A personal message – first draft of ‘The Guru’ completed
Posted On: Sep 3rd, 2016 at 11:58
I have, however, only taken around six months to carry out the task as last year I had many personal upheavals along with doing courses and digs with the University of Oxford, not to mention writing the Travelogues for Turkey which took over a year to complete and which can be found on my website here:
https://www.stephenmaybury.co.uk/location/turkey/
I am now reading through the first draft and I have to say I am mortified thus far – the first third of the book was written more than two years ago when I was living in India and, since the story has evolved so much and has only just been completed after being left alone for nearly eighteen months, has no real relevance to the latter two thirds!
There will be some serious work to do and some major adjusting and editing, but I am very pleased with the general story.
It’s been a long time since I wrote a personal message. The last seventeen months of my life have been dreadful – a family death, job changes, location changes, and other serious personal upheavals have left me in a state of shock and bewilderment. I am still recovering and starting a new life on many levels, and this will be ongoing for some time.
For now, though, I shall continue editing and I hope to have a completed draft and a published book by next year, 2017.
Now back to the archaeology posts!
