Getting Away from It All...

I'm in Scotland for a short collapse of our house sale break and it's my birthday today, so I feel fully justified in sitting down with True History of the Kelly Gang by the inestimable Peter Carey and just enjoying myself. It has everything I look for in a book - dry, concentrated description to kindle my imagination, a plot that engages my curiosity and characters with whom I can empathise (essential ingredients to incorporate into your own work wherever possible).

So here is a picture of the Moray Firth to act as a kind of bookmark and keep my place.

Back on Monday...