Well folks, it's been a while since I last posted here.
My initial plan to get my book out by June of 2019 was way off the mark as you can probably guess. Everything went smoothly at first. I finished the initial draft, and then sent it to the excellent Brian Niemeier to edit.
Unfortunately, my dad had to take time off work due to stress. I helped my mum take care of him while he recovered. Then we had the whole corona virus nonsense kicking off, which further threw things in to disarray. Alas, my dad passed away in May of 2020. Not of corona virus, but sepsis from an infection he had in his legs.
After I got over the shock of losing my dad, I got back to working through Brian's suggestions and managed to finish the final draft, (barring any tweaks).
One of Brian's suggestions was to write a new book 1 expanding on some of the events that take place prior to my book. So now I am currently working on the prequel to what is now book 2. This time I'm not going to try to guess how long it will be before I get to release something, so I'll just roll with the "It's done, when it's done" line.
In other news, I have recently decided to learn a new skill. That skill being drawing. I intend to occasionally post some of my progress so, much like with my book, I can see my progress.
I am a novice, so you'll have to excuse the basic stuff; just basic lines, and shapes, and the like. The last time I attempted to draw something was fifteen years ago, and the best I could manage back then was stick men. So, this may take a while before I get anywhere approaching competent.
Anyway, here's the initial images of my getting the hang of the basics:
