Technical issues on this site prevented updates during the remainder of January. I spent some time with the iPower support team and they tell me the issue is resolved, although I’m still seeing some odd behavior on the site.

As a result of the technical issues the updates I had planned for January are now pushed to February which is already pretty crowded.

There was no progress on the paperback version of Thieves in the Temple. It requires a block of dedicated time in Affinity Photo and to be honest I’ve had more fun with Death at a Wedding and writing three of the five short stories for the Portals Collection which will be published either later in February or early March. I wrote just over 20,000 words in January, the most in a month since April 2020, so I’m quite pleased with that progress and just need to keep it up for the rest of 2021!

I also laid out my 2021 publishing plan in January. At the moment it’s in an Excel spreadsheet but I will be moving it to the new version of Aeon Timeline as part of my version 3 beta testing. The new mind map option in Aeon 3 looks to be very powerful. I have some ideas on some non-standard uses for it, and will let you know how it works out.