I've started on the sequel to The Widow's Revenge - here is part of the first chapter:

The young man in the pinstripe suit strode confidently up to the desk, polished shoes clicking on the tiled floor.  The girl on reception looked up expectantly.

‘Can I help you?’

The man coughed, putting up a hand to his mouth as he did so.  As he took it away, the receptionist’s eyes widened.  His moustache was hanging loose from his upper lip.  He tried to push it back on, gave up and ripped it off.

‘Design fault,’ he giggled.

‘Dawn?  What are you doing dressed as a man?’

‘It’s my surveillance outfit, Julie.  What do you think?’

Julie was spluttering with laughter.  ‘I think you need better glue for your moustache.  And your wig’s slipping.’

‘It’s not, is it?  Shi…ugar.‘   Dawn pulled off the black wig and ran her hands through the flattened red frizz until it regained its normal bush like appearance.

‘You’re going to need to work on the voice, too.  Anyway, what’s with this surveillance?’

Great Review

Review of The Widow's Revenge
 by Pam Richter, author of The Necromancer

A Gem -
I call this book a little gem because reading it made me happy. The writing was wonderful, the characters interesting, and the plotting intricate.
The main character Serena was smart, beautiful, and most importantly, a kind person. You wanted everything to go well for her, but the problems she experiences, personal, financial, and in business would be enough to wipe out most people. She manages to hold on and in the process creates something wonderful in both her business and personal life.
I really enjoyed the vengeful widow. She was so horribly demented and mean, creating chaos and stunting the growth of a wonderful son. Her maliciousness was scary, she enjoyed creating agony, and her tantrums were monumental. She seemed to have no understanding of the consequences of her actions. A great character.
I was so caught up in the novel that I was thinking and worrying about what would happen next when I had to put my Kindle down for unfortunate reading interruptions. Highly recommended.

The End and a new beginning

Finally finished the re-write of The Widow's Revenge.  Now feel at a loose end.  Must start the sequel.  Have started the prologue today.  Need to set a daily target now and try to keep to it.  Interesting that the Full Moon yesterday which often denotes the completion of a matter, fell in the fifth house of creativity in my natal chart.

Another Day, Another Read Through

Currently reading through my rewritten version of The Widow's Revenge.  I feel I know the story off by heart, every word of dialogue, every description of the evil Daffodil's attempts at revenge.  Will be so glad when I can finally put it back on Amazon and Smashwords and start on the sequel.  If it was set to music, I could stand on a stage and sing every word without looking - except I can't sing!

Another day, another final, final re-write!

Have I at last finished my re-write of The Widow's Revenge?  So why do I keep finding sentences I can improve?  One minute I am truly happy with what I have produced.  Then I do another, last, read through and think, oh no, that word needs to come out.  I'm satisfied that I have weeded out 10,000 words from the version on Amazon at the moment.  That despite the fact that I have improved and extended the final few chapters.  A tough learning curve.  Will it be any easier writing the sequel?  I somehow doubt it.  Do other writers suffer these agonies?  Trying to polish every sentence?  When to let go of your baby and send it off to make its own way in the world?  I think I am close.....