Merry Xmas. I once wrote Xmas in an email to an American friend, which confused him greatly. Now Kylie Minogue has this number one Christmas song, I should be able to use the abbreviation Xmas without fear.
So, Merry Christmas to one and all.
Now, indulge me while I recap the state of the year's writing.
Back in May I reported I was sending out my completed draft of The Bureau. I have had both of my trusted Beta readers report back on the story. One totally loved it, with caveats that the ending might upset people in the current political crisis. The other struggled with the story until it became clear what year the story was set in.
The former reader was British and inferred the setting and time period from the text. My American reader was lost at sea with all the British cultural call outs that set the story in time and space.
It is what it is.
So, I'm going to re-edit the order of the narrative, which will make the time and place more obvious, and add a couple of things to clarify some descriptions, and make things clear to those who haven't been brought up in Britain as to what is what.
That just leaves me to wish everyone a good holiday break, and here's to a prosperous and happy New Year.
