Skiathos, 2017. A tapas bar on the harbour, under some fir trees.
L’herbe had joined me, as he always did. My travelling bear. The cutest bear, a mini Steiiff almost in design though I’m not sure he was one.
He came to Paris once and watched me sip gin and nibble a salad in a restaurant in the shadows of Le L’ouvre. Night time lighting from the pyramid cast yellow shapes on the puddles in the quadrangle after a shower.
He accompanied me to The Bahamas last July to watch my son throw his javelin.. he doubled as a mascot!
There is a bar in Skiathos called ‘The Blind Dog‘ which is truly brilliant. An English guy meets a Greek girl and together they make beautiful music, him on his accoustic guitar and her singing covering all the classics an far more besides … it is a place to behold and worth visiting the island for!
This was the last place I remember seeing L’herbe. He’d sneaked out of my bag to dance to Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
I miss my little friend, but you know when you love something deeply, you have to let it go? He’s on his adventures somewhere, with someone and I do hope he is happy because he brought me many happy moments.
I’ve allowed myself this post today because I’ve completed my goal of editing of the first 19 chapters and am now ready to send the whole lot off to the two destinations I keep mentioning 👌🏼
(I had 21 chapters but may have been a little tipsy when writing one day as two were repeats of others – most strange – and how embarrassing would that have been to not have spotted this error?!)
Once it has gone, I shall take an official week off writing the WIP, and do housework (have you SEEN this place 😱🙈) alongside my day job. We will wait for the feedback and act upon it as I know the NWS readers will know what they are talking about 💫
Good luck on the book and I hope your bear finds his way back to you somehow.
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Thank you so much 💫
Can you imagine?? I’d love that …
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Wow the very best of luck indeed
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Gotta start somewhere haven’t I!
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Indeedy u do
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I’m so sad for your loss, Viola. I would’ve loved to have seen L’Herbe dancing to “Bohemian Rhapsody”! In case you haven’t heard, the partial Queen biopic of the same name is due out this November. I can’t wait!
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I hadn’t heard .. so thank you!! 🥂
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Keeping positive thoughts for your book and sure ….if Le L’ouvre is not being returned, it’s because someone fell in love him. That happens!
You must have faith! 😇. Sending you hugs!🤗
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Wishing you the best of luck with your first chapters! Fingers crossed!!!! So sad about ” L’herbe “!!!!! You must be heartbroken! 😦
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I am .. I was 😫
Can you imagine the next morning; our last? I was packing and suddenly couldn’t find him. I had the room upside down.
On my return to the UK, I emailed the hotel, the bar … I even offered a financial reward like he was some child 🤣🙈
Slowly I came to terms with the loss … and started to view it as a chapter 🤗
I’m much happier with the chapters, though I suspect I know the feedback will be the romantic element needs to be introduced earlier than where I presently have it, in order for it to fit into a romance category. As always, I fear my habit of writing suspenseful pieces means I should be reading and writing thriller genres!!!
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