Obsession

Rather than kick off with the novel. A few thoughts about writing. It's worth taking a look at The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield.
This Yorkshire teacher is the person who landed an £800,000 advance, the stuff we writers dream about. However, I know she's a real beaut writer because she talks about how she gave up her job and when the money ran out she kept on writing since the story had taken over her life. Read about it here. Those who live in the real world do not understand the power of stories to do this, to many of them it's just a bundle of pages you pick up in Tesco for a few quid and read when there's a slack moment. Seems the book did better in the States than over here, although the paperback isn't yet out. Nice one. There's an saying that if you want to be rich as an author become a British bestseller writer but if you want to be wealthy become one in the USA. I think her publishers ought to be more than satisfied.