Anne Layton-Bennett
Anne Layton-Bennett
The start of a new year seemed like a good moment to overhaul and refresh this website, so renovations are currently underway. Or should that be reconstruction? Whatever, the winds of change are blowing through this site and the new and improved version is coming soon. Watch this space, as they say!
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A crumbling castle, an ancient manor house with hidden clellars, a young single woman, who leads a double life, and three mysterious evacuee children, this book has all the hallmarks of a WWll thriller - but without too much brutality.
When the final draft is complete the next stage is finding a publisher. Then there will be a need for a structural edit. That's when the real work starts.
The occasion was a sad one, but a chance meeting and conversation meant clarifying a memory and ultimately strengthening a chapter - even if it involved a significant re-write.