Progress on “The Shore” turned out to be achingly slow last year. More than anything, I blame moving from the North-East down to Perthshire for this. The housing market there isn’t tanking by any means, but it’s very, very unpredicatable, and it took a very anxious six months to sell. Then I spent the tail end of the year settling in and doing far more redecorating than I intended.

The second draft is about 80% done now, and I hope to finish it early in the new year. However, once that’s complete I plan to let it stand for a couple of months whilst I work on something new. I do hope to get “The Shore” complete this year, but absolutely no promises!