First decision made

There's still lots to consider about the future of the gadda books and so on. Lots to look forward to as well – there's still deals that can be made with Dream of Asarlai (translation, UK and US rights…)

However, I have made one decision about my next move – I'm gonna start something new.

There's lots of stuff that's half-done that I could work on – Battle for Odana, for example. And that's going to happen. But right now, I'm craving doing something completely new. I've pretty much focussed on the gadda since 2007 (there's been periods here and there where I worked on other things – Odana being the main one but overall, I've been gadda all the way). I love my gadda, but now I've been given the opportunity to put them on the backburner for a while – I'm very excited.

So what will I be working on? It's an urban fantasy idea that's been playing in my head for a month or two now. It's much darker in tone than the gadda books and also there isn't going to be a focus on romance, although undoubtedly there will still be the sexy times :)

I don't want to go into details of it, but basically it features two races of supernaturals who must work together to protect humanity and the world from demon incursions. They are very, VERY different – don't understand each other, don't really like each other but must trust each other in order to work together. Australia has become the new front in this centuries long war and the unique environment is causing them extra problems.

So that's my focus for the next few months – doing the world-building, research and plotting to develop it and see if worth writing. It's going to challenge me and that of course is something that I enjoy as well.

Today is the beginning of a new phase of the journey.