Monday 18th March Day 240
Monday morning sees me at the dinette at 8.30am after a coffee in bed and a few more chapters read. I spend a few hours working on the freelance book festival work and then start faffing again with the canal book. I really need to get a move on and start editing if I’m going to publish it this year. I’m still wondering if i will self publish or try and find a home for it but first it needs to be written and edited.
After lunch we decide to cruise and as we untie the ropes, the sunshine joins us and we enjoy a pleasant two and a half hour cruise stopping to fill up with water as we have put the washing machine on. The travel pack comes on as we stop for water – we have given up trying to work the blooming thing out! The water point is situated at a lovely CRT boat yard and if you use your imagination, you can picture how it used it was probably a hive of activity back in the day. It has a fab clock tower and some very interesting building surrounding it.
We moor up near some woods and go for a walk… ((Peachy stopped here because they went for a walk. Imagine if she never came back and this was it… ohhhh that would make a great thriller. The case of the disappearing author… I might write a book about that. About the only way to make you famous so you sell more books)) Hey, ((Ooppps she’s back!)) I haven’t gone yet!
It’s a lovely walk past Springwood Marina where you can hire boats and then over the bridge and upto the Quarry Mans walk. There is a lovely area here which has been turned into a nature reserve and it’s a very pleasant wander – although wellies were required as most of the towpath are muddy. We really need some precious sunshine and dry days. Day done. Until tomorrow. x
Cruising miles: 3
Published by C.L. Peache
After living in various parts of the UK, including Wakefield, York, Derby, and the Yorkshire Dales, I now live on a Narrowboat cruising the canal network. I enjoy reading, writing, travelling, walking, kayaking, watching all forms of motorbike racing and socialising (networking).
At the beginning of my writing journey, I started my blog which tracks the ups and downs of writing. ((I need to mention that my blog posts are usually visited by ‘Brackets’!))
To the books…
My fantasy series, Festival of Time was completed with the publication of Book Three: Battle in November 2022 and now joins, Book Two: Rescue, and Book One: Escape. Click ‘books’ on my website to find out more and follow me on social media for updates – I love chatting with readers and authors.
In 2021 I joined Saga Fiction and now have three stories published on their app; A Christmas Wish, Decisions, Decisions, and A night lost to the past. Power of Nature a thriller/mystery novel is available on eBook. Finding Love, is my latest romance/rom-com novel and is available as an eBook and paperback on Amazon.
I’m part of a wonderful writing group based in Newark; The Fosseway Writers and have stories in various anthologies including; The Brinwade Chronicles, which is a collection of 28 Gothic stories by 13 writers. Burning Old School Ties, Blood, Sweat and Typewriters and our latest book, Writings on the Walls, Available on Amazon.
In February 2019 I was lucky enough to travel to New Zealand. During my time exploring this wonderful part of the world I kept a journal and this became 187 Kilometres, turn left – which is a guide to our 43-day bucket list adventure. Available on Amazon.
In December 2018; Game of Souls I published my first horror novella. Available on Amazon.
Current projects:
SagaFiction: Mystery/thriller novel based in Jersey
I’m very excited to start rewriting my psychological series, which will hopefully be published in 2024!
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