New Novel

Posted on | June 14, 2010 | 5 Comments

June 14th, 2010

Good morning, A Winter’s Tale (or at least I think that’s what you are going to be called).

Starting a new novel is a strange business – it seems so weirdly final, I keep thinking there must be something else I need to do (the washing up? dance round a maypole?) but there’s only one way to go, which is just to sit down and write something. (It helps that I’ve had this faintly absurd entry in my diary for some time: ‘start new novel today’. It’s good to have some sort of starting gun.)

I’ve had the first scene in my head for months now, which has made it easier: a man walking down a drover’s path in the late autumn/winter of 1606. Who is he? Where has he come from, and why is he here? Where is he going? There is a place I know in Wiltshire which has one such drover’s path – an incredibly ancient and, to me, mysterious site – so I keep the thought of it in my head as I write.

Nearly 500 words in about two hours. Not bad. Not bad at all.

Reviews for The Pindar Diamond are still filtering through. Here’s a nice one from the Sunday Times (6/6/10):

“Katie Hickman’s The Pindar Diamond picks up four years on from her first novel, The Aviary Gate. In 1604, rumours are washing through Venice’s demimonde that the sultan’s Blue Diamond is in the city. Paul Pindar, a Levant Company merchant in mourning for his lost love, Celia, who has vanished, is convinced that if he gets hold of the diamond it will lead him to her. Nuns, precious gems, swashbucklers and courtesans, plus a plot that will keep you on your toes, are stirred and shaken into pure escapism.”

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5 Responses to “New Novel”

  1. Gavin Hetherington
    June 19th, 2010 @ 7:07 pm

    I am exactly the same when I start a new novel, or a new chapter even.

    Your new book sounds very intriguing already :)

  2. Katie Hickman
    June 22nd, 2010 @ 2:51 pm

    Thanks, Gavin. This stage is rather wonderful, isn’t it, when almost anything could happen (and most likely will….). Good luck with your writing.

  3. Adrienne
    July 27th, 2010 @ 10:15 am

    Do you know who the man is yet?

  4. katiehickman
    August 13th, 2010 @ 5:21 pm

    Yes! John Carew returning from Italy several years after his adventures ended in Venice ….. I’ll say no more for now though, in case I give too much away.

  5. elizs
    October 2nd, 2010 @ 9:55 pm

    Katie – I just finished The Pindar Diamond, so I’m quite happy that Carew’s story will continue in your next book! I can’t wait.

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