Today is the day where I get to share the audio version of my book with some lovely reviewers and you. This tour has been hosted by Rachel’s Random Resources.
Part of the Winter Warmers Series, A Little Christmas Magic is a heart-warming collection of eight stories with a focus on family, friendship, love and goodwill.
From a much-loved family pet that goes missing to a neighbour in need. Chance meetings and the kindness of strangers. Overcoming trauma to help others and being prepared to make sacrifices. A father rushing to get home to his kids in time for Christmas.
“Each story brings out a meaning of Christmas and a listener will definitely choose a favorite for their individual preference! My favorite was one of the shorter stories: Last Minute Dash. It just spoke to me more than the others. It shows the kindness of a stranger while also sharing in the joy of Christmas and memories of childhood.” Jessica at Jessica’s Reading Room
“I really like the narrator, Colette Davies Kerwin. She was really animated in the stories and easy to like. The stories are written exceedingly well. The author Suzanna Rogerson has written a beautiful story that’s full of magic and heartwarming for Christmas. If you love Christmas books, this is for you. 5 stars!” Tea leaves and book leaves
I’m looking forward to sharing some more review snippets later on.
I’ve been trying to embed a sample of the audiobook into this post, but for some reason wordpress isn’t letting me. (huge sigh!)
So November passed in the blink of an eye and we’re almost halfway through December as well!
Book 4
My plans to finish book 4 in the Mermaid Hotel series have fallen behind – it’s currently sitting at 53K. It’s going well and I could still finish it by the end of the year, but it will be a tough challenge! I’m trying to make it a well developed first draft, which takes longer than just churning out the scenes, though as Christmas approaches I may have to rethink how I do this.
Will I hit the 75k word count that the other books are averaging? From experience, the first draft is usually shorter and increases as I edit. 75k will be my end goal for next year when I have a polished, edited version.
Other writing
I’ve started working on the first prequel in The Mermaid Hotel series which starts during the run up to Christmas and ends the following Christmas. I’d love to get this ready to publish later in 2026.
Winter Warmers Series – I haven’t found the time to really get planning on book 3 in the series but I’m challenging myself to write one story a month starting in January. I would aim to get it finished by August, which would be 8 stories just like the other books.
Throughout December I’ve been enjoying taking part in the Advent Calendar Story Train, both sharing ‘A Squirrel’s Tale’ on 8th December and reading everyone else’s stories. Ari is keeping a list on her blog of each story as it goes live. Here is her link if you’ve missed it – 2025 Advent Calendar Story Train.
I can’t resist sharing Sammy AKA Scruffy’s picture one last time because he’s so sweet…
Audiobook news
The start of two book tours starts tomorrow with a ‘One Day Blitz’ hosted by Rachel’s Random Resourses. I can’t wait to get sharing the reviews on various social platforms and I’ll share a few updates here as well.
The from 17th December I have a week long tour with Love Book Tours. Again, it will be wonderful to share these reviews and see how the reviewers found Colette’s narrating style. I feel she has a very calming and relaxed voice, perfect to help you unwind after a hard day’s Christmas shopping.
Publishing decisions and marketing
I haven’t made any progress on my newsletter dilemma and really need to start marketing rather than just talking about it here! I also need to make some decisions on the covers for the series and set a publication date.
I feel like January will be a big month for making decisions, that’s why I really wanted to have book 4 in decent shape by 31/12/2025.
Reading
I’m close to reaching my Goodreads goal which is only a lowly 19 books this year. I’m on book 17, so again it’s going to be close. At least I caught up with my Netgalley reviews and have banned myself from looking on there for the rest of the year.
Everything else
Work and family each have their challenges but with only a week left before breaking up from college / work, I think I can make it!
I’m hoping to start the holidays fit and healthy as last year was ruined with a bad, lingering cold that meant I could barely taste the Christmas dinner I slaved over, or the many chocolates I scoffed.
That’s about it in my world, I’ll be back with some review highlights of the audiobook blitz for A Little Christmas Magic over the weekend.
Welcome to the Advent Calendar Story Train, where you can read through 24 stories under this year’s theme, Lost.
A Squirrel’s Tale
‘Look at those delicious acorns,’ I said, my tail twitching with excitement.
Sorrel ran along the branch towards me. ‘Are you mad, Sammy?’ she chattered angrily. ‘There’s no cover on the ground. It’s not safe.’
‘I’m the fastest squirrel in the park, what’s to worry about?’
‘Dogs, foxes, hawks, take your pick.’ Sorrel’s claws groomed nervously through my fur.
‘Don’t be silly.’ I laughed and scurried down the tree. ‘I bet I can get the acorns back here before anyone notices. Come on.’
‘No, I’ll keep watch.’
‘Suit yourself.’ I flashed my tail at her. ‘I’ll just keep the juiciest acorns for myself.’
On the ground, I sat on my haunches and sniffed the air for danger. All I could smell were those tempting acorns amongst the damp leaf litter, and I raced towards them before another squirrel chanced across my bounty.
Gathering all the acorns I could carry, I left them at the base of the tree for Sorrel to collect and then moved back to pick up the rest. I couldn’t resist stopping for a taste. I turned the acorn between my paws and tested several spots, looking for a weakness in the hard shell. My mouth watered as my teeth sank through…
‘Fox!’
I dropped the acorn and frantically checked around for the fox, sniffing the air for its telltale musky scent.
‘Run!’ Sorrel screamed.
From the corner of my eye, I saw a flash of red bounding towards me. I dashed for the nearest tree with the fox closing in behind me.
Just as I dived up the tree trunk, I felt the tug of sharp teeth grasping my tail. Digging my claws into the bark of the tree, I climbed for my life.
The grip on my tail slipped, and finally I was free. I didn’t stop climbing until I was high in the branches.
Sorrel jumped through the trees to reach me, still chattering loudly as she stopped beside me and ran her claws through my fur.
‘I know I lost the bet.’
‘No, Sammy, your tail…’
As I flicked my tail, I felt a sharp, throbbing pain.
Catching it between my paws, I groomed my fur and tasted blood. Tears welled in my eyes. My beautiful bushy tail was a ragged mess.
I hadn’t just lost the bet – I could never call myself a squirrel again.
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Sitting high in the branches, I surveyed the frosty ground below and looked for my next meal. From the corner of my eye, I glimpsed my crooked, bald tail and tried to ignore it.
“The price of stupidity and greed,” Sorrel was fond of telling me.
I saw my target family walking along the path.
‘Watch the magic at work, Sorrel.’
‘You’re such a show-off,’ she tutted, though she still climbed lower to watch me.
The family moved into range. I gave a quick check around for foxes and dogs before making my appearance.
The two children spotted me first.
‘Look, there’s Scruffy,’ the boy called as I scurried down to greet them.
I sat and clutched my paws in front of me, blinking big brown eyes and giving my tail a wiggle, just to remind them of my plight.
‘Poor Scruffy,’ the girl attempted to whisper. ‘Mum, give him food.’
‘Shh,’ her brother hissed. ‘You’ll scare him.’
‘Don’t argue, you two,’ the mum said, crouching low with her camera trained on me.
I never minded posing for her, so long as she paid for the privilege.
Finally, the mum stopped taking pictures long enough to dish out food to the children – they argued if they didn’t both get to feed me.
I let them walk closer while watching the food held temptingly in their hands; today it was a nut bar, my favourite.
They tossed the food on the ground next to me.
I snatched up the bar and scampered back up the tree, perching to eat my prize.
The family watched me from below, staying until I returned to claim the second offering.
When they were gone, Sorrel climbed down next to me, and we shared my reward.
‘Tastes good, doesn’t it?’
‘Yes, but it’s not natural taking handouts from humans,’ she said, licking her paws clean.
‘It’s not easy living with this.’ I flicked what remained of my tail in her face. ‘I’m just making the best of things. Look, here comes another family.’
‘Sammy…’
‘The name’s Scruffy,’ I told her. ‘At least while I’m working.’
‘Begging more like.’
‘If it’s good enough for the ducks…’ I threw over my shoulder before scooting down the tree in time to earn another snack.
A few minutes later, I handed my sister half the booty, and we sat munching together.
‘This winter will be so easy,’ I said.
‘But it might not last, Sammy. You still need to cache the acorns before they’re all gone, or you’ll starve.’
‘I’ll do it tomorrow.’ I pointed up to where the blue sky shone through the bare branches.
‘Right now, the sun is shining and there are plenty of humans eager to help an injured animal. I’m going to enjoy it while it lasts,’ I told her.
We moved through the park together, Sorrel sulking in silence.
‘I’ll teach you my technique.’ I scanned the area for likely victims. ‘There you go.’
I pointed to a lone man with a camera slung around his neck. ‘Those are the ones to target. They’ll do anything to get a good picture.’
Sorrel watched the man, twitching her tail nervously. Then she jumped in front of me. ‘Alright, this one’s mine.’
As she scurried down the tree trunk, I had to admit she looked graceful. The man with the camera took plenty of pictures before dishing out a reward.
‘You’re a natural,’ I told her. ‘But then again, you have been learning from a professional.’
She nipped me playfully and dashed away with her spoils. I gave chase, deciding that life without a tail wasn’t so bad after all.
The End
Thank you for reading today’s story. The next story will be available to read sometime on the 9th December, titled “Time Travel“. This link will be active tomorrow when the post goes live.
If you missed yesterday’s you can go and read it here.
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Believe it or not, this is based on a true story – well sort of! We used to love going on family walks to Bushy Park in Surrey and one day met a squirrel just like Scruffy begging for food.
I loved to take pictures of the wildlife and even got the kids interested too.
I hope you’ve enjoyed the story and taking part in the Advent story train. Don’t forget to check the other stories through the rest of December.
Thank you to Ari for arranging the Advent story train again this year. I’ve enjoyed taking part every year she has run it. If you missed them, here are the links to my previous stories.
Ok, so I realise my October wrap up is slightly later than planned, but I’m quite proud of what I achieved, so I wanted to share it.
First, the big news:
I’ve just agreed the audiobook for A Little Christmas Magic, and it’s now with ACX for their quality checks before they release it for sale. Colette Davies-Kerwin has done an amazing job bringing the stories to life, and I can’t wait to share the audiobook with everyone. To help with this, I’ve set up two audiobook blog tours in December, so will share more info on those when I can.
I made changes and sent Book 2 in the Mermaid Hotel Series out for its second round of critique feedback. Cristal is a very thorough reader and really challenges me to make the story better, so I’m looking forward to working through her suggestions as they come in. I’ve also entered the first chapter into a competition and have everything crossed that it gets to the shortlist stage.
I finished the latest draft of Book 3 in my Mermaid Hotel Series and sent it to two of my beta readers – we meet next week to discuss their thoughts on the last chapters. I hope they like it!
The story for the Advent Calendar story train is complete, and the post will publish on 8th December. It’s called ‘A Squirrel’s Tale’ and is a little different from my usual stories, so I’m looking forward to sharing that.
Plans for the rest of the year…
November is all about Book 4 and trying to finish the first draft by the end of the year. I’ve been reading through the story so far and trying to make a brief plan of what comes next. I’m aiming for around 1k words a day. If I manage this over November and December, I should reach an end word count of 75k. It would be great to start working on the finished novel over the Christmas break, as it will need a lot of editing!
I also need to start marketing my Mermaid Hotel Series and decide on things like my newsletter – do I try going with a different provider and use a new name? I don’t like Mail Chimp, so it seems like the perfect time to start afresh. If you have any newsletter recommendations, please let me know.
I still need to share my reviews of NetGalley books. I should get onto that ASAP as these were summer books, and now I have several Christmas ones to read and review as well.
I’ve also purchased the new Authorpreneur Academy course from Dave Chesson. I need to work through the modules and get familiar with self publishing again. If I want to make a big splash next year, all the preparation work I do now will hopefully help The Mermaid Hotel Series take off.
That’s enough from me. I’ll be back soon with those book reviews and details on the audiobook tours for A Little Christmas Magic.
Ok, so it’s already been a few weeks since my last post, which means I’ve fallen behind on the promise to blog more often. But I am working my way through the other items on my to do list for the last 100 days of 2025, and I also have a great new development to report.
Firstly, September’s challenge – Complete the draft of book 2 in The Mermaid Hotel Series.
I completed this a little late, but sent the book off to my beta reader last week. A win!
October:
Complete the draft of book 3 in The Mermaid Hotel Series. I’m getting on really well with this and have got the word count up to 72.5K. I still have about 60 pages to edit and develop, so I’m hoping to get that up to about 76k by the end of October.
I treated myself to a mini writing retreat and booked into a local hotel, where I wrote in my room until midnight without distraction. In fact, I only stopped to go to the curry house attached to the hotel for dinner. As well as getting lots of words done, it also gave me an appreciation of how the characters in my books might feel booking into a hotel as a solo traveller and dining alone. I also saw firsthand how much of a struggle in must be for the hotel industry to keep afloat with few guests – all invaluable experience for the crafting of my new series set in a Cornish hotel.
I would recommend any writer take a similar retreat to focus and recharge, especially if you have a busy home-life.
I still need to write a story for the Advent Calender Story Train and the deadline is looming, plus a Halloween themed story for the library writing group I attend.
The rest of October will be a busy one, especially now I have made an offer to a narrator to perform A Little Christmas Magic – I will keep you updated on the progress.
I still have lots of words to write today and stories to draft. I hope to be back with some late book reviews on my Netgalley reads and hopefully news on the book covers for my Mermaid Hotel Series.
Lastly, I finally got a new laptop! My old one has had a broken ‘down’ button for the last 2-years and the screen had bubbles and was leaking at the edges. Thanks to the recent Amazon Prime day deal, I’m typing this on my lovely new blue Lenovo IdeaPad. So far I’m very happy with it, though the battery life could be a little better.
It has been almost 10 months since I last posted on my blog, I don’t know how that happened. I also can’t believe we’re almost into October.
Last time I posted about the successes of 2024. I would usually have shared plans for 2025, but somehow didn’t get around to it. I will do a post in the coming days about my plans for the last 100 days of the year – inspired by a online event I will be attending run by London Writers’ Salon on 23rd September.
First on my list will be to blog more!
So, the reason I’ve been MIA is beacuse I’ve been deep in a romance hole, writing the books in my Mermaid Hotel series. I can’t wait to share more details of this over the next few months, but for now I will just say that I plan to start releasing them in 2026.
As I’ve been working on my romance ideas, I’ve been questioning whether I should start a new blog and have a new domain name rather than “Suzanne Rogerson Fantasy Author”.
Fantasy will always be something I come back to, and I class it as my first love, but over the last few years I’ve really loved writing romance and Christmas feel-good stories. I’ve also enjoyed building this blog up and connecting with so many writers and readers over the years, and I wouldn’t want to lose touch by starting out again.
What would you do? Would you carry on with a blog that you’ve established over the past ten years, or start again with a new genre and new direction?
This is just a short post to ease myself in and say hi. I hope to be sharing lots of news and insights into my new series and life as an indie author very soon.
How has the year been treating you? Do you have the rest of 2025 mapped out?
It has become a ritual to look back at the year and check in on my achievements.
It doesn’t feel as if much happened in 2024 as I didn’t meet many of the goals for the year that I set rather optimistically in 2023. However, plenty of other things did happen, so it’s important to focus on the positive.
Writing
I published a new short story collection called A Little Christmas Magic on 28th November 2024.
I also made the decision to make a series of Christmas stories – Winter Warmers. This now includes my previous Christmas collection – A Christmas Wish.
Both books had a book tour on Instagram in December which I enjoyed immensely. There’s nothing better than seeing what reviewers think of the heart-warming stories I’ve created. And it was great to be able to share so many review snippets and posts on Instagram throughout the month. Both were run by Love Books Tours and went very smoothly. Highly recommended service if you are wanting a book tour next year.
Aside from writing, I attended several writing events in 2024. There was a weekend event just outside of Stratford Upon Avon hosted by Alison May and Janet Gover. A whole weekend of food, writing workshops and talking writing with fellow writers. Plus some excellent 1-2-1’s that helped me move my ideas forward. I would recommend both Janet and Alison for the services they offer to writers, and they also run the Debut Author Club together.
The Romantic Novelist Association conference was held 10 minutes for my home at The Royal Holloway College, so I couldn’t resist attending the whole weekend event. At times I found it a struggle socially as I didn’t know anyone, but it was a wonderful opportunity to mix with both aspiring and published writers. The workshops were great as well.
I kept up with my monthly writing sessions at my local library, and attended several author events in libraries and Waterstones.
The not so successful side of 2024….
Fantasy genre
I made the decision to park my new fantasy series Starlight Prophecy for a while. I need to go back to the planning stage and really get to know the world and the history before I commit to working on the half completed trilogy.
I also toyed with the idea of writing a collection of short stories in the world of my Silent Sea Chronicles, but I think it’s a hard one to pull off. I want to provide extra content for readers who’ve enjoyed the series and also entice new readers without giving too much of the various storylines away. Maybe I will revisit this idea in 2025.
Romance genre
I’ve made great headway with The Mermaid Hotel Series (news I will share in a New Year’s post). However, 2024 has seen a lot of work editing and re-editing the story, reshaping major points of the character arcs etc. I’m almost happy with the way it is now, so I’ll share more about that very soon.
Reading
I met my Goodreads goal of 24 books. That seems like a sensible amount, though of course I’d love the time to read more. I did not however get around to reviewing many books, which I am not pleased about. I enjoying reviewing books on my blog and see it as a way to score some good karma points! Hopefully people will review my books more in 2025. Fingers crossed!
I would love to put a post together celebrating my favourite reads of 2024, but will have to see if time allows.
Other
I love the little graphic I made to show off my books. It will need to be changed soon because it is very festive, but I will enjoy it for now.
And that is about it for 2024. It’s had its ups and downs, but I’m confident 2025 will be a bigger and better year!
Welcome to the Advent Calendar Story Train, where you can read through 24 stories under the theme Surprise.
I really enjoyed taking part in 2022 and couldn’t wait to get involved again. Here is my offering for this year’s advent calendar story train…
Last Minute Dash
‘Is there a problem?’ The man behind me at the checkout asked as I stood torn between returning the box of novelty Christmas crackers or the tub of chocolates.
‘Sorry, what?’ I turned towards him.
He was young, early twenties, and dressed in very swish clothes for a last-minute dash to the supermarket on Christmas Eve. He wore a cream-coloured cashmere scarf and an expensive coat worn open over a dress suit, while I was wearing the same scarf and coat combo I’d used for the last three winters. Where he was all designer labels, I was charity shop chic.
‘I meant, is everything okay?’
‘Oh, sorry.’ I flushed and turned even redder seeing his purchases on the conveyor belt – bottles of champagne and expensive boxes of chocolates. His dozen items probably cost the same as my entire shop for the month.
‘I just need to return one thing and then I’m all done.’
It sounded so simple when I said it out loud, but I kept picturing little Kenny’s face when there were no crackers to pull with our Christmas dinner or shiny-wrapped chocolates to devour. I would normally stock up through December, but money was too tight this year after the rent increase and my hours being cut at work.
I turned back to the cashier. ‘Take off the crackers… no wait, the chocolates…’
The young man tapped his foot. It didn’t help my decision-making process.
I glanced at my trolly filled with yellow reduced stickers. Maybe there was something else I could put back instead. ‘Sorry, my boy loves them both…’ My words trailed off, no closer to a decision.
The manic atmosphere in the shop seemed to heighten around me. The festive music, staff rushing around wearing tinsel and Santa hats, all with excited expressions as they neared the end of their shifts with the promise of a well-earned day off. I had the overwhelming feeling that everyone was watching me, judging.
The man checked his watch.
I had to decide. Tears threatened as I double-checked my empty purse one last time. I was certain there was an extra £5 in there yesterday.
I sighed heavily, resigned. ‘Take off the…’
The man behind me cleared his throat. ‘Keep them both.’
‘I can’t…’ How could I explain to someone like him that I was broke?
He stepped towards me and I flinched, not sure what he planned until he stretched over and tapped his card against the reader.
My whole shopping bill disappeared.
‘But…’ I floundered as the receipt printed off and the cashier handed it to me.
The man gathered up the notes and change I’d counted out by the till and pressed them into my hands. His impatient air was gone. ‘Merry Christmas,’ he said softly.
‘I can’t let you do that.’
‘It’s already done. Go and enjoy Christmas with your son.’
‘You should at least take this.’
I offered him the money, but he shook his head.
‘It’s a gift.’
I bit my lip, looking down at the crumpled notes before stuffing them back into my purse. I quickly dumped the chocolates and crackers with the rest of the food in my trolley. ‘Thank you,’ I mumbled, not sure what else to say.
The cashier smiled at me. I could see his actions moved her, too.
As the cashier started scanning the man’s items, I backed out of the way.
‘Why did you do that?’ I asked, watching him pack the bottles into a cardboard carrier.
He shrugged. ‘I’m in a hurry and the self-service wasn’t working.’
I nodded, not entirely convinced, but there was no point hanging around delaying him further. ‘Well, thank you again. And have a lovely Christmas.’
I hurried away, my hands shaking as I gripped the trolley handle and wheeled it along with the other shoppers eager to get home and enjoy the rest of Christmas Eve.
He caught up with me as I neared the exit.
‘That wasn’t true, you know,’ he said, falling into step beside me.
I turned to him, surprised. ‘No?’
He smiled sheepishly. ‘You reminded me of my mum, and of where I came from before all this…’ He indicated his suit and the champagne bottles clunking in the carrier. ‘We never had much growing up, but Mum always made Christmas special. Being a family was far more important to me than what we didn’t have.’
My throat burned with emotion as I thought of Kenny waiting with his gran. ‘I hope my boy is as kind as you when he grows up.’
He smiled and then strode ahead of me and out through the automatic doors into the darkness.
I hurried outside for one last glimpse of my saviour, but he was gone. ‘Merry Christmas,’ I whispered after him, before heading home to my son.
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Thank you for reading today’s story. The next one will be available to read on December 10th, titled “A Borrowed Gift“. This link will be active tomorrow when the post goes live.
If you missed yesterday’s you can go and read it here.
Thanks to Ari for organising this story train again. It’s been a pleasure as always.
Please like and share the stories and hopefully we’ll see you again next year.
I always look forward to this time, when I can set myself goals for the year ahead.
So far I’ve invested in my writing for the new year by purchasing;
1. Notebooks – who can resist a beautiful notebook?
2. Research books – Blueprint for a Book by Jennie Nash. Even though I’ve written quite a few novels, you can still learn new things and new ways of doing things. Blood, Sweat and Tears by Bear Grylls, not pictured above as it’s on my bedside table. This is a research for book 2 in MH series, the reason will become apparent when I publish! I’m reading Bear’s book at the moment and really enjoying it.
3. Pens with built-in lights for those ideas that strike in the middle of the night.
4. I’ve joined the Romantic Novelist Association’s New Writers Scheme for the second year running.
5. I’ve invested in the BBC Maestro subscription giving me access to hundreds of hours of masterclasses on all sorts of topics, writing being the big one of course.
6. I’ve bought the Mslexia 2024 diary and planner.
7. During Black Friday 2023 I bought the Pro-writing aid lifetime subscription of their editing software.
8. I joined the Marine Conservation Society as it’s a great charity more people should support. Plus it’s research for book 3 in MH series.
My writing plans for this year
First Quarter
Finish and type up the draft of book 0 in my Mermaid Hotel Series. It’s intended to be a prequel spanning Christmas, Valentine’s, and all the way to the following Christmas.
Read Book 1 – Secrets and Love Songs at The Mermaid Hotel. Send it to the publishers on my shortlist.
Write / Edit 1 – 2k words per day of book 2 in the Mermaid Hotel series. I need to get the word count up drastically as I plan to send this book in for my RNA New Writers Scheme entitlement. I can then get some feedback from a professional romance author.
Write something (anything) in my writing diary everyday.
Later in the year
I plan to write a draft of book 4 longhand as that is how I find I am most creative. I also plan to type it up at the weekends. That way I will quickly have a working draft ready to edit and it won’t be such a daunting task typing the whole thing up at once. I’m hoping this method will prove to be a success and I can write future books in this way too.
Each month I plan to write a short story for my Christmas short story collection (in the Christmas Notebook pictured above). Then I will get beta reader comments from my writing group and edit accordingly. I want to have the collection ready for publication in October 2024. This will include a blog tour and I want to have all formats of the book available including audiobook.
At some point in 2024
Revisit my unfinished fantasy series. I really want to work on Starlight Prophecy again.
I would like to take part in Nanowrimo 2024. Whether that is with the fantasy series or one of my mermaid hotel stories, it depends how far I get with the rest of my goals for the year.
Writing Retreats – it would be great to go on an all-inclusive writing break for writers. I think it could really help me get unstuck with my fantasy idea. If that isn’t possible, I hope to go on a writing break of my own design where I stay at a hotel all inclusive and write between meals! Sounds like heaven.
I would love to visit Cornwall with the family. It is where my book series is set and it’s been far too long since my last visit. I love the idea of catching an overnight train like some of my characters do. I wish Lowenporth existed in the real world and not just in my imagination. We could stay at The Mermaid Hotel, with Mrs Shallon looking after us. We could take a stroll along Kerensa Bay and have a dip in the sea at the Secret Cove. Maybe a visit to Sedgewood Nature reserve or spot some dolphins whilst hiring a boat from Yerling Harbour.
All this talk is making me want to get back to my characters. I hope 2024 is the year I get to write lots more in this world and share it with my readers.
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That’s about it for my plans so far. These will no doubt change as the year goes on, but it’s a starting point. I have the usual plans to eat better and exercise more in 2024, but I’m not setting any strict resolutions.
What about you?
Do you set lots of goals and resolutions?
What do you hope 2024 will bring?
Here’s to the new year everyone, though when this post goes out not doubt we’ll all have had a few too many of these!
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Suzanne Rogerson – Author of epic fantasy, heart-warming romance and short stories
Suzanne Rogerson Fantasy Author 