Sometimes in life you have to consciously stop yourself - just to take a breath.
Today is one of those days. Tasks seem to pile up and you begin the day looking through your diary noting things that need to be done - when you look back over the day, you wonder where the hours went.
I've been working extremely hard, but I'm enjoying it so much it doesn't seem like work at all. Going down a mine or fighting a fire - that's work! But there are workers out there, just like Steve Kemp, who fight fires for a living and weaves his experiences into his writing, too. Steve has entrusted me with his work - to get his first novel 'Harry Dennison' into print. We've been busy working together for over a year. Editing, redrafting, editing, and redrafting again and again. Fine tuning it to such a point where it will finally be published this year. October is the month we're aiming for.
I've just put the finishing touches to a self-indulgent romantic comedy that I've had on the back-burner for some years now. of 'For The Love Of Sweet William' . It is a fictional tale about a middle-aged woman who creates a 'dream-boat' in order to hide from the reality of her own life - until she's forced to acknowledge it. The tale itself is totally fictional, but much of the background to it is based on the reality of my own life experiences - for which I do not apologise!
Another fictional tale (again, based around my own experiences) is a psychological thriller called 'Daisy Chains and Hand Grenades' . It tells the tale of a psychologist working in the military environment with a paranoia that someone's out to kill her. I'm just putting the finishing touches to this one, with an aim to create a series of books from it.
A couple of years ago, I published a non-fiction book which aimed to help girls get a better relationship with their guys 'Slippery Frog or Faithful Dog - which do you wanna kiss'. So the boys don't feel left out, I'll soon be releasing its companion volume, aimed to help guys get a better relationship with their girls - 'Ugly Witch or Beautiful Bitch – which do you wanna kiss? will be available before Christmas. I've had help on this one from one of our brave young soldiers who gave me some brilliant ideas for new line drawings. Thanks, Nathan!
I can't wait to share it all with you. I'll post some pictures in the next couple of weeks and those of you that have requested early info on the release of the books.
Kaye Bewley MA is a published author and qualified psychotherapist. She has recently created BewleyBooks to promote her own publications as well as the work of other authors (at low or no cost). Meanwhile, BewleyTherapy has been created to assist those with stressful life difficulties - it currently provides a free counselling consultancy and offers local community workshops to those with low income.
