I Have Been Remiss

Did you ever get the feeling that you live in some strange phase of reality that makes time pass more quickly for you than for other people? No? That's just me? Shit. 

If you're wondering why I feel this way, it's because I'm not going to publish The Warlord Season, Book IV of the Covalent Series this month the way I'd planned. The new goal is late January or early February, 2020.

Sure, you could say I have an excuse. I sold my house in Philadelphia, drove across the country, had to find a house to buy in Washington state, found said house, bought it, and set up my household. You could say that, but truth be told, I have been remiss. I could have pulled it off if I'd made myself write every day.

I'm really not cut out for the trend in independent publishing to release multiple books in a year. I don't operate that way and I never will. If I ever write another series, I'll make sure the whole thing is finished before I publish a single part. Of course, I'll probably die of old age before I finish. Ha! 

I offer no excuse for my turtle nature. With so much going on in my life, it took a while for me to WANT to finish The Warlord Season. I guarantee you, the book will be better for it. 

You may remember back in June I told you all that my husband and I were decamping to the Pacific Northwest. I hope you followed our adventures on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter as we made our way across the wide-open spaces of America in a two-door coupe with a couple of cats. Yes – we are a little daft. The trip was a lot of work because our cats, who rarely left the house before our madcap excursion, were not the easiest traveling companions. The trip was also once of the best things I've ever done in my life. Freaking fantastic. Really, if you can in any way swing it, drive across the country. It is freedom and adventure, learning and beauty. Here are a few photos (slideshow). By this time, we've bought a house and more or less settled in. We live in a beautiful place, all quiet and fresh air, perched on a ridge above a fjord that for historical reasons is called the Hood Canal. I'm a lucky woman. I will try to be mindful of it, every single day.

I'll leave you with a few photographs of my new home. And I assure you, The Warlord Season is on its way. The Covalent Series. A shared life is the strongest bond.