I've been away from the blog - in fact I've left the publishing world behind me for three months. I think before I got a book deal and The Secrets of Life and Death was published, I thought that getting published was incredibly important. But then something happened to remind me that family are even more important. (I've blogged about it here: http://witchwayblogspotcom.blogspot.c... .)Life has slowly started to get back to normal, and the focus is back on my characters as I edit the sequel, The Secrets of Blood and Bone, and write the last few chapters of book 3. I've slowly fallen back in love with my characters, having left them hanging by a thread, and the urge to get all this writing out of the way so I can support my husband through radiotherapy has driven me back to the keyboard. But I am enjoying helping Jack and Sadie on their long journeys through semi-death, even though it feels a bit close to home now cancer has joined us around our table.