July is going to be a very busy month in Dow Towers. For one thing, I'll be spending the first half working intensively on Careless Talk, getting it ready for my trusty team of proof readers.

Once it has been sent off – and temporarily out of my hands – I'll be dividing my time between continuing The Sounding and working on providing content for a new website.

The website is something new for me – it's an informational site dedicated to providing background lore for the universe that Careless Talk is set in. Because – and I'm being frank here – the scope in Careless Talk is vast! The story itself, while self contained, spans some three thousand years and mentions (however briefly) events that happen waaaaaay back in the mists of time. My plan is to give the reader some (hopefully) insightful information about the world and the way it works. More will be revealed nearer the time.