I’ve been away this week up in the wilds of Scotland enjoying the clean fresh air, long walks, and lots of reading. It’s an annual trip I make with my husband to visit his parents, who live in a wonderful tiny coastal town surrounded by wild mountains, lochs and lots of wildlife.
Our trips to Scotland are always an excuse to get plenty of reading done for me. This time, I managed to read a book a day. I started off with Kiss of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon, then moved onto Sin Undone by Larissa Ione and Deeper than Midnight by Lara Adrian, and rounded things off by finally reading Wicked Nights by Gena Showalter. A good reading binge if ever I saw one!
I also took plenty of photographs and spent some time thinking about future stories that I’m working on at the moment. Snow was on my mind, together with my Bonded by Blood series I talked about recently on the blog. I didn’t do too much work when I was up there though. I just let the ideas come and noted down anything vital. Sometimes it’s nice to down tools and just relax, free from the pressures of daily life. It’s very different up there. The pace is much slower and it’s nice to only have to do two things – walk and read! I watched absolutely zero TV too, which isn’t like me at all.
Here’s some of the pictures from my holiday. I did see a man in full traditional kilt / clothing, but he was wearing the whole outfit… he wasn’t bare-chested!
That last one is Sammy the Seal, who is a resident lady and she likes to come into harbour behind the fishing trip boats and wait patiently for the punters to feed her their catch! I bravely ventured out on a fishing trip with my husband and mum in law, and I caught a single mackerel and a couple of small fish. We fed her the mackerel and she caught it and swallowed it whole! She’s very friendly. Apparently, if more than one seal comes into the harbour to swindle the fish off the tourists, she always manages to get most of the fish on offer. I saw her a few times around the pier.
Now that I’m rested and had a reading fix, it’s back to work for me. Editing Bewitch first and then planning my Bonded by Blood series for my agent. Busy bee!
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