So I did the unthinkable (in blogging terms) and took a mini-sabbatical. Anyone who has read the ever-expanding number of books on platform and being an author/entrepreneur in the current world will gasp in horror that I just stopped blogging for a while. But I had a couple of reasons which made sense to me.

Firstly, I had more important stuff to do. Like finishing the actual book, looking after my health, supporting my family through a difficult and intense period. All of which came above trying to spend a couple of hours on a blog about 15 ways to groom your cat or whatever. Or how to use your cat as part of your marketing strategy. Damn, that might have been a good one. I might change the title and see how many more click throughs that gets…

Secondly, in a similar vein to the above, I didn’t actually have massive amounts of stuff to share. I like doing the practical ‘how to’ style posts on writing, but there are plenty of people out there who are already doing those. They’re making a living from it in fact (or they’re pretending they are) and that’s not what I want to compete with. I don’t want to only talk to other writers, or those with writerly aspirations. I write fiction. I want to connect with readers. They tend to care less about using your cat for marketing. They just want to know your cat’s name and if he’s going to appear in your next book.

However, I am at that point now where I do (yay) finally have some things to share. The publish date for the next Teddie McKay novel has been set for August 27th, so things can finally begin ramping up here again. I’m also going to run a couple of promos for the other books, so look out for those too. The follow up to The Crochet Killer is a little more lighthearted, so has been a lot of fun to write.

I hope you’ll find it as much fun to read.