The Realm of Katherine Vick

 In honour of the release of The Taskmaster , the final book of my *ahem* "trilogy" the Plot Bandits, I'm offering up a little behind the scenes treat - my original story plan for a single book (believe it or not) called Fodder which was typed up circa 2007/2008 from even more original notes I'd scribbled in a recently rediscovered notebook. It offers some insight into how this beast started, which ideas were there in some form or another right from the start, which never made the final cut and which ideas, by their absence, can be shown to have invaded my brain and shot me off in a new direction at a later date. It was definitely a case of life imitating art in the writing of this - the characters completely took over in the middle! Because I'm aware people may not have finished reading The Taskmaster yet (honestly, what's wrong with you? ;p) I'm going to release this frankly massive haul of notes in two parts, saving the potentially spoilery final secti

  Announcing the arrival of the fourth and final book in my poorly named debut fantasy satire “trilogy” The Plot Bandits – The Taskmaster !   UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BZBW5DKF US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZBW5DKF   The Perfect Storybook Ending? Just as Pleasance gets a grip . . . Just as Dullard realises the truth . . . Just as Flirt and Shoulders get ahead . . . Just as Fodder exploits literary convention . . . Just as Ordinary people actually start to listen . . . Just as readers begin to feel tantalised by the blurb . . . Wait. You didn’t think we were about to spoil the ending for you, did you? This is the fourth and final book of the Plot Bandits “trilogy”! We’re saying nothing. https://www.facebook.com/LadyKatherineVick/   And for those of you who’d like to start at the beginning, the first novel, The Disposable can be found here:   UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Disposable-1-Plot-Bandits/dp/1951471024 USA: https://www.amazo