That Friday Feeling....or not

So, we got to the end of the week again. And again very little as happened – my big plans for finishing up my novel haven’t actually materialised. I know where want to go; I mean every author knows where they want to go – but it’s getting there. At least I have the advantage that I don’t have to make it so Mills & Boon that you’re reaching for the insulin. I just couldn’t make my heroine the kind of simpering, wet – blanket, fainting heroine that I have discovered it in a lot of these books. I have read a lot of Regency Romances; and to be honest I have actually stopped now, because I’m so afraid that if I read another one I will find something that I could use in one of my novels and I should not like to be accused of plagiarism. My only consolation is that I am least publishing this novel myself and that it really doesn’t matter how many I sell {of course I’d like to sell in the region of at least 15,000.} But then who wouldn’t like to sell in the region of 15,000 books (or more.) I just hope I have written the characters as well as I could have. My main problem, as those of you who have followed my attempt to write a Romance Novel is that I design my own cover and with the best will in the world I’m still not quite sure which one to use so that those of you who actually read this Blog; I’m putting the cover designs below and you can tell me which one you prefer; the first, the second or the third. I will let you know how I get on with my book. (Hopefully I should finish by this weekend. Unfortunately my characters aren’t really doing what I want them to do. Plan A: My heroine goes off into the sunset and my hero has to pursue her, declare his undying love and they embrace. Plan B: one of my (singularly) nasty characters gets their comeuppance, our hero pursues our heroine to the inn where she has repaired herself, declares his undying love, he whisks her back to his home procures a special licence and marries her. As I said, my characters do not want to do what I want them to do. Hopefully, we should get over this.

I had to give my Cup back this week – and I’d love to have kept it forever and ever. I can’t promise I’ll win this year, although getting placed would be good as I don’t intend to enter any of the other competitions – unless of course the photography appeals-although the prize money isn’t as good and I’m not likely to win the cup for it. I was still so surprised when I won last year – and part of me still can’t get over it. So we’ll see what happens. At least I shall give it a go. In fact I have spent much of this year giving various competitions (poetry and otherwise) a go. I haven’t always succeeded – but if you don’t try, you’ll never know, will you?