NB:This update originally appeared on crowdfunding website Kickstarter on 22nd April 2013 and was intended for backers of the successful campaign to fund the publication of Finding Arun, my debut novel.

Howdy Team Kickstarter,

Hope you’re all doing well.

Things were going swimmingly here in Africa. The wedding festivities had subsided and I was cracking on with more editing, when disaster struck yesterday: a power cut blew the power cord for my laptop I’m now completely out of battery and can’t...