I’m back

A lot of time has passed since my last blog post—four months. A third of a year!

To tell you the truth, often during the first two months of that time, I wondered myself what was standing between me and updating my blog. I put it down to having too much other (paying) work to do, but that’s only half of the truth.

In mid-December, things came to a head with a health crisis. For days, I could do nothing but lie in bed or on the couch.

Gradually, things got better. I recovered, with a lot of help from my wife, my family, my friends, colleagues and my doctor.

The crisis also convinced me that I needed to reduce stress and remove the things in my life that cause anxiety.

I made some changes in my lifestyle, too, with a focus on physical and mental health. For one, I am exercising at least 30 minutes a day, six days a week.

And I am pleased to say that I have made a lot of progress. In many ways, I feel stronger than before December—which is actually kind of scary, since I know I still have a distance to go.

Progress

On the upside, I have made some progress in the projects readers have been waiting for. I have finished two more sections of The Triumph of the Sky (out of seven), which means there is just the last one to go.

There’s going to be a lot of the stuff readers love in this:

lots of mythology drawn from different, real historical cultures
magic, witches, monsters and gods
real historical locations
the Roman Empire
real historical weapons
Javor, the reluctant hero that so many of you love.

I think you’ll like it. I hope so.

What to look forward to

I will get back to blogging and updating you readers regularly, the way I used to. I am also working on a promotion strategy to at least restore my book sales to the slow, but steady stream they had this time last year.

I hope to finish the first draft of Triumph in a month or so. When I do, I will release some previously written, but never published little stories about Javor in 6^th– and 7^th-century Constantinople. All you have to do to get it is to subscribe to my e-newsletter.

Then, I’ll turn to revising and reissuing Dead Man Lying, a reader favourite from the old Kindle World program. Do you like Vanessa Storm and the Hawaiian Storm series? You’re in for a treat!

I have just finished editing a new thriller for another, bestselling author, and I am looking forward to it coming out soon. I am also looking forward to providing more editing services for fellow authors. After all, I have a 30+ -year career as an editor. So if you’ve written a book and need an editor, check out my editing information.