As it was a lousy summer I started writing and ended up with a novel. I was pretty chuffed with it. A few years ago I did a writing course so knew the basics so consider my original copy to be a 'draft' and I'm now editing it. In the meantime, have been trying to find an agent - 4 rejections so far....

It appears the books are released in batches, so perhaps more to come?

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3rd weekly competition - add a comment, win a copy of my poetry book Shape to Shape . This week: Quixotic . http://mixingtracks.blogspot.com/2007/07/monday-is-word-of-week-day-no-3.html

The Hunting of the Snark... Word of the Week competition. Add a comment to my post - the best comment wins a poetry book. http://mixingtracks.blogspot.com/2007/07/monday-is-word-of-week-day-no-2.html

http://mixingtracks.blogspot.com/2007/07/book-review-ode-less-travelled-by.html - BOOK REVIEW of The Ode Less Travelled by Stephen Fry, includes two short poems I wrote in response to the book.