The Realm of Katherine Vick

I'm doing something slightly different with this month's blog - offering up a smidgeon of deleted material from The Disposable. Don't get too excited, it's nothing epic or revelatory as I'm not one of life's deleters - generally if I remove something, it's to rewrite or replace it rather than to extract it altogether so the majority of my deleted material folder is simply alternative versions of existing scenes, not totally unseen bits of writing. There are one or two exceptions however, and one is part of Dullard's first appearance in The Disposable . Writing this scene was a joy and a delight as Dullard sprang into life for me and material spewed forth but as a result, the scene was just a bit overlong and I pulled out a couple of unnecessary paragraphs to tighten it up. The below is one of those sections, often a touch more background on Dullard's place in his family, and honestly, I don't think I've looked at it since the day I pulled it

  It's here!!! It's release day, Ladies and Gentleman - the quirks of Amazon permitting (obviously), The Narrative should now be available to buy in the US and the UK! UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Narrative-Plot.../dp/B0BGSGN9ZF US: https://www.amazon.com/Narrative-Plot.../dp/B0BGSGN9ZF

  For you lucky American bods - in honour of the imminent release of The Narrative, the eBook of The Disposable is now on sale on Amazon! https://www.amazon.com/Disposable-Plot-Bandits-Book-ebook/dp/B0854QDX5D

I present some pre-release tasters for you! For anyone who would like to hear Flirt and Shoulders's thoughts on their present situation, their character interview can be found here: Character Interview - Flirt and Shoulders For anyone interesting in reading about me wittering on about my upcoming release,  The Narrative , my author interview on this matter can be found here: Author Interview for The Narrative And a small piece of daftness produced by an actual fan of my book! Yes, they exist! :) Disposable Mambo And of course for those unwilling to wait politely until November 15th for the paperback, links are available to allow you modern bods to Pre-Order the ebook now on Amazon! Links to Facebook Pre-Order Post Amazon UK eBook Pre Order Amazon USA eBook Pre Order

In honour of two weeks to go until the release on Amazon of my third Plot Bandits novel, The Narrative , I thought I would offer up a little taste of what is to come by presenting an extract from the book itself! I hope it whets the appetite a bit. :) ***** Shoulders had never heard a pair of horses scream before. He hadn’t been aware that they could. He could also have lived with­out finding that out. Somewhere nearby, he could hear Flirt yelling, his bouncing head catching glimpses of her flattened out and clinging with an alarming amount of desperation to the seat of the cart she had so abruptly set into motion. He could hear the angry and, thankfully, fading roars of the chasing Barbarians. He could hear the pound­ing of hooves, the screeching of cartwheels that were reaching the limits of their endurance, the clatter and rattle and tumble of the sacks and barrels loaded in the cart’s rear that vanished with an occasional dusty crash, presumably as they were flung into the road.