It’s been a while since I’ve written anything on the blog (three months! HOW?), but today I’m going to change all that. I think you all deserve an explanation, so here we go.

First, I got a divorce, which took a lot of my time and emotional bandwidth. I’m not going to get any more into this, but everything is finalized. I’m now beginning the healing phase, which may take some time.

Second, and related, I’ve had to move. This took the rest of my time and didn’t help with the emotional bandwidth. I’m moderately settled, but things are still in the air. On a positive note, my commute is much, much shorter, which will eventually allow me more time to do things like writing.

Because of these issues, I didn’t participate in National Novel Writing Month this year, edit Blake Heira book 3, or finish the first novel of my second series. I’m literally a over a year behind in my goals, which sucks. Both of these issues are more or less resolved, so I’m hoping to get back to writing, including the blog.

My goals for the year in terms of writing include the following:

• Publish Corruption of Blood
• Publish Arena of Night
• Write Book 1 of Series 2
• Create 2 maps for the web site
• Blog weekly
• Write, create, and post 12 country, religion, or arcanum write-ups

For the blog posts, I’m planning a series on the some of the subcultures you will find in most cultures and how to use them to increase interest in your setting. These will start next week, but I’m always looking for topics people want me to write about. If there’s something you want me to discuss, let me know in the comments below.

Thanks for your support. See you next Thursday!