The Girl in the Picture

The next morning brought replies to my emails from Amaya and Kyle.

I’d just sat down to resume writing about the wretched holiday cottages and opened Amaya’s message with dread.

I’d been right to be anxious. ‘There’s not enough of a story here,’ she’d written.

‘The house itself sounds interesting, but our readers will want to feel some connection to the people who lived in the house. Can you find an angle here, please?’ She was right, of course, and it was what I’d told Kyle was wrong with his guidebook.