Even I will stop writing on Xmas Day. I'm not pretending I haven't been partying at night - and drinking like a Viking! - but I'm making the story grow and that's the craic. Going back to my characters is like being with dear friends again. The first edit wasn't like that. I think writing more story engages the author as well as the reader (I hope)! 

My hands will be prised off the laptop to go and walk the dogs by the sea with friends and then for the first time we're all going to a restaurant. Bliss. I wish you all a wonderful and relaxed time, too, and a happy, healthy 2016. That will be the year of The Book of Bera.