It’s a busy week, so I’m just dropping in for a brief hello.  All of a sudden life seems out of control again, but I am coming to the belated realisation that this is the norm for most of us nowadays.  My new resolution is to breathe deeply and remind myself that this is a pattern and that things do somehow, often inexplicably, get done in the end.  Am not, however, taking any bets on how long this serene resolve will last!

I’ve only managed about five pages of my rough draft since I last checked in, so pitiful progress to report on the writing front.  But elsewhere on the website, things seem to be happening without me, which is just as well. I was very excited to see that there are now 48 flags alight on the Where are you? page.  Ukraine, Thailand, Norway, and St Vincent and the Grenadines have popped up recently, so thank you whoever clicked from those countries!  Only two more and we’ll hit my target of 50 countries well before October.

There have also been changes on the Pick Your Own page, where the survey has now moved into the second round.  If you have look, you’ll see which books, hooks, settings, heroes and heroines got the most votes last time have and there’s an opportunity for you to vote again now that the choice has narrowed.  Those that get the most votes by October will form the basis of a book I’ll write next year – I have to confess to some relief that royalty didn’t make it through to this round as a hook!  - so if you haven’t voted yet, now is your chance to have your say.

Back next week to welcome Kate Hewitt as my guest blogger for June. Do drop by and say hello to her then!