Congrats, Norm – looking forward to buying a signed copy for my grandson!
My new novel The Smuggler’s Curse is scheduled to be released by Fremantle Press on September 1st, 2016. It started out in the first draft as a historical novel for high school aged kids, but as it developed, the manuscript somehow turned into more of a straight out adventure for younger readers.
I’ve found that manuscripts and characters in them do take on a life of their own and no amount of pre-planning from me is going to stop the characters doing whatever they like as soon as I get beyond the first page. They are completely out of my control, and this one was no exception. Where did the storms at sea, explosions, cannons firing, gun- runners, murder and savage head-hunters all come from? Probably the Saturday afternoon matinees I enjoyed as a kid at Narrogin Cinema, but I’m not admitting to that.
Between now and the publication date…
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