January 2023 – Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! So, it is a new year and a new month, a time of looking back as well as forward. 2023 was a tumultuous year, dominated by the war in Ukraine. But here in the UK it also continued eventful with three different prime ministers as well as, of course, the death of the Queen and the accession of King Charles. For me personally, 2023 has on the whole been a good year. It has felt more normal than any year since the pandemic began with us finally able to celebrate my dad’s 80th birthday, just over a year late, with a steam train ride and a wonderful summer holiday in Mallorca. 2023 now stretches ahead, full of possibilities both on an individual basis and for the world as a whole. Fingers crossed for a good one!
Mysteriously Medieval
Well, I did it. Call of the Viking Dead went live in ebook form on December 20th and a huge thank you to those of you who have already bought it. I hope you are enjoying this spooky tale! I hope to get the paperback out by the end of January. It’s now full steam ahead with the next book in the series. Set in the 12th century it’s slighter later than all previous books. It is, however, also set in Devon. And the idea I have for the third book in the series is also a Devon story! However, I do not want the entire series to be set in Devon and I love hearing about local myths and legends, so please let me know your favourites. maybe they’ll find their way into a book of the future!
Women of the Dark Ages
I am longing to get started on the next in my family of Dark Age women, but there are only so many books at a first draft stage that I can manage. So, I am keeping the research ticking over, finding out new snippets about her, her world and the people who lived there all the time. Once the first draft of either the next Mysteriously Medieval book or the Tales of the Wasteland book is completed, I shall throw her into the mix. Hopefully I shall be able to start soon.
Tales of the Wasteland Book 3 is now progressing better, but it is a complex tale with a lot of characters, so I am expecting the editing process, once I get to it, to be complicated. Much as I would love to release it this year, I suspect 2024 is more likely.
New Year Bargains
If your new year’s resolution is to read more books, why not make them bargain books? As always a number of my books will drop to 99p or 99 cents in January on Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com
28th December – 4th January
God’s Maidservant – the story of Adelaide of Italy
5th – 12th January 2023
13th – 20th January 2023
The Saxon Marriage – the story of Eadgyth of Wessex
23rd – 30th January 2023
31st January – 7th February 2023
Happy New Year!
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we’ll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne
Wherever you are, however you celebrate, as I write these words in the final hours of 2022, it simply remains for me to wish you all, whether family, friends, reader, fellow writer or simply passing by, Happy New Year and every happiness for 2023!
