny describe the village as it is. I hope you will see through the odd casual F word to the affection I have for the place and its people.

I started writing book two last night. If - as my father would have said - the Good Lord spares me, bearing in mind that I'm 80 in September, it will be out in the summer.

diane13:
I have ordered my copy of the paperback which should arrive tomorrow  ;D Now I have a dilemma - whether to begin reading or whether to wait until my holiday?  Decisions decisions  ;D

WINKIE:
Mrs Winkie has it on Kindle, bedtime reading  :).

Jimbo:
Hi all - I'm pleased to say that sales in the first four days have been very good. In fact better than the total sales for my science fiction novellas!

What's interesting is that Kindle sales are more than three times the paperback sales. It's also enrolled for Kindle Unlimited and quite a few are reading it on there. I must say that all surprises me.

I wish I could make the paperback cheaper, but Amazon imposes a minimum price. I may make the print format a bit smaller for book two to reduce the page count. I would have done it for this for book one, but I showed proof copies to several people who liked the easy to read format for older eyes - both layout and font. I'd really appreciate feedback from those who read the paperback before releasing book two, but that won't be until mid-summer unless a magic age-rejuvenation pill comes along!

diane13:
My copy has just arrived - I don't think I will be waiting for my holiday to begin reading  :D

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