Prompted by the arrival, finally, of an invoice to use my images from one of the major museums, before paying up I enquired if Volume 2 was going ahead, as it had all gone a bit quiet shall we say. But I’m happy to report it’s a goer and I can pay the bill, better still because they didn’t send it in time for Volume 1 and I didn’t use any images of their aircraft as a result, it’s saved my £50!
Seeing as sorting out the cover image last time took a bit more of an effort than I certainly anticipated, I’ve started the ball rolling for that, basically because if we get one certain aircraft on the front, people will buy the book simply because they think it’s something new, when in truth I doubt anything more could be said about this aircraft that’s not already been said; TSR2.
There’s probably been more words and hot air expended talking about this aircraft since its cancellation in 1965 than all the rest put together, and unlike some of the others mentioned in the books, at least this one flew! Why this is..you’ll need to buy the book! 🙂
Luckily for me, I’m already about two-thirds the way through a bit of a re-write to Volume 2, the source materials have been rechecked, so my dates are definitely right and I’ve made sure I’m writing something that makes sense to potential readers and not just me. This will hopefully save me a great deal of time once the proof reader gets hold of my ramblings, unlike last time… There’s no timeframe for a release yet, so could be this year, might be two years, not a clue, I’m just happy it’s going ahead, though it would have seemed a little odd publishing one volume without the other.
Thing is, once it’s all over, there’s definitely still something of an itch it would be nice to scratch: “what next”? I have toyed with a few ideas, though one would entail spending weeks digging through public records at Kew, because what I’m interested in hasn’t been digitised, so I can’t access it online. Much as I fancy doing it, especially as there’s no book on the subject available, I don’t think the bank balance could withstand London hotel prices for a month.
