I’ve been having a bit of a re-think lately.  I had been planning that the next of the ‘Saltbury’ series to come out would be ‘Martine’: the prequel book about how Hazel’s mums, Debbie Stewart and Martine Fauld, first fell in love.  But I’m starting to think that might be wrong.

I’ve had a book written for over a year now called ‘Saltbury Tales’.  They’re not exactly short stories.  They’re too long for that.  One is over 25,000 words.  They are more like a collection of seven mini novels that let some of my characters who don’t normally narrate draw you a little further into their lives.  The stories range from the 1970’s onwards and give us more about tugboat skipper, Chantel Barham;  Hazel Fauld’s namesake and godmother, Hazel Clearwater;  Carol’s now hated first girlfriend, Loren;  Ruth and Aleyse, and more recently Yvonne and Lexi.

The stories might give you a few surprises and I think ‘Martine’ will make a lot more sense once you’ve heard them.  So I think I’ll reverse the order I’d been planning so that ‘Saltbury Tales’ will be published in March and ‘Martine’ in July.

I hope you like them.