by
Ryan Clement
TODAY, I met a couple, Fred and Ginger (not their real names for privacy reasons) from Liverpool. Lovely couple. I was talking to someone else about football and Fred mentioned that he was a football fan and supported Liverpool FC, where he is a season ticket holder. He sits in the Kop. I told him that I go to Anfield about half-a-dozen times a season and sit in the Main Stand (The Kop is to my right). We exchanged numbers whilst ‘talking football,’ the recent tragic loss of Diogo Jota and André Silva, and where I should park my car on my next trip to Anfield to avoid sitting in my car for nearly two hours simply to exit the city of Liverpool. We plan to meet when I am next at Anfield. Like I said, ideas come from anywhere and everywhere. I thought of a scene, which I noted immediately after I returned to my room. YNWA!🧣
AS FOR KOS TOWN, it was superb and much better than I had realised from the videos I had seen before flying out. To be fair, no video could truly capture its vibrancy and attraction. I left my hotel at 4.30pm (about 1 hour drive) and arrived back at around 11pm.
It was a case of enjoying and observing anything I could use as part of my collection of writer’s tools. There were plenty. I have been to a few places and this place is up there with the best. Las Vegas is still unparalleled for the amount of material, – seeing is believing – but this place has history!
ON THE WRITING FRONT, I am back on schedule. I shall finish Day Six tomorrow before watching Disney’s The Lion King 🎥 on the big screen on the beach 🏖️. Andey, my editor, has already asked for a copy of what I have completed so far (around 80 solid pages), especially after finding a typo in yesterday’s blog, which I corrected immediately “wonder” instead of “wander,” and that’s written by someone with a BA (Hon) in English! 😩 I sense a distinct panic over the amount of editing that may be require to meet the deadline. Oops! But we all have them, right? 🤔 My aim is to finish the first draft of the book before I fly back to the U.K., and gladly hand it over, only to see the final version when it is done, dusted and completed. The aim is to have it ready for publication on 15 August 2025. I then move on to the next. However, before I can continue with my fictional project, I shall be updating Race Relations for the third edition. I hope to have that ready by 30 September 2025, as I have a few big heavy cases to do!
So, tomorrow I write more ✍🏾
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DAY THREE of a writer’s diary.
Ryan Clement 