Hi,

Another busy month has hit the dust, and yet another trip to visit family in UK, including another new grandchild. At eighteen months she is an absolutely delightful addition to the family, and has learned many words including 'no'. Her most endearing feature is to call all women 'Mummy' and all men 'Daddy', which is something the proud parents are working on to rectify!

I haven't had a chance to create another storyboard, but if you're new to my list, do check out some of the stories available to read on my website:

Authorly News

The Loyalty of Children is now in the final stages, and has been through an initial read-through by my partner (and most ruthless critic), and will be available very soon for beta reading. I have in the past opened beta reading to all and sundry, but as many people take the book and don't provide feedback, which is the whole point, this time I am being a little more picky. I will send out advance copies only to those readers who have posted an online review for the Silence of Children. If you feel you have analytical skills, and would like to be included, please send me an email with the link to one of your reviews, to remind me. (I do have a few people listed, but would hate to miss out any loyal readers).

If you haven't read the first two, now is the time to read and review and it's really, best to read them in the order below. And if you enjoyed the first two books, pre-ordering the Loyalty of Children on Amazon, will really help with the Amazon algorithm. I have set the publication date to next year as that was my original intention, but it's likely to be sooner. Once I have comments back from Beta readers, and have had a chance to make the necessary corrections and adjustments, and a final edit, I'll set the date accordingly.

This series is gradually creeping up in Amazon's charts, and you can help them find success. As I have a concept for a fourth book, it seems likely that this will not stop at the trilogy, after all, despite my initial intention. Here's a reminder of the review links:

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I don't have time to check every book that comes via a book funnel, or a 'swap' promotion with another author, so if you get a novella (tip: on Amazon you can page down to the book details to check the page count), a sample, a badly written book, or anything else that you find irritating, let the author know; don't shoot the messenger!

Even if you choose not to take any of the books from the offers below, do please click on some links - it would help my 'share' statistics! I have actually been refused entry to some promotions as my share rate isn't high enough. Well, I do admit to being a social mediaphobe, and live in the hope that writing quality beats the ability to bludgeon readers... is it a thing of the past? So, hear are the promotions I was able to join:

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OPEN FOR THE WHOLE OF OCTOBER.

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Happy Reading

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