Well, almost. That new month snuck up on me and I’ve been trying to catch up for a week.

There is good news.

Not that good news. To Fire Called is still on the word processor, but I think I’ve found the problem and I’ve been beavering away to get it settled so I can get this book off my desk and onto your readers.

I’ve had some great help and good advice from a variety of folks. I’m grateful to all of you.
– In other news:

• I still have the galley for South Coast here on my desk. It looks lonely.
• I haven’t converted Milk Run to paper yet so there’s not even a galley for it. I will get it into Audible. Eventually.
• I haven’t made any progress on getting the Tanyth stories into Audible yet. That will probably happen this year.

A few people have asked about my meditation. I started a program a couple of months ago and it’s been very helpful. It’s called Headspace and you can find out more about it at headspace.com. The first 10 lessons are free but after that it costs. I paid for a year and don’t regret a penny of it. YMMV.

That time of the year when I stick my head up to update you on what’s happening.

The good news is that I’ve finally broken the logjam on To Fire Called. I figured out what I’d done wrong.

The bad news is that I may have made another bad turn and I can’t seem to find the path to the end of the story.

Fingers crossed that this doesn’t last much longer.

On the subject of audio: I’m getting a lot of pressure to put Natalya’s stories into Audible. They’ll get there, just not right away. I don’t have the time I need to give them the attention they need. I can’t even seem to find the focus needed to finish the galley proof for the paperback of South Coast that’s sitting on my desk.

All told, this hasn’t been an auspicious start to the year, but I’m working at it.

Here’s hoping I see my shadow tomorrow and can burrow back into the words.

On this day in history, I took up the challenge to write science fiction. Little did I know what I’d started.

It’s true that I wrote four books that year – and podcast them all at podiobooks.com before the year was out. I haven’t managed to replicate that feat, and I probably never will. Starting out, it’s easy to find something to do better on the next book. After twelve titles, just defining what better might be becomes a challenge – as is finding new stories to tell.

I’m working on being the best storyteller I can be. I don’t expect to be a master of this craft I’ve come to late in life, but I aspire to becoming “better” at it. One book at a time.

Thanks for all the support over the years.

Safe voyage.