Jane Renshaw - Watch Over Me

Firstly, I must thank you for enduring the Johnsons throughout this novel. That is quite a feat. My long-suffering friends and family have also had to put up with a lot – thank you, all of you, for humouring me when I bore you with all the (often) gory details of my latest plot idea, and for refraining from committing a real-life murder.

The only people to read Watch Over Me in its early stages were Lesley McLaren (www.mediterraneanpyrenees.com) and Lucy Lawrie (author of Tiny Acts of Love and The Last Day I Saw Her ), my wonderful writer friends, who as always provided everything I needed, from the impetus to write it in the first place, to how to solve problems with the plot and characters, to the nitty-gritty of sorting out the text (yes, Beckie’s original dialogue was too annoying? ), not to mention endless encouragement and patience throughout the whole process. Thank you both for taking so much time from your own writing to help me – and for all the laughs!

Author Cathryn Grant was kind enough to offer very valuable advice, particularly about how much Glaswegian dialect the novel could take without becoming too incomprehensible to readers outside Scotland. Thank you, Cathryn!

I am hugely indebted to the team at Inkubator Books. Pauline Nolet picked up an embarrassingly high number of mistakes in her careful read of the manuscript. Brian Lynch and Garret Ryan took a chance on a ‘random’ (as Lorraine would say) and made the scary process of preparing for publication not scary at all – in fact, it has been great fun! I am extremely lucky to have found a publisher that offers such excellent and intelligent help with all things editorial– from the big picture to the smallest detail – combined with an in-depth knowledge of marketing. Thank you so much for all your guidance and support, and for your enthusiasm for Watch Over Me . In Johnson-speak: belter!

Finally, reviews are so important to us authors. I would be very grateful if you could spend a moment to write an honest review (no matter how short). They really do help get the word out.

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Best wishes,

Jane

www.janerenshaw.co.uk

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airchto throw

alkyalcoholic

ayeyes

babbybaby

bairnchild

bampotidiot

bangstymad

barrywonderful

bassbastard

bawsballs

beamerblushing face

beltersomething very good

benthrough

bevvyalcoholic drink; to drink alcohol

bintwoman

boakvomit

boggin’disgusting

bonniepretty

bowfin’disgusting and/or stinking

breengeto shove or barge

bumfled upbundled up (in clothes)

by the wayactually (used for emphasis)

cannaecan’t

cauldcold

chapto knock

chebsbreasts

chibknife

cooriecuddle

coupto tip or overturn

dadad

daftieidiot

deekto look or peek

diddysilly idiot

dinnaedon’t

dowfiestupid

dugdog

eejitidiot

evilsa hostile look

fannyfemale genitalia (vulgar)

feartscared

fleein’drunk

flitto move house

giesgive us/me

gingersweet fizzy drink

girnto cry, whine or both

glaikitstupid

gobmouth

gobbyloud-mouthed

gobshiterubbish

gonnaegoing to

greetto cry

gubmouth

hairyyoung woman of loose morals

havenaehaven’t

heehawnothing

heidhead

henaffectionate term for a girl or woman

hisselfhimself

hudto hold

hyterto stumble

isnaeisn’t

jaggedjabbed

jakiedinebriated

jobbiepoo

keekto peep

laddieboy

lairdlandowner

lassiegirl

lugear

mankydirty or unsavoury

mawmother

mingerdirty or disgusting person

mingingdirty or disgusting

(the) morntomorrow

-nae (e.g. isnae)-n’t (e.g. isn’t)

nawno

nebnose

nedlout

nonot

numptieidiot

photyphoto

piecesandwich

pishpiss

podgingovereating

polispolice

poochpocket

radgewildly angry

ragingangry

rammiea fight

raregood

RottyRottweiler

runchto crunch

sakelessharmless

schemea housing estate (often council housing)

schemiean inhabitant of a council housing estate

sclitersdirty wetness

scoobyclue

shiteshit

shooglyunsteady or rocking (e.g. a table on an uneven surface)

shooshbe quiet

skelpto smack

slaverslong strings of saliva hanging from the mouth

sleekitunderhand

stanestone

swadgingrelaxing

swallyswallow

swaltswollen

sypingseeping

telttold

teuchtercountry bumpkin or Highlander

thingmaething

trauchleto trudge or trail

wammlingwriggling

wasnaewasn’t

weanchild (pronounced ‘wane’)

weelittle

whoogiething

widnaewouldn’t

wifieolder woman

windaewindow

windae-lickera person with a learning disability

wisnaewasn’t

wouldnaewouldn’t

ya beauty!excellent!

ya dancer!excellent!

yayou

yeyou

yousyou (plural)

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Copyright © 2019 by Jane Renshaw

WATCH OVER ME is a work of fiction. People, places, events, and situations are the product of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead is entirely coincidental.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher.