Hiatus until January. Don’t miss me too much…

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Hey everyone. No Jovan update today. I don’t have one written, and I won’t get the chance. I was planning on putting the stroy on hiatus over Christmas anyway, so the hiatus is going to come a bit early.

On 12 November, my grandfather was hospitalised. Although we thought initially that he would get better and come home, he didn’t, and after declining steadily from the sharp, lovely man he was to an almost-comatose shadow of himself, he died on 30 November. He was my only surviving grandfather, I only really got to know him when I moved here in April this year. I wanted to spend years hearing his stories and arguing with him about current events, politics, Australia, technology and whatever else took his fancy. Now I will never get the chance. So: vale Grandpa. I wish I had known you better, and I’m going to miss you.

The funeral was yesterday, and that is why I don’t have anything written for today.

I hoped to get something in the way of omake sorted out, but that isn’t looking likely. As a means of atonement, may I suggest my little One Great War, my little blog of my adventures in NaNoWriMo 2011? Contains me, writing, humour, reviews of books and movies, and lots and lots of World War One.

I am taking a break from Jovan over December partly to try and finish my NaNo novel, Steadfast, which is a fantasy retelling of The Steadfast Tin Soldier, more-or-less set in World War One. It has all the traditional elements of a World War One tale, but with MAGIC. Woo.

Anyway, have a fabulous Christmas and a superlative New Year, and I will see you in January for more Frequent Traveller’s Guide to Jovan. Will Valentin ever sort out his home life? Will Cassius ever sort out his? Is Prince Caspar of Toqueia all he’s cracked up to be? Will the Empress ever find out what her secretive uncles did to get banished? Why is Lady Kyria so tetchy all the time? When will Magnus the Papirian make an appearance?

It’s Book 2 of a trilogy – surely you genre-savvy readers already know what’s going to happen???

In the meantime, consider Rating/reviewing AFTGTJ on WfG, voting on TWF, and adding it to your RSS feeds. These actions are scientifically proven to make authors write faster.

Elle, signing off for 2011.