tune in, turn on

Working on an idea for a new novel this weekend, I've been listening to these tracks, in random order:

I Didn't Mean To Turn You On -- Robert Palmer
Strange Fruit -- Billie Holiday
Lay Lady Lay -- Bob Dylan
Black Coffee -- kd lang
Night Nurse -- Simply Red
Hounds of Winter -- Sting
Animal Nitrate -- Suede
Hotel California -- The Eagles
Roxanne -- George Michael version
Cool -- Gwen Stefani
Geisha Boys & Temple Girls -- Heaven 17
Nobody does it better -- Carly Simon
Pale Shelter -- Tears for Fears
Golden Brown -- The Stranglers

what suki wants

Nearly finished my latest novel, entitled What Suki Wants. It’s now down to the last few pages when you really don’t want to leave the characters and everything’s moving too rapidly for comfort. But like all good things, my story does have to end. After many erotic adventures and hard choices, Suki has finally discovered what it is she wants and is making sure she gets it. Repeatedly.

Luckily, the next novel is already here at the forefront of my mind, with new characters asking to be explored, new intriguing possibilities beginning to take shape. Onward and inward ...