Last month I revealed the completion of (first drafts of) the next TWO Jaspa’s Journey novels, both of which are set in Venice. Completed, if you overlook the required editing, artwork creation, seemingly never-ending proof reading, and so on.
One month on I have yet more exciting news… work on Jaspa’s next adventure has already begun! In fact, I already have a provisional working title:
Sue and I have actually spent the last 12 days in Japan doing on-site research! Yes, being an author (or an author’s spouse) sometimes requires a lot of sacrifices.
It goes without saying that we’ve visited a lot of amazing places and seen uncounted cool things. These include the Japanese capital, Tokyo…
…modern Osaka…
…historic Kyoto…
…and the amazing castle of Himeji.
We even attended this year’s Formula 1 race at Suzuka. (Congratulations, Max Verstappen!)
Now ALL I have to do is figure out how these incredible places will come together in a story!
In the meantime, work continues on polishing The Prisoner of Venice and The Ses Collector of Venice. We’ll get them into bookstores – and your hands – as soon as we possibly can, believe me!
By the way… I still have a couple more places available in my team of final beta readers. If you fancy being involved in publishing a book (or two). Just drop me a line via Instagram, Facebook, TikTok or email (Jaspa@JaspasJourney.com).
The above post is taken from this month’s Fiction Meets Fact Newsletter. To receive future newsletters in their entirety (together with a Free Jaspa’s Journey Booklet including the short story Freefall over London and Jaspa’s Journey images to colour), click on the image below.
Upper middle grade readers can now travel the World with Jaspa’s Journey adventure novels! The first four – The Great Migration, The Pride of London, Jaspa’s Waterloo, and The Hermit of Kennecott – are now available in both paperback and ebook formats. Click here for more information.
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