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I have made a good start on my next book 'Dizzy Izzy and the Singer'. I have written the first chapter and typed it up and have hit over 7,000 words. We haven't even got to mid morning on the first day so it looks as though there will be 3 chapters to cover this first day. As Izzy has some very busy days planned for the next 2 days after this it doesn't look as though this next book is going to get to the Summer ball either. I think people are going to end up having to get some more bookcases if they want to keep all my books as at this rate the Dizzy Izzy series are probably going to be nearly 10 books and I think Scruffy will be nearly 20 in the series. I don't know yet how the many the new series will generate but on my track record quite a few  would think. I am itching to get that one started. I have a couple of books to write for other people in tandem with them. One is the story of a fleece from growing on the sheep through shearing, washing and dying before finally been knitted into a garment. At the back of the book will be a selection of simple knitting patterns to try. The other book is taken from the blogs of a lady who has a wonderful gift of descriptive powers but who has no time nor idea how to fashion them into a story. She has 9 dogs, 4 goats, 3 alpacas that have just come to live with her so the story will be written from the alpaca's point of view, 2 cats I think I will have to consult my notebook on that score and some chickens. She breeds dogs so at some point we will have puppies cavorting across the page too. I think I am going to be very busy next year as I still have to produce my own 3 books 'Little Bear', 'Scruffy and Teddy' and whatever the next Dizzy Izzy book is called. Good job I love writing!

I have finally made an effort to get back to my blogging but unfortunately had to have another online tutorial to refresh my memory on how to do it. Luckily for me my web designing team were able to put bookmarks on for me so I can easily find the right spot again now I only have to try and set aside some time hopefully once a week to keep you all posted on everything that is going on.

Since I last posted on here there has been some dramatic opportunities arisen so I think I had better fill you all in. I didn't quite hit my deadline to finish and launch 'Scruffy and Maisie' in the spring (what a surprise) but it was finally completed and launched on 14th July so now it is available for anyone wanting a copy. As usual it was launched at the North York Moors National Park visitor center where they continue to support and promote my books. A big thank you to them for their encouragement. As usual they took 12 copies of the new book straight off but then within days they contacted me to request another 12 copies of 'Scruffy' and 6 of 'Dizzy Izzy' as they said the books were flying off the shelves. It will probably be the last time I physically do a book signing or launch a book as now I can't drive (that is another story but in a nutshell my sight has deteriorated so much I now do not meet the DVLA standard to drive) and getting anywhere is becoming very difficult. I don't think it matters so much now as people are already waiting for any new books coming out. 'Scruffy and Maisie' ended up as a bigger book than the others so is on sale for £9.99. I hit 101,000 words before I found a natural stopping spot! I already have the title and the front cover photo for the next book in the series and have a real good idea where it is going although we got an unexpected twist in this latest book as Sam's mum has been given a couple of fields so she has bought herself a flock of sheep. Think there could be many adventures pending around them especially as Sam is determined to name them all individually. Scruffy spent a lot of time being nanny to the kittens when  their mum left them and Helen and Maisie had some surprise news for Sam when they came to visit. Watch out for other twists and turns as Scruffy's story unfolds and other animals join in.

I have now put that book to bed and am refreshing my memory what I wrote in the first Dizzy Izzy book and am beginning to write the second in the series. It is called 'Dizzy Izzy and the Singer' and I have already got the front cover picture ready and have paid for the publication so all I have to do is write it and send it off to the publishers. I intend to have it in the shops for early December ready for people for Christmas presents but I will keep you all posted.

Next year I intend to write and publish at least 3 books during the year starting with the first book in a new series about another rescue dog called 'Little Bear'. I saw her photo on Facebook and her story began taking shape. Unknown to me I was in fact writing her story exactly how it happened as she was abandoned in the forests of Romania which is where the story starts. We follow her journey from getting picked up on the road as she stumbles out of the forest through her vet experiences to travelling to the UK into foster care. I am not sure how far we will get in the first book but eventually she is adopted by a single lady who lives on the edge of a city. Little Bear is so timid and frightened of every little thing that between them they have a lot of work to do. The lady has a degenerative disease and slowly becomes disabled having to retrain for another job that she can do from a wheelchair. They encounter all kinds of problems as they both come to terms with her disability and Little Bear becomes her registered assistant dog. More to come on that book as it slowly develops. There is a lot more things in the pipeline regarding my new marketing team that have taken over the promotion of my books so many more interesting blogs to come

I have settled on the title for the next Dizzy Izzy book. I think, as Izzy has now become the Fairy Queen, that I cannot continue to term her as dizzy anymore as she has proved herself a very practical caring and mature queen. The title for the next book will be 'Izzy and the Singer'. There are more twists and turns to come in her journey to make her kingdom the best in the country if not in the world and her sense of adventure continues helped by the humans Penny and Danny. Not sure if we will reach the first ball of the series depends where I find a natural break. The plan is to get there but as the first book only managed a few days in her story and the summer ball is 4 weeks away we might not get there in this book it might have to wait until the next book in the series. I am steadily working away at 'Scruffy and Maisie' although I think it may struggle to hit the shops before the beginning of May. If so then that might mean it will be beginning of August before the next Izzy book hits the shops and hopefully the new series will be ready for you all to engage with by Christmas 2018. This new series of books will be about another rescue dog called Ty who begins life in a Romanian shelter very frightened and timid and by the end of the series, many books further on, he becomes a trusted and integral part of his disabled owner's team as her assistance dog. As usual with my story telling there are many twists, turns, laughs and thought provoking issues as Ty travels along his personal journey accompanied by his owner