Northbound...

Figuratively sales are sort of Northbound - slowly, but reasonably steadily anyway. Another thing on the increase is the number of visits the website is getting - according to Guy from Blue Spot Computers who hosts it, there has been a very big increase in hits recently, but I am a bit concerned it may be punters trawling for Prostitutes rather than on the hunt for literary excellence. Then again, I'll sell to perverts as happily as anyone else - that's diversity in the free market for you!
Final Northbound thing for this post is me! All being well I am off North next Wednesday to catch the ferry from Aberdeen to Lerwick for this year's Shetland Classic Motor Show - a wonderful event held every 2 years in the most beautiful islands on earth. I wait for this event to come round every two years, and then only get to spend 4 whole days up there, but it really is worth the wait. Of the many 'things to do before you die', visiting Shetland should be on everyone's list. Unless of course you live there, in which case go South for a bit and you'll appreciate going home even more!
When I get back I really must get stuck into the sequel.....

A new era of joy peace and prosperity. Perhaps.

So, the political horse-trading is over and as I predicted, one man has a lot of time on his hands. Probably preferable to what lies ahead for the new government, especially if you have a good pension. I have just over 3 years to wait for mine, and it can't come soon enough for a number of reasons.
Still utterly unvisited, at least the blog makes me think 'book' on a regular basis - sales still ticking along, but it is so annoying that folk will insist on lending a book they have enjoyed to another friend or relative. If they enjoyed it they should guard it jealously and make other people BUY their own copy. But that's ideal world stuff from the impoverished writer's point of view. In reality I am just grateful that feedback seems very positive. I must get stuck into a second volume, but of course that doesn't just pit me against the rest of the writing world - it pits me against my first effort, and that makes it a real challenge! Ah well, off to Shetland in early June, a chance to relax and leave the real world behind. The journey there is always wonderful, the journey back always a terrible effort, but for the next 3 years I have to keep going back to get to work I suppose. How irritating.