Long Day

Today seems as though it has been longer than usual. I've managed to put in my eight hours writing and working on other 'writerly' matters. In addition looked after a three-year-old making play dough biscuits with her, helping her with a sticker book and doing jig saws. I spent time discussing the front garden, where I grow vegetables in two large beds, with my gardener who comes once a fortnight to do the heavy work. I also tidied up the house and went shopping before working on my new novel, answering e-mails etc. Half an hour until bedtime in which I hope to finish reading The King's Mistress by Emma Campion, an enjoyable novel about Edward IV's mistress Alice Perrers