A pause…

I haven’t posted my weekly blog for quite a while now and so I thought I’d let you know why. As things stand my third book in The Chronicles of Niru series is not too far from being half done; suffice to say there’s still an awful long way to go. My promise to myself to write at least a thousand words per week (notwithstanding editing) has held strong throughout my time writing Olgrun, and it’s seen me progress 33,000 words through Belus. However, several weeks ago things came to a grinding halt…

I’d been steadily writing for maybe 18 months, slowly making progress and seeing my second novel finally come to fruition. This process, as I’ve stated many times, was something I was doing for myself. Just lately I’ve come to the revelation that these stories aren’t going anywhere, the rest of Belus, the key ingredients at least, are in my head, as are the ideas for the last novel, Luna. There’s no pressure and no real incentive for me to carry on just yet. Furthermore, I’ve been contemplating life and where I want to go next. What did I see happening to me in the next decade or two? The answer to that is if I didn’t do anything about it then the days would simply blend into each other, there’d be nothing but time passing, with no real sense of adventure or purpose. I didn’t want to wake to another nameless day, just to see the same four walls over and over again, it was time to get a grip and at least make plans to ensure I didn’t look back over the next twenty years with a sense of disappointment.

So my wife and I are making plans to travel, to ultimately sell our home and move on; to see the world and have a very big adventure. The process has already begun as I’ve started to take care of some jobs around the house so that it’s ready for sale. Once we are established, assuming this works out, then there will be time for more writing. For now things are on pause, the books I have written aren’t selling, they are just sat on Amazon without sales or reviews, so I’m not going to worry about them now.

I will probably keep my domain name active as this blog could be used as a diary for our next big adventure as it unfolds over the next couple of years. So stay tuned as my wife and I prepare to learn the ropes, undergo training, and ultimately embark on a very salty adventure…