Wordplay

Issue 1: September 2020

The Wendy Charlton Newsletter

Dear , welcome to my first newsletter, WORDPLAY.

I want to keep you up to date with events, publications, Keeping Secrets trivia and emerging story lines. I hope you enjoy it 

“Three people can keep a secret but only when two of them are dead”. Bernard Cummings - Keeping Secrets

 FOLLOWING MY DREAM

Two years ago, I took a bold (some might say reckless) decision. I closed my business consultancy, sold our house and moved to Hoar Cross in Staffordshire to become a writer of fiction. It was a lifelong dream to write a novel, but life had always got in the way. The plot for my book had been hatching for over a year and I needed to give it a real chance by devoting proper time and attention to it. My wonderful husband supported me to follow my dream which you will soon be able to share

I know that others have similar dreams (many have told me they would love to do the same thing), So in the spirit of giving back, I want to share some of the things I have learnt as a result of my journey so far. 

1. There is never a perfect time to make a life change. 

2. Go with what you have; plan as much as you can and have a plan B.

3. Don't let the criticism or negativity of others put you off

4. Be prepared to listen and learn to get a better result

5. Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it

6. There are no short cuts, living your dream is hard work! Brilliant, but hard nevertheless!

7. Life is too short for regrets and what if's.

If you have a book in you, don't leave it until the world is perfect before you write it. Start writing now and let the universe sort out the other details.

PUBLICATION NEWS

My debut novel Keeping Secrets is on track for an early October publication date.

 

I am busy finalising the cover design for “Keeping Secrets” which is set in a residential care-home with a difference. The residents are all former secret agents who have worked for the Security Services throughout the sixties, seventies and eighties. 

 

They have grown old, some of them have developed dementia and one or two of them are starting to talk! Who knows what secrets they might let slip?

 

Daniel Grant was a Secret Service agent who retired from active service after he was shot. Hilary Geddes is a career civil servant who dislikes how society writes-off the elderly. Together they run Shady Fields.

 

An electronics boffin, a femme fatale and an aristocrat (who periodically thinks he is Lord Lucan) find themselves at the heart of an intrigue which begins with the fall of the Berlin Wall. Staff and residents have to work together to protect their own and see justice done, but that won’t be easy.

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Well that's all for now, but don't forget to visit my website for more information and news and take part in the Readers Forum

Best Wishes

Wendy

WendyCharlton.co.uk

Info@WendyCharlton.co.uk
01283 575136

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