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