Six Months of the Unexpected

Dear All,

There is lots to update you on — in fact, there is so much I’m going to bullet point it and not really go into too much detail, as much of it is personal:

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The Eye of the Storm paperbacks are all out and available for sale. The best places to order them from are Amazon.com, Amazon UK, and The Great British Bookshop (they accept international orders and it’s easy to purchase from them).

The Witching Pen paperbacks are currently due out mid-June.

This Substack newsletter from me is now completely free to all (there is no paid option).

My podcast has been paused indefinitely. Whether I start it up again is dependent on a structure I’m happy with that is sustainable — maybe monthly or bi-monthly.

I’m in the process of moving my author website to a different host. The digital certificate shows as not working and it is not supposed to do that, and I cannot seem to change it with the current host. So, please bear with me, the change will take a week or so. In the mean time, all books can be viewed with very safe and secure purchase links to all stores via Book2Read.

All publications for 2024 are on hold or delayed until further notice (but not cancelled — I want to write the last Eye of the Storm novelette).

The reason for most of the above: I’ve been dealing with a medical diagnosis since just before Christmas. This diagnosis has now been cleared up, but it was a bit of a wake up call and has mentally and emotionally redirected my life towards questions like, “If you only had a year left to live, how would you live life?”. I’m still in the process of trying to answer these questions — I’ve asked myself these questions before, throughout my life, in a flyaway sort of way; I’ve WRITTEN about these questions and my characters have actioned them, and I have also personally always strived to live whatever I think my answers are … but it’s not the same at all as having the situation in front of your face in “real life”. You’d think it would be easy to answer these questions when push comes to shove, but it isn’t. In itself, I find this quite fascinating and have learnt a lot over the past six months. I’ve been taking it as easy as I can and reducing stress on all levels as much as possible. This is ultimately why all publishing dates have been postponed and I’m not giving firm dates going forward — just know that I am working on completing stories when I feel it’s right to do so given the above. In terms of my health, I am “back to normal” or “back to pre-diagnosis” (or whatever you want to call it), but I don’t want a repeat of any of the last six months if I can help it.

And perhaps I’ll end this post by saying, enjoy the sunshine as summer comes around — every day is new and a chance to start again, and in many ways, no day-to-day challenge matters as much as you think it does — not really.

Thanks for your support and love of my stories, as always. I will be posting back on Facebook and social media if and when the urge takes me.

Much love,

Dianna xx

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