Moving on

Yes, spring is on the way! I was up in mid Wales last week, where it never comes before March, but there were snowdrops out everywhere and even some early lambs in the fields. I was enormously cheered by it all. Although it's not been a bad winter so far, it seems to have gone on for ever, so the prospect of longer, warmer days is very welcome.

It's been a busy month and the final version of Once Upon A Time In Wales is now safely at the publishers. I have the greatest admiration for the writers who can move seamlessly on from one book to writing their next in a matter of days. That's of course what the publishers want of their successful authors, but some of us mere mortals perhaps need a bit of a breathing space to recuperate and regroup after putting so much time and energy into a book. I'm very much looking forward to my next venture and am well under way with the research, but it will be a little while yet before the end product sees the light of day!

Welcoming in 2024

After a troubled ending to 2023 for so many people around the world, here's to a new dawn and a happy, healthy and peaceful 2024 for us all. Despite the wet and chilly start today, I saw one or two signs in the Wye Valley this morning that spring is on the way - yes, we've got a couple of months of winter still to weather but they promise that brighter days aren't all that far away.

For the last couple of months I've been dogged by health issues but at last my book of Welsh folk tales, "Once Upon A Time In Wales", is about to head to the printers and it should then be out in the spring. Whereas my other books have reached fruition relatively quickly, for a variety of reasons this has been a project a long time in the making. Like all long-time bed-fellows, I shall miss it when it has actually left home! But there are a couple of new ventures calling and it's exciting to start the New Year exploring some new paths.