Things are definately looking up, I have had the prelim artwork for the new book from the artist. It has a lovely retro feel to it which I like.

Very upset at the final spooks this weeks (series 5 finale) - it has completely scuppered my next book (the one following Gibraltar Rock) - the location scenario is exactly what I was going to use, it wasn't going to be ecowarriers, but, it was still to be the thames barrier. Bumflaps! Mind you, I did enjoy the final episode of spooks, but I wish that they hadn't decided to use the same scenario as me. That means I have to go to plot B now, and that has had me lying awake these past few nights trying to work out the storyline into the different scenario.

Perhaps I could plant a nuke on the Canary Islands, and threaten to nuke the island and cause the tidal wave that will destroy the East Coast of the USA - nah, too obvious and trite.

Well the saga continues. Health is not as good as it should be, but I shall not let it get to me. BP still stupidly high despite three tablets that are supposed to bring it down, and it is now 6 weeks since I had caffeine.
The new book (book 3 of Geraldine & Edward) - The story moves on apace. I think I 've managed to get the first chapter more or less in the can (bad metaphor, I know, sorry), and I think I know where it is going to go. Book 2 is safely at the publishers, so hopeful that it will be out in time for Christmas, if not, then there is always Valentine's day!
Weather has not been as promised, drizzle and damp grey nothing of a day, not th egales and torrentials we were assured would be here to day. At least gales have something about them, they are happening, you can feel alive in a gale. Not todays dull weather, just about fits my mood I guess.

boring boring boring

It is so boring when your eyes play you up, and I mean no disrespect to any one who is challenged eyesight wise. I am used to being able to see. Used to being able to watch TV or a Film on DVD, used to reading teletext, used to being able to see what I am doing on the computer.But this bloody diabetes is really mucking up my eyesight. The opticians have been really Good (D&A!! excellent), and have been trying to react as quickly as they can with contact lens. But even that isn't easy. Because of astigmatism, I still need reading glasses. And I am struggling getting the lens out of my eye. God I wish it would settle down. Bloods today were 4.1 (which is okay) and 147/86 (which is not).I have all these ideas for my next book, and I can only play with them in my head as the eyesight is so bad to day.Boy cat went to vet today for XRays - he is struggling getting up the stairs. He wailed all the way in the car, and girl cat was freaked by the whole thing and hid from me for ages.Quite frankly it has not been a good day!

It's gone, the book, to the publishers, that is

Well I proof read it one final time and packed it off to the publishers - I just hope that they got it okay, and that they are able to do the necessary. Really struggled with my eyesight since, BP up high and the sigars are low, so the excitement is obviously not good for my health.Jennifer has moved back to Gloucester today and starts her new job as Assistant Manager at the Bumble on Monday. It's good to have all my children (Hah!) back in the same town as me. I shall be taking Yvonne over to Jen's flat tomorrow, she hasn't seen it yet. Be interesting to see what she thinks of it. Hopefully James will be there too.New book plot is beginning to take shape. Hopefully I can rough out the story before the year end, leaving me 2007 to do the writing.

Well I spent Sunday doing nothing on my writing. Nothing tangible that is. I mucked up taking my contact lens out basically it felt like it had welded itself to my eyeball. I couldn't get a grip on it, and then I lost it. It felt like it had gone round the back. Oh the pain. Lot's of eye ball washing with saline solution, but couldn't find the bloody lens. I later found it on the floor, so obviously it had come out, but all the poking and prodding gave me blurred vision . After that cleared, I thought it best not to strain my eyes too much and had a day off the computer. So no writing, but plenty of thinking. I had ideas flowing through my imagination this week. I know where I am going to take Edward and Geraldine in the next (third) novel, and I am quite excited at the prospect of bringing the monarchy into play for the first time. With respect to my other new idea published elsewhere with the working title of Conception (not), I mentalled out the next couple of chapters too. That could be quite an exciting option too. Today though, I really need to get Gibraltar Rock off to the publisher. One final proof read....

It's been a longish day. We were off relatively early to Worcester (about 30 miles from home). We need to try a particular brand of mattress and that is where the enarest stockist is. Turned out to be a bit of a wasted - the mattress was nothing like as good as we had been led to believe. However, it gave us an opportunity to have a look around Worcester Shopping centre - seemed to have changed a lot since I was last there, but all in all quite enjoyable. Finished off feeding the seagulls by the river. We did try to feed the swans but the gulls caught the bread in mid air!Back in the car after a pleasant half day in Worcester, but my lord - doesn't the place suffer with traffic!

Worked some more on final editing for Gibraltar Rock - the new title for my new novel, hopefully out in time for Christmas. Had one major moment when I noticed that all the 'Daddy' words had changed to Long Levens. WHY? For goodness sake! For some completely inexplicable reason Word just seems to have taken it upon itself to do a search and replace. Thank goodness I noticed. Somehow:-

'Longlevens, can you pass me the baby powder' doesn't quite seem right!

Blood sugars seem okay today, but the old BP still too high. The meds for the sugars now seem to be working but the BP ones, even though they were upped yesterday, still don't seem to be bringing it down. Never mind!

Just watched Strictly Come Dancing - I think Brendan is setting himself up for a fall. We shall have to see how the public voting goes, but he annoyed me, and I'm public, and generally he is one of the pro's that I like.

Tinkering with the web page as the cats cower and hide from the bloody fireworks - God I HATE THEM!

Well it's been a year since I blogged. That is partly because I forgot my log in details, partly because of personal issues, and partly because I was busy working on a new book. Well the new book is finished, well in final edit, and the various issues that stopped me blogging are resolved. Today, however, I am concentrating on trying to improve my website, www.reeley.co.uk, so I will blog further with what I learn, and also about my new book.
I am, as they say, blogging once more.