The Best and the Worst.

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt.

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What was the best thing that happened to you in 2024? (Writing or otherwise?) The worst?

Leaving writing aside for a moment, the best thing about 2024 was seeing my daughter and grandson in August. As they live in Australia, visits are rare and treasured. We keep in touch with a weekly video call but it’s not the same as being face to face.

This was the first time they had been over since 2022, sadly my son-in-law couldn’t be with them, which was a shame, to say the least. Nevertheless, we had a great time.

As for the worst, there are a few contenders for that accolade. The biggest issue is the growing realisation that we’re both getting older. Niggling injuries seem to take a lot longer to resolve. I’ve had a tendon injury in my shoulder for ten months, while Yvonne was threatened with a hip replacement, only to find (after several months of angst) that she had been misdiagnosed. We are both improving with physio but I’m sure we used to bounce back a lot quicker when we were younger.

Moving on to writing, the best thing about 2024 was my involvement with Medium. There’s more about that in my next blog post (this Thursday) but it has been a game-changer for me.

The worst thing was the complete failure of my novel, Where’s Lizzie? Despite good ARC feedback, and quite a bit of marketing, I have been unable to sell more than a handful of copies. Perhaps the subject matter is a little too controversial for my usual audience, I really have no idea. The lack of traction made me feel quite despondent for a while.

I’ll just have to hope that the next one is more successful.

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