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There are no trains running between Cambridge and London this morning. Station Square is empty. It’s a cold, grey morning.

Normally, this would dampen my spirits just a little, but not this morning.

On Friday, I completed revising ‘The Half-Life Girl’. Yesterday, I worked on Book Three, ‘Now Is The Time Of Monsters.’ I hadn’t realised I’d already written 52,183 words.

‘The Half-Life Girl’ will now go out to readers for comments. The middle book of a trilogy is usually the weakest. That’s why...

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It’s 6c. The skies are a peerless blue.

Caffe Nero faces east. The sun has just risen over the top of Cambridge station, and there is a narrow band of sunlight that shines directly into the baristas’ eyes.

“It’s only for fifteen minutes,” said the head honcho when I mentioned it.

I am sitting with my back to the entrance and can see the baristas squint as they make cappuccinos and americanos.

After I complete this newsletter, it will be back to work on ‘The Half-Life Girl’, the second book...

Hi

It’s 6c. The skies are a peerless blue.

Caffe Nero faces east. The sun has just risen over the top of Cambridge station, and there is a narrow band of sunlight that shines directly into the baristas’ eyes.

“It’s only for fifteen minutes,” said the head honcho when I mentioned it.

I am sitting with my back to the entrance and can see the baristas squint as they make cappuccinos and americanos.

After I complete this newsletter, it will be back to work on ‘The Half-Life Girl’, the second book...