Expectations and Reality

If you're following me on Facebook, you'll know I've had a few health issues lately, and it's seriously hampering my writing output and the time I have to do it.
I'm generally pretty private, and besides what's in my bio, I don't share a huge amount about myself. I lead a pretty busy life as a mom to four kidlets then there's animals to take care of, and of course, a husband who deserves my attention. On top of that, I'm also epileptic.
It's not something I ever expected to share, as it had been almost ten years since my last seizure. I went through all the brain mapping and various other tests to get my dosages right and even during pregnancy, I was fine. So the last thing I expected when I started writing and releasing, and pushing myself to get my stories out every two weeks, was to slide backwards.
But, I guess I should have seen the warning signs, I should have known that something was coming when I just didn't feel right during that week leading up to my hospitalization. Then I had the day I can't even remember, and I thank the gods that my two oldest girls realized something was up and called their father to come home from work because the seizures scared him, so it would have terrified the girls.
Without going on and on about it - because I don't want sympathy, I just want to explain why I'm not hitting deadlines right now - it's taking me a while to get back to normal. We've been trialing different drugs, and I just don't feel good on them. It means that between my children and my other family duties, I'm too tired, or unwell to focus on writing for much longer than twenty minutes to an hour so I'm only getting maybe a thousand words out a day.
But, I love writing (you'd have to beat me away with a stick to make me stop!) and I have managed to get the last of Consequences of Secrets finished. It will be ready for you all come Friday, August 14. But after that, I won't be promising anything by date until I have that first draft done. I think pushing myself to make deadlines and not resting enough on top of trying to be everything to everyone in my life tipped me over the edge and I have to find that work/family/health balance so that I can keep going.
What this is means is, I'll release COS4 on the 14th, then I'll release the boxset on the 28th. Then after that, I'll work on Josh's book - The Wrong Brother.
If you keep an eye on my Facebook pages, I'll post some teasers as I go along.
As usual, it will come to Kindle Unlimited as a serial, then it will become a boxset on all other platforms so no one misses out on the fun.
This way, I don't have to feel shitty for breaking any promises, and you all don't have to feel disappointed by having to wait longer than you anticipated.
Hopefully, it'll be a win win!
OK, that's me all done. Hope to feed you with words and imagination for many years to come

Eve xx