I have an excuse.
My apologies for inactivity on this page, my faithful readers. Some of you have been kind enough to check in and make sure writing is in progress and some sent holiday felicitations.
Thank you for both!
It's been a busy holiday season on Vancouver Island with visitors visiting and staying and much merriment occurring. At the tail end of it all, I caught a bad cold. It's day 5 now and I finally feel as though I'm coming out the other side. That's my excuse.
I will attempt to provide more frequent updates during this new year.

Meanwhile, I Have News
There will be a new book in 2025. It's unrelated to all of my other work and as usual it's a tough one to categorize. It's final shape will look like Literary Fiction meets Mystery.
It takes place in Vancouver, Canada in 1976 and 2022. I'm channeling my inner E.L. Doctorow and have set the story as part of an original historical incident that occurred in Vancouver in the seventies.
That's all you're getting for now...

For those of you who have asked about another John Drake novel. The answer is probably.
And, if so, it'll be 2026.
Thank you for asking.

And finally, I did my best Hemmingway over the last few weeks, but I don't think it's a look that works for me. You can have a last look before the razor hacks it away tomorrow.

Thank you for continuing to purchase and read my work.
Thank you for your emails and messages.
And, of course thank you for leaving your reviews.
All of it encourages me to continue.

Happy New Year!