Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes

The weather here in the south of England has turned really cold. A bitter wind from the Arctic is doing its best to freeze our toes off.

It is almost too cold for rational or creative thought, but I am doing my best and managing to enjoy working on the current WIP.

Our year probably won’t start just yet, as my next hospital appointment is just next week and should answer a few questions, and hopefully, a miracle cure for my back pain.

I did try to regroup after last year’s writing muddle, make new plans, or find any inspiration that might be hanging around waiting for takers, but one way or another, it was a case of no can do.

There has been a promise of snow over the next few days, which is one hell of a coincidence, really, for I have been working on Swan Song, my latest Detective Snow story. I concluded last year that my problems, very similar to Snow’s, were somehow slowing down my writing. And that if I could sort out my problems, I could help him with his.

Turns out, it works both ways, and helping him is helping me, I am very happy to say. And I now know the ending!

I am also working on a post about the upcoming Chinese New Year, the year of the Horse, which begins on February 17th. It is forecast to be a very special and productive year for many of us, which will make a change from the year we will be leaving, the Year of the Snake. I love the way you can almost guess what kind of year you will get, just by the name!