… has been very slow of late. Too many distractions such as work on our house; much activity with our local u3a; grandchildrens’ birthdays and life in general.

Nothing to with me simply not putting enough hours into writing, of course. Not at all. Well, not very much.

When I do get time to write I have found that Sarah simply got too posh in the ‘Urchin’ and it’s proving difficult to persuade her to appear in the ‘Sudden Deaths’. I think she wants to be a transvestite again, but she may well have to content herself with dressing way below her new station in life.

Meanwhile a new character is introducing himself and, without giving too much away, I’m having to research the 17th Century medical profession, with its division into doctors, surgeons and apothecaries. Said research has included watching 48 episodes of the Apothecary Diaries, a Japanese anime set in the Imperial Palace in the Tang/Ming dynasty. Not much help for Cromwellian London, but fun.