This is going to be my last blog posting. I've been considering it for a while and now I've taken the decision to set aside my writing 'career' to concentrate fully on returning to a new role within the Banking/Finance industry. Dreams are great to have but they don't necessarily pay the bills.

Originally I planned to take one year out to write a novel but here I am over four years later. Unfortunately the half a dozen books I sell each month is nowhere close to a salary and that is something I really need to have now.

I've mentioned before that I didn't set out to be an 'indie' author, someone who publishes and markets all their own work. That works for a lot of people and there's absolutely nothing wrong with it, but I'm certainly no salesman.  I picked the worst genre to attract an agent. They tend to steer clear of comedy, unless it's something non-fictional from a known celebrity.

Although I've been looking for a job for a while I really need to commit more time and effort to it. It makes sense really. I gave up my career to write and now I'm giving up my writing to get back my career. (I'm a man, I don't multi-task!)

I'm currently completing some online courses to ensure my accountancy knowledge is up to date and hopefully the four years I've taken out of the industry won't count too much against me. (I worked in banking for over twenty years before I gave it up and I've certainly added a few knew skills in the last four years too).

This isn't the end of my writing; I'm just taking a break until I'm back on my feet again. Perhaps a break will move my writing in a different direction or perhaps I'll just want to complete CRIME & NOURISHMENT. I don't know the answer at the moment but I look forward to finding out.

My 2 published novels, DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION and NOTHING VENTURED will still be available to purchase via Amazon, so if you haven't yet bought a copy you still can and those of you that have then please continue to recommend to friends, family and random strangers you meet on the bus. As I've mentioned before, ratings/reviews are great so if you haven't added anything to Amazon, please do so. You only need to have an Amazon login, so you can still review even if someone else bought the novel for you.

Well I guess that's it for now. Thank you so much for all of the support and the kind words you've said about the novels; it's meant a great deal. Who knows what the future holds but when I start writing again, you'll be the first to know.