2020
Happy New Year everyone. I know, I know, I’m late but it doesn’t make the sentiment any less heartfelt. 2019 is done and dusted - Roll on 2020.
So how was 2019? Well, to put it in a few words: Exciting, tough, fulfilling, busy, complicated and successful. I set myself the challenge of writing and producing the second book in my Merry Hell series, Blast, in under a year. Long story short, I failed, but only by a couple of months, and I can live with that. For the last few months I have been the author of a multi-edition comical fantasy book series. Not too shabby.
But what I really wanted to say in this post was a huge end-of-year thank you to everyone. Not to the people behind the scenes, the ones who helped get the good-ship Merry Hell plowing on across the stormy literary seas. No, I thanked them in the last blog. This time it’s you, the reader, I wanted to thank. Throughout my journey I’ve received huge amounts of support and affection from thousands of people; be it through my website, my Facebook page, my Twitter account or my Goodreads page. It really does do the heart good when people respond so warmly to a small idea that sparked inside the head of an oddball so many years ago. So thank you. I really mean that from the bottom of my heart, or do I mean the heart of my… No, Stu be serious for a moment. As I have reported in this blog many times, it takes a great deal of effort to cast a manuscript out into the world for everyone to read. Hearing people chuckle as they read it is something that brings a lovely warm glow of appreciation. So once more, thank you, thank you everyone.
What next? I hear you clamouring. Well, since before Christmas I have been trying to create Castle Gurdendorf in 3D, an effort that has yet to reveal any results. Anyway, next week I’m putting that on the back-burner, as I start the exciting process of blocking out the story arcs for book three! And if you’re interested in the title of the book take a look here. What will it be about? Where will it be based? Well, the top of this last paragraph should give you a clue.
As for anything else, for the moment I’m keeping shtum