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Boo. I thought I had a brilliant idea but it won’t work.
You will see I have created one or two pages, to use an expression, or three to be exact. “Doctor! Oh No!” is an extract from my novel “Trouble Cross” in which part of the time the main character is writing this spoof. I actually wrote this spoof some years before the novel at the request of a colleague who had a boyfriend mad on James Bond. They liked it so much they stuck all the pages up on their bedroom wall – don’t ask me why. “Trouble Cross” is actually dedicated to this ex colleague but she doesn’t know because they emigrated to Australia.
In poetry corner is the only good poem I ever wrote and this is taken from the beginning of “Rewind”, my other novel on Kindle.
As for the jokes page, well, this is just because I did threaten my current colleagues to write down and publish all my jokes that they groan at. Unfortunately, I can never remember them afterwards, but the list will grow.
Anyway, I was going to do another page which would be partially interactive in as much as it would be a puzzle for bloggees to solve. I have in mind another novel where a serial killer sends crossword clues to the police after having sent them a wooden frame and numerous alphabet and black building blocks. The police have to build the puzzle including the black squares. As the characters would have to solve the clues I thought it would be useful to see if others could. The puzzle is complete although the story is not written. I was going to put the blank grid on a page with the first clue. If anyone solved it I would put the answer in the grid and post the second clue. Unfortunately, the grid is 27 by 27 squares and is too big. Back to the drawingboard on that one.
However, for any Daily Express readers watch out for Express Yourself which I am thinking of posting on Sundays. The paper has four main puzzles on that day, each with a time limit. I compete against the time and calculate my percentage per game and overall. If anyone wants to compete see tomorrow – if I remember.