This is not actually "news" in the traditional sense, but merely shameful self promotion.

I'm Anne Grange and I have been working on a novel called 'Inside Outside' for a long time, and I have now published the first few chapters in a blog.

I finished the novel about four years ago, but thanks to some constructive feedback last summer, I started a complete rewrite.

It's about Miriam, a girl who runs away from a boring life as a bank clerk, hitches a lift and ends up travelling with Paul, fa screwed up ex-animal rights activist traveller. There's lots more to it than that, but you will have to go to:  http://annegrange.blogspot.com to find out more. So far I have published four chapters - if you tell me what you think, I will keep posting chapters.