This is not the book I intended writing. This book is not that book. That book is not this book. You get the picture. The book I intended writing was to be much more serious. It was going to be called The Riddle of the Costa or The Costa Conundrum and it was, like all unwritten books or fish that got away, sensational. Yup. But you see, I'm very fond of doing nothing or, at a push, the bare minimum, so I wrote this book. And this book is really about how not to write a book, which would have been that book - the sensational book. So don't expect too much and you won't be too disappointed. It's a motto I live by - and write by. The road to literary mediocrity is paved with sensational intentions. For a Ma anaman, that goes double. Que ser , ser .
Sandcastles in Spain is a whimsical look at three years of an aspirant writer, caught on the horns of artistic procrastination and ex-pat mores. It is also the result of a man conceding to his limitations whilst trying to produce something readable to others before a future involving hover cars.