A Snippet for Sharon...it may change yet!

     “What’s up?” Nikki stopped putting dishes away.  Her fathers’ face was unreadable, saddened and careworn.  She wanted to hug him, but watched as he took off his coat and hung up Sally’s lead.

     “Nothing Nikki, nothing, it’s just a bit cold out there, you know, last throws of winter and all that.”

Nikki wasn’t sure she believed her father, but she couldn’t put her finger on what seemed to be bothering him.

They sat together with their feet up on the coffee table, blue socks and black socks side by side, each knowing Sarah wouldn’t have approved.  When Nikki moved her feet off the glass top, Ron did too.  They sat together in companionable silence, catching up on Saturday’s papers. Neither of them switched on a lamp.  The TV was on mute.  The silent screen flashed colour and shadows around the room, their own private version of the Northern Lights.

     “I suppose we ought to put a light on, it’s too dark to read now.”  Ron stood up and made an attempt at pulling a curtain across.  Nikki watched him make a mess of it and rather than remind him of Mum, who always said, - men don’t do material - she waited until he’d gone into the kitchen before straightening them.

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This is the blurb I may use...

THE PARTING STONE

The Lake District fells bring together a group of friends who intend to   walk the notorious Striding Edge – a sharp ridge which has seen many dramas and deaths over the years.

      A weekend of enjoyment takes an unexpected turn when an accident in Grisedale involves a mountain rescue team.

     Surviving the weather can be hard enough, but will friendship survive when resentment, desire and jealousy simmer under the veneer of camaraderie?

   

The Blurb Business

I have spent all afternoon and most of my evening working on my blurb - the back cover of a paperback that gives enough information to make you want to buy it, but not enough so you feel you can predict the story.  It is harder than I thought.  Phew... I'm glad that's over.

Eureka!

Well...I may have found Blogger, but how to steer her...I do not know.  It seems, as a writer I must keep up to date with social media to increase my chances of being noticed.  This is my blog.  Welcome.  What I hope to share with you are my very personal stories.  Each is written with a backdrop of the fells.  From them, I hope you can smell the fellside, hear the Herdwick and feel that breeze on your face as you look upon the most wonderful scenery Britain has to offer. Occasionally, I may drop in a short story that does not relate to The Lakes, but for the main part, this is, essentially a little bit of escapism for those who love the fells. 

     Recently, I finished my first novel and I'm now in the process of editing it.  I hope to have it ready for an agent by April.  (I'm also hoping someone has bought me The Writers' and Artists' Yearbook for Christmas!)  My book is called The Parting Stone.  More about that later...