I know, I know... I should have published it years ago. YEARS ago. Sadly, there've been times I thought it would NEVER be published. Back in 2019, my mum died of cancer at the age of 71. That hit hard, for many, many complex ways I can't talk about here. Months later we were into a full-on global death pandemic. My writing dried up completely. My desire to edit and work on writing evaporated. It's crazy really, there was a time I was all geared up to start a masters in Creative Writing... But all that died. ALL of it.

It's been a tough three years, but I'm trying to pull myself together. This last two weeks I've been working with the present Mrs. Stanley to edit Deathsworn Arc 6: Emergence. I have the artwork thanks to legend Uwe Jarling. I will publish Deathsworn Arc 6 if it kills me. If you've been waiting to see what happens - I'm sorry. I never planned to just stop dead, I'd always wanted to release a Deathsworn Arc title at least once per 2 years, ideally once a year. I released the first book back in 2012, that's over ten years ago. I honestly thought I'd have finished the series and be working on another series by now! I DO have 50k words of a sequel to Ofelia, but I don't know if I like it. Ofelia I think, was an amazing book and continuing Ofelia's story might not be the right thing to do. I really need to show this rough draft of a part 2 to someone I trust so I can decide whether to start it or not. Anyway, I am alive! I will be releasing Deathsworn Arc 6! Sorry it's taking forever!