The last few months have been a bot crazy. There have been a few highs but many more lows. Family dramd, two boiuts of viruses, a very sick cat, as well as day-job pressures as that side of things runs into the home straight for a sreies of projects that will see either victory or bloody defeat revealed at the end of September! Regardless, I'm still working through the edits of USV#4: Odin's Hall. At the same time I'm still writing new USV material and posting on Patreon. W

I'm focused on the United States of Vinland this year. I've wrapped up USV#4: Odin's Hall. Now that it's going through editorial, I'm working on USV#5: Markland Aflame. I have also finished two Norse American short stories, which are just waiting for the bus to editorial. USV#5 is coming along well and is over halfway done. I'm planning for 2026 to see quite a bonanza of USV fiction! My day job has been crazy over the past four months, and will be for another four. It's not

Well, the past few months could have been better. Our household has had two viruses run through it to take everyone down one at a time, with the break in between filled, unfortunately, with Lewis the Burmese having two stints in cat hospital with pancreatitis and diabetes. I guess you could say that if it hasn’t been one thing, it’s been another, all following on from each other, and none of it has been good. As you can imagine, all of this has not helped me with my writing.

Odin's Hall is at the editors and was sitting at 113,000 words when I sent it off. I think it's fair to say that we all know that the email with my manuscript to my editor was long overdue! It'll likely come back with a couple of thousand words of comments and also be twenty or so pages lighter than when I sent it off, but that's all part of the process. I'm glad to say a 12,000 word short will be following it soon enough. And, I think it's safe to say we're lined up for th

1st March 2026. I'm running a bit late with a February writing update - or any other blog post for that matter! The month passed as a bit of a whirlwind. Work is flat out, and will be until July. I'm still writing, but I'd be lying if I said my daily word count hadn't been impacted. I'm hoping for a better March. Having said that, USV#4: Odin's Hall is wrapped and with the editor, leaving me to work on a couple of USV short stories as well as continue on USV#5: Markland Afl

31st January 2026 It's been a pretty good month for writing, and I've got some great stuff done. I got a rough draft of a USV short story done, as well as some great chapters in the wrap-up of USV#4: Odin's Hall. I've also got a chunk of USV#4 text that'll be overflowing into USV#5: Markland Aflame. This means that USV#4 is heading to the editor very soon, and USV#5 is already half done. There was even another chunk of text big enough that I considered pulling it out of USV

January 16, 2026 Today I wrapped up the revised USV#4: Odin's Hall manuscript. It'll head to the editors shortly and be out in the next few months. USV#5: Markland Aflame is already close to half done. I've also got the first draft of a short story set in Norse America, and plan to have a second one done in time for these two novels and shorts to come out, spread over a couple of months, in one big (and kind of dragged out) USV hit. For any readers who are STILL waiting, t

December has been quite the month! I flew back from Perth late in November only to come down sick. And now, at the end of the month, I'm still crook and on antibiotics. Anyway, Christmas has come and gone, and it's New Year's Eve as I type this, and thankfully, I'm getting better. Anyway, the writing continued, even if there were times (too many times) where I couldn't quite remember where I was up to, or what the key part of a scene or chapter was. I suppose that's why ther

It's been a busy month. With Christmas ahead, it'll only get busier! I had some family matters to attend to, but I still got a lot of writing in. Thankfully, the manuscript for USV#4: Odin's Hall is now finished. It'll head to the editors shortly, leaving me free to work on USV#5: Markland Aflame . USV#5: Markland Aflame is at the halfway point. I wrote the end chapters about a year ago. One of them has already been posted on my Patreon for paid subscribers, "The Call of

12 November 2025 I'm back in Perth for a couple of different family things. The heat is starting to press on the city, but not in a big way yet. The change is enough that it's clear that any chance of a slip back into wintry weather has gone. I was never a big fan of Perth's summer. Hopefully, I'll be flying back to Sydney late next week. While family stuff was the reason for the trip, and has been hectic, work has also been crazy after a few days off. All that has impacted