It's been a while, but I'm happy to say I'm back on board.

My health has been up and down for the past year, and finally it was discovered my gallbladder was in a pretty bad way.

Early May, it was removed. And all was well until I

developed a chest infection. I was told it was a post surgery chest infection, most likely as a result of the surgery itself. Unfortunately, the complication of the infection is that my voice is almost non-existent. Apparently this is caused by being intubated during surgery, and the chest infection irrating the voice box because of it. I am on antibiotics and can slowly see a difference, but I do believe it's going to take some time yet.

In the midst of all this I've had a request for a full manuscript (from a query and three chapters). I explained I would be out of action for some time due to the surgery, and the publisher in question has been great. As soon as I am well enough, I'll be back writing. In the meantime, it's simply rest and recuperation.