Back from England—and toward “The End”

As you can probably tell from the silence here, I’m deep in trying-to-finish up mode for my novel THE LILY MAID and other projects. My intention was to get this draft to my agent by the end of January—it’s now mid-February. I’m closing in but need to cocoon myself until I get to the end. I’m currently revising and rewriting the final 15,000 words. Alas, the book has ballooned to 135,000 words—not unusual for a historical novel, but longer than I’d intended—so I suspect some editing may be in my future.

When I last posted here, I’d just moved my studio and was about to embark on a research trip to England. The trip was amazing—I’ll have much more to write about it once I come up for air. In the meantime, here are some photos from the trip. Most of my time was spent in the Cotswolds, where William Morris had his summer home, and in London, where most of my novel takes place.

Enjoy—and I’ll be back when I finish this draft!

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