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Well, it's been a heck of a year :rolleyes: sparing everyone the details, our immediate family (me, my wife and both our fathers) were struck with various cancers so...

#fuckcancer

Now that's over with, I've come back out of hiatus and I'm back to writing again. I published my fourth book just before the end of last year, The Ceph: Revenant.

Revenant

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So! I'm happy to be back to writing and I have three short chapters done. This has the working title of "Origins" and is the Prequel story to the core series. I'm creating my first Lab and I'll get in here and add the link to it.
 
Hi Matthew,
Sorry to hear about your health issues. Welcome back. Look forward to seeing your new writing.

I have taken a Summer break from writing, but hope to contribute to Litopia again and start writing some new stuff myself from September.
Best wishes
Paul C
 

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