It seems hard to believe that 2022 is almost over. And yet the beginning of the year feels like a very long time ago. And now the countdown to Christmas begins, perhaps with the first doors on advent calendars opened this morning. However you celebrate, I hope this Christmas is a good one and that 2023 gets off to a good start.

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November

November was a frustrating month in many ways. I developed a trapped nerve in my back at the end of October, making sitting at a computer impossible for most of the month. And even now I can only work in small bursts. This is a roundabout way of saying I have little progress to report on most of my projects including the new Tales of the Wasteland book and the next Woman of the Dark Ages. Fingers crossed I have better news to report in January!

Call of the Viking Dead

The one project I did prioritize is Call of the Viking Dead. And this is now very nearly finished, with around a third of the chapters signed off as ready to go and the formatting checked in all formats. I am expecting the ebook to be published by the end of the month.

Bargains of the month

With Christmas coming, choose some ebooks to fill up a kindle you are giving or send them direct to a loved one you are not meeting in person. All my books are also available in paperback, which would make a fabulous gift. But order soon to be sure of getting them before Christmas! Ebooks too are a wonderful gift – thoughtful and inexpensive. Maximise your budget or treat yourself with a 99p / 99 cents bargain book!

Kenneth’s Queen

29th November – 6th December

Dawn of the Franks

8th – 15th December

Three Times the Lady

20th – 27th December

Fisher King

28th December – 4th January

Feast of Saint Adelaide

16th December is the feast of St Adelaide of Italy who died on that day in 999. If you do not know the story of this remarkable and powerful woman, read about her in my fifth book God’s Maidservant, which tells a large part of her story. When I finished writing that book I did wonder if I had truly seen the last of her and Otto. And it seems not. Both will play a role in Book 7 of the Women of the Dark Ages series. But more on that next year!

Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas and every happiness for 2023!